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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vergil Blanco Rocha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abaka Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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179 lbs
20 - 11 - 0 |
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182 lbs
25 - 13 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Vergil Blanco Rocha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Abaka Khan!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, John Roberts and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blanco Rocha throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Khan tries to land a front kick but Blanco Rocha steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Blanco Rocha throws a shot from downtown. Khan moves away and avoids it.
A head kick misses from Khan.
Khan wants to clinch.
Khan misses with a head kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Blanco Rocha.
We've been informed that Khan has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Blanco Rocha throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Khan moves into the clinch.
Khan missing with knees to the body.
Khan struggles to land a body shot inside as Blanco Rocha controls his hands.
Khan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Blanco Rocha has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Khan swings wildly with an uppercut but Blanco Rocha uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khan is trying to stall.
Blanco Rocha lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan pushes off an throws an elbow but Blanco Rocha leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Khan takes an elbow to the forehead.
Khan lands a nice elbow.
Khan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Blanco Rocha is defending well for now.
Khan missing with knees to the body.
Khan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Blanco Rocha using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Khan missing with knees to the body.
Khan lands an elbow inside that Blanco Rocha shrugs off.
It looks like Vergil Blanco Rocha has been cut.
Blanco Rocha tries to land knees in the clinch but Khan avoids the damage to the body.
Blanco Rocha putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Khan in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Blanco Rocha landing knees to the body.
Khan looks winded!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Blanco Rocha lands a left hand that snaps the head of Khan backwards.
Blanco Rocha pushes off an throws an elbow but Khan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Blanco Rocha misses with an elbow strike.
Khan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Blanco Rocha avoids it.
Blanco Rocha avoiding damage as Khan throws knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Blanco Rocha.
Blanco Rocha gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Khan is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Blanco Rocha is keeping busy.
Blanco Rocha avoids the elbow strike from Khan, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blanco Rocha lands an elbow inside.
Blanco Rocha tries to land knees in the clinch but Khan avoids the damage to the body.
Khan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Khan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Blanco Rocha is defending well for now.
Khan lands a knee to the head.
Blanco Rocha misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Khan.
With the fighters up against the cage, Blanco Rocha throws an elbow but misses.
Blanco Rocha avoids a wild elbow strike from Khan.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Blanco Rocha lands a hook that snaps the head of Khan backwards.
Khan takes an elbow to the temple.
A short right from Khan on the inside.
Blanco Rocha blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Khan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Khan blocks an uppercut.
Nice elbow from Blanco Rocha.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Blanco Rocha.
Khan lands a damaging elbow.
Khan trying to land knees to the body.
Blanco Rocha breaks the clinch.
Blanco Rocha circles away from the clinch attempt
letting Blanco Rocha counter with a right hand.
Blanco Rocha jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Blanco Rocha tries a low kick but Khan avoids it.
Blanco Rocha's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Blanco Rocha duly obliges.
Blanco Rocha misses with a looping right.
Blanco Rocha fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Khan.
Blanco Rocha throws a hook to the side of Khan's head but Khan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Khan throws a leg kick which misses Blanco Rocha's front leg but catches the back leg as Blanco Rocha tries to avoid it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice inside leg kick there by Khan. That's going to slow Blanco Rocha down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blanco Rocha scores with a jab to the body.
Khan slips under a jab from Blanco Rocha.
Vergil Blanco Rocha seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Decent striking displayed by Blanco Rocha there.
Blanco Rocha scores with a hook.
Blanco Rocha is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Blanco Rocha tries to land a leg kick but Khan saw it coming and moves away.
Blanco Rocha scores with a jab to the body.
Blanco Rocha throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Blanco Rocha throws a hook but Khan avoids it easily.
Khan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Blanco Rocha paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Blanco Rocha lands a glancing blow to the side of Khan's head.
Blanco Rocha blocks a head kick by Khan.
Blanco Rocha fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vergil Blanco Rocha dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Vergil Blanco Rocha's cut.
That's time! Blanco Rocha's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Blanco Rocha scores with a punch to the head.
Khan avoids the body shot from Blanco Rocha.
Khan takes one on the button.
Khan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A jab from Blanco Rocha does it's job there.
Khan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Khan has taken the fight to the clinch.
Blanco Rocha breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Blanco Rocha lands a really nice looking cross but Khan seems unphased.
A head kick misses from Khan.
Nice body kick from Blanco Rocha.
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!
Blanco Rocha misses with the combination.
Blanco Rocha lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Blanco Rocha misses with a hook.
Blanco Rocha feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Khans jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Blanco Rocha slips a jab and a cross from Khan.
Blanco Rocha throws a low kick but Khan avoids it.
Khan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Khan takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Blanco Rocha connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Khan throws a sloppy head kick
and Blanco Rocha counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Khan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Khan moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Blanco Rocha blocks a head kick by Khan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blanco Rocha misses with a right hand
and Khan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Blanco Rocha throws a sloppy head kick and Khan moves out of range easily.
Khan tries to close the distance and clinch but Blanco Rocha swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Blanco Rocha is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
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!
Blanco Rocha misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Khan tries a head kick but it misses.
Blanco Rocha lands with a straight right. Khan didn't see that one coming.
Khan goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Jab by Blanco Rocha.
Khan avoids the body shot from Blanco Rocha.
Blanco Rocha misses with a series of wild punches.
Khan ducks right into an uppercut from Blanco Rocha.
Blanco Rocha avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blanco Rocha swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Blanco Rocha waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Khan.
Khan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Blanco Rocha throws a leg kick
and Khan moves into the clinch.
Blanco Rocha blocks an uppercut.
Blanco Rocha comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Khan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Khan lands an elbow inside that Blanco Rocha shrugs off.
Blanco Rocha misses with a hook to the ribs.
A hook to the body from Khan.
Khan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Khan lands with a left to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khan trying to land knees to the body.
Khan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
I was talking to Blanco Rocha's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Khan tries a knee to the head but Blanco Rocha blocks it.
Blanco Rocha dodges an elbow strike from Khan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan can't find room to land a body shot as Blanco Rocha controls the action.
Blanco Rocha tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Blanco Rocha scores with a shot to the side of Khan's head.
Khan tries to land knees in the clinch but Blanco Rocha avoids the damage to the body.
Khan looking to throw knees to the head but Blanco Rocha is blocking nicely.
Blanco Rocha managing to block the knees to the body from Khan.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Khan just misses with a elbow thrown towards Blanco Rocha's brow.
Blanco Rocha pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A head kick misses from Blanco Rocha.
Khan on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Khan is looking to clinch.
Khan blocks a head kick by Blanco Rocha.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Blanco Rocha has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Khan.
Blanco Rocha looks to score with a jab to the body but Khan is just out of range.
Blanco Rocha swats away the attempt to clinch by Khan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vergil Blanco Rocha dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Vergil Blanco Rocha'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!
Khan walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Blanco Rocha tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Khan was well out of range. Poor timing from Blanco Rocha.
Khan looks to clinch
and Blanco Rocha counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Khan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Blanco Rocha paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Blanco Rocha throws a low kick but Khan avoids it.
Khan misses with a head kick.
Khan avoids a kick to the body.
Blanco Rocha lands a glancing blow to the side of Khan's head.
Khan throws a head kick that Blanco Rocha semi-blocks.
Khan takes one on the button.
Blanco Rocha avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Blanco Rocha scores with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blanco Rocha lands with an overhand left.
Khan takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Khan has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Khan tries to clinch up
and Blanco Rocha counters with a big head kick but Khan shrugs it off.
Blanco Rocha misses with a left hand
and Khan moves into the clinch.
Blanco Rocha blocks an elbow strike.
Blanco Rocha misses with the head strike.
Khan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Blanco Rocha.
Khan avoiding damage as Blanco Rocha throws knees to the body.
Khan lands an elbow just above Blanco Rocha 's eye.
Blanco Rocha lands a body shot.
Khan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Blanco Rocha just misses with a elbow thrown towards Khan's brow.
Nice elbow from Khan.
Blanco Rocha lands a left hand that snaps the head of Khan backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Blanco Rocha.
Khan lands an elbow just above Blanco Rocha 's eye.
Khan misses with some punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Blanco Rocha.
Khan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Blanco Rocha lands an uppercut.
Blanco Rocha on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Khan misses with an elbow strike.
Blanco Rocha escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Blanco Rocha lands a right hook to the body.
Blanco Rocha scores with a head kick.
Nice defenses there by Khan.
Blanco Rocha's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Blanco Rocha duly obliges.
Khan tries to close the distance and clinch but Blanco Rocha swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Khan throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Blanco Rocha.
Khan is looking to clinch.
Blanco Rocha throws a hook but Khan blocks it.
Khan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Blanco Rocha.
Blanco Rocha lands with a shot to the body.
Vergil Blanco Rocha is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Blanco Rocha scores with a sloppy right hand. Khan should have avoided that one.
Khan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Blanco Rocha.
Khan wants to clinch.
Khan takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan tries to close the distance and clinch but Blanco Rocha swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Blanco Rocha lands a jab to the head.
Khan throws a head kick that misses.
Blanco Rocha connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Blanco Rocha misses with a few strikes there.
Abaka Khan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Vergil Blanco Rocha is winning the standup battle so far.
Khan throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Blanco Rocha's head.
Khan on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Khan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Blanco Rocha manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A nice inside leg kick there by Khan. That's going to slow Blanco Rocha down.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Blanco Rocha throws the kick towards the body but Khan avoids it.
Khan moves forwards but Blanco Rocha connects with a nice, crisp jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
Vergil Blanco Rocha showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Blanco Rocha has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 30:27
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vergil Blanco Rocha!
Vergil Blanco Rocha thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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hype
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