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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rudy Rhod (ranked 644 p4p, 75 weight class) and Derui Pake (ranked 786 p4p, 86 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Pake's choice of entrance music: Pegasus Fantasy. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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162 lbs
13 - 7 - 1 |
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163 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 7 - 1, fighting out of New York, Rudy Rhod!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Derui Pake!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Paul Tew and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rhod clinches up with Pake and pushes him back against the cage.
Rhod lands a right hand.
Pake throws a head punch that misses.
Pake scores with a shoulder strike.
Pake told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Rhod throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rhod.
Rhod throws a punch but it's blocked by Pake.
Rhod makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Pake blocks an uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pake.
Pake doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rhod throws a punch but it's blocked by Pake.
Pake lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Rhod tries to work over Pake's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pake is stalling here.
Pake lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Rhod.
Pake blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pake prevents a body shot from Rhod.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rhod misses with some punches.
Rhod throws a punch but it's blocked by Pake.
A hook to the body from Pake.
Pake swings wildly with an uppercut but Rhod uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pake blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rhod tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rhod throws a punch but it's blocked by Pake.
Pake makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Pake lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rhod backwards.
Pake blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rhod swings wildly with an uppercut but Pake uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rhod goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pake scores with a shoulder strike.
Pake has Rhod pressed against the cage.
Pake doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right from Rhod on the inside.
Pake is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A short uppercut from Pake.
A left hand lands to the body for Rhod.
Rhod tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pake tries to throw a body punch but Rhod avoids it by throwing Pake back against the cage.
Rhod throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Pake blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rhod blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Rhod as the two fighters clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pake swings wildly with an uppercut but Rhod uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rhod tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pake's elbow.
Pake working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Pake throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Rhods head.
Rhod has Pake pressed against the cage, preventing Pake from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Pake struggles to land a body shot inside as Rhod controls his hands.
A left hand lands to the body for Pake.
Rhod misses with a body punch.
Rhod misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rhod tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pake's elbow.
Pake misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rhod swings wildly with an uppercut but Pake uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pake misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pake tries to work over Rhod's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rhod breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rhod lands a leg kick that knocks Pake off balance momentarily.
Rhod slips under a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pake slips a straight right by Rhod.
Rhod misses with a hook. Pake ducked under it nicely.
Rhod misses with a body kick.
Pake is looking to score with low kicks.
Pake gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Rhod working aggressively here.
Pake breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pake tries to keep at a distance but Rhod has taken the fight into the clinch.
Rhod goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rhod makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Rhod fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rhod taking a breather.
Pake misses with the head strike.
Pake pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pake walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rhod uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pake.
Rhod swings for the body but Pake moves out of range.
Pake lands a nice leg kick that just misses Rhod's sensitive parts.
Rhod looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A jab from Pake does it's job there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pake goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Pake throws a sloppy head kick
and Rhod counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rhod lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Rhod throws a half hearted mid kick.
Pake looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Pake ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Pake tries a head kick but it misses.
Pake pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sloppy strikes from Rhod. Those never looked like landing.
Pake swings for the body but Rhod moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Rudy Rhod will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Pake lands a jab to the head.
Rhod moves out of range of the body kick.
Pake is looking to slow Rhod down with leg kicks.
Rhod slips under a jab.
Pake takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Pake lands the left hand.
Rhod blocks a jab.
Rhod lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Rhod misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pake.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rhod steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pake.
Derui Pake seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice defenses there by Pake.
Rhod ducks under a wild hook from Pake.
Pake keeps the fight on the outside.
Rhod connects with an inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pake misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rhod.
Pake misses with a body punch
and Rhod counters with a nice leg kick.
Pake looks to land a right hand but Rhod moved out of range.
Pake misses with a hook. Rhod ducked under it nicely.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Pake takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Rhod scores with a spinning back kick!
A big right from Pake misses.
Rhod feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Pakes jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Rhod uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pake.
Pake steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Rhod. That one must have hurt.
Rhod throws a jab but it's blocked by Pake.
Rhod throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rhod throws a jab when Pake was well out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rhod walks into a stiff left hand from Pake.
Rhod avoids the head kick by Pake.
Rhod throwing a counter right hand but Pake manages to avoid it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rhod dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rhod is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pake.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pake. Rhod does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pake slips a jab and a cross from Rhod.
Rhod takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Nice cross by Rhod.
Pake throws an ugly left hook that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Pake looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rhod throwing a counter right hand but Pake manages to avoid it.
Pake uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rhod.
Pake uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rhod.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rhod tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pake lunges at Rhod with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Rhod's hand.
Pake has taken the fight to the clinch.
A hook to the body from Pake.
Rhod throws a punch but it's blocked by Pake.
Rhod goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pake lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rhod backwards.
Pake can't find room to land a body shot as Rhod controls the action.
A short left from Rhod.
Rhod fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rhod wants to get back to striking at distance but Pake won't allow it.
Rhod misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pake tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rhod's elbow.
Pake scores with a shoulder strike.
Pake doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pake pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pake misses with a head kick.
Pake avoids the body shot from Rhod.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rhod lands a nice shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pake fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rhod misses with a hook. Pake ducked under it nicely.
Rhod lands a glancing blow to the side of Pake's head.
Rhod keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pake.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Rhod.
Pake is rocked!
Pake gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Rhod gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Pake is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rudy Rhod!
Rudy Rhod seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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