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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kaspars Timma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eulalio Gonzalez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Timma comes to the cage accompanied by Z FARTEM. Gonzalez has chosen El Party Me Llama as his entrance music. Eulalio Gonzalez has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Kaspars Timma's chin.
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183 lbs
18 - 15 - 0 |
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175 lbs
20 - 18 - 2 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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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
18 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kaspars Timma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 18 - 2, fighting out of Hilo, Eulalio Gonzalez!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Jeff Smith and Paul Gruel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gonzalez motions for Timma to come forward. Gonzalez throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Timma slips under a jab.
Timma is looking to counter punch.
Timma clobbers Gonzalez with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Timma jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Gonzalez walks into a left hand.
Gonzalez jabs at Timma's body.
Gonzalez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Timma.
Gonzalez takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Timma has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
A solid body kick from Gonzalez.
Timma is looking to slow Gonzalez down with leg kicks.
Timma checks a low kick from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez staying out of range there.
Gonzalez tries to clinch but Timma moves away
and Timma counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Timma throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gonzalez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gonzalez misses with a head kick.
Gonzalez throws a lazy uppercut
and Timma counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kaspars Timma is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Timma takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Gonzalez tries a head kick but it misses.
Gonzalez throws a leg kick that is checked
and Timma counters with a left to the body.
Gonzalez throws a shot to the body.
Gonzalez finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Timma staying out of range there.
Gonzalez throws a leg kick that is checked
and Timma counters with a nice uppercut.
Timma misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gonzalez appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Good exchange - Timma coming out on top.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gonzalez clinches.
Gonzalez stalling.
Timma escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Timma is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Some wild striking there from Gonzalez.
Timma thinks about countering with a head kick.
Timma lands with a thumping leg kick.
Timma swinging wildly here.
Gonzalez takes a kick to the side of the head.
Timma wants to slow Gonzalez down by chopping away at his legs.
Nice defenses there by Gonzalez.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez misses with a head kick.
Gonzalez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Timma was well out of range. Poor timing from Gonzalez.
Timma takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Gonzalez walks into a jab.
Gonzalez misses with a series of wild punches.
Timma ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Gonzalez darts in and clinches Timma up against the cage.
Timma is trying to force a seperation but Gonzalez has the dominant position.
Timma breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Timma is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Timma feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Gonzalezs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Gonzalez misses with a wild body shot.
Timma thinks about countering with a head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Timma throws a body shot but no joy.
Gonzalez is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Timma with a body shot.
Timma keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Gonzalez shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Gonzalez was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gonzalez throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Timma managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Gonzalez.
Gonzalez tries to move into full mount but can't pass Timma's legs.
Gonzalez connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Timma some visible discomfort.
Gonzalez wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Timma, who protects the arm well.
Timma pushes Gonzalez away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Gonzalez gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
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 Kaspars Timma will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Timma lands a jab.
Gonzalez throws a body punch but Timma moves out of range.
Gonzalez throws a leg kick that is checked
and Timma cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gonzalez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Good leg kick by Timma there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Timma lands a body shot.
A combination from Timma does no damage.
Timma looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gonzalez turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Gonzalez moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Good exchange - Timma coming out on top.
Timma ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gonzalez moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzalez takes the fight into the clinch.
Timma's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Timma lands with a straight right. Gonzalez didn't see that one coming.
Timma's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Timma duly obliges.
Gonzalez closes the distance looking to clinch
and Timma counters with a head kick.
Kaspars Timma is winning the standup battle so far.
Timma connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Gonzalez's hands.
Timma is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Timma dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gonzalez. That did some damage!
Gonzalez lands with a thumping leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gonzalez misses with a takedown
enabling Timma to counter with a crisp jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Timma connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Gonzalez scrambles back to his feet.
Gonzalez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Timma moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
It looked like Timma wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Timma throws a sloppy head kick and Gonzalez moves out of range easily.
Timma is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gonzalez can do to turn this around?
Gonzalez drops Timma with a beautiful combination! Timma stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Gonzalez is looking for the KO!
Timma is rocked!
It looks like Kaspars Timma has been cut.
Gonzalez misses with a wild body shot.
Oh Timma is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gonzalez throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Timma lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Gonzalez closes the distance looking for a takedown. Timma stuffs it but Gonzalez still has hold of him. Gonzalez picks Timma up in a fireman's lift! The crowd roars in approval. Gonzalez slams Timma to the floor and that's really hurt Timma - he doesn't know where he is! Gonzalez throws a couple of strikes and the referee steps in to save him! This one is in the books!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eulalio Gonzalez!
Eulalio Gonzalez took to the mic after the fight and begged the organizational hierarchy for a shot at the title.
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hype
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RATING
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