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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Caio Gimenez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cody Funke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Funke has chosen never gonna stop as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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170 lbs
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184 lbs
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Powerful takedowns
Excellent MT
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Caio Gimenez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Cody Funke!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Micheangelo Fripello and Paul Gruel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Funke ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gimenez moves away.
Gimenez moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Gimenez shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Funke sprawls well. Funke wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Gimenez gets slowly back to his feet.
Gimenez with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Funke jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A nice inside leg kick there by Gimenez. That's going to slow Funke down.
Gimenez throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Funke looks to land a combination but Gimenez avoids it well.
Funke takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Funke showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gimenez.
Gimenez misses with a wild combination.
Gimenez gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Funke to score an easy takedown into full guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Gimenez looking for subs off his back but Funke has passed one foot through into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Funke prevents Gimenez from improving his position.
Gimenez looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Funke lands strikes from half guard.
Gimenez is looking to improve his position.
Funke works his foot free and advances to mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Funke raining down shots from the mount!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Funke in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Funke lands a nice shot to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Gimenez is desperately trying to improve his position but Funke has a good base and remains in mount.
Funke sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Gimenez is desperately trying to improve his position but Funke has a good base and remains in mount.
Funke raining down hammerfists from mount.
Funke working Gimenez over with strikes here.
Gimenez is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gimenez gets back to half guard.
Funke with the ground and pound but Gimenez uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Funke with a flurry of punches that miss.
Funke trying to control but Gimenez is working from the bottom.
Gimenez utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gimenez is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Gimenez working for a triangle but Funke defends it easily.
Funke cracks Gimenez with a solid left hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Funke works over Gimenez with some ground and pound from guard.
Gimenez wriggles free and stands up.
Gimenez tests Funke's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gimenez lands a high kick!
Funke defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Gimenez.
A shot to the liver by Funke. Beautiful body shot.
Funke looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Gimenez working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Funke.
Funke looking to pass the guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Funke is working Gimenez over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Gimenez is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Funke is aware though and is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cody Funke dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Funke shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Gimenez as he avoids it easily.
Gimenez works the jab nicely.
Nice defenses there by Gimenez.
A swing and a miss from Funke.
Funke throws a hook to the side of Gimenez's head but Gimenez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gimenez loads up on a big right hand but Funke slips the punch.
Gimenez is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Funke's half guard.
Gimenez is trying to work for a kimura but Funke is defending well.
Funke avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Gimenez.
Funke kicks Gimenez off and gets back to his feet.
Gimenez defending well as Funke loads up on a big left hand.
Funke shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Gimenez defends it nicely.
Gimenez throws a series of punches but Funke moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Funke misses with a hook
and Gimenez counters with a body kick.
Gimenez misses with an uppercut. Funke saw that one coming.
Funke shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Gimenez defends it nicely.
Caio Gimenez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cody Funke.
A big right from Gimenez misses.
Funke throws a leg kick but Gimenez sees it coming and moves out of range.
Gimenez throws a left and a right that both miss
and Funke counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gimenez misses with a double jab.
Funke misses with the combination.
Funke moves into range and connects with a jab.
Funke misses with a straight left.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Funke throws a lazy right hand but Gimenez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Good standup being displayed there by Funke as he connects with a hook.
A slow jab from Funke misses its intended target.
Funke takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Funke jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cody Funke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gimenez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Funke.
Gimenez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Funke.
Funke throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Funke tests Gimenez's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Gimenez stuffs the takedown attempt from Funke. Funke gets slowly back to his feet.
Funke swings for the body but Gimenez moves out of range.
Funke takes one on the button.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Funke moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Funke takes a kick to the side of the head.
Funke throws a hook but Gimenez blocks it.
Funke takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Funke throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Funke thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gimenez stuffs the takedown attempt from Funke. Funke gets slowly back to his feet.
Funke throws a series of punches but Gimenez moves out of range.
Funke is breathing heavily.
Gimenez throws a head kick but Funke moves out of range.
A punch lands to the side of Funke 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Funke throws a lazy right hand but Gimenez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A cross from Funke lands.
Gimenez throws a sloppy head kick and Funke moves out of range easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gimenez fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gimenez scores with a jab to the body.
Funke connects with a body shot that sends Gimenez's belly button to the back.
Funke avoids the head kick by Gimenez.
Funke connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Funke tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Gimenez swivels and escapes.
Gimenez lands a nice shot to the body.
Gimenez dodges the punch combination from Funke.
Gimenez lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Gimenez.
Funke avoids the head kick by Gimenez.
Caio Gimenez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Funke misses with the combination.
Funke has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Caio Gimenez dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Funke tries to move into range but Gimenez moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Funke waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gimenez.
Funke closes this distance looking for a takedown but Gimenez circles away.
Gimenez lands a nice looking body kick.
Caio Gimenez is winning the standup battle so far.
Funke misses with a hook
and Gimenez finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Gimenez lands with a nice combination. Funke backs away looking to recover.
Funke is rocked!
Funke misses with a two punch combination.
Funke is still on wobbly legs! Can Gimenez finish him?
Gimenez closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A lazy left from Gimenez finds it's target.
Gimenez lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Funke falls backwards - clearly groggy! Gimenez dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:41 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Caio Gimenez!
A very excited looking Caio Gimenez made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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