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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Muay Thai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Merk Roop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thai comes to the ring accompanied by The Art of 8 Limbs. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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168 lbs
4 - 4 - 0 |
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166 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
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Good wrestler
Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Muay Thai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Merk Roop!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Micheangelo Fripello and Josh West.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roop misses with an uppercut. Thai saw that one coming.
Thai defending well as Roop loads up on a big left hand.
Roop takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Thai slips a jab from Roop.
Roop cracks Thai with an open hand slap.
Roop looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Roop manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Thai on his heels. He'll look to pass Thai's guard now, I'm sure.
Roop stays in close to Thai's body and controls the position.
Thai keeping moving, preventing Roop from controlling successfully.
Roop throws a big right hand that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roop throwing strikes from guard but Thai blocks nicely.
Thai avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Roop is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Roop pushing down on Thai's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Roop not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Thai avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Roop.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roop thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Thai's head.
Roop landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Roop in particular looking to stall.
Thai avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Roop.
Roop is controlling the pace.
Roop landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roop landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Roop is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Roop slips a nice elbow through Thai's hands, connecting with Thai's forehead.
Roop throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Roop content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Roop moves into full mount! Thai won't be happy about that!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roop lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Roop looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Roop takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Roop with a couple of short strikes.
Thai knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Roop on the ground.
Thai is bucking up trying to escape but Roop cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Thai is rocked!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Roop trying to control but Thai is having none of it.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Roop looking to finish Thai with some ground and pound. This is bad for Thai!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Merk Roop dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Roop cracks Thai with a hook to the temple - Thai is on wobbly legs here! Roop swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Thai falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Roop wins by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Merk Roop!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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