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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Joe Rafinan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodrigo Baptista (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joe Rafinan has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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145 lbs
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155 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Joe Rafinan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rodrigo Baptista!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Mauricio Rocha and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rafinan misses with an uppercut.
Rafinan lands a nice looking body shot.
Baptista lands a nice looking kick to the body. Rafinan takes a step back to recover.
A good leg kick by Baptista.
Rafinan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Baptista throws a sloppy head kick and Rafinan moves out of range easily.
Rafinan throws a head kick but Baptista moves out of range.
Baptista pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rafinan has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Baptista.
Baptista lands with a kick to the ribs.
Baptista keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Baptista lands a nice looking kick to the body. Rafinan takes a step back to recover.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Baptista throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rafinan blocks a head kick by Baptista.
Rafinan takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Baptista plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
It looks like Joe Rafinan has been cut.
Rafinan misses the shot to the body.
Baptista lands a head kick!
Baptista throws a head kick that Rafinan semi-blocks.
Rafinan takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Rafinan is breathing heavily.
Baptista throws a push kick but Rafinan slaps the foot to one side.
Baptista thuds his shin into the meat of Rafinan's side.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Baptista scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Baptista.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Baptista, right into the meat.
Rafinan takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Baptista lands a head kick. Rafinan smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Baptista scores with a head kick.
Rafinan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Baptista circles away quickly and effectively.
Baptista lands a leg kick that knocks Rafinan off balance momentarily.
Baptista tries a head kick but it misses.
Rafinan avoids the head kick by Baptista.
Baptista scores with a head kick.
Rafinan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rafinan on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baptista takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Baptista plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Baptista lands a leg kick that knocks Rafinan off balance momentarily.
Baptista attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Rafinan connects with a nice looking jab.
Left hook, right uppercut from Rafinan.
Baptista plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Baptista tries a head kick but it misses.
Rafinan throws a series of punches but Baptista avoids them all with ease.
Baptista goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Rafinan takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Rafinan. Beautiful body shot.
Baptista slips a jab and a cross from Rafinan.
Baptista goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Baptista tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rafinan misses with a wild combination.
Baptista throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Rafinan throws a series of punches but Baptista avoids them all with ease.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Baptista lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Baptista ducks under a wild hook from Rafinan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rodrigo Baptista dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Joe Rafinan's cut.
That's time! Rafinan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Rafinan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Baptista tries a head kick but it misses.
A head kick misses from Rafinan.
Rafinan throws a body punch but Baptista moves out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Rafinan. Those never looked like landing.
Rafinan takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Rafinan throws a sloppy head kick and Baptista moves out of range easily.
Rafinan is looking to wear down Baptista with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Baptista throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Rafinan looks to score with a jab to the body but Baptista is just out of range.
A head kick misses from Baptista.
Rafinan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Baptista.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Baptista misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rafinan takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Baptista throws a nice head kick!
Baptista throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Baptista delivers a nice body kick.
Rafinan will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Rafinan avoids a kick to the body.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Rafinan might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Rafinan avoids the head kick by Baptista.
Rafinan lands a nice looking body shot.
Rafinan lands a body shot.
Rafinan takes a kick to the side of the head.
Baptista throws a sloppy head kick and Rafinan moves out of range easily.
Baptista avoids the head kick by Rafinan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baptista throws a lazy head kick
and Rafinan counters with a head kick.
Baptista misses with an attempted mid kick.
Baptista uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rafinan.
A head kick misses from Baptista.
Baptista looks for the body kick but Rafinan saw that one coming.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Baptista - that will leave a mark!
Sloppy strikes from Rafinan. Those never looked like landing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rafinan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A head kick misses from Baptista.
A head kick misses from Baptista.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baptista throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Nice jab there from Rafinan.
Baptista throws a head kick but Rafinan moves out of range.
Rafinan avoids the head kick by Baptista.
Rafinan lands with a cross.
Rafinan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Baptista lands a head kick. Rafinan smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Baptista tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rafinan avoids the head kick by Baptista.
Rafinan misses with a head kick.
Baptista scores with a kick to the midsection.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rafinan moves out of range of the body kick.
A jab from Rafinan misses.
Baptista misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rafinan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Baptista - that will leave a mark!
Rafinan cracks a nice hook into Baptista's ribs.
Baptista throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Rafinan's head.
Joe Rafinan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Baptista's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Rafinan connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Baptista scrambles back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rafinan looks to score with a jab to the body but Baptista is just out of range.
Rafinan avoids the head kick by Baptista.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rodrigo Baptista showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Joe Rafinan's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Rafinan checks a low kick from Baptista.
Rafinan blocks a head kick by Baptista.
Rafinan misses with a double jab.
A nice combination there by Rafinan.
No joy there for Rafinan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A solid body kick from Baptista.
Rafinan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Baptista moves away.
Baptista misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rafinan throws a sloppy head kick and Baptista moves out of range easily.
Rafinan has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Baptista.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Baptista lands a leg kick that knocks Rafinan off balance momentarily.
Baptista feints and then cracks Rafinan's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Rafinan down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters circling a little - Baptista finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Baptista explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Baptista bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Baptista misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rafinan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Baptista pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Baptista pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rafinan has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Rafinan scores with a three punch combo!
Baptista thows a body kick. Rafinan tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Baptista throws a body kick that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rafinan misses with a straight left.
Rafinan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rafinan 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.
Baptista has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Baptista there as he acknowledges the shot.
Rafinan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Baptista lands with a slapping head kick.
Rafinan throws out a loose jab but Baptista uses good head movement to avoid it.
A clash of legs there as Rafinan blocks the low kick.
Rafinan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Baptista.
Baptista throws a nice head kick!
Baptista pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rafinan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Baptista throws a head kick that misses.
Rafinan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Baptista tries a head kick but it misses.
Rodrigo Baptista seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Good leg kick by Baptista there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Joe Rafinan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rafinan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Baptista was well out of range. Poor timing from Rafinan.
Baptista blocks a jab.
Baptista goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Baptista throws a sloppy head kick and Rafinan moves out of range easily.
Baptista throws a head kick but Rafinan moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baptista throws a head kick but Rafinan moves out of range.
Baptista throws a quick inside leg kick.
Rafinan connects with a nice looking jab.
Rafinan avoids the head kick by Baptista.
Baptista misses with a head kick.
Rafinan throws a sloppy head kick and Baptista moves out of range easily.
Baptista keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Baptista throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Rafinan's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Baptista throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rafinan just misses with a punch to the body.
Rodrigo Baptista is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Rafinan throws a lazy head kick
and Baptista counters with an inside leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rodrigo Baptista comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Baptista 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 Edson Gomes scores the fight 27:30
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rodrigo Baptista!
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