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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rafael Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Masaharu Funaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rafael Oliveira could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Masaharu Funaki's chin.
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205 lbs
6 - 7 - 0 |
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209 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
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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
6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rafael Oliveira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Masaharu Funaki!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Wesley Smith and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Funaki pushes Oliveira up against the cage in a clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Oliveira.
It looks like Masaharu Funaki has been cut.
Oliveira stalling against the cage.
Oliveira blocks a body shot from Funaki.
Oliveira stalls.
A knee to the head by Oliveira.
Oliveira tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Funaki tries to land knees in the clinch but Oliveira avoids the damage to the body.
Oliveira landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Oliveira misses with a knee strike.
Oliveira lands a nice knee to the body.
Funaki looks winded!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Oliveira landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Oliveira lands an elbow that stopped Funaki in his tracks for a moment.
Oliveira slows down the pace here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Oliveira leaning his opponent against the cage.
Oliveira tries to land a knee to the head but Funaki blocks with his arms.
Funaki wants to take the fight to the mat but Oliveira manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Oliveira tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Oliveira tries to land knees in the clinch but Funaki avoids the damage to the body.
Oliveira lands an elbow inside that Funaki shrugs off.
That has opened up Masaharu Funaki's cut even more.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Oliveira lands an elbow just above Funaki 's eye.
Funaki is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Funaki can't find room to land a body shot as Oliveira controls the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira landing knees to the head.
Oliveira scores with a knee to the head.
The cut above Masaharu Funaki's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Oliveira connects with a nasty looking knee right to Funaki's face.
Funaki is working for takedown but Oliveira is calmly controlling the position for now.
Rafael Oliveira has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Masaharu Funaki.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Oliveira takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Oliveira seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Rafael Oliveira.
A slapping leg kick lands for Oliveira.
Oliveira misses with a two punch combination.
Funaki takes a swing at Oliveira's ribcage but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira looks to land a combination but Funaki avoids it well.
Oliveira goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Oliveira misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Oliveira lands a jab.
Oliveira looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Oliveira rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Funaki moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Oliveira misses with the combination.
A clash of legs there as Oliveira blocks the low kick.
Oliveira cracks Funaki with a good jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira misses with a head kick.
Oliveira misses with an uppercut.
Oliveira throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Funaki shoots in but no luck this time.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Oliveira throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Funaki throws a leg kick which misses Oliveira's front leg but catches the back leg as Oliveira tries to avoid it.
A head kick from Oliveira lands but Funaki takes it in his stride.
Oliveira swinging wildly here.
Funaki throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Oliveira's waist but Oliveira gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Funaki off to one side.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Funaki looks to score with a jab to the body but Oliveira is just out of range.
Rafael Oliveira seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Funaki.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rafael Oliveira dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Masaharu Funaki's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Funaki.
Oliveira cracks the inside of Funaki's front leg.
Rafael Oliveira is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Oliveira feints with a left and delivers a massive head kick! Funaki collapses like a ragdoll! Game over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Rafael Oliveira!
Rafael Oliveira took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Al's Supplements - 160 Q for $150 for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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