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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jai Setright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Brandao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Setright kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is The Dagger. Brandao is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Work Hard, Play Hard. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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176 cm
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185 lbs
25 - 8 - 0 |
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176 cm
35
178 lbs
27 - 18 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world! Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
25 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jai Setright! And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
27 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jose Brandao! The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Trevor Gratis and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Setright misses with a straight left. A little jabbing left from Brandao on the counter but it doesn't find it's target. Brandao pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A cross from Brandao lands. Nice defenses there by Brandao. Setright fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Brandao is out of range. Setright throws a right hand that Brandao ducks under and follows up with a left that Brandao also avoids with ease. Setright avoids the head kick by Brandao.
Setright drives through and clinches with Brandao against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Setright. Setright with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Setright on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Brandao misses with a punch on the inside.
Brandao tries a knee to the head but Setright blocks it.
Brandao throws a knee to the head but misses.
Brandao is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage. Setright lands a body shot in the clinch.
Setright tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brandao avoids it. Brandao blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Brandao throws a punch but it's blocked by Setright. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Setright crunches a lovely knee into Brandao's ribcage. Brandao looks winded! Setright working Brandao over with knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round. Setright unloads a knee to the mid-section. Still in the clinch, Setright scores with a nice short uppercut. Setright lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Jose Brandao has been cut. Setright taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Setright tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brandao avoids it. Knees in the clinch landing for Setright.
Setright landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Setright escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Brandao avoids a kick to the body.
Jose Brandao seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Setright uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Brandao. It looked like Setright wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit. Setright lands a nice shot that snaps Brandao's head back.
Setright pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Good exchange - Setright coming out on top. We've been informed that Brandao 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. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Setright blocks a head kick by Brandao.
It looked like Setright wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit. Brandao doesn't manage to clinch there - Setright circles away.
Setright rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Brandao moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Brandao gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Brandao lands with an uppercut that bounces Setright off the cage and back into range.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Brandao misses with a left hand and Setright counters with a lovely straight right hand! Brandao keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Setright takes a shot right to the bread basket. Setright scores with a three punch combo!
Brandao is rocked! Ohhhhhhhhhh, brutal head kick from Setright! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Jai Setright! Jai Setright retains his welterweight title! A very excited looking Jai Setright made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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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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RATING
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