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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rafinha Capoeira (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. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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161 lbs
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Good wrestling
Great elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Rafinha Capoeira!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jamie Dupres!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Anni Minnemäki and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Capoeira tries to clinch but Dupres is having none of it.
Capoeira misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dupres loads up on a big right hand but Capoeira slips the punch.
Capoeira pushes Dupres up against the cage in a clinch.
Capoeira lands a left hand.
Capoeira trying to land knees to the body.
Capoeira with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Capoeira lands a nice shot to the body.
Dupres lands a nice shot to the body.
Capoeira lands a nice knee to the body.
Capoeira avoids a wild elbow strike from Dupres.
Capoeira lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Capoeira comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
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!
Capoeira goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dupres swings wildly with an uppercut but Capoeira uses good head movement to avoid it.
Capoeira unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dupres lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Still in the clinch, Dupres scores with a nice short uppercut.
Dupres doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Capoeira lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Capoeira lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Dupres struggles to land a body shot inside as Capoeira controls his hands.
Dupres avoiding damage as Capoeira throws knees to the body.
A short left from Capoeira.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dupres avoiding damage as Capoeira throws knees to the body.
Capoeira lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Jamie Dupres has been cut.
Dupres tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Capoeira connects with a knee to the head.
Capoeira missing with knees to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Capoeira.
Dupres throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Capoeira tries to land knees in the clinch but Dupres avoids the damage to the body.
Dupres lands an elbow that stopped Capoeira in his tracks for a moment.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Capoeira.
Dupres takes a knee to the side of the body.
Capoeira is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dupres is defending well for now.
Dupres avoids a wild elbow strike from Capoeira.
Capoeira definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Capoeira utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Capoeira scores with a knee to the head.
Dupres tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Capoeira's elbow.
Capoeira with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Capoeira lands a good knee to the midsection. Dupres won't want to take too many of those.
Capoeira misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dupres.
Capoeira blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Capoeira.
Capoeira crunches a lovely knee into Dupres's ribcage.
Dupres throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Dupres throws an elbow but it misses.
Capoeira lands a nice shot to the body.
Capoeira throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dupres blocks it with crossed arms.
Capoeira lands a nice uppercut.
Capoeira misses with a knee strike.
Capoeira working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Capoeira digs a right hand underneath Dupres's ribcage. Dupres let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Capoeira.
Capoeira tries to land knees in the clinch but Dupres avoids the damage to the body.
Dupres lands a damaging elbow.
A shot in the inside from Dupres.
Dupres misses with a body punch.
Capoeira using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dupres has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A nice left hand lands by Dupres.
Capoeira is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dupres is defending well for now.
Capoeira blocks an uppercut.
Dupres misses with the head strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Capoeira blocking some punches.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Capoeira obliges.
Capoeira using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Capoeira.
Dupres blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Capoeira scores a nice knee to the body.
Capoeira tries to land a knee to the head but Dupres blocks with his arms.
Capoeira misses with a knee strike.
Capoeira with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Capoeira connects with a knee to the head.
Dupres tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Capoeira blocks an elbow strike from Dupres.
Capoeira working Dupres over with knees to the body.
Dupres scores with a shoulder strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dupres pushes Capoeira back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Capoeira.
Dupres pushes off an throws an elbow but Capoeira leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Dupres misses with a short punch on the inside.
Capoeira unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dupres lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Capoeira missing with knees to the body.
Capoeira avoids a wild elbow strike from Dupres.
Capoeira lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dupres lands an elbow inside.
It looks like Rafinha Capoeira has been cut.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Capoeira obliges.
Capoeira throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dupres blocks it with crossed arms.
Dupres lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Capoeira or not.
Dupres throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Capoeira tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dupres throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Dupres throws a punch but it's blocked by Capoeira.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dupres throws an elbow but misses.
Capoeira lands a hook that snaps the head of Dupres backwards.
Capoeira blocks an elbow strike.
Capoeira missing with knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Capoeira blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Capoeira misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dupres.
Dupres managing to block the knees to the body from Capoeira.
Capoeira tries to land knees in the clinch but Dupres avoids the damage to the body.
Dupres blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rafinha Capoeira dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Capoeira tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dupres paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dupres fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Capoeira manages to avoid it.
Capoeira is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dupres can do to turn this around?
Dupres throws a hook to the side of Capoeira's head but Capoeira sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dupres tries to clinch but Capoeira moves out of range.
Capoeira is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dupres misses with a jab to the body
and Capoeira counters with a stiff right hand.
Dupres misses with a straight left.
Dupres tries to close the distance and clinch up but Capoeira swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Capoeira doesn't manage to clinch there - Dupres circles away.
Capoeira uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dupres.
Capoeira is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jamie Dupres seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Capoeira gets tackled into the cage by Dupres. Dupres maintains the clinch.
Dupres avoiding damage as Capoeira throws knees to the body.
Dupres lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Capoeira trying to land knees to the body.
Dupres throws a head punch that misses.
Capoeira blocks a body shot from Dupres.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Capoeira avoids the elbow strike from Dupres, against the cage.
Capoeira with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Capoeira using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dupres has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Capoeira lands with a left to the head.
Capoeira throws an elbow but it misses.
Capoeira blocks a body shot from Dupres.
Capoeira blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Capoeira blocks a body shot from Dupres.
Capoeira lands an elbow inside.
Dupres takes an elbow to the temple.
Capoeira blocks an elbow strike.
Dupres misses with a hook from the clinch.
Capoeira using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Capoeira putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Dupres in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Capoeira blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Capoeira looking to throw knees to the head but Dupres is blocking nicely.
Capoeira lands an elbow just above Dupres 's eye.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Capoeira creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dupres's defenses.
Capoeira avoids the elbow strike from Dupres, against the cage.
Capoeira lands an elbow just above Dupres 's eye.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Capoeira lands an elbow that stopped Dupres in his tracks for a moment.
That has opened up Jamie Dupres's cut even more.
Capoeira gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The cut above Jamie Dupres's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Capoeira misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dupres.
Nice body punch from Capoeira.
Capoeira unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dupres lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dupres is breathing heavily.
Dupres doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dupres's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Capoeira lands a knee to the head.
Capoeira tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dupres avoids it.
Capoeira tries to land a knee to the head but Dupres blocks with his arms.
Capoeira using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Capoeira utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Rafinha Capoeira has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Capoeira lands a nice knee to the body.
Dupres takes an elbow to the forehead.
Dupres pushes off an throws an elbow but Capoeira leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Capoeira lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Capoeira lands a hook to the side of the head.
Capoeira working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dupres throws a punch but it's blocked by Capoeira.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dupres.
Capoeira throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dupres blocks it with crossed arms.
Dupres can't find room to land a body shot as Capoeira controls the action.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dupres.
Dupres doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Capoeira lands an elbow inside.
Jamie Dupres's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Capoeira unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dupres lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Capoeira missing with knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Dupres fails to land.
Dupres can't find room to land a body shot as Capoeira controls the action.
Capoeira lands a damaging elbow.
Capoeira blocking some punches.
Capoeira misses with a knee to the head.
Dupres takes a knee right on the jaw!
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Jamie Dupres's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Rafinha Capoeira!
Rafinha Capoeira retains his lightweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Rafinha Capoeira thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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