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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Don Cherry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Paredao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cherry comes to the cage accompanied by Let me ride that donkey!. Paredao comes into a darkened arena with his song building. If you want blood - ACDC kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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212 lbs
10 - 2 - 0 |
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191 cm
20
211 lbs
7 - 1 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Don Cherry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Alexander Paredao!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, John Roberts and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paredao looks to land a left hand but Cherry moved out of range nicely.
Paredao throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Cherry on the side of the head.
Cherry slips a jab from Paredao.
Cherry dodges the punch combination from Paredao.
Paredao slips a straight right by Cherry.
Paredao throws a jab when Cherry was well out of range.
Paredao throws a series of punches but Cherry avoids them all with ease.
Cherry catches Paredao with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A slow jab from Paredao misses its intended target.
Cherry loads up on a big right hand but Paredao slips the punch.
Paredao swats away the attempt to clinch by Cherry.
Cherry blocks a jab.
Cherry throws a series of punches but Paredao moves out of range.
Paredao falls off balance throwing a combination
and Paredao takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cherry shoots in but no luck this time.
Paredao looks to land a combination but Cherry avoids it well.
Cherry lands with a shot to the body.
Paredao stuffs the takedown.
Cherry uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Paredao.
Cherry throws a jab but it's blocked by Paredao.
Cherry fails with an attempt to clinch.
Paredao looks to throw the jab but Cherry is out of range.
Cherry looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Paredao looks to throw the jab but Cherry is out of range.
Cherry slips a jab from Paredao.
Cherry catches Paredao with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Cherry misses with a jab, cross combination.
Paredao throws a left and a right that both miss
and Cherry counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Paredao waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cherry.
Cherry feints and as Paredao raises his hands in defense, Cherry changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Cherry gets to his feet - Paredao follows without any prompting.
Cherry loads up on a big right hand but Paredao slips the punch.
Cherry wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Paredao looks gassed!
Nice jab there from Cherry.
Cherry throws a nice looking combination but Paredao bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Paredao might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Cherry lands the left hand.
Cherry lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Paredao at a distance.
Cherry misses with an uppercut.
A swing and a miss from Cherry.
Cherry's corner calls for a 1-2. Cherry obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Cherry shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paredao is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Paredao holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Cherry tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Cherry throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Paredao because Cherry loaded up on that one.
Paredao is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Paredao avoids a series of strikes thrown by Cherry.
Cherry controlling his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Cherry goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Paredao turns into him and now he's in Cherry's guard.
Cherry is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Cherry looking to control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cherry is looking for a triangle but Paredao pushes his legs off easily.
Cherry has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Paredao chips away with some ground and pound.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Paredao's corner is telling him to maintain position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Don Cherry dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Paredao is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cherry.
Cherry moves into the clinch successfully.
Cherry escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cherry tries to clinch there but Paredao circles away.
Nice straight punches there by Cherry. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Cherry.
Paredao slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Paredao throws a lazy right hand but Cherry sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cherry moves in looking to clinch but Paredao pushes him off.
Paredao moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
It looks like Don Cherry has been cut.
Don Cherry is winning the standup battle so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cherry misses with a hook. Paredao ducked under it nicely.
Cherry swinging wilding here.
Don Cherry is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cherry ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cherry moves out of range as Paredao strikes.
Cherry tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Paredao was well out of range. Poor timing from Cherry.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Paredao as Cherry shoots in.
Cherry loads up on a big right hand but Paredao slips the punch.
Paredao misses with a double jab.
Cherry misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Paredao lands a two punch combo.
Cherry shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Paredao pinned against the cage. Paredao gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Paredao lands with a right that hurts Cherry. Cherry looks to clinch but Paredao throws a short knee that drops Cherry. This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch and Knee). Alexander Paredao!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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