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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Rodrigo Rios (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Darnell Klutie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rios's entrance music is Too Legit to Quit. A fine choice. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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139 lbs
10 - 5 - 0 |
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178 cm
23
140 lbs
8 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Knockout power |
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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
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rodrigo Rios!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Darnell Klutie!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Aleksandr Martynov and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rios lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Klutie circles away quickly and effectively.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Klutie, right into the meat.
No joy there for Rios, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Klutie keeps the fight on the outside.
Rios tries to close the distance and clinch up but Klutie swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Klutie goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Rios is looking to clinch.
Rios throws a lazy head kick
and Klutie counters with a slapping leg kick.
Rios looks to clinch
and Klutie counters by clinching up.
A bit of stalling here from Klutie.
Rios swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Klutie tries to land knees in the clinch but Rios avoids the damage to the body.
Rios is trying to stall.
Klutie's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rios darts in trying to clinch
and Klutie counters with a head kick. That will keep Rios thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Rios throws a lazy head kick
and Klutie makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Klutie takes the fight into the clinch.
Rios is struggling to control the position.
Klutie trying to land knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rios using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Klutie has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rios is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Rios crunches a lovely knee into Klutie's ribcage.
Rios fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rios looking to throw knees to the head but Klutie is blocking nicely.
Rios fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Klutie dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Rios tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Klutie tries to land knees in the clinch but Rios avoids the damage to the body.
Rios trying to land knees to the body.
Rios using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Klutie has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Klutie pushes off an fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Klutie landing knees to the body.
Klutie is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Rios using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Klutie has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Klutie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Klutie blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rios effectively controlling the action here.
Klutie just leaning against Rios, taking a breather.
Rios using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Klutie tries to land knees in the clinch but Rios avoids the damage to the body.
Klutie has had enough of the clinch but Rios keeps him there for the moment.
Rios avoiding damage as Klutie throws knees to the body.
Rios misses with an elbow strike.
Klutie landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rios trying to land knees to the body.
Rios throws an elbow but it misses.
Rios misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Klutie.
Klutie has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Rios uses from the top position.
Rios wants to control from the top but Klutie keeps moving.
Klutie trying to control the position.
Klutie seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rios trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Klutie is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Klutie controls Rios momentarily but Rios frees himself.
Rios trying to control the position from guard on top but Klutie is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Klutie bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Rios's guard.
Rios wants to hit a switch here but Klutie passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Rios there!
Klutie has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Rios is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Darnell Klutie!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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