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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alton Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henry Rino (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alton Brown has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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188 cm
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208 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alton Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Henry Rino!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Stewart Dunkirk and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rino lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Brown looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Rino misses with a hook.
Rino paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
It looks like Alton Brown has been cut.
Rino tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rino misses with a body shot.
Brown seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Rino throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Brown lands with a good body shot.
Brown circles away from the clinch attempt.
Brown moves away from the strike by Rino.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rino looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rino will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rino swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rino fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Brown takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Brown defending well as Rino loads up on a big left hand.
Rino lands a nice leg kick that just misses Brown's sensitive parts.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rino.
Rino pushes Brown up against the cage in a clinch.
Rino breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Brown seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Brown uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rino.
Rino lands a nice shot to the body.
Rino gets a clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Rino.
Nice body punch from Rino.
Rino fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rino misses with some punches.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Rino has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Rino lands a shoulder strike.
Rino's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rino misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rino jabs at Brown's body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brown avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown ducks right into an uppercut from Rino.
Rino lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Rino misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rino thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rino tries to clinch but Brown moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rino. Brown does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rino swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Rino is looking to clinch.
Rino tries a head kick but it misses.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rino.
A punch combination from Rino misses.
Rino misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Brown.
Henry Rino seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big right from Rino misses.
Brown ducks right into an uppercut from Rino.
Brown takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rino throws a lazy right hand but Brown sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rino scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Rino fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Brown, pushing him back against the cage.
Rino struggles to land a body shot inside as Brown controls his hands.
Brown has a couple of punches blocked by Rino.
Rino wants to stall.
Brown blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Rino has a couple of punches blocked by Brown.
Rino works on Brown's body with a couple of short punches.
Rino misses with some punches.
Rino breaks the clinch.
Brown defending well as Rino loads up on a big left hand.
Brown tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Rino manages to circle out of the way.
Brown keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rino.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rino throws a nice looking combination but Brown bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rino throws a good cross that connects.
Brown swats away the attempt to clinch by Rino.
Rino's corner calls for a 1-2. Rino obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Rino throws an overhand right that lands on Brown's shoulder, as Brown tries to avoid the shot.
Rino is looking to land body kicks.
Brown keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A punch lands to the side of Brown 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Rino scores with a head kick. Brown tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Rino throws a body shot but no joy.
Sloppy strikes from Rino. Those never looked like landing.
Rino misses with a straight right.
Rino throws a one two combo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Henry Rino dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alton Brown's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Rino tries to clinch up.
Rino throws a head kick that Brown semi-blocks.
Brown staying out of range there.
Brown on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Oooh a lovely combination from Rino sends Brown down but not out. Rino dives into side control looking to finish.
Brown is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rino has an Americana. Brown didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Rino is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Rino hooks up with any of them at the after show party.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Henry Rino!
Henry Rino tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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