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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Edvan De Moraes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Riley Cooper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Edvan De Moraes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Riley Cooper!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Moraes feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Cooper's calf.
De Moraes cracks the inside of Cooper's front leg.
De Moraes pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cooper will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Cooper slips under a jab.
De Moraes feints and then cracks Cooper's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Cooper down.
A solid leg kick lands there for De Moraes.
De Moraes circles away from the clinch attempt
and De Moraes counters with a body kick.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Cooper has eaten all the pies!
De Moraes lands a high kick!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cooper goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Cooper takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Cooper avoids the head kick by De Moraes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Moraes fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Cooper has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cooper looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
De Moraes is looking to slow Cooper down with leg kicks.
Cooper takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
It looks like Riley Cooper has been cut.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by De Moraes.
Cooper's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
De Moraes misses with a wild body shot.
Cooper closes the distance and clinches up with De Moraes, looking for a takedown. Cooper pushes De Moraes against the cage but De Moraes circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Edvan De Moraes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cooper takes a head kick and keeps coming.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cooper tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
De Moraes lands a nice looking kick to the body. Cooper takes a step back to recover.
Edvan De Moraes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
De Moraes throws an overhand right that lands on Cooper's shoulder, as Cooper tries to avoid the shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooper blocks a head kick by De Moraes.
Cooper takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
De Moraes turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
De Moraes lands a nice leg kick that just misses Cooper's sensitive parts.
Cooper tries to clinch up.
De Moraes scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Cooper uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from De Moraes.
De Moraes throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cooper sees it coming and avoids it easily.
De Moraes lands a nice leg kick that just misses Cooper's sensitive parts.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from De Moraes. Cooper shrugs it off though.
De Moraes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cooper moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from De Moraes misses.
Cooper tries to clinch but fails miserably
and De Moraes counters with an outside leg kick.
De Moraes throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
De Moraes fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Cooper checks it well.
De Moraes lands a nice leg kick that just misses Cooper's sensitive parts.
De Moraes moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Cooper on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
De Moraes lands a nice leg kick that just misses Cooper's sensitive parts.
Cooper blocks a low kick nicely.
De Moraes missing with a left hand there. Cooper was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
De Moraes lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Moraes scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cooper tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but De Moraes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
De Moraes tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nice body kick there by De Moraes.
Cooper takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Cooper chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before De Moraes can pounce on him.
De Moraes lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
De Moraes throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cooper tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A slapping body kick lands there for De Moraes.
De Moraes tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
De Moraes looks to throw the jab but Cooper is out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Edvan De Moraes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Riley Cooper's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
De Moraes lands a high kick!
Cooper takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Crunch! De Moraes slams his shin into Cooper's torso.
Cooper 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.
De Moraes chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Cooper jabbing away but nothing is landing.
De Moraes lands a head kick. Cooper smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De Moraes looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
De Moraes feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Cooper's calf.
Cooper closes the distance and pushes De Moraes back into the cage.
De Moraes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
De Moraes thumps Cooper with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooper fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cooper avoids the head kick by De Moraes.
A solid leg kick lands there for De Moraes.
The fighters circling - De Moraes throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cooper darts in trying to clinch
and De Moraes counters with a thumping low kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for De Moraes.
De Moraes throws a quick inside leg kick.
De Moraes lands a nice leg kick that just misses Cooper's sensitive parts.
De Moraes buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Moraes thows a body shot but no joy.
De Moraes connects with a leg kick. Cooper looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from De Moraes, right into the meat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De Moraes throws a nice inside leg kick.
Cooper is breathing heavily.
De Moraes scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Cooper tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
De Moraes fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Cooper.
A head kick from De Moraes lands but Cooper takes it in his stride.
De Moraes throws a head kick but Cooper moves out of range.
De Moraes tries a head kick but it misses.
De Moraes is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cooper can do to turn this around?
De Moraes scores with a nice body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Moraes checks the leg kick.
Cooper avoids the body shot from De Moraes.
De Moraes lands a nice leg kick that just misses Cooper's sensitive parts.
De Moraes connects with the punch.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from De Moraes - that will leave a mark!
De Moraes scores with a leg kick.
De Moraes goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
De Moraes pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A good leg kick by De Moraes.
De Moraes throws a head kick that misses.
De Moraes ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Moraes swings away with a leg kick that misses.
De Moraes misses with a head kick.
De Moraes throws an overhand right that lands on Cooper's shoulder, as Cooper tries to avoid the shot.
Edvan De Moraes is winning the standup battle so far.
De Moraes pulls out of a head kick attempt.
De Moraes scores with a head kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
De Moraes checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
De Moraes feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Cooper's calf.
A looping hook to the body misses from De Moraes. Cooper does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cooper wants to clinch.
De Moraes looks to score with a jab to the body but Cooper is just out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Edvan De Moraes dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Riley Cooper's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
De Moraes moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
De Moraes misses with an uppercut. Cooper saw that one coming.
De Moraes attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Cooper drives through and clinches with De Moraes against the cage.
De Moraes pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Cooper is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but De Moraes is keeping busy.
Cooper blocks the elbow strike.
Cooper trying to stall but De Moraes improves his position.
Cooper dodges an elbow strike from De Moraes.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, De Moraes just misses with a elbow thrown towards Cooper's brow.
De Moraes lands an elbow inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Cooper throws an elbow but misses.
Cooper avoids a wild elbow strike from De Moraes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Moraes keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cooper's efforts to push away.
Cooper is trying to break free.
Cooper avoids the elbow strike from De Moraes, against the cage.
Cooper blocks an elbow strike.
De Moraes manages to break the clinch.
De Moraes moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
De Moraes scores with a head kick.
De Moraes throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Good leg kick by De Moraes there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
De Moraes thuds his shin into the meat of Cooper's side.
De Moraes throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cooper looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Moraes looks to throw the jab but Cooper is out of range.
Cooper shoots in and drives through. De Moraes sprawls well.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by De Moraes.
De Moraes looks to land a left hand but Cooper moved out of range nicely.
De Moraes throws a quick inside leg kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
De Moraes lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Cooper moves to clinch but De Moraes breaks away
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Riley Cooper is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cooper takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Cooper tries to close the distance and clinch up but De Moraes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
De Moraes wants to slow Cooper down by chopping away at his legs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Moraes misses with a wild body shot.
A slapping leg kick lands for De Moraes.
Cooper moves out of range as De Moraes strikes.
De Moraes throws a front kick aimed at Cooper's knee but Cooper avoids it well.
De Moraes misses with a body kick.
De Moraes misses with a head kick.
De Moraes lands a nice looking body kick.
De Moraes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cooper takes a kick to the side of the head.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by De Moraes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Cooper checks a leg kick.
Cooper tries to clinch up but De Moraes circles away and keeps his distance.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from De Moraes, right into the meat.
De Moraes keeps the fight on the outside.
Cooper takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Good leg kick by De Moraes there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Moraes lands with a nice body kick.
De Moraes throws the kick towards the body but Cooper avoids it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
De Moraes lands with a slapping head kick.
De Moraes throws a head kick that misses.
Riley Cooper has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
De Moraes lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
And that's the end of the fight!
Edvan De Moraes showed his dominance in that final round.
Well De Moraes has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:26
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:26
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Edvan De Moraes!
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