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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ousmane Cisse (ranked 1331 p4p, 1567 weight class) and Drax Bautista (ranked 200 p4p, 235 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 14 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ousmane Cisse!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Drax Bautista!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shigeki Fujiwara and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cisse looks to throw the jab but Bautista is out of range.
Cisse lands a nice shot to the body.
Bautista takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Cisse looks to score with a jab to the body but Bautista is just out of range.
Cisse misses with a straight right.
Bautista swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Bautista staying out of range there.
Cisse cracks Bautista with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Cisse lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Cisse throws a hook to the side of Bautista's head but Bautista sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
As Cisse backs off Bautista throws a huge counter combo but Cisse manages to avoid it all.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cisse throws an overhand right that lands on Bautista's shoulder, as Bautista tries to avoid the shot.
Cisse misses with a hook
and Bautista counters with a straight right hand.
Cisse misses with a straight right.
Cisse throws a looping overhand right but Bautista ducks down to avoid it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Bautista! But no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cisse throws a lazy uppercut
and Bautista counters with a body kick.
Bautista steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cisse.
We've been told by Cisse's head coaches at New York Public Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Cisse steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bautista.
Cisse scores with a crisp jab that stopped Bautista in his tracks.
Cisse throws a lazy uppercut
and Cisse takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A big left from Cisse misses.
Bautista steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Bautista slips under a jab.
Cisse stuns Bautista with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Cisse swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bautista drops his hands momentarily and Cisse takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Bautista misses with an attempted mid kick.
Ousmane Cisse seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cisse connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Jab from Bautista.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Bautista lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cisse circles away quickly and effectively.
Bautista looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Cisse takes one to the side of the head.
It looks like Ousmane Cisse has been cut.
Cisse staying out of range there.
Cisse connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Cisse throws a body shot but no joy.
It seemed like Bautista was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Cisse throws a big shot that misses.
Bautista looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Cisse misses with a body shot.
Cisse throws a lazy right hand but Bautista sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cisse misses with a wild body shot.
Bautista on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Bautista takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bautista throws a hook but Cisse avoids it easily.
Cisse throws a lazy uppercut
and Bautista counters with a good low kick that Cisse was not able to check.
Cisse missing with a left hand there. Bautista was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bautista swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Bautista throws a hook but Cisse blocks it.
Bautista walks into a jab.
Cisse misses with an uppercut. Bautista saw that one coming.
Cisse swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bautista throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Cisse to counter with a crisp jab.
Cisse misses with an uppercut. Bautista saw that one coming.
Bautista looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Cisse connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Cisse misses with a straight right.
Bautista tries to work over Cisse's front leg with a kick but Cisse checks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bautista uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Cisse has time to react.
Bautista throws a lazy body kick
and Cisse counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cisse misses with a lunging right hand
and Bautista counters with a crisp right hand that drops Cisse! Bautista lets Cisse back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Cisse waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bautista.
Bautista looks to land a combination but Cisse avoids it well.
Bautista displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cisse throws out the jab.
Bautista throws out a counter right but Cisse avoids it with no problem.
Good standup being displayed there by Cisse as he connects with a hook.
Cisse misses with an uppercut
and Bautista cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cisse throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It seemed like Bautista was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cisse throws out a loose jab but Bautista uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bautista throws a counter combo.
Cisse throws an overhand right that lands on Bautista's shoulder, as Bautista tries to avoid the shot.
Bautista looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Cisse misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bautista.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ousmane Cisse dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ousmane Cisse's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Bautista slips a straight right by Cisse.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Bautista! But no joy.
Cisse misses with a lunging right hand
letting Bautista counter with a right hand.
Cisse slips under a jab.
Cisse misses with a body shot.
Cisse throws out a loose jab but Bautista uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bautista swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A big left from Cisse misses.
Cisse throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cisse connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Cisse throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bautista misses with a looping right.
A jab lands there for Cisse.
Bautista walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Cisse stuns Bautista with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cisse cracks Bautista with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Jab by Cisse.
Cisse misses with a body shot
letting Bautista counter with a right hand.
Cisse is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bautista can do to turn this around?
Bautista slips a straight right by Cisse.
Cisse lands with a right hand.
Bautista is rocked!
Bautista looks for the body kick but Cisse saw that one coming.
Cisse misses with a lunging right hand
and Bautista counters with a stiff right hand.
Cisse swings widly with a right hand
and Bautista finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Cisse takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Bautista.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cisse misses with a right hand
and Bautista counters with a solid body kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bautista drops Cisse with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Cisse looks back up at him and smiles so Bautista waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Cisse is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cisse misses with a right hand
and Bautista counters with a beautiful right hand that knocks Cisse out cold! What a finish! Bautista is going crazy, running around the mat, summersaulting off the corner posts and screaming into the cameras. Something tells me he's pretty happy!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Drax Bautista!
After the fight, Drax Bautista was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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