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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Beorn Richt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rikishi Gangeska (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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135 lbs
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165 cm
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140 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Beorn Richt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rikishi Gangeska!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Colin Fray and Micheangelo Fripello.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Richt is looking to clinch.
Richt closes the distance and clinches.
Richt working Gangeska over with knees to the body.
Richt utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Richt manages to break the clinch.
Richt wants to clinch.
A head kick misses from Richt.
Richt gets in close and instigates a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Richt crunches a lovely knee into Gangeska's ribcage.
Richt pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Beorn Richt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Richt tries to clinch but Gangeska moves out of range.
A head kick from Richt lands but Gangeska takes it in his stride.
It looks like Rikishi Gangeska has been cut.
Richt throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Richt tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gangeska swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Richt fails in his attempt to clinch.
Richt closes the distance but Gangeska moves to the side
letting Gangeska counter with a right hand.
Richt fails with an attempt to clinch.
Richt throws a head kick but Gangeska moves out of range.
Richt tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Gangeska counters with a right hand to the body.
Richt closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Gangeska wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gangeska wants to break free but Richt has control.
Richt keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gangeska's efforts to push away.
Richt breaks the clinch.
Richt lands with a thumping leg kick.
Richt has closed the distance and engaged Gangeska in a clinch.
Richt prevents Gangeska from breaking the clinch.
Richt breaks from the clinch.
A good leg kick by Richt.
Richt gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Richt using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice elbow from Richt.
Gangeska is looking to break free of the clinch but Richt has double underhooks.
Richt escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gangeska circles away from the clinch attempt.
Richt misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gangeska avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Richt looks for the body kick but Gangeska saw that one coming.
Gangeska keeps the fight on the outside.
Richt with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Richt tries to clinch up but Gangeska circles away and keeps his distance.
A thudding body kick lands there by Richt!
Richt fails in his attempt to clinch.
Richt throws a head kick that Gangeska semi-blocks.
Richt moves into the clinch successfully.
Richt landing knees to the body.
Richt keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gangeska's efforts to push away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Richt breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Richt fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gangeska.
Richt looks to clinch
enabling Gangeska to counter with a crisp jab.
Gangeska blocks a head kick by Richt.
Richt tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Gangeska counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Richt thinking.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Richt clinches up against the cage.
Richt breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Richt tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Gangeska manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Beorn Richt dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rikishi Gangeska's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Richt pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gangeska circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gangeska swats away the attempt to clinch by Richt.
Richt lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Gangeska avoids the head kick by Richt.
Richt scores with a head kick.
Richt pulls out of a head kick attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Richt misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Richt pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gangeska circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gangeska blocks a leg kick.
Gangeska moves out of range of the body kick from Richt.
A head kick misses from Richt.
Richt has closed the distance and engaged Gangeska in a clinch.
Richt putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gangeska in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gangeska looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Gangeska has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Richt looking to throw knees to the head but Gangeska is blocking nicely.
Richt working Gangeska over with knees to the body.
A short right from Gangeska on the inside.
Richt escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Richt throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Richt misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gangeska takes a kick to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Richt wants to clinch up but Gangeska keeps it at a distance.
Richt fails with an attempt to clinch.
Richt is looking to land body kicks.
Richt looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Richt goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Richt tries to clinch
and Gangeska counters with a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Richt throws a head kick that misses.
Richt throws a low kick but Gangeska avoids it.
Richt throws a body kick that misses.
Richt throws a head kick that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richt misses with a low kick.
Richt moves to clinch but Gangeska breaks away
and Gangeska counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Richt misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Richt throws a sloppy head kick and Gangeska moves out of range easily.
Gangeska moves out of range of the body kick from Richt.
Richt misses with a kick to the body.
Richt is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Richt closes the distance but Gangeska moves to the side
and Gangeska counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Richt fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gangeska circles away from the clinch attempt.
Richt is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gangeska can do to turn this around?
Richt tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gangeska paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Richt throws a sloppy head kick and Gangeska moves out of range easily.
Richt misses with a body kick.
Richt throws a push kick but Gangeska slaps the foot to one side.
Richt misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Richt tries to clinch up
and Gangeska counters with a nice uppercut.
Richt tries to clinch up but Gangeska circles away and keeps his distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Beorn Richt dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Rikishi Gangeska's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Gangeska avoids the head kick by Richt.
Richt throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Richt throws a head kick but Gangeska moves out of range.
Richt is looking to clinch.
Gangeska moves out of range as Richt throws a body kick.
Gangeska circles away from the clinch attempt
and Gangeska connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Richt looks to clinch
and Gangeska counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Richt tries to clinch but Gangeska is having none of it.
Richt misses with a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Richt tries to clinch up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Richt looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Richt tries to clinch but Gangeska moves out of range.
Gangeska moves out of range as Richt throws a body kick.
Richt tries a head kick but it misses.
Richt tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gangeska swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gangeska moves out of range of the body kick from Richt.
Gangeska avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gangeska blocks a head kick by Richt.
Beorn Richt is winning the standup battle so far.
Richt darts in trying to clinch
and Gangeska counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Richt tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Gangeska counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Richt is looking to clinch but Gangeska is avoiding it.
Gangeska tries to keep at a distance but Richt has taken the fight into the clinch.
Richt's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Richt throws a head kick but Gangeska moves out of range.
Richt is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gangeska blocks a head kick by Richt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richt throws a sloppy head kick and Gangeska moves out of range easily.
Richt tries a head kick but it misses.
Richt tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Gangeska manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gangeska blocks a low kick nicely.
A head kick misses from Richt.
Richt tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Richt throws a head kick but Gangeska moves out of range.
Richt closes the distance but Gangeska moves to the side
and Gangeska counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Richt tries to grapple but his opponent circles
enabling Gangeska to counter with a crisp jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Richt pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Richt wants to clinch but Gangeska slips to the side
and Richt takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Richt tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Gangeska counters with a nice uppercut.
Richt tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Gangeska counters with a left and a right that stings Richt.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Gangeska blocks a head kick by Richt.
Gangeska checks a low kick from Richt.
Rikishi Gangeska has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gangeska moves out of range of the body kick from Richt.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Rikishi Gangeska.
Well Richt 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 Chris Saunders scores the fight 29:28
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 29:28
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Beorn Richt!
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
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