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Kings of Rio 60 - Punch Kick PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tiago Lopes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nathan mac (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lopes comes to the cage accompanied by Pulse of the Magoots. Nathan mac has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tiago Lopes!
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, Nathan mac!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Edson Gomes and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
mac shoots in but no luck this time.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from mac is defended easily by Lopes.
mac shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Lopes but Lopes pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Tiago Lopes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nathan mac.
mac looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Lopes scores a takedown into full mount!
Lopes is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But mac has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from mac!
Lopes is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
mac is looking to work some ground and pound but Lopes has wrist control.
mac got a little sloppy there for a moment and Lopes has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, mac has managed to get both his arms back between Lopes's legs - danger averted.
mac passes easily into side control. Nice work.
mac tries for a kimura but Lopes is defending well.
Lopes regains half guard.
Lopes looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Lopes is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
mac takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
mac is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Lopes sees it coming and defends easily.
mac is trying to control the action in half guard but Lopes is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
mac scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Lopes is in trouble now - mac has advanced to mount!
mac stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
mac gets a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
mac wants a takedown.
mac jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Lopes walks away with a smile on his face. mac gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
mac shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Lopes napping and manages to drive through into side control!
mac is working to tighten is grip on Lopes's neck. He's isolated an arm and is working for an arm triangle. Lopes has recognised the danger and is trying to turn with the submission but mac is really squeezing tight and eventually Lopes passes out! mac breaks the hold and jumps onto the cage to celebrate! Submission of the night, I'd say!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Nathan mac!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Yamato Damashii (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dript Henriques (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Henriques has chosen Maguila - Vida de Campeão as his entrance music. Yamato Damashii had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Yamato Damashii!
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, Dript Henriques!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Matheus Silva and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henriques fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Damashii avoids it really well and circles away.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Henriques is defended easily by Damashii.
Henriques shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Damashii but Damashii pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Yamato Damashii has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dript Henriques.
Henriques tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Damashii swivels and escapes.
Henriques fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Damashii looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Henriques!
Damashii scoring with strikes but Henriques is staying in there.
Henriques is in a horrible position here. Damashii smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Henriques is rocked!
Damashii softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and Henriques is out cold! Damashii jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yamato Damashii!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between carlos miguel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). carlos miguel is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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185 lbs
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190 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
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Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, carlos miguel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Frank Diaz!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Daniel Cesar and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
miguel tries to clinch up but Diaz circles away and keeps his distance.
Diaz closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
miguel gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
miguel moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
miguel is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
miguel doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
miguel will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
miguel is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
miguel will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Diaz wants to control from the top but miguel keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
miguel escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Diaz gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
miguel keeping moving, preventing Diaz from controlling successfully.
miguel is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Diaz is aware though and is defending well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
miguel keeping moving, preventing Diaz from controlling successfully.
miguel has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Diaz drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Diaz jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Diaz tries to free his leg and advance position but miguel is retaining full guard.
miguel looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
miguel is breathing heavily.
Diaz tries to free his leg and advance position but miguel is retaining full guard.
miguel looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
miguel is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Diaz is aware though and is defending well.
miguel keeping full guard, as Diaz tries to pass.
Diaz must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Diaz lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Diaz trying to control the position from guard on top but miguel is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Diaz got a little sloppy there for a moment and miguel has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Diaz has managed to get both his arms back between miguel's legs - danger averted.
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.
Diaz lands a couple of digs.
miguel keeping moving, preventing Diaz from controlling successfully.
miguel trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Diaz pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Diaz.
Diaz working the ground and pound.
miguel is looking for a sweep.
Diaz landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
miguel is looking to regain half guard here but Diaz keeps moving and retains side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
miguel manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
miguel misses with some strikes from the bottom.
miguel is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Diaz pulls his head out easily.
miguel tries to roll over but Diaz keeps him under control.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Diaz scores with a leg kick.
miguel tries to close the distance and clinch but Diaz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
miguel with a lazy takedown attempt
and Diaz counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Diaz throws the kick towards the body but miguel avoids it.
miguel with a poor takedown
and Diaz counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
miguel looking for a sweep. Not yet miguel, not yet.
miguel manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Diaz manages to get himself to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
miguel stopping the sweep attempt from Diaz.
miguel throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Diaz not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
miguel thows a big elbow that misses.
miguel passes Diaz's left leg - he's now in half guard.
miguel is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but Diaz still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, Diaz has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!
miguel manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Frank Diaz will probably get the nod.
That's time! miguel's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Diaz fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but miguel is out of range.
miguel shoots and misses
and Diaz decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in miguel's guard.
miguel escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Diaz gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
miguel keeping moving, preventing Diaz from controlling successfully.
Diaz working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Diaz forces his way into half guard.
miguel actively working from the bottom here.
miguel looking for submissions off his back.
Diaz is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so miguel is just riding it out for now. Diaz eventually gives up the hold.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz throwing shots but miguel is blocking nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
miguel tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Diaz is sneakily working for an arm triangle but miguel sees it coming and defends easily.
Diaz blocks the strikes from miguel.
miguel looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
miguel has his takedown stuffed
and Diaz counters with a nice low kick that buckles miguel's knee momentarily.
miguel closes the distance but Diaz moves to the side
and Diaz counters with a nice double leg into guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
miguel had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Diaz is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. miguel Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Diaz's back instead.
miguel looking to break Diaz's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Diaz remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise miguel will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
miguel missing with strikes.
miguel misses with an elbow to the head.
miguel has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Diaz has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
miguel missing with strikes from the back.
miguel throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
Diaz turns into miguel and is now in his guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diaz has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing miguel to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Diaz is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - miguel pulls down on the head and he's put Diaz to sleep! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). carlos miguel!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mateus Santiago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Javier Noriega (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Javier Noriega is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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217 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mateus Santiago!
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, Javier Noriega!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Paulo Santos and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Noriega throws a body punch but Santiago moves out of range.
Santiago throws a right and a left that Noriega avoids nicely.
Noriega avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Santiago is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Noriega looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Santiago on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Santiago tries to get out of the position.
Noriega throwing strikes but missing.
Santiago wants to stand up but Noriega is controlling him.
Noriega loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Noriega thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Noriega stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Santiago swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Noriega trying to control but Santiago is working from the bottom.
Noriega slips nicely into half guard.
Santiago won't allow Noriega to pass to mount.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Noriega keeps the fight on the outside.
Santiago tries to close the distance and clinch but Noriega swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A big right from Noriega misses.
Santiago doesn't manage to clinch there - Noriega circles away.
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.
Noriega throws a jab when Santiago was well out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Santiago looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Noriega swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Noriega thows a body shot but no joy.
Santiago tries to close the distance and clinch up but Noriega swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Noriega shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Santiago as he jumps to the side.
Noriega closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Noriega lands in his opponent's guard.
Noriega drops back looking for a leg! Santiago is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Santiago manages to kick Noriega off! Noriega jumps back into Santiago's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Noriega is looking to work some ground and pound but Santiago has wrist control.
Santiago knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Noriega on the ground.
Santiago preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Noriega pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Santiago is keeping the position for now.
Noriega lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Noriega tries to free his leg and advance position but Santiago is retaining full guard.
That's four 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.
Noriega slips nicely into half guard.
Noriega thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Noriega is keen to just control but Santiago is a slippery customer.
Noriega has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Noriega is trying to work for a kimura but Santiago is defending well.
Santiago moves into full guard.
Santiago is breathing heavily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Santiago keeping moving, preventing Noriega from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Javier Noriega dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Santiago tries to clinch but Noriega moves out of range.
Santiago is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nice uppercut lands for Noriega. That snapped Santiago's head back.
Santiago wants to clinch up but Noriega keeps it at a distance.
Mateus Santiago seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Noriega swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Noriega swats away the attempt to clinch by Santiago.
Santiago tries to clinch there but Noriega circles away.
A punch combination from Santiago misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santiago fails with an attempt to clinch.
Santiago takes a swing at Noriega's ribcage but misses.
Santiago tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Santiago uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Noriega.
Noriega scores with a one two! Santiago had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Santiago is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Noriega fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Santiago tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Santiago takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Noriega shoots in and drives through. Santiago sprawls well.
Santiago defending well as Noriega loads up on a big left hand.
Noriega shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Santiago napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Noriega looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Noriega trying to control the position but Santiago is working away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Noriega is trying to get an arm triangle but Santiago is defending well.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Santiago is trying to buck Noriega off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Noriega wants to lay and pray for a moment but Santiago keeps working.
Noriega in side control, throwing shots but Santiago defends.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Noriega wants to lay and pray for a moment but Santiago keeps working.
Noriega is trying to get an arm triangle but Santiago is defending well.
Noriega working the head with strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Noriega tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Noriega throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Santiago dodges the ground and pound from Noriega.
Noriega tries to move to mount but Santiago blocks the move with his legs.
Noriega lands a few punches from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Javier Noriega showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Noriega is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Santiago is looking to clinch but Noriega is avoiding it.
Noriega catches Santiago with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Santiago displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Noriega.
A jab lands there for Noriega.
Santiago tries to clinch up.
Santiago checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Noriega paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Santiago doesn't manage to clinch there - Noriega circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Noriega shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Santiago's guard.
Santiago keeping moving, preventing Noriega from controlling successfully.
Noriega lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Santiago utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Santiago keeping moving, preventing Noriega from controlling successfully.
Javier Noriega has got the better of the ground game so far.
Noriega scoring with punches to the head and body.
Noriega throwing strikes but missing.
Noriega trying to control the position from guard on top but Santiago is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Noriega throwing strikes but missing.
Santiago has momentary wrist control but Noriega slips an elbow through the middle.
Noriega loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Noriega drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Noriega seems to have locked his on tight now - Santiago screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Noriega, as he picks up the win!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Javier Noriega!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gavilan Barrera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and King Hippo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barrera comes to the cage accompanied by Ileso. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that King Hippo was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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265 lbs
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273 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin |
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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
6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gavilan Barrera!
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, King Hippo!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Daniel Cesar and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hippo lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
It looks like Gavilan Barrera has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Hippo! Barrera is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). King Hippo!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Richard Hamster (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anderson Galvao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anderson Galvao is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Richard Hamster!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Anderson Galvao!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Mauricio Rocha and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Galvao misses with a hook.
Hamster is looking to clinch.
Hamster misses with a wild combination.
Hamster bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Galvao's head.
Hamster misses the jab.
Galvao closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Galvao lands in his opponent's guard.
Hamster will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Galvao has gone for a leg lock! Hamster slips out almost immediately though and dives into Galvao's guard.
Galvao looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Hamster puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hamster wants to stand up but Galvao has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Galvao wants to get back to full guard.
Hamster stands up from half guard.
Galvao avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hamster fails to land with a series of punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Galvao takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Galvao wants to clinch.
Hamster lands a jab to Galvao's midsection.
Hamster wants to clinch but Galvao slips to the side
and Galvao counters with a nice double leg into side control. Hamster won't be happy with that.
Hamster tries to improve position but can't.
Galvao tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Hamster gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hamster desperately trying to maintain half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Galvao is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Hamster reverses the position - he's now on top in Galvao's guard.
Hamster has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Galvao looking for a sweep. Not yet Galvao, not yet.
That's four 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.
Hamster has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Galvao is proving hard to escape from.
Galvao had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Hamster is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Galvao Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Hamster's back instead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Richard Hamster dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Galvao gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Hamster moves into the clinch.
Hamster works on Galvao's body with a couple of short punches.
A right hand to the body from Hamster.
Hamster lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Galvao looking for a takedown.
Hamster lands a shoulder strike.
Galvao is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Hamster gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Galvao tries to stall but Hamster uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Hamster lands an elbow inside that Galvao shrugs off.
Galvao tries to stall but Hamster uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A short right from Hamster on the inside.
Hamster scores with a hook to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A left hand lands to the body for Hamster.
Hamster lands a shot to the body.
Hamster lands a left hand.
Galvao is rocked!
Hamster is working Galvao over against the cage.
Galvao is still on wobbly legs! Can Hamster finish him?
Hamster lands a body shot.
Galvao is breathing heavily.
clinched against the cage, Hamster lands a big elbow that drops Galvao! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Galvao is complaining that he's OK but he was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Richard Hamster!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kip Dynamite (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Heliodoro Zuberi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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140 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kip Dynamite!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Heliodoro Zuberi!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Alexandre Firmino and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zuberi feints and as Dynamite raises his hands in defense, Zuberi changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Zuberi throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Zuberi drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Zuberi seems to have locked his on tight now - Dynamite screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Zuberi, as he picks up the win!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Heliodoro Zuberi!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Roberto Drysdale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Don House (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Drysdale comes to the cage accompanied by Ignorant Shit . House has chosen Get at Me Dog as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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170 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Roberto Drysdale!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Don House!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Thiago Cunha and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
House takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Drysdale tries to clinch up.
Roberto Drysdale seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
House shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Drysdale looks like he's trying to stand up.
House is pressing down on Drysdale's thigh, looking to free his foot. Drysdale is holding on for now.
House is keen to just control but Drysdale is a slippery customer.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Drysdale looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
House moves into side control, avoiding a weak kimura attempt from Drysdale.
House is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Drysdale has escaped the position, nice work there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drysdale gets back to half guard.
Drysdale is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but House pulls his head out easily.
House trying to control the pace.
House is keen to just control but Drysdale is a slippery customer.
Drysdale has one foot on House's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Drysdale darts in and clinches House up against the cage.
House's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Drysdale is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Drysdale tries to clinch but House moves out of range.
Drysdale is looking to clinch but House is avoiding it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
House is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Drysdale.
Drysdale drives through and clinches with House against the cage.
Drysdale makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Drysdale as the two fighters clinch.
Drysdale is pressed up against the cage. House has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Drysdale down to the mat. Drysdale avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Drysdale tries to clinch up.
House keeps the fight on the outside.
Drysdale clinches with his opponent.
Drysdale cracks House with a nice body shot.
House looks gassed!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A body shot lands from Drysdale.
Drysdale lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Drysdale gets through House's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
House wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Drysdale lands a right hand that snaps the head of House backwards.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Drysdale.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Drysdale creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Drysdale is stalling here.
Drysdale lands a body shot.
Drysdale scores with a hook to the body.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
House doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Drysdale.
Drysdale breaks from the clinch.
Drysdale clinches up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Drysdale.
House's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Drysdale lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Drysdale.
Drysdale lands with a light punch inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Drysdale.
Drysdale lands with a left to the head.
Drysdale really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
A body shot lands from Drysdale.
Drysdale is leaning against House and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Drysdale lands a shot to the body.
Drysdale scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Drysdale lands with a left to the head.
Still in the clinch, Drysdale scores with a nice short uppercut.
Drysdale lands a nice uppercut.
Drysdale lands a hook that snaps the head of House backwards.
Drysdale working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
House takes a shot to the head.
Drysdale lands a hook to the side of the head.
House is rocked!
Drysdale pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
House is still on wobbly legs! Can Drysdale finish him?
Drysdale darts in and clinches House up against the cage.
House seems to have recovered his senses.
Drysdale makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
House tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Drysdale scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A right hook to the body lands for Drysdale.
Drysdale scores with a hook to the body.
Drysdale lands a shoulder strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Drysdale blocks a body shot from House.
Drysdale lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Drysdale.
Drysdale lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Drysdale pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Drysdale rushes House and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Drysdale softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
House jumps guard but Drysdale stands there with House around his waist. House gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Roberto Drysdale has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Don House.
Drysdale lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of House backwards.
Drysdale presses House against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Drysdale lands a right hand.
Drysdale lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Drysdale scores with a nice short uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Drysdale creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Drysdale breaks the clinch.
House slips a jab and a cross from Drysdale.
Drysdale with a nice cross.
Drysdale swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Drysdale wants to clinch up but House keeps it at a distance.
House wants to clinch.
House tries to score a power double leg takedown but Drysdale sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten House somewhat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Roberto Drysdale dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Drysdale drives through and clinches with House against the cage.
House tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Drysdale's elbow.
Drysdale digs a right hand into House's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on House's gas tank.
Drysdale escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Drysdale moves in looking to clinch but House pushes him off.
Nice cross by Drysdale.
The fight stays on the outside here - Drysdale looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
House shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Drysdale pinned against the cage. Drysdale gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Drysdale blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Drysdale lands a hook to the side of the head.
Drysdale breaks from the clinch.
Roberto Drysdale is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
House is breathing heavily.
Drysdale throws a series of punches but House moves out of range.
House misses with a straight right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drysdale tries to clinch up.
House tries to close the distance and clinch but Drysdale swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Drysdale is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Drysdale wants to clinch.
Drysdale slips a jab and a cross from House.
Drysdale rushes House and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
House is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Drysdale gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
House is trying to stall.
A short body shot lands from Drysdale as the two fighters clinch.
Drysdale lands with a short shot to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Drysdale.
Drysdale lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down House.
Drysdale lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Drysdale scores with a nice short uppercut.
Drysdale lands a hook to the side of the head.
Drysdale breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Drysdale moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Drysdale drops House with a naaaaasty hook - House is in real trouble here! Drysdale dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Roberto Drysdale!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Victor Gregorivich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Max Zorin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gregorivich comes to the cage accompanied by The Pot. Victor Gregorivich had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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165 lbs
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179 lbs
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Victor Gregorivich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Max Zorin!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Daniel Cesar and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Zorin.
Gregorivich tries to close the distance and clinch up but Zorin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gregorivich wants to clinch up but Zorin keeps it at a distance.
Gregorivich tries to clinch but Zorin is having none of it.
Gregorivich instigates a clinch.
Gregorivich looking to throw knees to the head but Zorin is blocking nicely.
Gregorivich lands a nice shot to the body.
Gregorivich has Zorin pressed against the cage, preventing Zorin from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Gregorivich misses with a body punch.
Gregorivich working Zorin over with knees to the body.
Gregorivich tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Zorin's elbow.
Gregorivich misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gregorivich drags the fight down to the ground.
Zorin sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Gregorivich's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gregorivich gets back to full guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Gregorivich keeping full guard, as Zorin tries to pass.
Gregorivich bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Zorin's guard.
Zorin had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Gregorivich is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Zorin Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Gregorivich's back instead.
Gregorivich trying to control the hands but Zorin breaks the grip.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zorin doesn't have the hooks in and Gregorivich manages to turn into his guard.
Zorin can't keep his opponent in guard - Gregorivich advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Gregorivich is looking to take a break and control but Zorin is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Zorin looking for submissions off his back.
Gregorivich moves into full mount! Zorin won't be happy about that!
Gregorivich in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Zorin working to try and regain half guard.
Zorin looks gassed!
Gregorivich can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Zorin is looking to escape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gregorivich landing punches.
Gregorivich cracks Zorin with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Zorin in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Gregorivich connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Gregorivich lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zorin is looking to improve his position but Gregorivich isn't that keen on the idea.
Gregorivich has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Gregorivich wants to control the pace but Zorin is squirming around nicely.
Gregorivich with the ground and pound from mount.
Gregorivich working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Zorin keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gregorivich controlling his opponent.
Gregorivich looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Gregorivich tries to control but Zorin wriggling away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gregorivich with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Gregorivich can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Zorin is looking to escape.
Zorin sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gregorivich trying to mount his opponent but Zorin defends it.
Zorin is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Zorin actively working from the bottom here.
Gregorivich wants to take a breather but Zorin is having none of it.
Zorin looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Gregorivich trying to control the action but Zorin is working from the bottom.
Gregorivich looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Zorin with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gregorivich is looking to take a break and control but Zorin is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Zorin looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Victor Gregorivich dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Zorin throws a jab when Gregorivich was well out of range.
Zorin looks to land a left hand but Gregorivich moved out of range nicely.
Gregorivich doesn't manage to clinch there - Zorin circles away.
Gregorivich shoots in looking for a takedown. Zorin tries to sprawl out of it but Gregorivich keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Zorin manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Gregorivich slips a jab from Zorin.
Zorin misses with a takedown
and Gregorivich counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Zorin's guard now.
Zorin looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Gregorivich passes Zorin's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Gregorivich lands strikes from half guard.
Gregorivich works his foot free and advances to mount.
Zorin is breathing heavily.
Gregorivich trying to control but Zorin is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gregorivich landing shots from mount.
Gregorivich tries to control but Zorin wriggling away.
Zorin bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Zorin preventing the sweep.
Gregorivich manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Zorin manages to get himself to full guard.
Gregorivich trying to control but Zorin is working from the bottom.
Zorin keeping full guard, as Gregorivich tries to pass.
Gregorivich wants to control from the top but Zorin keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zorin working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Gregorivich has passed into half guard!
Gregorivich looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Gregorivich trying to control the action but Zorin is working from the bottom.
Zorin keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Gregorivich is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Gregorivich is taking a breather. Zorin 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.
Gregorivich tries to pass the half guard into mount. Zorin knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Zorin is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zorin looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Victor Gregorivich overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Zorin is looking to control Gregorivich's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Zorin avoid being mounted?
Gregorivich frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Zorin tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Gregorivich pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Gregorivich controlling the position easily from mount.
Zorin tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Zorin is bucking up trying to escape but Gregorivich cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zorin tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Gregorivich scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Zorin?
Zorin is in a horrible position here. Gregorivich smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Gregorivich looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Gregorivich trying to control but he's not successful this time.
A nice elbow there by Gregorivich.
Gregorivich working the ground and pound effectively.
Zorin is looking to get to half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gregorivich moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Zorin has worked his arm free - good work by Zorin!
Gregorivich happy to just control the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Victor Gregorivich dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Zorin scores with a jab to the head.
Zorin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Zorin fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Gregorivich tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gregorivich tries to close the distance and clinch but Zorin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Zorin on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Gregorivich throws a low kick but Zorin avoids it.
Gregorivich tries to clinch but Zorin is having none of it.
Gregorivich moves forwards but Zorin connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Gregorivich stuffs the takedown attempt from Zorin. Zorin gets slowly back to his feet.
Zorin fails with the takedown
and Gregorivich decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Zorin's guard.
Victor Gregorivich has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Max Zorin.
Gregorivich postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Gregorivich's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Gregorivich passes Zorin's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gregorivich is trying to control the action in half guard but Zorin is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gregorivich perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Gregorivich has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gregorivich passes to full mount!
Zorin is squirming around, avoiding Gregorivich's attempts to control the action.
Gregorivich landing strikes from the mount and Zorin is in trouble!
Zorin wants to control but Gregorivich is having none of it.
Zorin is squirming around, avoiding Gregorivich's attempts to control the action.
Gregorivich looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Gregorivich prevents Zorin from getting the reversal.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gregorivich in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Gregorivich controlling his opponent.
Zorin is wriggling around trying to escape.
Zorin is bucking up trying to escape but Gregorivich cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Gregorivich jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Zorin manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Zorin wants to improve his position, back to half guard but Gregorivich has ideas of his own. He's got hold of Zorin's far side arm and it looks like he's got an Americana. Ohh! Ohhhh! OOOOOOOOOH! A human being's arm is not meant to bend like that! Zorin is tapping like a morse code operator on the Titanic! SOS SOS! He's out of here! Great win for Gregorivich!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:01 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Victor Gregorivich!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Josip Ruzic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arjan Boudewijn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Boudewijn comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The Search for the Holy Grail kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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200 lbs
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Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Josip Ruzic!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Arjan Boudewijn!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Edson Gomes and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ruzic rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Boudewijn moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Boudewijn closes the distance and lands a one-two.
It looks like Josip Ruzic has been cut.
Ruzic throws a shot to the body.
Boudewijn falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ruzic counters with a straight right hand.
Ruzic throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ruzic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A bone on bone clash there as Ruzic blocks the leg kick.
A low kick from Boudewijn misses
and Ruzic makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ruzic misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ruzic lands with a cross.
It looks like Arjan Boudewijn has been cut.
Boudewijn swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Boudewijn with a poor takedown
and Ruzic counters with a stiff right hand.
Boudewijn looks gassed!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boudewijn staying out of range there.
Boudewijn throws the left hand but Ruzic avoids the punch easily.
Ruzic has his takedown stuffed
and Boudewijn counters with a stiff right hand.
Boudewijn lands a glancing blow to the side of Ruzic's head.
Ruzic will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Some wild striking there from Ruzic.
Ruzic connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Boudewijn's hands.
Boudewijn takes one on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruzic tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Boudewijn was well out of range. Poor timing from Ruzic.
Ruzic misses with an uppercut.
Nice defenses there by Ruzic.
Boudewijn throws a jab when Ruzic was well out of range.
Ruzic misses with the combination.
Ruzic scores with a leg kick.
A shot to de liver by Ruzic. Beautiful body shot.
Ruzic ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A punch combination from Ruzic misses.
Boudewijn gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Ruzic.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruzic throws a left and a right that both miss
and Boudewijn counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Boudewijn misses with a jab to the body
enabling Ruzic to counter with a crisp jab.
That has opened up Arjan Boudewijn's cut even more.
Boudewijn misses with a hook.
Ruzic ducks under a wild hook from Boudewijn.
Ruzic ducks under a wild hook from Boudewijn.
Ruzic fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Boudewijn on the side of the head.
Boudewijn takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Ruzic smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Ruzic is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Ruzic closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Ruzic lands in his opponent's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ruzic controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruzic throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Ruzic throws and elbow that misses. Boudewijn uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Ruzic's guard. Nice move by Boudewijn!
Boudewijn throws a big right hand that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Boudewijn looking to sit in guard and control but Ruzic gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Josip Ruzic dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Ruzic scores with a three punch combo!
Ruzic listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Boudewijn throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Donk. Ruzic catches Boudewijn right on the button with a cross.
The cut above Arjan Boudewijn's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Boudewijn misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ruzic.
No joy there for Ruzic, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Boudewijn uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ruzic.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Ruzic!
Boudewijn is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Boudewijn misses the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boudewijn takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ruzic lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Arjan Boudewijn's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Ruzic looks to land a combination but Boudewijn avoids it well.
Ruzic scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Ruzic trying to control the action but Boudewijn is working from the bottom.
Ruzic creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Boudewijn sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Ruzic creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Boudewijn sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Ruzic trying to control the action but Boudewijn is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boudewijn stops Ruzic from passing to mount.
Ruzic working the head with strikes.
Ruzic is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Boudewijn's shoulder. That is not cool.
Ruzic has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruzic seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Boudewijn for as long as he can get away with.
Boudewijn tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Ruzic wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Ruzic trying to control the action but Boudewijn is working from the bottom.
Boudewijn tries to escape but Ruzic is in control.
Ruzic takes a little break here. Boudewijn wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Ruzic is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Boudewijn can do to turn this around?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Ruzic throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Ruzic creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Boudewijn sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Ruzic fails to land a wild elbow strike.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Boudewijn jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Ruzic misses with a jab to the body
and Boudewijn makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Boudewijn swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Ruzic counters with a nice body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Boudewijn is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Ruzic.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Arjan Boudewijn's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Josip Ruzic!
Josip Ruzic retains his middleweight title!
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