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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between CC Chai (ranked 263 p4p, 499 weight class) and Enzo Belmiro (ranked 28 p4p, 63 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, CC Chai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Enzo Belmiro!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Tiny Johnson and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chai keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Belmiro.
Belmiro ducks under a wild hook from Chai.
Belmiro throws an overhand right that lands on Chai's shoulder, as Chai tries to avoid the shot.
Belmiro avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Chai lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Chai avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Chai has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
A jab from Belmiro misses.
Belmiro throws a jab when Chai was well out of range.
A punch combination from Chai misses.
Chai lands the left hand.
Chai takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The fighters circle momentarily. Chai darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Belmiro throws a lazy right hand but Chai sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Chai is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Chai slips a straight right by Belmiro.
Belmiro closes the distance and clinches up with Chai, looking for a takedown. Belmiro pushes Chai against the cage but Chai circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Belmiro shoots in for a takedown but Chai shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Belmiro swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Chai.
Chai slips a straight right by Belmiro.
Chai lands a head shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chai paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Belmiro closes this distance looking for a takedown but Chai circles away.
CC Chai has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Enzo Belmiro.
Nice defenses there by Belmiro.
Belmiro rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Chai counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Chai is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Chai avoids the body shot from Belmiro.
Chai swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Chai misses with a body shot.
Belmiro keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Chai.
Belmiro looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Belmiro avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Chai takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A swing and a miss from Belmiro.
Belmiro throws a body shot but no joy.
Belmiro throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A swing and a miss from Chai.
Chai lands with an overhand left.
Belmiro moves out of range of the strikes.
Chai misses with a body punch
and Belmiro counters with a lovely straight right hand!
CC Chai is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Decent striking displayed by Chai there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Belmiro misses with an uppercut. Chai saw that one coming.
Chai gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Chai takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Belmiro displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Chai throws out the jab.
Chai scores with the left hand. Belmiro knows he should have avoided that one.
Chai ducks right into an uppercut from Belmiro.
A slow jab from Chai misses its intended target.
Belmiro connects with a looping right hand.
Belmiro defending well as Chai loads up on a big left hand.
Chai is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
The fighters circling - Belmiro throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Belmiro throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Chai sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Belmiro lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Chai gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Belmiro to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Chai trying to keep a closed guard but Belmiro is proving a slippery customer.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chai is pulling down on Belmiro's head to control his posture.
Belmiro working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Chai avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Chai will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Belmiro postures up in Chai's guard and throws a big left but Chai blocks it.
Belmiro content to stall in guard here.
Belmiro throws an elbow that misses. Chai uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Belmiro's guard. Nice move by Chai!
Chai advances position into side control!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A control attempt from Belmiro but he's now mounted!
Belmiro has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Chai controlling from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Chai fails to advance to Belmiro's back.
Belmiro is trying desperately to improve position.
Chai manages to capitalize on a mistake by Belmiro to take his back!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that CC Chai will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Chai wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Chai scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Chai throws a lazy uppercut
letting Belmiro counter with a right hand.
CC Chai seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Belmiro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chai moves away.
Belmiro takes a jab right on the kisser.
Belmiro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chai moves away.
Jab, jab by Chai - just one landing.
A big right from Chai misses.
Chai scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Chai swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jab, jab by Chai - just one landing.
Belmiro scores with a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chai throws a hook to the side of Belmiro's head but Belmiro sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A jab from Chai does it's job there.
Belmiro changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Chai looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Chai keeping his opponent close.
Chai defending against the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Belmiro misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Belmiro looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Chai is avoiding damage well.
Belmiro trying to control the action but Chai is working from the bottom.
Belmiro throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Chai takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Chai tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Belmiro wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Belmiro lands a decent elbow from side control.
Chai managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Belmiro.
Belmiro working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Belmiro thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Chai is trying to control Belmiro's posture but Belmiro avoids it.
Chai stops Belmiro from passing to mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chai gets back to half guard.
Chai has hold of Belmiro's hands but Belmiro slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Belmiro is looking for a kimura but Chai is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Belmiro to get the leverage.
Belmiro looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Chai with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Belmiro working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Chai is rocked!
Chai keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Belmiro is trying to control. Chai wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Chai keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chai has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Belmiro is working away from the top position though.
Enzo Belmiro has got the better of the ground game so far.
Belmiro misses with a head shot. Chai uses the momentum to regain guard.
Belmiro passes into half guard.
Belmiro missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Belmiro not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Chai is refusing to be controlled, as Belmiro sits in half guard.
Chai manages to get to full guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Enzo Belmiro showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Belmiro shoots in and drives through. Chai sprawls well.
Chai missing with a left hand there. Belmiro was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Belmiro misses with an uppercut.
It looked like Chai wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Belmiro showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Chai.
A jab from Chai misses.
Chai misses with a hook. Belmiro ducked under it nicely.
Nice shot lands for Chai.
Belmiro shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Chai as he jumps to the side.
Chai comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chai throws the left hand but Belmiro avoids the punch easily.
Chai clobbers Belmiro with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Belmiro moves out of range of the strikes.
Belmiro looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Chai tests Belmiro's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Belmiro throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chai misses with a right hand
and Belmiro counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Chai jabs Belmiro to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Belmiro blocks a jab.
Belmiro appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Chai throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Belmiro shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
CC Chai has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Enzo Belmiro.
Belmiro throws a jab but it's blocked by Chai.
Chai throws out a loose jab but Belmiro uses good head movement to avoid it.
Chai misses with a hook. Belmiro ducked under it nicely.
Belmiro with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Chai to score with a decent uppercut.
Chai jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Chai works the jab nicely.
CC Chai is winning the standup battle so far.
Chai takes one on the button.
A jab from Chai does it's job there.
Belmiro lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Belmiro moves away from the strike by Chai.
Belmiro displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Chai throws out the jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Belmiro moves forwards but Chai connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Chai misses with a straight left.
Chai dips to his left and cracks Belmiro with an uppercut!
Belmiro fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Chai manages to avoid it.
Belmiro misses the shot to the body.
Belmiro shoots in looking for a takedown but Chai manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Belmiro's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Belmiro uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Chai.
The fighters circling - Chai throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Chai lands the left hand.
Belmiro throws a body punch but Chai moves out of range.
Belmiro takes one to the side of the head.
Belmiro takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Chai throws an overhand right that lands on Belmiro's shoulder, as Belmiro tries to avoid the shot.
Chai blocks a jab.
Chai throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chai swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Belmiro.
Belmiro ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Chai bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Belmiro walks into a straight right hand from Chai.
Chai fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Chai jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Belmiro misses with a body shot.
Chai feints a jab promting Belmiro to slip. Chai then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Belmiro slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Chai misses with a few strikes there.
Belmiro throws out a counter right but Chai avoids it with no problem.
Chai on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Belmiro shoots in and drives through. Chai sprawls well.
Chai throws a body shot but no joy.
Chai throws a hook but Belmiro avoids it easily.
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!
Chai misses with a straight right.
Chai looks to land a left hand but Belmiro moved out of range nicely.
Belmiro uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Chai.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Belmiro looks to land a right hand but Chai moved out of range.
Chai connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Belmiro's hands.
Chai throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Belmiro misses with a hook. Chai ducked under it nicely.
Belmiro defending well as Chai loads up on a big left hand.
Chai is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Belmiro can do to turn this around?
Belmiro misses with a takedown attempt
and Chai counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Chai throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Belmiro throws a big shot that misses.
Belmiro fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Chai avoids it really well and circles away.
Nice defenses there by Chai.
Chai thows a left - swing and a miss!
Chai misses with a hook. Belmiro ducked under it nicely.
Belmiro swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
CC Chai showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Chai has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... CC Chai!
A very excited looking CC Chai made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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RATING
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