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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mohammad Epoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vampiro Vampire (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vampiro Vampire has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Mohammad Epoto's chin.
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175 lbs
9 - 0 - 0 |
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181 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
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Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mohammad Epoto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Vampiro Vampire!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Ivan Kurochkin and Viktor Lagutenko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vampire looks to land a left hand but Epoto moved out of range nicely.
Epoto really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Vampire throws a hook to the side of Epoto's head but Epoto sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Epoto uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Vampire.
Epoto connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A jab from Vampire does it's job there.
Vampire looks to throw the jab but Epoto is out of range.
Vampire lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Vampire.
Epoto moves out of range of the strikes.
Epoto fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Epoto moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Epoto slips a jab from Vampire.
Epoto has managed to clinch.
Vampire lands with a left to the head.
Epoto using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Vampire lands a left hand.
Epoto landing knees to the head.
It looks like Vampiro Vampire has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vampire misses with a hook from the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Epoto.
Vampire looks gassed!
Vampire lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Epoto crunches a lovely knee into Vampire's ribcage.
Epoto scores with a knee to the head.
Epoto misses with a knee strike.
Epoto missing with knees to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Epoto.
Vampire tries to land knees in the clinch but Epoto avoids the damage to the body.
Epoto lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Epoto lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Epoto looking to throw knees to the head but Vampire is blocking nicely.
Epoto tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Vampire pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Epoto blocks an elbow strike from Vampire.
Epoto trying to land knees to the body.
Epoto unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Epoto lands a good knee to the midsection. Vampire won't want to take too many of those.
Epoto working Vampire over with knees to the body.
Epoto connects with a nasty looking knee right to Vampire's face.
Epoto working Vampire over with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Epoto stalls.
Epoto landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Epoto tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Vampire avoids it.
Epoto misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Vampire.
Epoto with a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Epoto tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Vampire taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Vampire misses with a short punch on the inside.
Vampire misses with some punches.
Epoto landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Epoto is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Epoto with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Vampire fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Epoto unloads a knee to the mid-section.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Epoto utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Epoto is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Epoto lands a knee to the head.
Epoto landing knees to the head.
Vampire pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Vampire throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Epoto landing knees to the body.
Epoto with a knee to the head.
Vampire misses with a punch on the inside.
Epoto holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Epoto avoiding damage as Vampire throws knees to the body.
Vampire swings wildly with an uppercut but Epoto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Epoto misses with a knee to the head.
Vampire looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Vampire avoiding damage as Epoto throws knees to the body.
Epoto missing with knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Epoto with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nice body punch from Vampire.
A knee to the head by Epoto.
Epoto tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Vampire avoids it.
Epoto is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Vampire is defending well for now.
Epoto is looking to control Vampire's arms but Vampire gets an underhook and turns him. Now Epoto has his back to the cage.
Vampire working aggressively here.
Epoto with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A shot in the inside from Vampire.
Epoto dodges an elbow strike from Vampire.
Epoto stalling in the clinch but Vampire improves position.
Vampire misses with a hook from the clinch.
Epoto tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Vampire avoids it.
Epoto connects with a knee to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Epoto looking to slow down the pace here.
Epoto blocks the elbow strike.
Vampire avoiding damage as Epoto throws knees to the body.
Epoto avoids the elbow strike from Vampire, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mohammad Epoto dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Vampiro Vampire's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Vampire throws a hook but Epoto blocks it.
Vampire throws the left hand but Epoto avoids the punch easily.
Vampire tries to close the distance and clinch up but Epoto swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Vampire is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Epoto throws a head kick but Vampire moves out of range.
Vampire throws a lazy right hand but Epoto sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Vampire smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Epoto is looking to clinch but Vampire is avoiding it.
Epoto keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Epoto cracks the inside of Vampire's front leg.
Epoto bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Epoto keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Vampire.
Vampire fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Epoto on the side of the head.
Vampiro Vampire seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Epoto uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Vampire.
Epoto slips under a jab.
Vampire might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Vampire throws the left hand but Epoto avoids the punch easily.
Epoto steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Vampire.
Epoto ducks under a wild hook from Vampire.
Vampire misses with a leg kick
and Epoto counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Epoto connects with a leg kick. Vampire looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Vampire is breathing heavily.
Epoto delivers a nice body kick.
Vampire throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Vampire on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Epoto throws a leg kick
and Vampire counters with a straight right hand.
Vampire swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Epoto gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A knee to the head by Epoto.
Epoto scores a nice knee to the body.
Vampire creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Epoto using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Epoto working Vampire over with knees to the body.
Epoto crunches a lovely knee into Vampire's ribcage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Epoto working Vampire over with knees to the body.
Epoto with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Vampire takes a knee right on the jaw!
Epoto working Vampire over with knees to the body.
Epoto is stalling here.
A knee to the head by Epoto.
Epoto leaning his opponent against the cage.
Knees to the body from Epoto.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Epoto unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Epoto lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Epoto.
Vampire tries a body shot but Epoto blocks it.
Epoto lands a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Epoto.
Epoto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Epoto working Vampire over with knees to the body.
Epoto scores with a knee to the head.
Epoto tries to land knees in the clinch but Vampire avoids the damage to the body.
Epoto effectively controlling the action here.
Epoto tries a knee to the head but Vampire blocks it.
Epoto is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Vampire is defending well for now.
Vampire blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Epoto is looking to control Vampire's arms but Vampire gets an underhook and turns him. Now Epoto has his back to the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Vampire.
Vampire doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Epoto scores a nice knee to the body.
Epoto tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Epoto blocks an elbow strike from Vampire.
Epoto tries to stall but Vampire uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Vampire just misses with a elbow thrown towards Epoto's brow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Vampire throws an elbow but misses.
Epoto keeps control of Vampire as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Vampire tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Epoto's elbow.
Vampire holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Vampire misses with some punches.
Mohammad Epoto has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Vampire breaks from the clinch.
An inside leg kick lands from Epoto.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vampire scores with a shot to the body.
Epoto showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Vampire.
Epoto tries to clinch there but Vampire circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mohammad Epoto dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Vampiro Vampire's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Vampire throws a jab but it's blocked by Epoto.
Epoto slips under a jab from Vampire.
Vampire looks to throw the jab but Epoto is out of range.
Epoto plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Epoto slips under a jab.
Vampire swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The fighters circling - Vampire throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Vampire scores with a punch to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vampire checks a low kick from Epoto.
Epoto ducks under a wild hook from Vampire.
Epoto goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Vampire misses with a double jab
and Epoto counters with a low kick, right behind Vampire 's knee.
Vampire takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Epoto swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Vampire sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Epoto takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Epoto lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Vampire misses with a looping right.
Epoto is looking to clinch.
Vampire takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Epoto moves in looking to clinch but Vampire pushes him off.
That kick from Epoto tenderised Vampire's leg. Vampire is trying to keep his angry face on.
Epoto fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Epoto tries to clinch but Vampire is having none of it.
Vampire is looking to clinch but Epoto is avoiding it.
Vampire chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Epoto can pounce on him.
Epoto tries to clinch but Vampire moves out of range.
Vampire's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Vampire takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Vampire misses the jab.
Epoto forces Vampire back against the cage and clinches.
Epoto blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Epoto tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Epoto using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Vampire has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Vampire creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Vampire throws an elbow but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vampire.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Epoto misses with a knee strike.
Vampire avoiding damage as Epoto throws knees to the body.
Epoto tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Epoto scores a nice knee to the body.
Epoto throws a knee to the head but misses.
Vampire pushes Epoto back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Epoto dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Epoto blocks an uppercut.
Epoto avoids a wild elbow strike from Vampire.
Epoto blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Epoto.
Vampire lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Epoto or not.
Epoto misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Vampire.
Epoto takes an elbow to the forehead.
Vampire lands a body shot.
Vampire lands an elbow that stopped Epoto in his tracks for a moment.
Vampire gets through Epoto's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Epoto with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Vampiro Vampire has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Vampire gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Vampire misses with an elbow strike.
A frustrated look appears on Vampire's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Vampire swings wildly with an uppercut but Epoto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Epoto misses with a knee to the head.
Epoto looking to throw knees to the head but Vampire is blocking nicely.
Vampire is trying to break the clinch but Epoto is controlling him.
Vampire is working Epoto over against the cage.
Vampire misses with a punch on the inside.
Epoto trying to control the position but instead, Vampire has worked for underhooks and has pushed Epoto into the cage.
Epoto tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Vampire avoids it.
Vampire scores with a shot to the side of Epoto's head.
Vampire gets through Epoto's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Vampire using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Vampire softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Mohammad Epoto is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Vampire pushes off an throws an elbow but Epoto leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Vampire misses with an elbow strike.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mohammad Epoto showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Epoto has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mohammad Epoto!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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