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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Cole Foster (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcelo Ribeiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ribeiro is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Flux Pavilion – I Can't Stop . The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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170 lbs
10 - 5 - 0 |
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183 lbs
8 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Cole Foster!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Marcelo Ribeiro!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Foster moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Foster gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Foster escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ribeiro shoots in but Foster avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Foster scores with a hook to the body. Ribeiro takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Ribeiro crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Foster - the referee stops the clock and Ribeiro gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Foster. Ribeiro manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Foster drives through and clinches with Ribeiro against the ropes.
Foster breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Foster connects with an inside leg kick.
Foster is looking to slow Ribeiro down with leg kicks.
Foster throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Foster keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ribeiro slips a jab and a cross from Foster.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Foster throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Foster swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ribeiro misses with a hook. Foster ducked under it nicely.
Foster misses with a wild combination.
Foster lands with a shot to the body.
Ribeiro 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.
Ribeiro drops his hands momentarily and Foster takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Foster connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Foster dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ribeiro. That did some damage!
Foster slaps away a takedown attempt from Ribeiro, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Cole Foster has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marcelo Ribeiro.
Ribeiro misses with a takedown attempt
and Foster counters with a body kick that stops Ribeiro in his tracks momentarily.
Ribeiro slips a jab and a cross from Foster.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Foster looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Foster jabs at Ribeiro's body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ribeiro throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Foster's waist but Foster gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Ribeiro off to one side.
Cole Foster seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ribeiro looks winded!
Foster cracks a nice hook into Ribeiro's ribs.
Ribeiro shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Foster manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Foster controls Ribeiro momentarily but Ribeiro frees himself.
Foster tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Ribeiro seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Ribeiro thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Foster wants to stand up but Ribeiro is controlling him.
Ribeiro stopping the sweep attempt from Foster.
Foster avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Foster is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Foster keeping moving, preventing Ribeiro from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cole Foster has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Ribeiro blocks a head kick by Foster.
Foster fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ribeiro has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Ribeiro shoots for a double leg takedown but Foster sprawls well. He's pushed Ribeiro's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Foster throws a head kick that half lands.
It looks like Marcelo Ribeiro has been cut.
Ribeiro with a lazy takedown attempt
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Foster dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Foster rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ribeiro moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Ribeiro.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Foster lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Foster misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ribeiro lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Foster circles away quickly and effectively.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Ribeiro shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Foster as he jumps to the side.
Foster scores with a hook.
Foster tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ribeiro is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Foster.
Foster lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Foster throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Foster turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A left and a right from Foster both land. Nice combination.
No joy there for Foster, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Foster scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Foster moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ribeiro fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Foster moves into range and clinches up with Ribeiro.
Ribeiro is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Ribeiro is trying to maintain a safe position but Foster gets an underhook and turns Ribeiro into the ropes.
Foster breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Foster goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Ribeiro takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Foster fails to land with a series of punches.
Ribeiro shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Foster defends it nicely.
Foster stuffs the takedown attempt from Ribeiro. Ribeiro gets slowly back to his feet.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Foster throws a series of strikes that have Ribeiro backpedaling.
Foster misses with a wild combination.
Foster tries to bum rush Ribeiro with a series of wild strikes but Ribeiro uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Foster lands with a kick to the ribs.
Foster misses with a head kick.
Foster lands a nice looking body shot.
Ribeiro blocks a head kick by Foster.
A slapping leg kick lands for Foster.
Foster throws a head kick that Ribeiro semi-blocks.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Foster lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Foster slips a jab from Ribeiro.
Foster throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Ribeiro stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Foster lands with a nice combination. Ribeiro backs away looking to recover.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Foster chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Horrible takedown by Ribeiro or perhaps it was just good defense by Foster which made him look bad.
Ribeiro shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Foster but Foster pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Foster tries to clinch but Ribeiro is having none of it.
Foster misses with a head kick.
Ribeiro's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Ribeiro 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.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Foster lands with a nice combination. Ribeiro backs away looking to recover.
Ribeiro has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Ribeiro circles away from the clinch attempt.
Foster buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Foster closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Ribeiro is looking for a takedown.
A frustrated look appears on Foster's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Foster breaks the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Foster wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Ribeiro tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Foster swivels and escapes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cole Foster dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marcelo Ribeiro's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Left hook, right uppercut from Foster.
Ribeiro is rocked!
Foster is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ribeiro can do to turn this around?
Foster circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Ribeiro drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Foster follows Ribeiro to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cole Foster!
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hype
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