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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Major Lazer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lazer comes to the cage accompanied by Major Lazer - Pon De Floor. Alves has chosen Sick Puppies - You're Going Down as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Ricardo Alves enters the cage!
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190 cm
36
200 lbs
27 - 13 - 0 |
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186 cm
28
209 lbs
9 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick |
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Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed |
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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
27 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Major Lazer! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ricardo Alves! The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Sosuke Kotani and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Alves has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him. Lazer clinches up with Alves and pushes him back against the cage. Lazer blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lazer pulls guard effortlessly. Lazer is adopting a defensive guard. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Lazer keeping moving, preventing Alves from controlling successfully. Alves throws an elbow that misses. Lazer uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Alves's guard. Nice move by Lazer! Lazer throwing strikes but missing. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Lazer with a flurry of punches that miss. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Alves wants to stand up but Lazer is controlling him.
That's one minute gone in the round. Alves utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound. Lazer is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact. Alves avoiding any damage from the ground and pound. Alves wants to stand but Lazer is controlling the position. Alves really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Lazer. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out. Lazer 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. Lazer throws a big elbow that misses. Alves wants to stand up but Lazer is controlling him. Alves preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage. Lazer in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round. A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace. Lazer loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry. Alves wants to stand up but Lazer is controlling him. Lazer postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head. Lazer wants to pass the guard but Alves is keeping the position. Lazer working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Alves's head.
Alves is rocked! Lazer gets to his feet and stands over Alves, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Alves felt that one! Lazer unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Alves from any more punishment!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Major Lazer! A determined Major Lazer didn't want to dwell on this fight in his post fight interview. Instead he was more keen to state he wants a title shot. Let's see if he gets it!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
34% |
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