The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Andrews cracks Aranha with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business. Aranha darts in and clinches Andrews up against the cage. Aranha prevents a body shot from Andrews. Andrews works on Aranha's body with a couple of short punches. Andrews has a couple of punches blocked by Aranha.
Andrews misses with the head strike.
Andrews has a couple of punches blocked by Aranha.
A nice left hand lands by Andrews.
Andrews lands with a left to the head. Andrews swings wildly with an uppercut but Aranha uses good head movement to avoid it. Andrews lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. Aranha manages to break the clinch.
Aranha dives in for a single leg takedown but Andrews sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage. Aranha slips a jab from Andrews. Andrews ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Aranha moves away. This has been an exciting period of action! Andrews misses with a hook
and Aranha counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters. Andrews stuffs the takedown. Aranha shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it. Cliff Andrews has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Osvaldo Aranha. That's one minute gone in the round. Aranha shoots in but Andrews avoids the takedown attempt easily. Andrews tests Aranha's chin there with a solid looking shot. It looks like Osvaldo Aranha has been cut. Cliff Andrews seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Andrews cracks a nice hook into Aranha's ribs. Aranha misses with a two punch combination.
Aranha looks winded! Andrews lands a big right hand that sends Aranha crashing to the mat! Andrews stays standing though and waves Aranha back to his feet! Aranha is rocked! Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Are you kidding me?! Andrews ducked down and unloaded an uppercut from hell that sent Aranha clean off his feet! Someone make me a GIF - that's knockout of the night for sure!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Cliff Andrews!
