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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ras Li Judah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luciano Bizarria (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Judah comes to the cage accompanied by Limb By Limb. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Good wrestling
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ras Li Judah!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Luciano Bizarria!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, John Roberts and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Judah swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Judah ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bizarria moves away.
Bizarria changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Judah scores with a punch to the head.
Judah thows a body kick. Bizarria tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Bizarria uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Judah.
Judah rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Bizarria counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Judah tries to get to full guard but Bizarria has control of the leg.
Bizarria is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Bizarria trying to pass the guard but Judah defending well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bizarria lands with a punch from half guard.
Bizarria looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Bizarria thows a huge punch but Judah dodges it nicely.
Judah is looking for a sweep. Bizarria is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Judah controlling the position well.
Bizarria missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Bizarria landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Judah wants to improve his position but Bizarria is controlling well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bizarria scoring with strikes to the body and head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bizarria throwing shots but Judah is blocking nicely.
Bizarria throwing shots but Judah is blocking nicely.
Judah is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Bizarria scores with a couple of nice shots.
Judah looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Bizarria throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Bizarria throwing shots but Judah is blocking nicely.
Bizarria lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Bizarria lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
We've been hearing good reports from Judah's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Bizarria throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bizarria thows a huge punch but Judah dodges it nicely.
Bizarria trying to control the action but Judah is working from the bottom.
Judah tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Bizarria has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Bizarria pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Bizarria looking to control but Judah is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Bizarria putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Judah bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Judah slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Judah tries to stand but Bizarria is controlling from the bottom.
Judah seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Bizarria working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Judah.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Judah wants to control from the top but Bizarria keeps moving.
Bizarria wants to sweep but no luck.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Luciano Bizarria 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.
A low kick from Judah misses
and Bizarria counters with a nice double leg into side control. Judah won't be happy with that.
Bizarria throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Bizarria tries for a kimura but Judah is defending well.
Bizarria throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Judah is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Judah managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Bizarria.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Judah tries to bench press Bizarria off him but Bizarria keeps the position.
Bizarria wants to control but Judah is keeping him busy.
Judah is trying to improve his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Judah taking a bit of punishment here - Bizarria scoring with strikes.
The strikes coming from Bizarria are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Judah is looking to reverse the position.
Judah sneaks back into half guard.
Judah regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Bizarria.
Bizarria looking to sit in guard and control but Judah gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Judah trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bizarria keeping moving, preventing Judah from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Judah is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Judah trying to control the position from guard on top but Bizarria is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Judah postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Judah tries to free his leg and advance position but Bizarria is retaining full guard.
Judah has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Bizarria is proving hard to escape from.
Judah passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Judah in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Judah in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Judah working the ground and pound from side control.
Judah throws an elbow but Bizarria slips to the side and avoids it well.
Judah in side control, throwing shots but Bizarria defends.
The referee asks Judah politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Judah prefers to stall for the moment though.
The ground and pound from Judah seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Judah is looking to take a break and control but Bizarria is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Bizarria being controlled for a moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Judah throws an elbow but Bizarria slips to the side and avoids it well.
Bizarria is trying to improve his position.
Judah content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Judah throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Bizarria counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bizarria passes Judah's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Bizarria is looking to advance position but Judah won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Luciano Bizarria will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Judah misses with a hook.
Bizarria is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Some wild striking there from Judah.
Bizarria tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Judah throws a looping overhand right but Bizarria ducks down to avoid it.
Bizarria drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Judah defends it well.
Judah bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Bizarria's head backwards.
It looks like Luciano Bizarria has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Judah fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Ras Li Judah seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Judah waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bizarria.
Judah wants to land a leg kick but Bizarria is out of range.
Bizarria drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Judah defends it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Judah throws a shot from downtown. Bizarria moves away and avoids it.
Judah throws a half hearted mid kick.
Judah lands with an uppercut that bounces Bizarria off the cage and back into range.
Bizarria takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Judah throws a lazy body kick
and Bizarria decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Judah's guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Judah is on top in guard.
Judah passes Bizarria's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Ras Li Judah has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bizarria has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Judah drops an elbow to the side of Bizarria's head.
Judah not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Judah trying to control from Bizarria's half guard. Bizarria has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bizarria is trying to hold Judah in close to prevent damage but Judah has managed to pass into half guard.
Bizarria avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Judah.
Judah is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Bizarria avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Judah.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bizarria trying to hold on to Judah's head to control him but Judah postures up.
Judah not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Judah missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Judah landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Judah thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Bizarria's head.
Luciano Bizarria has got the better of the ground game so far.
Bizarria wants to control but Judah is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Judah trying to control from half guard but Bizarria is working away.
Luciano Bizarria is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Bizarria keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Bizarria keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Judah slips a nice elbow through Bizarria's hands, connecting with Bizarria's forehead.
Judah is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Judah scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Bizarria avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Judah.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ras Li Judah showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Bizarria has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 29:28
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Ras Li Judah!
During a confident post fight interview, Ras Li Judah thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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