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UVT SHOWCASE IV PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Iron Tager (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Junon (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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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super 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, Iron Tager!
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, Matt Junon!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Emerson Jorge and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Junon drives through with a takedown into guard.
Junon is posturing up here but Tager has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Junon tries to roll out but it's too tight and Junon has to tap! Slick submission there by Tager!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Iron Tager!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Travis Odle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and BJ Costa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Odle comes to the cage accompanied by Let Go. 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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Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super 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, Travis Odle!
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, BJ Costa!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Edson Gomes and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Costa misses with the combination.
Odle has Costa up against the cage in a clinch.
Costa takes a knee to the side of the body.
Odle content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Odle misses with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Odle.
It looks like BJ Costa has been cut.
Costa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Costa wants to break the clinch but can't.
Odle putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Costa in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Costa looks gassed!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Odle with a knee to the head.
Odle landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Odle lands an elbow that stopped Costa in his tracks for a moment.
Odle scores a nice knee to the body.
Odle putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Costa in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Odle lands a knee to the head.
Odle lands an elbow just above Costa 's eye.
Odle scores a nice knee to the body.
Odle effectively controlling the action here.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Odle obliges.
Odle lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Costa takes an elbow to the forehead.
Odle effectively controlling the action here.
Odle gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Odle lands a damaging elbow.
Odle lands a knee to the body.
Odle utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Odle scores a nice knee to the body.
Odle has Costa pressed against the cage, preventing Costa from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Odle scores with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Odle.
Odle looking to throw knees to the head but Costa is blocking nicely.
Costa is trying to force a seperation but Odle has the dominant position.
Costa has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Odle has Costa pressed against the cage, preventing Costa from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Odle lands a nice knee to the body.
Costa is trying to break free.
Costa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Odle comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Costa is trying to break the clinch but Odle is controlling him.
Costa tries to break the clinch but Odle is controlling the position.
Costa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Odle scores a nice knee to the body.
Odle tries a knee to the head but Costa blocks it.
Costa wants to break free but Odle has control.
Costa tries to break free but Odle pushes him back against the cage.
Costa takes an elbow to the temple.
Odle tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Costa is looking to break free of the clinch but Odle has double underhooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Odle scores with a knee to the head.
Odle keeps control of Costa as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Odle stalling the fight.
Costa is trying to break the clinch but Odle has him pressed against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Odle.
Odle misses with a knee strike.
Odle lands a good knee to the midsection. Costa won't want to take too many of those.
Odle misses with a knee to the head.
Odle unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Costa wants to get back to striking at distance but Odle won't allow it.
Odle creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Costa's defenses.
Odle lands a damaging elbow.
Costa is looking to break free of the clinch but Odle has double underhooks.
Odle has Costa pressed against the cage, preventing Costa from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Odle tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Costa avoids it.
Odle throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Costa blocks it with crossed arms.
Costa is trying to force a seperation but Odle has the dominant position.
Odle with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Costa looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Knees in the clinch landing for Odle.
Odle tries to land a knee to the head but Costa blocks with his arms.
Odle prevents Costa from breaking the clinch.
Odle keeps control of Costa as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Costa looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Odle lands a knee to the body.
Costa is trying to force a seperation but Odle has the dominant position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Costa is trying to break free.
Costa is trying to force a seperation but Odle has the dominant position.
Costa takes an elbow to the forehead.
Odle misses with a knee to the head.
Odle creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Odle lands a nice elbow.
Costa is trying to break the clinch but Odle is controlling him.
Costa is trying to break the clinch but Odle is controlling him.
Odle connects with a nasty looking knee right to Costa's face.
Costa tries to break free but Odle pushes him back against the cage.
Odle leaning against his opponent.
Odle utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Costa is looking to break free of the clinch but Odle has double underhooks.
Odle landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Odle lands a knee to the body.
Costa is trying to break the clinch but Odle is controlling him.
Costa is trying to break the clinch but Odle has him pressed against the cage.
Odle lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Odle slowing the pace effectively.
Odle throws an elbow that misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Odle.
Odle prevents Costa from breaking the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Costa's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Odle comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Costa tries to break free but Odle pushes him back against the cage.
Odle tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Costa avoids it.
Costa managing to block the knees to the body from Odle.
Odle is trying to maintain a safe position but Costa gets an underhook and turns Odle into the cage.
Costa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Costa takes an elbow to the forehead.
Costa is trying to break the clinch but Odle is controlling him.
Costa can't break the clinch.
Costa is trying to break free.
Odle with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Costa blocks the elbow strike.
Costa looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Costa is trying to break the clinch but Odle has him pressed against the cage.
Odle using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Odle lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Costa tries to circle away but Odle has him pinned against the cage.
Odle scores a nice knee to the body.
Odle throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Costa blocks it with crossed arms.
Odle lands an elbow inside that Costa shrugs off.
Costa wants to break free but Odle has control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice elbow from Odle.
Costa wants to break free but Odle has control.
Odle unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Costa wants to break free but Odle has control.
Odle gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Costa tries to circle away but Odle has him pinned against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Travis Odle dominated that round.
The cut man is working on BJ Costa's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Costa slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Jab by Costa.
Odle shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Costa stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Odle.
Costa takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Odle scores with a leg kick.
Odle buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Odle throws out a loose jab but Costa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Costa avoids the head kick by Odle.
Costa throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Odle misses with a wild combination.
Costa misses the jab.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Costa takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Odle connects with a looping right hand.
Odle is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Costa can do to turn this around?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Odle gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Odle connects with a nasty looking knee right to Costa's face.
Costa tries to break free but Odle pushes him back against the cage.
Costa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Odle avoiding damage.
Costa working hard to break the clinch.
Odle lands an elbow inside.
Travis Odle has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Nice elbow from Odle.
Costa can't break the clinch.
Odle keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Costa's efforts to push away.
Odle unloads a knee to the mid-section. Costa lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Odle scores with a knee to the head.
Costa wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Odle has him pressed against the cage.
Odle keeps control of Costa as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Odle utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Odle landing knees to the body.
Odle tries a knee to the head but Costa blocks it.
Costa wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Odle unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Costa working hard to break the clinch.
Odle creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Costa's defenses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Odle tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Costa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Odle tries to land a knee to the head but Costa blocks with his arms.
Costa tries to break the clinch but Odle is controlling the position.
Odle using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Costa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Odle tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Odle tries to land a knee to the head but Costa blocks with his arms.
Odle throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Costa working hard to break the clinch.
Costa tries to break the clinch but Odle is controlling the position.
Costa tries to break the clinch but Odle is controlling the position.
Odle lands an elbow just above Costa 's eye.
Odle pressing his opponent against the cage.
Costa is looking to break free of the clinch but Odle has double underhooks.
Odle prevents Costa from breaking the clinch.
Odle scores a nice knee to the body.
Costa is trying to break the clinch but Odle has him pressed against the cage.
Costa wants to break free but Odle has control.
Odle gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Odle lands a nice elbow.
Odle misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Costa.
Odle keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Costa's efforts to push away.
A frustrated look appears on Costa's face as he tries to break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Odle gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Costa wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Odle takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Costa wants to break the clinch but can't.
Odle landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Costa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Costa tries to break free but Odle pushes him back against the cage.
Costa is trying to break the clinch but Odle has him pressed against the cage.
Odle lands an elbow inside.
Odle lands a nice knee to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Nice elbow from Odle.
Odle is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Costa is defending well for now.
Odle prevents Costa from breaking the clinch.
Odle pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Costa wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Costa wants to get back to striking at distance but Odle won't allow it.
Costa being controlled against the cage.
Odle is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Costa wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Odle has him pressed against the cage.
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.
Costa wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Odle has him pressed against the cage.
Costa working hard to break the clinch.
Odle utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Costa has had enough of the clinch but Odle keeps him there for the moment.
Odle with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Odle keeps control of Costa as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Knees in the clinch landing for Odle.
Costa wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Odle has Costa pressed against the cage, preventing Costa from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Odle comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Costa wants to break free but Odle has control.
Odle unloads a knee to the mid-section. Costa lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Costa is trying to break the clinch but Odle has him pressed against the cage.
Odle lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Odle obliges.
Odle landing knees to the head.
Costa working hard to break the clinch.
Odle tries to land a knee to the head but Costa blocks with his arms.
Odle is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Costa has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Odle tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Odle with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Odle lands a knee to the body.
Odle lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Costa wants to break free but Odle has control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Travis Odle dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on BJ Costa's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Costa throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Odle counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Odle.
Odle tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Costa wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Costa wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Odle lands a good knee to the midsection. Costa won't want to take too many of those.
Odle utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Odle connects with a knee to the head.
Odle lands an elbow inside.
Costa is looking to break free of the clinch but Odle has double underhooks.
A frustrated look appears on Costa's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Odle using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Costa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Odle pushes off an throws an elbow but Costa leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Costa avoiding damage as Odle throws knees to the body.
Costa is looking to break free of the clinch but Odle has double underhooks.
Odle throws an elbow but it misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Odle throws an elbow but misses.
Costa is trying to break free.
Costa has had enough of the clinch but Odle keeps him there for the moment.
Odle utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Odle tries to land knees in the clinch but Costa avoids the damage to the body.
Costa is trying to break the clinch but Odle is controlling him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Odle working Costa over with knees to the body.
Odle scores a nice knee to the body.
Odle tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Costa avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Costa takes a knee right on the jaw!
Costa is trying to break free.
Costa has had enough of the clinch but Odle keeps him there for the moment.
Costa takes an elbow to the temple.
Odle lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Odle connects with a knee to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Costa's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Odle unloads a knee to the mid-section. Costa lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Odle misses with a knee to the head.
Odle keeps control of Costa as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Costa wants to break free but Odle has control.
Odle lands a damaging elbow.
Odle gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Costa working hard to break the clinch.
Costa working hard to break the clinch.
Costa is trying to break the clinch but Odle has him pressed against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Costa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Odle lands an elbow inside that Costa shrugs off.
Costa wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Nice elbow from Odle.
Odle lands a damaging elbow.
Odle keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Costa's efforts to push away.
Costa tries to break the clinch but Odle is controlling the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Odle'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.
Costa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Costa avoiding damage as Odle throws knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Costa's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Costa wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Odle has him pressed against the cage.
Costa tries to break free but Odle pushes him back against the cage.
Costa takes a knee right on the jaw!
Odle has Costa pressed against the cage, preventing Costa from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Costa wants to get back to striking at distance but Odle won't allow it.
Odle lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Odle unloads a knee to the mid-section. Costa lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Odle takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Odle lands an elbow just above Costa 's eye.
Costa wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Odle lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Odle misses with a knee strike.
Costa tries to break the clinch but Odle is controlling the position.
Costa looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Costa working hard to break the clinch.
Odle crunches a lovely knee into Costa's ribcage.
Costa can't break the clinch.
Odle misses with a knee to the head.
Odle lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Costa wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Costa wants to break the clinch but can't.
Costa is trying to break the clinch but Odle has him pressed against the cage.
Odle lands an elbow just above Costa 's eye.
Odle lands an elbow inside that Costa shrugs off.
Costa is trying to break free.
Odle lands a damaging elbow.
Odle tries to land knees in the clinch but Costa avoids the damage to the body.
Odle using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Costa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Odle keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Costa's efforts to push away.
Costa wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Odle has him pressed against the cage.
Odle gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Costa has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Odle obliges.
Travis Odle is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Costa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Costa takes a knee to the side of the body.
Costa looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Odle tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Costa is trying to force a seperation but Odle has the dominant position.
Costa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Odle unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Odle lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Odle tries to land knees in the clinch but Costa avoids the damage to the body.
Odle keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Costa's efforts to push away.
Costa wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Odle has him pressed against the cage.
Odle is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Costa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Costa wants to break free but Odle has control.
Costa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Odle throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Costa blocks it with crossed arms.
Odle prevents Costa from breaking the clinch.
Odle with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Costa looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Costa tries to circle away but Odle has him pinned against the cage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Costa working hard to break the clinch.
Costa wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Costa wants to get back to striking at distance but Odle won't allow it.
BJ Costa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Knees to the body from Odle.
Odle slows down the pace here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Travis Odle showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Odle has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:26
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:26
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Travis Odle!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Robbie Carlos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tager Genesic Buster (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Genesic Buster's choice of entrance music: MOTOR HEAD. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super 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, Robbie Carlos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tager Genesic Buster!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Leandro Rodrigues and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carlos shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Carlos is defended easily by Genesic Buster.
Genesic Buster scores a takedown into full mount!
Carlos is wriggling around trying to escape.
Genesic Buster looking for a guillotine from mount but Carlos is having none of it.
Genesic Buster looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Genesic Buster is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Carlos is surviving well by controlling Genesic Buster's body position as best he can.
Genesic Buster is working for a guillotine from mount but Carlos frees his head quite easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carlos is trying desperately to improve position.
Genesic Buster fails to advance to Carlos's back.
Carlos gets back to half guard.
Genesic Buster is trying to work for a kimura but Carlos is defending well.
Carlos looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Carlos is breathing heavily.
Genesic Buster is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Carlos has managed to free his arm - good work.
Genesic Buster is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Carlos doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Genesic Buster.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Carlos manages to get to full guard.
Genesic Buster tries to free his leg and advance position but Carlos is retaining full guard.
Carlos is looking for a triangle but Genesic Buster pushes his legs off easily.
Genesic Buster drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Genesic Buster jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Genesic Buster wants to pass the guard but Carlos is keeping the position.
Genesic Buster drops back looking for a leg! Carlos is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Carlos manages to kick Genesic Buster off! Genesic Buster jumps back into Carlos's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Carlos is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Genesic Buster trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Genesic Buster thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Genesic Buster drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Genesic Buster jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Genesic Buster got a little sloppy there for a moment and Carlos has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Genesic Buster has managed to get both his arms back between Carlos's legs - danger averted.
Genesic Buster drops back looking for a leg! Carlos is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Carlos manages to kick Genesic Buster off! Genesic Buster jumps back into Carlos's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carlos looking for a guillotine here but Genesic Buster defends easily.
Carlos has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Genesic Buster can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Genesic Buster drops back looking for a leg! Carlos is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Carlos manages to kick Genesic Buster off! Genesic Buster jumps back into Carlos's guard.
Genesic Buster looking to pass the guard.
Genesic Buster must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Genesic Buster drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Genesic Buster jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Genesic Buster thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Robbie Carlos dominated that round.
That's time! Carlos's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Carlos shoots and misses
and Genesic Buster counters with a shoot takedown. Carlos fights it but they end up in guard.
Genesic Buster thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Genesic Buster thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Carlos had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Genesic Buster is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Carlos Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Genesic Buster's back instead.
Carlos keeps control of the position as Genesic Buster tries to break free.
Genesic Buster is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Carlos looking to break Genesic Buster's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Genesic Buster remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Carlos will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Carlos working for the choke.
Genesic Buster tries to escape the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carlos tightening his grip on Genesic Buster, looking for the choke.
Carlos looking for the RNC.
Carlos has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Genesic Buster is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Genesic Buster is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Carlos gets his way!
You can see the frustration on Genesic Buster's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
That's two 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.
Genesic Buster is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Carlos has the hooks in. Genesic Buster is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Genesic Buster is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Carlos gets his way!
Genesic Buster is really stuck here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Genesic Buster is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Genesic Buster tries to roll but Carlos sticks to his back.
Genesic Buster really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Carlos. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Carlos working for the choke.
Genesic Buster is in bad spot here.
Carlos is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Robbie Carlos overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Carlos working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Carlos patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
Genesic Buster tries to escape the position.
Genesic Buster is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Carlos off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Carlos is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Genesic Buster is defending well though. Carlos let's go of the attempt for now.
I really don't envy Genesic Buster right now.
Genesic Buster defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Carlos is hanging on to Genesic Buster's back as he tries to escape.
Genesic Buster defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Carlos is hanging on to Genesic Buster's back as he tries to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Robbie Carlos dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Genesic Buster bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Carlos manages to work his way to half guard, despite Genesic Buster's best efforts.
Genesic Buster is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Carlos looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Genesic Buster is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Carlos is just riding it out for now. Genesic Buster eventually gives up the hold.
Carlos is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Genesic Buster pulls his head out easily.
Genesic Buster is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Carlos doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Genesic Buster.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Genesic Buster is working for a kimura but Carlos is defending it quite comfortably.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carlos is working on a guillotine. He's managed to get to full guard and he's really squeezing tight! Genesic Buster is tapping! Great win for Carlos!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Robbie Carlos!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Pablo Gurgel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiago Perbichi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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145 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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148 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pablo Gurgel!
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, Thiago Perbichi!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Mauricio Rocha and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gurgel is looking to clinch but Perbichi is avoiding it.
Gurgel lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Perbichi misses with an uppercut. Gurgel saw that one coming.
Perbichi misses with a low kick.
Gurgel moves into the clinch.
Gurgel manages to break the clinch.
Gurgel fails in his attempt to clinch.
Perbichi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gurgel has taken the fight to the clinch.
Gurgel tries to pull guard but Perbichi won't allow it.
Gurgel is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Perbichi trying to control the position but instead, Gurgel has worked for underhooks and has pushed Perbichi into the cage.
Gurgel scores with a knee to the head.
Gurgel throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Perbichi blocks it with crossed arms.
Perbichi avoiding damage as Gurgel throws knees to the body.
Perbichi prevents a takedown attempt there.
Gurgel is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Perbichi is defending well for now.
Gurgel lands a body shot.
Perbichi is trying to break the clinch but Gurgel is controlling him.
Gurgel with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Perbichi is rocked!
It looks like Thiago Perbichi has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gurgel working the clinch nicely. Perbichi is working for position but Gurgel cracks him with a big knee to the head! Perbichi crumples up against the cage and Gurgel lands two more shots before the ref can save Perbichi! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee & Punches). Pablo Gurgel!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Al Capone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenny Caudill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Caudill has chosen Stylin Profilin as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Al Capone!
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, Kenny Caudill!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Seu Braga and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from Capone does no damage.
A punch combination from Caudill misses.
Capone fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Caudill tries a head kick but it misses.
Caudill keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Capone avoids a punch combination nicely.
Caudill feints and then cracks Capone's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Capone down.
Caudill with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Capone lands a two punch combo.
Caudill lands with a thumping leg kick.
Capone is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Capone walks into a jab.
It looks like Al Capone has been cut.
A big right followed by a crushing left from Caudill knocks Capone out cold! Ouch - that one's going to be featured in highlight reels for years to come!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Kenny Caudill!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brian Bourque (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pedrinho Matador (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Brian Bourque!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pedrinho Matador!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Seu Braga and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matador blocks a head kick by Bourque.
Bourque clinches up with Matador and pushes him back against the cage.
Bourque connects with a nasty looking knee right to Matador's face.
Bourque misses with a knee strike.
Bourque landing knees to the head.
Bourque lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bourque keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Matador's efforts to push away.
Matador is trying to force a seperation but Bourque has the dominant position.
Matador breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bourque throws a head kick that half lands.
Matador is trying hard to land a takedown here. Bourque sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Bourque throws a half hearted mid kick.
Bourque forces Matador back against the cage and clinches.
Matador has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bourque lands an elbow just above Matador 's eye.
Bourque breaks from the clinch.
Bourque scores with a shot to the body.
Matador blocks a head kick by Bourque.
Bourque connects with a vicious head kick that knocks Matador to the floor! Bourque dives in looking for the finish!
It looks like Pedrinho Matador has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Matador looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matador looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Matador looks gassed!
Matador looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Matador looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Bourque is taking a breather. Matador 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.
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.
Matador looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bourque trying to mount his opponent but Matador defends it.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Bourque is looking to slow Matador down with leg kicks.
A big right from Bourque misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bourque throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Matador's head.
A head kick lands from Bourque that sends Matador to the canvas. Matador tries to scramble back to his feet but Bourque brings him back down into side control.
Matador is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Matador is looking for a sweep.
Matador manages to get back to half guard.
Bourque controlling the pace.
Bourque decides to stand and escape the position.
Bourque rushes Matador and presses him up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matador wants to break free but Bourque has control.
Matador wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bourque has him pressed against the cage.
Bourque lands a right hand that snaps the head of Matador backwards.
Bourque lands a nice knee to the body.
Bourque breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A head kick from Bourque lands but Matador takes it in his stride.
Bourque throws a series of punches but Matador moves out of range.
Bourque pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Matador ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jab by Bourque.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Both fighters circling a little - Bourque finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Bourque clinches up with Matador and pushes him back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brian Bourque dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pedrinho Matador's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Bourque throws a body kick that misses.
Matador has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Bourque fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bourque takes the fight into the clinch.
Bourque creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Matador's defenses.
Matador wants to break free but Bourque has control.
Matador takes a knee right on the jaw!
Matador is trying to break free.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bourque.
Bourque manages to break the clinch.
Bourque throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Bourque misses with a head kick.
Bourque looks to land a right hand but Matador moved out of range.
Brian Bourque seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bourque tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bourque misses with a wild combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matador avoids the head kick by Bourque.
Matador fails to land the takedown.
A head kick misses from Bourque.
Bourque slaps away a takedown attempt from Matador, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Matador takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Bourque tries to close the distance and clinch but Matador swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Brian Bourque is winning the standup battle so far.
Bourque closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Bourque makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bourque pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Matador fails with a takedown attempt.
Brian Bourque has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pedrinho Matador.
Bourque moves into the clinch successfully.
Matador is trying to force a seperation but Bourque has the dominant position.
Bourque scores with a knee to the head.
Bourque is pushing Matador up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Bourque is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Matador can do to turn this around?
Bourque softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bourque's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bourque cracks Matador with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Bourque connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Matador avoids a kick to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bourque tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Matador paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Matador has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Matador fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bourque tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Matador keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bourque throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bourque clinches.
Bourque comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Matador wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bourque pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bourque tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bourque loads up on a big right hand but Matador slips the punch.
Bourque throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matador tries to score a power double leg takedown but Bourque sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Matador somewhat.
Bourque misses with a head kick.
Matador is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Some wild striking there from Bourque.
Bourque tries to clinch up.
Matador blocks a head kick by Bourque.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brian Bourque dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Pedrinho Matador's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Matador takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Bourque throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bourque tries a head kick but it misses.
Matador avoids a punch combination nicely.
Matador looks to clinch
and Bourque cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bourque loads up on a big right hand but Matador slips the punch.
Bourque pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Bourque circles away from the clinch attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Matador tries to clinch up.
Bourque tries a head kick but it misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bourque avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Matador has a takedown stuffed.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bourque misses with a double jab.
Bourque throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Matador.
Matador uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bourque.
Matador gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Matador has had enough of the clinch but Bourque keeps him there for the moment.
Matador wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bourque has him pressed against the cage.
Matador is trying to break free.
Bourque keeps control of Matador as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bourque scores with a shoulder strike.
Matador wants to get back to striking at distance but Bourque won't allow it.
Matador is trying to break the clinch but Bourque is controlling him.
Matador looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bourque lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A knee to the head by Bourque.
Bourque connects with a knee to the head.
Matador is looking to break free of the clinch but Bourque has double underhooks.
Bourque breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matador gets a clinch.
Bourque's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bourque throws a sloppy head kick and Matador moves out of range easily.
Some wild striking there from Bourque.
Matador tries to score a power double leg takedown but Bourque sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Matador somewhat.
Bourque misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bourque tries to clinch there but Matador circles away.
A head kick misses from Bourque.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bourque tries to bum rush Matador with a series of wild strikes but Matador uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Matador shoots in but Bourque avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Brian Bourque has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pedrinho Matador.
Bourque throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
No luck for Matador with that takedown attempt.
Bourque misses with a low kick.
Bourque lands a nice shot to the body.
Bourque closes the distance but Matador moves to the side
and Matador holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Matador takes a knee to the side of the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bourque's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bourque digs a good hook to Matador's body.
Bourque pushes Matador up against the cage in a clinch.
Bourque with a knee to the head.
Bourque comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Matador looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bourque connects with a knee to the head.
Bourque keeps control of Matador as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Matador wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bourque connects with a nasty looking knee right to Matador's face.
Matador is trying to break the clinch but Bourque is controlling him.
Bourque lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bourque keeps control of Matador as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bourque keeps control of Matador as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Matador takes a knee right on the jaw!
Matador is trying to break the clinch but Bourque has him pressed against the cage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bourque escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Matador swats away the attempt to clinch by Bourque.
Matador avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Brian Bourque showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bourque has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:25
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:26
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brian Bourque!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alistar Oberream (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivo Lascasas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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275 lbs
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250 lbs
4 - 3 - 0 |
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Solid boxing
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Brawler
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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
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alistar Oberream!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ivo Lascasas!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Seu Braga and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lascasas is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lascasas wants to clinch.
Oberream looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Oberream throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Lascasas works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Oberream won't allow Lascasas to sweep him here.
Oberream is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Lascasas has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Oberream can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Oberream forces his way into half guard.
Lascasas wants to improve his position but Oberream is controlling well.
Oberream is thwarting Lascasas's attempts to control the position.
Oberream landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
It looks like Ivo Lascasas has been cut.
The fighters are battling for position here. Lascasas manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oberream working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Lascasas's head.
Oberream working some strikes from top position.
Oberream makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Oberream is looking to work some ground and pound but Lascasas has wrist control.
Oberream thows a big elbow that misses.
Lascasas manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Oberream manages to get himself to full guard.
Lascasas stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Oberream swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Oberream scores with a nice shot.
Lascasas wants to get up but he can't break Oberream's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Oberream punching from the bottom.
Oberream is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Oberream connects with a nice short shot to Lascasas's temple.
Oberream looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lascasas moves into full guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Lascasas is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Oberream distracts Lascasas with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Oberream keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Lascasas's head.
The cut above Ivo Lascasas's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Oberream scoring with punches to the head and body.
Ivo Lascasas's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Ivo Lascasas's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Alistar Oberream!
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ghoul Ghotha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ghoul Ghotha has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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272 lbs
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235 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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Brawler
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Brawler
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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
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ghoul Ghotha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jimmy Diaz!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Seu Braga and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ghotha blocks a jab.
Ghotha changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Diaz looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Diaz can't do much from the bottom here.
Diaz is looking to reverse the position.
Ghotha is putting a hurting on Diaz here, landing some big shots from side control.
You can see the frustration on Diaz's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Diaz prevents Ghotha from improving position.
Diaz manages to get back to half guard.
Ground and pound from Ghotha.
Diaz is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Ghotha pulls his head out easily.
Ghotha trying to pass the guard but Diaz defending well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ghotha looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Diaz trying to hold on to Ghotha's head to control him but Ghotha postures up.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Ghotha lands a nice short elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz wants to control but Ghotha is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Ghotha thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Ghotha thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Ghotha looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Nice strikes from Ghotha there.
Ghotha is thwarting Diaz's attempts to control the position.
Diaz is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Ghotha scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Diaz looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Ghotha throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ghotha winds up and cracks Diaz with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Ghotha lands a nice short elbow.
Ghotha missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Diaz has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Ghotha is working away from the top position though.
Ghotha missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Diaz wants to control but Ghotha is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Ghotha throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Diaz trying to control here.
Nice strikes from Ghotha there.
Ghotha stops Diaz from getting back to his feet.
Ghotha is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Diaz throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ghotha wants to advance to full mount but Diaz doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Ghotha throws a big right hand that misses.
Ghotha landing some decent shots from guard.
Ghotha won't allow Diaz to sweep him here.
Diaz is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Diaz is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Diaz looks gassed!
Ghotha trying to control the position from guard on top but Diaz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ghotha postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Ghotha has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Ghotha pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Diaz is keeping the position for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Ghotha working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Diaz's head.
Ghotha trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Ghotha trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Diaz has his foot on Ghotha's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Ghotha works his way back into a safe position though.
Diaz has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Ghotha can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Ghotha landing some decent shots from guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Diaz trying to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ghoul Ghotha dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Ghotha fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Ghoul Ghotha seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ghotha looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Diaz misses with a two punch combination.
Diaz gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Diaz has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Ghotha is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Ghotha changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Diaz fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ghoul Ghotha. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ghotha displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Diaz throws out the jab.
Diaz shoots in for a double leg but Ghotha sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diaz misses with a wild combination.
Ghotha swinging wilding here.
Diaz rushes Ghotha and presses him up against the cage.
Diaz is working Ghotha over against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Diaz closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Ghotha is not content to let Diaz control the position.
Diaz is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Ghotha is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Diaz's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Diaz trying to mount his opponent but Ghotha defends it.
Ghotha tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Diaz tries to stand and escape but Ghotha is controlling the position.
Diaz is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Ghoul Ghotha overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ghotha misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Ghotha connecting with a few gentle strikes.
Ghotha gets full guard.
Diaz wants to control from the top but Ghotha keeps moving.
Diaz wants to stand but Ghotha has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Ghotha wants to sweep here but Diaz controlling him for the moment.
Ghotha trying to keep a closed guard but Diaz is proving a slippery customer.
Ghotha keeping moving, preventing Diaz from controlling successfully.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Diaz fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz misses with a body shot.
Diaz tries to close the distance and clinch but Ghotha swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Diaz misses with a double jab.
Diaz looks to land a right hand but Ghotha moved out of range.
Ghotha shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Diaz counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ghoul Ghotha is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Diaz scores a takedown into full mount!
Ghotha wants to hold on but Diaz pushes him away.
Diaz lands a big shot there that rocks Ghotha but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Diaz trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Diaz landing strikes, looking to finish!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz working the ground and pound effectively.
Ghotha working to try and regain half guard.
Diaz landing strikes from the mount and Ghotha is in trouble!
Ghotha tries to lock up and control but Diaz gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Ghotha is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Ghotha is squirming around, avoiding Diaz's attempts to control the action.
Ghotha tries to lock up and control but Diaz gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Diaz pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ghotha is wriggling around trying to escape.
Diaz controlling from the full mount.
Ghotha tries to reverse the position but Diaz maintains control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jimmy Diaz showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Ghotha with a lazy takedown attempt
and Diaz counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Diaz with a flurry of punches that miss.
Ghotha tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Ghotha preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Diaz landing with the ground and pound.
Ghotha will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Diaz with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Diaz throws a big right hand that misses.
Diaz with a flurry of punches that miss.
Ghotha wants to sweep here but Diaz controlling him for the moment.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Ghotha gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Diaz counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Diaz looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Ghotha with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Diaz is trying to control the action in half guard but Ghotha is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ghotha is in trouble now - Diaz has advanced to mount!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz looking to secure an arm triangle but Ghotha defends it well.
Ghotha is trying desperately to improve position.
Diaz trying to control but Ghotha is having none of it.
Diaz swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Ghotha is now in Diaz's guard. A big mistake from Diaz there, giving up the dominant position!
Diaz keeping moving, preventing Ghotha from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Ghotha is in close to Diaz's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Diaz is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Ghotha is aware though and is defending well.
Ghotha cracks Diaz with a solid left hand.
Diaz is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Diaz avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Diaz keeping moving, preventing Ghotha from controlling successfully.
Diaz trying to control the position.
Diaz manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Ghotha manages to get himself to full guard.
Ghotha keeping moving, preventing Diaz from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ghotha controls Diaz momentarily but Diaz frees himself.
Diaz trying to control the position from guard on top but Ghotha is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Diaz has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Diaz controlling from the top position.
Ghotha keeping moving, preventing Diaz from controlling successfully.
Ghotha looking to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Ghotha will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Diaz. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Diaz moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Diaz gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Diaz is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Ghotha defends well.
Diaz escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Ghotha gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Ghotha trying to control the position from guard on top but Diaz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ghotha throws a strike but Diaz rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Ghotha trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
And that's the end of the fight!
Jimmy Diaz comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Diaz 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 Matheus Silva scores the fight 28:29
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 28:29
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jimmy Diaz!
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Main event
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Clarence Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Huge (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Matt Huge has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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170 lbs
10 - 3 - 0 |
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179 lbs
14 - 8 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Clarence Thomas!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Matt Huge!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Luis Engracia and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thomas fails to land with a series of punches.
Huge shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Thomas pinned against the cage. Thomas gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Nice defenses there by Huge.
Thomas throws a jab when Huge was well out of range.
Huge avoids the body shot from Thomas.
Horrible takedown by Huge or perhaps it was just good defense by Thomas which made him look bad.
Huge darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Thomas is trying to stand up here but Huge is controlling him well.
Huge thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Huge missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Thomas is trying to escape back to his feet but Huge uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Huge working the head with strikes.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Huge trying to control the action but Thomas is working from the bottom.
Huge creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Thomas sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Huge takes a little break here. Thomas wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Huge lands a few punches from side control.
Thomas is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
You can see the frustration on Thomas's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Huge working the ground and pound but Thomas is defending the strikes.
Huge works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
You can see the frustration on Thomas's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Thomas tries to escape but Huge is in control.
Huge wants to lay and pray for a moment but Thomas keeps working.
Huge in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Huge closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Thomas to the mat! Thomas manages to get full guard.
Huge working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Huge won't allow Thomas to sweep him here.
Huge throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Thomas works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Thomas pulls Huge in close to his closed guard and prevents Huge from doing any damage or advancing position.
Thomas wants to stand but Huge is controlling the position.
Huge wants to control from the top but Thomas keeps moving.
Huge is working Thomas over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Thomas wants to stand but Huge is controlling the position.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Thomas fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Huge misses with an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Huge fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Clarence Thomas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matt Huge.
Thomas lands a with a good body shot.
Huge looks gassed!
Thomas scores with a jab. Huge acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Thomas's corner calls for a 1-2. Thomas obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Thomas rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Huge moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Thomas cracks Huge with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Thomas pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Huge keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Thomas.
Huge fails to land the takedown.
Thomas wants to clinch up but Huge keeps it at a distance.
Thomas throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Thomas connects with a looping right hand.
Thomas throws the left hand but Huge avoids the punch easily.
Huge moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Huge shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Thomas's guard.
Thomas wants to stand but Huge is controlling the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas managing to control the position.
Thomas looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Thomas not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Thomas manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Thomas throws a right hand that Huge ducks under and follows up with a left that Huge also avoids with ease.
Huge closes this distance looking for a takedown but Thomas circles away.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Huge.
Clarence Thomas is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Huge defending well as Thomas loads up on a big left hand.
Thomas scores with a nice right hand.
Thomas throws a combination. Huge tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Huge gets cracked there but stands up to it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Clarence Thomas dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Thomas scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Huge closes the distance and clinches up with Thomas, looking for a takedown. Huge pushes Thomas against the cage but Thomas circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Thomas throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Huge on the side of the head.
Huge tries for a takedown but Thomas sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Huge changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Thomas tries to avoid it but Huge manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Thomas to the ground. Thomas escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Clarence Thomas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matt Huge.
Nice body punch from Thomas.
Huge takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Decent striking displayed by Thomas there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thomas looks to land a right hand but Huge moved out of range.
Thomas scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Huge doesn't seem bothered though.
Thomas clobbers Huge with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Huge ducks straight into an uppercut from Thomas and tumbles to the canvas! It’s a flash knockdown though - Huge maanges to regain guard straight away.
Huge is rocked!
Huge being controlled here, momentarily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Thomas's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Huge is keeping the position for now.
Thomas slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Huge keeping moving, preventing Thomas from controlling successfully.
Huge working a defensive guard here.
Huge doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Thomas slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Huge striking off his back but it's not causing Thomas any problems.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Huge being controlled here, momentarily.
Thomas wants to control from the top but Huge keeps moving.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Clarence Thomas just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
A swing and a miss from Thomas.
Huge with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Thomas to score with a decent uppercut.
Huge uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Thomas.
Huge uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Thomas.
Huge shoots in and bounces Thomas off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Thomas has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Huge with a flurry of punches that miss.
Huge throwing strikes but missing.
Thomas wants to get back to his feet but Huge is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Thomas preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Thomas looking for a sweep. Not yet Thomas, not yet.
Thomas trying to control the position here.
Huge stops Thomas from standing up.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Thomas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Huge tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Thomas swivels and escapes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Huge shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Huge is looking to clinch.
Thomas is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Huge.
Huge shoots in but Thomas avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Thomas misses with a wild combination.
Huge shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Thomas but Thomas pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Huge takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Thomas throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Thomas throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Huge needs to keep his hands up - Thomas had a free shot at his head there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The fight stays on the outside here - Thomas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Huge moves away from the strike by Thomas.
Clarence Thomas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Huge fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Clarence Thomas dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Huge doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Huge looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Thomas is fending him off so far but Huge persists. Nope, Thomas circles away and we're back to standing.
Thomas displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Huge.
Thomas throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Huge sees it coming and avoids it easily.
No luck for Huge with that takedown attempt.
Clarence Thomas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matt Huge.
Thomas uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Huge has time to react.
Thomas lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends Huge sprawling to the canvas. Thomas follows him down, looking for the kill. Can Huge hang on?
Thomas tries to stand but can't do so whilst Huge controls his leg.
Thomas keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Huge is looking for a sweep. Thomas is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Thomas decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Huge ducks right into an uppercut from Thomas.
Thomas pushes Huge up against the cage in a clinch.
Thomas pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Huge defending well as Thomas loads up on a big left hand.
Huge looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Thomas!
Huge tries to control but Thomas wriggling away.
Thomas tries to hold on but Huge pushes him away.
Thomas is in all sorts of trouble here.
Huge has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Huge with shots to the head and body - Thomas looks very uncomfortable down there.
Thomas tries to hold on but Huge pushes him away.
Huge throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Thomas because Huge loaded up on that one.
Huge thowing shots but they're missing.
Huge throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Huge won't let Thomas get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Thomas tries to lock up and control but Huge gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Huge with the ground and pound from mount.
Huge punching from mount but Thomas doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Huge throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Huge throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Thomas tries to hold on but Huge pushes him away.
Huge working for a guillotine from mount but Thomas is in no mood to give up.
Poor strikes thrown by Huge there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas wants to hold on but Huge pushes him away.
Thomas on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Thomas tries to get out of the position.
Thomas is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Huge is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Thomas is working to get back to half guard.
Huge raining down shots from the mount!
Thomas tries to hold on but Huge postures up.
Thomas regains half guard.
Huge prevents Thomas from improving his position.
Huge throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Thomas won't allow Huge to pass to mount.
Thomas is not content to let Huge control the position.
Thomas is trying to maintain the position but Huge is very close to passing his half guard.
Huge sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Thomas defending well though.
Thomas manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Huge scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Thomas wants to get back to his feet but Huge drags him back down.
Huge working away.
Thomas is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Clarence Thomas clearly takes that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Huge shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Thomas's guard.
Thomas kicks Huge off and gets to his feet.
Huge takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Thomas thows a left - swing and a miss!
Huge circles away from the clinch attempt.
Huge will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Thomas lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Huge circles away quickly and effectively.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Huge.
Huge ducks under a wild hook from Thomas.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Huge staying out of range there.
Huge shoots for a takedown but Thomas saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Clarence Thomas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matt Huge.
A shot to de liver by Thomas. Beautiful body shot.
Clarence Thomas is winning the standup battle so far.
Thomas cracks Huge with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas lands with a hook. Huge tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Thomas fails to land with a series of punches.
Thomas stuffs the takedown attempt from Huge. Huge gets slowly back to his feet.
Thomas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Thomas tries to close the distance and clinch but Huge swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Thomas is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Huge can do to turn this around?
A swing and a miss from Thomas.
Thomas throws a jab but it's blocked by Huge.
Huge throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Thomas was covering up waiting for the punch and Huge finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Huge missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Thomas manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Huge is looking to get to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Huge tries to hold on but Thomas postures up.
Thomas content just to control the position here.
Thomas prevents Huge from getting the reversal.
Thomas tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Huge working to try and regain half guard.
Thomas controlling the position easily from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Clarence Thomas just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Huge tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Thomas swivels and escapes.
Huge has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Thomas swinging wilding here.
Huge takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Thomas scores with a jab to the head.
Thomas scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Huge drives through with a takedown into guard.
Thomas trying to keep a closed guard but Huge is proving a slippery customer.
Huge throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Thomas is adopting a defensive guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Clarence Thomas had his way with Matt Huge in 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. This is the final round!
Huge fails with the takedown.
Huge shoots in but no luck this time.
Huge fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Clarence Thomas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matt Huge.
Thomas scores with a nice head shot.
Huge is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Thomas pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Huge takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Thomas throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Huge is still on wobbly legs! Can Thomas finish him?
Huge takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Huge seems to have recovered his senses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thomas swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Thomas works the jab nicely.
Thomas loads up on a big right hand but Huge slips the punch.
Thomas misses with a looping right.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas throws a looping overhand right but Huge ducks down to avoid it.
Thomas loads up on a big right hand but Huge slips the punch.
Huge takes a jab right on the kisser.
Huge tries to score a power double leg takedown but Thomas sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Huge somewhat.
Thomas misses with a straight right.
Thomas scores with a hook to the body. Huge takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Thomas paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
The crowd cheers as Thomas lands an impressive looking overhand right. Huge doesn't seem phased though.
Thomas tries to clinch but Huge is having none of it.
Thomas lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Thomas throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Huge shoots for a takedown but Thomas saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Huge takes one on the button.
Huge moves out of range of the strikes.
Thomas dips to his left and cracks Huge with an uppercut!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas throws a looping overhand right but Huge ducks down to avoid it.
A big right from Thomas misses.
Huge throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Thomas lands a jab-cross combination.
Huge shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Thomas manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Huge throws a big right hand that misses.
Huge tries to free his leg and advance position but Thomas is retaining full guard.
Thomas utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Thomas keeping full guard, as Huge tries to pass.
Thomas is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Thomas's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Thomas listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Thomas tries to clinch but Huge is having none of it.
Thomas misses the jab.
Thomas tries to clinch up but Huge circles away and keeps his distance.
Huge shoots in for a takedown but Thomas shows good takedown defense.
Huge shoots in but no luck this time.
Thomas connects with a nice looking jab.
Huge is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Thomas looks to score with a jab to the body but Huge is just out of range.
Huge doesn't manage to clinch there - Thomas circles away.
Huge takes one on the button.
The fighters circle momentarily. Thomas darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Thomas thuds his right hand into Huge's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Huge shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Thomas lands the left hand.
Huge showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Thomas.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Huge decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Huge not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Thomas wants to control but Huge is keeping busy.
Thomas is trying to stand back up but Huge is controlling him
Huge seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Thomas keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Matt Huge has got the better of the ground game so far.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Thomas pushes Huge off and gets back to his feet.
Matt Huge has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Thomas throws a lazy right hand but Huge sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A punch lands to the side of Thomas 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Huge walks into a stiff left hand from Thomas.
And that's the end of the fight!
Clarence Thomas showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Thomas, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 50:45
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 50:45
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Clarence Thomas!
Clarence Thomas retains his welterweight title!
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