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WB59: Gabor vs. Shotokahn PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mauricio Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Golberto Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Golberto Silva has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
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Decent boxing
Heavy handed |
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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
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mauricio Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Golberto Silva!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Luis Engracia and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Golberto Silva wants to clinch up but Mauricio Silva keeps it at a distance.
Golberto Silva fails to land the takedown.
Golberto Silva takes the fight into the clinch.
Golberto Silva's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mauricio Silva closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Golberto Silva to the mat! Golberto Silva manages to get full guard.
Mauricio Silva drops back looking for a submission - "I'm sorry sir, but I'm gunna break your leg" says Mauricio Silva as he cranks on the unfortunate limb! Golberto Silva screams and taps out before any major damage is done! Don't mess with Mauricio Silva! Nice submission victory there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Mauricio Silva!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between The Kracken (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Caio Fernandes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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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
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, The Kracken!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Caio Fernandes!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Felipe Paraventi and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fernandes wants to clinch
and Kracken counters with a nice double leg into side control. Fernandes won't be happy with that.
Kracken thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kracken content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Fernandes tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Kracken just content to control the position.
Fernandes manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Kracken wants to take a breather but Fernandes is having none of it.
Fernandes blocking the ground and pound attempt from Kracken.
Fernandes is defending against the submission attempts here by Kracken.
Kracken is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Fernandes sees it coming and defends easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kracken tries to stand but can't do so whilst Fernandes controls his leg.
Kracken trying to mount his opponent but Fernandes defends it.
It looks like Kracken is going to stand back up.
Fernandes looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Kracken tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Fernandes looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Kracken tries to pass to full mount but Fernandes defends it.
Fernandes looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Kracken missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Kracken tries to pass to full mount but Fernandes defends it.
Kracken perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Fernandes looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Fernandes is pressing down on Kracken's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Kracken avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Kracken stays in close to Fernandes's body and controls the position.
Fernandes looking for a guillotine here but Kracken defends easily.
Kracken scoring with punches to the head and body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kracken wants to stand but Fernandes is controlling his posture from full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Kracken accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Kracken postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Fernandes looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Kracken is looking to stand up but Fernandes won't let him.
Kracken looking to pass the guard.
Fernandes has his foot on Kracken's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Kracken works his way back into a safe position though.
Kracken throwing strikes from guard but Fernandes blocks nicely.
Kracken is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Kracken has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
The Kracken has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Fernandes tries to clinch
and Kracken counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Fernandes!
Fernandes is in all sorts of trouble here.
Fernandes is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Fernandes looks gassed!
Kracken wants to finish this one by submission but Fernandes is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Kracken.
Kracken prevents Fernandes from getting the reversal.
Kracken tries to stand up but he's trapped just for the moment.
Kracken tries to control but Fernandes wriggling away.
Fernandes really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kracken lands a nice shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fernandes is trying to escape the mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
The Kracken dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Kracken gets a takedown into half guard.
Fernandes wants to get back to full guard.
Kracken wants to free his trapped foot but Fernandes is holding on for dear life with his legs.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Kracken connects with a nice short shot to Fernandes's temple.
Fernandes is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Kracken pulls his head out easily.
Fernandes looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Fernandes actively working from the bottom here.
Fernandes is breathing heavily.
Kracken is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Fernandes has managed to free his arm - good work.
Kracken trying to pass the guard but Fernandes defending well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kracken looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Fernandes is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Kracken pulls his head out easily.
Kracken thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Kracken knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Fernandes on the ground.
Kracken perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Kracken missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Kracken missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Fernandes is refusing to be controlled, as Kracken sits in half guard.
Fernandes looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Kracken not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Kracken is looking for a kimura here.
Kracken is pressing down on Fernandes's thigh, looking to free his foot. Fernandes is holding on for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Kracken content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Fernandes actively working from the bottom here.
Kracken is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Fernandes is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Kracken is trying to work for a kimura but Fernandes is defending well.
Kracken missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Fernandes moves into full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kracken trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Fernandes has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Kracken can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Kracken has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Fernandes preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Kracken gets to his feet. Fernandes looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Fernandes misses with a takedown
and Kracken counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Kracken.
Kracken trying to control the position from guard on top but Fernandes is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kracken is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Kracken throwing strikes from guard but Fernandes blocks nicely.
Kracken got a little sloppy there for a moment and Fernandes has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Kracken has managed to get both his arms back between Fernandes's legs - danger averted.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kracken stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Fernandes swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Kracken content to stall in guard here.
Kracken tries to stand but Fernandes is controlling from the bottom.
Kracken 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.
The Kracken has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Kracken looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Fernandes has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Kracken can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kracken drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Kracken jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
The Kracken dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Kracken circles away from the clinch attempt
and Kracken counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Fernandes working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Kracken doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Fernandes is tightening it up a little... Kracken has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Kracken reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Kracken taps out! nice BJJ there by Fernandes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:28 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Caio Fernandes!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Blade Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carlton Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva has chosen Wild Boyz as his entrance music. Blade Brown has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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199 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Great elbows
Very strong |
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Excellent MT
Powerful |
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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
3 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Blade Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Carlton Silva!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Mauricio Rocha and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown thows a body shot but no joy.
Silva misses with a hook
and Brown cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Silva looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Brown dodges the punch combination from Silva.
Carlton Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Silva lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Silva.
Brown checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Silva swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Brown counters with a left to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silva. Brown does a little dance to reset his feet.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Brown swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Brown lands with a thumping leg kick.
Silva takes one to the side of the head.
Brown is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Silva wants to clinch but Brown slips to the side
and Brown counters with a straight right hand.
Brown tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Brown fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Silva, pushing him back against the cage.
Brown blocks an elbow strike from Silva.
Brown displaying some good clinch control by pressing Silva up against the cage.
Silva pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Brown is looking to control Silva's arms but Silva gets an underhook and turns him. Now Brown has his back to the cage.
Brown dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Brown dodges an elbow strike from Silva.
Brown taking a breather.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Brown trying to control the position but instead, Silva has worked for underhooks and has pushed Brown into the cage.
Silva throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Brown is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Silva is keeping busy.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Blade Brown.
Brown tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Brown throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Brown closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Silva pushes off an throws an elbow but Brown leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Brown is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Silva landing knees to the head.
Brown avoids the elbow strike from Silva, against the cage.
Brown trying to stall but Silva improves his position.
Brown lands a damaging elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Brown has Silva pressed against the cage.
Brown blocks an elbow strike from Silva.
Brown tries to stall but Silva uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Silva letting Brown take a breather here.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva with a knee to the head.
It looks like Blade Brown has been cut.
Silva looks gassed!
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Brown lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Brown blocks an elbow strike from Silva.
Brown is looking to control Silva's arms but Silva gets an underhook and turns him. Now Brown has his back to the cage.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Brown blocks it.
Silva throws an elbow but it misses.
Brown blocks an elbow strike.
Brown lands an elbow inside that Silva shrugs off.
Brown on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Brown blocks it with crossed arms.
A bit of stalling here from Brown.
Silva creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Brown blocks with his arms.
Brown displaying some good clinch control by pressing Silva up against the cage.
Brown avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown pressing his opponent against the cage.
Brown dodges an elbow strike from Silva.
Brown has Silva pushed against the cage.
Brown stalling in the clinch but Silva improves position.
Brown throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Brown stalling the fight.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Blade Brown.
Brown works the jab nicely.
A low kick from Silva misses
and Brown connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Silva tries to clinch there but Brown circles away.
Brown has a takedown stuffed.
Silva closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Silva landing knees to the head.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva takes a knee to the side of the body.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Brown is pushing Silva up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Brown misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Silva throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Silva just misses with a elbow thrown towards Brown's brow.
Brown tries to stall but Silva uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Silva throws an elbow but it misses.
Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Brown looking to stall.
Silva looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Brown taking a breather.
Brown dodges an elbow strike from Silva.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Brown looking to slow down the pace here.
With the fighters up against the cage, Silva throws an elbow but misses.
Silva is pressed up against the cage. Brown has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Silva down to the mat. Silva avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Brown tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Silva manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Silva on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Brown slips under a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Blade Brown will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Blade Brown's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Donk. Brown catches Silva right on the button with a cross.
Silva wants to clinch.
Silva clinches.
Brown is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silva is defending well for now.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Brown blocks it.
Brown blocks the elbow strike.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva takes a knee right on the jaw!
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Brown is blocking nicely.
Brown managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Brown is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Brown gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva throws an elbow that misses.
Brown connects with a nasty looking knee right to Silva's face.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Brown stalling in the clinch but Silva improves position.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Brown is blocking nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Brown controlling the action here for a moment.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Blade Brown.
Brown lands with a cross.
Silva misses the body punch
and Brown counters with a stiff right hand.
Brown tests Silva's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Brown misses with a body shot.
Silva throws a low kick but it's checked well by Brown.
Brown looks to throw the jab but Silva is out of range.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Brown pushes Silva up against the cage in a clinch.
Brown avoids the elbow strike from Silva, against the cage.
Silva pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Brown displaying some good clinch control by pressing Silva up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva pushes off an throws an elbow but Brown leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Brown blocks it.
Brown looking to throw knees to the head but Silva is blocking nicely.
Brown is looking to control Silva's arms but Silva gets an underhook and turns him. Now Brown has his back to the cage.
Silva misses with an elbow strike.
Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Brown avoids a wild elbow strike from Silva.
Silva throws an elbow but it misses.
Brown leaning his opponent against the cage.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Brown is blocking nicely.
Silva throws an elbow that misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Silva throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Brown tries to stall but Silva uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Brown blocks it.
Brown trying to stall but Silva improves his position.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
A bit of stalling here from Brown.
Silva creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva being controlled against the cage.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Brown leaning against his opponent.
Silva pushes off an throws an elbow but Brown leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Blade Brown.
Silva throws a looping overhand right but Brown ducks down to avoid it.
Brown swings widly with a right hand
and Silva moves into the clinch.
Brown displaying some good clinch control by pressing Silva up against the cage.
Brown blocks an elbow strike from Silva.
Brown taking a breather.
Silva throws an elbow that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Silva just misses with a elbow thrown towards Brown's brow.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Brown blocks it with crossed arms.
Brown looking to stall.
Brown gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Silva throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Brown lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Brown dodges an elbow strike from Silva.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Silva misses with an elbow over the top.
Brown creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Silva's defenses.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Brown.
Silva misses with an elbow strike.
Silva takes an elbow to the forehead.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva being controlled against the cage.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Brown blocks it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Silva throws an elbow but misses.
Brown blocks the elbow strike.
Brown holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Brown is trying to maintain a safe position but Silva gets an underhook and turns Brown into the cage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Silva lands a nice elbow.
Silva with a knee to the head.
Brown wants to stall.
Silva avoids the elbow strike from Brown, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Blade Brown dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Blade Brown's cut.
That's time! Brown's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Silva lands a glancing blow to the side of Brown's head.
Carlton Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva stuffs the takedown.
Brown is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Brown walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Silva has managed to clinch.
Silva lands a damaging elbow.
Brown is trying to maintain a safe position but Silva gets an underhook and turns Brown into the cage.
Brown is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Brown tries to pull guard but Silva won't allow it.
Brown is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Silva is keeping busy.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Silva with a knee to the head.
Silva throws an elbow that misses.
Brown is pushing Silva up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Brown with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva landing knees to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Silva up against the cage.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Brown blocks it with crossed arms.
Brown avoids the elbow strike from Silva, against the cage.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Brown has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Brown looking to slow down the pace here.
Silva misses with an elbow over the top.
Brown avoids the elbow strike from Silva, against the cage.
Brown blocks an elbow strike from Silva.
Brown is trying to drag Silva to the mat but Silva just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Blade Brown. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Brown using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Silva has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva landing knees to the body.
Brown stalling in the clinch but Silva improves position.
Brown is struggling to control the position.
Brown blocks an elbow strike.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Silva scores with a knee to the head.
Blade Brown is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Brown is trying to maintain a safe position but Silva gets an underhook and turns Brown into the cage.
Brown avoids a wild elbow strike from Silva.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Brown.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Blade Brown.
A telegraphed right hand from Silva misses the target.
Silva fails to land with a series of punches.
Brown throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Silva counters with a straight right hand.
Silva lands a jab to Brown's midsection.
Silva takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Silva lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Silva tests Brown's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Brown misses with a double jab.
Brown wants to clinch but Silva slips to the side
and Silva counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Silva bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Brown's head.
Brown clinches.
Carlton Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Brown is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Silva creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Brown is blocking nicely.
Brown with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Brown tries to land a knee to the head but Silva blocks with his arms.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva throws an elbow but it misses.
Brown is stalling here.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Brown blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Brown landing knees to the head.
Carlton Silva seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Brown blocks with his arms.
Come on Brown - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Brown is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Brown utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Brown - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Silva looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Brown drops down looking for an ankle pick but Silva pulls his leg out and moves away.
Brown fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Brown blocks it.
Brown content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Brown blocks it with crossed arms.
Brown tries to stall but Silva uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Silva pushes off an throws an elbow but Brown leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Brown with a knee to the head.
Silva looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Brown comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Brown leaning his opponent against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Carlton Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Brown 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 29:28
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 29:28
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Blade Brown!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Drake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gustav Swift (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gustav Swift has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcus Drake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gustav Swift!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Mauricio Rocha and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drake tries to grapple but his opponent circles
so Swift counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Swift drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Swift jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Swift sitting in guard here, content to control.
Drake wants to get back to his feet but Swift is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drake controlling Swift's posture.
Swift controlling from the top position.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Swift circles away from the clinch attempt
and Swift counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Drake!
Swift sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swift mounts Drake! Really nice guard pass there!
Swift looking to control and managing it successfully.
Drake is trying to escape the mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swift controlling the position easily from mount.
Swift moves to the back.
Swift slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
Drake is really stuck here.
Drake controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
Swift has good solid back control here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Let's hope that Swift has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Swift has both hooks in and is working for a choke. Drake is in real trouble here. Swift gets an arm under the chin and tightens the submission attempt... is this the end? Yes, Drake is tapping out! Swift wins by rear naked choke!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Gustav Swift!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sovann Pok (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bryan Vessey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sovann Pok has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sovann Pok!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bryan Vessey!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Felipe Paraventi and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Pok misses.
Pok thuds a left hand into Vessey's body.
Vessey tries to clinch
and Pok counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
It looks like Bryan Vessey has been cut.
Vessey looks gassed!
Vessey tries to clinch up
and Pok counters with a huge left! Vessey is in big trouble! He's backing up but Pok isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Vessey from any more damage. A dominating finish by Pok!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sovann Pok!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Peter La Fleur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chen Chong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 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 light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Peter La Fleur!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Chen Chong!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Matheus Silva and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chong closes the distance but La Fleur moves to the side
and La Fleur counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Chong's guard now.
La Fleur trying to control the position from guard on top but Chong is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Chong holds on and takes a little breather.
La Fleur decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Chong, up you get!
Chong looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Chong fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Chong takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Chong tries to clinch up
and La Fleur counters with a good low kick that Chong was not able to check.
La Fleur stalks Chong and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Chong's face. Chong staggers backwards, shaken.
Peter La Fleur seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chong scores with a decent looking hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chong takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Chong on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by La Fleur. La Fleur obviously looking to wear him down.
La Fleur lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
La Fleur throws a right and a left that both miss.
La Fleur has Chong up against the cage in a clinch.
La Fleur keeps control of Chong as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Chong misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from La Fleur.
La Fleur can't break the clinch.
La Fleur tries to circle away but Chong has him pinned against the cage.
Chong can't break the clinch.
La Fleur wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Chong trying to control the position but instead, La Fleur has worked for underhooks and has pushed Chong into the cage.
La Fleur breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
La Fleur lands a nice looking body kick.
Chong throws the left hand but La Fleur avoids the punch easily.
Chong lands a nice shot to the body.
La Fleur scores with a one two! Chong had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Chong gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Chong takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from La Fleur.
La Fleur fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Chong throws a sloppy head kick
and La Fleur counters with a body kick.
Chong looks gassed!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
La Fleur works over Chong's head and body with a nice combination.
La Fleur moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
La Fleur throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
La Fleur throws a series of strikes that have Chong backpedaling.
La Fleur misses with a wild combination.
Chong takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A good leg kick by La Fleur.
La Fleur lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
La Fleur is working the combinations to good effect here.
La Fleur stalks Chong and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Chong's face. Chong staggers backwards, shaken.
Chong dodges the punch combination from La Fleur.
La Fleur shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Chong eats them both and turns towards La Fleur to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
La Fleur is looking to slow Chong down with leg kicks.
Chong 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.
That kick from La Fleur tenderised Chong's leg. Chong is trying to keep his angry face on.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right-left combo lands from La Fleur.
La Fleur feints a jab promting Chong to slip. La Fleur then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Chong slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Chong is rocked!
La Fleur lands with a nice combination. Chong backs away looking to recover.
Chong is still on wobbly legs! Can La Fleur finish him?
Oooooh!!! La Fleur has knocked Chong down with a huge combo! La Fleur steps away and waves a wobbly Chong back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Chong slips a jab and a cross from La Fleur.
Chong has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Chong's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
La Fleur lands a left and a right that send Chong crashing to the mat, dazed. La Fleur thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
La Fleur misses with the combination.
Chong is on the wrong end of a nice combination from La Fleur.
La Fleur swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Chong seems to have recovered his senses.
Crunch! La Fleur slams his shin into Chong's torso.
Chong has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Chong 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.
La Fleur chopping away at his opponent's legs.
La Fleur feints and then cracks Chong's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Chong down.
La Fleur scores with a push kick.
La Fleur lets loose with a powerful body kick. Chong will feel that in the morning.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
La Fleur scores with a kick to the midsection.
Chong has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from La Fleur.
A good leg kick by La Fleur.
A good leg kick by La Fleur.
La Fleur lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
La Fleur fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
La Fleur looks to land a combination. Chong sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
La Fleur scores with a leg kick.
La Fleur throws a combination. Chong tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Chong takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Chong is on the wrong end of a nice combination from La Fleur.
La Fleur lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Chong 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.
A thudding body kick lands there by La Fleur!
La Fleur lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
La Fleur throws a leg kick which misses Chong's front leg but catches the back leg as Chong tries to avoid it.
La Fleur feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Chong's calf.
La Fleur lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
La Fleur throws a head kick that half lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Peter La Fleur dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
La Fleur stalks Chong and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Chong's face. Chong staggers backwards, shaken.
No joy there for Chong, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A kick lands to the mid section there for La Fleur.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from La Fleur, right into the meat.
La Fleur throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
La Fleur turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A good leg kick by La Fleur.
La Fleur cracks the inside of Chong's front leg.
Danga de danga de dang - La Fleur scores with a four punch combination!
La Fleur connects with a solid leg kick.
La Fleur scores with a leg kick.
La Fleur moves into range and clinches up with Chong.
La Fleur breaks the clinch.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from La Fleur. Chong shrugs it off though.
La Fleur scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Chong is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chong takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from La Fleur, right into the meat.
Chong stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from La Fleur.
Peter La Fleur is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
La Fleur lands a leg kick that knocks Chong off balance momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
La Fleur rushes Chong and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
La Fleur tries for a takedown. No joy.
La Fleur's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
La Fleur connects with an inside leg kick.
La Fleur lands a nice looking body shot.
La Fleur moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
La Fleur lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A slapping leg kick lands for La Fleur.
La Fleur feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Chong's calf.
La Fleur gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
La Fleur breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
La Fleur is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Chong can do to turn this around?
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
La Fleur moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Chong in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
La Fleur instigates a clinch.
La Fleur pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
La Fleur tries to bum rush Chong with a series of wild strikes but Chong uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Both fighters circling a little - La Fleur finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Chong has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by La Fleur.
La Fleur lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Chong 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.
A nice inside leg kick there by La Fleur. That's going to slow Chong down.
Chong takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by La Fleur.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
La Fleur lands a leg kick that knocks Chong off balance momentarily.
La Fleur delivers a nice body kick.
La Fleur throws a nice inside leg kick.
La Fleur with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
La Fleur lands with a nice combination. Chong backs away looking to recover.
La Fleur stuns Chong with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Chong on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by La Fleur. La Fleur obviously looking to wear him down.
La Fleur throws a right hand that Chong ducks under and follows up with a left that Chong also avoids with ease.
Chong 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.
La Fleur turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
La Fleur misses with a wild combination.
La Fleur lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Fleur connects with a solid leg kick.
La Fleur dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Chong. That did some damage!
La Fleur's corner calls for a 1-2. La Fleur obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
La Fleur's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and La Fleur duly obliges.
La Fleur lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by La Fleur.
La Fleur throws a one two combo.
La Fleur looks to land a combination. Chong sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
A solid leg kick lands there for La Fleur.
Chong tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Peter La Fleur is winning the standup battle so far.
La Fleur connects with a body shot that sends Chong's belly button to the back.
La Fleur lands a leg kick that knocks Chong off balance momentarily.
Chong on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by La Fleur. La Fleur obviously looking to wear him down.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
La Fleur lands a nice leg kick that just misses Chong's sensitive parts.
La Fleur lets loose with a powerful body kick. Chong will feel that in the morning.
La Fleur darts in and clinches Chong up against the cage.
La Fleur pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
La Fleur lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Chong backs up against the cage.
Chong has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by La Fleur.
Some wild striking there from La Fleur.
La Fleur fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Chong, pushing him back against the cage.
A short left from La Fleur.
La Fleur lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
La Fleur lands an uppercut.
La Fleur breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Chong has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
La Fleur fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Chong.
La Fleur connects with a solid leg kick.
La Fleur cracks the inside of Chong's front leg.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
La Fleur lands a lovely overhand right.
Chong takes a head kick and keeps coming.
La Fleur scoring well with a low kick there.
Chong is on the wrong end of a nice combination from La Fleur.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Peter La Fleur dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Chong takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
La Fleur stalks Chong and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Chong's face. Chong staggers backwards, shaken.
La Fleur throws a leg kick which misses Chong's front leg but catches the back leg as Chong tries to avoid it.
La Fleur lands with a kick to the ribs.
La Fleur lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
La Fleur looks to land a combination. Chong sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Chong takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
La Fleur feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Chong's calf.
La Fleur lands with a nice combination. Chong backs away looking to recover.
La Fleur shoots in looking for a takedown. Chong tries to sprawl out of it but La Fleur keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Chong manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
La Fleur lands with a nice combination. Chong backs away looking to recover.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
La Fleur scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
La Fleur scores with a three punch combo!
A left and a right from La Fleur both land. Nice combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
La Fleur scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
La Fleur is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
La Fleur throws a one two combo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
La Fleur lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
La Fleur scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
La Fleur fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
La Fleur scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
That kick from La Fleur tenderised Chong's leg. Chong is trying to keep his angry face on.
La Fleur shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Chong defends it nicely.
La Fleur lands a front kick.
La Fleur cracks Chong with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Chong tries to clinch there but La Fleur circles away.
A solid leg kick lands there for La Fleur.
Chong avoids a punch combination nicely.
Both fighters circling a little - La Fleur finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Chong takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
La Fleur cracks Chong with a right hand to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Fleur fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Peter La Fleur. That's going to take a lot out of him.
La Fleur lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Chong circles away quickly and effectively.
La Fleur lands a nice leg kick that just misses Chong's sensitive parts.
La Fleur feints and then cracks Chong's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Chong down.
La Fleur cracks the inside of Chong's front leg.
La Fleur lands a nice leg kick that just misses Chong's sensitive parts.
La Fleur scores with a kick to the body.
Chong walks forward, straight into a front kick from La Fleur.
La Fleur lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
La Fleur thumps Chong with a low kick.
La Fleur lands with a kick to the temple. Chong shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Chong moves to clinch but La Fleur breaks away
and La Fleur counters with a three punch combo that has Chong backing up. Chong nods at La Fleur to acknowledge the strikes.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from La Fleur, right into the meat.
La Fleur lands a front kick.
Good leg kick by La Fleur there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Fleur shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Chong eats them both and turns towards La Fleur to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
La Fleur throws a quick inside leg kick.
Chen Chong has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
La Fleur tries to score a power double leg takedown but Chong sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten La Fleur somewhat.
Chong showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from La Fleur.
La Fleur lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
La Fleur is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
A right-left combo lands from La Fleur.
Peter La Fleur is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
La Fleur scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Chong misses with a left hand
and La Fleur counters with a nice body kick.
La Fleur feints a jab promting Chong to slip. La Fleur then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Chong slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
La Fleur scoring well with a low kick there.
La Fleur scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
La Fleur fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Chong.
La Fleur is looking to slow Chong down with leg kicks.
La Fleur scores with a leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
La Fleur lands a leg kick that knocks Chong off balance momentarily.
A chopping leg kick lands by La Fleur.
La Fleur shoots in but Chong avoids the takedown attempt easily.
La Fleur closes the distance and clinches up with Chong, looking for a takedown. La Fleur pushes Chong against the cage but Chong circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
La Fleur explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
La Fleur with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Chong takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
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!
La Fleur lands a leg kick that knocks Chong off balance momentarily.
La Fleur lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A solid leg kick lands there for La Fleur.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from La Fleur, right into the meat.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
La Fleur works over Chong's head and body with a nice combination.
La Fleur scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Chong takes a jab right on the kisser.
La Fleur lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
La Fleur slips a jab from Chong.
And that's the end of the fight!
Peter La Fleur showed his dominance in that final round.
Well La Fleur 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 Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:24
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:24
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:24
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Peter La Fleur!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Thiago Almer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Astolfo de Mello (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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177 lbs
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177 lbs
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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
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thiago Almer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Astolfo de Mello!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Edson Gomes and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
de Mello fails with the takedown.
de Mello scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
de Mello perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Almer is trying to maintain the position but de Mello is very close to passing his half guard.
de Mello wants to advance to full mount but Almer doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
de Mello throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Almer works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Almer has momentary wrist control but de Mello slips an elbow through the middle.
de Mello throws and elbow that misses. Almer uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in de Mello's guard. Nice move by Almer!
de Mello pushes Almer off and gets back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
de Mello on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Almer throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Almer pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
de Mello fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Almer avoids it really well and circles away.
de Mello looks for a takedown but Almer sprawls well.
Thiago Almer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Astolfo de Mello.
Almer fails to land with a series of punches.
Thiago Almer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
No luck with that takedown attempt from de Mello.
A shot to the body from Almer misses
and de Mello counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Almer looking for a sweep. Not yet Almer, not yet.
Almer utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Almer keeping moving, preventing de Mello from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
de Mello in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
de Mello content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
de Mello's corner is telling him to maintain position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
de Mello trying to control but Almer is working from the bottom.
de Mello slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Astolfo de Mello hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
de Mello misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
de Mello looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Almer!
de Mello lands a big shot there that rocks Almer but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Almer is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
de Mello throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
de Mello throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
de Mello putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Almer avoids a series of strikes thrown by de Mello.
Almer is breathing heavily.
de Mello can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Almer is looking to escape.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
de Mello lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
de Mello content just to control the position here.
de Mello with a couple of short strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
de Mello controlling from the full mount.
Almer is in a horrible position here. de Mello smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Astolfo de Mello dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Almer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
de Mello shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
de Mello takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
de Mello takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Almer looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Almer stuffs the takedown attempt from de Mello. de Mello gets slowly back to his feet.
de Mello scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
de Mello trying to control the action but Almer is working from the bottom.
Almer is trying to escape the position but de Mello is controlling the position.
Almer defending against the ground and pound.
de Mello works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
de Mello has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Almer parries the strikes from de Mello easily there. de Mello is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Almer to escape.
de Mello wants to lay and pray for a moment but Almer keeps working.
de Mello staying calm.
Almer is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The ground and pound from de Mello seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
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.
de Mello postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
de Mello sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Almer is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Almer takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
de Mello tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The strikes coming from de Mello are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
de Mello has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Almer!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almer is squirming around, avoiding de Mello's attempts to control the action.
de Mello working away from the top, dropping strikes.
de Mello controlling from mount.
de Mello has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Almer's face.
de Mello looking to control and managing it successfully.
de Mello misses with a head shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
de Mello throwing strikes but Almer recovers to half guard. A much better position.
de Mello content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
de Mello is pressing down on Almer's thigh, looking to free his foot. Almer is holding on for now.
de Mello looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Astolfo de Mello showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Almer throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Almer displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from de Mello.
Almer connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Astolfo de Mello is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
de Mello wants to clinch up but Almer keeps it at a distance.
de Mello shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Almer defends it nicely.
de Mello shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Almer defends it nicely.
Thiago Almer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Astolfo de Mello.
de Mello fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Almer scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Almer lands a nice shot to the body.
de Mello moves out of range of the body kick from Almer.
Almer lands a nice shot that snaps de Mello's head back.
de Mello shoots in for a takedown but Almer shows good takedown defense.
Left hook, right uppercut from Almer.
Almer scores with a jab to the jaw.
Almer leaves de Mello with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
de Mello takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
de Mello tries to score a power double leg takedown but Almer sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten de Mello somewhat.
de Mello drops his hands momentarily and Almer takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A shot to the liver by Almer. Beautiful body shot.
A left lands for Almer.
Almer scores with a body shot.
de Mello takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Almer cracks a nice hook into de Mello's ribs.
Almer lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Almer lunges at de Mello with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by de Mello's hand.
Almer bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps de Mello's head backwards.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Almer, right into the meat.
Almer throws a shot to the body.
Almer jabs de Mello to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Almer scores with a jab to the jaw.
de Mello has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Almer finds it's way round the side to connect with de Mello's head.
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!
de Mello misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
de Mello takes one to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almer tests de Mello's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Thiago Almer is winning the standup battle so far.
de Mello steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Almer. That one must have hurt.
de Mello takes one on the button.
de Mello takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Almer with a body punch. A glancing blow.
de Mello shoots in and drives through. Almer sprawls well.
Almer lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
de Mello takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Both fighters circling a little - Almer finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Almer connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Almer scores with a kick to the body.
Almer misses with a body kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Almer.
Almer lands with a nice body kick.
Almer misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A right-left combo lands from Almer.
Almer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from de Mello.
Almer throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck de Mello on the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almer digs a good hook to de Mello's body.
Almer lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Almer goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
de Mello takes one to the chin there.
de Mello takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
A looping hook to the body misses from Almer. de Mello does a little dance to reset his feet.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Almer, as that shot connected.
Almer defends well against a solid takedown attempt from de Mello.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Almer.
Almer cracks a nice hook into de Mello's ribs.
Almer fakes the leg kick and cracks de Mello in the body.
Almer connects with a body shot that sends de Mello's belly button to the back.
de Mello has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Almer throws a leg kick which misses de Mello's front leg but catches the back leg as de Mello tries to avoid it.
de Mello shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Almer sprawls well. Almer wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. de Mello gets slowly back to his feet.
Almer thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on de Mello if he has to take too many more of those.
de Mello takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
de Mello shoots in and drives through. Almer sprawls well.
A combination from Almer does no damage.
Thiago Almer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body kick there by Almer.
Almer throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Almer rushes de Mello and presses him up against the cage.
Almer lands a nice uppercut.
Almer landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Almer lands a body shot in the clinch.
Almer digs a right hand underneath de Mello's ribcage. de Mello let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Almer pushes de Mello back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Almer lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
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!
A short right from Almer.
Almer gets underhooks to prevent de Mello's takedown attempt.
Almer lands a left hand.
Almer escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Almer looks for the body kick but de Mello saw that one coming.
Astolfo de Mello is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Almer misses with a few strikes there.
de Mello shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Almer napping and manages to drive through into side control!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
de Mello controls the position from side control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Thiago Almer showed his dominance in that final round.
I think de Mello has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 28:29
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 28:29
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Astolfo de Mello!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Brian Lobe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ken Yoshida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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161 lbs
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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
9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Brian Lobe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ken Yoshida!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Leandro Rodrigues and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lobe lands with a nice body punch.
Yoshida throws a head kick that misses.
Yoshida uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lobe.
Lobe just misses with a punch to the body.
Lobe swings away with a body shot that misses
and Yoshida counters with a nice uppercut.
Yoshida shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Lobe sprawls well. Lobe wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Yoshida gets slowly back to his feet.
Lobe misses with a shot to the body
and Yoshida counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Lobe throws a hook to the side of Yoshida's head but Yoshida sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lobe just misses with a punch to the body.
Yoshida throws a head kick but Lobe moves out of range.
Lobe misses the shot to the body.
Lobe takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Yoshida lands a two punch combo.
Lobe misses the body punch
and Yoshida counters with a three punch combo that has Lobe backing up. Lobe nods at Yoshida to acknowledge the strikes.
Lobe misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Yoshida counters with a big head kick but Lobe shrugs it off.
Yoshida lands a right hook to the body.
Yoshida waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lobe.
Lobe swings for the body but Yoshida moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoshida throws a body kick that misses.
Lobe blocks the body kick.
Lobe swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Yoshida connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Yoshida connects with a nice looking jab.
Lobe misses with a shot to the body
and Yoshida counters with an outside leg kick.
Yoshida avoids the body shot from Lobe.
Yoshida misses with a looping left.
Lobe blocks the body kick.
Lobe lands a right hook to the body.
Lobe misses with a combination
and Yoshida counters with a left to the body.
Yoshida throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Lobe connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Lobe throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lobe thows a body shot but no joy.
Lobe moves out of range of the body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lobe misses with a body punch
and Yoshida counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Lobe!
Lobe is looking to improve his position but Yoshida isn't that keen on the idea.
Lobe holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Yoshida tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Yoshida cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lobe is trying to escape the mount.
The referee warns Lobe that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Lobe is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Yoshida lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Lobe tries to lock up and control but Yoshida gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Lobe is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Lobe tries to hold on but Yoshida postures up.
Lobe working to try and regain half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lobe is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Yoshida working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Yoshida lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Yoshida looking to finish with strikes here!
Yoshida unloads with some shots from mount but Lobe bucks and avoids them well.
Lobe regains half guard.
Yoshida is looking for a kimura here.
The fighters are battling for position here. Lobe manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Yoshida pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Lobe is keeping the position for now.
Yoshida postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida postures up.
Yoshida looking to sit in guard and control but Lobe gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Lobe slips nicely into half guard.
Lobe wants to free his trapped foot but Yoshida is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Yoshida actively working from the bottom here.
Lobe prevents Yoshida from improving his position.
Lobe trying to control the action but Yoshida is working from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lobe wants to work for an arm triangle but Yoshida is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Yoshida regains full guard. Nicely done.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ken Yoshida dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Lobe's jab looks to have found its range, popping Yoshida under the eye.
Yoshida throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Yoshida is defended easily by Lobe.
Lobe is looking to wear down Yoshida with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Lobe tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Yoshida was well out of range. Poor timing from Lobe.
Lobe avoids the body shot from Yoshida.
Lobe uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yoshida.
Lobe defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Yoshida.
Lobe takes a swing at Yoshida's ribcage but misses.
Lobe swings away with a body shot that misses
so Yoshida counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Lobe trying to keep a closed guard but Yoshida is proving a slippery customer.
Yoshida wants to control from the top but Lobe keeps moving.
Yoshida drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Lobe dives on top into guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lobe thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Lobe postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lobe wants to pass the guard but Yoshida is keeping the position.
Lobe drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Lobe jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Yoshida 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.
Lobe pushes down on Yoshida's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Yoshida wants to improve his position but Lobe is controlling well.
Lobe sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Yoshida defending well though.
Lobe is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Lobe is trying to work for a kimura but Yoshida is defending well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Yoshida striking from half guard on the bottom.
Lobe throwing shots but Yoshida is blocking nicely.
Yoshida is looking to improve his position.
Yoshida is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Yoshida is trying to control but can't.
Yoshida tries to get to full guard but Lobe has control of the leg.
Yoshida gets back to full guard.
Yoshida tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Lobe advances to half guard.
Lobe is looking to take a break and control but Yoshida is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lobe seems to be looking for submissions.
Lobe is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Yoshida keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Yoshida tries to hold on but Lobe postures up.
Lobe landing punches.
Yoshida tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Yoshida is breathing heavily.
Lobe tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Lobe tries to control but Yoshida wriggling away.
Lobe jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Yoshida is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Yoshida and Lobe has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Lobe has knee on belly and moves into mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lobe fails to take his opponent's back.
Lobe can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Yoshida is looking to escape.
Yoshida keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Lobe with some aggressive grappling here, looking for the finish.
Yoshida tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Lobe wants to control the pace but Yoshida is squirming around nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brian Lobe dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! 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.
Yoshida misses with a takedown attempt - Lobe sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Yoshida looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lobe looks to score with a jab to the body but Yoshida is just out of range.
Lobe throws a looping overhand right but Yoshida ducks down to avoid it.
Yoshida throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Lobe misses with a hook to the body
and Yoshida counters with an inside leg kick.
Lobe throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lobe swings away with a body shot that misses
and Yoshida makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Lobe swings away with a body shot that misses
and Yoshida connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Lobe misses with a double jab
so Yoshida counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Yoshida with a nice head shot there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoshida loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Lobe is on top in guard.
Lobe drops back looking for a leg! Yoshida is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Yoshida manages to kick Lobe off! Lobe jumps back into Yoshida's guard.
Yoshida throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Ken Yoshida has got the better of the ground game so far.
Lobe passes Yoshida's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Yoshida moves into full guard.
Yoshida is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Lobe wants to control from the top but Yoshida keeps moving.
Lobe throwing strikes from guard but Yoshida blocks nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Lobe escapes and throws Yoshida's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Yoshida takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Yoshida sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Yoshida is defending against the submission attempts here by Lobe.
Yoshida trying to control from the bottom.
Lobe tries to pass to full mount but Yoshida defends it.
Lobe prevents Yoshida from improving his position.
Lobe wants to free his trapped foot but Yoshida is holding on for dear life with his legs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lobe seems to be working for a kimura but Yoshida defends the submission attempt.
Yoshida is looking for a sweep. Lobe is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Lobe is working for a submission of some sort.
The fighters are battling for position here. Yoshida manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Yoshida 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.
Lobe is posturing up here but Yoshida has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Lobe tries to roll out but it's too tight and Lobe has to tap! Slick submission there by Yoshida!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:01 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ken Yoshida!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rogerio Cafu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Khan Singh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cafu comes to the cage accompanied by No way out. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rogerio Cafu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Khan Singh!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Paulo Santos and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Singh scores with a body shot.
Singh misses with a jab to the body
and Cafu counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Singh's guard now.
Cafu drops back looking for a leg! Singh is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Singh manages to kick Cafu off! Cafu jumps back into Singh's guard.
Cafu thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Singh looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Cafu content to stall in guard here.
Singh looking to hit a scissor sweep but Cafu is one step ahead there.
Singh working for a triangle but Cafu defends it easily.
Singh bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Cafu's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cafu is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Cafu pushes a forearm under Singh's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Singh is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Rogerio Cafu!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ference Gabor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jin Shotokahn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gabor comes to the cage accompanied by Vendetta. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ference Gabor!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jin Shotokahn!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Leandro Rodrigues and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shotokahn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Shotokahn ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Shotokahn loads up on a big right hand but Gabor slips the punch.
Shotokahn chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Gabor can pounce on him.
Shotokahn digs a good body shot into Gabor's ribs.
Gabor throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Good exchange - Shotokahn coming out on top.
Shotokahn walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Gabor checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Horrible takedown by Gabor or perhaps it was just good defense by Shotokahn which made him look bad.
Gabor takes one to the chin there.
Shotokahn darts in and clinches Gabor up against the cage.
Gabor breaks the clinch.
Gabor moves out of range of the strikes.
Shotokahn fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gabor manages to avoid it.
Gabor uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Shotokahn.
Shotokahn throws a leg kick but Gabor sees it coming and moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gabor tries to work over Shotokahn's front leg with a kick but Shotokahn checks it.
Gabor doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Shotokahn makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Shotokahn ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gabor moves away.
Gabor with a lazy takedown attempt
and Shotokahn counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ference Gabor. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Shotokahn throws a leg kick but Gabor checks it.
Gabor looks to score with a jab to the body but Shotokahn is just out of range.
Shotokahn loads up on a big right hand but Gabor slips the punch.
Jin Shotokahn is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Shotokahn keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Shotokahn misses with an uppercut. Gabor saw that one coming.
Shotokahn misses with a wild body shot.
Shotokahn throws a lazy right hand but Gabor sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gabor throws a wild body kick that Shotokahn sees coming a mile off.
Shotokahn smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shotokahn feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Gabors jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Gabor misses with a body kick.
Gabor tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Shotokahn swivels and escapes.
Shotokahn stuffs the takedown attempt from Gabor. Gabor gets slowly back to his feet.
Gabor scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Shotokahn tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Gabor wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Shotokahn is not content to let Gabor control the position.
Gabor throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Gabor fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Shotokahn tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Gabor wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Shotokahn is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gabor is trying to ground and pound but Shotokahn uses the momentary lack of control by Gabor to regain half guard.
Gabor is trying to control the action in half guard but Shotokahn is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Shotokahn gets full guard.
Shotokahn trying to control the position.
Gabor stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Shotokahn swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Gabor with a flurry of punches that miss.
Shotokahn seems keen to control Gabor's posture.
Shotokahn 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.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Gabor postures up in Shotokahn's guard and throws a big left but Shotokahn blocks it.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Shotokahn avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Gabor trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Shotokahn has control of Gabor's left arm, preventing Gabor from doing any damage.
Shotokahn wants to sweep but no luck.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Jin Shotokahn.
Shotokahn misses with a double jab
and Gabor counters with a low kick, right behind Shotokahn 's knee.
Shotokahn throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Good standup being displayed there by Shotokahn as he connects with a hook.
Gabor moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jin Shotokahn dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Shotokahn misses the shot to the body.
Gabor misses the shot to the body.
Gabor connects with the punch.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Gabor lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Shotokahn has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Shotokahn and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Gabor lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Shotokahn has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Shotokahn and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Gabor misses with a leg kick
and Shotokahn cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gabor misses the shot to the body.
Gabor shoots in but Shotokahn avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Gabor lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gabor checks a leg kick nicely.
Shotokahn scores with a crisp jab that stopped Gabor in his tracks.
Shotokahn swings for the body but Gabor moves out of range.
Gabor fails with the takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shotokahn takes a swing at Gabor's ribcage but misses.
Shotokahn dips to his left and cracks Gabor with an uppercut!
Gabor cracks the inside of Shotokahn's front leg.
Shotokahn cracks Gabor with an open hand slap.
Gabor misses with a low kick.
Gabor avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Shotokahn checks the leg kick nicely there.
Shotokahn tries to close the distance and clinch but Gabor swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Shotokahn throws an off balance right hand
and Gabor counters with a single leg into guard. Shotokahn didn't expect that.
Gabor trying to control but Shotokahn is working from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Gabor accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Gabor thows a big elbow that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shotokahn keeping moving, preventing Gabor from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Shotokahn wants to sweep here but Gabor controlling him for the moment.
Gabor trying to control the position from guard on top but Shotokahn is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Shotokahn manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Shotokahn gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
Gabor throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gabor throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Gabor.
Gabor in side control, throwing shots but Shotokahn defends.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Gabor looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Gabor wants to control but Shotokahn is keeping him busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shotokahn is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Gabor misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Gabor 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.
Gabor trying to control the action but Shotokahn is working from the bottom.
Gabor fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Gabor in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Gabor misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ference Gabor dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Gabor gets a takedown into half guard.
Gabor is trying to control the action in half guard but Shotokahn is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Shotokahn is trying to get back to full guard.
Shotokahn works his way to full guard. Good work.
Shotokahn is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Gabor trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Shotokahn is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Gabor trying to control the position from guard on top but Shotokahn is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gabor pushes down on Shotokahn's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Shotokahn makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Shotokahn.
Shotokahn wants to sweep here but Gabor controlling him for the moment.
Shotokahn pulls Gabor in close to prevent any damage.
Gabor postures up in Shotokahn's guard and throws a big left but Shotokahn blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Shotokahn looking to control.
Gabor throwing strikes but missing.
Gabor with a flurry of punches that miss.
Gabor trying to control but Shotokahn is working from the bottom.
Gabor with a flurry of punches that miss.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Gabor accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Gabor pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Shotokahn is keeping the position for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gabor wants to control from the top but Shotokahn keeps moving.
Gabor looking to sit in guard and control but Shotokahn gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Shotokahn is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Gabor keeping moving, preventing Shotokahn from controlling successfully.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Gabor dodges the punch combination from Shotokahn.
Shotokahn throws a hook but Gabor avoids it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Gabor throws a body kick that misses.
Shotokahn is looking to clinch but Gabor is avoiding it.
Shotokahn misses with a straight right.
Shotokahn checks a leg kick nicely.
Shotokahn misses the jab.
Gabor throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A cross from Shotokahn lands.
A bone on bone clash there as Shotokahn blocks the leg kick.
Shotokahn throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Gabor moves out of range as Shotokahn strikes.
Shotokahn throws a chopping leg kick but Gabor manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Gabor avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice body kick there by Gabor.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ference Gabor clearly takes that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Shotokahn swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Gabor.
Shotokahn connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Shotokahn misses with an uppercut.
Shotokahn scores with a punch to the head.
Shotokahn tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gabor was well out of range. Poor timing from Shotokahn.
Shotokahn takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Shotokahn scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Shotokahn tests Gabor's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Shotokahn misses the shot to the body.
Shotokahn takes a swing at Gabor's ribcage but misses.
Nice sprawl there from Shotokahn as Gabor shoots in.
Gabor is looking to wear down Shotokahn with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Shotokahn throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Gabor stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Gabor will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gabor throws out a leg kick but Shotokahn moves out of range and Gabor only half commits.
Shotokahn fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Gabor checks it well.
Gabor closes the distance and clinches up with Shotokahn, looking for a takedown. Gabor pushes Shotokahn against the cage but Shotokahn circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ference Gabor. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Shotokahn swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gabor misses with a wild body shot.
Gabor stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Shotokahn.
Gabor ducks under a wild hook from Shotokahn.
Shotokahn tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gabor paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Shotokahn tries to bum rush Gabor with a series of wild strikes but Gabor uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Shotokahn tries to close the distance and clinch but Gabor swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A lazy left from Shotokahn finds it's target.
Shotokahn moves out of range of the body kick.
Shotokahn avoids the body shot from Gabor.
That's two 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.
Gabor takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Shotokahn catches Gabor with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Shotokahn throws a hook but Gabor avoids it easily.
Shotokahn dips to his left and cracks Gabor with an uppercut!
Gabor missing with a left hand there. Shotokahn was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gabor circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gabor connects with an inside leg kick.
Gabor looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Gabor fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Shotokahn manages to avoid it.
Gabor tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gabor shoots for a takedown but Shotokahn saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Gabor fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Shotokahn manages to avoid it.
Shotokahn throws a hook but Gabor blocks it.
Jin Shotokahn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shotokahn throws a combination. Gabor tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gabor pivots, looking for a leg kick but Shotokahn is out of range and Gabor settles back down.
Gabor doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Shotokahn counters with a straight right hand.
Shotokahn leaves Gabor with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Shotokahn's jab looks to have found its range, popping Gabor under the eye.
Jin Shotokahn seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Shotokahn lands with an uppercut that bounces Gabor off the cage and back into rage.
Shotokahn swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Shotokahn scores with a body shot.
Gabor is looking to land body kicks.
Shotokahn misses with a hook.
Shotokahn lands with a nice body punch.
Shotokahn works over Gabor's head and body with a nice combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shotokahn connects with a body shot.
Gabor changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Shotokahn tries to avoid it but Gabor manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Shotokahn to the ground. Shotokahn escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Shotokahn misses with a body shot.
Gabor fails with a takedown attempt.
A clash of legs there as Shotokahn blocks the low kick.
Shotokahn has closed the distance and engaged Gabor in a clinch.
Shotokahn prevents the takedown attempt.
Shotokahn makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Shotokahn pushes Gabor back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
A nice left hand lands by Shotokahn.
Gabor is rocked!
Shotokahn lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Oh Gabor is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Shotokahn pushes Gabor against the cage. Shotokahn is working some dirty boxing. Shotokahn pushes off with a quick right hook! Gabor goes down! Gabor tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Shotokahn moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:54 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jin Shotokahn!
Jin Shotokahn is the new lightweight champion!
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