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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Raoh King Of Fists (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rudy Rhod (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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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156 lbs
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160 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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Excellent MT
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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
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Raoh King Of Fists !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Rudy Rhod!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, George Francis and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rhod swinging wildly here.
King Of Fists thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rhod slips under a jab.
Rhod waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract King Of Fists .
King Of Fists scores with a shot to the body.
King Of Fists slips under a jab from Rhod.
King Of Fists blocks a jab.
A head kick misses from King Of Fists .
King Of Fists slips under a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
King Of Fists avoids the body shot from Rhod.
King Of Fists avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rhod misses with a left hand
and King Of Fists counters with a stiff right hand.
King Of Fists throws a hook to the side of Rhod's head but Rhod sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
King Of Fists avoids the body shot from Rhod.
King Of Fists appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rhod throws a right hand that misses
and King Of Fists counters with a lovely straight right hand!
King Of Fists walks into a stiff left hand from Rhod.
Rhod throws an off balance right hand
and King Of Fists counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rhod misses with a hook to the body
and King Of Fists counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
King Of Fists misses the shot to the body.
King Of Fists throws a one two combo.
Rhod cracks King Of Fists with a right hand to the side of the head.
Rhod takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rhod just misses with a punch to the body.
King Of Fists swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
King Of Fists misses with a lunging right hand
and Rhod counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
King Of Fists throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rhod.
King Of Fists lands with a hook. Rhod tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Rhod misses with a lunging right hand
and King Of Fists counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rhod misses with a right hand
and King Of Fists counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rhod misses with a looping left.
Rhod closes the distance but King Of Fists moves to the side
and King Of Fists counters with a nice body shot.
Rhod takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
King Of Fists uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rhod.
Rhod misses with a wild body shot.
Rhod throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
King Of Fists rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Rhod connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
King Of Fists avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rhod connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
King Of Fists walks into a straight right hand from Rhod.
King Of Fists scores with a decent looking hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rhod throws a hook to the side of King Of Fists 's head but King Of Fists sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rhod paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
King Of Fists blocks a jab.
King Of Fists lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Rhod swings away with a body shot that misses
and King Of Fists cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
King Of Fists moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Rhod jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rhod punishes King Of Fists 's body with a nice straight punch.
Rhod connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Rhod connects with a right hand. King Of Fists shakes it off.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
King Of Fists scores with a nice head shot.
Rhod takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Rhod lands with a nice body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from King Of Fists .
Rhod throws an uppercut from half a mile away. King Of Fists sees it coming and avoids it easily.
King Of Fists misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
King Of Fists avoids the body shot from Rhod.
Rhod misses with a body shot.
King Of Fists throws a right hand that Rhod ducks under and follows up with a left that Rhod also avoids with ease.
Rhod throws out a loose jab but King Of Fists uses good head movement to avoid it.
King Of Fists is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Rhod throws a shot from downtown. King Of Fists moves away and avoids it.
King Of Fists keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Rhod is looking to clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Decent striking displayed by King Of Fists there.
King Of Fists scores with a decent looking hook.
King Of Fists slips under a jab.
King Of Fists is looking to counter punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Raoh King Of Fists dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Rhod connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Rhod misses with a straight right.
Rhod tries to clinch up but King Of Fists circles away and keeps his distance.
King Of Fists swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Rhod in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Rhod rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and King Of Fists counters with a stiff right hand.
Raoh King Of Fists is winning the standup battle so far.
Nice uppercut lands for King Of Fists . That snapped Rhod's head back.
Rhod throws an ugly left hook that misses
and King Of Fists counters with a nice uppercut.
King Of Fists throws a hook to the side of Rhod's head but Rhod sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
King Of Fists missing with a left hand there. Rhod was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rhod uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before King Of Fists has time to react.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
King Of Fists uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rhod.
Rhod looks to land a right hand but King Of Fists moved out of range.
King Of Fists walks into a stiff left hand from Rhod.
Rhod looks to land a right hand but King Of Fists moved out of range.
King Of Fists is looking to counter punch.
King Of Fists lands with a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rhod moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Rhod tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but King Of Fists was well out of range. Poor timing from Rhod.
King Of Fists seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Rhod moves out of range of the strikes.
King Of Fists thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rhod throws an uppercut from half a mile away. King Of Fists sees it coming and avoids it easily.
King Of Fists scores with a hook to the body. Rhod takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Rhod misses with a right hand
and King Of Fists counters with a nice uppercut.
King Of Fists throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rhod sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rhod lands with a nice body punch.
Rhod has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Rhod throws a hook but King Of Fists blocks it.
Nice body punch from Rhod.
Rhod closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Rhod looks to throw the jab but King Of Fists is out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
King Of Fists moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rhod throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rhod misses with a straight right.
King Of Fists slips under a jab from Rhod.
King Of Fists jabs at Rhod's body.
Rhod throws a big shot that misses.
Rhod misses with a straight left.
Rhod throws out a loose jab but King Of Fists uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rhod slips a jab from King Of Fists .
Rhod looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
King Of Fists ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
King Of Fists seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Rudy Rhod seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rhod cracks King Of Fists with an open hand slap.
King Of Fists swinging wildly here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
King Of Fists ducks right into an uppercut from Rhod.
King Of Fists ducks under a wild hook from Rhod.
Decent striking displayed by King Of Fists there.
Rhod looks to score with a jab to the body but King Of Fists is just out of range.
King Of Fists is looking to counter punch.
Rhod ducks under a wild hook from King Of Fists .
Rhod just misses with a punch to the body.
Rhod misses with a hook to the body
and King Of Fists counters with a nice uppercut.
Rhod tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but King Of Fists was well out of range. Poor timing from Rhod.
Rhod has closed the distance and engaged King Of Fists in a clinch.
King Of Fists 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
King Of Fists looks to score with a jab to the body but Rhod is just out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
King Of Fists slips under a jab.
King Of Fists lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Rhod uses good head movement to avoid the hook from King Of Fists .
King Of Fists closes the distance and lands a one-two.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rhod misses with a right hand
and King Of Fists counters with a two punch combo.
Rhod walks into a left hand.
King Of Fists keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rhod.
Rhod moves forwards but King Of Fists connects with a nice, crisp jab.
King Of Fists moves out of range of the strikes.
Rhod throws a shot from downtown. King Of Fists moves away and avoids it.
Rhod looks to score with a jab to the body but King Of Fists is just out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by King Of Fists .
Rhod throws an overhand right that lands on King Of Fists 's shoulder, as King Of Fists tries to avoid the shot.
It looked like King Of Fists wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Raoh King Of Fists dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Rhod moves out of range as King Of Fists strikes.
King Of Fists throws a shot from downtown. Rhod moves away and avoids it.
Rhod connects with a crisp jab.
King Of Fists throws a lazy right hand but Rhod sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rhod swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
The fighters circling - King Of Fists throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rhod looks like he wants to counter punch here.
King Of Fists uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rhod.
King Of Fists is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rhod can do to turn this around?
A left lands for Rhod.
Rhod's jab looks to have found its range, popping King Of Fists under the eye.
Nice uppercut there from King Of Fists .
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rhod loads up on a big right hand but King Of Fists slips the punch.
Rhod ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rhod looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
King Of Fists throws a jab when Rhod was well out of range.
Rhod misses with a jab to the body
letting King Of Fists counter with a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rhod throws a lazy uppercut
and King Of Fists counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rhod lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Rhod throws a hook but King Of Fists avoids it easily.
King Of Fists blocks a jab.
King Of Fists throwing a counter right hand but Rhod manages to avoid it.
Rhod misses with a right hand
and King Of Fists counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Rhod looks to land a right hand but King Of Fists moved out of range.
King Of Fists uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rhod.
King Of Fists swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Rhod thows a left - swing and a miss!
King Of Fists ducks under a wild hook from Rhod.
King Of Fists uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rhod.
King Of Fists throws a shot from downtown. Rhod moves away and avoids it.
It seemed like Rhod was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Rhod slips a jab from King Of Fists .
King Of Fists clobbers Rhod with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
King Of Fists avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice cross by King Of Fists .
King Of Fists scores with a nice right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rhod lands a glancing blow to the side of King Of Fists 's head.
Rhod pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rhod throws a jab when King Of Fists was well out of range.
King Of Fists connects with a looping right hand.
Rhod keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Rhod misses with a hook. King Of Fists ducked under it nicely.
King Of Fists steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rhod.
Rhod takes a shot to the body in his stride.
King Of Fists misses with an uppercut. Rhod saw that one coming.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Rhod - just one landing.
Rhod loads up on a big right hand but King Of Fists slips the punch.
Rhod misses the jab.
King Of Fists throws a shot from downtown. Rhod moves away and avoids it.
King Of Fists waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rhod.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Rhod! But no joy.
Rhod rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and King Of Fists connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A shot to the body from Rhod misses
and King Of Fists counters with a lovely straight right hand!
King Of Fists throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rhod now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Rhod swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rhod bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps King Of Fists 's head backwards.
Rhod avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rhod throws a lazy right hand but King Of Fists sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rhod has closed the distance and engaged King Of Fists in a clinch.
Rudy Rhod has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rhod breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rhod looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A combination from King Of Fists does no damage.
Rhod looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
King Of Fists slips under a jab from Rhod.
Rhod misses with a jab to the body
and King Of Fists counters with a nice uppercut.
Rhod loads up on a big right hand but King Of Fists slips the punch.
Rhod misses with a lunging right hand
letting King Of Fists counter with a right hand.
Rhod with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling King Of Fists to score with a decent uppercut.
Rhod slips under a jab from King Of Fists .
Rhod with a body punch. A glancing blow.
King Of Fists throws a right hand that misses
and Rhod counters with a right hand to the body.
Raoh King Of Fists is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The fighters circling - Rhod throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Raoh King Of Fists .
Well I reckon that's a shut out for King Of Fists , winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Raoh King Of Fists !
Raoh King Of Fists took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, King of Fists for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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