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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Henri Lafitte (ranked 161 p4p, 18 weight class) and Alphonzo Mirage (ranked 41 p4p, 4 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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215 lbs
28 - 11 - 0 |
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212 lbs
19 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
28 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Henri Lafitte!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alphonzo Mirage!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lafitte misses with a body shot.
Mirage has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Lafitte is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Mirage avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lafitte takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A jab from Mirage misses.
Mirage avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lafitte blocks the body kick.
Mirage pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mirage takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Mirage loads up on a big right hand but Lafitte slips the punch.
We've been told by Lafitte's head coaches at Brazilian Elite Team that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Mirage swats away the attempt to clinch by Lafitte.
Lafitte tries to clinch but Mirage is having none of it.
Decent striking displayed by Lafitte there.
Lafitte slips under a jab from Mirage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mirage shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A jab lands there for Mirage.
It looks like Henri Lafitte has been cut.
Mirage connects with a single shot there.
Lafitte is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mirage throws a pinpoint strike between Lafitte's hands that connects right on the jaw and sends Lafitte crashing to the floor! He's out before he even hits the mat and Mirage scores a great knockout victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Alphonzo Mirage! Alphonzo Mirage retains his light heavyweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Alphonzo Mirage thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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