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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Thug Life (ranked 2201 p4p, 253 weight class) and Bessarion Alexius (ranked 3431 p4p, 361 weight class). Life comes to the cage accompanied by For Heavy Metal we will die!. Alexius is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: A Country Boy Can Survive. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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178 lbs
15 - 7 - 0 |
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180 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Thug Life!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bessarion Alexius!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yuuki Gou and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Life dodges the punch combination from Alexius.
Alexius takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Life lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Alexius has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Alexius and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Life misses with a head kick.
No joy there for Alexius, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Alexius jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Life takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Life has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Heavy Metal in the buildup to the fight.
Alexius looks to throw the jab but Life is out of range.
Alexius avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Life does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Life with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Life scores with a leg kick.
Life is looking to clinch.
A swing and a miss from Alexius.
Life jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Alexius throws a series of punches but Life moves out of range.
Life throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Thug Life is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alexius cracks Life with a right hand to the side of the head.
Life misses the shot to the body.
Alexius throws a right and a left that Life avoids nicely.
Alexius with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Alexius misses with a wild combination.
Life staying out of range there.
Alexius keeps the fight on the outside.
Thug Life seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Life lands with a slapping head kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Life lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Alexius has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Alexius and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A low kick from Life is predictable there
and Alexius counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Life bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Alexius misses with a hook. Life ducked under it nicely.
Alexius swings widly with a right hand
and Life cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
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!
Alexius misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Life counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Alexius connects with a body shot that sends Life's belly button to the back.
Life throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Life takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alexius misses with a straight left.
Alexius throws a right and a left that both miss.
Life does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Life on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Life misses with a leg kick.
Alexius doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Alexius scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Life lands with a shot to the body.
Life misses with a leg kick.
Alexius misses the shot to the body.
Life looks to land a right hand but Alexius moved out of range.
Life scores with a hook to the body. Alexius takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Alexius misses with a straight left.
Alexius throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Alexius throws a big shot that misses.
Alexius lands a jab to Life's midsection.
Life throws a leg kick but Alexius sees it coming and moves out of range.
Life scores with a nice right hand.
Alexius scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Life walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Alexius checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Alexius ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Life moves away.
Alexius closes the distance and pushes Life back into the cage.
Alexius blocks an uppercut.
Alexius wants to break free but Life has control.
Alexius prevents a body shot from Life.
Life lands a left hand that snaps the head of Alexius backwards.
Alexius breaks from the clinch.
Life scores with a decent looking hook.
Life thows a leg kick but Alexius checks it
letting Alexius counter with a right hand.
Alexius scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Life comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Alexius ducks right into an uppercut from Life.
A jab from Life misses.
Alexius throws a sloppy head kick and Life moves out of range easily.
It looked like Life was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Life attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Nice uppercut lands for Life. That snapped Alexius's head back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Life, right into the meat.
Life fails with an attempt to clinch.
Life throws a head kick that misses.
Alexius wants to counter the offense by Life and move into the clinch position.
Life walks into a straight right hand from Alexius.
Life misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Life connects with a body shot that sends Alexius's belly button to the back.
Alexius tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Life manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Life seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Alexius closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Life rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Alexius moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Life turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Life paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Life checks a leg kick.
Life throws an overhand right that lands on Alexius's shoulder, as Alexius tries to avoid the shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Life goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Life misses with a head kick.
Alexius lands with a nice body kick.
Alexius fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Life manages to avoid it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Alexius.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Bessarion Alexius will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Life dodges the punch combination from Alexius.
Alexius darts in and clinches Life up against the cage.
Alexius has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Alexius is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Life pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Life misses with the head strike.
Life lands a right hand that snaps the head of Alexius backwards.
Life working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Life lands a right hand.
Alexius manages to break the clinch.
Alexius misses the jab.
Life swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Alexius decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Life's guard.
Life is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Life wants to control the position but Alexius says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Life is looking for a sweep. Alexius is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Alexius stands up from half guard.
Life showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Alexius.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Life catches Alexius with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Life looks to land a left hand but Alexius moved out of range nicely.
Alexius throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Life.
Alexius throws a jab when Life was well out of range.
Alexius looks to throw the jab but Life is out of range.
Life ducks under a wild hook from Alexius.
Alexius takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Alexius needs to keep his hands up - Life had a free shot at his head there.
Alexius gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Alexius avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Bessarion Alexius is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Life throws a sloppy head kick
and Alexius counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Alexius rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Life moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Life throws a head kick that misses.
Life misses with a head kick.
Alexius misses the shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Life tries to land a leg kick but Alexius saw it coming and moves away.
A low kick from Alexius misses
and Life counters with a left and a right that stings Alexius.
Crunch! Alexius slams his shin into Life's torso.
Nice shot lands for Alexius.
Life stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Alexius.
Life throws a head kick that misses.
Alexius moves out of range of the body kick.
Life scores with a punch to the head.
Life is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Alexius keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Life throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Alexius throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
A head kick misses from Life.
Life fails with an attempt to clinch.
Alexius uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Alexius scores with a decent looking hook.
Life keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Alexius throws out a powerful jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Life throws a sloppy head kick and Alexius moves out of range easily.
A big right from Life misses.
Alexius has managed to clinch.
Life misses with a hook from the clinch.
Alexius looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Life throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Alexiuss head.
Alexius has had enough of the clinch but Life keeps him there for the moment.
Life lands a shoulder strike.
Alexius is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Alexius escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Life connects with an inside leg kick.
Life misses the shot to the body.
Alexius throws a body punch but Life moves out of range.
Alexius misses with a straight right.
Life misses with a head kick.
Alexius looks to land a right hand but Life moved out of range.
Life wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Alexius slips under a jab from Life.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Bessarion Alexius will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Alexius works the jab nicely.
Alexius misses the shot to the body.
Alexius fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Alexius has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Life.
Life fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Life tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Alexius was well out of range. Poor timing from Life.
Alexius throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Life throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Life tries a low kick but Alexius avoids it.
Life lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Life swats away the attempt to clinch by Alexius.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Life throws a body punch but Alexius moves out of range.
Life feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Alexiuss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Life takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Life delivers a nice body kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Alexius misses with a low kick.
Life half committed to a counter leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Life tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Alexius throws a leg kick but Life moved away.
Alexius lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Life at a distance.
Life throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Alexius gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Alexius misses with a right hand
and Life counters with an inside leg kick.
Life throws a front kick aimed at Alexius's knee but Alexius avoids it well.
Alexius misses with a series of wild punches.
Life throws a body shot but no joy.
Alexius throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Life sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Alexius's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Alexius blocks a low kick nicely.
Life looks to land a body kick but Alexius moved away.
Life connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Alexius momentarily.
Alexius shoots in for a takedown but Life shows good takedown defense.
Life takes a swing at Alexius's ribcage but misses.
Thug Life has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alexius takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Life misses with a body kick.
A head kick from Life lands but Alexius takes it in his stride.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Life tries to keep at a distance but Alexius has taken the fight into the clinch.
Life misses with the head strike.
Alexius drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Life gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Alexius has Life pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Life manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Thug Life has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bessarion Alexius.
Life misses with a body punch.
Life lands with a left to the head.
Life misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Life scores with a shot to the side of Alexius's head.
Alexius is looking for a takedown.
Thug Life has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Alexius manages to break the clinch.
Alexius with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Alexius swinging wildly here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Life throws a head kick that misses.
Life stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Alexius swinging wildly here.
Life misses with a body kick.
Life lands with an overhand left.
Alexius misses with a wild combination.
And Life counters with a quick kick to the body but Alexius blocks it.
Life stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Life throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Alexius let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Life takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Life scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
An inside leg kick lands from Alexius.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alexius bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Life throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice shot by Life.
Alexius shoots in for a takedown but Life shows good takedown defense.
Bessarion Alexius is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Alexius.
Alexius throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Life fires out a quick counter leg kick but Alexius just manages to avoid it.
Alexius takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Alexius fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Life looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Alexius on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Alexius has Life up against the cage in a clinch.
Life struggles to land a body shot inside as Alexius controls his hands.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Life swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Life tries to work over Alexius's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
And that's the end of the fight!
Thug Life showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Alexius has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:29
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Thug Life!
Thug Life decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
The defeated Bessarion Alexius had this to say: 'Oh moth*****r, not again!'.
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