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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Robledo Puch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Chandler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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155 lbs
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159 lbs
23 - 10 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 8 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Robledo Puch!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Marcus Chandler!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Igor Prikhodko and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Puch bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Puch moves away from the strike by Chandler.
We've been hearing reports that Puch has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Chandler moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Chandler looks to land a right hand but Puch moved out of range.
Chandler tries to close the distance and clinch but Puch swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Chandler has managed to clinch.
Chandler tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Puch has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Chandler avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Chandler throws a punch but it's blocked by Puch.
Chandler tries to throw a body punch but Puch avoids it by throwing Chandler back against the cage.
Puch blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Puch has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Chandler avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chandler misses with some punches.
We've been informed that Chandler has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Chandler misses with a hook to the ribs.
Chandler is working Puch over against the cage.
Chandler tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Puch lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Puch sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Chandler defending well though.
Puch not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Puch throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Chandler is trying to maintain the position but Puch is very close to passing his half guard.
Puch looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Chandler with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Puch is nestled in close to Chandler, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Chandler is defending against the submission attempts here by Puch.
Puch lands with a punch from half guard.
Puch sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Chandler defending well though.
Chandler blocking the ground and pound attempt from Puch.
Chandler is positioning himself well to prevent Puch advancing to mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Puch looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Puch is thwarting Chandler's attempts to control the position.
Puch throwing shots but Chandler is blocking nicely.
Chandler is controlling Puch's trapped leg to prevent Puch from advancing to side control.
Chandler tries to roll over but Puch keeps him under control.
Chandler avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Puch.
Puch scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Puch landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Puch thows a huge punch but Chandler dodges it nicely.
Puch looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Chandler is trying is best to control the position here.
Puch trying to control the action but Chandler is working from the bottom.
Chandler blocking the ground and pound attempt from Puch.
Puch working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Chandler is looking for a sweep. Puch is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Puch wants to work for an arm triangle but Chandler is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Puch connects with a nice short shot to Chandler's temple.
Chandler is trying is best to control the position here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chandler trying to control here.
Puch thows a huge punch but Chandler dodges it nicely.
Chandler preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Puch is thwarting Chandler's attempts to control the position.
Chandler is controlling Puch's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Puch has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Puch is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Chandler defends it well.
Chandler moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Robledo Puch dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Chandler throws a jab when Puch was well out of range.
A swing and a miss from Puch.
Puch misses with a hook.
Chandler misses with a wild body shot.
Puch is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Chandler can do to turn this around?
Puch throws a hook but Chandler blocks it.
Puch takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Puch needs to keep his hands up - Chandler had a free shot at his head there.
Chandler scores with a nice right hand.
Chandler fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Chandler tries to score with a low kick but Puch moves his leg out of the way.
Chandler bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Puch's head backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chandler is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Chandler paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Chandler throws an overhand right that lands on Puch's shoulder, as Puch tries to avoid the shot.
Puch misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Puch takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Chandler tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Puch paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Chandler sizes up Puch with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Chandler has managed to clinch.
Chandler working aggressively here.
A short right from Chandler.
Chandler throws a punch but it's blocked by Puch.
Chandler can't find room to land a body shot as Puch controls the action.
Chandler throws a head punch that misses.
Come on Puch - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Chandler lands a left hand.
Puch has Chandler pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Chandler manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Chandler struggles to land a body shot inside as Puch controls his hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Puch tries to score a body lock takedown but Chandler shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Robledo Puch. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A shot in the inside from Chandler.
Chandler misses with a short punch on the inside.
Chandler can't find room to land a body shot as Puch controls the action.
Chandler lands a body punch in the clinch.
Puch wants a takedown but no success here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Puch blocking some punches.
Chandler misses with the head strike.
Chandler working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Chandler as Puch tries to tie him up.
Chandler throws a punch but it's blocked by Puch.
Chandler misses with a short punch on the inside.
Chandler misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Puch.
Chandler throws a punch but it's blocked by Puch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chandler is leaning against Puch and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Chandler has a couple of punches blocked by Puch.
Puch goes for a takedown attempt but Chandler pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Puch slips a jab from Chandler.
Chandler's corner calls for a 1-2. Chandler obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Puch sizes up Chandler with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Puch moves out of range of the body kick from Chandler.
Chandler throws a body shot but no joy.
Chandler ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Chandler flicks out a counter leg kick but Puch steps away.
Chandler moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Puch steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Chandler.
Chandler swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Puch attempts a counter takedown but Chandler avoids it well and moves away.
Chandler moves into range and connects with a jab.
Chandler clinches up with Puch and pushes him back against the cage.
Chandler swings wildly with an uppercut but Puch uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chandler lands with a left to the head.
Puch works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chandler trying to control the position.
Chandler wants to sweep but no luck.
Puch chips away with some ground and pound.
Chandler pulls Puch in close to prevent any damage.
Chandler preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Puch is in close to Chandler's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Puch makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Chandler pulls Puch in to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcus Chandler showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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.
Puch gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Chandler.
Chandler cracks Puch with an open hand slap.
Chandler connects with a leg kick. Puch looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Chandler is looking to clinch.
Puch swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Puch throws a poor cross that misses
and Chandler counters with a stiff right hand.
A swing and a miss from Puch.
Chandler punishes Puch's body with a nice straight punch.
Marcus Chandler seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Chandler moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Puch gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Chandler.
Puch pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Chandler tries to counter by closing the distance.
Chandler lands a leg kick that knocks Puch off balance momentarily.
Chandler displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Puch.
Chandler appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Puch looks to throw the jab but Chandler is out of range.
Chandler misses with a looping left.
Chandler lands a nice looking body shot.
A jab from Chandler misses.
Puch ducks under a wild hook from Chandler.
Chandler tries to land a body kick
and Puch counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Puch is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Chandler fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Puch fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Chandler feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Puch's calf.
Chandler slips a straight right by Puch.
Chandler steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Puch.
Chandler misses with an uppercut
enabling Puch to counter with a crisp jab.
Puch dives in and grabs Chandler's left leg, looking for a takedown. Chandler pushes down on Puch's head and hops out.
A jab lands there for Chandler.
Puch blocks a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chandler lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Chandler feints and then cracks Puch's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Puch down.
Chandler tries to clinch but Puch moves out of range.
Chandler scores with a nice head shot.
Chandler misses with an uppercut. Puch saw that one coming.
Puch checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Puch attempts a counter takedown but Chandler avoids it well and moves away.
Puch throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Chandler connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The fight stays on the outside here - Chandler looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Puch takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Puch slips a straight right by Chandler.
Puch has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Puch there as he acknowledges the shot.
Puch takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Puch on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Chandler connects with a looping right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chandler wants to clinch up but Puch keeps it at a distance.
Puch drops down looking for a counter takedown but Chandler sprawls and moves away.
Puch misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Chandler.
Puch checks a leg kick.
Puch misses with an uppercut. Chandler saw that one coming.
Chandler connects with a single shot there.
Puch misses with a body shot.
Chandler instigates a clinch.
Chandler swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Puch pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Marcus Chandler seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chandler avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Chandler misses with a body kick.
Chandler moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Puch checks a leg kick nicely.
Chandler misses with a wild body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Puch lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Puch with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Chandler to score with a decent uppercut.
Chandler misses with a low kick.
Chandler rushes Puch and presses him up against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Puch taking a breather.
Chandler working aggressively here.
A short uppercut from Chandler.
Puch drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Chandler gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Robledo Puch. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Chandler throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Puchs head.
Marcus Chandler seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Chandler tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A right handed body shot lands from Puch.
Puch wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcus Chandler really dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Puch takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Puch throws a nice looking combination but Chandler bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Chandler loads up on a big right hand but Puch slips the punch.
Chandler scores with a jab to the head.
Puch scores with a hook to the body. Chandler takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Chandler tests Puch's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Chandler wants to clinch up but Puch keeps it at a distance.
Puch misses with a looping right.
Puch will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Chandler wants to counter with a clinch but Puch pushes him away.
Chandler tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Puch manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Puch attempts a counter takedown but Chandler avoids it well and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chandler misses the jab.
Puch takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Chandler tries to clinch but Puch moves out of range.
Puch throws a lazy right hand but Chandler sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Puch misses.
Chandler tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Puch was well out of range. Poor timing from Chandler.
Puch appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Chandler staying out of range there.
Chandler looks to throw the jab but Puch is out of range.
Puch feinted with a counter takedown.
Puch gets a takedown into half guard.
Puch is working for a kimura but Chandler is defending it quite comfortably.
Chandler wants to control but Puch is keeping busy.
Chandler is looking for a sweep. Puch is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chandler tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Puch has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Puch lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Chandler hang on?
Chandler keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Chandler gets back to half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Puch lands a nice short elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chandler works his way to full guard. Good work.
Puch landing some decent shots from guard.
Chandler working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Puch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puch throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Chandler works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Puch looking to sit in guard and control but Chandler gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Chandler controls from within his opponent's guard.
Puch escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Chandler gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Chandler wants to control from the top but Puch keeps moving.
Chandler is posturing up here but Puch has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Chandler tries to roll out but it's too tight and Chandler has to tap! Slick submission there by Puch!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 4, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Robledo Puch!
Robledo Puch is the new lightweight champion!
Robledo Puch made sure to mention his sponsor, Machiavelli Boutique in his post fight interview.
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energy
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hype
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