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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Henri Lafitte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Olavo Miranda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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193 cm
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213 lbs
5 - 3 - 0 |
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197 cm
23
217 lbs
4 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful |
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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
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Henri Lafitte! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Olavo Miranda! The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Lafitte throws a body punch but Miranda moves out of range. Miranda tries to counter by closing the distance. Wow, both these guys are really going for it! Lafitte throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd. Miranda misses with a kick to the body.
Olavo Miranda seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Jab from Lafitte. Lafitte throws an overhand right that lands on Miranda's shoulder, as Miranda tries to avoid the shot. Lafitte looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Lafitte getting the better of the striking in that exchange. Miranda displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lafitte throws out the jab. Lafitte on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Miranda wants to clinch. Miranda tries to clinch there but Lafitte circles away.
Miranda moves into range and clinches up with Lafitte. Miranda scores with an uppercut up the middle. Lafitte throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges. This has been an exciting period of action! Lafitte pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Lafitte misses with an uppercut. Miranda saw that one coming. Lafitte throws a nice outside leg kick. Miranda throws a head kick that Lafitte semi-blocks.
That's one minute gone in the round. Lafitte blocks a jab. Lafitte 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. Lafitte blocks a head kick by Miranda.
Lafitte appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick. A looping hook to the body misses from Lafitte. Miranda does a little dance to reset his feet. Miranda moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body. Ouch! a nice leg kick from Miranda, right into the meat.
Lafitte lands with a nice body punch. Lafitte thuds his right hand into Miranda's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters. Miranda takes one on the button. Miranda pushes Lafitte up against the cage in a clinch. Lafitte breaks the clinch.
Lafitte pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Lafitte scores with a hook. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Lafitte fakes a head shot and lands one to the body. A looping hook to the body misses from Lafitte. Miranda does a little dance to reset his feet. Miranda keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lafitte. Miranda throws a half hearted mid kick. Miranda scores with a crisp jab that stopped Lafitte in his tracks. Good shot there by Miranda.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Miranda has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Miranda there as he acknowledges the shot. BOOM! Lafitte lands a beautiful left hook that drops Miranda. Miranda tries to recover but Lafitte is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Miranda lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:10 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Henri Lafitte! Olavo Miranda was interviewed post fight and said 'Foi uma grande luta. Ele foi melhor. Agora ficam as lições aprendidas para que eu possa melhorar na proxima'.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
71% |
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