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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Japanese King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diego Rocha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). King comes to the cage accompanied by Young, wild, and free. Japanese King had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 186.1lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. 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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195 lbs
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185 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Self confident |
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Excellent boxer
Solid chin |
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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 Rio de Janeiro, Japanese King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Diego Rocha!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Luis Engracia and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rocha ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
King avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rocha looks to land a combination but King avoids it well.
King takes a swing at Rocha's ribcage but misses.
Rocha misses with a body shot
and King moves into the clinch.
Rocha is trying to force a seperation but King has the dominant position.
King avoiding damage.
King lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
King landing knees to the head.
Come on King - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
King working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Rocha struggles to land a body shot inside as King controls his hands.
King manages to break the clinch.
Rocha scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from King misses.
Rocha fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rocha lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as King backs up against the cage.
Rocha scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
King looks to throw the jab but Rocha is out of range.
Rocha throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and King counters by clinching up.
King keeps control of Rocha as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
King throws a knee to the head but misses.
King lands an elbow inside.
King is stalling here.
King has Rocha pressed against the cage, preventing Rocha from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
King breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rocha throws a right hand that King ducks under and follows up with a left that King also avoids with ease.
Japanese King seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
King just misses with a punch to the body.
King misses with a body shot.
King throws a predictable looking body shot
and Rocha counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
King is breathing heavily.
King gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Rocha tries to throw a body punch but King avoids it by throwing Rocha back against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rocha looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
King displaying some good clinch control by pressing Rocha up against the cage.
King comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by King as Rocha tries to tie him up.
King is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rocha trying to control the position but instead, King has worked for underhooks and has pushed Rocha into the cage.
Rocha has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
King tries a knee to the head but Rocha blocks it.
King unloads a knee to the mid-section.
King dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
King misses with a knee strike.
Rocha looking to slow down the pace here.
King lands a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
King breaks from the clinch.
Rocha misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rocha takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A left and a right from Rocha both land. Nice combination.
Rocha uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from King.
Rocha will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
King tries to clinch but Rocha moves out of range.
Rocha looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rocha looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
King misses with a lunging right hand
and Rocha counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
King showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rocha.
Rocha lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but King circles away quickly and effectively.
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 Japanese King will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Rocha throws a nice looking combination but King bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
King misses with a leg kick.
Rocha lands with a hook. King tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
King closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Rocha tries to stall but King uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
King scores with a knee to the head.
Rocha looking to slow down the pace here.
Rocha tries to circle away but King has him pinned against the cage.
A body shot lands from King.
King scores with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
King lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rocha backwards.
King content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Japanese King has scored more points in the clinch so far.
King lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Rocha has had enough of the clinch but King keeps him there for the moment.
Rocha wants to break free but King has control.
King putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Rocha in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
King misses with a knee strike.
King lands a knee to the head.
Rocha is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
King lands an elbow that stopped Rocha in his tracks for a moment.
Rocha is trying to break the clinch but King has him pressed against the cage.
King breaks the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
King misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Some bone on bone action there as King checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Rocha thuds his right hand into King's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Rocha goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
King misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rocha.
A punch combination from Rocha misses.
King misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rocha scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. King doesn't seem bothered though.
Rocha fails to land with a series of punches.
King misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rocha fails to land with a series of punches.
King is looking to wear down Rocha with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Rocha shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. King eats them both and turns towards Rocha to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Rocha tests King's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rocha works over King's head and body with a nice combination.
Rocha lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but King circles away quickly and effectively.
Rocha pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Rocha throws a series of punches but King avoids them all with ease.
Rocha misses with a double jab.
King looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rocha looks to land a combination but King avoids it well.
Rocha misses with a wild combination.
Rocha throws a right and a left that King avoids nicely.
King's corner calls for a 1-2. King obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rocha lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but King circles away quickly and effectively.
King ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rocha misses with a series of wild punches.
King lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Rocha moves out of range of the leg kick from King.
King doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Rocha. Those never looked like landing.
Rocha throws a left and a right that both miss
and King counters with a two punch combo.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Some wild striking there from Rocha.
King throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Diego Rocha will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
King drops his hands momentarily and Rocha takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
King throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
King takes a body punch but keeps moving.
King throws the left hand but Rocha avoids the punch easily.
No joy there for Rocha, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rocha misses with a two punch combination.
Rocha misses with a combination
and King connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rocha moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Rocha swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rocha keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rocha lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but King circles away quickly and effectively.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from King.
That's one minute gone in the round.
King lands a slapping body shot.
Rocha moves out of range of the body kick from King.
Rocha rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but King moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rocha misses with a body kick.
Rocha throws a series of punches but King avoids them all with ease.
Rocha throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
King tries a head kick but it misses.
Rocha looks to land a combination but King avoids it well.
King throws a hook to the side of Rocha's head but Rocha sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rocha throws a sloppy head kick and King moves out of range easily.
King connects with a right hand. Rocha shakes it off.
Rocha looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Japanese King is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rocha takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
King dips to his left and cracks Rocha with an uppercut!
King tries a head kick but it misses.
Rocha scores with a hook to the body. King takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Rocha lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but King circles away quickly and effectively.
King scores with a three punch combo!
Rocha misses with a wild combination.
Rocha checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Rocha throws a sloppy head kick and King moves out of range easily.
King throws an overhand right that lands on Rocha's shoulder, as Rocha tries to avoid the shot.
Rocha throws a right and a left that King avoids nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rocha showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from King.
King fails to land with a series of punches.
King throws a head kick but Rocha moves out of range.
Rocha scores with a one two! King had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Rocha misses with the combination.
King feints a jab promting Rocha to slip. King then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Rocha slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Diego Rocha seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rocha fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
King instigates a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
King manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A shot in the inside from King.
King tries to land a knee to the head but Rocha blocks with his arms.
Rocha taking a breather.
King blocks an elbow strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rocha wants to break free but King has control.
King lands an elbow inside.
King tries to land a knee to the head but Rocha blocks with his arms.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Diego Rocha.
I think Rocha 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a draw!
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energy
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hype
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