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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alex Asztalos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafael Amaral (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Asztalos comes to the cage accompanied by Dethroned Emperor by Celtic Frost. Rafael Amaral acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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194 lbs
36 - 18 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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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
18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Alex Asztalos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
36 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rafael Amaral!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Yves DeLean and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Asztalos uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Amaral.
Asztalos misses with a hook. Amaral ducked under it nicely.
Asztalos lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Asztalos looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Amaral keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A clash of legs there as Amaral blocks the low kick.
Amaral looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Amaral misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Asztalos is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Amaral.
Asztalos jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Asztalos gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Amaral.
That kick from Asztalos tenderised Amaral's leg. Amaral is trying to keep his angry face on.
Amaral tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Asztalos, right into the meat.
Asztalos throws a leg kick which misses Amaral's front leg but catches the back leg as Amaral tries to avoid it.
Amaral takes one on the button.
Asztalos uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Amaral.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Amaral will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Amaral has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Asztalos blocks a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Asztalos. That snapped Amaral's head back.
A big right from Asztalos misses.
Amaral is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Amaral closes the distance and clinches.
Amaral throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Asztalos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Amaral goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nice body punch from Amaral - that landed with a thud.
Amaral fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Amaral.
Asztalos goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Amaral working aggressively here.
Asztalos goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Amaral takes a shot to the head.
Still in the clinch, Asztalos scores with a nice short uppercut.
Amaral using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Asztalos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Amaral prevents a body shot from Asztalos.
Amaral tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Asztalos blocking some punches.
Amaral lands a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Amaral blocking some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Asztalos lands a body punch.
Asztalos lands a shoulder strike.
Amaral can't find room to land a body shot as Asztalos controls the action.
Amaral goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Asztalos struggles to land a body shot inside as Amaral controls his hands.
Asztalos has a couple of punches blocked by Amaral.
Asztalos blocks a body shot from Amaral.
Asztalos lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Asztalos gets through Amaral's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Amaral misses with a body punch.
Asztalos lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Amaral.
Amaral misses with a knee to the head.
Asztalos working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short right from Asztalos on the inside.
Amaral tries to land knees in the clinch but Asztalos avoids the damage to the body.
Amaral throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nice body punch from Asztalos.
Amaral tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Asztalos lands a left hand.
Asztalos misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Asztalos tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Amaral's elbow.
Asztalos scores with a shot to the side of Amaral's head.
A hook to the body from Asztalos.
Asztalos digs a right hand into Amaral's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Amaral's gas tank.
Amaral looks winded!
Asztalos lands with a light punch inside.
Amaral blocks a body shot from Asztalos.
Amaral swings wildly with an uppercut but Asztalos uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Asztalos fails to land.
Asztalos scores with a shoulder strike.
Asztalos blocking some punches.
A left hand lands to the body for Asztalos.
Amaral tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Asztalos's elbow.
Asztalos has a couple of punches blocked by Amaral.
Amaral lands a right hand.
Asztalos pushes Amaral back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Amaral prevents a body shot from Asztalos.
Asztalos lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Amaral backwards.
Asztalos digs a right hand underneath Amaral's ribcage. Amaral let out a lung full of air as it connected.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Asztalos lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Asztalos lands a right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Asztalos struggles to land a body shot inside as Amaral controls his hands.
Asztalos lands a left hand that snaps the head of Amaral backwards.
Amaral is rocked!
Asztalos pushes Amaral against the cage. Asztalos is working some dirty boxing. Asztalos pushes off with a quick right hook! Amaral goes down! Amaral tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Asztalos moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alex Asztalos!
After winning the bout, Alex Asztalos thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
Rafael Amaral spoke after the fight, saying 'I'll be back!!!!'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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