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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Yokozuna Raba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafael Pott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rafael Pott will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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154 lbs
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165 lbs
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Good takedowns
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Yokozuna Raba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rafael Pott!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, John Roberts and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Raba takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Pott pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Raba 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.
Pott looks to throw the jab but Raba is out of range.
Pott swings widly with a right hand
and Raba counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Pott throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Raba looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Raba lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Pott is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Raba tries to free his leg and advance position but Pott is retaining full guard.
Pott escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Raba gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Raba might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Raba content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Raba scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Pott is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Raba controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Pott is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Raba tries to free his leg and advance position but Pott is retaining full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raba is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Raba keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Pott's head.
Pott trying to control the position.
Pott is looking for a triangle but Raba pushes his legs off easily.
Raba sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Raba chips away with some ground and pound.
Raba chips away with some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pott has momentary wrist control but Raba slips an elbow through the middle.
Raba engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Pott has momentary wrist control but Raba slips an elbow through the middle.
Raba looking to pass the guard.
Raba is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Pott is trying to keep Raba in close.
Pott is looking for a triangle here but Raba uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Raba is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Pott's shoulder. That is not cool.
Raba working the body and head with strikes.
Pott manages to work his way to half guard, despite Raba's best efforts.
Pott tries to get to full guard but Raba has control of the leg.
Raba is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Pott is just riding it out for now. Raba eventually gives up the hold.
Raba is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Raba is looking for a kimura here.
Pott looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Pott is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Pott looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Raba drops an elbow to the side of Pott's head.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Raba working over Pott with some ground and pound. Pott looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Pott has hold of Raba's hands but Raba slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Pott on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Pott is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Raba scores with a couple of nice shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Well, if Raba is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Raba lands strikes from half guard.
Pott is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Pott on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Raba has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Raba controlling the action here.
Raba lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Ground and pound from Raba.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Raba in particular looking to stall.
Raba lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Raba lands strikes from half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Raba lands a nice short elbow.
Raba looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Pott is rocked!
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Raba in particular looking to stall.
Raba seems to be looking for submissions.
Pott has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Raba is working away from the top position though.
Pott tries to get to full guard but Raba has control of the leg.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Raba content to control rather than advance.
Raba is working for a kimura but Pott is defending it quite comfortably.
Pott is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Raba scores with a couple of nice shots.
Pott is trying to get back to full guard.
Raba working the head and body with strikes.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Raba lands a nice short elbow.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Pott is trying to get back to full guard.
Raba is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Raba seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Raba scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Raba slips a nice elbow through Pott's hands, connecting with Pott's forehead.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Raba is figuring out what he wants to do next.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Raba connects with a nice short shot to Pott's temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yokozuna Raba dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Pott lands a two punch combo.
Pott scores with a nice strike.
Pott works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Rafael Pott seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pott throws a lazy right hand but Raba sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Raba appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Pott throws the left hand but Raba avoids the punch easily.
A jab from Pott finds it's way through Raba's defenses.
Pott throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Raba decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Pott's guard.
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!
Raba distracts Pott with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Raba postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Raba sitting in guard here, content to control.
Pott trying to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Raba is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Raba postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Raba with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Raba is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pott can do to turn this around?
Pott has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Raba can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Pott looking to control.
Raba keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Pott's head.
Raba looking to pass the guard.
Pott has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Raba can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Raba postures up and lands a big shot to Pott's brow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raba postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Raba controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Raba has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Raba tries to free his leg and advance position but Pott is retaining full guard.
Raba with a nice head shot there.
Raba got a little sloppy there for a moment and Pott has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Raba has managed to get both his arms back between Pott's legs - danger averted.
Raba stays in close to Pott's body and controls the position.
Pott escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Raba gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Raba pushing down on Pott's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raba is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Raba is working for a kimura but Pott is defending it quite comfortably.
Raba not doing much here.
Raba lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Raba takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Raba is controlling the pace.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pott taking some punishment here, with Raba in his half guard.
Raba frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Raba controlling from the full mount.
A nice elbow there by Raba.
Pott is wriggling around trying to escape.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Raba cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Raba connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Raba with shots to the head and body - Pott looks very uncomfortable down there.
Pott is still in real trouble! Can Raba finish him?
Raba postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Pott badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Raba around the waist but Raba pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Raba is the winner by TKO! Raba jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yokozuna Raba!
Yokozuna Raba thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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