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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mike Hunt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and William Rando (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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160 lbs
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181 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mike Hunt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, William Rando!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Alexandre Firmino and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hunt wants to clinch up but Rando keeps it at a distance.
Hunt tries for a takedown but Rando sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Hunt is looking to clinch but Rando is avoiding it.
Hunt tries for a takedown but Rando sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Hunt fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rando closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Rando lands in his opponent's guard.
Rando would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hunt trying to control the position.
Rando is looking to stand up but Hunt won't let him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunt controlling the position.
Rando preventing the sweep.
Rando gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Hunt takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Rando lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Hunt backs up against the cage.
Rando misses with a two punch combination.
Rando fakes the leg kick and cracks Hunt in the body.
Hunt is breathing heavily.
Rando is looking to slow Hunt down with leg kicks.
Hunt is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rando gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Rando jumps guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rando is pulling down on Hunt's head to control his posture.
Hunt prevents Rando from getting back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hunt tries to free his leg and advance position but Rando is retaining full guard.
Rando trying to control the position here.
Hunt wants to stand but Rando has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Rando seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Let's hope that Rando has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Rando utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Rando is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Rando throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Hunt escapes and throws Rando's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Rando is trying to buck Hunt off.
Rando sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Rando keeping hold of Hunt's head, controlling as best he can.
Rando gets full guard.
Hunt wanted to stand there but Rando had control of the position.
Hunt trying to control but Rando is working from the bottom.
Hunt has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Hunt is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Rando is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
William Rando dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Nice sprawl there from Rando as Hunt shoots in.
Rando connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Hunt momentarily.
Hunt looks for a takedown but Rando sprawls well.
Hunt is looking to clinch.
Rando fails with a takedown attempt.
Mike Hunt is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rando takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Hunt throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hunt swats away the attempt to clinch by Rando.
Hunt scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rando is not content to let Hunt control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rando wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Hunt working away.
Hunt working the ground and pound but Rando is defending the strikes.
A control attempt from Rando but he's now mounted!
Rando is desperately trying to improve his position but Hunt has a good base and remains in mount.
Rando tries to hold on but Hunt postures up.
Hunt looking to ground and pound but Rando is blocking nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Rando is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Hunt blocks Rando's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Rando is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Rando is trying to keep from getting into a worse position than he's already in but Rando is working away and isn't letting himself get tied up.
Rando bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Hunt is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Rando content to stall in guard here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunt trying to keep a closed guard but Rando is proving a slippery customer.
Rando is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Hunt looking to control.
Rando stopping the sweep attempt from Hunt.
Hunt doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Rando tries to free his leg and advance position but Hunt is retaining full guard.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Rando walks into a straight right hand from Hunt.
Hunt misses with a body kick.
Hunt blocks a head kick by Rando.
Rando throws a right hand that Hunt ducks under and follows up with a left that Hunt also avoids with ease.
Rando fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hunt throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Rando's waist but Rando gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Hunt off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Hunt. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hunt closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Hunt lands in his opponent's guard.
Hunt trying to control the position from guard on top but Rando is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hunt controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Hunt dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Hunt fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Rando, pushing him back against the cage.
Hunt stalling in the clinch but Rando improves position.
Hunt leaning his opponent against the cage.
Hunt breaks from the clinch.
Rando wants to clinch up but Hunt keeps it at a distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hunt looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hunt tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Rando swivels and escapes.
Hunt looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Rando is fending him off so far but Hunt persists. Nope, Rando circles away and we're back to standing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hunt misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Hunt. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hunt rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Rando counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A cross from Rando lands.
Rando throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hunt counters with a nice uppercut.
Hunt throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Rando takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rando stuffs the takedown attempt from Hunt. Hunt gets slowly back to his feet.
Hunt doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Rando counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Hunt escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hunt fails with the takedown.
Rando throws a series of punches but Hunt avoids them all with ease.
Hunt tries to clinch up but Rando circles away and keeps his distance.
Hunt looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Rando is fending him off so far but Hunt persists. Nope, Rando circles away and we're back to standing.
Hunt doesn't succeed with the takedown
so Rando counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Rando wanted to stand there but Hunt had control of the position.
Hunt is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hunt is looking to stand up but Rando isn't so interested in that idea.
Hunt seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Hunt working a defensive guard here.
Hunt looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hunt throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Hunt is controlling Rando's posture.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Hunt swats away the attempt to clinch by Rando.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rando fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Hunt fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Rando, pushing him back against the cage.
Hunt drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
The is referee keeping an eye on Hunt - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Hunt breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hunt looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rando misses with a two punch combination.
Rando throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hunt.
Rando tries to clinch there but Hunt circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Hunt with a lazy takedown attempt
and Rando counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Mike Hunt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rando circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hunt swinging wilding here.
Hunt scores with a nice body kick.
Hunt shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Rando's guard.
Hunt trying to control but Rando is working from the bottom.
Hunt stopping the sweep attempt from Rando.
Rando controls Hunt momentarily but Hunt frees himself.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to William Rando.
I think Rando has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 28:29
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... William Rando!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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