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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mark Moses (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pasi Rauha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rauha is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Age of Aquarius. Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Pasi Rauha enters the cage!
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197 lbs
13 - 6 - 0 |
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180 cm
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200 lbs
13 - 7 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
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Powerful takedowns
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mark Moses!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pasi Rauha!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Daniel Cesar and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rauha misses with a right hand
and Moses counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Rauha keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Moses wants to take a breather but Rauha is having none of it.
Rauha manages to get to full guard.
Rauha working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Moses.
Moses working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Rauha trying to control the position here.
Rauha throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Moses postures up in Rauha's guard and throws a big left but Rauha blocks it.
Rauha is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Rauha really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Moses. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Moses is in close to Rauha's body, working some short punches and elbows.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rauha managing to control the position.
Rauha lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Moses!
Moses is looking to improve his position but Rauha isn't that keen on the idea.
Rauha working Moses over with strikes here.
Moses throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Rauha can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Moses is looking to escape.
Moses is wriggling around trying to escape.
Rauha with a couple of short strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moses is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Rauha pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Moses working to try and regain half guard.
Moses wants to hold on but Rauha pushes him away.
Moses manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Moses tries to roll over but Rauha keeps him under control.
Moses moves into full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Moses is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Rauha defends well.
Rauha chips away with some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rauha wants to control from the top but Moses keeps moving.
Moses isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Rauha stacks Moses on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Rauha!
Rauha working the head and body with strikes.
Rauha lands a few punches from side control.
Rauha slips into full mount, dodging the strikes by Moses.
Rauha tries to control but Moses wriggling away.
Rauha landing shots from mount.
Moses wants to control but Rauha is having none of it.
Rauha working the ground and pound effectively.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rauha with shots to the head and body - Moses looks very uncomfortable down there.
Rauha working the ground and pound effectively.
Moses throwing hammer fists to the chest of Rauha. What's that going to do exactly?
Moses tries to lock up and control but Rauha gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Rauha blocks Moses's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Rauha lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Moses wants to hold on but Rauha pushes him away.
Rauha landing strikes from the mount.
Moses tries to reverse the position but Rauha maintains control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rauha with the ground and pound from mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Moses wants to control but Rauha is having none of it.
Moses throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pasi Rauha dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Moses is looking to score with low kicks.
Rauha scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Rauha throws the left hand but Moses avoids the punch easily.
Pasi Rauha seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rauha misses with a hook. Moses ducked under it nicely.
Moses fails with the takedown
and Rauha counters with a left to the body.
Moses avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rauha misses with a hook.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Moses closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Rauha to the mat! Rauha manages to get full guard.
Moses with a flurry of punches that miss.
Moses stopping the sweep attempt from Rauha.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rauha has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Moses throws a strike but Rauha rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Moses working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Rauha has passed into half guard!
Moses looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Rauha scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Pasi Rauha has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moses looking for submissions off his back.
Rauha scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Moses looking for submissions off his back.
Moses looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Rauha looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Moses with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Rauha landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Moses is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Rauha pulls his head out easily.
Rauha is keen to just control but Moses is a slippery customer.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rauha landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Rauha in particular looking to stall.
Moses looking for submissions off his back.
Moses wants to control but Rauha is keeping busy.
Rauha winds up and cracks Moses with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Rauha thows a huge punch but Moses dodges it nicely.
Moses throws a strike from the bottom but Rauha passes into side control!
Rauha wants to lay and pray for a moment but Moses keeps working.
Rauha stands up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moses shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Rauha counters with a three punch combo that has Moses backing up. Moses nods at Rauha to acknowledge the strikes.
Rauha misses with a body shot.
Moses wants to slow Rauha down by chopping away at his legs.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rauha. Moses does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rauha throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Moses sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A jab from Rauha misses.
Moses closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Rauha quickly recovers to half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rauha is looking for a sweep. Moses is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Moses thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Rauha's head.
Moses prevents Rauha from improving his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pasi Rauha showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Moses fails with the takedown
and Rauha counters with a three punch combo that has Moses backing up. Moses nods at Rauha to acknowledge the strikes.
Rauha gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Moses thows a big elbow that misses.
Rauha not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Rauha working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Moses.
Rauha is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Moses 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.
Moses postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Rauha avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Moses throwing strikes from guard but Rauha blocks nicely.
Moses throws a strike but Rauha rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moses doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Rauha working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Moses had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Rauha defends it easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Moses has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Rauha can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Moses tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Moses working for submissions but it's allowed Rauha to get to half guard.
Rauha wants to pass the guard but Moses is defending well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rauha wants to control but Moses is keeping him busy.
Moses is in trouble now - Rauha has advanced to mount!
Moses taking shots to the head.
Moses tries to hold on but Rauha pushes him away.
Moses throwing hammer fists to the chest of Rauha. What's that going to do exactly?
Moses is desperately trying to improve his position but Rauha has a good base and remains in mount.
Rauha takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Moses is trying desperately to improve position.
A nice elbow there by Rauha.
Pasi Rauha is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moses tries to hold on but Rauha postures up.
Rauha trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Rauha lands with some strikes.
Moses regains half guard.
Moses is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Rauha pulls his head out easily.
Rauha throwing shots but Moses is blocking nicely.
Rauha moves into full mount! Moses won't be happy about that!
Moses is desperately trying to improve his position but Rauha has a good base and remains in mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rauha content just to control the position here.
Rauha tries to control but Moses wriggling away.
Rauha lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Moses hang on?
Moses working to try and regain half guard.
Moses tries to hold on but Rauha pushes him away.
And that's the end of the fight!
Pasi Rauha comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Rauha has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Luis Engracia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 27:30
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pasi Rauha!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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