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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Esquiva Falcao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steven Rutherford (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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186 lbs
25 - 9 - 0 |
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186 lbs
18 - 1 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
25 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Esquiva Falcao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Steven Rutherford!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rutherford misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Falcao.
Falcao is looking to counter punch.
An inside leg kick from Rutherford misses.
Falcao on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Rutherford cracks Falcao with a right hand to the side of the head.
Falcao walks into a straight right hand from Rutherford.
Falcao throws a left and a right that both miss
and Rutherford counters with a straight right hand.
Falcao is rocked!
Falcao displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rutherford throws out the jab.
Rutherford misses with a body shot
and Falcao counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rutherford throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Rutherford jabs at Falcao's body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Falcao falls off balance throwing a combination
and Rutherford counters with a two punch combo.
Oh Falcao is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rutherford blocks a jab.
Falcao seems to have got his legs back now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Falcao throws a jab but it's blocked by Rutherford.
Rutherford throws a jab when Falcao was well out of range.
Falcao missing with a left hand there. Rutherford was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
And Rutherford responds with a good body kick, but Falcao manages to step out the way in time.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Falcao checks a leg kick.
Falcao moves out of range of the leg kick from Rutherford.
Falcao was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Falcao throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rutherford throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Falcao misses with a wild body shot.
Falcao misses with a combination
enabling Rutherford to counter with a crisp jab.
Falcao walks straight into a right hand from Rutherford - that's dropped him! Rutherford jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Falcao from any more punishment! Falcao complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Steven Rutherford!
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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
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