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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Katu Partio (ranked 9 p4p, 2 weight class) and Farboleous Ricard (ranked 73 p4p, 9 weight class). Partio's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Sininen sunnuntai. Ricard comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Vibe Killer kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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160 lbs
21 - 9 - 1 |
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172 cm
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156 lbs
15 - 9 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Red Belt
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Katu Partio!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Farboleous Ricard!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ricard misses with a head kick.
As Ricard backs away, Partio returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
An inside leg kick lands from Partio.
Ricard throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Ricard throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Ricard gets tackled into the cage by Partio. Partio maintains the clinch.
Partio blocks an uppercut.
Ricard blocks an uppercut.
Ricard lands a nice uppercut.
Partio misses with some punches.
Ricard lands a hook to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Ricard scores with a nice short uppercut.
Partio manages to break the clinch.
Partio swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ricard replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Partio blocks it well.
Ricard is looking to land body kicks.
Ricard pivots, looking for a leg kick but Partio is out of range and Ricard settles back down.
Partio on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ricard. Ricard obviously looking to wear him down.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jab from Partio.
Ricard turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Partio fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Partio attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Partio swings widly with a right hand
letting Ricard counter with a right hand.
Ricard has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Partio throws a right and a left that Ricard avoids nicely.
Partio scores with a leg kick.
Partio scoring well with a low kick there.
Ricard uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Partio.
Katu Partio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Partio lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ricard throws a hook to the side of Partio's head but Partio sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ricard throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ricard moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Partio chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Decent striking displayed by Partio there.
Ricard looks to throw a body kick
letting Partio counter with a right hand.
An inside leg kick lands from Partio.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Partio fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Partio pushes Ricard up against the cage in a clinch.
Partio misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ricard swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ricard blocking some punches.
Ricard is trying to force a seperation but Partio has the dominant position.
Partio misses with some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ricard lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Partio or not.
Partio throws a punch but it's blocked by Ricard.
Partio working aggressively here.
Partio working aggressively here.
Still in the clinch, Partio scores with a nice short uppercut.
Good body shot from Partio.
A body shot lands from Partio.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Partio creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ricard tries a body shot but Partio blocks it.
Partio scores with a shot to the side of Ricard's head.
Ricard lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ricard blocks an uppercut.
Ricard lands a hook that snaps the head of Partio backwards.
Ricard blocks a body shot from Partio.
Ricard blocking some punches.
Partio misses with some punches.
Ricard takes a shot to the head.
Ricard fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ricard blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Partio has a couple of punches blocked by Ricard.
Ricard tries to throw a body punch but Partio avoids it by throwing Ricard back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Partio lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ricard lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Partio lands a right hand.
Partio has a couple of punches blocked by Ricard.
Ricard throws an elbow that misses.
Ricard misses with a body punch.
Partio lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Partio swings wildly with an uppercut but Ricard uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short left from Partio.
Ricard misses with a punch on the inside.
Partio lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ricard backwards.
Partio throws a head punch that misses.
Partio tries to throw a body punch but Ricard avoids it by throwing Partio back against the cage.
Partio swings wildly with an uppercut but Ricard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Partio blocking some punches.
Ricard blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Partio throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Partio lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ricard backwards.
Nice body punch from Partio.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Partio tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ricard.
Ricard blocks an uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Ricard.
Ricard blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ricard misses with a hook from the clinch.
Partio misses with a punch on the inside.
Partio manages to break the clinch.
Partio connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Partio uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ricard.
Partio uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ricard.
Partio appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Katu Partio is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ricard is looking to slow Partio down with leg kicks.
Partio ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ricard fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Partio.
Some bone on bone action there as Partio checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Partio was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ricard moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Ricard has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Partio.
Partio throws an off balance right hand
and Ricard counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Partio is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Partio throws a half hearted mid kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Katu Partio dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Partio checks a leg kick.
Partio tries to clinch but Ricard moves away
and Ricard counters with a shoot takedown. Partio fights it but they end up in guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Partio lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Ricard is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Partio postures up and lands a big shot to Ricard's brow.
Partio controlling from the top position.
Partio is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ricard can do to turn this around?
Ricard lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Partio is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Partio bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Ricard's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Partio stopping the sweep attempt from Ricard.
Ricard escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Partio gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Partio will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Ricard looking for a guillotine here but Partio defends easily.
Ricard keeping moving, preventing Partio from controlling successfully.
Ricard is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Ricard might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Partio haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Partio working some strikes from top position.
Ricard is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Partio rolls with it to try and escape but Ricard cranks on the arm and Partio is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Farboleous Ricard!
Farboleous Ricard is the new lightweight champion!
A very excited looking Farboleous Ricard rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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