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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Chang Ru (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tigey Maquigregor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ru's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Muay Thai Inspiration 3. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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171 cm
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139 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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170 cm
20
139 lbs
5 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Chang Ru! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tigey Maquigregor! The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Robert Twigg and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Ru fails to land with a series of punches.
Maquigregor swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ru scores with a leg kick.
Maquigregor takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Maquigregor slips a straight right by Ru. Ru throws a head kick but Maquigregor moves out of range.
Ru dodges the punch combination from Maquigregor.
Maquigregor misses with a series of wild punches.
Ru throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it! Maquigregor misses with the combination.
Ru misses with a head kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Maquigregor pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ru slips a jab and a cross from Maquigregor.
Maquigregor moves into the clinch successfully.
Ru lands a knee to the body.
Maquigregor wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Maquigregor breaks the clinch.
A head kick misses from Maquigregor. Ru is looking to counter with a body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round. Maquigregor has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Maquigregor there as he acknowledges the shot. Ru looks to score with a jab to the body but Maquigregor is just out of range. Ru scores with a hook. Ru cracks Maquigregor with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Ru has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Maquigregor to stand back up!
Maquigregor is rocked! Maquigregor gets tackled into the cage by Ru. Ru maintains the clinch. Maquigregor is still on wobbly legs! Can Ru finish him? Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Maquigregor scores with an uppercut up the middle. Stalling in the clinch from Ru.
Ru utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body. Ru pushes Maquigregor back against the cage and unloads with a body punch. Ru lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Maquigregor. Maquigregor seems to have recovered his senses. Ru lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. Maquigregor pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. A chopping leg kick lands by Ru. Ru tries to clinch up. Ru gets in close and instigates a clinch. Ru tries to land knees in the clinch but Maquigregor avoids the damage to the body. Ru lands a knee to the body.
Maquigregor breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ru throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round. A punch combination from Ru misses. Maquigregor takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming. Maquigregor avoids a kick to the body.
Maquigregor is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch. Maquigregor pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ru with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Maquigregor misses with a double jab.
Ru lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range. Maquigregor moves out of range of the body kick from Ru.
Crunch! Ru slams his shin into Maquigregor's torso. Ru moves into the clinch successfully.
Ru tries a body shot but Maquigregor blocks it.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Maquigregor takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life. Maquigregor is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage. Maquigregor stalls. Maquigregor managing to block the knees to the body from Ru.
Maquigregor has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Ru seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Maquigregor can turn it around. Ru lands a damaging elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Ru tries to land a knee to the head but Maquigregor blocks with his arms.
Nice body punch from Ru. Ru lands a body shot in the clinch.
Ru tries to work over Maquigregor's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Ru pushes Maquigregor back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head. Maquigregor breaks from the clinch.
Ru is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Ru connects with an inside leg kick. Maquigregor misses with a few strikes there.
Good leg kick by Ru there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Tigey Maquigregor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Ru lands a leg kick that knocks Maquigregor off balance momentarily. Maquigregor takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Maquigregor takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness. Good exchange - Ru coming out on top. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Maquigregor walks into a straight right hand from Ru. Ru darts in and clinches Maquigregor up against the cage. Ru doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Ru lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Maquigregor or not. Ru prevents Maquigregor from breaking the clinch. Maquigregor trying to control the position but instead, Ru has worked for underhooks and has pushed Maquigregor into the cage. Maquigregor managing to block the knees to the body from Ru.
Ru missing with knees to the body.
Ru with a knee to the head.
Ru scores with a shot to the side of Maquigregor's head. With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ru creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut. Ru doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Maquigregor tries to stall but Ru uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Ru landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ru looks to throw an elbow but misses. Maquigregor is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chang Ru dominated that round. 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.
Ru avoids a punch combination nicely.
A counter left hand to the body from Ru misses its target. Maquigregor's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down. Maquigregor rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ru moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Ru wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection. Ru throws a front kick that sends Maquigregor stumbling back into the cage. Ru's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Ru duly obliges. Ru lands a big right hand and follows it up with an uppercut. Oh and another big punch and a knee - Maquigregor can't take much more of this! Another big shot to the jaw from Ru and Maquigregor drops to the floor. Beaten and bloodied - he had enough there. A vicious beatdown by Ru.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chang Ru! During a confident post fight interview, Chang Ru thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
75% |
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