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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Demonic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nando Rafael (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Demonic might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil. Nando Rafael has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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145 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Demonic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 8 - 2, fighting out of New York, Nando Rafael!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Columbo Gatti and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rafael thumps Demonic with a low kick.
Demonic looks to land a combination. Rafael sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Demonic misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rafael throws a head kick that misses.
Rafael moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Rafael lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Demonic pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rafael lands with a shot to the body.
Demonic really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Rafael thuds his shin into the meat of Demonic's side.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Demonic uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rafael.
Rafael connects with a right hand. Demonic shakes it off.
Demonic ducks right into an uppercut from Rafael.
Rafael looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rafael blocks a head kick by Demonic.
Rafael 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.
Demonic throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rafael tries to clinch there but Demonic circles away.
Demonic throws a leg kick that misses.
Rafael connects with an inside leg kick.
Rafael throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
An inside leg kick lands from Rafael.
Rafael instigates a clinch.
Rafael lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A short uppercut from Rafael.
Demonic has had enough of the clinch but Rafael keeps him there for the moment.
Rafael throws a punch but it's blocked by Demonic.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rafael tries to work over Demonic's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rafael misses with a hook to the ribs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Demonic is looking to break free of the clinch but Rafael has double underhooks.
Rafael pushes Demonic back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Rafael prevents Demonic from breaking the clinch.
Rafael misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rafael is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Demonic breaks the clinch.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Rafael tries a body shot but Demonic blocks it.
Demonic breaks the clinch.
Rafael lands with a thumping leg kick.
Demonic throws a sloppy body shot
and Rafael counters by moving into the clinch.
Rafael throws a head punch that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rafael works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Rafael lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Demonic backwards.
Rafael working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Rafael stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Rafael tries to work over Demonic's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Demonic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rafael avoids the head kick by Demonic.
Rafael moves into the clinch.
Demonic tries to circle away but Rafael has him pinned against the cage.
Rafael goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rafael misses with a body punch.
Demonic breaks the clinch.
Rafael throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rafael fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Demonic.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Rafael.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rafael misses with a straight right.
Rafael jabs at Demonic's body.
Rafael fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Demonic, pushing him back against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Rafael scores with a nice short uppercut.
Demonic blocks an uppercut.
Rafael misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rafael tries a body shot but Demonic blocks it.
Rafael tries to throw a body punch but Demonic avoids it by throwing Rafael back against the cage.
Demonic prevents a body shot from Rafael.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rafael.
Demonic blocks an uppercut.
Demonic tries to break free but Rafael pushes him back against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Demonic has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Still in the clinch, Rafael scores with a nice short uppercut.
Rafael pushes Demonic back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Rafael.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nando Rafael dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Rafael gets a clinch.
Rafael misses with the head strike.
Rafael lands a nice uppercut.
Rafael scores with a shoulder strike.
Rafael misses with a punch to the body.
Rafael lands a right hand that snaps the head of Demonic backwards.
Rafael misses with a punch to the body.
Rafael prevents Demonic from breaking the clinch.
Demonic wants to get back to striking at distance but Rafael won't allow it.
Rafael lands a body punch.
Demonic is trying to break the clinch but Rafael is controlling him.
Demonic wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rafael misses with a punch on the inside.
Rafael tries a body shot but Demonic blocks it.
Rafael throws a punch but it's blocked by Demonic.
Rafael pushes Demonic back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Demonic is trying to force a seperation but Rafael has the dominant position.
Rafael prevents Demonic from breaking the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rafael misses with a body punch.
Rafael misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Demonic.
Rafael is trying to maintain a safe position but Demonic gets an underhook and turns Rafael into the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Rafael takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Rafael misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rafael tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Demonic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Demonic misses with a series of wild punches.
Demonic staying out of range there.
Rafael is looking to clinch but Demonic is avoiding it.
A cross from Rafael lands.
Rafael is looking to clinch.
Demonic is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rafael throws a leg kick that misses.
Demonic throws a left and a right that both miss
and Rafael counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Demonic lands with a shot to the body.
Rafael avoids a punch combination nicely.
Demonic takes a swing at Rafael's ribcage but misses.
Demonic is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Rafael fails with an attempt to clinch.
Demonic cracks the inside of Rafael's front leg.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rafael tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Demonic paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rafael throws a right and a left that Demonic avoids nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rafael tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Demonic shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Demonic misses with a wild combination.
Rafael misses the shot to the body.
Demonic misses with a double jab.
Rafael lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Demonic circles away quickly and effectively.
Rafael rushes Demonic and presses him up against the cage.
Rafael misses with some punches.
Demonic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Demonic throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Demonic throws a front kick aimed at Rafael's knee but Rafael avoids it well.
Rafael fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Demonic manages to avoid it.
Rafael wants to slow Demonic down by chopping away at his legs.
Demonic stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Demonic fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Demonic!
Rafael connects with a leg kick. Demonic looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Rafael lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Good standup being displayed there by Rafael as he connects with a hook.
Demonic swinging wildly here.
Demonic throws a combination that misses
and Rafael counters with a low kick, right behind Demonic 's knee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nando Rafael showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Demonic tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Demonic lands a really nice looking cross but Rafael seems unphased.
Rafael connects with a good right hand that stumbles Demonic. Demonic circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Rafael swings wildly with an uppercut but Demonic uses good head movement to avoid it.
A left hand lands to the body for Rafael.
A head punch on the inside from Rafael fails to land.
Demonic is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Rafael misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rafael keeps control of Demonic as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A short body shot lands from Rafael as the two fighters clinch.
Demonic manages to break the clinch.
Rafael tries to close the distance and clinch up but Demonic swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rafael pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Demonic.
Demonic swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rafael tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Demonic paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rafael blocks the body kick.
Demonic circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rafael feints and then cracks Demonic's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Demonic down.
Demonic moves into range and connects with a jab.
Rafael swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rafael fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Demonic.
Demonic throws a big shot that misses.
Rafael keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rafael swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Rafael throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Demonic connects with a high kick.
Demonic keeps the fight on the outside.
Demonic walks forward, straight into a front kick from Rafael.
Rafael thows a left - swing and a miss!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rafael closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Demonic prevents a body shot from Rafael.
Rafael can't find room to land a body shot as Demonic controls the action.
Rafael misses with a hook to the ribs.
Demonic pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Demonic looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rafael tries to clinch up but Demonic circles away and keeps his distance.
Rafael throws a low kick, looking for Demonic's leg but Demonic calmly moves out of range.
Rafael lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Rafael throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Demonic.
Rafael fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Demonic is rocked!
Demonic lands a nice looking body shot.
Rafael fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nando Rafael seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rafael closes the distance and pushes Demonic back into the cage.
Rafael keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Demonic's efforts to push away.
Rafael lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Demonic has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nando Rafael is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Demonic tries to circle away but Rafael has him pinned against the cage.
Demonic breaks the clinch.
Demonic misses with a head kick.
Rafael lands a nice hook to Demonic's body. Demonic takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Demonic misses with a double jab.
Rafael tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Demonic takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Demonic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rafael.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rafael misses with a wild combination.
Demonic stalks Rafael and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Rafael's face. Rafael staggers backwards, shaken.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nando Rafael comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Rafael has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 John Kavanagh scores the fight 27:30
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nando Rafael!
Nando Rafael seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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hype
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