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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Paul Warror (ranked 213 p4p, 29 weight class) and Avraam Papadopoulos (ranked 547 p4p, 78 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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181 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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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
33 - 14 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Paul Warror!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Avraam Papadopoulos!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Colin Fotheringham and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Papadopoulos lands with a shot to the body.
Papadopoulos scores with a hook.
Papadopoulos pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Papadopoulos fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Papadopoulos throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Warror sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Papadopoulos is looking to land body kicks.
Nice defenses there by Warror.
Warror quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Papadopoulos has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Warror 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.
Warror scores with a kick to the midsection.
Papadopoulos checks a leg kick.
A countering left hand to the body from Papadopoulos misses.
Papadopoulos listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Papadopoulos rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Warror connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Warror takes one to the side of the head.
Warror on the wrong end of a nice jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Warror throws out a leg kick but Papadopoulos moves out of range and Warror only half commits.
Warror wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Warror lands a jab to the head.
Warror wants to land a leg kick but Papadopoulos is out of range.
Warror misses with a leg kick.
Papadopoulos ducks under a wild hook from Warror.
Papadopoulos's jab looks to have found its range, popping Warror under the eye.
Warror uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Papadopoulos.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Warror misses with a wild body shot.
Warror lands a really nice looking cross but Papadopoulos seems unphased.
Papadopoulos throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Warror lands a jab to the nose.
Warror needs to keep his hands up - Papadopoulos had a free shot at his head there.
Papadopoulos misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Warror.
Warror misses with a low kick.
Papadopoulos misses with a low kick.
Warror throwing a counter right hand but Papadopoulos manages to avoid it.
Warror slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Warror lands a nice looking body shot.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Warror checks a leg kick.
Warror throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Papadopoulos! But no joy.
Papadopoulos fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Papadopoulos misses with an uppercut
and Warror counters with a thumping low kick.
Papadopoulos jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Papadopoulos misses with a looping right.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Warror looking to land some kicks to the body here.
We've been told by Warror's head coaches at Ryōzanpaku Dojo that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Papadopoulos misses with an uppercut. Warror saw that one coming.
Papadopoulos thuds his right hand into Warror's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Papadopoulos, as that shot connected.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Warror throws a quick inside leg kick.
Warror tests Papadopoulos's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Warror lands with a good body shot.
Warror looks to throw the jab but Papadopoulos is out of range.
Papadopoulos loads up on a big right hand but Warror slips the punch.
Papadopoulos throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Warror on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Warror lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Warror, right into the meat.
Warror throws a leg kick which misses Papadopoulos's front leg but catches the back leg as Papadopoulos tries to avoid it.
Warror on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Papadopoulos looks to land a right hand but Warror moved out of range.
Avraam Papadopoulos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Warror takes a swing at Papadopoulos's ribcage but misses.
It seemed like Papadopoulos was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Warror throws a head kick that misses.
Warror wants to land a leg kick but Papadopoulos is out of range.
Warror fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Papadopoulos is out of range.
Papadopoulos feints and then cracks Warror's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Warror down.
Warror misses with a low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warror lands with a nice body kick.
Warror takes one on the button.
Papadopoulos throws a leg kick that misses.
Papadopoulos lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Papadopoulos misses the shot to the body.
Warror dips to his left and cracks Papadopoulos with an uppercut!
Warror throws a body kick that misses.
Warror misses with a straight right.
Papadopoulos looks to throw the jab but Warror is out of range.
Warror steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos throws a lazy right hand but Warror sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Warror digs a good body shot into Papadopoulos's ribs.
Papadopoulos throws a shot from downtown. Warror moves away and avoids it.
Warror lands a lovely overhand right.
Jab by Papadopoulos.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Warror checks a leg kick.
Warror connects with the punch.
Warror swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Papadopoulos scoring well with a low kick there.
Papadopoulos attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Warror checks a leg kick.
Warror ducks under a wild hook from Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos throws a shot from downtown. Warror moves away and avoids it.
Warror is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Papadopoulos lands with a nice body kick.
Papadopoulos lands a nice looking body shot.
Papadopoulos throws a jab when Warror was well out of range.
Warror is looking to counter punch.
Donk. Papadopoulos catches Warror right on the button with a cross.
Papadopoulos blocks a leg kick.
Warror shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Papadopoulos goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Papadopoulos fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Warror.
Warror misses with an uppercut.
Warror keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Warror takes one on the chin but seems OK.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Warror slips a jab from Papadopoulos.
A big left from Papadopoulos misses.
Papadopoulos lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Papadopoulos takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Warror misses with a straight left.
Papadopoulos only half commits to the counter leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Avraam Papadopoulos will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Warror throws a leg kick but Papadopoulos sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Papadopoulos lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Papadopoulos tries to score with a low kick but Warror moves his leg out of the way.
Papadopoulos looks for the body kick but Warror saw that one coming.
Papadopoulos throws a hook to the side of Warror's head but Warror sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Papadopoulos looks to land a left hand but Warror moved out of range nicely.
Nice jab there from Warror.
Warror jabs Papadopoulos right on the nose. Papadopoulos blinks but takes it well.
Warror throws a low kick but Papadopoulos avoids it.
Papadopoulos connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Warror's hands.
Warror looks for the body kick but Papadopoulos saw that one coming.
Avraam Papadopoulos seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Warror dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Papadopoulos. That did some damage!
Papadopoulos takes a swing at Warror's ribcage but misses.
Papadopoulos avoids a kick to the body.
Warror misses with a looping left.
Papadopoulos blocks a leg kick.
Papadopoulos cracks the inside of Warror's front leg.
Papadopoulos pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Papadopoulos misses the shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fighters circling - Papadopoulos throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos looks to land a left hand but Warror moved out of range nicely.
Papadopoulos throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Warror uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Papadopoulos.
Warror pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Papadopoulos blocks a low kick nicely.
Papadopoulos fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Warror thumps Papadopoulos with a low kick.
Nice defenses there by Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Warror was well out of range. Poor timing from Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos scores with a body shot.
Papadopoulos misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Warror.
Warror throws the left hand but Papadopoulos avoids the punch easily.
Warror avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Warror slips a jab from Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos throws a solid leg kick but Warror takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Papadopoulos.
Good leg kick by Warror there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A telegraphed right hand from Papadopoulos misses the target.
Papadopoulos tries a low kick but Warror avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Warror misses with a low kick.
Warror works the jab nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Warror throws a body punch but Papadopoulos moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Papadopoulos. Warror does a little dance to reset his feet.
Papadopoulos jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Papadopoulos checks a low kick from Warror.
Papadopoulos looks to land a left hand but Warror moved out of range nicely.
Papadopoulos ducks under a wild hook from Warror.
A little jabbing left from Papadopoulos on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Warror.
Papadopoulos's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A jab from Papadopoulos misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Warror misses the target.
Warror pivots, looking for a leg kick but Papadopoulos is out of range and Warror settles back down.
Papadopoulos ducks under a wild hook from Warror.
Warror lands a really nice looking cross but Papadopoulos seems unphased.
Warror thumps Papadopoulos with a low kick.
Papadopoulos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Warror looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Papadopoulos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Warror moves away.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Papadopoulos lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Warror has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Warror and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Warror throws a half hearted mid kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Papadopoulos thows a left - swing and a miss!
Warror throws a leg kick but Papadopoulos sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Papadopoulos takes a swing at Warror's ribcage but misses.
Warror takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Warror throws a hook to the side of Papadopoulos's head but Papadopoulos sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Warror misses with a few strikes there.
Papadopoulos misses with a hook.
A combination from Warror does no damage.
Warror throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Warror ducks under a wild hook from Papadopoulos.
A nice leg kick lands there from Warror.
Papadopoulos with a hook.
Warror lands an overhand right.
Papadopoulos misses the jab.
Warror cracks a nice hook into Papadopoulos's ribs.
Warror throws a body kick that misses.
Nice straight punches there by Warror. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Warror.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Warror uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Papadopoulos.
Warror jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Warror.
Papadopoulos looks to score with a jab to the body but Warror is just out of range.
Warror ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Warror tried to counter with a leg kick but Papadopoulos avoided it.
Warror looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Crunch! Warror slams his shin into Papadopoulos's torso.
Papadopoulos fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Warror on the side of the head.
Papadopoulos moves out of range of the body kick.
Papadopoulos misses with a wild body shot.
Warror throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Papadopoulos stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Papadopoulos moves away from the strike by Warror.
A thudding body kick lands there by Papadopoulos!
Warror throws a big shot that misses.
Papadopoulos throws the left hand but Warror avoids the punch easily.
An inside leg kick lands from Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Warror sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Papadopoulos smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Warror misses with an uppercut.
A little jabbing left from Papadopoulos on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Papadopoulos checks a leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Warror loads up on a big right hand but Papadopoulos slips the punch.
Papadopoulos misses with a low kick.
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 Paul Warror will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Papadopoulos connects with a body shot.
Jab from Warror.
Warror motions for Papadopoulos to come forward. Warror throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A big right from Papadopoulos misses.
Warror misses with a body kick.
Warror misses with an uppercut. Papadopoulos saw that one coming.
Papadopoulos throws a body punch but Warror moves out of range.
Papadopoulos shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
It looked like Warror wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Papadopoulos blocks a leg kick.
Papadopoulos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Warror moves away.
Warror half committed to a counter leg kick.
Papadopoulos checks a leg kick.
Warror cracks Papadopoulos with a good jab.
Papadopoulos looks to land a left hand but Warror moved out of range nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Papadopoulos takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Warror jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Warror uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Papadopoulos.
Jab from Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos throws a leg kick but Warror moved away.
Warror misses with a combination
and Papadopoulos counters with a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Warror throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Papadopoulos lands a jab to the head.
Papadopoulos stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Some bone on bone action there as Warror checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Warror thows a left - swing and a miss!
Papadopoulos misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Warror.
Warror misses with a low kick.
Warror scoring well with a low kick there.
The crowd cheers as Papadopoulos lands an impressive looking overhand right. Warror doesn't seem phased though.
Papadopoulos throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Papadopoulos misses with a looping right.
A nice leg kick lands there from Warror.
Warror throws a leg kick but Papadopoulos sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Papadopoulos walks forward, straight into a front kick from Warror.
Papadopoulos fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Warror checks it well.
Papadopoulos staying out of range there.
Warror scores with a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Warror jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Papadopoulos swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Papadopoulos misses with an uppercut.
Warror moves away from the strike by Papadopoulos.
Warror tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Papadopoulos was well out of range. Poor timing from Warror.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Papadopoulos lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Warror has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Warror and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Warror on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Good leg kick by Papadopoulos there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Warror takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Papadopoulos moves out of range of the strikes.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Papadopoulos.
Warror throws a nice looking combination but Papadopoulos bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Papadopoulos pushes Warror away with a front kick.
Warror throws a body punch but Papadopoulos moves out of range.
Papadopoulos misses with a looping right.
Warror pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Papadopoulos back to the cage. Warror follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
A big left from Papadopoulos misses.
Warror tries to land a leg kick but Papadopoulos saw it coming and moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Papadopoulos scores with a jab to the head.
Papadopoulos is looking to chop away at Warror's legs.
Papadopoulos throws a quick inside leg kick.
Papadopoulos throws a hook but Warror avoids it easily.
Papadopoulos has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Warror.
Warror tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Papadopoulos is able to avoid easily.
Warror scores with a body shot.
Warror is looking to land body kicks.
Papadopoulos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Papadopoulos looks to land a right hand but Warror moved out of range.
Warror moves away from the strike by Papadopoulos.
An attempted straight right counter from Warror misses the target.
Papadopoulos checks a leg kick.
Papadopoulos tests Warror's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Papadopoulos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Papadopoulos lands a nice hook to Warror's body. Warror takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A big right from Warror misses.
Warror moves away from the strike by Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
The fighters circle momentarily. Papadopoulos darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Warror tried to score with a low kick but Papadopoulos checks it.
Papadopoulos throws a hook to the side of Warror's head but Warror sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Papadopoulos waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Warror.
Warror moves forwards but Papadopoulos connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Papadopoulos takes one to the chin there.
Warror looks for the body kick but Papadopoulos saw that one coming.
Papadopoulos is looking to score with low kicks.
Warror takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Warror cracks Papadopoulos with a right hand to the side of the head.
Warror looks to score with a jab to the body but Papadopoulos is just out of range.
Warror tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Warror swings for the body but Papadopoulos moves out of range.
Warror bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Papadopoulos pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Papadopoulos uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Warror.
Papadopoulos fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Warror manages to avoid it.
Warror lands a leg kick that knocks Papadopoulos off balance momentarily.
Papadopoulos throws out a loose jab but Warror uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Avraam Papadopoulos comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Papadopoulos 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 28:29
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Avraam Papadopoulos!
In his post fight interview, Avraam Papadopoulos started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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