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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dominic Tsunami (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafael Almeida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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196 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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191 cm
29
195 lbs
8 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Very quick |
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Good takedowns
Solid Muay Thai
Knockout power |
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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
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dominic Tsunami!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rafael Almeida!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Albert Achterberg and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tsunami throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Almeida was covering up waiting for the punch and Tsunami finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Almeida looking for a guillotine here but Tsunami defends easily.
Tsunami is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Almeida has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Tsunami can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Tsunami throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Tsunami is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Tsunami is looking to work some ground and pound but Almeida has wrist control.
Tsunami chips away with some ground and pound.
Tsunami controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
We've been hearing that Tsunami has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Tsunami trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tsunami throwing strikes from guard but Almeida blocks nicely.
Tsunami throwing strikes but missing.
Tsunami is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Almeida looking to control but Tsunami passes into half guard.
Tsunami is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Tsunami perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Almeida is trying to stand up here but Tsunami is controlling him well.
Almeida won't allow Tsunami to pass to mount.
Tsunami lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Tsunami looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almeida taking some punishment here, with Tsunami in his half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tsunami slips a nice elbow through Almeida's hands, connecting with Almeida's forehead.
Tsunami wants to pass the guard but Almeida is defending well.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Tsunami working Almeida over with strikes.
Almeida is trying to stand.
Tsunami lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Almeida has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Tsunami is working away from the top position though.
Almeida is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Tsunami scores with a couple of nice shots.
Tsunami controlling the action here.
Almeida blocking the ground and pound attempt from Tsunami.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tsunami looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Almeida with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Tsunami thows a huge punch but Almeida dodges it nicely.
Tsunami works his way into side control.
Tsunami lands a decent elbow from side control.
Tsunami in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Tsunami lands a decent elbow from side control.
Almeida is rocked!
Tsunami wants to lay and pray for a moment but Almeida keeps working.
Tsunami connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Almeida some visible discomfort.
Almeida is still in real trouble! Can Tsunami finish him?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tsunami in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Almeida looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Tsunami turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dominic Tsunami!
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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
59% |
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