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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Travoltavich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Asano Arai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Travoltavich comes to the cage accompanied by Power in the Blood. Arai comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Fantastic Baby - BIG BANG kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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225 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
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Excellent MT
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, John Travoltavich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Asano Arai!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Edson Gomes and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Travoltavich attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Travoltavich checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Arai looks to land a left hand but Travoltavich moved out of range nicely.
John Travoltavich seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Travoltavich digs a good body shot into Arai's ribs.
Arai misses with a wild body shot.
Travoltavich scores with a push kick.
Arai throws a nice outside leg kick.
Travoltavich lands a nice shot to the body.
Arai throws a poor cross that misses
and Travoltavich counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Travoltavich tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Arai was well out of range. Poor timing from Travoltavich.
Travoltavich jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Arai misses with a double jab.
Arai fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Arai lands a jab to the nose.
Arai cracks the inside of Travoltavich's front leg.
Travoltavich attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Travoltavich goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Arai connects with a nice looking jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Travoltavich lands a big head kick that sends Arai tumbling to the mat! Travoltavich takes a step backwards and waves Arai back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Arai is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Arai drops his hands momentarily. Travoltavich doesn't need a second invitation, landing a shot to the temple. Arai staggers and falls to the mat and the ref dives in to save him from any more punishment. Arai doesn't seem happy with the stoppage but he was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). John Travoltavich!
During a confident post fight interview, John Travoltavich thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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