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Undercard bout

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Erasmo Carlos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rob Canses (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carlos comes to the cage accompanied by Sans Pression Numero 1. Rob Canses has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Carlos
vs
Canses

192 cm
18
230 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

189 cm
20
270 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Prefers standup

Dangerous GnP
Brawler
Solid chin

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Erasmo Carlos!
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, Rob Canses!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Mauricio Rocha and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carlos throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Canses shoots for a double leg takedown but Carlos sprawls well. He's pushed Canses's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

Canses bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Canses lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Carlos down.
Carlos is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Canses working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Canses should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Carlos takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Canses lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Canses working the ground and pound from side control.
Carlos is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Canses is controlling him well.
Canses scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Carlos to see if he's OK.
Carlos wants to get back to his feet but Canses drags him back down.
Carlos is breathing heavily.
Canses landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Carlos taking a bit of punishment here - Canses scoring with strikes.
Canses grinds an elbow into Carlos's temple.
Carlos is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Canses scores with a couple of short elbows.
Canses working the body and head with strikes.
Carlos takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Canses lands a nice forearm strike.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Canses lands a few punches from side control.
Carlos wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Carlos takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Canses has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Canses scores with punches from side control.
Canses works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Carlos knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Canses on the ground.
Carlos wants to get back to his feet.
Canses grinds an elbow into Carlos's temple.
Canses lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Carlos down.
Canses advances to full mount.
Canses scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Carlos is trying to stand up.
Canses with a couple of short strikes.
Canses with a couple of short strikes.
Canses lands a nice shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Canses is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Canses pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Canses landing strikes, looking to finish!
Canses lands with some strikes.
Canses with shots to the head and body - Carlos looks very uncomfortable down there.
Canses with the ground and pound from mount.
Carlos wants to try and get back to his feet.

Carlos somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!

Canses shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Canses is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Nice strikes from Canses there.
Canses looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Canses missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Carlos wants to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Canses lands with a punch from half guard.
Canses looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Carlos with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Carlos is looking to escape.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Canses drives through with a takedown into guard.
Carlos has momentary wrist control but Canses slips an elbow through the middle.
Canses lands a couple of digs.
Canses chips away with some ground and pound.
Carlos can't keep his opponent in guard - Canses advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Canses seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Canses prevents Carlos from standing back up.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Canses tries to close the distance and clinch up but Carlos swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Canses looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Carlos!
Canses landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Canses lands with some strikes.
Canses scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Canses landing punches.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Canses scoring with strikes but Carlos is staying in there.
Carlos is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
BOOM! Canses connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Carlos taking shots to the head.
Canses scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Carlos?
Canses landing strikes from the mount and Carlos is in trouble!
Carlos wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Canses is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Carlos can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Carlos is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Canses putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Canses pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Carlos is trying to stand up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rob Canses dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Canses rushes Carlos and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Canses breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Canses tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Canses shoots in looking for a takedown. Carlos tries to sprawl out of it but Canses keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Carlos manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Carlos throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Carlos misses with a wild combination.

Canses shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Carlos is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Canses is controlling him.
Canses postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Canses with a nice head shot there.
Canses cracks Carlos with a solid left hand.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Canses is working Carlos over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Rob Canses has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Canses prevents Carlos from getting back to his feet.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Canses fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Carlos sprawls well initially but Canses persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Carlos is trying to stand up here but Canses is controlling him well.
Nice strikes from Canses there.
Carlos is looking to escape.
Canses landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Canses landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Canses seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Canses takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Canses lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Carlos throws a series of punches but Canses avoids them all with ease.
A punch combination from Carlos misses.

Canses shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Canses lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Canses working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Canses stops Carlos from standing up.
Canses advances to half guard.
Carlos looks like he's trying to stand up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Canses there.
Canses tries to pass to full mount but Carlos defends it.
Carlos on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Canses slips a jab and a cross from Carlos.
Carlos lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Canses circles away quickly and effectively.

Canses scores a takedown into full mount!
Canses with shots to the head and body - Carlos looks very uncomfortable down there.
Canses looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
BOOM! Canses connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Canses landing strikes from the mount and Carlos is in trouble!
Canses scoring with strikes but Carlos is staying in there.
Canses dominating with strikes here.
Canses punishing his opponent with strikes.

Carlos bucks Canses off and manages to get back to his feet!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Canses will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Carlos gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Carlos wants to stand but Canses is controlling the position.
Canses is working Carlos over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Canses is in close to Carlos's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Canses with a flurry of punches that miss.
Canses throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Canses working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Carlos is looking to stand up but Canses isn't so interested in that idea.
Canses passes Carlos's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Carlos is trying to stand up here but Canses is controlling him well.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Canses clinches up against the cage.
Canses wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Carlos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carlos circles away from the clinch attempt.

Canses shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Carlos squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Canses cracks Carlos with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Canses postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Carlos looks a forlorn figure.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Canses cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Canses working the ground and pound effectively.
Canses landing punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Canses in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
A nice elbow there by Canses.
Carlos really wants to buck Canses off and get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rob Canses showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Carlos's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Canses dodges the punch combination from Carlos.

Canses darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Canses has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Canses pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Carlos wants to try and get back to his feet.
Canses lands a nice shot to the head.
Carlos squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Canses unloading with bombs!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Carlos is trying to stand up.
Canses postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Carlos looks a forlorn figure.
Canses won't let Carlos get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Canses pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
You get the feeling that Carlos really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Canses landing strikes, looking to finish!
Canses lands a big elbow.
Carlos wants to try and get back to his feet.
Canses with good strikes from the mount here!
Canses lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Canses won't let Carlos get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Canses looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Carlos is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Canses unloading with bombs!

That's two 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.
Carlos is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Canses looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Canses connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Erasmo Carlos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Canses with a couple of short strikes.
Canses raining down shots from the mount!
Carlos is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
A nice elbow there by Canses.

Carlos somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!
Canses doesn't manage to clinch there - Carlos circles away.

Canses shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Canses showed some decent athleticism there.
Canses is nestled in close to Carlos, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Canses lands with a punch from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Canses is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Carlos manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Canses will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Canses slips a jab and a cross from Carlos.
Canses has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Carlos throws a right and a left that both miss.
Some wild striking there from Carlos.
Carlos lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Canses circles away quickly and effectively.
Carlos throws a series of punches but Canses avoids them all with ease.
Carlos tries to bum rush Canses with a series of wild strikes but Canses uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Canses bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Carlos is pushing Canses's head away, looking to escape. Canses manages to hold on to the position though.
Canses lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Carlos down.
Canses working the head and body with strikes.
Carlos is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Canses in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Canses prevents Carlos from escaping the position.
Canses lands a few punches from side control.
Carlos is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Carlos fails to land with a series of punches.

Canses closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Canses working Carlos over with strikes.
Canses prevents Carlos from standing back up.
Ground and pound from Canses.
Canses takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Canses works his foot free and advances to mount.
Canses working Carlos over with strikes here.
Carlos is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Canses working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Carlos is trying to stand up.
Rob Canses is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Canses lands a big shot there that rocks Carlos but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Canses looking to control but Carlos is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rob Canses comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Canses winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 26:30
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 26:30
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rob Canses!

C
A

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energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
96%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pat Marshall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Simo Katama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Marshall
vs
Katama

210 cm
22
275 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
21
265 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pat Marshall!
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, Simo Katama!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Thiago Cunha and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marshall looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Katama closes the distance and clinches up with Marshall, looking for a takedown. Katama pushes Marshall against the cage but Marshall circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Marshall shoots and misses

and Katama counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Katama won't allow Marshall to sweep him here.
Marshall is working hard here to advance position.
Marshall working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Katama.
Marshall not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Marshall wants to sweep but no luck.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Katama postures up in Marshall's guard and throws a big left but Marshall blocks it.
Katama won't allow Marshall to sweep him here.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Marshall tries to clinch but Katama moves away

and Katama counters with a shoot takedown. Marshall fights it but they end up in guard.
Marshall looking to hit a scissor sweep but Katama is one step ahead there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Katama in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Katama postures up in Marshall's guard and throws a big left but Marshall blocks it.
Katama trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Marshall pulls Katama in to control the position.
Katama throwing strikes from guard but Marshall blocks nicely.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Marshall misses with a takedown attempt

and Katama counters with a nice double leg into guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Katama throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Marshall works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Marshall will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Katama working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Katama working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Katama won't allow Marshall to sweep him here.
Marshall trying to keep a closed guard but Katama is proving a slippery customer.
Marshall pulls Katama in close to his closed guard and prevents Katama from doing any damage or advancing position.
Marshall working a defensive guard here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Marshall looks to clinch

and Katama counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Marshall's guard now.
Katama in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Marshall looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Katama keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Marshall's head.
Katama stopping the sweep attempt from Marshall.
Marshall on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Marshall tries to get out of the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Katama postures up in Marshall's guard and throws a big left but Marshall blocks it.
Marshall is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Katama landing some decent shots from guard.
Katama missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Katama stopping the sweep attempt from Marshall.
Marshall trying to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Simo Katama dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Katama tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Marshall swivels and escapes.
Marshall shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Katama counters by clinching up.
Katama tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Marshall manages to pull guard.
Marshall wants to get back to his feet but Katama is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Marshall wants to sweep but no luck.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Katama would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Marshall knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Katama on the ground.
Marshall looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Katama working some strikes from top position.
Marshall looking to hit a scissor sweep but Katama is one step ahead there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Katama content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Katama in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Katama wants to stand but Marshall is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Katama preventing the sweep.
Simo Katama has got the better of the ground game so far.
Marshall is controlling Katama's posture.
Marshall is trying to keep Katama in close.
Marshall looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Katama drives through and clinches with Marshall against the cage.
Marshall can't get the takedown.
Katama lands with a right to the head.
Katama stops a takedown attempt from Marshall.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pat Marshall. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Marshall tries to break the clinch but Katama is controlling the position.
Marshall tries to score a body lock takedown but Katama shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Katama lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Marshall backwards.
Marshall wants a takedown but no success here.
Katama throws a knee to the head but misses.
Marshall is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Katama pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Katama landing knees to the body.
Katama landing knees to the body.
Katama tries for a takedown. No joy.
Katama misses with a knee strike.
Katama connects with a nasty looking knee right to Marshall's face.
Katama prevents a takedown attempt there.
Katama lands a knee to the head.
Marshall tries for a takedown. No joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Katama gets through Marshall's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Katama scores with a shot to the side of Marshall's head.
Katama with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Marshall fails to land.
Marshall drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Katama gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Katama lands an uppercut.
Katama working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Katama lands a body punch in the clinch.
Marshall is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Katama pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Katama connects with a nasty looking knee right to Marshall's face.

It looks like Pat Marshall has been cut.
Marshall stops a takedown attempt from Katama.
Katama lands a left hand.
Katama creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Marshall's defenses.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Katama manages to pull guard.
Marshall slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Marshall takes a decent strike to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Simo Katama showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Pat Marshall's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Katama has managed to clinch.
Marshall is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Katama with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Katama lands a right hand that snaps the head of Marshall backwards.
Marshall wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Katama has him pressed against the cage.
Marshall wants a takedown but no success here.
Marshall tries to score a body lock takedown but Katama shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Katama misses with a knee strike.
Marshall has had enough of the clinch but Katama keeps him there for the moment.
Katama gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Marshall.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pat Marshall. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Marshall is trying to drag Katama to the mat but Katama just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Katama keeps control of Marshall as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Marshall tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Marshall jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Katama walks away with a smile on his face. Marshall gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Pat Marshall is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Marshall ducks right into an uppercut from Katama.
Katama shoots in for a takedown but Marshall shows good takedown defense.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Katama closes the distance and clinches.
Katama lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Marshall jumps guard but Katama stands there with Marshall around his waist. Marshall gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Katama with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Katama.

Katama gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Marshall is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Marshall blocking the ground and pound attempt from Katama.
Marshall wants to improve his position but Katama is controlling well.
Marshall works his way to full guard. Good work.
Marshall managing to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Katama with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Marshall has momentary wrist control but Katama slips an elbow through the middle.
Marshall working a defensive guard here.
Katama cracks Marshall with a solid left hand.
Marshall has Katama pulled in close to control his posture.
Marshall looking to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Katama has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Marshall is proving hard to escape from.
Marshall is pulling down on Katama's head to control his posture.
Marshall looking to hit a scissor sweep but Katama is one step ahead there.
Marshall seems keen to control Katama's posture.
Marshall looking to hit a scissor sweep but Katama is one step ahead there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Katama is fighting to break Marshall's control of his arms but Marshall is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Katama postures up.
Katama has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Pat Marshall just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Marshall tries for a takedown but Katama circles away easily

and Katama moves into the clinch.
Katama tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Marshall takes a knee right on the jaw!
Katama looking to throw knees to the head but Marshall is blocking nicely.
Pat Marshall has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Simo Katama is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Marshall misses with a punch on the inside.
Marshall swings away with an uppercut that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Simo Katama comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Katama has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 27:30
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 27:30
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Simo Katama!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
45%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between TJ Myson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andy Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Myson's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Welcome to the jungle. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Myson
vs
Jones

170 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

175 cm
22
179 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, TJ Myson!
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, Andy Jones!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Alexandre Firmino and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones swats away the attempt to clinch by Myson.
Myson pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Jones circles away from the clinch attempt.
Myson misses with a body kick.
Myson goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Myson throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Myson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Myson throws a right hand that Jones ducks under and follows up with a left that Jones also avoids with ease.

Jones closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

Jones is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Myson has managed to free his arm - good work.

Jones 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.

Jones is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Myson doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Jones.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Myson!

Jones looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

Jones wants to finish this one by submission but Myson is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Jones.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jones is going olschool here, as he tries to force Myson to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Myson shrugs it off.
Myson is trying to stand up.

Jones wants to finish this one by submission but Myson is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Jones.
Myson is really trying hard to get back to his feet.

Jones is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Jones!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Andy Jones!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
47%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between deacon james (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jon Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

james
vs
Jones

187 cm
22
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

193 cm
22
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Determined

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, deacon james!
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, Jon Jones!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Mauricio Rocha and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

james gets a takedown into half guard.
Jones looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
james missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Jones is trying to stand.
james trying to control the action but Jones is working from the bottom.
Ground and pound from james.
james missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Jones trying to hold on to james's head to control him but james postures up.

james is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Jones sees it coming and defends easily.
Jones is refusing to be controlled, as james sits in half guard.

james is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

That's one minute gone in the round.
james controlling the action here.
james trying to control the action but Jones is working from the bottom.
james drops an elbow to the side of Jones's head.
james missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
james slips a nice elbow through Jones's hands, connecting with Jones's forehead.

james is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Jones has managed to free his arm - good work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
james wants to control but Jones is keeping him busy.

james is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
james is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Jones trying to control from the bottom.

james is working for a submission of some sort.
james 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.

james has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Jones defend it? james steps over the head and cranks it - Jones is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for james!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). deacon james!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
44%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raphael Almeida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Raphael Almeida is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Love
vs
Almeida

179 cm
19
187 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

200 cm
22
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Prefers standup

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, Daniel Love!
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, Raphael Almeida!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Paulo Santos and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Love takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

It looks like Daniel Love has been cut.
Almeida misses with a jab, cross combination.
Almeida throws a sloppy head kick and Love moves out of range easily.

Love clinches with his opponent.
Love looking for a takedown.
Love has a couple of punches blocked by Almeida.
Almeida is leaning against Love and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Love on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Love has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Almeida is trying to keep an underhook but Love manages to get the takedown into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Almeida looking for submissions off his back.
Love prevents Almeida from standing back up.
Almeida is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Almeida trying to control but Love postures up.
Almeida tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Love is taking a breather. Almeida says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Love is looking to take a break and control but Almeida is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Love wants to pass the guard but Almeida is defending well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Love stops Almeida from getting back to his feet.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Love fails with a takedown attempt.
Almeida rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Love moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Almeida throws a nice looking combination but Love bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Almeida changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Love looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Love is looking for a sweep.
Love is breathing heavily.
Love is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Almeida's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Love trying to hold on to Almeida's head to control him but Almeida postures up.

Almeida is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Love doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Almeida.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almeida slips a nice elbow through Love's hands, connecting with Love's forehead.
Ground and pound from Almeida.
Almeida has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Almeida prevents Love from improving his position.
Almeida throwing shots but Love is blocking nicely.
Almeida seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Almeida lands a nice short elbow.
Love tries to get to full guard but Almeida has control of the leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love is working hard here to advance position.
Almeida working Love over with strikes.
Love is looking to improve his position.
Love gets full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Almeida works over Love with some ground and pound from guard.
Love is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Almeida trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Love manages to pass to mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Almeida is trying to escape the mount.
Almeida tries to hold on but Love postures up.
Love with shots to the head and body - Almeida looks very uncomfortable down there.
Love landing strikes, looking to finish!
Almeida is in a horrible position here. Love smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Almeida swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Love moves to take his opponent's back.
Love controlling the position well here. Almeida rolled but Love kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raphael Almeida dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Daniel Love's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Love changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Almeida looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Almeida prevents Love from improving position.
Almeida wants to get back to his feet but Love drags him back down.
Almeida is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Almeida missing with punches from the bottom.

Almeida kicks Love off and gets back to his feet.
Love dodges the punch combination from Almeida.
Almeida keeps the fight on the outside.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Almeida tries a head kick but it misses.
Almeida throws a head kick but Love moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Almeida takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Love lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Almeida backs up against the cage.

Love takes the fight into the clinch.
Almeida is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Love pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Almeida missing with knees to the body.

Love's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Love tries to clinch up.
A right-left combo lands from Love.
Almeida is looking to land body kicks.
Almeida swats away the attempt to clinch by Love.
Raphael Almeida seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Almeida throws a head kick that misses.

Love looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Almeida!
Love controlling the position easily from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Love lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Almeida hang on?
Almeida throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Love avoids the attempt from Almeida to control.
Love wants to control the pace but Almeida is squirming around nicely.

Love looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almeida working to try and regain half guard.
Almeida throwing hammer fists to the chest of Love. What's that going to do exactly?
Love looking to control but Almeida is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

Love is working for a guillotine from mount but Almeida frees his head quite easily.
Love unloading with bombs!
Almeida squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.

That's four 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.
Almeida wants to control but Love is having none of it.
Love lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Almeida looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
A lull in the action here.
Love is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
Love is looking to control Almeida but Almeida is wriggling around and keeping busy.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Love not allowing Almeida to control his hands.
Love looking to hold on to the position here but Almeida rolls and ends up regaining guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Love dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Daniel Love's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Almeida gets off balance looking for a body kick

and Love counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Love trying to control but Almeida is working from the bottom.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Almeida is on top in guard.
Love wants to stand but Almeida is controlling the position.
Almeida loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Almeida missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Almeida lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Almeida won't allow Love to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Almeida is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Almeida is working Love over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Love is working an open guard so Almeida takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

Love closes the distance and clinches.
Love drops down looking for an ankle pick but Almeida pulls his leg out and moves away.
A head kick by Almeida misses

and Love counters by moving into the clinch.
Love jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Almeida walks away with a smile on his face. Love gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Love throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Love tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Love blocks a head kick by Almeida.
Some wild striking there from Almeida.
Almeida throws a sloppy head kick and Love moves out of range easily.

Love closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Almeida to the mat! Almeida manages to get full guard.
Love stands up over Almeida, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Almeida throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Love trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Almeida is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Almeida is pressed up against the cage. Love has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Almeida down to the mat. Almeida avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Daniel Love. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Almeida throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Love has his takedown stuffed
and Almeida counters with a big head kick but Love shrugs it off.
Almeida waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Love.
Love blocks a head kick by Almeida.
Love shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Almeida cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Almeida throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Love drives through with a takedown into guard.
Almeida tries to strike from the bottom.

Almeida scrambles and gets back to his feet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Love misses with a takedown attempt - Almeida sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Love fails with an attempt to clinch.
Love shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Almeida as he jumps to the side.
Almeida lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Some wild striking there from Almeida.
Love avoids the head kick by Almeida.
Almeida misses with a double jab.
Almeida scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Love shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Almeida counters with a head kick. That will keep Love thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Raphael Almeida is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Love shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Almeida as he jumps to the side.
Love dodges the punch combination from Almeida.

That's four 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.
Almeida throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Love.
Love wants to clinch up but Almeida keeps it at a distance.
Almeida circles away from the clinch attempt.
Almeida misses with a wild combination.
Almeida blocks a head kick by Love.
Almeida throws a head kick that misses.
Almeida throws a lazy head kick

and Love decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Almeida's guard.
Daniel Love overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Love wants to control from the top but Almeida keeps moving.

Almeida had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Love is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Almeida Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Love's back instead.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Almeida softening up his opponent with strikes here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Daniel Love showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Love 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 29:28
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Daniel Love!