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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Francis Brizuela (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rau Utu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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315 lbs
14 - 7 - 1 |
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225 cm
27
300 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Francis Brizuela!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rau Utu!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Summer Carpenter and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brizuela swings widly with a right hand
and Utu counters with a nice body kick.
Utu fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Brizuela manages to avoid it.
Brizuela misses with a wild combination.
Utu fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Brizuela is out of range.
Brizuela closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Utu fails to land.
A shot in the inside from Brizuela.
It looks like Rau Utu has been cut.
Brizuela looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A shot in the inside from Brizuela.
Utu struggles to land a body shot inside as Brizuela controls his hands.
Utu tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Brizuela misses with a knee strike.
Utu dodges an elbow strike from Brizuela.
Utu misses with the head strike.
Brizuela looking to throw knees to the head but Utu is blocking nicely.
Brizuela struggles to land a body shot inside as Utu controls his hands.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Still in the clinch, Utu scores with a nice short uppercut.
Brizuela tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Utu avoids it.
Utu takes a knee right on the jaw!
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Utu.
Brizuela throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Utu lands with a right to the head.
A right hand to the body from Brizuela.
Utu misses with a hook to the ribs.
Brizuela missing with knees to the body.
Brizuela working aggressively here.
Brizuela misses with a punch on the inside.
Brizuela misses with a knee strike.
Still in the clinch, Utu scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brizuela trying to land knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Brizuela just misses with a elbow thrown towards Utu's brow.
Utu tries a body shot but Brizuela blocks it.
Brizuela lands a left hand.
Brizuela tries to work over Utu's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Brizuela lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Brizuela lands a hook to the side of the head.
Utu lands a hook to the side of the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brizuela misses with a body punch.
Utu misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brizuela.
Utu throws a punch but it's blocked by Brizuela.
Brizuela creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Utu tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Brizuela's elbow.
Utu blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Utu lands a right hand.
Brizuela tries to land a knee to the head but Utu blocks with his arms.
Brizuela throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Utu lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Brizuela backwards.
Utu leaning his opponent against the cage.
Utu blocks an uppercut.
Utu tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Utu goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Brizuela lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A short left from Utu.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Utu blocks an elbow strike.
Utu blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Utu prevents a body shot from Brizuela.
Utu trying to stall but Brizuela improves his position.
Brizuela blocking some punches.
Utu lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Brizuela backwards.
Brizuela working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Brizuela trying to land knees to the body.
Utu lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Brizuela prevents a body shot from Utu.
Utu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Brizuela blocking some punches.
Utu blocks an uppercut.
Utu avoiding damage as Brizuela throws knees to the body.
Utu lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Utu leaning his opponent against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Brizuela obliges.
Utu tries to throw a body punch but Brizuela avoids it by throwing Utu back against the cage.
Brizuela misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Utu goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Brizuela lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Brizuela's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Brizuela can't find room to land a body shot as Utu controls the action.
Brizuela softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Utu breaks from the clinch.
Utu displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Brizuela throws out the jab.
Utu rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Brizuela moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nice jab there from Utu.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Utu looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Brizuela misses with a hook
and Utu counters with a head kick.
Utu throws a hook to the side of Brizuela's head but Brizuela sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Brizuela throws a lazy uppercut
and Utu counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Rau Utu will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Rau Utu's cut.
That's time! Brizuela's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Utu throws a leg kick but Brizuela sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Brizuela throws a hook but Utu avoids it easily.
Utu moves out of range of the strikes.
Brizuela is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Utu's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Brizuela looks to land a left hand but Utu moved out of range nicely.
Utu gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Utu.
A big left from Brizuela misses.
Brizuela tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Utu manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Rau Utu seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Utu blocks a jab.
Utu does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Utu staying out of range there.
Brizuela has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Utu.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Utu moves out of range of the strikes.
Utu avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Utu misses with a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Utu uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Brizuela.
Brizuela takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Brizuela throws a hook but Utu avoids it easily.
Utu motions for Brizuela to come forward. Utu throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Utu fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Brizuela has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Brizuela throws a poor cross that misses
and Utu makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Brizuela misses with a wild body shot.
Brizuela swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Brizuela connects with a right hand. Utu shakes it off.
Utu throws a head kick that misses.
Utu avoids the body shot from Brizuela.
Brizuela misses with a hook.
Utu lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Utu scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Brizuela keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Brizuela is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Brizuela swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Utu takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Brizuela checks a leg kick.
Utu misses with a low kick as Brizuela jumps back.
Brizuela misses with the combination.
Brizuela keeps the fight on the outside.
Utu gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Brizuela looks to land a left hand but Utu moved out of range nicely.
Brizuela walks forward, straight into a front kick from Utu.
Utu dips to his left and cracks Brizuela with an uppercut!
Brizuela misses with a hook.
Utu avoids the body shot from Brizuela.
Utu throws a leg kick
and Brizuela counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Brizuela fails in his attempt to clinch.
Brizuela works Utu's body with a nice hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Utu throws a series of punches but Brizuela avoids them all with ease.
Utu lands a nice looking body kick.
Utu has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Utu throws a quick inside leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Brizuela throws a big shot that misses.
Utu scores with a jab. Brizuela acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Brizuela loads up on a big right hand but Utu slips the punch.
Utu tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Utu scores with a kick to the body.
Utu throws a body kick that misses.
Utu misses with an attempted mid kick.
Utu walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
That has opened up Rau Utu's cut even more.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A cross from Brizuela lands.
Brizuela ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Utu moves away.
Brizuela throws a big shot that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Brizuela looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nice shot lands for Utu.
Utu listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Utu lands a nice leg kick that just misses Brizuela's sensitive parts.
Brizuela misses with an uppercut
and Utu makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Brizuela takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Utu lands with a nice body punch.
Brizuela takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
A chopping leg kick lands by Utu.
Utu scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Francis Brizuela seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Utu ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Utu scores with a jab to the head.
Utu lands a nice hook to Brizuela's body. Brizuela takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Utu stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rau Utu showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Rau Utu's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Utu cracks Brizuela with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Utu has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Brizuela to stand back up!
Brizuela is rocked!
Brizuela thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Utu is looking to slow Brizuela down with leg kicks.
Utu blocks a jab.
Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from Utu! Brizuela is out on his feet! Utu rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - Brizuela is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! Brizuela is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rau Utu!
Rau Utu decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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