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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Quirinus Rai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Lopez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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189 lbs
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185 cm
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187 lbs
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Good wrestling
Counter fighter
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Quirinus Rai!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Frank Lopez!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lopez throws a right hand that Rai ducks under and follows up with a left that Rai also avoids with ease.
Rai is looking to counter the offense by Lopez and move into the clinch.
Rai shoots in but no luck this time.
Rai rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lopez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lopez connects with a single shot there.
Lopez throws a body punch but Rai moves out of range.
Rai slips a straight right by Lopez.
Rai fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Lopez fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Rai is out of range.
Rai keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A punch combination from Rai misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lopez goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Lopez lands with a right hand.
Rai feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rai preventing the sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rai slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Lopez is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Rai is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Rai looking to finish Lopez with some ground and pound. This is bad for Lopez!
Rai with the ground and pound from mount.
Rai prevents Lopez from getting the reversal.
Rai with good strikes from the mount here!
Lopez tries to buck Rai off but he can't manage it.
Lopez really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Rai. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Lopez is looking to get to half guard.
Rai lands with some strikes.
Lopez is rocked!
It looks like Frank Lopez has been cut.
Rai putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Lopez is still in real trouble! Can Rai finish him?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rai postures up and throws a big right hand. BOOM! Right on the button! Lopez is out cold - huge knockout for Rai!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Quirinus Rai!
Quirinus Rai is the new middleweight champion!
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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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