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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rosen Strasser (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Bourque (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Paul Bourque has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Rosen Strasser's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rosen Strasser!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
51 - 27 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paul Bourque!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Emerson Jorge and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big right from Bourque misses.
Strasser misses with a series of wild punches.
A big left from Strasser misses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Bourque has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Strasser.
Bourque misses with an uppercut. Strasser saw that one coming.
Strasser is looking to counter with a body kick.
Strasser scores with a jab.
Strasser misses with a low kick.
Bourque throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bourque jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bourque punishes Strasser's body with a nice straight punch.
Strasser on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Strasser looks to land a left hand but Bourque moved out of range nicely.
Strasser slips under a jab.
Bourque throws a lazy right hand but Strasser sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Strasser avoids the body shot from Bourque.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Bourque checks a leg kick.
We've been informed that Bourque has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Strasser fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Bourque is out of range.
Strasser tries a head kick but it misses.
Bourque bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bourque swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Strasser ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bourque moves away.
Bourque scores with a jab to the jaw.
Strasser swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Strasser swats away the attempt to clinch by Bourque.
Bourque avoids the head kick by Strasser.
Bourque takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Strasser looks to land a combination. Bourque sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Strasser misses with a body kick.
Bourque fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Strasser takes one on the button.
Bourque throws a left and a right that both miss
and Strasser counters with a nice low kick that buckles Bourque's knee momentarily.
Bourque swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bourque fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Strasser manages to avoid it.
Strasser misses with a two punch combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Strasser bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Strasser looks to land a combination. Bourque sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bourque looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Strasser circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bourque displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Strasser throws out the jab.
Strasser throws a head kick that misses.
Bourque throws a nice looking combination but Strasser bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Strasser cracks Bourque with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Bourque throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Strasser walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Bourque checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Strasser really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
An inside leg kick from Strasser misses.
Bourque gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Strasser's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bourque tries to close the distance and clinch but Strasser swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bourque missing with a left hand there. Strasser was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bourque doesn't manage to clinch there - Strasser circles away.
A jab from Strasser finds it's way through Bourque's defenses.
Bourque walks into a jab.
Strasser throws a head kick that misses.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Bourque!
Strasser bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Bourque's head backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strasser swinging wildly here.
Bourque with a nice cross.
A left and a right from Bourque both land. Nice combination.
Strasser uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bourque.
Strasser lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Strasser tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A left lands for Strasser.
Bourque fails to land with a series of punches.
Strasser throws a lazy head kick
enabling Bourque to counter with a crisp jab.
Bourque loads up on a big right hand but Strasser slips the punch.
Strasser throws a shot from downtown. Bourque moves away and avoids it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bourque throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Bourque keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Strasser.
It seemed like Bourque was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Bourque ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Bourque misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Strasser.
Bourque lands a jab to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Strasser slips a jab and a cross from Bourque.
A leg kick checked by Bourque.
Bourque swinging wildly here.
Strasser throws a low kick but it's checked well by Bourque.
Strasser misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Strasser walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Strasser misses with a wild combination.
Bourque throws an overhand right that lands on Strasser's shoulder, as Strasser tries to avoid the shot.
Strasser throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Bourque throws a body shot but no joy.
Bourque tries to close the distance and clinch up but Strasser swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bourque scores with a nice head shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Strasser lands with a slapping head kick.
Bourque throws a right and a left that Strasser avoids nicely.
Strasser dips to his left and cracks Bourque with an uppercut!
Strasser ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Strasser misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
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 Rosen Strasser will probably get the nod.
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.
Bourque tries to bum rush Strasser with a series of wild strikes but Strasser uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Strasser steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bourque.
Bourque blocks a head kick by Strasser.
Strasser ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Bourque throws a series of strikes that have Strasser backpedaling.
Rosen Strasser is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bourque's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Strasser connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Bourque scrambles back to his feet.
Strasser feints and then cracks Bourque's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bourque down.
Rosen Strasser is winning the standup battle so far.
Strasser fails to land with a series of punches.
Strasser throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Strasser slips under a jab.
Bourque will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Strasser misses with a leg kick.
Rosen Strasser seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Strasser chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bourque misses with a looping right.
Bourque misses with a few strikes there.
A cross from Bourque lands.
Strasser misses with a hook. Bourque ducked under it nicely.
Bourque throws a body shot but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Strasser tries to bum rush Bourque with a series of wild strikes but Bourque uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Strasser takes one to the side of the head.
Strasser misses the shot to the body.
Strasser blocks a jab.
Nice cross by Bourque.
Strasser scores with a jab.
Strasser cracks Bourque with a good jab.
Bourque throws a jab when Strasser was well out of range.
Strasser on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Strasser scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Bourque ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Bourque tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Strasser paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bourque slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Strasser uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bourque.
Strasser throws the left hand but Bourque avoids the punch easily.
Bourque showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Strasser.
Strasser ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bourque throws a right hand that Strasser ducks under and follows up with a left that Strasser also avoids with ease.
Strasser misses with a body shot.
A combination from Strasser does no damage.
Bourque keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bourque misses with a looping left.
Bourque throws a jab when Strasser was well out of range.
Strasser ducks under a wild hook from Bourque.
Strasser lands with a thumping leg kick.
Strasser fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bourque scores with a crisp jab that stopped Strasser in his tracks.
Strasser bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Strasser misses with a straight left.
Strasser looks for the body kick but Bourque saw that one coming.
Bourque takes one to the chin there.
Strasser moves away from the strike by Bourque.
Bourque connects with a body shot.
Bourque throws a hook but Strasser avoids it easily.
Strasser thuds his shin into the meat of Bourque's side.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bourque throws a right hand that Strasser ducks under and follows up with a left that Strasser also avoids with ease.
Strasser walks into a left hand.
Bourque misses with a hook.
Bourque throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
As Bourque backs away, Strasser returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Strasser waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bourque.
Strasser lands a nice looking body shot.
Strasser throws a head kick but Bourque moves out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from Bourque misses.
Bourque tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bourque lands a two punch combo.
Strasser keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bourque.
Strasser misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Strasser keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Strasser thows a left - swing and a miss!
As Strasser backs off Bourque throws a huge counter combo but Strasser manages to avoid it all.
Strasser takes a jab right on the kisser.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bourque checks a low kick from Strasser.
Strasser moves out of range as Bourque strikes.
Bourque connects with a nice looking jab.
Strasser is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bourque uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Strasser.
Oh Strasser is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bourque throws a 1-2 combo that connects squarely on Strasser's jaw, knocking him onto his back! Bourque dives in looking to finish as Strasser flails his arms in a desperate attempt to block Bourque's strikes! Bourque is raining down hammerfists and the ref stops it! Strasser's desperate flailing just didn't constitute intelligent defence. Some people will probably question the ref's decision but Strasser was definitely hurt and the ref saved him from taking unnecessary punishment. A fighter's safety is paramount in this sport.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:07 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Paul Bourque!
Our winner, Paul Bourque, 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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