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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dodger Dog (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafael Misiek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Misiek has chosen El Picante as his entrance music. Rafael Misiek has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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290 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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181 cm
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185 lbs
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Dangerous GnP
Solid boxing
Cardio machine |
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Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Dodger Dog!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 6 - 1, fighting out of New York, Rafael Misiek!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Chris Edwards and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Misiek moves out of range of the body kick.
Dog clinches up against the cage.
I was talking to Dog's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Misiek blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dog misses with some punches.
Misiek is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dog is defending well for now.
Dog lands a right hand.
Misiek's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Dog misses with some punches.
Dog has a couple of punches blocked by Misiek.
Dog misses with a hook from the clinch.
Misiek misses with a knee strike.
Dog misses with some punches.
Misiek with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dog blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Misiek tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dog is stalling here.
Misiek lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Misiek dodges an elbow strike from Dog.
Dog avoiding damage as Misiek throws knees to the body.
Misiek blocks an elbow strike.
Dog avoids the elbow strike from Misiek, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dog just misses with a elbow thrown towards Misiek's brow.
Dog misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dog throws a punch but it's blocked by Misiek.
Misiek misses with some punches.
Misiek tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Misiek lands an uppercut.
Dog swings wildly with an uppercut but Misiek uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dog on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Misiek scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dog tries to throw a body punch but Misiek avoids it by throwing Dog back against the cage.
Dog lands a left hand that snaps the head of Misiek backwards.
Dog takes an elbow to the forehead.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Misiek softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
With the fighters up against the cage, Misiek throws an elbow but misses.
Dog has a couple of punches blocked by Misiek.
Misiek tries to land knees in the clinch but Dog avoids the damage to the body.
Misiek lands a nice knee to the body.
Dog goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Misiek is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Dog is keeping busy.
Dog tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Misiek has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. So far he's outscoring his opponent in the clinch so it seems to have been worthwhile.
Dog taking a breather.
Misiek avoids a wild elbow strike from Dog.
Misiek is stalling here.
Dog misses with a punch on the inside.
Dog misses with a punch on the inside.
Dog lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Misiek backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dog avoids the elbow strike from Misiek, against the cage.
Misiek lands an uppercut.
Dog misses with some punches.
Misiek lands an uppercut.
Misiek lands an elbow that stopped Dog in his tracks for a moment.
Dog scores with a nice hook to the head.
Dog tries to throw a body punch but Misiek avoids it by throwing Dog back against the cage.
Dog lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Misiek blocks an uppercut.
Dog throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Dog doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dog digs a right hand into Misiek's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Misiek's gas tank.
Misiek presses Dog against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Misiek prevents a body shot from Dog.
Misiek lands a shot to the body.
Misiek can't find room to land a body shot as Dog controls the action.
Misiek with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Misiek prevents a body shot from Dog.
Misiek with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Misiek misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dog.
Dog throws a head punch that misses.
Misiek missing with knees to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Dog.
Misiek prevents a body shot from Dog.
Misiek stalling in the clinch.
Misiek tries to land knees in the clinch but Dog avoids the damage to the body.
Knees to the body from Misiek.
A nice left hand lands by Dog.
Dog takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like Dodger Dog has been cut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Misiek lands an elbow that stopped Dog in his tracks for a moment.
Dog managing to block the knees to the body from Misiek.
Misiek lands an elbow just above Dog 's eye.
Nice body punch from Dog - that landed with a thud.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Rafael Misiek will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Dodger Dog's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Dog swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Misiek gets tackled into the cage by Dog. Dog maintains the clinch.
Misiek prevents a body shot from Dog.
Dog has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Misiek misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dog misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dog blocks an elbow strike from Misiek.
Misiek lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Misiek tries a knee to the head but Dog blocks it.
Misiek tries to stall but Dog uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Misiek throws an elbow that misses.
Misiek lands a body shot in the clinch.
Misiek landing knees to the head.
Dog tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Misiek is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Misiek just misses with a elbow thrown towards Dog's brow.
Dog avoiding damage as Misiek throws knees to the body.
Dog avoids a wild elbow strike from Misiek.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Misiek with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Misiek with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dog pushes Misiek back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dog scores with a hook to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Misiek just misses with a elbow thrown towards Dog's brow.
Misiek trying to land knees to the body.
Dog blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rafael Misiek seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Misiek lands a body shot in the clinch.
Misiek lands a body punch in the clinch.
Dog misses with a punch to the body.
Dog looking to throw knees to the head but Misiek is blocking nicely.
Misiek misses with a punch to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Dog.
Dog misses with a punch on the inside.
Dog avoiding damage as Misiek throws knees to the body.
Dog throws a head punch that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Misiek tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Misiek prevents a body shot from Dog.
Misiek using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dog has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Misiek throws a knee to the head but misses.
Misiek takes a shot to the head.
Dog throws a head punch that misses.
Misiek blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dog on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dog misses with the head strike.
Misiek throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dog.
Misiek trying to control the position but instead, Dog has worked for underhooks and has pushed Misiek into the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dog lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Misiek backwards.
Misiek pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Misiek throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dog blocks it with crossed arms.
Dog lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Dog can't find room to land a body shot as Misiek controls the action.
Dog lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Misiek avoids the elbow strike from Dog, against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Misiek is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
Dog makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Dog lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Misiek manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
With the fighters up against the cage, Misiek throws an elbow but misses.
Dog swings wildly with an uppercut but Misiek uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dog lands with a light punch inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dog works on Misiek's body with a couple of short punches.
Misiek prevents a body shot from Dog.
Dog misses with an elbow over the top.
Misiek misses with a knee strike.
Misiek is stalling here.
Dog lands a body punch in the clinch.
Misiek is breathing heavily.
With the fighters up against the cage, Misiek throws an elbow but misses.
Dog blocks an elbow strike from Misiek.
Dog managing to block the knees to the body from Misiek.
Dog swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dog scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Misiek tries a knee to the head but Dog blocks it.
Dog lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Misiek tries to land a knee to the head but Dog blocks with his arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dodger Dog dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Dodger Dog's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Dog tries to bum rush Misiek with a series of wild strikes but Misiek uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Misiek throws a nice head kick!
Dog misses with a low kick.
Dog throws a head kick but Misiek moves out of range.
Misiek scores with a head kick. Dog tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
A big left from Dog misses.
Dog rushes Misiek and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Misiek missing with knees to the body.
Misiek lands a hook that snaps the head of Dog backwards.
Dog avoiding damage as Misiek throws knees to the body.
Misiek tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dog's elbow.
Misiek trying to land knees to the body.
Misiek blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Dog fails to land.
Dog misses with a hook from the clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Misiek swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short uppercut from Misiek.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Misiek.
Misiek scores with a shot to the side of Dog's head.
Misiek trying to land knees to the body.
Dog misses with the head strike.
Dog throws an elbow but it misses.
Dog digs a right hand into Misiek's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Misiek's gas tank.
Misiek on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dog fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dog managing to block the knees to the body from Misiek.
Misiek tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dog avoids it.
Dog with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Misiek digs a right hand underneath Dog's ribcage. Dog let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Dog takes a knee to the side of the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Misiek misses with an elbow over the top.
Dog tries to work over Misiek's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dog blocks the elbow strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Misiek avoiding damage as Dog throws knees to the body.
Misiek misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Dog fails to land.
Misiek working Dog over with knees to the body.
Dog tries to throw a body punch but Misiek avoids it by throwing Dog back against the cage.
Dog takes a shot to the head.
Misiek lands a knee to the body.
Misiek throws a knee to the head but misses.
Misiek using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dog has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Misiek.
Misiek landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Dog lands a hook that snaps the head of Misiek backwards.
Misiek lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dog tries a body shot but Misiek blocks it.
Dog fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dog avoiding damage as Misiek throws knees to the body.
Misiek tries to land knees in the clinch but Dog avoids the damage to the body.
Dog lands with a short shot to the head.
Dog lands with a light punch inside.
Misiek lands an elbow just above Dog 's eye.
Dog blocks the elbow strike.
Dog tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Misiek's elbow.
Misiek trying to land knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Misiek throws an elbow but misses.
Misiek throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dog blocks it with crossed arms.
Misiek looking to slow down the pace here.
Misiek using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dog has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Misiek misses with some punches.
A shot in the inside from Dog.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dog has a couple of punches blocked by Misiek.
Dog lands a nice elbow.
It looks like Rafael Misiek has been cut.
Misiek utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Dog can't find room to land a body shot as Misiek controls the action.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Misiek tries a knee to the head but Dog blocks it.
Dog dodges an elbow strike from Misiek.
Dog creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Misiek blocking some punches.
Dog lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Dog managing to block the knees to the body from Misiek.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dog tries to throw a body punch but Misiek avoids it by throwing Dog back against the cage.
Dog scores with a nice hook to the head.
Dog on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Misiek has Dog pressed against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rafael Misiek comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Misiek has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 29:29
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 28:29
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Rafael Misiek!
A relieved looking Rafael Misiek thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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