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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roman Braga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Semmy Man Choi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Semmy Man Choi will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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284 lbs
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300 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Roman Braga!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Semmy Man Choi!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Man Choi blocks a head kick by Braga.
Braga throws a front kick aimed at Man Choi's knee but Man Choi avoids it well.
Braga is looking to slow Man Choi down with leg kicks.
Braga walks into a stiff left hand from Man Choi.
Braga throws a sloppy body shot
and Man Choi counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Braga is lucky that one didn't land flush.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Braga throws a predictable looking body shot
and Man Choi counters with a solid body kick.
Man Choi lands a nice hook to Braga's body. Braga takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Man Choi throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Braga sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Man Choi thows a body shot but no joy.
A big right from Braga misses.
Roman Braga seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Braga scores with a nice strike.
Man Choi throws a front kick aimed at Braga's knee but Braga avoids it well.
Man Choi tries to clinch there but Braga circles away.
Man Choi is looking to land body kicks.
Man Choi throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Braga is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Man Choi lands a jab.
Braga tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Man Choi is able to avoid easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Man Choi fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Braga is out of range.
Man Choi dodges the punch combination from Braga.
Braga tries a head kick but it misses.
Braga waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Man Choi.
Braga steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Man Choi. That one must have hurt.
Braga is breathing heavily.
Braga throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Man Choi fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A head kick misses from Man Choi.
Nice body kick there by Man Choi.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Man Choi scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Braga doesn't seem bothered though.
Braga takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Man Choi looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Man Choi moves into the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Man Choi.
Man Choi lands an elbow that stopped Braga in his tracks for a moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man Choi is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Braga stops a takedown attempt from Man Choi.
Braga wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Man Choi keeps control of Braga as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Braga's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A frustrated look appears on Braga's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Braga looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Braga wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Man Choi obliges.
Man Choi lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Roman Braga has been cut.
Braga wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Man Choi prevents Braga from breaking the clinch.
Man Choi tries a knee to the head but Braga blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man Choi stalling in the clinch.
Braga wants to break free but Man Choi has control.
Man Choi throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Man Choi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Braga.
Braga blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Braga has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Man Choi content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Man Choi lands a shot to the body.
Man Choi stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Braga takes an elbow to the temple.
Braga is trying to break the clinch but Man Choi is controlling him.
Man Choi is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on Man Choi's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Man Choi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Braga on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Man Choi throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Braga creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Braga is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Man Choi landing knees to the head.
Braga tries to break the clinch but Man Choi is controlling the position.
Braga is trying to push Man Choi away but Man Choi has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Man Choi has Braga pressed against the cage, preventing Braga from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Braga breaks from the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Man Choi lets loose with a powerful body kick. Braga will feel that in the morning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Semmy Man Choi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Roman Braga's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Man Choi throws a jab but it's blocked by Braga.
Braga on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Man Choi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Man Choi checks a leg kick.
Man Choi scores with a spinning back kick!
Braga chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Man Choi can pounce on him.
Braga tries to bum rush Man Choi with a series of wild strikes but Man Choi uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Man Choi closes the distance and clinches up with Braga, looking for a takedown. Man Choi pushes Braga against the cage but Braga circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Man Choi looks to score with a jab to the body but Braga is just out of range.
Man Choi avoids the head kick by Braga.
Man Choi is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Braga rather than just go for the knockout.
Man Choi moves in looking to clinch but Braga pushes him off.
Man Choi lands with a thumping leg kick.
Semmy Man Choi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Man Choi throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Man Choi cracks the inside of Braga's front leg.
Man Choi throws a low kick, looking for Braga's leg but Braga calmly moves out of range.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Man Choi lands a jab to the nose.
Braga needs to keep his hands up - Man Choi had a free shot at his head there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Man Choi throws a low kick, looking for Braga's leg but Braga calmly moves out of range.
Man Choi fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Braga moves out of range of the leg kick from Man Choi.
Braga defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Man Choi.
Man Choi looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Man Choi throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Man Choi lands a nice looking kick to the body. Braga takes a step back to recover.
Braga walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Roman Braga is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A chopping leg kick lands by Man Choi.
A lazy left from Man Choi finds it's target.
Man Choi fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Man Choi tries to bum rush Braga with a series of wild strikes but Braga uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Man Choi lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A punch lands to the side of Braga 's head but he takes it in his stride.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man Choi misses with a low kick as Braga jumps back.
Braga tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A head kick misses from Man Choi.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Braga checks a leg kick.
Man Choi throws a low kick but Braga moves out of range easily.
Braga thows a left - swing and a miss!
A nice leg kick lands there from Man Choi.
Man Choi throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Braga gets tackled into the cage by Man Choi. Man Choi maintains the clinch.
Man Choi trying to land knees to the body.
Man Choi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Braga will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Man Choi lands an uppercut.
Man Choi has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Man Choi misses with a knee strike.
Man Choi creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Braga's defenses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Braga looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Braga blocks a body shot from Man Choi.
Man Choi stalling in the clinch.
Braga looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Braga wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Man Choi has him pressed against the cage.
Braga looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Braga blocks the elbow strike.
Man Choi taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Braga wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Man Choi.
Man Choi has Braga pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Braga manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Roman Braga has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Semmy Man Choi.
Braga avoiding damage as Man Choi throws knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Man Choi takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Braga tries to break the clinch but Man Choi is controlling the position.
Man Choi has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Braga tries to circle away but Man Choi has him pinned against the cage.
Braga manages to break the clinch.
Braga looks to throw the jab but Man Choi is out of range.
Good work by Braga as he checks the leg kick.
Braga lands the left hand.
Man Choi scores with a nice body kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Man Choi.
Braga 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.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Man Choi throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Man Choi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Braga.
Man Choi throws a chopping leg kick but Braga manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Semmy Man Choi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Roman Braga's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Braga fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A leg kick checked by Braga.
Man Choi throws a chopping leg kick but Braga manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Man Choi with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Man Choi lands with a good body shot.
Man Choi just misses with a punch to the body.
Man Choi throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Braga throws a shot from downtown. Man Choi moves away and avoids it.
Man Choi blocks a jab.
Nice sprawl there from Braga as Man Choi shoots in.
Braga looks to land a right hand but Man Choi moved out of range.
Braga on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Man Choi. Man Choi obviously looking to wear him down.
Man Choi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Man Choi misses with a low kick.
Braga is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Man Choi throws a chopping leg kick but Braga manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Braga throws a head kick but Man Choi moves out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Braga gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Man Choi.
Man Choi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Man Choi throws a half hearted mid kick.
Man Choi is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Braga keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Braga throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
An inside leg kick from Man Choi misses.
A jab from Man Choi does it's job there.
Man Choi doesn't manage to clinch there - Braga circles away.
Man Choi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Man Choi misses with an uppercut
and Braga counters with a nice low kick that buckles Man Choi's knee momentarily.
Man Choi wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Braga misses with a jab, cross combination.
Man Choi moves into the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Braga scores with a nice short uppercut.
Semmy Man Choi is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man Choi has Braga pressed against the cage, preventing Braga from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Braga tries to break free but Man Choi pushes him back against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Man Choi lands a nice uppercut.
Braga can't break the clinch.
Braga tries to break the clinch but Man Choi is controlling the position.
Man Choi lands a body shot.
Man Choi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Braga is defending well for now.
Man Choi keeps control of Braga as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Man Choi obliges.
Braga tries to break free but Man Choi pushes him back against the cage.
Man Choi lands an elbow that stopped Braga in his tracks for a moment.
Roman Braga has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Braga's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Man Choi tries to clinch but Braga moves out of range.
Man Choi moves into the clinch.
Braga avoiding damage as Man Choi throws knees to the body.
Braga tries to circle away but Man Choi has him pinned against the cage.
Braga pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Braga tries to move into range but Man Choi moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Braga. Man Choi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Braga throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Man Choi tried to score with a low kick but Braga checks it.
Braga takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Braga misses with a straight right.
Man Choi keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man Choi lands with a kick to the temple. Braga shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Braga throws a big shot that misses.
An inside leg kick from Man Choi misses.
Man Choi has Braga up against the cage in a clinch.
Man Choi using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A short right from Braga.
Braga pushes off an throws an elbow but Man Choi leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A body shot lands from Man Choi.
Man Choi putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Braga in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice elbow from Braga.
It looks like Semmy Man Choi has been cut.
Braga throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Man Chois head.
Man Choi lands with a light punch inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
Semmy Man Choi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Man Choi 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Semmy Man Choi!
An out of breath Semmy Man Choi thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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hype
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