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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bruno Tepes (ranked 192 p4p, 29 weight class) and Maxwell House (ranked 500 p4p, 80 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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180 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Lethal high kicks
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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
12 - 3 - 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
18 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Maxwell House!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, David Schapiro and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tepes throws a poor cross that misses
and House counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Tepes tries a body shot but House blocks it.
Tepes misses with some punches.
Tepes breaks from the clinch.
Tepes misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
House throws a leg kick which misses Tepes's front leg but catches the back leg as Tepes tries to avoid it.
House moves away from the strike by Tepes.
House bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tepes scores with a nice strike.
Tepes connects with a solid leg kick.
Crunch! House slams his shin into Tepes's torso.
Tepes slips a straight right by House.
Tepes steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from House. That one must have hurt.
Tepes misses with a right hand
and House counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tepes throws a series of punches but House avoids them all with ease.
Tepes lands with a shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A good leg kick by House.
Tepes throws a right hand that House ducks under and follows up with a left that House also avoids with ease.
Tepes moves out of range as House strikes.
Nice body kick from Tepes.
House bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Tepes's head.
Tepes ducks under a wild hook from House.
Tepes circles away from the clinch attempt
letting Tepes counter with a right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tepes. House does a little dance to reset his feet.
As Tepes backs off House throws a huge counter combo but Tepes manages to avoid it all.
House throws a lazy body kick
and Tepes connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
House ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tepes moves away.
Tepes slips a jab and a cross from House.
House dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
House rushes Tepes and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for House.
Tepes cracks House with a nice body shot.
Tepes throws a head punch that misses.
Tepes lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Tepes misses with a hook to the ribs.
House working aggressively here.
Tepes throws a head punch that misses.
Tepes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tepes has a couple of punches blocked by House.
House struggles to land a body shot inside as Tepes controls his hands.
Tepes can't find room to land a body shot as House controls the action.
House blocks an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by House.
House throws a head punch that misses.
Tepes misses with some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tepes working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
I was talking to Tepes's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tepes creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short body shot lands from House as the two fighters clinch.
Tepes softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short uppercut from Tepes.
House tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tepes lands a body punch in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from House fails to land.
Tepes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tepes.
Tepes gets through House's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
House tries to throw a body punch but Tepes avoids it by throwing House back against the cage.
Tepes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Tepes fails to land.
Tepes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with House's elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
House swings wildly with an uppercut but Tepes uses good head movement to avoid it.
House lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tepes lands a nice uppercut.
Tepes misses with a hook from the clinch.
House scores with a shoulder strike.
Tepes working aggressively here.
Tepes breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
House has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Tepes finds it's way round the side to connect with House's head.
Bruno Tepes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tepes throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
House moves out of range of the body kick.
House slips under a jab from Tepes.
House misses with a body shot.
House misses with a body shot.
Tepes throws a leg kick which misses House's front leg but catches the back leg as House tries to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bruno Tepes dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
House slips under a jab from Tepes.
House throws a sloppy body shot
and Tepes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
House connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Tepes momentarily.
Tepes throws a chopping leg kick but House manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
House throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Tepes stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Tepes lands with a kick to the ribs.
Tepes connects with a right hand. House shakes it off.
Tepes misses with a body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
House connects with a high kick.
Tepes is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by House.
Tepes steps to the side to avoid the strikes from House.
House thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Tepes if he has to take too many more of those.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
House throws out a loose jab but Tepes uses good head movement to avoid it.
House checks a low kick from Tepes.
House tries to counter by closing the distance.
Tepes scores with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
House showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tepes.
House wants to counter the offense by Tepes and move into the clinch position.
House throws a low kick but it's checked well by Tepes.
Tepes half committed to a counter leg kick.
Tepes looks to land a left hand but House moved out of range nicely.
Tepes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but House manages to avoid it.
House misses with a body kick.
House throws a body punch but Tepes moves out of range.
Tepes feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Tepes jabs at House's body.
Tepes connects with an inside leg kick.
Tepes bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
House throws a hook but Tepes blocks it.
Tepes stuns House with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Tepes throws a series of strikes that have House backpedaling.
Tepes fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tepes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A countering left hand to the body from House misses.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from House. Tepes shrugs it off though.
Tepes keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
House takes one on the button.
House is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
House slips under a jab.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from House! But no joy.
No joy there for Tepes, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tepes swings widly with a right hand
letting House counter with a right hand.
Bruno Tepes is winning the standup battle so far.
A left lands for House.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Tepes scores with a shot to the body.
Tepes throws a lazy head kick
letting House counter with a right hand.
House takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Tepes on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
House scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Tepes throws a leg kick
enabling House to counter with a crisp jab.
Tepes throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
House looks to land a right hand but Tepes moved out of range.
Tepes throws a body shot but no joy.
House tries to close the distance and clinch but Tepes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tepes is looking to counter with a body kick.
Tepes misses with a wild body shot.
House looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Tepes misses with a head kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for House.
House is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tepes misses with a jab, cross combination.
House looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Tepes misses.
House rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Tepes counters with a big head kick but House shrugs it off.
House catches Tepes with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tepes lands with a thumping leg kick.
Tepes dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on House. That did some damage!
House moves out of range as Tepes throws a body kick.
Tepes gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
House thuds a left hand into Tepes's body.
House throws a head kick that misses
and Tepes counters with a leg kick.
Tepes looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
House moves out of range of the strikes.
Tepes will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
House takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
House lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
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 Bruno Tepes will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
House waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tepes.
Tepes feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Houses jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
House swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling Tepes to counter with a crisp jab.
Tepes looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nice defenses there by House.
House bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Tepes's head backwards.
Nice uppercut there from Tepes.
Tepes connects with a solid leg kick.
Tepes throws an uppercut from half a mile away. House sees it coming and avoids it easily.
House lands a jab to Tepes's midsection.
A jab from Tepes misses.
Tepes scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
This has been an exciting period of action!
No joy there for House, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tepes looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tepes feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to House's calf.
House throws a hook to the side of Tepes's head but Tepes sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
House throws a looping overhand right but Tepes ducks down to avoid it.
House takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Tepes lands with a nice body punch.
A low kick from Tepes is predictable there
and House counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tepes swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting House counter with a right hand.
Tepes looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A low kick from Tepes misses
enabling House to counter with a crisp jab.
Tepes chopping away at his opponent's legs.
House connects with a right hand. Tepes shakes it off.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
House keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tepes tries a head kick but it misses.
The fighters circle momentarily. Tepes darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Maxwell House has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
House throws a shot to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tepes takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
House shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Tepes slips a jab from House.
House lands with a slapping head kick.
Tepes is rocked!
House looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
House throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Tepes pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Tepes slips a jab from House.
House pounces like a tiger and cracks Tepes with a vicious hook! Tepes is down but not out! House follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Maxwell House!
A very excited looking Maxwell House made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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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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