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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Galtero El Toro (ranked 131 p4p, 19 weight class) and Biff Raper (ranked 214 p4p, 34 weight class). El Toro comes into the arena with Ballad of Bodacious blaring out of the sound system. Raper is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Torso fuck - Raped by Elephants. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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188 cm
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240 lbs
12 - 2 - 0 |
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193 cm
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255 lbs
15 - 4 - 0 |
Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world! Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Galtero El Toro! And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Biff Raper! The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Robert Twigg and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Raper throws a looping overhand right but El Toro ducks down to avoid it. Raper looks to throw the jab but El Toro is out of range. Galtero El Toro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. A slow jab from El Toro misses its intended target. El Toro looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard. We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake. El Toro throwing shots but Raper is blocking nicely. El Toro looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Raper with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position. El Toro not landing any meaningful shots this time. El Toro not throwing his punches with enough precision this time. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. El Toro throwing shots but Raper is blocking nicely. El Toro not throwing his punches with enough precision this time. El Toro wants to lay and pray for a moment but Raper keeps working. El Toro trying to mount his opponent but Raper defends it.
That's one minute gone in the round. The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. El Toro connects with a nice short shot to Raper's temple. El Toro wants to advance to full mount but Raper doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead. El Toro throwing strikes but missing. El Toro tries to free his leg and advance position but Raper is retaining full guard. El Toro connects with a couple of short punches. El Toro lands a couple of elbows. Raper is pulling down on El Toro's head to control his posture.
That's two minutes gone in the round. El Toro postures up.
El Toro stands and throws Raper's legs to the side, diving into side control. Raper is trying to get back to half guard. El Toro tries to advance to mount but Raper denies him. El Toro trying to control the action but Raper is working from the bottom. El Toro wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Raper, who protects the arm well. The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Raper dodges the ground and pound from El Toro. El Toro working away. El Toro wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Raper, who protects the arm well. El Toro tries to land with some ground and pound but misses. Raper stops El Toro from passing to mount. The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult. El Toro tries to advance to mount but Raper instead regains half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round. The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight. El Toro is looking to take a break and control but Raper is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom. El Toro landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent. Raper avoiding damage under a succession of punches from El Toro. El Toro wants to advance to full mount but Raper doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead. El Toro trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat. Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out! El Toro with a flurry of punches that miss. El Toro looking to pass the guard. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Galtero El Toro dominated that round. The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
El Toro walks into a left hand. El Toro misses with a looping right. Raper is clearly trying to counter these attacks from El Toro with a body shot. El Toro takes a kick to the body and keeps moving. El Toro throws out a loose jab but Raper uses good head movement to avoid it. Raper's coach down at Chris Leben KO Academy was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Raper's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight. El Toro blocks the body kick.
Raper pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces El Toro back to the ropes. Raper follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver. El Toro pushing out the jab but it's not landing. El Toro takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness. El Toro is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Raper can do to turn this around? We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Raper throws the kick towards the body but El Toro avoids it. El Toro half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range. El Toro throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Raper sees it coming and avoids it easily. Raper uses good head movement to avoid the hook from El Toro. El Toro throws an overhand right that lands on Raper's shoulder, as Raper tries to avoid the shot. Raper ducks under a wild hook from El Toro.
That's one minute gone in the round. Raper throws a jab but it's blocked by El Toro. Raper displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as El Toro throws out the jab. Raper scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
It looks like Galtero El Toro has been cut. El Toro takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch. Raper connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe. Raper throws a head kick but El Toro moves out of range.
Raper drops El Toro with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but El Toro looks back up at him and smiles so Raper waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
El Toro is rocked! This has been an exciting period of action! Raper connects with a left and a right that sees a clearly hurt El Toro covering up! Raper comes in with a big uppercut and El Toro goes doooown! He's slumped up against the ropes, eyes staring blankly into space.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Biff Raper! Biff Raper is the new heavyweight champion! Our winner, Biff Raper, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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