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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Veloso Faeez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robbie Rockin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Faeez comes to the cage accompanied by Here comes the pain. Robbie Rockin will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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174 cm
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180 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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179 cm
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175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Tends to cut |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Veloso Faeez! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Robbie Rockin! The judges for this bout are William Peck, Steve Smith and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Faeez scores with a takedown into Rockin's guard. Faeez trying to control but Rockin is working from the bottom. Faeez slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Veloso Faeez wasn't doing enough on the ground. Rockin tries to land a front kick but Faeez steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
That's one minute gone in the round. Faeez drives through and clinches with Rockin against the cage.
Faeez jumps guard but Rockin turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing. Rockin is trying to break the clinch but Faeez is controlling him. Rockin wants to get back to striking at distance but Faeez won't allow it.
Faeez keeps control of Rockin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks. Faeez wants the takedown. Rockin is fighting it off but Faeez persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Rockin's guard against the cage. Faeez trying to control the position from guard on top but Rockin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Faeez postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head. Faeez connects with a couple of short punches. Rockin controls Faeez momentarily but Faeez frees himself. Rockin really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Faeez. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Faeez keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Rockin's head. This has been an exciting period of action! Rockin keeping moving, preventing Faeez from controlling successfully. Faeez has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission. Faeez with a flurry of punches that miss. Faeez throws a big elbow that misses. Faeez keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Rockin's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Faeez connects with a couple of short punches. Rockin is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent. Faeez trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat. Faeez missing there with some ground and pound from the guard. Faeez in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Faeez decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Rockin, up you get! Faeez blocks a head kick by Rockin.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Rockin scores with a sloppy right hand. Faeez should have avoided that one. The fighters circling - Rockin throws out the jab but it was never going to land. Rockin digs a good hook to Faeez's body.
Rockin lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
It looks like Veloso Faeez has been cut. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! An inside leg kick lands from Rockin. Faeez takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Faeez takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it. Faeez feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position. Faeez is breathing heavily. Faeez is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Rockin preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Veloso Faeez dominated that round. The cut man is working on Veloso Faeez's cut. OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Rockin jabs at Faeez's body. Faeez throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Rockin was covering up waiting for the punch and Faeez finishes the takedown easily into guard. Faeez stops Rockin from standing up. Faeez is standing up over Rockin. Rockin looks to escape but Faeez dives into side control.
Faeez throws an elbow but Rockin slips to the side and avoids it well. Faeez cracks Rockin with an elbow. That is naaassty.
That's one minute gone in the round. Faeez working away. Faeez decides to stand up, so the ref orders Rockin to his feet. Rockin moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot. Faeez shoots in for a takedown but Rockin shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet. Faeez has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Rockin. Rockin lands with a hook. Faeez tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Rockin lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. Faeez scores with a takedown into Rockin's guard. Rockin wants to sweep here but Faeez controlling him for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Rockin is trying to control the position but Faeez postures up. Faeez stands up over Rockin, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head. Faeez wants to get up but he can't break Rockin's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here. Rockin utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound. Faeez trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round. It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup. Faeez connects with a couple of short punches. Faeez is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there. Rockin wants to get back to his feet but Faeez is in a dominant position and won't allow it. Faeez stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Rockin swivels though and keeps the full guard. Rockin trying to keep a closed guard but Faeez is proving a slippery customer.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Faeez stands up over Rockin, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head. Faeez missing there with some ground and pound from the guard. Faeez passes easily into side control. Nice work. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Rockin wants to control but Faeez postures up. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Veloso Faeez will probably get the nod. The cut man is working on Veloso Faeez's cut. Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!
Rockin with a jab. Rockin throws an overhand right that lands on Faeez's shoulder, as Faeez tries to avoid the shot. Faeez scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice. Faeez throwing strikes but missing, from side control. Faeez throws an elbow but Rockin slips to the side and avoids it well. Rockin is trying to escape and get back to his feet. Rockin is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Faeez is one step ahead and moves to full mount! Faeez is landing with some decent strikes but Rockin is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
That's one minute gone in the round. Faeez scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Faeez putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound! Faeez landing strikes from the mount. Faeez tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position. Faeez seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Rockin for as long as he can get away with.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Faeez can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Rockin is looking to escape. This has been an exciting period of action! Faeez lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Faeez working Rockin over with strikes here. The referee warns Rockin that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Rockin is bucking up trying to escape but Faeez cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Rockin is rocked! Faeez lands a big shot to the head and Rockin winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Veloso Faeez! After winning the bout, Veloso Faeez thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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