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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cloud Strife (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Colin Ayama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Colin Ayama is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Cloud Strife!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Colin Ayama!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Mauricio Rocha and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Strife cracks Ayama with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Cloud Strife seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ayama moves forwards but Strife connects with a nice, crisp jab.
It looks like Colin Ayama has been cut.
Strife tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A punch combination from Ayama misses.
Strife tries to bum rush Ayama with a series of wild strikes but Ayama uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Strife misses with a series of wild punches.
Ayama throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Strife on the side of the head.
It looks like Cloud Strife has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ayama doesn't manage to clinch there - Strife circles away.
Nice uppercut lands for Strife. That snapped Ayama's head back.
Strife on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Strife tries to score with a low kick but Ayama moves his leg out of the way.
Strife connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
No joy there for Strife, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Strife lands a nice shot to the body.
Ayama is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ayama fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Strife shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Ayama eats them both and turns towards Strife to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Ayama gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Strife.
Ayama tries to clinch up.
Ayama tries a head kick but it misses.
A punch combination from Strife misses.
Ayama throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Ayama throws a head kick that misses.
Ayama misses with a low kick.
Strife takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
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!
Strife fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Strife lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Strife feints a jab promting Ayama to slip. Strife then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Ayama slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Strife throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ayama.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Strife looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A head kick misses from Ayama.
Ayama forces Strife back against the cage and clinches.
Ayama with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Strife breaks the clinch.
Strife misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Strife catches Ayama with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Strife chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ayama can pounce on him.
Strife will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ayama tries to clinch up but Strife circles away and keeps his distance.
Strife throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strife circles away from the clinch attempt.
Strife misses with a few strikes there.
Strife misses with a wild combination.
Ayama tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Strife counters with a left and a right that stings Ayama.
Ayama throws a sloppy head kick and Strife moves out of range easily.
Ayama tries to clinch up.
Strife misses with a looping right.
Ayama throws a low kick but it's checked well by Strife.
A combination from Ayama does no damage.
Strife tries to bum rush Ayama with a series of wild strikes but Ayama uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ayama scores with a kick to the body.
Strife is breathing heavily.
Ayama drives through and clinches with Strife against the cage.
Ayama using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Strife has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ayama keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Strife's efforts to push away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ayama breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ayama tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Strife manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ayama tries to clinch but Strife is having none of it.
Strife rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ayama moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ayama misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ayama avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ayama fails to land with a series of punches.
Ayama thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Strife if he has to take too many more of those.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Strife looks to land a combination. Ayama sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Ayama takes one to the chin there.
Ayama moves in looking to clinch but Strife pushes him off.
Strife shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Ayama eats them both and turns towards Strife to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cloud Strife dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Ayama tries to close the distance and clinch but Strife swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ayama misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Strife avoids a kick to the body.
Strife throws a head kick that misses.
Strife looks to land a right hand but Ayama moved out of range.
Strife throws a right and a left that Ayama avoids nicely.
Strife misses with the body kick
and Ayama counters by moving into the clinch.
Strife wants to get back to striking at distance but Ayama won't allow it.
Strife managing to block the knees to the body from Ayama.
Strife is looking to break free of the clinch but Ayama has double underhooks.
Ayama breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ayama avoids the head kick by Strife.
Ayama pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Strife misses with a straight left.
Strife will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ayama tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Strife paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ayama moves in looking to clinch but Strife pushes him off.
Strife swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ayama checks the leg kick nicely there.
Strife misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ayama.
Strife throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Ayama stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Strife throws a right and a left that both miss.
Strife gets tackled into the cage by Ayama. Ayama maintains the clinch.
Ayama breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ayama closes the distance and pushes Strife back into the cage.
Ayama breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Strife misses with a wild combination.
Ayama is looking to clinch.
Strife has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ayama's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Strife connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Ayama scrambles back to his feet.
Cloud Strife is winning the standup battle so far.
Ayama fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ayama is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ayama tries to clinch but Strife is having none of it.
Strife moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Strife lands with an overhand left.
Strife blocks the body kick.
Strife lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Ayama connects with a nice looking jab.
Ayama takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Ayama wants to clinch up but Strife keeps it at a distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strife misses with the combination.
Ayama lands a nice shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ayama is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ayama throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Strife's head.
Ayama closes the distance looking to clinch
enabling Strife to counter with a crisp jab.
Strife misses with a looping left.
Ayama takes a jab right on the kisser.
Ayama ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cloud Strife is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Strife looks to score with a jab to the body but Ayama is just out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ayama avoids a punch combination nicely.
Strife tries to bum rush Ayama with a series of wild strikes but Ayama uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ayama misses with a shot to the body
and Strife counters with a three punch combo that has Ayama backing up. Ayama nods at Strife to acknowledge the strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice jab there from Strife.
Ayama fails in his attempt to clinch.
Strife throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ayama sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ayama moves in looking to clinch but Strife pushes him off.
Strife misses with a few strikes there.
No joy there for Ayama, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ayama misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ayama scores with a one two! Strife had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Strife scores with a shot to the body.
Ayama fails in his attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Cloud Strife will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Ayama tries to clinch but Strife is having none of it.
Ayama has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Strife connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Ayama momentarily.
Ayama slips a jab and a cross from Strife.
Ayama misses with the combination.
Strife lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ayama circles away quickly and effectively.
Strife swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ayama throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Strife lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Strife swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
No joy there for Strife, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ayama takes one on the button.
Strife misses the shot to the body.
Strife ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ayama swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Strife counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Some wild striking there from Strife.
Strife avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ayama misses with a double jab.
Strife connects with a good right hand that stumbles Ayama. Ayama circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Ayama is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ayama rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Strife moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Strife scores with a jab to the body.
Strife swats away the attempt to clinch by Ayama.
Strife throws a combination that misses
and Ayama holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Ayama manages to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ayama fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Strife, pushing him back against the cage.
Strife lands a shoulder strike.
Strife has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ayama breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ayama tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Strife manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ayama wants to clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ayama misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ayama tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Strife counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ayama doesn't manage to clinch there - Strife circles away.
Ayama wants to clinch up but Strife keeps it at a distance.
Strife fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strife misses with a wild combination.
Strife lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Strife goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Strife throws a right hand that Ayama ducks under and follows up with a left that Ayama also avoids with ease.
Strife throws a jab when Ayama was well out of range.
Ayama will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A big right from Strife misses.
Strife throws a hook but Ayama avoids it easily.
Strife throws out a loose jab but Ayama uses good head movement to avoid it.
Strife scores with a jab.
Ayama has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Strife fails to land with a series of punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Strife blocks a head kick by Ayama.
Strife moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Ayama avoids a kick to the body.
A combination from Strife does no damage.
Ayama tries to bum rush Strife with a series of wild strikes but Strife uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A slow jab from Strife misses its intended target.
Strife scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Strife closes the distance and lands a one-two.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ayama tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Strife manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ayama walks into a left hand.
Colin Ayama has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cloud Strife is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ayama throws a head kick that half lands.
And that's the end of the fight!
Cloud Strife showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Strife, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:28
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cloud Strife!
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