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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sofoklis Aristotelis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chance The Rapper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chance The Rapper told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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259 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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300 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sofoklis Aristotelis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chance The Rapper!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Robert Twigg and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Rapper takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
The Rapper circles away from the clinch attempt.
Aristotelis sets himself, and The Rapper steps forward looking for the clinch! Aristotelis avoids it this time.
A head kick misses from Aristotelis.
The Rapper swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
The Rapper shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Aristotelis tries to grapple but his opponent circles
letting The Rapper counter with a right hand.
The Rapper misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Aristotelis appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
The Rapper slips a straight right by Aristotelis.
The Rapper cracks a nice hook into Aristotelis's ribs.
Aristotelis looks to clinch
and The Rapper counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Aristotelis takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Rapper closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Aristotelis is rocked!
Aristotelis tries to clinch up
and The Rapper counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Oh Aristotelis is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Aristotelis has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Rapper throws a poor cross that misses
and Aristotelis counters with a big head kick but The Rapper shrugs it off.
Aristotelis seems to have got his legs back now.
Aristotelis tries to clinch but The Rapper is having none of it.
Aristotelis has taken the fight to the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by The Rapper.
The Rapper taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Aristotelis is leaning against The Rapper and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
The Rapper blocks an elbow strike.
The Rapper stalling against the cage.
Aristotelis lands an elbow inside.
It looks like Chance The Rapper has been cut.
Aristotelis struggles to land a body shot inside as The Rapper controls his hands.
Aristotelis creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
The Rapper content to slow the pace in the clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Aristotelis tries to stall but The Rapper uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
The Rapper has a couple of punches blocked by Aristotelis.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Rapper pressing his opponent against the cage.
Aristotelis throws an elbow but it misses.
The Rapper working aggressively here.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by The Rapper as Aristotelis tries to tie him up.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Aristotelis as The Rapper tries to tie him up.
The Rapper dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Aristotelis prevents a body shot from The Rapper.
The Rapper avoids a wild elbow strike from Aristotelis.
Aristotelis pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The Rapper throws a punch but it's blocked by Aristotelis.
Aristotelis really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Aristotelis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The Rapper throws a punch but it's blocked by Aristotelis.
Aristotelis stalling against the cage.
The Rapper has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Aristotelis seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if The Rapper can turn it around.
The Rapper swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Rapper lands a hook that snaps the head of Aristotelis backwards.
Aristotelis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Aristotelis.
The Rapper tries to stall but Aristotelis uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Aristotelis is trying to maintain a safe position but The Rapper gets an underhook and turns Aristotelis into the cage.
The Rapper misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for The Rapper.
The Rapper avoids the elbow strike from Aristotelis, against the cage.
Come on Aristotelis - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Aristotelis lands a hook to the side of the head.
Aristotelis lands a body punch.
The Rapper swings wildly with an uppercut but Aristotelis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Aristotelis misses with a body punch.
A left hand lands to the body for Aristotelis.
The Rapper throws a punch but it's blocked by Aristotelis.
Aristotelis's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Rapper doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
With the fighters up against the cage, Aristotelis throws an elbow but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Aristotelis.
A shot in the inside from The Rapper.
The Rapper just leaning against Aristotelis, taking a breather.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A head punch on the inside from The Rapper fails to land.
The Rapper scores with a shot to the side of Aristotelis's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Aristotelis is looking to control The Rapper's arms but The Rapper gets an underhook and turns him. Now Aristotelis has his back to the cage.
The Rapper swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Aristotelis lands a right hand.
The Rapper lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Aristotelis creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through The Rapper's defenses.
The Rapper stalling the fight.
The Rapper lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Aristotelis backwards.
Aristotelis pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Aristotelis creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chance The Rapper dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Chance The Rapper's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
The Rapper swats away the attempt to clinch by Aristotelis.
Aristotelis blocks a low kick nicely.
Some bone on bone action there as The Rapper checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Aristotelis moves into the clinch successfully.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
The Rapper misses with a hook from the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Aristotelis blocks a body shot from The Rapper.
Aristotelis comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Rapper misses with the head strike.
The Rapper presses Aristotelis against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Aristotelis can't find room to land a body shot as The Rapper controls the action.
The Rapper misses with some punches.
Aristotelis gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The Rapper misses with some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aristotelis holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Aristotelis tries to throw a body punch but The Rapper avoids it by throwing Aristotelis back against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, The Rapper creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Aristotelis takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Aristotelis blocking some punches.
The Rapper takes an elbow to the forehead.
Aristotelis misses with an elbow strike.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Aristotelis misses with a hook to the ribs.
Chance The Rapper seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Aristotelis is pushing The Rapper up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
The Rapper trying to control the position but instead, Aristotelis has worked for underhooks and has pushed The Rapper into the cage.
Aristotelis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aristotelis swings wildly with an uppercut but The Rapper uses good head movement to avoid it.
Aristotelis throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The Rapper looking to slow down the pace here.
A body shot lands from The Rapper.
A nice left hand lands by The Rapper.
The Rapper is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
The Rapper misses with the head strike.
The Rapper tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The Rapper lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Aristotelis backwards.
Aristotelis is trying to maintain a safe position but The Rapper gets an underhook and turns Aristotelis into the cage.
The Rapper is looking to control Aristotelis's arms but Aristotelis gets an underhook and turns him. Now The Rapper has his back to the cage.
Aristotelis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The Rapper drops Aristotelis onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Aristotelis is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Aristotelis is pushing The Rapper up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A short body shot lands from The Rapper as the two fighters clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Rapper lands a big right hand that drops Aristotelis! The killer instinct kicks in and The Rapper finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by The Rapper!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chance The Rapper!
Chance The Rapper was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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