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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ray Charles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manu Okoro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Charles kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Muddy Waters- Hoochie Coochie Man. Okoro has chosen Jungle Ugly as his entrance music. Manu Okoro has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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216 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ray Charles!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Manu Okoro!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Elvis Blanc and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Charles ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Okoro moves away.
Okoro takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Okoro moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Okoro thows a body shot but no joy.
Charles dives in and grabs Okoro's left leg, looking for a takedown. Okoro pushes down on Charles's head and hops out.
Okoro misses with a body kick.
Charles takes a swing at Okoro's ribcage but misses.
Okoro showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Charles.
Okoro scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
It looks like Ray Charles has been cut.
Charles keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice shot by Okoro.
Okoro finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Charles with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Okoro connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Okoro tries to land a front kick but Charles steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Charles throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Okoro sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The fighters circling - Charles throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Okoro misses with a looping right.
Okoro misses with a jab to the body
and Charles counters with a single leg into guard. Okoro didn't expect that.
Okoro keeping moving, preventing Charles from controlling successfully.
Charles content to stall in guard here.
Okoro controls Charles momentarily but Charles frees himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Charles wants to pass the guard but Okoro is keeping the position.
Charles trying to control but Okoro is working from the bottom.
Okoro keeping full guard, as Charles tries to pass.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Ray Charles wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Okoro looks to land a body kick but Charles moved away.
A head kick misses from Okoro.
Charles shoots in and drives through. Okoro sprawls well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Okoro pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Okoro throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Okoro lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Charles shoots in for a double leg but Okoro sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ray Charles. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Charles takes the fight into the clinch.
Charles tries to work over Okoro's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch on the inside from Charles fails to land.
Charles tries to work over Okoro's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Okoro looking to stall.
Charles is looking to control Okoro's arms but Okoro gets an underhook and turns him. Now Charles has his back to the cage.
Okoro stalling in the clinch.
Okoro prevents a body shot from Charles.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Charles.
Nice body punch from Charles - that landed with a thud.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Charles blocks a body shot from Okoro.
Charles misses with a short punch on the inside.
Okoro's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Charles takes a swing at Okoro's ribcage but misses.
Okoro drops his hands momentarily and Charles takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Charles moves out of range of the leg kick from Okoro.
Okoro fakes the leg kick and cracks Charles in the body.
Okoro throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Charles wants to clinch
and Okoro makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Charles really felt that one!
Charles connects with the punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Ray Charles will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ray Charles's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Okoro just misses with a punch to the body.
Okoro lands a really nice looking cross but Charles seems unphased.
Charles gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Charles can't find room to land a body shot as Okoro controls the action.
Charles tries to throw a body punch but Okoro avoids it by throwing Charles back against the cage.
Charles is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Charles struggles to land a body shot inside as Okoro controls his hands.
Still in the clinch, Okoro scores with a nice short uppercut.
Charles misses with a short punch on the inside.
Charles has a couple of punches blocked by Okoro.
Charles working aggressively here.
Okoro tries to work over Charles's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Okoro blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Charles fails to land.
Charles tries a body shot but Okoro blocks it.
Charles tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Charles misses with a short punch on the inside.
Okoro blocks an uppercut.
Charles can't find room to land a body shot as Okoro controls the action.
A short right from Charles on the inside.
Okoro prevents a takedown attempt there.
Okoro blocks an uppercut.
Okoro stalling in the clinch but Charles improves position.
A head punch on the inside from Charles fails to land.
A nice right hand lands inside from Charles.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Charles tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Charles swings wildly with an uppercut but Okoro uses good head movement to avoid it.
Okoro takes a shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Charles swings wildly with an uppercut but Okoro uses good head movement to avoid it.
The referee is keeping an eye on Charles - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Charles fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Okoro scores with a hook to the body.
Okoro blocking some punches.
A short uppercut from Charles.
Charles throws a punch but it's blocked by Okoro.
Okoro trying to control the position but instead, Charles has worked for underhooks and has pushed Okoro into the cage.
Charles fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Okoro misses with a hook to the ribs.
Okoro breaks the clinch.
Okoro throws a leg kick but Charles sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Charles throws a big shot that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Charles is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Charles tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Charles wants to clinch but Okoro slips to the side
and Okoro counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Okoro misses with a straight right.
Okoro tries a head kick but it misses.
Charles misses with a looping left.
Charles misses with a wild body shot.
Charles takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Charles scores with the left hand. Okoro knows he should have avoided that one.
Charles tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Charles fails in his attempt to clinch.
Manu Okoro seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Okoro avoids a punch combination nicely.
Okoro on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Okoro goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Okoro throws an overhand right that lands on Charles's shoulder, as Charles tries to avoid the shot.
Okoro connects with a looping right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A telegraphed right hand from Charles misses the target.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Charles misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Okoro.
Okoro connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Okoro thuds his right hand into Charles's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ray Charles dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ray Charles's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Charles avoids a punch combination nicely.
Charles slips under a jab.
Charles lands with a nice combination. Okoro backs away looking to recover.
Okoro swats away the attempt to clinch by Charles.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Okoro, right into the meat.
Charles misses the shot to the body.
Charles swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Charles fails in his attempt to clinch.
Charles moves into the clinch.
Charles throws a head punch that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Okoro's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Charles misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Charles.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Charles tries to throw a body punch but Okoro avoids it by throwing Charles back against the cage.
Okoro works on Charles's body with a couple of short punches.
Charles struggles to land a body shot inside as Okoro controls his hands.
Okoro breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Okoro swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Manu Okoro is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Charles takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Ray Charles's cut is getting worse.
Okoro darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Charles fails with a takedown attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Okoro lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Okoro tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Charles throws a hook to the side of Okoro's head but Okoro sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A chopping leg kick lands by Okoro.
Okoro staying out of range there.
Charles takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Charles manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Okoro on his heels. He'll look to pass Okoro's guard now, I'm sure.
Charles stops Okoro from standing up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Okoro throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Charles working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Okoro's head.
Charles trying to control the position from guard on top but Okoro is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Okoro has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Charles has passed into side control.
Charles working the ground and pound but Okoro is defending the strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Okoro taking punishment in the form of punches.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Okoro is not content to let Charles control the position.
Okoro is working to avoid the ground and pound but Charles connects with a decent elbow.
Okoro is looking for a sweep.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Charles grinds an elbow into Okoro's temple.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Charles just content to control the position.
Okoro is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Ray Charles did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Ray Charles's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Charles lands a jab to Okoro's midsection.
Okoro takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Okoro rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Charles moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Okoro misses with a hook to the body
enabling Charles to counter with a crisp jab.
Charles fails in his attempt to clinch.
Okoro throws a lazy uppercut
and Charles connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Charles wants to clinch up but Okoro keeps it at a distance.
Okoro thows a left - swing and a miss!
Okoro connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Charles tries to close the distance and clinch but Okoro swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Okoro looks to land a left hand but Charles moved out of range nicely.
Charles uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Okoro.
Charles tries to clinch up.
No luck for Charles with that takedown attempt.
Okoro digs a good body shot into Charles's ribs.
Charles has Okoro up against the cage in a clinch.
Okoro's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Okoro closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Okoro, right into the meat.
Okoro swings for the body but Charles moves out of range.
Okoro avoids the body shot from Charles.
Charles darts in and clinches Okoro up against the cage.
Charles misses with a hook to the ribs.
Charles misses with the head strike.
Charles struggles to land a body shot inside as Okoro controls his hands.
Charles lands with a short head shot on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Charles fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Okoro blocks an uppercut.
Charles throws a punch but it's blocked by Okoro.
Charles doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ray Charles has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Okoro landing some nice looking knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Okoro lands with a short shot to the head.
Charles misses with a body punch.
Okoro trying to stall but Charles improves his position.
Okoro manages to break the clinch.
Charles closes the distance looking to clinch
and Okoro makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Charles really felt that one!
Okoro throws a nice looking combination but Charles bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Okoro connects with a crisp jab.
Charles tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Okoro paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Charles lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Okoro circles away quickly and effectively.
Charles shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Okoro but Okoro pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Charles steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Okoro.
Okoro misses with a low kick as Charles jumps back.
Charles tries to clinch but Okoro moves away
and Okoro counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Okoro scores with a nice head shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Okoro wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Okoro throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Charles wants to clinch
and Okoro counters with a nice body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A jab lands there for Okoro.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Manu Okoro dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Ray Charles's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
A nice leg kick lands there from Okoro.
Charles shoots in and drives through. Okoro sprawls well.
Okoro missing with a left hand there. Charles was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The fight stays on the outside here - Charles looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Charles gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Charles tries to throw a body punch but Okoro avoids it by throwing Charles back against the cage.
Charles swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Okoro escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Charles avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Charles.
Okoro explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Charles moves into the clinch.
Charles throws a head punch that misses.
Okoro breaks from the clinch.
Charles fails in his attempt to clinch.
Okoro misses with a wild body shot.
Charles stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Okoro.
Charles wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Charles looks to score with a jab to the body but Okoro is just out of range.
Okoro misses with a hook to the body
letting Charles counter with a right hand.
Ray Charles is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Okoro shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Charles eats them both and turns towards Okoro to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Charles tries to clinch up but Okoro circles away and keeps his distance.
Charles thows a body shot but no joy.
Charles throws out a loose jab but Okoro uses good head movement to avoid it.
Okoro throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Okoro avoids the body shot from Charles.
Charles throws a shot to the body.
A head kick misses from Okoro.
Okoro slaps away a takedown attempt from Charles, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Charles tries to clinch up.
Manu Okoro has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Charles tries to clinch there but Okoro circles away.
A head kick misses from Okoro.
Okoro pushes Charles away with a front kick.
Okoro throws a head kick that misses.
Okoro fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Charles scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The referee asks Charles politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Charles prefers to stall for the moment though.
Charles is looking to take a break and control but Okoro is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Charles is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Okoro is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Charles moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Charles trying to control the action but Okoro is working from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Ray Charles.
I think Charles has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 49:46
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 49:46
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ray Charles!
Ray Charles retains his light heavyweight title!
Ray Charles really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Popeye’s Spinach - 159 + 158 Proof Supps logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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