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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ugrapurod Makagziadan (ranked 1219 p4p, 1382 weight class) and Charles Lee Ray (ranked 24 p4p, 33 weight class). Makagziadan comes to the cage accompanied by FIGHT FIGHT. Ray is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by The Buddi Song. Ugrapurod Makagziadan has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ugrapurod Makagziadan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Charles Lee Ray!
The judges for this bout are Chris Dean, Damien Edna and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ray paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Ray misses with a straight left.
Makagziadan swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Ray cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Makagziadan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Makagziadan misses the target.
Ray looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Ray throws a predictable looking body shot
and Makagziadan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Makagziadan moves into range and connects with a jab.
A cross from Ray lands.
Ray clinches.
Ray landing knees to the body.
Ray lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Ugrapurod Makagziadan has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ray misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ray.
A short right from Ray on the inside.
Makagziadan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ray.
Makagziadan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ray.
Makagziadan has a couple of punches blocked by Ray.
Ray gets control of Makagziadan's arms and successfully pulls guard. Ray will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Makagziadan sitting in guard here, content to control.
Makagziadan pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ray is keeping the position for now.
Makagziadan being controlled here momentarily.
Ray wants to sweep here but Makagziadan controlling him for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ray trying to keep a closed guard but Makagziadan is proving a slippery customer.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Ray looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Ray cracks Makagziadan with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ray lands with a straight right. Makagziadan didn't see that one coming.
Ray misses with a right hand
and Makagziadan counters with a stiff right hand.
Ray closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Makagziadan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Makagziadan is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Ray tries to work over Makagziadan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ray is struggling to control the position.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Makagziadan.
Ray blocks an uppercut.
Ray is leaning against Makagziadan and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Ray stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Ray lands a knee to the head.
Ray being controlled against the cage.
Makagziadan throws a head punch that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Makagziadan lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ray is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Makagziadan misses with a punch on the inside.
Makagziadan lands a left hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Makagziadan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ray avoids it.
Makagziadan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Makagziadan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ray avoids it.
Ray looking to slow down the pace here.
Makagziadan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ray pushes Makagziadan back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
I was talking to Makagziadan's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Makagziadan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ray.
Ray taking a breather.
Makagziadan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Makagziadan misses with a punch on the inside.
Ray lands a right hand.
Ray pulls Makagziadan into guard.
Ray has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Charles Lee Ray dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ugrapurod Makagziadan's cut.
That's time! Makagziadan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Makagziadan throws an overhand right that lands on Ray's shoulder, as Ray tries to avoid the shot.
Makagziadan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ray.
Makagziadan lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Ray takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Ray feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Ray seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Ray has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Makagziadan is trying to keep Ray in close.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
That's one minute gone in the round.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Makagziadan keeping full guard, as Ray tries to pass.
Ray slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Ray is fighting to break Makagziadan's control of his arms but Makagziadan is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Makagziadan being controlled here, momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Ray pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Makagziadan is keeping the position for now.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Ray slips under a jab.
Ray is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Makagziadan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Ray.
Makagziadan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Makagziadan defending well as Ray loads up on a big left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Makagziadan tries to close the distance and clinch but Ray swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ray wants to counter with a clinch but Makagziadan pushes him away.
The fighters circling - Makagziadan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Ray! But no joy.
Makagziadan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ray swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ray throws the left hand but Makagziadan avoids the punch easily.
Makagziadan is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Makagziadan misses with a right hand
and Ray counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ray throws a body punch but Makagziadan moves out of range.
Ray wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Ray throws a body punch but Makagziadan moves out of range.
Ray takes one to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ray fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Makagziadan manages to avoid it.
Makagziadan is looking to counter punch.
A slow jab from Makagziadan misses its intended target.
Makagziadan has taken the fight to the clinch.
Makagziadan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Makagziadan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ray tries a body shot but Makagziadan blocks it.
Ray doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ray lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Makagziadan.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Makagziadan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Makagziadan wants to stall.
Makagziadan throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Makagziadan swings wildly with an uppercut but Ray uses good head movement to avoid it.
Makagziadan is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Ray is keeping busy.
Ray misses with a shot to the kidneys.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Charles Lee Ray will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Ugrapurod Makagziadan's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
A big left from Makagziadan misses.
Ray slips under a jab from Makagziadan.
Nice shot lands for Makagziadan.
Nice uppercut lands for Ray. That snapped Makagziadan's head back.
Ray gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
enabling Makagziadan to counter with a crisp jab.
Makagziadan throws a lazy uppercut
and Ray counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ray misses with a right hand
and Makagziadan counters with a nice body shot.
A left lands for Makagziadan.
Ray just misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ray uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Makagziadan.
Ray takes the fight into the clinch.
A short left from Ray.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Makagziadan scores with a shoulder strike.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Ray misses with a punch on the inside.
Makagziadan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Makagziadan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ray lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Makagziadan backwards.
Ray misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Makagziadan.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ray.
Makagziadan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Makagziadan missing with knees to the body.
Ray avoiding damage as Makagziadan throws knees to the body.
Ray tries to throw a body punch but Makagziadan avoids it by throwing Ray back against the cage.
Ray working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Makagziadan trying to land knees to the body.
Ray misses with some punches.
Ray on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ray is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Makagziadan is defending well for now.
Ray misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Makagziadan.
Makagziadan throws a head punch that misses.
Ray working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Makagziadan.
Makagziadan looking to slow down the pace here.
Ray fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Makagziadan trying to stall but Ray improves his position.
Ray throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ray fails to pull guard.
Ray is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Makagziadan is defending well for now.
Ray letting Makagziadan take a breather here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ray tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Makagziadan avoids it.
Makagziadan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ray avoids it.
A left hand lands to the body for Ray.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Makagziadan throws a punch but it's blocked by Ray.
Makagziadan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Makagziadan.
Ray struggles to land a body shot inside as Makagziadan controls his hands.
Ray tries to work over Makagziadan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ray tries for a takedown. No joy.
Ugrapurod Makagziadan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Charles Lee Ray.
Makagziadan swings wildly with an uppercut but Ray uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ray blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Makagziadan swings wildly with an uppercut but Ray uses good head movement to avoid it.
Makagziadan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ray blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ugrapurod Makagziadan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A short uppercut from Ray.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ray.
Makagziadan trying to stall but Ray improves his position.
Charles Lee Ray is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ray avoiding damage as Makagziadan throws knees to the body.
Ray throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Makagziadan blocks it with crossed arms.
Ray lands with a left to the head.
Ray crunches a lovely knee into Makagziadan's ribcage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Makagziadan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Makagziadan throws a head punch that misses.
Makagziadan misses with some punches.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Ray tries to land a knee to the head but Makagziadan blocks with his arms.
Makagziadan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Makagziadan.
Ray tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ray is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Makagziadan to keep the fight standing.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Ray tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ray blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Charles Lee Ray.
I've got Ray winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Chris Dean scores the fight 27:30
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 28:30
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Charles Lee Ray!
During a confident post fight interview, Charles Lee Ray thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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