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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ed Soma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and kietos targuerie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). kietos targuerie has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart |
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ed Soma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, kietos targuerie!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Daniel Franklin and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Soma tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but targuerie paws at him with a jab and circles away.
targuerie motions for Soma to come forward. targuerie throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
targuerie swats away the attempt to clinch by Soma.
Soma avoids a punch combination nicely.
targuerie scores with a nice strike.
targuerie avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Soma falls off balance throwing a combination
and targuerie 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.
targuerie falls off balance throwing a combination
and Soma counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
targuerie lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Soma throws a jab but it's blocked by targuerie.
targuerie keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
targuerie looks to land a left hand but Soma moved out of range nicely.
targuerie blocks a jab.
Soma uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from targuerie.
Soma moves in looking to clinch but targuerie pushes him off.
Soma throws a jab when targuerie was well out of range.
targuerie uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Soma.
targuerie swats away the attempt to clinch by Soma.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
A swing and a miss from Soma.
Soma throws a one two combo.
targuerie misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Soma falls off balance throwing a combination
and targuerie counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nice straight punches there by targuerie. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of targuerie.
No joy there for targuerie, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Soma misses the shot to the body.
Soma takes a swing at targuerie's ribcage but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soma swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and targuerie counters with a series of strikes. Soma will be more careful next time no doubt.
targuerie throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
targuerie has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Soma swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ed Soma is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Soma misses with a double jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Soma looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Soma throws a left and a right that both miss
and targuerie counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Soma will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ed Soma seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
targuerie fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
targuerie throws a solid leg kick but Soma takes the impact on his shin and smiles at targuerie.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
targuerie steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Soma.
targuerie clinches with his opponent.
Soma missing with knees to the body.
Soma misses with a hook from the clinch.
Soma breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Soma misses with a two punch combination.
targuerie should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
targuerie throws out a loose jab but Soma uses good head movement to avoid it.
Soma misses with a wild combination.
A low kick from targuerie is predictable there
and Soma counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Soma lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Soma thows a left - swing and a miss!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ed Soma dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
No joy there for targuerie, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
targuerie throws a left and a right that both miss
and Soma counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps targuerie thinking.
Ed Soma is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Soma scores with a body shot.
Soma moves into the clinch successfully.
Soma stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Soma throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Soma breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Soma thows a body shot but no joy.
targuerie is breathing heavily.
Soma looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Soma throws a combination. targuerie tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
It looks like kietos targuerie has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
targuerie walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
targuerie uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Soma.
Soma rushes targuerie with punches - targuerie moves straight backwards instead of circling and gets clipped by the second strike... and the third... and the fourth! Oh, targuerie goes down! Soma follows up with more strikes and the ref steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ed Soma!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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