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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Young Blood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Theodouorous Papaloukas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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211 lbs
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190 cm
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205 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Young Blood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Theodouorous Papaloukas!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Ren Mimura and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blood misses with a two punch combination.
Blood lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Papaloukas circles away quickly and effectively.
Papaloukas shoots in but no luck this time.
Blood fails with the takedown.
Blood shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Papaloukas eats them both and turns towards Blood to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
It looks like Theodouorous Papaloukas has been cut.
Papaloukas avoids a punch combination nicely.
Blood drops Papaloukas with a nice combination! Blood dives into Papaloukas's guard, looking to finish!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Papaloukas managing to control the position.
Blood is in a tricky position. We've heard reports from his gym mates at Iron Fist Training that he's been drilling escapes, so let's see if he can get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Theodouorous Papaloukas has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Blood misses with the combination.
Blood misses with a wild combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Blood misses.
Blood misses with a jab, cross combination.
A cross from Blood lands.
Blood lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Papaloukas circles away quickly and effectively.
Papaloukas leaves Blood with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Blood's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Blood duly obliges.
That has opened up Theodouorous Papaloukas's cut even more.
Blood lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Papaloukas circles away quickly and effectively.
Blood fails to land with a series of punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Papaloukas stuffs the takedown attempt from Blood. Blood gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Young Blood. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Blood is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Blood misses with a takedown
and Papaloukas counters with a takedown into side control.
Papaloukas taking a breather here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Young Blood dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Theodouorous Papaloukas's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Blood will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Papaloukas avoids a punch combination nicely.
Young Blood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blood misses with a series of wild punches.
Young Blood is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Blood ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Papaloukas slips a jab and a cross from Blood.
Blood lands the left hand.
Blood tries to clinch up.
Blood swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Papaloukas looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Papaloukas decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Blood looks like he's trying to stand up.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Theodouorous Papaloukas hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Blood misses with a takedown attempt - Papaloukas sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Blood will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Papaloukas closes the distance and clinches up with Blood, looking for a takedown. Papaloukas pushes Blood against the cage but Blood circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Blood misses with a two punch combination.
Blood moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Papaloukas walks into a stiff left hand from Blood.
Blood misses with a few strikes there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A combination from Blood does no damage.
Papaloukas misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Papaloukas closes the distance and clinches up with Blood, looking for a takedown. Papaloukas pushes Blood against the cage but Blood circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Young Blood has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Theodouorous Papaloukas.
Papaloukas avoids the head kick by Blood.
Blood looks to land a combination but Papaloukas avoids it well.
Papaloukas shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Papaloukas wants to pass the guard but Blood is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Young Blood dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Theodouorous Papaloukas's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Some wild striking there from Blood.
Papaloukas takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Blood fails to land with a series of punches.
Blood shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Papaloukas sprawls well. Papaloukas wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Blood gets slowly back to his feet.
Blood tries a head kick but it misses.
Blood misses with a series of wild punches.
Blood lands with a straight right. Papaloukas didn't see that one coming.
Papaloukas dives in and grabs Blood's left leg, looking for a takedown. Blood pushes down on Papaloukas's head and hops out.
Blood scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blood throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Good standup being displayed there by Blood as he connects with a hook.
Blood's corner calls for a 1-2. Blood obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Blood misses with a double jab.
Papaloukas dodges the punch combination from Blood.
Blood will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Papaloukas looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Papaloukas passes easily into side control. Nice work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Papaloukas advances nicely into full mount.
Papaloukas gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Blood lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Papaloukas circles away quickly and effectively.
Papaloukas gets a double leg takedown into Blood's guard.
Papaloukas's corner is telling him to maintain position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
OK we're going to have a standup here. Theodouorous Papaloukas hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Blood misses with a wild combination.
Blood throws a right and a left that both miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Young Blood clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Theodouorous Papaloukas's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Blood throws a leg kick but Papaloukas moved away.
Blood throws a half hearted mid kick.
Papaloukas on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Papaloukas takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Blood tries to bum rush Papaloukas with a series of wild strikes but Papaloukas uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Blood throws a right and a left that Papaloukas avoids nicely.
Blood fails to land the takedown.
Young Blood is winning the standup battle so far.
No joy there for Blood, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Papaloukas shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Blood pinned against the cage. Blood gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Blood throws a head kick but Papaloukas moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blood swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Papaloukas changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Blood looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Theodouorous Papaloukas hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Papaloukas goes for a double leg but Blood avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Blood continues to drive forward.
Papaloukas tries for a takedown but Blood manages to get underhooks.
Young Blood has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Theodouorous Papaloukas.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blood tries to break free but Papaloukas pushes him back against the cage.
Blood gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Papaloukas.
Papaloukas keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Blood's efforts to push away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Young Blood will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Theodouorous Papaloukas's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Blood scores with a three punch combo!
Blood goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Blood smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Blood misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Blood tests Papaloukas's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Blood swinging wildly here.
Blood throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Blood misses with the combination.
Blood misses with a wild combination.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blood lands with a straight right. Papaloukas didn't see that one coming.
Blood throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Blood rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Papaloukas moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Papaloukas gets the takedown into side control.
Blood is being controlled here.
Papaloukas decides to stand up, so the ref orders Blood to his feet.
Papaloukas shoots in and drives through. Blood sprawls well.
Blood throws a jab but it's blocked by Papaloukas.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blood looks to land a combination but Papaloukas avoids it well.
Good shot there by Blood.
Some wild striking there from Blood.
Blood fails to land with a series of punches.
Blood lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
A head kick misses from Blood.
Blood is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Papaloukas fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Blood shoots in looking for a takedown but Papaloukas manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Blood's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Papaloukas shoots in for a takedown but Blood shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Young Blood has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Theodouorous Papaloukas.
Blood tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Papaloukas defends well and Blood ends up having to push Papaloukas into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Theodouorous Papaloukas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Papaloukas has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Papaloukas looking for a takedown.
And that's the end of the fight!
Young Blood showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Blood, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight for Young Blood!
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight for Young Blood!
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Young Blood!
Young Blood wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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