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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rory Raptor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jamie Dupres (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dupres has chosen Taio Cruz - Dynamite as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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165 lbs
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161 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Cuts easily |
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Great elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rory Raptor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jamie Dupres!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Marco Blurström and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Raptor is looking to score with low kicks.
Dupres misses with the combination.
Dupres throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
It looks like Rory Raptor has been cut.
Dupres swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Raptor.
An inside leg kick from Raptor misses.
Raptor keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dupres lands a glancing blow to the side of Raptor's head.
Dupres tries to clinch up.
Dupres lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Raptor is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Dupres checks a leg kick.
Raptor fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Dupres checks it well.
Raptor connects with a leg kick. Dupres looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Raptor walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Dupres checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Dupres has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Raptor.
Dupres darts in and clinches Raptor up against the cage.
Dupres comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Raptor wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Raptor misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Raptor goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dupres softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Dupres lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Raptor backwards.
Dupres lands a right hand that snaps the head of Raptor backwards.
Raptor has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Dupres uses from the top position.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Raptor looking for a sweep. Not yet Raptor, not yet.
Dupres wants to pass the guard but Raptor is keeping the position.
Dupres trying to control the position from guard on top but Raptor is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dupres slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Dupres trying to control but Raptor is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Jamie Dupres was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Dupres cracks Raptor with a good jab.
Raptor misses with a low kick.
Raptor wants to slow Dupres down by chopping away at his legs.
Dupres rushes Raptor and presses him up against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dupres misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dupres goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dupres lands an elbow just above Raptor 's eye.
Dupres misses with an elbow over the top.
Raptor's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dupres pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dupres swings for the body but Raptor moves out of range.
Good work by Dupres as he checks the leg kick.
Jamie Dupres seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Raptor throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Raptor takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Oh Raptor is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rory Raptor's cut is getting worse.
Raptor throws a leg kick but Dupres checks it.
Dupres misses with a body shot.
Raptor seems to have got his legs back now.
Raptor throws a leg kick but Dupres checks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raptor tried to score with a low kick but Dupres checks it.
Dupres throws a right and a left that both miss.
Dupres misses with an uppercut.
Dupres misses with a double jab.
Raptor throws a leg kick but Dupres sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Raptor lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Dupres has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Dupres and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Raptor throws a leg kick but Dupres moved away.
Raptor gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Dupres.
Dupres drives through and clinches with Raptor against the cage.
Raptor goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dupres blocks a body shot from Raptor.
Raptor tries to break the clinch but Dupres is controlling the position.
Dupres misses with an elbow over the top.
Raptor can't find room to land a body shot as Dupres controls the action.
Raptor swings wildly with an uppercut but Dupres uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dupres throws an elbow that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dupres lands a right hand.
Dupres keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Raptor's efforts to push away.
Raptor fails to pull guard.
Dupres lands a body punch.
Raptor trying to stall but Dupres improves his position.
Raptor blocks the elbow strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dupres has Raptor pressed against the cage, preventing Raptor from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Raptor tries to circle away but Dupres has him pinned against the cage.
Dupres lands with a short shot to the head.
Raptor's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Dupres softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Dupres creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Raptor misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dupres lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Raptor backwards.
Dupres throws an elbow but it misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dupres lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Raptor backwards.
Dupres prevents a body shot from Raptor.
A short right from Dupres on the inside.
Raptor is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Dupres is keeping busy.
Raptor prevents a body shot from Dupres.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jamie Dupres dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rory Raptor's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Raptor swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Raptor misses with a low kick.
Dupres scores with a nice right hand.
Raptor is looking to chop away at Dupres's legs.
Dupres lands a big uppercut and Raptor crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Raptor looks OK. Dupres waves Raptor back to his feet!
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!
Dupres gets a clinch.
Raptor misses with the head strike.
Raptor goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Raptor is trying to break the clinch but Dupres is controlling him.
Dupres lands an elbow just above Raptor 's eye.
Dupres doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dupres presses Raptor against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Dupres lands a damaging elbow.
Rory Raptor's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Raptor doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dupres lands with a short shot to the head.
Raptor manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Dupres trying to control the position from guard on top but Raptor is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Raptor has Dupres pulled in close to control his posture.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dupres looking to sit in guard and control but Raptor gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Dupres bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Raptor's guard.
Dupres is looking to pass into half guard but Raptor pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Raptor is in guard.
Dupres is trying to keep Raptor in close.
Raptor won't allow Dupres to sweep him here.
Raptor's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Dupres wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dupres looking for a sweep. Not yet Dupres, not yet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Raptor fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Dupres.
Raptor with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Dupres tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Raptor misses with a low kick as Dupres jumps back.
Dupres lands with a good body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Raptor throws a low kick but Dupres moves out of range easily.
Raptor keeps the fight on the outside.
Dupres with a hook.
Dupres scores with a nice right hand.
Dupres misses with a wild combination.
Jamie Dupres seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dupres throws a hook to the side of Raptor's head but Raptor sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dupres closes the distance and clinches.
Dupres lands an elbow inside that Raptor shrugs off.
Dupres scores with a shoulder strike.
Dupres lands a damaging elbow.
Jeez, Rory Raptor's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Dupres doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Raptor pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Raptor gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Dupres gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jamie Dupres!
A determined Jamie Dupres didn't want to dwell on this fight in his post fight interview. Instead he was more keen to state he wants a title shot. Let's see if he gets it!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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