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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ron Damon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lyon Okiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Damon comes to the cage accompanied by Dies Irae. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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222 lbs
21 - 13 - 0 |
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200 cm
32
219 lbs
20 - 15 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ron Damon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lyon Okiro!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Luis Engracia and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Damon throws a poor cross that misses
and Okiro counters by moving into the clinch.
Damon misses with a hook from the clinch.
Damon can't find room to land a body shot as Okiro controls the action.
Okiro fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Okiro.
A right hook to the body lands for Okiro.
Damon wants to stall.
Damon effectively controlling the action here.
Still in the clinch, Okiro scores with a nice short uppercut.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Damon breaks the clinch.
Okiro misses with a looping right.
A shot to the liver by Okiro. Beautiful body shot.
Damon throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Damon keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Damon takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Damon looks to score with a jab to the body but Okiro is just out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Damon throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Damon fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A shot to the liver by Damon. Beautiful body shot.
A punch lands to the side of Damon 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Okiro doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Okiro moves into the clinch.
Okiro goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The referee is keeping an eye on Damon - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Damon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Damon fails to land.
Damon breaks from the clinch.
Okiro takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Decent striking displayed by Damon there.
Damon moves out of range as Okiro strikes.
Okiro moves out of range of the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Okiro wants to clinch.
Damon gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Okiro wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Okiro is trying to break free.
Damon effectively controlling the action here.
Damon blocks an uppercut.
Damon working hard to break the clinch.
Damon tries to circle away but Okiro has him pinned against the cage.
Okiro lands with a short shot to the head.
Damon content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Damon seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Okiro.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Okiro.
Damon is looking to break free of the clinch but Okiro has double underhooks.
Okiro keeps control of Damon as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Okiro blocks an uppercut.
Okiro swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Okiro is trying to push Damon away but Damon has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Damon trying to control the position but instead, Okiro has worked for underhooks and has pushed Damon into the cage.
Okiro is looking to break free of the clinch but Damon has double underhooks.
Okiro works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Good body shot from Okiro.
Damon is breathing heavily.
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!
Okiro lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Damon backwards.
Okiro throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Damons head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Okiro.
Okiro scores with a shoulder strike.
Okiro escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Okiro tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Damon paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Damon throws a series of punches but Okiro moves out of range.
Damon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Okiro manages to avoid it.
Damon takes one to the side of the head.
Damon misses with an attempted mid kick.
Damon is looking to score with low kicks.
Damon throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Damon uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Okiro has time to react.
Damon avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Damon misses with a looping right.
Okiro throws a head kick but Damon moves out of range.
Okiro misses with an attempted mid kick.
Damon ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lyon Okiro dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Damon misses with an uppercut.
Okiro instigates a clinch.
Okiro controlling the action here for a moment.
Okiro lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Okiro's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Okiro doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A right hook to the body lands for Okiro.
Okiro tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Damon's elbow.
Damon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Damon 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.
Okiro waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Damon.
Damon steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Okiro. That one must have hurt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Okiro tries to close the distance and clinch up but Damon swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Okiro scores with a one two! Damon had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Damon takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Damon misses with a looping left.
Okiro tries to clinch up.
Damon throws a head kick but Okiro moves out of range.
Okiro has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Okiro throws a right and a left that Damon avoids nicely.
Okiro lands a nice shot that snaps Damon's head back.
Damon rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Okiro moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Okiro pushes Damon away with a front kick.
Damon thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sloppy strikes from Okiro. Those never looked like landing.
Ron Damon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Damon throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Okiro moves in looking to clinch but Damon pushes him off.
Damon throws a big shot that misses.
Okiro cracks a nice hook into Damon's ribs.
Damon bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Okiro connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Okiro lands with a slapping head kick.
Okiro pushes Damon up against the cage in a clinch.
Damon lands a body shot in the clinch.
Okiro breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Okiro misses with a jab, cross combination.
A cross from Damon lands.
Okiro steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Damon.
Okiro connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Lyon Okiro is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Damon is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Okiro.
Okiro wants to clinch
letting Damon counter with a right hand.
Okiro moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Damon loads up on a big right hand but Okiro slips the punch.
Okiro displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Lyon Okiro seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damon misses with a body shot.
Okiro displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Damon throws out the jab.
Okiro takes a swing at Damon's ribcage but misses.
Okiro checks the leg kick nicely there.
Okiro connects with a good right hand that stumbles Damon. Damon circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Damon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A big left from Damon misses.
Damon moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Damon swinging wildly here.
Damon throws a body punch but Okiro moves out of range.
Okiro tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Damon paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Okiro loads up on a big right hand but Damon slips the punch.
Damon keeps the fight on the outside.
Damon throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Okiro moves into the clinch.
Damon is trying to maintain a safe position but Okiro gets an underhook and turns Damon into the cage.
Okiro swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Okiro manages to break the clinch.
Damon misses with a wild body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Damon walks into a stiff left hand from Okiro.
Okiro tries to clinch there but Damon circles away.
Okiro lands a glancing blow to the side of Damon's head.
Damon swats away the attempt to clinch by Okiro.
Damon tries to work over Okiro's front leg with a kick but Okiro checks it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Okiro misses with a jab, cross combination.
Okiro throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Okiro dodges the punch combination from Damon.
Okiro throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lyon Okiro showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. 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.
Okiro explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Okiro wants to clinch.
Okiro throws a hook but Damon avoids it easily.
Damon misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Okiro.
Damon throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Okiro counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Okiro wants to clinch up but Damon keeps it at a distance.
Damon fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Okiro is out of range.
Damon throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Okiro to counter with a crisp jab.
Okiro doesn't manage to clinch there - Damon circles away.
Damon steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Okiro. That one must have hurt.
Okiro fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Damon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Okiro was well out of range. Poor timing from Damon.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Okiro lands a right hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Damon drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Okiro scores with a body shot.
Damon rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Okiro counters with a nice uppercut.
Okiro tries to clinch up.
Damon misses with a leg kick.
Damon takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Okiro looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Damon will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Okiro throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Damon on the side of the head.
Okiro fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Damon takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Okiro tries to close the distance and clinch but Damon swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Okiro has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Okiro ducks under a wild hook from Damon.
Okiro fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Damon manages to avoid it.
Nice body kick there by Okiro.
Okiro smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Damon takes a kick to the side of the head.
Okiro is looking to clinch.
Okiro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Damon moves away.
Damon throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Okiro.
Damon darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Okiro with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Lyon Okiro is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Okiro ducks under a wild hook from Damon.
Okiro getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Damon swats away the attempt to clinch by Okiro.
Okiro defending well as Damon loads up on a big left hand.
A left and a right from Okiro both land. Nice combination.
Okiro lands with a nice body punch.
Ron Damon has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Okiro tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Damon throws a sloppy head kick
and Okiro counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Okiro wants to clinch.
Okiro tries to clinch up but Damon circles away and keeps his distance.
Okiro blocks a low kick nicely.
Damon misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Okiro.
Okiro tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Damon manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Okiro has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Damon finds it's way round the side to connect with Okiro's head.
Okiro closes the distance and clinches.
Okiro effectively controlling the action here.
Okiro lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Okiro misses with a short punch on the inside.
Damon is trying to stall.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Okiro creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Okiro lands a left hand that snaps the head of Damon backwards.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Okiro breaks from the clinch.
Damon throws a leg kick but Okiro moved away.
A solid leg kick lands there for Okiro.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Okiro swings for the body but Damon moves out of range.
Okiro fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Damon has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Okiro tries to clinch up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Okiro closes the distance and clinches.
Okiro pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Damon avoids a punch combination nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
Lyon Okiro comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Okiro 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 27:30
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lyon Okiro!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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