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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Otavio Madruga (ranked 1496 p4p, 205 weight class) and John Rydeland (ranked 1763 p4p, 247 weight class). Rydeland has chosen Robbery - Not sneak attack as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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10 - 4 - 0 |
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185 lbs
9 - 10 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Otavio Madruga!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, John Rydeland!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, David Schapiro and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Madruga takes one to the chin there.
A big left from Rydeland misses.
Madruga slips a jab and a cross from Rydeland.
Nice body punch from Rydeland.
Rydeland misses with a jab to the body
and Madruga counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Madruga takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Madruga tries to clinch but fails miserably
enabling Rydeland to counter with a crisp jab.
Madruga bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Madruga clinches up against the cage.
Madruga misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rydeland.
Madruga tries a body shot but Rydeland blocks it.
Rydeland blocking some punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rydeland controlling the action here for a moment.
Rydeland softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Madruga manages to break the clinch.
Madruga tries to move into range but Rydeland moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Madruga.
Rydeland swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Rydeland misses with a right hand
and Madruga counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've been informed that Rydeland 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.
Rydeland misses with a looping left.
Madruga swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Rydeland scores with a shot to the body.
Rydeland throws a combination that misses
and Madruga counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Rydeland will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Madruga throws a hook but Rydeland avoids it easily.
Rydeland is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Madruga misses with a kick to the body.
Rydeland throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Madruga sees it coming and avoids it easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Madruga misses the target.
An inside leg kick lands from Rydeland.
Rydeland fails to land with a series of punches.
Rydeland is looking to clinch but Madruga is avoiding it.
Madruga tried to counter with a leg kick but Rydeland avoided it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Rydeland misses.
Rydeland bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The fighters circling - Madruga throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rydeland lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rydeland moves forwards but Madruga connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Madruga throws a head kick but Rydeland moves out of range.
Madruga jabs Rydeland right on the nose. Rydeland blinks but takes it well.
Madruga takes one to the side of the head.
Nice uppercut there from Madruga.
It looks like John Rydeland has been cut.
Madruga connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Rydeland momentarily.
Rydeland throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rydeland swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Madruga uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rydeland.
Madruga looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Madruga tries to work over Rydeland's front leg with a kick but Rydeland checks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rydeland cracks Madruga with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Madruga throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Madruga tries to land a front kick but Rydeland steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Madruga throws a body punch but Rydeland moves out of range.
Madruga throws a predictable looking body shot
enabling Rydeland to counter with a crisp jab.
Rydeland digs a good hook to Madruga's body.
Madruga throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Madruga misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rydeland.
Rydeland appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Madruga is looking to land body kicks.
Madruga throws a body kick that misses.
Rydeland lands a head shot.
Madruga connects with a looping right hand.
Rydeland misses with a body punch
and Madruga cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Rydeland, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rydeland throws an off balance right hand
and Rydeland takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Rydeland throws a nice looking combination but Madruga bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rydeland misses with a low kick.
Madruga lands a big head kick that sends Rydeland to the canvas! Madruga follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Otavio Madruga!
During a confident post fight interview, Otavio Madruga thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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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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