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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kara Hiri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Vera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hiri comes to the cage accompanied by Society. Vera is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Black Eyed Peas - Bebot. Kara Hiri has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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214 lbs
22 - 11 - 1 |
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191 cm
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205 lbs
20 - 8 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kara Hiri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Michael Vera!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Leandro Rodrigues and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vera looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Vera throws a nice outside leg kick.
Nice jab there from Hiri.
Vera throws the kick towards the body but Hiri avoids it.
Vera throws a chopping leg kick but Hiri manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Good exchange - Vera coming out on top.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hiri scores with a jab.
The fighters circling - Hiri throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A right-left combo lands from Hiri.
Vera slips under a jab.
Hiri takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Hiri digs a good body shot into Vera's ribs.
Hiri throws a jab but it's blocked by Vera.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Vera.
Hiri has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Vera.
Vera takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hiri checks a low kick from Vera.
Vera has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Vera there as he acknowledges the shot.
Hiri throws out a loose jab but Vera uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hiri moves out of range of the body kick.
A slow jab from Hiri misses its intended target.
Vera swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Vera bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Hiri misses with a straight right.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Vera.
Hiri throws a good cross that connects.
Vera throws the left hand but Hiri avoids the punch easily.
Hiri tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head kick misses from Vera.
Vera moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Vera lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hiri is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Hiri is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Hiri does no damage.
Vera bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Vera lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hiri's sensitive parts.
Vera looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Vera throws a sloppy head kick and Hiri moves out of range easily.
The fighters circling - Vera throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Vera delivers a nice body kick.
Vera takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Vera lands a big head kick that sends Hiri tumbling to the mat! Vera takes a step backwards and waves Hiri back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Vera connects with a solid leg kick.
Vera looks for the body kick but Hiri saw that one coming.
An inside leg kick lands from Vera.
Vera misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vera circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Hiri drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Vera follows Hiri 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 3:07 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Michael Vera!
A less than humble Michael Vera misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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