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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between George Pedro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sonny Bill Uru (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Uru comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The Man - Aloe Blacc kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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178 lbs
4 - 4 - 0 |
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180 cm
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179 lbs
5 - 8 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin |
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Good takedowns
Excellent 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
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, George Pedro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Sonny Bill Uru!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Radbod Blank and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pedro tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Uru was well out of range. Poor timing from Pedro.
We've been hearing reports that Pedro has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Pedro lands with a thumping leg kick.
Pedro shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Uru's guard.
Uru keeping moving, preventing Pedro from controlling successfully.
Pedro postures up.
Pedro advances position into side control!
Uru trying to remain calm as Pedro controls from the top position.
Uru is looking to reverse the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pedro trying to control the action but Uru is working from the bottom.
You can see the frustration on Uru's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Uru takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Pedro lands a few punches from side control.
You can see the frustration on Uru's face as Pedro controls the position.
Check out the look on Pedro's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Pedro cracks Uru with a big elbow.
Uru taking punishment in the form of punches.
A lull in the action here.
Pedro cracks Uru with an elbow. That is naaassty.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pedro lands a decent elbow from side control.
Pedro controlling from side mount.
Pedro is working Uru over with some ground and pound from side control.
Pedro cracks Uru with an elbow. That is naaassty.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Pedro cracks Uru with an elbow. That is naaassty.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pedro controlling the position from side mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pedro scoring with punches and elbows.
Pedro works to advance to full mount. Uru defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Uru is trying desperately to improve position.
Uru wants to hold on but Pedro pushes him away.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Pedro cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Pedro controlling his opponent.
Pedro working Uru over with strikes here.
Pedro raining down shots from the mount!
Pedro landing strikes from the mount.
Pedro lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Pedro is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Uru can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Pedro working Uru over with strikes here.
Uru is rocked!
Uru tries to reverse the position but Pedro maintains control.
Uru is still in real trouble! Can Pedro finish him?
Pedro landing strikes from the mount and Uru is in trouble!
Pedro softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and Uru is out cold! Pedro jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). George Pedro!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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