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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Richard Gurd (ranked 6222 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wilbur Maki (ranked 6227 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Richard Gurd!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wilbur Maki!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Luis Engracia and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maki jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Maki keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Maki scores with a shot to the body.
Maki punishes Gurd's body with a nice straight punch.
Maki just misses with a punch to the body.
Maki throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gurd sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gurd tries to counter by clinching up but Maki breaks away and moves out of range.
Gurd feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Makis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Gurd tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Maki steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Gurd.
Maki fails with an attempt to clinch.
Maki takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Gurd throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Maki circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gurd ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gurd closes the distance and pushes Maki back into the cage.
Maki cracks Gurd with a nice body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Maki prevents a body shot from Gurd.
Gurd misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Gurd.
Maki breaks from the clinch.
Maki avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gurd takes the fight into the clinch.
Good body shot from Gurd.
Gurd tries to work over Maki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gurd misses with a punch to the body.
Gurd doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Maki's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Gurd tries to work over Maki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Maki can't find room to land a body shot as Gurd controls the action.
Gurd lands a body punch.
Maki blocks a body shot from Gurd.
Maki manages to break the clinch.
Gurd connects with a body shot that sends Maki's belly button to the back.
Gurd throws a body punch but Maki moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gurd drives through and clinches with Maki against the cage.
Maki tries a body shot but Gurd blocks it.
Gurd working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Maki tries to throw a body punch but Gurd avoids it by throwing Maki back against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Gurd.
A left hand lands to the body for Gurd.
Gurd presses Maki against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Gurd lands a right hand.
A short right from Gurd on the inside.
Gurd blocking some punches.
Maki goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Maki misses with a body punch.
Gurd blocks a body shot from Maki.
Gurd works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Gurd tries a body shot but Maki blocks it.
Maki misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gurd blocking some punches.
Gurd struggles to land a body shot inside as Maki controls his hands.
Gurd tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Maki throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gurds head.
Maki throws a head punch that misses.
Nice body punch from Gurd - that landed with a thud.
Gurd lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Maki or not.
Gurd gets through Maki's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Gurd.
Maki misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gurd working aggressively here.
Maki lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gurd backwards.
Gurd is leaning against Maki and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Maki misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gurd goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gurd misses with a body punch.
Maki tries to throw a body punch but Gurd avoids it by throwing Maki back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gurd misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Maki struggles to land a body shot inside as Gurd controls his hands.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gurd.
A short right from Maki.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Maki gets through Gurd's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Maki lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gurd backwards.
Gurd misses with a body punch.
Gurd blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Maki throws a head punch that misses.
Maki is trying to break the clinch but Gurd has him pressed against the cage.
Gurd blocks a body shot from Maki.
Gurd scores with a shoulder strike.
Gurd lands a nice shot to the body.
Maki blocks a body shot from Gurd.
Gurd misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gurd tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Richard Gurd 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.
Gurd is looking to clinch.
Gurd moves into the clinch.
Gurd tries to work over Maki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gurd is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Maki can do to turn this around?
Maki lands a body shot in the clinch.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Maki tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gurd misses with a punch to the body.
Maki wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A left hand lands to the body for Gurd.
Maki tries to work over Gurd's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gurd gets through Maki's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Maki goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gurd keeps control of Maki as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gurd doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Maki scores with a hook to the body.
Gurd scores with a shot to the side of Maki's head.
Maki lands a body shot in the clinch.
Gurd tries a body shot but Maki blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maki takes a shot to the head.
Maki tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gurd lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Gurd misses with a body punch.
Gurd prevents a body shot from Maki.
Maki swings wildly with an uppercut but Gurd uses good head movement to avoid it.
Maki tries to work over Gurd's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gurd tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Maki's elbow.
Gurd blocks an uppercut.
Gurd works on Maki's body with a couple of short punches.
Gurd tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gurd misses with a hook to the ribs.
Maki struggles to land a body shot inside as Gurd controls his hands.
Gurd blocks an uppercut.
Maki working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Maki swings wildly with an uppercut but Gurd uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gurd misses with a body punch.
Maki tries to work over Gurd's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Maki misses with a punch on the inside.
Gurd blocking some punches.
Maki doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Maki has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gurd.
Gurd misses with the head strike.
Gurd struggles to land a body shot inside as Maki controls his hands.
Gurd works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Maki.
Maki breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gurd misses with a wild combination.
Gurd tries to keep at a distance but Maki has taken the fight into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maki lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short right from Gurd on the inside.
Maki misses with a hook to the ribs.
Maki tries to throw a body punch but Gurd avoids it by throwing Maki back against the cage.
Gurd blocks an uppercut.
Maki tries to throw a body punch but Gurd avoids it by throwing Maki back against the cage.
Gurd misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gurd.
Maki misses with a punch on the inside.
Gurd blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gurd misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from Gurd fails to land.
Maki throws a head punch that misses.
Richard Gurd has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Gurd blocking some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Gurd on the inside.
Gurd tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Maki's elbow.
A hook to the body from Maki.
Gurd blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gurd is leaning against Maki and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A shot in the inside from Gurd.
Gurd is leaning against Maki and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Gurd scores with a hook to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Still in the clinch, Gurd scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gurd misses with a punch to the body.
Gurd blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Maki escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Maki throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gurd moves in looking to clinch but Maki pushes him off.
Maki cracks Gurd with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Maki misses with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Richard Gurd will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Gurd tries to clinch up.
Maki fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gurd manages to avoid it.
Maki changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Gurd avoids the body shot from Maki.
Gurd throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Maki sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Wilbur Maki seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gurd slips under a jab from Maki.
Gurd takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Maki misses the jab.
Gurd tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Maki swings for the body but Gurd moves out of range.
Gurd seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Maki throws a hook to the side of Gurd's head but Gurd sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Maki fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gurd manages to avoid it.
Gurd looks to clinch
and Maki makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Gurd drives through and clinches with Maki against the cage.
Maki lands a shoulder strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maki misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gurd softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Maki doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Maki tries a body shot but Gurd blocks it.
Gurd misses with a body punch.
Gurd tries to throw a body punch but Maki avoids it by throwing Gurd back against the cage.
Gurd misses with the head strike.
Maki doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Maki has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Maki prevents a body shot from Gurd.
Maki goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gurd blocks a body shot from Maki.
Gurd presses Maki against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Maki throws a head punch that misses.
Gurd digs a right hand into Maki's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Maki's gas tank.
Gurd misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Maki struggles to land a body shot inside as Gurd controls his hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gurd works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Maki throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gurds head.
Maki breaks the clinch.
Gurd moves in looking to clinch but Maki pushes him off.
Maki ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gurd moves away.
Maki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gurd takes the fight into the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Maki.
Gurd misses with a punch to the body.
Gurd doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Maki makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gurd.
Gurd blocking some punches.
Gurd lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maki can't find room to land a body shot as Gurd controls the action.
Maki tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gurd's elbow.
Gurd tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Maki swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gurd tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Maki scores with a shot to the side of Gurd's head.
Gurd lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Maki misses with a punch to the body.
Gurd prevents a body shot from Maki.
Gurd lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Maki goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Maki lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Gurd.
Gurd prevents a body shot from Maki.
Gurd tries to work over Maki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gurd struggles to land a body shot inside as Maki controls his hands.
Maki misses with some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maki blocks a body shot from Gurd.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Maki.
Maki tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gurd's elbow.
Maki tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gurd tries to throw a body punch but Maki avoids it by throwing Gurd back against the cage.
Maki working aggressively here.
Gurd lands a shot to the body.
Gurd lands a body punch.
Gurd tries to throw a body punch but Maki avoids it by throwing Gurd back against the cage.
Gurd blocks a body shot from Maki.
A left hand lands to the body for Gurd.
Maki takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Maki struggles to land a body shot inside as Gurd controls his hands.
Gurd lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Maki backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Maki struggles to land a body shot inside as Gurd controls his hands.
Gurd lands a left hand that snaps the head of Maki backwards.
Wilbur Maki has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Maki throws a punch but it's blocked by Gurd.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Wilbur Maki.
I think Gurd has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Mauricio Rocha scores the fight for Richard Gurd!
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight for Richard Gurd!
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight for Richard Gurd!
Richard Gurd wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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