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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Optimus Rimes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Holy Jenova (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jenova has chosen Pink Floyd - Money as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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239 lbs
13 - 4 - 0 |
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285 lbs
9 - 0 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
Good gas tank |
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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
13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Optimus Rimes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Holy Jenova!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good leg kick by Rimes there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Jenova looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Jenova is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Rimes lands a leg kick that knocks Jenova off balance momentarily.
Rimes throws a low kick but Jenova moves out of range easily.
Optimus Rimes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rimes throws a left and a right that both miss
and Jenova counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Jenova avoids the body shot from Rimes.
Jenova blocks a jab.
Rimes throws a nice outside leg kick.
Jenova 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.
Rimes moves out of range of the body kick.
Rimes with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jenova misses with a body shot.
Rimes throws a front kick aimed at Jenova's knee but Jenova avoids it well.
Jenova misses with a wild body shot.
Jenova takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
It looks like Holy Jenova has been cut.
Jenova takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Rimes is looking to clinch but Jenova is avoiding it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jenova checks a low kick from Rimes.
Rimes fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Jenova is out of range.
Jenova misses with a head kick.
Rimes has closed the distance and engaged Jenova in a clinch.
Jenova breaks the clinch.
Rimes looks for the body kick but Jenova saw that one coming.
Jenova blocks a head kick by Rimes.
Rimes tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Jenova counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rimes misses with a kick to the body.
Rimes moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Rimes wants to land a leg kick but Jenova is out of range.
Rimes looks for the body kick but Jenova saw that one coming.
A solid leg kick lands there for Rimes.
Jenova throws a jab but it's blocked by Rimes.
Rimes clinches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jenova can't find room to land a body shot as Rimes controls the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jenova blocks a body shot from Rimes.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jenova.
Rimes misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rimes digs a right hand underneath Jenova's ribcage. Jenova let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Rimes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A short left from Jenova.
Jenova doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jenova tries a body shot but Rimes blocks it.
Rimes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jenova on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rimes lands a right hand that snaps the head of Jenova backwards.
Jenova throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Rimes trying to land knees to the body.
Jenova lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rimes backwards.
Jenova blocks a body shot from Rimes.
Rimes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jenova misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rimes lands an uppercut.
Jenova blocks an uppercut.
Rimes with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Rimes.
Jenova looks winded!
Rimes landing knees to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jenova blocks an uppercut.
Rimes lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jenova backwards.
Jenova can't find room to land a body shot as Rimes controls the action.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rimes creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Jenova fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Jenova.
Rimes misses with some punches.
Jenova throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Jenova takes a knee right on the jaw!
Jenova doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nice body punch from Rimes - that landed with a thud.
Jenova lands a nice shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jenova misses with a punch to the body.
Rimes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jenova is leaning against Rimes and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
I was talking to Rimes's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Jenova misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jenova presses Rimes against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Jenova lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rimes backwards.
Jenova tries to throw a body punch but Rimes avoids it by throwing Jenova back against the cage.
Rimes struggles to land a body shot inside as Jenova controls his hands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rimes lands a body shot in the clinch.
Rimes misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jenova working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Rimes takes a shot to the head.
Jenova pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rimes throws a leg kick
letting Jenova counter with a right hand.
Rimes lands a nice shot to the body.
A low kick from Rimes is predictable there
and Jenova counters with a good, hard body kick but Rimes shrugs it off.
Jenova misses with a wild body shot.
Jenova bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Rimes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jenova circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Rimes drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Jenova follows Rimes to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Holy Jenova!
A very excited looking Holy Jenova 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
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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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