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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sao Alela (ranked 6627 p4p, 563 weight class) and Ethan Wright (ranked 8091 p4p, 620 weight class). Alela comes to the cage accompanied by Prayer For The Refugee. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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178 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Sao Alela!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Ethan Wright!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Ackerman and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alela connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Wright shoots for a double leg takedown but Alela sprawls well. He's pushed Wright's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Wright moves in looking to clinch but Alela pushes him off.
Alela cracks Wright with a good jab.
Wright shoots in for a takedown but Alela shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Alela listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Wright fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Alela avoids it really well and circles away.
Sao Alela has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ethan Wright.
Alela uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Wright has time to react.
Wright takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Wright looking to score a takedown here. Alela is defending well but Wright drives through and ends up in Alela's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wright throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Wright trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Alela keeping moving, preventing Wright from controlling successfully.
Wright has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alela is trying to control the position but Wright postures up.
Wright working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Alela's head.
Alela has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Wright throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Wright working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Alela avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Wright scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Wright working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Wright wants to control but Alela is keeping him busy.
Wright is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Wright slips a nice elbow through Alela's hands, connecting with Alela's forehead.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wright passes the guard and advances to mount!
Alela tries to hold on but Wright postures up.
Wright lands a big shot there that rocks Alela but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Wright avoids the attempt from Alela to control.
Wright looking to finish Alela with some ground and pound. This is bad for Alela!
Wright has control of Alela's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Alela regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Wright landing shots from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wright tries to control but Alela wriggling away.
Wright scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Alela?
Wright scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Alela?
Alela taking shots to the head.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Wright cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Alela is wriggling around trying to escape.
Wright dominating with strikes here.
Wright lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Alela in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Wright with shots to the head and body - Alela looks very uncomfortable down there.
Alela really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wright looking to finish Alela with some ground and pound. This is bad for Alela!
Wright lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Alela regains half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Alela won't allow Wright to pass to mount.
Wright prevents Alela from standing back up.
Wright drops an elbow to the side of Alela's head.
Alela wants to get back to full guard.
Nice strikes from Wright there.
Wright throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Wright is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ethan Wright dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Wright on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Wright closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Alela quickly recovers to half guard.
Alela is looking to improve his position.
Alela is trying to stand up here but Wright is controlling him well.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Wright working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wright is thwarting Alela's attempts to control the position.
Wright drops an elbow to the side of Alela's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wright working Alela over with strikes.
Ground and pound from Wright.
Alela wants to control but Wright is keeping busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wright lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Alela looks like he's trying to stand up.
Wright is just content to waste time from the top position. Alela takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Alela controls Wright momentarily but Wright frees himself.
Wright passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Wright in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Alela on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Wright is trying to get an arm triangle but Alela is defending well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wright lands some shots froms side control.
Alela is not content to let Wright control the position.
Wright looks up at the clock and then as Alela takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Wright smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Wright lands an elbow.
Alela wants to control but Wright postures up.
Wright looks up at the clock and then as Alela takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Wright smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
The ground and pound from Wright seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Alela can't do much from the bottom here.
Wright landing strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alela is working to avoid the ground and pound but Wright connects with a decent elbow.
Wright connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Alela some visible discomfort.
Wright working the head and body with strikes.
Alela is looking to reverse the position.
Alela wants to control but Wright postures up.
Wright landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Wright is trying to get an arm triangle but Alela is defending well.
Wright in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Wright scores with punches from side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wright content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Alela managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Wright.
Wright is working Alela over with some ground and pound from side control.
Wright looks up at the clock and then as Alela takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Wright smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Wright is putting a hurting on Alela here, landing some big shots from side control.
Wright landing a few strikes.
Wright in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Alela prevents Wright from improving position.
Wright lands an elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ethan Wright showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Alela connects with a single shot there.
Alela changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Alela connects with a body shot.
Wright has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Alela bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Wright shoots in but no luck this time.
Wright gets a double leg takedown into Alela's guard.
Alela looking to hit a scissor sweep but Wright is one step ahead there.
Alela controls Wright momentarily but Wright frees himself.
Wright postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Wright working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Alela's head.
Ethan Wright has got the better of the ground game so far.
Wright is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wright with a nice head shot there.
Alela controlling the position.
Wright makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Wright with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Alela trying to control the position.
Wright tries to free his leg and advance position but Alela is retaining full guard.
Wright sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Wright trying to control the position from guard on top but Alela is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wright throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Wright fails to land the takedown.
Wright will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Sao Alela has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ethan Wright.
Alela works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Wright misses with a takedown attempt - Alela sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
A little feinted left hand from Alela on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Wright will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Wright takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Wright gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Alela lands with a light punch inside.
Alela lands a hook that snaps the head of Wright backwards.
Alela is pressed up against the cage. Wright has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Alela down to the mat. Alela avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
A nice inside leg kick there by Alela. That's going to slow Wright down.
Alela scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Wright shoots in but Alela avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Alela.
Wright shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Wright tries to move into range but Alela moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Wright changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Alela tries to avoid it but Wright manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Alela to the ground. Alela escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Alela cracks Wright with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Wright with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Alela to score with a decent uppercut.
Wright shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Alela manages to escape and get back to his feet!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice jab there from Alela.
Sao Alela has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wright with a poor takedown
and Alela counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Wright is rocked!
Alela fakes the body blow, causing Wright to drop his hands! Left hook to the temple! Wright goes stiff, and falls face first into the mat. Goodnight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Sao Alela!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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