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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Roberto Blanco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andokuhle Congo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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178 cm
26
170 lbs
13 - 11 - 0 |
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180 cm
32
183 lbs
13 - 9 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
13 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Roberto Blanco! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Andokuhle Congo! The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Andrew Berry and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Congo moves out of range of the strikes. Congo scores with a hook to the body. Blanco takes a step back and tries to catch his breath. Blanco darts in and clinches Congo up against the cage. Blanco throws a head punch that misses. Blanco prevents a body shot from Congo. Congo lands a body punch. Congo misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short left from Congo. Congo cracks Blanco with a nice body shot. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Blanco. Congo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. Congo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Blanco avoids it. Congo lands on the inside with an uppercut. Congo misses with a knee to the head. A short body shot lands from Congo as the two fighters clinch.
Congo lands an elbow inside.
It looks like Roberto Blanco has been cut. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. A head punch on the inside from Blanco fails to land. Blanco blocks a body shot from Congo. Congo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Blancos head. Congo lands with a short head shot on the inside. Congo lands a body shot in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round. Blanco tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Congo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Congo lands a left hand.
Blanco misses with a short punch on the inside. Congo lands on the inside with an uppercut. A right handed body shot lands from Congo.
Congo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Congo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Blancos head. A short right hand to the side of the head by Congo. Congo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. A short left from Congo. A short uppercut from Congo. Congo lands an uppercut. Congo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Blanco blocks it with crossed arms. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Blanco breaks the clinch.
Blanco tries to keep at a distance but Congo has taken the fight into the clinch. Congo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Congo blocks an uppercut.
Congo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round. A short right from Congo on the inside. Congo can't find room to land a body shot as Blanco controls the action.
Congo working some nice short punches in the clinch. Congo blocks an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Congo. Still in the clinch, Congo scores with a nice short uppercut. Blanco swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Congo digs a right hand underneath Blanco's ribcage. Blanco let out a lung full of air as it connected. Congo lands a shot to the body. A short body shot lands from Congo as the two fighters clinch.
Congo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage. Congo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Blanco has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Blanco's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button! A right hook to the body lands for Congo.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Blanco. Blanco misses with a hook from the clinch. Congo throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges. Blanco is breathing heavily. Congo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Blanco backwards. Congo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Blanco backwards. Blanco misses with the head strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Congo cracks Blanco with a nice body shot. Congo scores with a nice hook to the head. A head punch on the inside from Blanco fails to land. Congo digs a right hand into Blanco's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Blanco's gas tank. Congo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Congo lands a nice uppercut. Congo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Blancos head.
Blanco is rocked! Congo lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Blanco or not. Oh Blanco is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Congo lands with a short head shot on the inside. Congo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Congo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. Blanco blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Congo lands a nice shot to the body. Blanco seems to have got his legs back now. Congo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Good body shot from Congo.
Congo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage. Congo lands with a right to the head. A right hook to the body lands for Congo.
Congo lands an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Congo tries to land knees in the clinch but Blanco avoids the damage to the body. Blanco swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Congo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage. Congo works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Congo lands a shot to the body. Blanco fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Congo creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Blanco's defenses. Blanco takes an elbow to the forehead. A left hand lands to the body for Congo.
Congo is working Blanco over against the cage. Blanco misses with a punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Congo scores with a nice short uppercut. Congo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. Congo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Blanco backwards. Congo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Blanco lands with a short head shot on the inside. Congo presses Blanco against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot. Congo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage. Congo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. Congo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andokuhle Congo dominated that round. The cut man is working on Roberto Blanco's cut. That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Congo cracks a nice hook into Blanco's ribs. Blanco gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here. Blanco misses with the head strike.
Congo tries a knee to the head but Blanco blocks it.
Congo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Blanco backwards. Congo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Congo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. Congo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. Congo lands a hook to the side of the head. Congo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Blanco's elbow. Congo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Congo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Congo struggles to land a body shot inside as Blanco controls his hands.
A nice left hand lands by Congo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Congo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Congo works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A body shot lands from Congo.
Congo lands with a short shot to the head. Blanco is pressed against the cage. Congo pushes back and unleashes a big elbow that really hurts Blanco! Two more big strikes from Congo and Blanco crumples to the mat and taps out furiously due to the strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Andokuhle Congo! Our winner, Andokuhle Congo, 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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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
80% |
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