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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Moreeno Papalapapa (ranked 1291 p4p, 1207 weight class) and Magomed Pereira (ranked 163 p4p, 153 weight class). Pereira has chosen SEPULTURA - ITSARI as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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5 - 2 - 0 |
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193 cm
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205
5 - 2 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Counter fighter
Experienced |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Knockout power |
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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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Moreeno Papalapapa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Magomed Pereira!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Aafke Stam and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Papalapapa avoids the body shot from Pereira.
Papalapapa half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Pereira ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Pereira with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Pereira lands a slapping body shot.
Pereira lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Pereira throws out a loose jab but Papalapapa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Papalapapa takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Papalapapa gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A punch lands to the side of Papalapapa 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Pereira swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Magomed Pereira seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
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!
Pereira throws a left and a right that both miss
and Papalapapa counters with a shoot takedown. Pereira fights it but they end up in guard.
Papalapapa stops Pereira from standing up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Papalapapa trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Papalapapa working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Pereira manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Pereira thuds a left hand into Papalapapa's body.
Pereira misses with an uppercut. Papalapapa saw that one coming.
Pereira wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Papalapapa steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pereira.
Pereira scores with a sloppy right hand. Papalapapa should have avoided that one.
Pereira scores with a decent looking hook.
Papalapapa walks into a jab.
Magomed Pereira is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Papalapapa on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
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!
Papalapapa shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Pereira's guard.
Papalapapa has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Papalapapa's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Pereira is looking to stand up but Papalapapa isn't so interested in that idea.
Papalapapa postures up in Pereira's guard and throws a big left but Pereira blocks it.
Papalapapa thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Papalapapa throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Pereira works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Pereira utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Papalapapa prevents Pereira from getting back to his feet.
Pereira is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Pereira scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Pereira. Beautiful body shot.
Pereira feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Papalapapas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Papalapapa with a lazy takedown attempt
and Pereira counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Papalapapa has his takedown stuffed
and Pereira counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Pereira connects with a good right hand that stumbles Papalapapa. Papalapapa circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Papalapapa fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Moreeno Papalapapa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pereira comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pereira connects with a looping right hand.
Papalapapa has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Papalapapa there as he acknowledges the shot.
Pereira lands with an overhand left.
Papalapapa is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pereira wobbles Papalapapa with a right hand and the left hook that follows puts him on his rear! Pereira dives in with a huge flying punch that connects right on the button and puts Papalapapa to sleep! - What a violent and spectacular finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Magomed Pereira!
After winning the bout, Magomed Pereira thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
Moreeno Papalapapa was interviewed post fight and said 'First, lets thank our opponent for sharing a fight, he brought a sharp game and executed perfectly. I'm looking forward to bounce back after some adjustments. Thank you!'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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