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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Paul Rua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joshua Scillia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joshua Scillia looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!
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192 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Paul Rua!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Joshua Scillia!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rua throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Scillia takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Scillia dodges the punch combination from Rua.
Scillia gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Rua.
Scillia bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Scillia working the ground and pound but Rua is defending the strikes.
Scillia tries to advance to mount but Rua instead regains half guard.
Scillia is looking to pass Rua's guard but actually Rua recovers to full guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rua wants to stand and escape but Scillia is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Scillia drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Rua manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Scillia has Rua in his guard.
Scillia throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scillia is looking to sweep but instead, Rua has passed into half guard.
Scillia is looking to improve his position.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scillia tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Rua wants to stand but Scillia has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Rua trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Rua stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Scillia to get to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rua throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Rua fails to land with a series of punches.
Rua rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Scillia moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Scillia is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rua.
Scillia looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Rua is fending him off so far but Scillia persists. Nope, Rua circles away and we're back to standing.
Paul Rua seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Scillia misses with a series of wild punches.
Rua lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Scillia circles away quickly and effectively.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Scillia tries to clinch but Rua is having none of it.
Oooooh!!! Rua has knocked Scillia down with a huge combo! Rua steps away and waves a wobbly Scillia back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paul Rua dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Scillia fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rua throws an overhand right that drops Scillia like a sack of potatoes! Rua dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Paul Rua!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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