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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Melankomas Caria (ranked 3872 p4p, 440 weight class) and Renato Gracie (ranked 3629 p4p, 424 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 8 - 1, fighting out of New York, Melankomas Caria!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Renato Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Lou da Vinci and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Caria is looking to land body kicks.
A nice side step and Gracie releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Gracie takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Gracie lands a nice shot to the body.
Gracie keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Caria.
Gracie looks to score with a jab to the body but Caria is just out of range.
Caria throws a low kick but Gracie avoids it.
Caria tries a low kick but Gracie avoids it.
Caria uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gracie.
Gracie slips a straight right by Caria.
Gracie throws the left hand but Caria avoids the punch easily.
Caria throws a hook but Gracie blocks it.
Gracie takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Caria lands with a nice body punch.
Caria misses with a wild body shot.
A clash of legs there as Gracie blocks the low kick.
Gracie has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Caria.
Gracie throws a body punch but Caria moves out of range.
Caria ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gracie moves away.
Gracie follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Gracie throws a jab but it's blocked by Caria.
Gracie gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Gracie takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Caria throws a quick inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Caria connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Caria scores with a decent looking hook.
Caria jabs Gracie to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Gracie uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Caria.
Caria throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A nice side step and Gracie releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Caria finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Caria checks a low kick from Gracie.
Caria works the jab nicely.
Caria avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gracie cracks a nice hook into Caria's ribs.
Gracie throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Gracie throws the left hand but Caria avoids the punch easily.
Caria throws a low kick, looking for Gracie's leg but Gracie calmly moves out of range.
Gracie slips a jab and a cross from Caria.
Gracie looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Caria tries to move into range but Gracie moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gracie throws a series of punches but Caria avoids them all with ease.
Caria does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A solid leg kick lands there for Caria.
Caria goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Gracie avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caria moves away from the strike by Gracie.
Gracie fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gracie comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Caria connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Gracie misses with a hook.
Caria gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Gracie.
Caria misses with a hook. Gracie ducked under it nicely.
Gracie looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Caria fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gracie.
Caria has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Gracie.
Gracie dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Caria throws out a loose jab but Gracie uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gracie has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Gracie there as he acknowledges the shot.
The fighters circling - Caria throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gracie connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Caria ducks under a wild hook from Gracie.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Caria cracks a nice hook into Gracie's ribs.
Caria scores with a kick to the midsection.
Nice body kick from Gracie.
Caria misses with a kick to the body.
Caria stuns Gracie with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Melankomas Caria dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Gracie takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Gracie looks to throw the jab but Caria is out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Caria, right into the meat.
A big left from Caria misses.
Gracie steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Gracie throws a right and a left that both miss.
The fighters circle momentarily. Caria darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Caria tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gracie was well out of range. Poor timing from Caria.
It seemed like Gracie was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Caria throws a lazy right hand but Gracie sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gracie moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Gracie fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Caria has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Caria scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Gracie connects with a leg kick. Caria looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Gracie throws a leg kick which misses Caria's front leg but catches the back leg as Caria tries to avoid it.
Caria paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Caria throws a shot to the body.
Gracie throws a body kick that misses.
Gracie throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gracie uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Caria.
Gracie checks a leg kick nicely.
Gracie misses with a two punch combination.
Caria is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gracie can do to turn this around?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Caria ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gracie moves away.
Caria lands a jab to the head.
Gracie scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Caria looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Gracie on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Caria moves away from the strike by Gracie.
Jab from Gracie.
Decent striking displayed by Gracie there.
Caria misses with a left hand
and Gracie counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Caria misses with a looping left.
Gracie throws a body shot but no joy.
Gracie walks into a straight right hand from Caria.
Caria misses with an attempted mid kick.
Gracie appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Caria throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Caria lands with a hook. Gracie tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Caria is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Caria throws a half hearted mid kick.
Caria fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gracie manages to avoid it.
Melankomas Caria seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gracie swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Caria misses with a body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Gracie throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Caria throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Caria goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Gracie throws a head kick that misses.
Gracie misses with a hook. Caria ducked under it nicely.
Gracie lands a nice leg kick that just misses Caria's sensitive parts.
Caria swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gracie throws a right and a left that Caria avoids nicely.
Caria fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Gracie looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Caria is looking to counter punch.
Gracie rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Caria moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Gracie tries to work over Caria's front leg with a kick but Caria checks it.
Nice jab there from Gracie.
Gracie throws a jab when Caria was well out of range.
Gracie takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gracie slips under a jab from Caria.
Gracie misses with a wild body shot.
Caria throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gracie sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A jab from Caria misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Melankomas Caria 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.
Caria lands with a thumping leg kick.
Caria throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Caria walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Gracie's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Gracie looks for the body kick but Caria saw that one coming.
Gracie lands the left hand.
Gracie ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Caria displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gracie throws out the jab.
Caria lands with a cross.
A jab from Gracie does it's job there.
Gracie takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Gracie misses with a hook.
Caria ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gracie moves away.
Caria takes a head kick and keeps coming.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gracie lands with a kick to the ribs.
Gracie throws a lazy right hand but Caria sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gracie works Caria's body with a nice hook.
Caria throws a low kick but Gracie avoids it.
Gracie takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Caria throws a looping overhand right but Gracie ducks down to avoid it.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Caria lands a nice shot that snaps Gracie's head back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Caria takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Caria walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Gracie takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Caria.
Caria throws a hook but Gracie avoids it easily.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Gracie, right into the meat.
Caria misses with a kick to the body.
Gracie avoids the body shot from Caria.
Gracie misses with a low kick.
Caria swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Caria scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Gracie moves out of range as Caria strikes.
It seemed like Gracie was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Caria throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A nice combination there by Gracie.
Caria throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gracie throws a jab when Caria was well out of range.
Gracie tries a low kick but Caria avoids it.
Caria appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
A low kick from Caria misses
and Gracie counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nice defenses there by Gracie.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie misses with an uppercut. Caria saw that one coming.
Caria misses with an uppercut. Gracie saw that one coming.
Caria takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Caria with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Gracie takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Caria fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Caria moves out of range as Gracie strikes.
Caria swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Gracie drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
An inside leg kick from Caria misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Gracie! But no joy.
Gracie looks to land a right hand but Caria moved out of range.
Gracie bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gracie throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Caria sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A low kick from Caria is predictable there
and Gracie counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Caria ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gracie lands a nice shot that snaps Caria's head back.
A telegraphed right hand from Gracie misses the target.
Gracie throws a jab but it's blocked by Caria.
Gracie throws a half hearted mid kick.
A big right from Gracie misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Renato Gracie really dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Gracie staying out of range there.
Gracie throws a leg kick which misses Caria's front leg but catches the back leg as Caria tries to avoid it.
Caria attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Caria thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jab from Gracie.
Gracie throws a nice inside leg kick.
Caria fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Caria looks to land a left hand but Gracie moved out of range nicely.
Caria throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Caria throws a leg kick but Gracie sees it coming and moves out of range.
Gracie with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Caria to score with a decent uppercut.
Caria misses with a low kick.
A left and a right from Gracie both land. Nice combination.
Melankomas Caria is winning the standup battle so far.
Gracie pivots, looking for a leg kick but Caria is out of range and Gracie settles back down.
Gracie with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Caria to score with a decent uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gracie throws a big shot that misses.
Gracie scores with a kick to the body.
Gracie scores with a hook to the body. Caria takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Caria bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Caria swings for the body but Gracie moves out of range.
Gracie looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Caria slips under a jab.
Gracie checks a low kick from Caria.
Gracie avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Gracie has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Gracie pushes Caria away with a front kick.
Gracie looks to throw the jab but Caria is out of range.
Caria throws a leg kick but Gracie sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Gracie takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Caria throws a hook to the side of Gracie's head but Gracie sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gracie thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Caria if he has to take too many more of those.
Caria listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Gracie connects with a right hand. Caria shakes it off.
Caria falls off balance throwing a combination
and Gracie counters with a good low kick that Caria was not able to check.
A slow jab from Gracie misses its intended target.
Gracie lands with a shot to the body.
Gracie throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A chopping leg kick lands by Gracie.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gracie takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caria misses with a straight right.
Gracie now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Caria scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Caria throws a push kick but Gracie slaps the foot to one side.
Some bone on bone action there as Gracie checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
It seemed like Gracie was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Caria ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gracie moves away.
Caria misses with an attempted mid kick.
Gracie lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Caria at a distance.
Gracie throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Caria.
Caria walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Gracie throws a solid leg kick but Caria takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Gracie.
Gracie misses with an uppercut. Caria saw that one coming.
Caria lands an overhand right.
Gracie digs a good hook to Caria's body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gracie moves out of range as Caria strikes.
Caria looks to throw the jab but Gracie is out of range.
Gracie lands a nice shot that snaps Caria's head back.
Gracie jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A telegraphed right hand from Caria misses the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Renato Gracie dominated that fourth round.
That's time! Caria's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Gracie avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Caria will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Caria connects with a jab.
Caria throws a nice looking combination but Gracie bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Gracie looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Gracie throws a quick inside leg kick.
Caria looks to land a right hand but Gracie moved out of range.
Caria will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Gracie thumps Caria with a low kick.
Caria throws an overhand right that lands on Gracie's shoulder, as Gracie tries to avoid the shot.
Gracie connects with a jab.
Caria looks to score with a jab to the body but Gracie is just out of range.
Gracie misses with a body shot.
Gracie throws a body punch but Caria moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Caria misses with a body kick.
Good work by Gracie as he checks the leg kick.
Gracie is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Caria with a body shot.
Gracie throws a looping overhand right but Caria ducks down to avoid it.
Caria throws a push kick but Gracie slaps the foot to one side.
Gracie only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Caria lands the left hand.
Gracie waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Caria.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie tests Caria's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Gracie cracks Caria with a right hand to the side of the head.
Caria turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Caria takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Gracie keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Decent striking displayed by Gracie there.
Gracie checks a leg kick.
Gracie scores with a jab to the body.
Gracie moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Caria uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gracie.
Caria throws a hook but Gracie avoids it easily.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Caria - that will leave a mark!
Gracie scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Gracie looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Caria jabbing away but nothing is landing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Caria jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gracie looks to score with a jab to the body but Caria is just out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie throws a leg kick but Caria sees it coming and moves out of range.
Gracie looks to land a right hand but Caria moved out of range.
Caria takes one on the button.
Gracie pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Caria cracks a nice hook into Gracie's ribs.
Gracie goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Caria walks into a left hand.
Gracie comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Caria shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Gracie throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gracie throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Caria.
Caria swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Gracie defending well as Caria loads up on a big left hand.
Caria fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Gracie has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Caria misses with a double jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gracie does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Gracie gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Gracie connects with a solid leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Renato Gracie comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Gracie has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 47:49
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 47:49
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 47:49
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Renato Gracie!
Renato Gracie is the new welterweight champion!
Our winner, Renato Gracie, 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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