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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jesse Pinsent (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lyoto Machida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pinsent's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, The Pot - Tool. Jesse Pinsent has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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185 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Self confident |
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin |
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jesse Pinsent!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lyoto Machida!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Luis Engracia and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pinsent keeps the fight on the outside.
Machida clinches up against the cage.
Pinsent drops down looking for an ankle pick but Machida pulls his leg out and moves away.
Machida scores a takedown into full mount!
Pinsent tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Pinsent regains half guard.
Pinsent is trying to get back to full guard.
Pinsent looking for submissions off his back.
Pinsent gets back to full guard.
Pinsent looking for a guillotine here but Machida defends easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pinsent looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Machida working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Machida trying to control but Pinsent is working from the bottom.
Pinsent looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Pinsent is breathing heavily.
Machida lands a couple of elbows.
Pinsent working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Machida doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Machida manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Pinsent looking for a sweep. Not yet Pinsent, not yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Machida works over Pinsent with some ground and pound from guard.
Machida tries to stand but Pinsent is controlling from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Machida preventing the sweep.
Machida content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Machida really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Pinsent. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Pinsent had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Machida is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Pinsent Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Machida's back instead.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Machida tries to escape but Pinsent has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Pinsent is working on the RNC. He looks like he's got it but Machida won't tap... Oh, he's out! The ref rips Pinsent off his unconscious opponent!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Jesse Pinsent!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Cesc Fabregas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cody Hoffman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Cesc Fabregas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Cody Hoffman!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Daniel Cesar and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hoffman swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Fabregas.
Fabregas scores a takedown into full mount!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Hoffman can do anything to dispel that myth.
Fabregas fails to advance to Hoffman's back.
Fabregas tries to control but Hoffman wriggling away.
Hoffman is looking to get to half guard.
Fabregas with some aggressive grappling here, looking for the finish.
Fabregas trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Hoffman is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Fabregas jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Hoffman manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Hoffman tries to escape but Fabregas is in control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fabregas wants to control but Hoffman is keeping him busy.
Fabregas tries for a kimura but Hoffman is defending well.
Hoffman regains half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hoffman is looking to improve his position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Fabregas is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Hoffman tries to get to full guard but Fabregas has control of the leg.
Hoffman is defending against the submission attempts here by Fabregas.
Fabregas is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Hoffman defends it well.
Fabregas is breathing heavily.
Hoffman trying to hold on to Fabregas's head to control him but Fabregas postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fabregas is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Hoffman wants to get back to full guard but Fabregas has passed into side control.
Hoffman sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Fabregas prevents Hoffman from improving his position.
Fabregas is trying to control the action in half guard but Hoffman is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Hoffman is looking to improve his position.
Hoffman trying to control but Fabregas postures up.
Fabregas looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Hoffman is trying to maintain the position but Fabregas is very close to passing his half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Fabregas gets a takedown into half guard.
Hoffman is refusing to be controlled, as Fabregas sits in half guard.
Fabregas is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Fabregas is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Hoffman actively working from the bottom here.
Fabregas is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Hoffman is looking to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hoffman is staying active underneath Fabregas, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Hoffman really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Fabregas. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Hoffman wants to stand back up but Fabregas manages to pass into side control.
Fabregas trying to control the position but Hoffman is working away.
Hoffman wants to control but Fabregas postures up.
Fabregas is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Hoffman has escaped the position, nice work there.
Hoffman gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Fabregas looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hoffman landing strikes from the bottom.
Hoffman is looking to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cesc Fabregas 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.
Hoffman lands with a precision combination! Left, right, uppercut and Fabregas falls flat on his face, eyes wide open but he's out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Cody Hoffman!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Augusto Turolla (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mike Davis has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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220 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mike Davis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Augusto Turolla!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Thiago Cunha and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turolla pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Davis misses with a jab, cross combination.
Davis throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Turolla.
Turolla misses with a double jab
and Davis counters with a two punch combo.
A solid leg kick lands there for Turolla.
Davis throws a combination. Turolla tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Davis misses with a two punch combination.
Davis misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Turolla wants to clinch but Davis slips to the side
and Davis counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Davis throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Davis misses with a takedown attempt - Turolla sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Davis will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Davis keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A punch combination from Davis misses.
Turolla throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Davis sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Danga de danga de dang - Davis scores with a four punch combination!
Davis misses with a wild combination.
Turolla shoots in but Davis avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Turolla misses with a series of wild punches.
Turolla looks gassed!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Davis throws a right and a left that both miss.
Davis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Davis looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Davis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Davis.
Turolla moves into the clinch.
Turolla breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Turolla loads up on a big right hand but Davis slips the punch.
Turolla keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Davis moves into the clinch successfully.
Turolla blocks the elbow strike.
Turolla breaks from the clinch.
Turolla has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Jab, jab by Davis - just one landing.
Davis misses with a series of wild punches.
Davis shoots in but Turolla avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A thudding body kick lands there by Turolla!
Davis takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Turolla fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Davis, pushing him back against the cage.
Turolla's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Turolla escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Davis swats away the attempt to clinch by Turolla.
Davis fails with the takedown.
Turolla looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Turolla looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Davis scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Davis throws a series of punches but Turolla avoids them all with ease.
Davis slips a straight right by Turolla.
Davis misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Davis tries to clinch there but Turolla circles away.
Turolla misses with a straight right.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Davis is looking to clinch.
Davis will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Turolla is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Davis.
Turolla tries to score with a low kick but Davis moves his leg out of the way.
Davis shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Turolla pinned against the cage. Turolla gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Turolla swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Turolla drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Davis darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Turolla bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A jab-cross combination lands for Turolla and sends Davis crashing to the mat! Turolla follows him down to the mat - Davis regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!
Davis is rocked!
It looks like Mike Davis has been cut.
Turolla escapes and gets back to his feet.
Oh Davis is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Turolla drops a shoulder and throws a monster hook that connects perfectly to the side of Davis's head, knocking him out cold! Turolla is extatic as he celebrates with his cornermen.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Augusto Turolla!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mauricio Aruba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paulo Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mauricio Aruba had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 156.4lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Mauricio Aruba could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Paulo Silva's chin.
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165 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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Basic striking
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mauricio Aruba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paulo Silva!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Thiago Cunha and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva instigates a clinch.
Aruba throws a punch but it's blocked by Silva.
Aruba goes for a takedown in the clinch but Silva prevents it.
Silva has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Aruba clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Aruba is in bad spot here.
Silva is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Aruba defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Aruba defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Aruba rolls, trying to escape but Silva keeps control of the position.
Silva wants to control but Aruba is keeping busy.
Silva tightening his grip on Aruba, looking for the choke.
Silva doesn't have the hooks in and Aruba manages to turn into his guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Silva wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Silva is looking for a triangle but Aruba pushes his legs off easily.
Silva looks gassed!
Silva has a closed guard, preventing Aruba from standing up.
Silva seems keen to control Aruba's posture.
Aruba not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Aruba has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Aruba postures up.
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.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Aruba from controlling successfully.
Aruba showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Silva trying to keep a closed guard but Aruba is proving a slippery customer.
Silva working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Aruba doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Aruba manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Silva keeping full guard, as Aruba tries to pass.
Aruba trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Silva keeping full guard, as Aruba tries to pass.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Aruba wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Aruba doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
Aruba shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Aruba gets to his feet - Silva follows without any prompting.
Silva throws a low kick, looking for Aruba's leg but Aruba calmly moves out of range.
Aruba shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Silva looking to control.
Aruba working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Silva working for a triangle but Aruba defends it easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Aruba advances position into side control!
Aruba working away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to improve position but can't.
Silva trying his best to control but Aruba has mounted him.
Aruba can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Silva is looking to escape.
Silva regains half guard.
Silva wants to improve his position but Aruba is controlling well.
Aruba tries to pass to full mount but Silva defends it.
Silva is trying to control but can't.
Silva wants to get back to full guard.
Silva works his way to full guard. Good work.
Silva wants to sweep here but Aruba controlling him for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paulo Silva dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Aruba drives through with a takedown into guard.
Silva had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Aruba is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Silva Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Aruba's back instead.
Silva working for a choke but Aruba is defending well.
Aruba is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
Aruba tries to break free.
Silva looking for the choke from the back.
Silva tries to get the hooks in deep but Aruba pushed the leg off.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
cage is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Aruba.
Aruba preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Silva.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva is persistently looking for the submission but Aruba is defending it well.
Silva scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Aruba is keeping busy.
Aruba tries to break free.
Silva is working the ground and pound. Can Aruba escape?
Aruba tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Silva looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Silva controlling from the full mount.
Silva tries to control but Aruba wriggling away.
Aruba stops Silva from taking his back. Still, being mounted isn't any better.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aruba takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Aruba wants to control but Silva is having none of it.
Silva is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Silva avoids the attempt from Aruba to control.
Aruba working to try and regain half guard.
Aruba tries to hold on but Silva pushes him away.
Silva wants to control the pace but Aruba is squirming around nicely.
Silva landing strikes, looking to finish!
Silva stands up from mount. Strange move.
Aruba walks into a stiff left hand from Silva.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aruba tries for a takedown but Silva sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Mauricio Aruba is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva thows a body shot but no joy.
Nice sprawl there from Silva as Aruba shoots in.
Mauricio Aruba seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva scores with a nice strike.
Aruba throws a leg kick that misses.
Aruba walks into a jab.
Aruba scores a takedown into full mount!
Aruba can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Silva is looking to escape.
Aruba is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Aruba is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Silva tries to lock up and control but Aruba gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
BOOM! Aruba connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Silva is rocked!
It looks like Paulo Silva has been cut.
Aruba landing shots from mount.
Silva is still on wobbly legs! Can Aruba finish him?
Aruba controlling from mount.
Aruba lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Silva hang on?
That has opened up Paulo Silva's cut even more.
That's four minutes gone in the round.Aruba controlling the position easily from mount.
Silva reaches up to try and control the position but Aruba seems to have an arm triangle now! Uh oh! Silva rolls and tries to escape and now Aruba has his back!
Silva preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Aruba.
Silva tries to escape but Aruba has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Aruba cracks Silva with a big right hand from the back mount! Silva immediately covers up and the referee dives in to save him under a barrage of more strikes! Aruba takes this one by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mauricio Aruba!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Totoy Magtanggol (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carlos Francis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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160 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Improved boxing
Granite chin |
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Counter striker
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Totoy Magtanggol!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Carlos Francis!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Edson Gomes and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Francis shoots in but Magtanggol avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Some wild striking there from Magtanggol.
Magtanggol scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Francis shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Magtanggol pinned against the cage. Magtanggol gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Totoy Magtanggol seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Magtanggol swinging wilding here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Francis moves out of range of the body kick from Magtanggol.
Magtanggol looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Francis misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Totoy Magtanggol has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Carlos Francis.
Magtanggol throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Francis scores with a takedown into Magtanggol's guard.
Francis trying to control the position from guard on top but Magtanggol is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Francis 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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Let's hope that Francis 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.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Francis trying to control but Magtanggol is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Francis is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Magtanggol looking to hit a scissor sweep but Francis is one step ahead there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Magtanggol being controlled here, momentarily.
Magtanggol looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Carlos Francis dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Francis.
Magtanggol is looking to slow Francis down with leg kicks.
Francis fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Nice takedown defense from Magtanggol. No joy for Francis on that attempt.
Totoy Magtanggol has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Carlos Francis.
Magtanggol misses with a two punch combination.
Francis shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Magtanggol as he avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A nice leg kick lands there from Magtanggol.
Magtanggol misses with the combination.
Francis closes this distance looking for a takedown but Magtanggol circles away.
Totoy Magtanggol is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Magtanggol misses with a series of wild punches.
Francis closes this distance looking for a takedown but Magtanggol circles away.
Magtanggol throws a right hand that Francis ducks under and follows up with a left that Francis also avoids with ease.
Francis misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Francis walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Magtanggol scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Francis ducks right into an uppercut from Magtanggol.
Magtanggol fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Francis.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Francis misses with a takedown attempt - Magtanggol sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Magtanggol keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
A combination from Magtanggol does no damage.
Francis fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Danga de danga de dang - Magtanggol scores with a four punch combination!
Francis shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Magtanggol scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Francis slips a jab and a cross from Magtanggol.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Francis tries for a takedown but Magtanggol sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Horrible takedown by Francis or perhaps it was just good defense by Magtanggol which made him look bad.
Magtanggol fails to land with a series of punches.
A nice leg kick lands there from Magtanggol.
Francis shoots in and drives through. Magtanggol sprawls well.
Magtanggol will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Magtanggol swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Francis will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Francis shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Magtanggol as he avoids it easily.
Magtanggol throws a nice looking combination but Francis bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Francis moves in looking to clinch but Magtanggol pushes him off.
Magtanggol lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Francis is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Magtanggol.
Francis tries for a takedown but Magtanggol sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
A choreographed right hand from Magtanggol misses the target.
Magtanggol looks to land a right hand but Francis moved out of range.
Francis misses with a takedown attempt - Magtanggol sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Totoy Magtanggol is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Magtanggol misses with a wild combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Totoy Magtanggol dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
Magtanggol throws a front kick that sends Francis stumbling back into the cage.
Francis avoids a kick to the body.
Francis looks for a takedown but Magtanggol sprawls well.
A big left from Magtanggol misses.
Magtanggol throws a right and a left that Francis avoids nicely.
Francis throws a leg kick
and Magtanggol counters with a series of strikes. Francis will be more careful next time no doubt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Francis looks for a takedown but Magtanggol sprawls well.
Francis misses with a two punch combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Magtanggol.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Magtanggol swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Francis decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Magtanggol's guard.
Magtanggol keeping moving, preventing Francis from controlling successfully.
Francis is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Magtanggol keeping moving, preventing Francis from controlling successfully.
Francis pushes down on Magtanggol's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Francis controlling the pace.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Magtanggol is staying active underneath Francis, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Despite being in the dominant position, Carlos Francis just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Magtanggol misses with a double jab
and Francis counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Francis controlling the pace.
And that's the end of the fight!
Carlos Francis comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Francis 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 Mauricio Rocha 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... Carlos Francis!
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Diego Rua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marlon Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marlon Oliveira is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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Brawler
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Diego Rua!
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, Marlon Oliveira!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Seu Braga and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oliveira tries to clinch up but Rua circles away and keeps his distance.
Rua gets a clinch.
Knees to the body from Oliveira.
Oliveira tries to break the clinch but Rua is controlling the position.
Rua with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Oliveira on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rua scores with a knee to the head.
Oliveira is trying to break free.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rua.
Oliveira looks gassed!
Oliveira throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rua with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knees to the body from Oliveira.
Rua misses with a knee to the head.
Rua tries a knee to the head but Oliveira blocks it.
Rua missing with knees to the body.
Rua misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Oliveira.
Rua using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rua with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rua throws a knee to the head but misses.
Oliveira breaks the clinch.
Rua tries to clinch up
and Oliveira counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Oliveira escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rua tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Rua avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Oliveira tries to clinch up.
Oliveira has taken the fight to the clinch.
Oliveira wants to break free but Rua has control.
Rua tries to land knees in the clinch but Oliveira avoids the damage to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua tries a knee to the head but Oliveira blocks it.
Rua with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rua throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Oliveira blocks it with crossed arms.
Oliveira breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rua tests Oliveira's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Rua closes the distance but Oliveira moves to the side
and Oliveira counters with a slapping leg kick.
Oliveira misses with an attempted mid kick.
Rua buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Rua forces Oliveira back against the cage and clinches.
Oliveira breaks the clinch.
Rua has taken the fight to the clinch.
Oliveira escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rua is looking to clinch.
Rua checks a low kick from Oliveira.
Rua lands a high kick to the side of Oliveira's head that stuns him and send him tumbling down to the canvas! Rua dives into guard, looking to finish.
Oliveira is rocked!
It looks like Marlon Oliveira has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rua stands and throws Oliveira's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Oliveira is still on wobbly legs! Can Rua finish him?
Rua stands up and beckons Oliveira to his feet.
Oliveira tries to clinch there but Rua circles away.
Oliveira will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Rua with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rua has taken the fight to the clinch.
Oliveira seems to have recovered his senses.
Oliveira tries to break the clinch but Rua is controlling the position.
Oliveira landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Rua keeps control of Oliveira as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rua with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rua tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rua using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Oliveira landing knees to the body.
Oliveira wants to break free but Rua has control.
Oliveira has had enough of the clinch but Rua keeps him there for the moment.
Oliveira escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rua misses with a two punch combination.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Rua.
Rua darts in and clinches Oliveira up against the cage.
Rua keeps control of Oliveira as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rua tries to land knees in the clinch but Oliveira avoids the damage to the body.
Rua looking to throw knees to the head but Oliveira is blocking nicely.
Oliveira manages to break the clinch.
Oliveira thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Rua if he has to take too many more of those.
Oliveira clinches up with Rua and pushes him back against the cage.
Rua using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Oliveira has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Oliveira managing to block the knees to the body from Rua.
Rua tries to land a knee to the head but Oliveira blocks with his arms.
Rua misses with a knee strike.
Rua with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Oliveira wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Oliveira on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rua tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Oliveira breaks from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rua closes the distance looking to clinch
and Oliveira makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Rua gets a clinch.
Oliveira avoiding damage as Rua throws knees to the body.
Rua connects with a knee to the head.
Rua connects with a nasty looking knee right to Oliveira's face.
Oliveira breaks from the clinch.
Rua tries to clinch up but Oliveira circles away and keeps his distance.
Diego Rua seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rua lands a nice leg kick that just misses Oliveira's sensitive parts.
Oliveira chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rua can pounce on him.
A solid leg kick lands there for Rua.
No joy there for Rua, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Oliveira cracks the inside of Rua's front leg.
Rua just misses with a punch to the body.
Oliveira tries to work over Rua's front leg with a kick but Rua checks it.
Oliveira takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Danga de danga de dang - Rua scores with a four punch combination!
Oliveira scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Oliveira.
Oliveira throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Rua drives through and clinches with Oliveira against the cage.
Rua misses with a knee to the head.
Oliveira is stalling here.
Rua landing knees to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rua trying to land knees to the body.
Rua lands a nice knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rua lands a knee to the body.
Rua looking to throw knees to the head but Oliveira is blocking nicely.
Oliveira managing to block the knees to the body from Rua.
Oliveira wants to get back to striking at distance but Rua won't allow it.
Oliveira escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rua lands with a shot to the body.
Oliveira takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Rua closes the distance looking to clinch
and Oliveira counters with a leg kick.
Rua throws the kick towards the body but Oliveira avoids it.
Oliveira will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Oliveira fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rua throws a quick inside leg kick.
Rua has taken the fight to the clinch.
Oliveira looking to throw knees to the head but Rua is blocking nicely.
Oliveira escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Oliveira swats away the attempt to clinch by Rua.
Rua wants to slow Oliveira down by chopping away at his legs.
Rua wants to clinch up but Oliveira keeps it at a distance.
Oliveira scores with a leg kick.
Rua swats away the attempt to clinch by Oliveira.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Diego Rua dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marlon Oliveira's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
The fight stays on the outside here - Oliveira looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Oliveira on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Rua misses with a leg kick
and Oliveira counters with a good, hard body kick but Rua shrugs it off.
Rua throws a front kick aimed at Oliveira's knee but Oliveira avoids it well.
Oliveira has closed the distance and engaged Rua in a clinch.
Oliveira can't break the clinch.
Rua landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Rua throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Oliveira blocks it with crossed arms.
Rua looking to throw knees to the head but Oliveira is blocking nicely.
Oliveira managing to block the knees to the body from Rua.
Oliveira has had enough of the clinch but Rua keeps him there for the moment.
Rua prevents Oliveira from breaking the clinch.
Oliveira can't get the takedown.
Rua is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Rua using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Oliveira has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Oliveira breaks from the clinch.
Rua throws a low kick but it's checked well by Oliveira.
Oliveira thuds his shin into the meat of Rua's side.
Rua stuns Oliveira with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Rua rushes Oliveira and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Oliveira is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Come on Rua - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Oliveira is breathing heavily.
Rua misses with a knee to the head.
Oliveira misses with a knee to the head.
Rua tries to land knees in the clinch but Oliveira avoids the damage to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira tries to stall but Rua uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Oliveira escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rua wants to clinch but Oliveira slips to the side
and Oliveira counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Oliveira.
Rua looking to throw knees to the head but Oliveira is blocking nicely.
Oliveira wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Oliveira on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rua using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Oliveira managing to block the knees to the body from Rua.
Oliveira escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Diego Rua is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Oliveira lands a body shot.
Oliveira connects with a solid leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Oliveira.
Rua clinches with his opponent.
Rua throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rua landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rua trying to land knees to the body.
Oliveira using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rua has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Oliveira tries to break the clinch but Rua is controlling the position.
Rua misses with a knee to the head.
Oliveira tries to break the clinch but Rua is controlling the position.
Rua tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rua with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rua using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Oliveira has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Oliveira wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rua keeps control of Oliveira as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Oliveira goes for a takedown in the clinch but Rua prevents it.
Rua prevents Oliveira from breaking the clinch.
Rua tries to land a knee to the head but Oliveira blocks with his arms.
Rua misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Oliveira.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rua throws a knee to the head but misses.
Oliveira tries a knee to the head but Rua blocks it.
Rua scores a nice knee to the body.
Oliveira managing to block the knees to the body from Rua.
Rua lands a knee to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Rua tries to land knees in the clinch but Oliveira avoids the damage to the body.
Oliveira escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rua takes the fight into the clinch.
Rua misses with a knee strike.
Diego Rua has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Oliveira on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Oliveira breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rua looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Rua throws a leg kick
and Oliveira counters with a stiff right hand.
Oliveira clinches.
Rua tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rua misses with a knee to the head.
Rua tries to land knees in the clinch but Oliveira avoids the damage to the body.
Oliveira breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rua checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Rua tries to clinch there but Oliveira circles away.
Rua checks the leg kick nicely there.
Oliveira connects with a solid leg kick.
Rua throws a series of punches but Oliveira avoids them all with ease.
Rua tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Oliveira counters by moving into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rua lands a knee to the head.
Rua looking to throw knees to the head but Oliveira is blocking nicely.
Rua lands a knee to the head.
Rua looking to throw knees to the head but Oliveira is blocking nicely.
Oliveira on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Oliveira looking to slow down the pace here.
Rua tries to land knees in the clinch but Oliveira avoids the damage to the body.
Rua crunches a lovely knee into Oliveira's ribcage.
Rua gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Oliveira.
Diego Rua has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marlon Oliveira.
Oliveira wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rua misses with a knee strike.
Rua tries to land knees in the clinch but Oliveira avoids the damage to the body.
Rua tries to land knees in the clinch but Oliveira avoids the damage to the body.
Oliveira wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rua has him pressed against the cage.
Rua trying to land knees to the body.
Oliveira breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Oliveira scores a takedown into full mount!
Oliveira gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
Rua lands with a nice combination. Oliveira backs away looking to recover.
Rua circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Oliveira drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Rua follows Oliveira to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Diego Rua!
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Main event
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Charles Barkley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Suge Knight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Charles Barkley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Suge Knight!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Luis Engracia and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barkley takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Barkley moves into the clinch.
Knight is pressed up against the cage. Barkley has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Knight down to the mat. Knight avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Barkley tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Knight swivels and escapes.
Barkley fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Charles Barkley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Barkley fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Barkley misses with a takedown attempt - Knight sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Barkley shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Knight pinned against the cage. Knight gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Knight stuffs the takedown.
Barkley circles away from the clinch attempt
and Barkley counters with a single leg into guard. Knight didn't expect that.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barkley stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Knight swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Barkley throwing strikes from guard but Knight blocks nicely.
Barkley wants to control from the top but Knight keeps moving.
Knight strikes from his own guard.
Knight is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Knight is keen to just control but Barkley is a slippery customer.
Knight prevents Barkley from improving his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Barkley slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
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.
Barkley wants to sweep here but Knight controlling him for the moment.
Barkley looking to control.
Knight must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Barkley looking for a sweep. Not yet Barkley, not yet.
Knight wants to control from the top but Barkley keeps moving.
Barkley is trying to control the position but Knight postures up.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Knight stuffs the takedown attempt from Barkley. Barkley gets slowly back to his feet.
Knight has taken the fight to the clinch.
Barkley pulls Knight into guard.
Barkley is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Barkley is breathing heavily.
Barkley has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Knight can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knight wanted to stand there but Barkley had control of the position.
Knight lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Barkley has a closed guard, preventing Knight from standing up.
Barkley is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Barkley is looking for a triangle but Knight pushes his legs off easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knight keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Barkley's head.
Barkley is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Knight landing some decent shots from guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Knight's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Barkley not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Knight would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Knight stopping the sweep attempt from Barkley.
Barkley is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
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 Charles Barkley will probably get the nod.
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.
Barkley misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Barkley looks for a takedown but Knight sprawls well.
Barkley looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Charles Barkley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Knight lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Barkley shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Knight as he jumps to the side.
Knight swinging wilding here.
No joy there for Knight, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Knight looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Barkley works his way to full guard. Good work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barkley looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Barkley thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Knight wants to control from the top but Barkley keeps moving.
Knight tries to stand but Barkley is controlling from the bottom.
Barkley looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Barkley keeping moving, preventing Knight from controlling successfully.
Barkley looking for a sweep. Not yet Barkley, not yet.
Barkley manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Knight manages to get himself to full guard.
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.
Barkley won't allow Knight to get back to his feet.
Barkley pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Knight is keeping the position for now.
Knight has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Barkley has passed into side control.
Barkley working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Barkley is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Knight is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Barkley trying to control the action but Knight is working from the bottom.
Knight really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Barkley. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Knight on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knight avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Barkley.
Barkley is working to tighten is grip on Knight's neck. He's isolated an arm and is working for an arm triangle. Knight has recognised the danger and is trying to turn with the submission but Barkley is really squeezing tight and eventually Knight passes out! Barkley breaks the hold and jumps onto the cage to celebrate! Submission of the night, I'd say!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Charles Barkley!
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pop
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