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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bruno Tepes (ranked 606 p4p, 86 weight class) and Tito Hyde (ranked 379 p4p, 60 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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170 lbs
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174 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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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
13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bruno Tepes! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
33 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tito Hyde! The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, William Gold and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Tepes fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Hyde on the side of the head. Hyde just misses with a punch to the body.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Tepes. Hyde shrugs it off though. Hyde connects with a jab. A solid body kick from Tepes. Hyde throws a sloppy head kick and Tepes moves out of range easily. Tepes lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent. Tepes throws a hook but Hyde avoids it easily. Tepes cracks a nice hook into Hyde's ribs. Hyde takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A solid body kick from Tepes. The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so! Hyde throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hyde looks for the body kick but Tepes saw that one coming. Tepes on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hyde. Hyde obviously looking to wear him down.
Tepes scores with a punch to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round. Tepes with a nice cross. A looping hook to the body misses from Hyde. Tepes does a little dance to reset his feet. Good leg kick by Tepes there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Tepes pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way. Tepes misses with a body shot
and Tepes takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. Hyde throws the left hand but Tepes avoids the punch easily. Tepes jabbing away but nothing is landing. Hyde throws out a counter right but Tepes avoids it with no problem. A slapping leg kick lands for Tepes.
Tepes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hyde unleashes a big counter combination but Tepes bobs and weaves and avoids any damage. Hyde moves out of range as Tepes throws a body kick.
Hyde avoids a kick to the body.
A slapping body kick lands there for Tepes. Tepes pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hyde looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it. Tepes throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Hyde looks to land a right hand but Tepes moved out of range. Tepes lands with a right hand. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Tepes bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hyde's head backwards. Hyde takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt. Hyde takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Hyde misses with a straight left. Tepes misses with a looping left. Hyde looks like he wants to counter punch here. Hyde uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tepes. Hyde tries a head kick but it misses.
Hyde misses with a leg kick. Tepes cracks a nice hook into Hyde's ribs. Tepes is really peppering his opponent's head with punches. Tepes is looking to slow Hyde down with leg kicks. A good leg kick by Tepes.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Tepes cracks Hyde with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage. Tepes cracks Hyde with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd. Hyde pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Thud! ouch! good body kick from Hyde - that will leave a mark!
Hyde throws a jab but it's blocked by Tepes. Tepes wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection. Tepes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hyde manages to avoid it. Hyde appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body. Hyde lands a right hook to the body.
Tepes takes a kick to the side of the head. Tepes avoids the body shot from Hyde.
Hyde tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tepes was well out of range. Poor timing from Hyde. Tepes digs a good hook to Hyde's body.
This has been an exciting period of action! Tepes connects with a nice looking jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Hyde throws a nice outside leg kick. Hyde throws a right hand that misses
and Tepes counters with a right hand to the body. Good shot there by Tepes. A solid body kick from Tepes. Tepes missing with a left hand there. Hyde was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Tepes throws the kick towards the body but Hyde avoids it. Tepes lands a front kick. Hyde lands the left hand. Hyde on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those. The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Tepes looks for the body kick but Hyde saw that one coming. Hyde has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Tepes. Hyde stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Tepes. The crowd cheers as Tepes lands an impressive looking overhand right. Hyde doesn't seem phased though. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bruno Tepes dominated that round. The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Hyde misses with a head kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Tepes misses the target. Bruno Tepes is winning the standup battle so far. Tepes lands with a kick to the temple. Hyde shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?" Tepes attempts a low kick but it misses it's target. Tepes scores with a spinning back kick! Tepes buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Tepes fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Hyde checks it well. That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Hyde crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Tepes - the referee stops the clock and Hyde gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Tepes. Hyde manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes. Hyde swings for the body but Tepes moves out of range.
Tepes lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Hyde throws a body kick, spinning off balance and Tepes counters with a nice kick to the body. Tepes turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick. Hyde moves away from the strike by Tepes. Hyde checks the leg kick nicely there.
That's one minute gone in the round. Tepes turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick. Hyde walks into a left hand. Tepes lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range. A jab lands there for Tepes. Hyde tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him. Tepes lands with an uppercut that bounces Hyde off the cage and back into range. Tepes fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Hyde is out of range. Tepes scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one. Tepes tries a low kick but Hyde avoids it. It seemed like Hyde was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it. Hyde lands a nice looking kick to the body. Tepes takes a step back to recover. Hyde takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Hyde throws a predictable looking body shot
and Tepes counters with a stiff right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Tepes takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness. Tepes throws a body kick but he wasn't in range. Hyde drops his hands momentarily and Tepes takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head. Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Hyde, as that shot connected.
Tepes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hyde manages to avoid it. Tepes throws a wild body kick that Hyde sees coming a mile off. Hyde does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy. Tepes does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy. And an attempted straight right on the counter from Hyde! But no joy. Hyde's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down. An inside leg kick lands from Tepes. Tepes throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land. Tepes stuns Hyde with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range. A punch combination from Tepes misses. Hyde swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Hyde lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Tepes at a distance.
Hyde checks a low kick from Tepes. Tepes tries to land a front kick but Hyde steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed. Tepes takes a swing at Hyde's ribcage but misses. Good standup being displayed there by Hyde as he connects with a hook. Hyde is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Tepes is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hyde can do to turn this around? Hyde is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tepes. Jab by Hyde. Tepes throws a body kick but he wasn't in range. Hyde looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it. Hyde misses with a low kick as Tepes jumps back. Tepes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hyde manages to avoid it. A countering left hand to the body from Hyde misses. A looping hook to the body misses from Hyde. Tepes does a little dance to reset his feet. Hyde has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye. Hyde blocks a low kick nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Hyde slips under a jab from Tepes. Tepes scoring well with a low kick there.
Hyde scores with a nice right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Hyde throws out a loose jab but Tepes uses good head movement to avoid it. Tepes feinted there with a counter leg kick. Hyde with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Tepes to score with a decent uppercut. Nice straight punches there by Hyde. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Hyde. Tepes jabs at Hyde's body. Tepes explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work. Tepes scores with a decent looking hook. Tepes cracks the inside of Hyde's front leg. Tepes looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Hyde might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Tepes has got the better of the exchanges. Tepes misses with a hook. Hyde ducked under it nicely. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bruno Tepes dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
Donk. Tepes catches Hyde right on the button with a cross. Hyde misses with a lunging right hand
and Tepes counters with a nice body shot. Tepes buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Tepes lands with a good body shot. A swing and a miss from Tepes. Tepes throws a body kick but he wasn't in range. Tepes lands a slapping body shot.
Hyde throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tepes throws a right hand that misses
and Hyde counters with a straight punch to the midsection. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Tepes throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Hyde moves out of range of the body kick from Tepes.
Hyde stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Tepes. Tepes scores with a kick to the body.
Bruno Tepes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round. Hyde lands with a thumping leg kick.
Tepes tests Hyde's chin there with a solid looking shot. Tepes lands with a right hand. Tepes looks to score with a jab to the body but Hyde is just out of range. Hyde throws out a counter right but Tepes avoids it with no problem. Hyde throws a body punch but Tepes moves out of range. Hyde takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Hyde throws a shot from downtown. Tepes moves away and avoids it. Good leg kick by Tepes there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Tepes swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hyde. Hyde has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Tepes finds it's way round the side to connect with Hyde's head. A chopping leg kick lands by Tepes. Tito Hyde has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round. Donk. Tepes catches Hyde right on the button with a cross. The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so! A shot to the liver by Tepes. Beautiful body shot. Tepes wants to slow Hyde down by chopping away at his legs. Hyde doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter. Tepes connects with a right hand. Hyde shakes it off. Tepes lands a front kick. Tepes thumps Hyde with a low kick. Hyde takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness. Tepes scores with a jab to the head.
Hyde throws a sloppy head kick and Tepes moves out of range easily. Tepes tried to counter with a leg kick but Hyde avoided it. Tepes stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush. Tepes takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Hyde lands a slapping body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Tepes scoring well with a low kick there.
Tepes throws a quick inside leg kick. Tepes throws a right hand that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick. Tepes throws a body shot but no joy. Hyde misses with a telegraphed body shot
letting Tepes counter with a right hand. Hyde fakes the leg kick and cracks Tepes in the body. Both fighters are breathing heavily. Tepes misses with a leg kick. Tepes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hyde manages to avoid it. Tepes thuds his right hand into Hyde's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters. Tepes turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick. A head kick misses from Hyde. Tepes misses with an uppercut. Bruno Tepes is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Hyde lands with a slapping head kick. Tepes throws a leg kick and Hyde counters with a stiff right hand. The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so! Tepes rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hyde moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Hyde throws a body punch but Tepes moves out of range. Hyde takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards. Hyde takes a swing at Tepes's ribcage but misses. Tepes cracks the inside of Hyde's front leg. Hyde throws a push kick but Tepes slaps the foot to one side. Tepes lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw. Tepes scores with a kick to the midsection. An inside leg kick lands from Tepes.
And that's the end of the fight! Bruno Tepes showed his dominance in that final round. Well Tepes has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27 Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27 Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bruno Tepes! Our winner, Bruno Tepes, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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