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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mike Boxer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robert Sowa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Boxer comes to the ring accompanied by Hammerfall - Last Man Standing. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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190 lbs
11 - 13 - 0 |
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195 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mike Boxer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Robert Sowa!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Seu Braga and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boxer gets tackled into the ropes by Sowa. Sowa maintains the clinch.
Sowa drops down looking for an ankle pick but Boxer pulls his leg out and moves away.
Sowa looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Sowa throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Sowa thows a huge punch but Boxer dodges it nicely.
Sowa missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Sowa throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Sowa throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Sowa lands strikes from half guard.
Boxer blocking the ground and pound attempt from Sowa.
Sowa throws a strike but Boxer avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sowa loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Sowa with a flurry of punches that miss.
Sowa throws a strike but Boxer rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Sowa has his foot on Boxer's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Boxer works his way back into a safe position though.
We've been hearing good reports from Boxer's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Sowa has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Boxer is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Sowa.
Boxer wants to stand but Sowa has his arm trapped.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sowa pushes Boxer away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Boxer gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Sowa tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Sowa is still trying to improve position.
Boxer wants to stand but Sowa has his arm trapped.
Sowa manages to work his way to half guard, despite Boxer's best efforts.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sowa tries to get to full guard but Boxer has control of the leg.
Sowa actively working from the bottom here.
Sowa looking for submissions off his back.
Sowa looking for subs from the bottom but Boxer mounts him!
Sowa can't escape the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sowa is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Sowa tries to lock up and control but Boxer gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Sowa has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sowa is looking to get to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Robert Sowa dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Boxer changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Sowa gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Boxer.
Boxer slaps away a takedown attempt from Sowa, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Boxer drops Sowa with a beautiful combination! Sowa stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Boxer is looking for the KO!
Sowa is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Boxer scores with a shot to the body.
Sowa is still on wobbly legs! Can Boxer finish him?
Sowa shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Boxer as he avoids it easily.
Boxer drops Sowa with a big left hand! Sowa is injured, injured bad! Boxer jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mike Boxer!
A very excited looking Mike Boxer rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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