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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Galdra Kiddi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cedric Maake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Galdra Kiddi had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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170 lbs
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180 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
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Good wrestler
World class 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
17 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Galdra Kiddi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Cedric Maake!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Shirou Masuda and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maake fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kiddi manages to avoid it.
Maake scores with a jab to the body.
Maake walks forward, straight into a front kick from Kiddi.
Maake throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kiddi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kiddi's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Maake connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Kiddi scrambles back to his feet.
It looks like Galdra Kiddi has been cut.
Kiddi lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Kiddi lands a really nice looking cross but Maake seems unphased.
The crowd cheers as Kiddi lands an impressive looking overhand right. Maake doesn't seem phased though.
Maake on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
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!
Maake thumps Kiddi with a low kick.
Maake tries to land a leg kick but Kiddi saw it coming and moves away.
Kiddi throws a shot from downtown. Maake moves away and avoids it.
Kiddi checks a low kick from Maake.
Maake missing with a left hand there. Kiddi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Maake takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Maake clinches up with Kiddi and pushes him back against the cage.
Kiddi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Maake is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kiddi is keeping busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kiddi.
Maake's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Maake tries to stall but Kiddi uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A head punch on the inside from Maake fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Maake.
Kiddi blocking some punches.
Maake throws a punch but it's blocked by Kiddi.
Maake cracks Kiddi with a nice body shot.
Kiddi keeps control of Maake as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A short body shot lands from Kiddi as the two fighters clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Kiddi.
A nice left hand lands by Maake.
Maake manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Still in the clinch, Kiddi scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kiddi tries to work over Maake's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kiddi misses with a punch on the inside.
Maake misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kiddi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Maake backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kiddi misses with a punch to the body.
Kiddi misses with some punches.
Maake is trying to break the clinch but Kiddi has him pressed against the cage.
Kiddi is working Maake over against the cage.
A body shot lands from Maake.
Kiddi misses with a punch to the body.
Kiddi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Maake has a couple of punches blocked by Kiddi.
Kiddi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short body shot lands from Kiddi as the two fighters clinch.
Maake has a couple of punches blocked by Kiddi.
Kiddi misses with some punches.
Maake stalling the fight.
Maake misses with a punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kiddi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Maake blocks a body shot from Kiddi.
Kiddi blocking some punches.
Maake slowing the pace effectively.
Maake blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Kiddi.
Kiddi throws a punch but it's blocked by Maake.
Kiddi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Maake trying to control the position but instead, Kiddi has worked for underhooks and has pushed Maake into the cage.
Come on Maake - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Maake breaks from the clinch.
Maake lands with a hook. Kiddi tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Maake listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Maake scoring well with a low kick there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kiddi shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Maake defends it nicely.
Kiddi cracks Maake with an open hand slap.
Maake swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cedric Maake is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Maake slips under a jab.
Maake misses with a low kick.
Maake scores with a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Maake steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Kiddi. That one must have hurt.
Kiddi scores with a crisp jab that stopped Maake in his tracks.
A cross from Maake lands.
Kiddi throws a body kick that misses.
Maake throws a sloppy head kick
and Kiddi counters with a straight right hand.
A big head kick from Kiddi and Maake is sent sprawling to the canvas!
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Maake keeping moving, preventing Kiddi from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Galdra Kiddi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Galdra Kiddi's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Kiddi checks a leg kick.
Kiddi moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Maake fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kiddi has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Kiddi tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Maake wants to clinch up but Kiddi keeps it at a distance.
Nice uppercut lands for Kiddi. That snapped Maake's head back.
The fighters circling - Kiddi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kiddi ducks under a wild hook from Maake.
Kiddi throws a lazy right hand but Maake sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Maake tries to work over Kiddi's front leg with a kick but Kiddi checks it.
Maake tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kiddi swings widly with a right hand
and Maake counters with a thumping low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kiddi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Maake manages to avoid it.
Maake has managed to clinch.
Kiddi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Maake can do to turn this around?
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kiddi creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Maake blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Maake.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kiddi.
Maake wants to break the clinch but can't.
Maake misses with a hook from the clinch.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Kiddi goes for a takedown attempt but Maake pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Kiddi does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Maake feints a counter leg kick.
Maake tries to land a leg kick but Kiddi saw it coming and moves away.
Maake with a jab.
Maake on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A jab from Maake does it's job there.
Kiddi misses with a wild body shot.
Maake just misses with a punch to the body.
Kiddi tries to close the distance and clinch up but Maake swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nice defenses there by Kiddi.
Maake misses with an uppercut. Kiddi saw that one coming.
Maake avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Maake appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Kiddi misses with a two punch combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maake scores with the left hand. Kiddi knows he should have avoided that one.
Maake lands a nice hook to Kiddi's body. Kiddi takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Maake ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Galdra Kiddi is winning the standup battle so far.
Kiddi slips a straight right by Maake.
A good leg kick by Maake.
Maake tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Maake has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Maake connects with a good right hand that stumbles Kiddi. Kiddi circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Kiddi lands a head kick. Maake smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Maake clinches up with Kiddi and pushes him back against the cage.
Maake stalling in the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Maake.
Maake wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kiddi gets control of Maake's arms and successfully pulls guard. Kiddi will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Maake wants to pass the guard but Kiddi is keeping the position.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Kiddi holds on and takes a little breather.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kiddi is trying to keep Maake in close.
Maake preventing the sweep.
Kiddi controls Maake momentarily but Maake frees himself.
Maake trying to control the position from guard on top but Kiddi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kiddi looking for a guillotine here but Maake defends easily.
Maake controlling from the top position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Maake looking to pass the guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Maake misses with a low kick.
Maake has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kiddi.
Maake takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kiddi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Maake steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kiddi.
Maake misses with an uppercut. Kiddi saw that one coming.
Kiddi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kiddi drops down looking for a counter takedown but Maake sprawls and moves away.
Kiddi checks the leg kick.
Kiddi drops down looking for a counter takedown but Maake sprawls and moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cedric Maake showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Galdra Kiddi's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Maake avoids the body shot from Kiddi.
Maake motions for Kiddi to come forward. Maake throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kiddi slips under a jab from Maake.
Maake throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kiddi half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Maake dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Maake lands a jab to the nose.
Kiddi misses the jab.
Maake throws out a loose jab but Kiddi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Maake tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kiddi manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kiddi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Maake.
Kiddi was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Kiddi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Maake swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Kiddi scores with a nice head shot.
Kiddi getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A jab from Maake misses.
Maake throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kiddi throws a jab but it's blocked by Maake.
Maake misses with a hook.
Kiddi lands a nice looking body kick.
Maake takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Maake is looking to clinch.
Maake avoids the body shot from Kiddi.
A slow jab from Maake misses its intended target.
The fighters circle momentarily. Kiddi darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Kiddi bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Maake's head backwards.
Maake staying out of range there.
Maake throws a nice outside leg kick.
Kiddi looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Maake is looking to control Kiddi's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Maake avoid being mounted?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kiddi missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maake actively working from the bottom here.
Maake looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Kiddi controlling the pace.
Maake wants to improve his position but Kiddi is controlling well.
Kiddi trying to control from Maake's half guard. Maake has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Kiddi lands a couple of elbows.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maake throws his legs up looking for a submission but Kiddi uses it to pass to side control.
Kiddi is staying tight to Maake's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Kiddi lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Maake is not content to let Kiddi control the position.
Maake is looking to reverse the position.
Maake taking a bit of punishment here - Kiddi scoring with strikes.
Kiddi working away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kiddi scoring with punches and elbows.
Kiddi trying to control the action but Maake is working from the bottom.
Kiddi working the ground and pound.
Maake on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Kiddi lands an elbow.
Maake is trying to improve his position.
Kiddi wants to lay and pray for a moment but Maake keeps working.
And that's the end of the fight!
Galdra Kiddi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Kiddi has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Yuuki Gou scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 29:28
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Galdra Kiddi!
Our winner, Galdra Kiddi, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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hype
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