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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chiku Maneno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brandon Rush (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rush has chosen Scandal / Shunkan Sentimental as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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177 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
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179 cm
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180 lbs
8 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Decent wrestler
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
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chiku Maneno!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Brandon Rush!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Roger Salmon and Chris Saunders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maneno misses the jab.
Maneno avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Maneno throws a right hand that misses
enabling Rush to counter with a crisp jab.
Maneno misses with a body shot.
Maneno scores with a jab to the body.
Maneno moves away from the strike by Rush.
Maneno swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rush tries a quick counter leg kick but Maneno is wise to it.
Chiku Maneno seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rush throws a jab when Maneno was well out of range.
Rush avoids the body shot from Maneno.
Maneno looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Rush ducks under a wild hook from Maneno.
Maneno lands with an uppercut that bounces Rush off the cage and back into range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rush throws a body shot but no joy.
Maneno throws a right hand that misses
and Rush counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Rush has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Rush swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Maneno ducks under a wild hook from Rush.
Rush moves out of range of the strikes.
Rush misses with a straight right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rush connects with a nice looking jab.
Maneno looks to score with a jab to the body but Rush is just out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Rush.
Maneno misses with a lunging right hand
and Rush connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rush moves into the clinch.
Maneno is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Maneno is trying to push Rush away but Rush has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Rush keeps control of Maneno as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rush lands with a short shot to the head.
Maneno is looking to break free of the clinch but Rush has double underhooks.
Maneno looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Maneno's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Maneno shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Rush takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Rush lands a slapping body shot.
Maneno with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Rush to score with a decent uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rush uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Maneno.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maneno defending well as Rush loads up on a big left hand.
Rush lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Maneno throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Rush! But no joy.
Maneno swings for the body but Rush moves out of range.
Rush sizes up Maneno with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Rush misses with a wild body shot.
Maneno misses the shot to the body.
Maneno throws a good cross that connects.
It looks like Brandon Rush has been cut.
Maneno bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rush takes one to the chin there.
Rush throws a right hand that misses
and Maneno counters with a right hand to the body.
Maneno stuns Rush with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Maneno. Rush does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rush is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Maneno with a body shot.
Rush fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Maneno keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Maneno. Beautiful body shot.
Maneno misses with a body shot.
Maneno keeps the fight on the outside.
Maneno misses the shot to the body.
Rush tries to work over Maneno's front leg with a kick but Maneno checks it.
Maneno swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Maneno misses the shot to the body.
Maneno defending well as Rush loads up on a big left hand.
Maneno misses the shot to the body.
Rush is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Maneno misses with a body shot.
Maneno keeps the fight on the outside.
A decent looking cross lands there for Maneno.
Maneno throws a jab but it's blocked by Rush.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maneno is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rush.
Rush throws out a counter right but Maneno avoids it with no problem.
Rush walks into a left hand.
Maneno throws a hook to the side of Rush's head but Rush sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rush tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Rush displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Maneno scores with a hook to the body. Rush takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Rush misses with a wild body shot.
Rush bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Maneno's head.
Rush is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Maneno had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Rush connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Maneno momentarily.
Rush lands the left hand.
Rush swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Maneno counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Maneno scores with a jab to the jaw.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Maneno swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A big left from Maneno misses.
Nice jab there from Maneno.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Chiku Maneno will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Brandon Rush's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Maneno connects with a looping right hand.
The fighters circling - Maneno throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rush is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Maneno with a body shot.
A jab from Rush finds it's way through Maneno's defenses.
Maneno throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rush throws a low kick but it's checked well by Maneno.
Maneno swings for the body but Rush moves out of range.
Rush throws a counter combo.
Rush is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Chiku Maneno is winning the standup battle so far.
Maneno moves out of range as Rush strikes.
Maneno throws a jab but it's blocked by Rush.
Maneno thows a left - swing and a miss!
Maneno uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rush.
Maneno throwing a counter right hand but Rush manages to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rush throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Maneno.
Rush uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Maneno.
Rush misses with a straight left.
Rush steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Maneno.
Rush looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Maneno fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rush manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maneno throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A countering left hand to the body from Rush misses.
Maneno misses with a right hand
enabling Rush to counter with a crisp jab.
Rush thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rush tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rush throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Maneno counters with a nice uppercut.
Maneno lands a right hook to the body.
A lazy left from Rush finds it's target.
Maneno throws a hook to the side of Rush's head but Rush sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A nice side step and Rush releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
A jab lands there for Maneno.
Jab from Rush.
A shot to the liver by Maneno. Beautiful body shot.
Rush fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Maneno manages to avoid it.
Rush throws a shot from downtown. Maneno moves away and avoids it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rush. Maneno does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maneno swings for the body but Rush moves out of range.
Maneno with a body punch. A glancing blow.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Rush in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Maneno displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rush throws out the jab.
Maneno looks to land a left hand but Rush moved out of range nicely.
Nice defenses there by Maneno.
Maneno is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Maneno throws a looping overhand right but Rush ducks down to avoid it.
Maneno jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Maneno slips under a jab from Rush.
Rush just misses with a punch to the body.
Maneno throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A little jabbing left from Rush on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Rush looks to throw the jab but Maneno is out of range.
Maneno throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Rush stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rush. Maneno does a little dance to reset his feet.
Maneno's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Rush connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Maneno scrambles back to his feet.
Rush just misses with a punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rush throws a leg kick
and Maneno cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Maneno lands with a good body shot.
Rush needs to keep his hands up - Maneno had a free shot at his head there.
Rush clinches up with Maneno and pushes him back against the cage.
Rush misses with a short punch on the inside.
Maneno is trying to break free.
Maneno's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rush lands a head shot.
Maneno misses with a hook
and Rush connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rush lands a nice hook to Maneno's body. Maneno takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Maneno misses with a straight left.
Rush is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Maneno throws a lazy right hand but Rush sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rush lands a nice hook to Maneno's body. Maneno takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Good exchange - Maneno coming out on top.
Maneno looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Rush misses with a series of wild punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maneno moves out of range of the leg kick from Rush.
A counter left hand to the body from Maneno misses its target.
Rush just misses with a punch to the body.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Maneno throws out a loose jab but Rush uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rush misses with a looping right.
A big right from Rush misses.
Maneno looks to throw the jab but Rush is out of range.
Maneno misses with a looping right.
Maneno looks to land a right hand but Rush moved out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rush. Maneno does a little dance to reset his feet.
Maneno throws the left hand but Rush avoids the punch easily.
Rush looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Maneno pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A countering left hand to the body from Rush misses.
Maneno misses with a wild body shot.
Rush tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Maneno was well out of range. Poor timing from Rush.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Chiku Maneno will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Brandon Rush's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Rush lands a jab to Maneno's midsection.
Maneno misses with a wild body shot.
The fighters circling - Rush throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Maneno throws a hook but Rush avoids it easily.
Maneno missing with a left hand there. Rush was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rush doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Maneno swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rush tries to clinch but Maneno moves out of range.
Maneno throws a lazy right hand but Rush sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rush uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Rush throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Maneno on the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Maneno scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Maneno throws a body punch but Rush moves out of range.
A little jabbing left from Rush on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Maneno throws out a loose jab but Rush uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rush shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Maneno bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Rush misses the target.
Rush throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rush displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Maneno throws out the jab.
Rush looks to land a right hand but Maneno moved out of range.
Maneno throwing a counter right hand but Rush manages to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Maneno. Rush does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rush fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Maneno manages to avoid it.
Maneno throws a hook but Rush blocks it.
Rush with a jab.
Maneno swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rush steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Maneno.
The fighters circling - Rush throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rush moves forwards but Maneno connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Maneno misses the target.
Maneno takes a jab right on the kisser.
Rush tries to clinch but Maneno moves away
and Maneno counters with a left to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maneno throws a body punch but Rush moves out of range.
Rush tries to clinch but Maneno is having none of it.
Maneno throwing a counter right hand but Rush manages to avoid it.
Maneno keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Maneno swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Maneno lands a nice hook to Rush's body. Rush takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rush throws a hook but Maneno avoids it easily.
Rush fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Maneno manages to avoid it.
Maneno keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Maneno appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Rush slips under a jab.
Nice defenses there by Rush.
Maneno misses with a straight left.
Rush with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Maneno to score with a decent uppercut.
Maneno waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rush.
Maneno throws a looping overhand right but Rush ducks down to avoid it.
Rush ducks under a wild hook from Maneno.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maneno takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Maneno throws a shot to the body.
Rush tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rush throws a looping overhand right but Maneno ducks down to avoid it.
Maneno slips under a jab from Rush.
A quick step to the side and Maneno tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rush ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rush doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Maneno scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Rush moves into range and connects with a jab.
Rush connects with a body shot.
Rush throws a jab when Maneno was well out of range.
Maneno throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rush looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rush uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Maneno.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maneno ducks under a wild hook from Rush.
Maneno lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Rush throws a big shot that misses.
Rush thows a left - swing and a miss!
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!
Maneno jabs at Rush's body.
Rush paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Rush is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Maneno.
Rush throws out a loose jab but Maneno uses good head movement to avoid it.
Maneno throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rush misses with a wild body shot.
Rush connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Maneno momentarily.
Rush is looking to clinch.
Rush misses with a hook. Maneno ducked under it nicely.
Brandon Rush has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Maneno throws a hook but Rush blocks it.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Chiku Maneno.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Maneno, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Paul Gruel scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chiku Maneno!
Chiku Maneno decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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hype
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