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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gabriel Torje (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Richards (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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185 lbs
6 - 3 - 0 |
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184 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gabriel Torje!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mike Richards!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Richards takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Richards looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Richards takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Oooh a lovely combination from Torje sends Richards down but not out. Torje dives into side control looking to finish.
It looks like Mike Richards has been cut.
Torje moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Richards gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Torje jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Richards manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Torje working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Torje is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Richards will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Richards stops Torje from passing to mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Richards is trying to get back to half guard.
Richards is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Torje in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Torje stands up and beckons Richards to his feet.
Torje catches Richards with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torje throws a left that rocks Richards and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! Torje dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Richards regain composure!
Richards is rocked!
That has opened up Mike Richards's cut even more.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Torje working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Richards is still in real trouble! Can Torje finish him?
Richards tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Torje wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Richards seems to have recovered his senses.
Torje wants to lay and pray for a moment but Richards keeps working.
Torje controlling the position from side mount.
Richards stops Torje from passing to mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torje is looking to take a break and control but Richards is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Torje working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Richards tries to buck Torje off but Torje is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Torje is staying tight to Richards's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Richards is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Torje has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Torje controls the position from side control.
Richards is looking for a sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Richards is not content to let Torje control the position.
Torje slows the pace down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gabriel Torje dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mike Richards's cut.
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.
Richards tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A decent looking cross lands there for Torje.
Torje has Richards up against the cage in a clinch.
Torje stalling.
Torje lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The cut above Mike Richards's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Torje throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Richardss head.
Torje with a knee to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Torje creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Torje lands a knee to the head.
Mike Richards's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Torje with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Torje lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Richards goes for a takedown attempt but Torje pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
A head kick misses from Torje.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Torje scores with the left hand. Richards knows he should have avoided that one.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Mike Richards's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Gabriel Torje!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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