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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rafa Radit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charles Douglas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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162 lbs
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168 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine |
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Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rafa Radit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Charles Douglas!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, John Mangel and Summer Carpenter.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Radit scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Radit fails with an attempt to clinch.
Radit misses with a kick to the body.
Douglas avoids the head kick by Radit.
Radit tries to clinch but Douglas moves out of range.
Douglas throws a half hearted mid kick.
Radit shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Radit tries to clinch up.
Douglas moves out of range of the body kick.
Radit lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
It looks like Charles Douglas has been cut.
Douglas moves out of range as Radit throws a body kick.
Radit tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Douglas looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Radit pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Radit tries to clinch up but Douglas circles away and keeps his distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Douglas takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Radit lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Douglas blocks a leg kick.
Radit gets caught napping as Douglas dives in and scores a takedown. Radit manages to retain guard.
Radit is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Radit missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Radit is keen to just control but Douglas is a slippery customer.
Douglas blocking the ground and pound attempt from Radit.
Douglas tries to get to full guard but Radit has control of the leg.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Radit is stalling here. Douglas is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Radit seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Douglas has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Douglas creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Radit sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Douglas working the ground and pound from side control.
Radit knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Douglas on the ground.
Douglas throws an elbow but Radit slips to the side and avoids it well.
Douglas working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Douglas working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Radit managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Douglas.
Douglas throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Douglas in side control, throwing shots but Radit defends.
Radit defending against the ground and pound.
Douglas in side control, throwing shots but Radit defends.
Douglas tries to advance to mount but Radit denies him.
Radit tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Douglas wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Douglas misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Douglas wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Radit, who protects the arm well.
Douglas grinds an elbow into Radit's temple.
Douglas is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Radit has escaped the position, nice work there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Douglas working the ground and pound.
Radit is looking for a sweep.
Douglas landing strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Douglas throws an elbow but Radit slips to the side and avoids it well.
Radit taking a bit of punishment here - Douglas scoring with strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Radit regains half guard, as Douglas was trying to land strikes.
Douglas throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Radit regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Douglas.
Douglas throws an elbow that misses. Radit uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Douglas's guard. Nice move by Radit!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Charles Douglas will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Charles Douglas's cut.
That's time! Radit's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Radit throws a half hearted mid kick.
Radit blocks a low kick nicely.
Radit throws a push kick but Douglas slaps the foot to one side.
Radit throws a lazy uppercut
and Douglas moves into the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Radit throws an elbow but misses.
Radit tries to land a knee to the head but Douglas blocks with his arms.
Douglas is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Radit is defending well.
Radit with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Radit looking to throw knees to the head but Douglas is blocking nicely.
Douglas blocks a body shot from Radit.
Radit utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Radit stalling in the clinch but Douglas improves position.
Douglas turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Douglas looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Radit is avoiding damage well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Douglas working the ground and pound but Radit is defending the strikes.
Douglas landing strikes.
Douglas with the ground and pound but Radit regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Douglas thows a huge punch but Radit dodges it nicely.
Douglas has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Nice strikes from Douglas there.
Douglas trying to mount his opponent but Radit defends it.
Douglas passes to full mount!
Poor strikes thrown by Douglas there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Douglas working away from the top, dropping strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Douglas breaks from Radit's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Douglas scoring with strikes but Radit is staying in there.
The referee warns Radit that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Radit tries to lock up and control but Douglas gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Douglas thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Radit wants to control but Douglas is having none of it.
Douglas cracks Radit with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
A nice elbow there by Douglas.
Radit is bucking up trying to escape but Douglas cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Radit can't escape the position.
Douglas in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Douglas throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Radit taking shots to the head.
Douglas unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Radit wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Douglas celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Charles Douglas!
A very excited looking Charles Douglas made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
57% |
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