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UVT SHOWCASE IX PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between John Sargeant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jin Kisaragi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kisaragi is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Lust SIN. Jin Kisaragi will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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BJJ White Belt
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, John Sargeant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jin Kisaragi!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Edson Gomes and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sargeant ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kisaragi moves away.
Sargeant closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Kisaragi manages to get back to half guard.
Kisaragi looking for submissions off his back.
Sargeant seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Kisaragi does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Kisaragi slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Kisaragi is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Kisaragi pulls Sargeant in close to his closed guard and prevents Sargeant from doing any damage or advancing position.
Kisaragi looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Sargeant trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Kisaragi is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a tringle but Sargeant frees his head nicely. Oh but Kisaragi has switched to an armbar! Sargeant is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Jin Kisaragi!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Sanrlley C minotauro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodrigo Rios (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rios has chosen Too Legit to Quit as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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139 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sanrlley C minotauro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rodrigo Rios!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Luis Engracia and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rios tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but C minotauro paws at him with a jab and circles away.
C minotauro is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Rios tries to clinch but C minotauro moves out of range.
Rios throws a head kick that misses.
C minotauro blocks a head kick by Rios.
Rios darts in and clinches C minotauro up against the cage.
C minotauro has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Rios is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Rios unloads a knee to the mid-section.
C minotauro drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Rios gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Rios trying to land knees to the body.
Rios gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from C minotauro.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sanrlley C minotauro. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rios misses with a knee strike.
Rios lands an uppercut.
It looks like Sanrlley C minotauro has been cut.
C minotauro changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Rios fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Rios lands with a hook. C minotauro tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Rios tries to clinch up but C minotauro circles away and keeps his distance.
Rios tries to clinch there but C minotauro circles away.
C minotauro shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rios is looking to improve his position but C minotauro isn't that keen on the idea.
The referee warns Rios that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rios is wriggling around trying to escape.
C minotauro 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.
C minotauro lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Rios hang on?
C minotauro is breathing heavily.
C minotauro misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Rios is working to get back to half guard.
Rios's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
A nice elbow there by C minotauro.
C minotauro misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Rios wants to control but C minotauro is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rios tries to get back to half guard but can't.
C minotauro goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Rios is on top in guard.
Rios stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Rios drives through and clinches with C minotauro against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rios landing knees to the head.
C minotauro wants to break free but Rios has control.
The is referee keeping an eye on Rios - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
A knee to the head by Rios.
Rios scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Rios holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Rios comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rios working C minotauro over with knees to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Rios unloads a knee to the mid-section. C minotauro lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rios lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rios is stalling here.
Rios putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has C minotauro in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Rios with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rios unloads a knee to the mid-section. C minotauro lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A left hand lands to the body for Rios.
A shot in the inside from Rios.
The referee calls for Rios to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rios lands a nice uppercut.
Rios crunches a lovely knee into C minotauro's ribcage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rios obliges.
A knee to the head by Rios.
Rios lands with a right to the head.
Rios with a knee to the head.
Rios lands a knee to the head.
Rios crunches a lovely knee into C minotauro's ribcage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Rios as C minotauro tries to tie him up.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
C minotauro jumps guard but Rios stands there with C minotauro around his waist. C minotauro gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Rios as the two fighters clinch.
Rios using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rios lands a good knee to the midsection. C minotauro won't want to take too many of those.
C minotauro drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Rios gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Rios just leaning against C minotauro, taking a breather.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Rios scores a nice knee to the body.
Rios working C minotauro over with knees to the body.
Rios tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and C minotauro avoids it.
C minotauro is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Rios pulls him back up using the underhooks.
C minotauro takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rios manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Rios blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rios crunches a lovely knee into C minotauro's ribcage.
Rios landing knees to the head.
Rios with a knee to the head.
Rios lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Rios is trying to stall.
Rios with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
C minotauro trying to control the position but instead, Rios has worked for underhooks and has pushed C minotauro into the cage.
Rios scores with a shot to the side of C minotauro's head.
C minotauro could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Rios gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from C minotauro.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rodrigo Rios dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sanrlley C minotauro's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Rios has C minotauro up against the cage in a clinch.
Rios lands a hook that snaps the head of C minotauro backwards.
Rios tries to land a knee to the head but C minotauro blocks with his arms.
Rios lands with a left to the head.
Rios stops a takedown attempt from C minotauro.
C minotauro is trying to force a seperation but Rios has the dominant position.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rios creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Rios connects with a nasty looking knee right to C minotauro's face.
C minotauro tries to pull guard but Rios holds him up against the cage and eventually C minotauro drops back down to his feet.
Rios lands a shoulder strike.
A short left from Rios.
Rios lands an elbow that stopped C minotauro in his tracks for a moment.
Rios putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has C minotauro in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rios lands a knee to the head.
A body shot lands from Rios.
Rios lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rios is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Rios connects with a knee to the head.
Rios lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
That's one minute gone in the round.
C minotauro takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rios stalling in the clinch.
Rios lands a knee to the head.
Rios dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Rios blocks an elbow strike from C minotauro.
C minotauro has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Rios is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sanrlley C minotauro. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rios connects with a nasty looking knee right to C minotauro's face.
Rios lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
C minotauro wants to stall.
Rios lands a left hand that snaps the head of C minotauro backwards.
Rios pushes C minotauro back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rios stalling the fight.
C minotauro lands a takedown into guard.
Rios has a closed guard, preventing C minotauro from standing up.
C minotauro gets to his feet. Rios looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
C minotauro shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Rios as he avoids it easily.
Rios gets in close and instigates a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rios digs a right hand underneath C minotauro's ribcage. C minotauro let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Rios lands with a light punch inside.
A knee to the head by Rios.
C minotauro misses with some punches.
Rios connects with a nasty looking knee right to C minotauro's face.
Rios lands a knee to the body.
Rios lands an elbow just above C minotauro 's eye.
Rios lands a knee to the head.
Rios throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rios lands a good knee to the midsection. C minotauro won't want to take too many of those.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rios.
C minotauro takes an elbow to the forehead.
Rios will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning C minotauro up against the cage.
Rios with a knee to the head.
C minotauro is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Rios'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.
Rios lands a nice uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Rios.
Rios prevents the takedown attempt.
Rios connects with a knee to the head.
C minotauro takes a knee right on the jaw!
C minotauro jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Rios walks away with a smile on his face. C minotauro gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
C minotauro fails with a takedown attempt.
Rios clinches up with C minotauro and pushes him back against the cage.
Rios lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Rios.
C minotauro blocks the elbow strike.
C minotauro trying to land knees to the body.
C minotauro tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
C minotauro is looking to control Rios's arms but Rios gets an underhook and turns him. Now C minotauro has his back to the cage.
A knee to the head by Rios.
Rios cracks C minotauro with a nice body shot.
Rios lands a knee to the body.
Rios using the Thai plumb to throw knees but C minotauro has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
C minotauro's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
C minotauro wants a takedown but no success here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rios with a knee to the head.
Rios pushes C minotauro back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
C minotauro tries to pull guard but Rios holds him up against the cage and eventually C minotauro drops back down to his feet.
Rios lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rios tries to land a knee to the head but C minotauro blocks with his arms.
C minotauro tries for a takedown. No joy.
Rios landing knees to the body.
Rios landing knees to the head.
Rios scores with a knee to the head.
A short uppercut from Rios.
Rios comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
C minotauro tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
C minotauro tries to pull guard but Rios won't allow it.
C minotauro takes a knee right on the jaw!
C minotauro misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rios.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Rios.
C minotauro fails to pull guard.
C minotauro looking to throw knees to the head but Rios is blocking nicely.
C minotauro throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rios pressing his opponent against the cage.
Rios scores a nice knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rodrigo Rios showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Sanrlley C minotauro's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
C minotauro shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Rios but Rios pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Rios drives through and clinches with C minotauro against the cage.
C minotauro drops down looking for an ankle pick but Rios pulls his leg out and moves away.
Rios throws a quick head kick that skims the top of C minotauro's head.
Rios throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Rios lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Rios moves into the clinch.
C minotauro wants to stall.
Rios landing knees to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Rios.
Rios landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
C minotauro stalling.
C minotauro drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sanrlley C minotauro. That's going to take a lot out of him.
C minotauro tries to score a body lock takedown but Rios shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
C minotauro jumps guard but Rios stands there with C minotauro around his waist. C minotauro gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A knee to the head by Rios.
That's one minute gone in the round.
C minotauro is working for takedown but Rios is calmly controlling the position for now.
C minotauro has Rios pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Rios manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Rios will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning C minotauro up against the cage.
Rios lands an elbow inside.
A nice left hand lands by Rios.
C minotauro jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Rios walks away with a smile on his face. C minotauro gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Rios pushes C minotauro up against the cage in a clinch.
C minotauro gets control of Rios's arms and successfully pulls guard. C minotauro will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
C minotauro wants to get back to his feet but Rios is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Rios gets to his feet - C minotauro follows without any prompting.
Rios misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
C minotauro wants to clinch up but Rios keeps it at a distance.
C minotauro shoots in looking for a takedown. Rios tries to sprawl out of it but C minotauro keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Rios manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
No luck for C minotauro with that takedown attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
C minotauro avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rios throws a quick head kick that skims the top of C minotauro's head.
C minotauro tries to close the distance and clinch but Rios swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rios moves into range and clinches up with C minotauro.
Rodrigo Rios seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Rios tries a knee to the head but C minotauro blocks it.
Rios lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rios connects with a nasty looking knee right to C minotauro's face.
C minotauro is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Rios gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rios connects with a nasty looking knee right to C minotauro's face.
C minotauro fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Rios scores with a shoulder strike.
Rios lands a knee to the body.
Rios with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rios stops a takedown attempt from C minotauro.
Rios avoiding damage as C minotauro throws knees to the body.
Rios connects with a knee to the head.
C minotauro looking to stall.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
C minotauro tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Rios just stands there and leans against the cage.
Nice elbow from Rios.
Rios gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from C minotauro.
Rios scores with a knee to the head.
C minotauro drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Rios gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Rios lands an elbow that stopped C minotauro in his tracks for a moment.
Rios on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rios with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rios lands an elbow that stopped C minotauro in his tracks for a moment.
A short right from Rios on the inside.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Rios as C minotauro tries to tie him up.
C minotauro letting Rios take a breather here.
C minotauro blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
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.
C minotauro tries for a takedown but Rios manages to get underhooks.
Rios is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
C minotauro wants a takedown.
A left hand lands to the body for Rios.
C minotauro fails to pull guard.
Rios lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Rios lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
C minotauro tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Rios just stands there and leans against the cage.
C minotauro jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Rios walks away with a smile on his face. C minotauro gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Rodrigo Rios is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Rios clinches up with C minotauro and pushes him back against the cage.
Nice elbow from Rios.
C minotauro drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Rios gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Rios scores with a knee to the head.
The is referee keeping an eye on Rios - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
C minotauro looking to stall.
Sanrlley C minotauro has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
C minotauro goes for a takedown attempt but Rios pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rodrigo Rios comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Rios winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 27:30
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rodrigo Rios!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jorge Matheus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and The Milfhunter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Milfhunter's choice of entrance music: Operation Ground and Pound. 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 bantamweight 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, Jorge Matheus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, The Milfhunter!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Emerson Jorge and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matheus tries to clinch up but Milfhunter circles away and keeps his distance.
Milfhunter darts in and clinches Matheus up against the cage.
Matheus has Milfhunter pressed against the cage, preventing Milfhunter from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Matheus dodges an elbow strike from Milfhunter.
Matheus wants to break the clinch but can't.
Milfhunter goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Matheus blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Matheus is trying to force a seperation but Milfhunter has the dominant position.
Milfhunter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Matheus closes the distance and pushes Milfhunter back into the cage.
Milfhunter missing with knees to the body.
Milfhunter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Milfhunter closes the distance and clinches.
Matheus managing to block the knees to the body from Milfhunter.
Matheus is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Milfhunter pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Matheus breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Matheus takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Matheus gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Milfhunter pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Milfhunter closes the distance and clinches.
Matheus breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Milfhunter is looking to clinch.
Milfhunter uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Matheus.
Matheus is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Milfhunter throws a head kick that Matheus semi-blocks.
Matheus wants to clinch.
Milfhunter has taken the fight to the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matheus throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Milfhunter blocks it with crossed arms.
Matheus is trying to force a seperation but Milfhunter has the dominant position.
Matheus breaks from the clinch.
Milfhunter lands with a kick to the temple. Matheus shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
A head kick misses from Milfhunter.
Matheus avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The Milfhunter is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Matheus avoids the head kick by Milfhunter.
Matheus rushes Milfhunter and presses him up against the cage.
Matheus is trying to break free.
Matheus on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Matheus manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Matheus breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Matheus tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Milfhunter paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The Milfhunter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Milfhunter misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Milfhunter closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Matheus is trying to break free.
Milfhunter throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Milfhunter tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matheus avoiding damage.
A frustrated look appears on Matheus's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Milfhunter is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Matheus is defending well for now.
Milfhunter digs a right hand underneath Matheus's ribcage. Matheus let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Matheus blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Milfhunter breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Milfhunter closes the distance and pushes Matheus back into the cage.
Matheus breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Matheus moves in looking to clinch but Milfhunter pushes him off.
Milfhunter moves into the clinch.
Matheus is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Milfhunter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Milfhunter is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Milfhunter has Matheus up against the cage in a clinch.
Milfhunter tries to land knees in the clinch but Matheus avoids the damage to the body.
Matheus managing to block the knees to the body from Milfhunter.
Milfhunter misses with a knee strike.
Milfhunter looks gassed!
Matheus tries to circle away but Milfhunter has him pinned against the cage.
Matheus avoiding damage as Milfhunter throws knees to the body.
Matheus on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Matheus wants to stall.
Milfhunter misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Matheus.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matheus is trying to force a seperation but Milfhunter has the dominant position.
Milfhunter tries to break the clinch but Matheus is controlling the position.
Matheus wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Matheus blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Matheus breaks the clinch.
Milfhunter tries to clinch up.
Milfhunter throws a sloppy head kick and Matheus moves out of range easily.
Matheus tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Matheus is trying to force a seperation but Milfhunter has the dominant position.
Milfhunter tries to land knees in the clinch but Matheus avoids the damage to the body.
Matheus tries to circle away but Milfhunter has him pinned against the cage.
Matheus lands a right hand.
Matheus working hard to break the clinch.
Milfhunter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Matheus tries to keep at a distance but Milfhunter has taken the fight into the clinch.
Matheus manages to break the clinch.
Matheus showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Milfhunter.
Matheus is looking to land body kicks.
Milfhunter closes the distance and clinches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matheus avoiding damage as Milfhunter throws knees to the body.
Milfhunter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Milfhunter pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Matheus tries to close the distance and clinch but Milfhunter swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Milfhunter throws a head kick that misses.
Matheus is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Matheus gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Matheus is trying to break the clinch but Milfhunter is controlling him.
Matheus fails to pull guard.
Matheus working Milfhunter over with knees to the body.
Milfhunter tries to land knees in the clinch but Matheus avoids the damage to the body.
Matheus pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Milfhunter forces Matheus back against the cage and clinches.
Milfhunter tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Matheus avoids it.
Matheus has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Milfhunter.
Matheus avoiding damage as Milfhunter throws knees to the body.
Matheus breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Milfhunter tries to clinch up
and Matheus counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Matheus.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
The Milfhunter dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Milfhunter throws a head kick that misses
and Matheus counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Milfhunter tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Matheus avoids it.
Matheus wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Milfhunter is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Matheus is defending well for now.
Matheus taking a breather.
Matheus has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Milfhunter is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Milfhunter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Milfhunter tries to clinch
and Matheus counters with a takedown into side control.
Matheus throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Matheus working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Matheus stands up and beckons Milfhunter to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matheus tries to close the distance and clinch but Milfhunter swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Milfhunter throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Matheus's head.
Milfhunter tries to clinch
and Matheus counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Matheus fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Milfhunter, pushing him back against the cage.
Milfhunter trying to land knees to the body.
Milfhunter trying to land knees to the body.
Matheus on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Matheus jumps into guard, dragging Milfhunter to the mat.
Milfhunter prevents Matheus from getting back to his feet.
Matheus is looking to stand back up but Milfhunter counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Matheus.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Milfhunter prevents Matheus from improving his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Milfhunter content to control rather than advance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matheus tries to kick Milfhunter off but Milfhunter keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Matheus looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Milfhunter is trying to control the action in half guard but Matheus is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jorge Matheus dominated that second 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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Milfhunter moves into the clinch.
Milfhunter missing with knees to the body.
Matheus can't break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Matheus's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Matheus scores a nice knee to the body.
Matheus breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Matheus tries to clinch there but Milfhunter circles away.
Milfhunter instigates a clinch.
Matheus on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Milfhunter tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Matheus avoids it.
Matheus tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Matheus blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Matheus working hard to break the clinch.
Matheus on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Milfhunter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Milfhunter pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Milfhunter clinches.
Matheus has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Milfhunter trying to land knees to the body.
Matheus avoiding damage as Milfhunter throws knees to the body.
Milfhunter works on Matheus's body with a couple of short punches.
Matheus is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Matheus on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Matheus pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Matheus gets a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Milfhunter keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Matheus's efforts to push away.
The Milfhunter seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Milfhunter pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Milfhunter tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Matheus avoids it.
Milfhunter is looking to break free of the clinch but Matheus has double underhooks.
Matheus jumps guard and drags Milfhunter to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Matheus looking for a guillotine here but Milfhunter defends easily.
Matheus looking to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matheus tries to strike from the bottom.
Matheus looking for a guillotine here but Milfhunter defends easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Milfhunter is stalling in the full guard.
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.
Milfhunter trying to control but Matheus is working from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Matheus looking to control.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jorge Matheus.
I think Matheus has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 29:28
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 29:28
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jorge Matheus!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Andre Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Crud Bonemeal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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Solid boxing
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Andre Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Crud Bonemeal!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Mauricio Rocha and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bonemeal shoots in for a double leg but Jones sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Jones misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bonemeal.
Bonemeal staying out of range there.
Jones throws an overhand right that lands on Bonemeal's shoulder, as Bonemeal tries to avoid the shot.
Jones goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Bonemeal fails with a takedown attempt.
Jones scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Jones throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jones throws a hook but Bonemeal blocks it.
Bonemeal shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Jones is trying to defend but Bonemeal finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Bonemeal working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Jones's thigh. Jones counters though and makes it back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonemeal won't allow Jones to sweep him here.
Bonemeal's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Bonemeal postures up in Jones's guard and throws a big left but Jones blocks it.
Bonemeal showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Jones knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Bonemeal on the ground.
Bonemeal trying to move into half guard but instead Jones has managed to sweep!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jones wanted to stand there but Bonemeal had control of the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jones postures up.
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.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Bonemeal is on top in guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bonemeal accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Bonemeal controlling from the top position.
Bonemeal trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Jones preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Jones utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Jones preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Bonemeal in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Jones is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Bonemeal misses with a takedown attempt - Jones sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Andre Jones has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Crud Bonemeal.
Bonemeal looks gassed!
Jones looks to score with a jab to the body but Bonemeal is just out of range.
Jones misses with a jab, cross combination.
A punch combination from Jones misses.
Jones throws a right hand that Bonemeal ducks under and follows up with a left that Bonemeal also avoids with ease.
A good leg kick by Bonemeal.
Bonemeal scores a takedown into full mount!
Bonemeal lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bonemeal throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Bonemeal looking to finish with strikes here!
Bonemeal throwing strikes here but Jones is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Jones somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!
Bonemeal moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Jones digs a good hook to Bonemeal's body.
Jones fails to land with a series of punches.
Nice uppercut lands for Jones. That snapped Bonemeal's head back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Andre Jones will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Bonemeal closes this distance looking for a takedown but Jones circles away.
Jones scores with a body shot.
Jones looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jones misses with a wild combination.
Bonemeal uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jones.
Jones stuffs the takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones digs a good hook to Bonemeal's body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jones swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jones misses the shot to the body.
Jones throws a right and a left that Bonemeal avoids nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonemeal shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Jones napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Bonemeal looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Bonemeal is trying to get an arm triangle but Jones is defending well.
Bonemeal working the ground and pound from side control.
Jones is looking for a sweep.
Bonemeal thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bonemeal fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Bonemeal wants to control but Jones is keeping him busy.
Jones on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Jones tries to get out of the position.
The ground and pound from Bonemeal seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Jones wants to get back to his feet.
Bonemeal trying to control the action but Jones is working from the bottom.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Jones dips to his left and cracks Bonemeal with an uppercut!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bonemeal sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Andre Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Andre Jones is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bonemeal shoots for a double leg takedown but Jones sprawls well. He's pushed Bonemeal's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Andre Jones has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Crud Bonemeal.
Bonemeal wants to clinch up but Jones keeps it at a distance.
Jones connects with a jab.
Andre Jones is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jones throws a series of punches but Bonemeal avoids them all with ease.
Bonemeal misses with a head kick.
A punch combination from Jones misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Jones rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bonemeal moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bonemeal throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Jones's waist but Jones gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Bonemeal off to one side.
Bonemeal fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Danga de danga de dang - Jones scores with a four punch combination!
Jones fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Jones misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bonemeal.
Bonemeal falls off balance throwing a combination
and Jones counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bonemeal closes this distance looking for a takedown but Jones circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Andre Jones will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Jones lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Jones swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Bonemeal.
Bonemeal tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bonemeal shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jones throws a body punch but Bonemeal moves out of range.
Jones fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bonemeal manages to avoid it.
Jones throws a series of punches but Bonemeal avoids them all with ease.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bonemeal shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Jones but Jones pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Jones thuds his right hand into Bonemeal's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bonemeal defending well as Jones loads up on a big left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonemeal tries to clinch up but Jones circles away and keeps his distance.
Jones looks to land a combination. Bonemeal sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Jones looks to score with a jab to the body but Bonemeal is just out of range.
Bonemeal shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Jones manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Bonemeal slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Bonemeal trying to control the position but Jones is working away.
Jones bucks up and tries to throw Bonemeal off but instead Bonemeal has got his back!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bonemeal has the rear naked choke here! This is very bad for Jones! Can he survive? No! He's out! Bonemeal gets to his feet and celebrates with his cornermen. He looks absolutely delighted. In the post fight interviews he takes time to thank his parents and everyone who has believed in him from the start. How sweet.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Crud Bonemeal!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Pablo Gurgel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mickey McMasters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pablo Gurgel could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Mickey McMasters's chin.
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151 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
2 - 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
7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mickey McMasters!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Edson Gomes and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gurgel shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. McMasters defends it nicely.
Gurgel fails with the takedown.
Gurgel wants to clinch up but McMasters keeps it at a distance.
Some wild striking there from McMasters.
McMasters throws a jab when Gurgel was well out of range.
Gurgel misses with a head kick.
Gurgel blocks a head kick by McMasters.
McMasters circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gurgel misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McMasters.
Gurgel dodges the punch combination from McMasters.
Gurgel uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from McMasters.
Gurgel changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. McMasters looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Gurgel trying to control the action but McMasters is working from the bottom.
McMasters wants to get back to his feet.
McMasters is not content to let Gurgel control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McMasters wants to get back to his feet but Gurgel drags him back down.
Gurgel trying to control the action but McMasters is working from the bottom.
Gurgel stands up.
Gurgel tries to clinch up.
Gurgel closes the distance and clinches up with McMasters, looking for a takedown. Gurgel pushes McMasters against the cage but McMasters circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pablo Gurgel. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gurgel uses good head movement to avoid the hook from McMasters.
McMasters lands with a kick to the temple. Gurgel shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Gurgel throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Gurgel wants to clinch.
The fighters circling - McMasters throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gurgel is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gurgel shoots for a double leg takedown but McMasters sprawls well. He's pushed Gurgel's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
McMasters scores with a one two! Gurgel had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
McMasters scores with a kick to the body.
Gurgel is breathing heavily.
Gurgel uses good head movement to avoid the hook from McMasters.
Gurgel takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Gurgel fails in his attempt to clinch.
McMasters leaves Gurgel with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
McMasters changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gurgel shoots in for a takedown but McMasters shows good takedown defense.
McMasters lands with a cross.
Gurgel closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
McMasters lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Good shot there by McMasters.
McMasters misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
McMasters scores with a jab.
Gurgel tries to clinch up but McMasters circles away and keeps his distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good exchange - McMasters coming out on top.
Gurgel blocks a head kick by McMasters.
A head kick misses from McMasters.
Gurgel fails with an attempt to clinch.
McMasters connects with a solid leg kick.
McMasters circles away from the clinch attempt.
Good shot there by McMasters.
Gurgel misses with a body kick.
McMasters misses with a few strikes there.
McMasters tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gurgel tries to clinch but McMasters is having none of it.
Gurgel tries to close the distance and clinch but McMasters swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gurgel closes the distance and clinches up with McMasters, looking for a takedown. Gurgel pushes McMasters against the cage but McMasters circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Nice uppercut lands for McMasters. That snapped Gurgel's head back.
McMasters scores with a jab to the jaw.
Gurgel bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
McMasters wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Gurgel trying to control the position but McMasters is working away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McMasters is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Gurgel is controlling him well.
Gurgel decides to stand back up. Gurgel steps back and let's McMasters get back to his feet.
Mickey McMasters is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gurgel is looking to clinch.
McMasters misses with a hook. Gurgel ducked under it nicely.
Gurgel moves in looking to clinch but McMasters pushes him off.
Gurgel moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Gurgel shoots in for a double leg but McMasters sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
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 - Gurgel looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
McMasters fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Gurgel is looking to slow McMasters down with leg kicks.
McMasters is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mickey McMasters dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
McMasters lands a really nice looking cross but Gurgel seems unphased.
Gurgel misses with a takedown attempt - McMasters sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by McMasters.
Gurgel takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
McMasters digs a good hook to Gurgel's body.
McMasters might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Gurgel doesn't manage to clinch there - McMasters circles away.
Gurgel avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gurgel is looking to clinch.
McMasters lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gurgel circles away quickly and effectively.
Gurgel throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gurgel looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gurgel shoots in and drives through. McMasters sprawls well.
Gurgel closes the distance and pushes McMasters back into the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
McMasters tries to break free but Gurgel pushes him back against the cage.
Gurgel is working for takedown but McMasters is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pablo Gurgel. That's going to take a lot out of him.
McMasters prevents the takedown attempt.
McMasters is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Gurgel.
McMasters breaks the clinch.
McMasters lands a body shot.
McMasters stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
McMasters avoids a kick to the body.
McMasters lands with a cross.
A jab lands there for McMasters.
Gurgel changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. McMasters tries to avoid it but Gurgel manages to keep hold of a leg and drag McMasters to the ground. McMasters escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
McMasters connects with a good right hand that stumbles Gurgel. Gurgel circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Gurgel tries to clinch up.
Gurgel walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A lazy left from McMasters finds it's target.
McMasters misses with a wild combination.
McMasters throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gurgel sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mickey McMasters seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gurgel throws a head kick that half lands.
Gurgel wants to clinch up but McMasters keeps it at a distance.
A head kick by McMasters misses
and Gurgel counters with a big head kick but McMasters shrugs it off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McMasters looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gurgel looks for the body kick but McMasters saw that one coming.
Decent striking displayed by McMasters there.
A slow jab from McMasters misses its intended target.
Mickey McMasters seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McMasters stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Gurgel.
Gurgel doesn't manage to clinch there - McMasters circles away.
McMasters needs to keep his hands up - Gurgel had a free shot at his head there.
McMasters throws a hook but Gurgel avoids it easily.
Gurgel has a takedown stuffed.
McMasters throws a right and a left that both miss.
Gurgel looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Gurgel tries to close the distance and clinch but McMasters swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gurgel avoids the body shot from McMasters.
McMasters keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
McMasters tries to keep at a distance but Gurgel has taken the fight into the clinch.
Gurgel looking to slow down the pace here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McMasters escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
McMasters lands a two punch combo.
McMasters circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gurgel looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
McMasters getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
McMasters lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gurgel circles away quickly and effectively.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gurgel looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gurgel thows a body kick. McMasters tries to catch it but that hurt him.
McMasters keeps the fight on the outside.
McMasters lands with a cross.
Gurgel ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gurgel closes this distance looking for a takedown but McMasters circles away.
McMasters slaps away a takedown attempt from Gurgel, before circling back to the center of the mat.
McMasters scores with a nice head shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gurgel takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Gurgel closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Gurgel has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. McMasters avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
McMasters breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gurgel showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from McMasters.
Gurgel is looking to clinch.
McMasters misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gurgel shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts McMasters as he jumps to the side.
McMasters swinging wilding here.
Gurgel closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Gurgel is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
McMasters has one foot on Gurgel's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
McMasters swats away the attempt to clinch by Gurgel.
Gurgel takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Mickey McMasters will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Gurgel instigates a clinch.
Gurgel keeps the fight in the clinch, despite McMasters's efforts to push away.
Gurgel prevents McMasters from breaking the clinch.
Gurgel tries to break the clinch but McMasters is controlling the position.
McMasters can't break the clinch.
McMasters wants to break free but Gurgel has control.
Gurgel is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but McMasters is keeping busy.
Gurgel can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
McMasters escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
McMasters misses with a looping left.
Gurgel tries to clinch but McMasters moves out of range.
McMasters throws a shot from downtown. Gurgel moves away and avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McMasters tries a head kick but it misses.
Gurgel slips a jab from McMasters.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gurgel tries to clinch there but McMasters circles away.
A combination from McMasters does no damage.
McMasters avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gurgel fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gurgel tries to close the distance and clinch up but McMasters swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gurgel shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Gurgel was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Gurgel content just to control the position here.
Gurgel get's back to his feet.
Gurgel tries to clinch up.
Gurgel is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Gurgel.
McMasters scores with a nice strike.
Gurgel takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
McMasters misses with a hook.
Gurgel tries to close the distance and clinch but McMasters swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gurgel misses with a body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McMasters goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Gurgel tries to close the distance and clinch but McMasters swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
McMasters keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
McMasters connects with a crisp jab.
Gurgel darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Gurgel passes to side control.
A lull in the action here.
Gurgel prevents McMasters from escaping the position.
Gurgel lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gurgel wants to lay and pray for a moment but McMasters keeps working.
Gurgel throws an elbow but McMasters slips to the side and avoids it well.
Pablo Gurgel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
McMasters misses with a body shot.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Gurgel is defended easily by McMasters.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pablo Gurgel. That's going to take a lot out of him.
McMasters cracks Gurgel with a good jab.
McMasters lands a head kick!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Nice shot lands for McMasters.
Gurgel gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Gurgel wants to clinch up but McMasters keeps it at a distance.
McMasters lands a nice hook to Gurgel's body. Gurgel takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Gurgel scores with a kick to the midsection.
Gurgel fails with a takedown attempt.
McMasters comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Gurgel is looking to clinch but McMasters is avoiding it.
Gurgel takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Gurgel is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
McMasters avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
McMasters tries a head kick but it misses.
McMasters gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Gurgel to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Mickey McMasters is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
McMasters wants to get back to his feet but Gurgel is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Pablo Gurgel showed his dominance in that final round.
I think McMasters has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 28:29
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 29:29
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Mickey McMasters!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kevin Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mauricio Trojan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie comes into the arena with Bate pesadăo blaring out of the sound system. Trojan has chosen Notas de Rodapé as his entrance music. Mauricio Trojan has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Kevin Gracie's chin.
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153 lbs
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149 lbs
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kevin Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mauricio Trojan!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Thiago Cunha and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Trojan tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Gracie is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Trojan doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Gracie.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gracie trying to mount his opponent but Trojan defends it.
Gracie seems to be looking for submissions.
Gracie is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Trojan!
Gracie looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Gracie swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Trojan is now in Gracie's guard. A big mistake from Gracie there, giving up the dominant position!
Trojan trying to control the position from guard on top but Gracie is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Trojan thows a big elbow that misses.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Trojan accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Trojan preventing the sweep.
Gracie is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Trojan rolls with it to try and escape but Gracie cranks on the arm and Trojan is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Kevin Gracie!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Steve Diehard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Drew Hughes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hughes has chosen Far From Over as his entrance music. Steve Diehard has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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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
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Steve Diehard!
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, Drew Hughes!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Emerson Jorge and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diehard circles away from the clinch attempt.
Diehard clinches with his opponent.
Hughes lands an elbow that stopped Diehard in his tracks for a moment.
It looks like Steve Diehard has been cut.
Hughes has Diehard pressed against the cage, preventing Diehard from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hughes gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hughes throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Diehard blocks it with crossed arms.
Diehard on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hughes lands a nice elbow.
Hughes unloads a knee to the mid-section. Diehard lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees to the body from Hughes.
Hughes looking to throw knees to the head but Diehard is blocking nicely.
Hughes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Diehard wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hughes lands a knee to the head.
Diehard is breathing heavily.
Diehard wants to break free but Hughes has control.
Diehard breaks from the clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Hughes clinches.
Hughes prevents Diehard from breaking the clinch.
Hughes connects with a nasty looking knee right to Diehard's face.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Diehard takes a knee right on the jaw!
Knees in the clinch landing for Hughes.
Hughes landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hughes tries to land a knee to the head but Diehard blocks with his arms.
Diehard working hard to break the clinch.
Hughes has Diehard pressed against the cage, preventing Diehard from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Diehard avoids a wild elbow strike from Hughes.
Hughes creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Diehard's defenses.
Hughes lands a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hughes.
Hughes landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hughes putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Diehard in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hughes landing some nice looking knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes trying to land knees to the body.
Hughes putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Diehard in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Diehard is trying to break the clinch but Hughes has him pressed against the cage.
Hughes lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hughes misses with an elbow strike.
Diehard blocks an elbow strike from Hughes.
Hughes throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Diehard blocks it with crossed arms.
Diehard breaks from the clinch.
Diehard swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Hughes tries to clinch but Diehard moves away
and Diehard counters with a nice low kick that buckles Hughes's knee momentarily.
Hughes is looking to clinch.
Hughes tries to close the distance and clinch up but Diehard swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hughes checks a low kick from Diehard.
Steve Diehard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hughes gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Diehard takes a knee to the side of the body.
Diehard blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Diehard breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hughes tries to clinch up
and Diehard counters with a nice low kick that buckles Hughes's knee momentarily.
Diehard throws a chopping leg kick but Hughes manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Hughes fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Diehard will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Hughes tries to close the distance and clinch but Diehard swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hughes wants to clinch but Diehard slips to the side
and Diehard counters with a thumping low kick.
Diehard keeps the fight on the outside.
Hughes doesn't manage to clinch there - Diehard circles away.
Hughes tries to close the distance and clinch but Diehard swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hughes tries to clinch up but Diehard circles away and keeps his distance.
Hughes doesn't manage to clinch there - Diehard circles away.
Hughes fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hughes checks the leg kick.
Hughes doesn't manage to clinch there - Diehard circles away.
Hughes doesn't manage to clinch there - Diehard circles away.
A swing and a miss from Diehard.
Hughes tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Diehard throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
A nice inside leg kick there by Diehard. That's going to slow Hughes down.
Hughes tries to clinch but Diehard moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hughes is looking to clinch but Diehard is avoiding it.
Hughes blocks a leg kick.
Hughes wants to clinch.
Hughes is looking to clinch.
Hughes fails in his attempt to clinch.
Diehard wants to land a leg kick but Hughes is out of range.
Hughes closes the distance but Diehard moves to the side
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Hughes is looking to clinch.
Hughes looks to clinch
and Diehard counters with a slapping leg kick.
Hughes moves away from the strike by Diehard.
Hughes staying out of range there.
Hughes darts in trying to clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Hughes looks to clinch
and Hughes takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hughes tries to clinch up but Diehard circles away and keeps his distance.
Hughes tries to close the distance and clinch but Diehard swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Diehard swats away the attempt to clinch by Hughes.
Diehard throws a leg kick but Hughes sees it coming and moves out of range.
Hughes closes the distance but Diehard moves to the side
and Diehard counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Diehard keeps the fight on the outside.
Hughes tries to clinch up.
Hughes is looking to clinch but Diehard is avoiding it.
Hughes closes the distance looking to clinch
and Diehard counters with a slapping leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hughes darts in trying to clinch
and Diehard makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Hughes really felt that one!
Diehard misses with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Drew Hughes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Steve Diehard's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Diehard keeps the fight on the outside.
Hughes closes the distance but Diehard moves to the side
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Hughes keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Hughes is looking to clinch but Diehard is avoiding it.
Hughes tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Diehard counters with a good low kick that Hughes was not able to check.
Drew Hughes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Diehard motions for Hughes to come forward. Diehard throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hughes tries to clinch but Diehard moves away
and Diehard makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Hughes tries to clinch
and Diehard counters with a leg kick.
Hughes tries to clinch but Diehard moves away
and Diehard counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Diehard.
Hughes crunches a lovely knee into Diehard's ribcage.
Hughes putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Diehard in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hughes misses with a knee to the head.
Diehard pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hughes tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Diehard paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Diehard avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hughes closes the distance looking to clinch
and Diehard counters with a good low kick that Hughes was not able to check.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes tries to clinch but Diehard moves away
and Diehard counters with an outside leg kick.
Hughes looks to clinch
and Diehard counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Hughes darts in trying to clinch
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
and Diehard counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Hughes throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hughes throws an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hughes throws an elbow but misses.
Diehard is trying to break the clinch but Hughes has him pressed against the cage.
Diehard on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hughes with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Diehard is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Diehard wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hughes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A frustrated look appears on Diehard's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hughes creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Diehard wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hughes has him pressed against the cage.
Diehard wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A frustrated look appears on Diehard's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hughes lands an elbow just above Diehard 's eye.
Hughes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hughes lands a nice knee to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Hughes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Diehard breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hughes avoids a kick to the body.
Hughes wants to clinch.
Hughes is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jab by Diehard.
Hughes tries to clinch up but Diehard circles away and keeps his distance.
Diehard tries to work over Hughes's front leg with a kick but Hughes checks it.
Diehard swats away the attempt to clinch by Hughes.
Hughes tries to clinch there but Diehard circles away.
Hughes tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Diehard paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hughes moves in looking to clinch but Diehard pushes him off.
Diehard throws and low kick but Hughes moves out of range easily.
Hughes takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diehard fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Hughes is out of range.
Hughes tries to clinch but Diehard moves away
and Diehard counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Hughes landing knees to the head.
Hughes lands a nice knee to the body.
Diehard wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Diehard has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Hughes keeps control of Diehard as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Diehard wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hughes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hughes connects with a nasty looking knee right to Diehard's face.
Diehard tries to break free but Hughes pushes him back against the cage.
Diehard has had enough of the clinch but Hughes keeps him there for the moment.
Hughes tries to land a knee to the head but Diehard blocks with his arms.
Diehard avoids a wild elbow strike from Hughes.
Diehard wants to break the clinch but can't.
Diehard looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hughes trying to land knees to the body.
Diehard wants to get back to striking at distance but Hughes won't allow it.
Diehard is trying to break free.
Hughes looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hughes scores with a knee to the head.
Diehard has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Diehard wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hughes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Diehard has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hughes lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hughes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Diehard blocks an elbow strike.
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.
Hughes comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hughes tries to land knees in the clinch but Diehard avoids the damage to the body.
Hughes keeps control of Diehard as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hughes.
Diehard wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hughes tries to land a knee to the head but Diehard blocks with his arms.
Diehard wants to get back to striking at distance but Hughes won't allow it.
Diehard wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Diehard wants to break free but Hughes has control.
Hughes landing knees to the body.
Drew Hughes seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Hughes lands an elbow inside.
Hughes prevents Diehard from breaking the clinch.
Hughes tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Diehard avoids it.
Diehard has had enough of the clinch but Hughes keeps him there for the moment.
Hughes lands a nice elbow.
Hughes pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Diehard pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Diehard misses with a low kick as Hughes jumps back.
Hughes fails in his attempt to clinch.
Diehard swats away the attempt to clinch by Hughes.
Hughes tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Diehard paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Diehard tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Steve Diehard dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Steve Diehard's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Diehard keeps the fight on the outside.
Hughes is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hughes tries to clinch but Diehard moves out of range.
Hughes checks the leg kick nicely there.
Diehard goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Hughes tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Diehard paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hughes tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Diehard throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hughes moves out of range as Diehard throws a body kick.
Diehard tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hughes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hughes tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diehard pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hughes wants to clinch.
Hughes tries to close the distance and clinch but Diehard swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hughes fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diehard circles away from the clinch attempt.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Hughes checks a leg kick.
Hughes tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hughes moves in looking to clinch but Diehard pushes him off.
Hughes tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hughes is looking to clinch.
Diehard throws a leg kick but Hughes sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Good work by Hughes as he checks the leg kick.
Hughes is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hughes tries to clinch but Diehard is having none of it.
Hughes tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Diehard paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Diehard throws a low kick but it's checked well by Hughes.
Diehard avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hughes closes the distance but Diehard moves to the side
and Diehard counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Hughes is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Hughes moves in looking to clinch but Diehard pushes him off.
Hughes wants to clinch up but Diehard keeps it at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hughes looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hughes tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Diehard paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hughes checks a leg kick.
Hughes clinches.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hughes just misses with a elbow thrown towards Diehard's brow.
Hughes is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hughes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hughes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hughes lands a knee to the head.
Hughes keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Diehard's efforts to push away.
Hughes landing knees to the body.
Diehard tries to circle away but Hughes has him pinned against the cage.
Diehard dodges an elbow strike from Hughes.
Hughes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Diehard has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Diehard breaks from the clinch.
Hughes doesn't manage to clinch there - Diehard circles away.
Hughes tries to close the distance and clinch but Diehard swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Diehard throws a leg kick but Hughes checks it.
Diehard tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Hughes is able to avoid easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hughes moves in looking to clinch but Diehard pushes him off.
Hughes moves in looking to clinch but Diehard pushes him off.
Hughes wants to clinch.
Hughes is looking to clinch.
Diehard lands a nice hook to Hughes's body. Hughes takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Diehard will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Hughes tries to close the distance and clinch up but Diehard swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hughes tries to clinch up.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hughes connects with a knee to the head.
Hughes looking to throw knees to the head but Diehard is blocking nicely.
Diehard wants to get back to striking at distance but Hughes won't allow it.
Diehard avoids the elbow strike from Hughes, against the cage.
Diehard has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Diehard tries to break the clinch but Hughes is controlling the position.
Hughes landing knees to the head.
Diehard tries to break free but Hughes pushes him back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Diehard wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hughes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Diehard can't break the clinch.
Diehard wants to break the clinch but can't.
Diehard wants to break free but Hughes has control.
Hughes connects with a nasty looking knee right to Diehard's face.
Hughes with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Diehard blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Diehard tries to break the clinch but Hughes is controlling the position.
Diehard takes an elbow to the temple.
Hughes lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hughes throws an elbow that misses.
Diehard pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hughes is looking to clinch but Diehard is avoiding it.
Hughes tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Diehard makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Hughes slips a jab from Diehard.
Hughes blocks a leg kick.
Hughes closes the distance looking to clinch
and Diehard counters with a nice low kick that buckles Hughes's knee momentarily.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Hughes tries to clinch but Diehard moves away
and Diehard counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Hughes fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Drew Hughes.
I think Hughes has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 28:29
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 29:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Drew Hughes!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ghoul Ghotha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dennis Wise (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dennis Wise acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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272 lbs
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275 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
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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
8 - 5 - 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
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dennis Wise!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Mauricio Rocha and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wise is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Ghotha's half guard.
Ghotha avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Wise.
Ghotha moves into full guard.
Wise pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ghotha is keeping the position for now.
Wise throwing strikes from guard but Ghotha blocks nicely.
Wise in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Ghotha tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Wise works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Wise wants to control but Ghotha is keeping him busy.
Ghotha tries to roll over but Wise keeps him under control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ghotha is looking to control Wise's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Ghotha avoid being mounted?
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Wise gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ghotha lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Ghotha working over Wise with some ground and pound. Wise looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Wise is not content to let Ghotha control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wise is trying to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ghotha throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Wise wants to get back to his feet.
Wise keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Ghotha wants to take a breather but Wise is having none of it.
Ghotha 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.
Ghotha working the head and body with strikes.
Ghotha is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Ghotha landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Wise is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Wise on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wise avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Ghotha.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Wise can do anything to dispel that myth.
Wise on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Ghotha not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Wise wants to get back to full guard.
Ghotha moves into side control, avoiding the strikes from Wise.
Wise looks gassed!
Wise is trying to control Ghotha's posture but Ghotha avoids it.
Wise tries to control but Ghotha manages to take his back.
Ghotha lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
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!
Wise prevents Ghotha from getting a body triangle.
Wise is covering up but some of the strikes from Ghotha are getting through and doing damage.
Ghotha is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Ghotha throwing damaging strikes from the back! Wise could be in trouble here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ghotha is landing with strikes from the back.
Wise is taking damage to the body and head.
Wise tries to escape the position.
Ghotha not allowing Wise to control his hands.
Ghotha scores with strikes from the back.
Ghotha softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Ghotha lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Wise hold on?!
Ghotha lands shots from the back.
Wise defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Ghotha avoiding Wise 's attempts to control his hands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ghotha lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Wise hold on?!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wise rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Wise manages to get to full guard.
Wise wants to sweep here but Ghotha controlling him for the moment.
Ghotha trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Ghotha landing with the ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ghotha working some strikes from top position.
Wise looking for a sweep. Not yet Wise, not yet.
Ghotha pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Wise is keeping the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ghoul Ghotha dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Excellent takedown into side control there by Ghotha.
Wise on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Ghotha landing a few strikes.
Wise is not content to let Ghotha control the position.
Wise tries to bench press Ghotha off him but Ghotha keeps the position.
Ghotha is looking to take a break and control but Wise is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Ghotha lands some shots froms side control.
Ghotha creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Wise is breathing heavily.
Wise is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wise tries to roll over but Ghotha keeps him under control.
Ghotha winds up and cracks Wise with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Ghotha slips a nice elbow through Wise's hands, connecting with Wise's forehead.
Wise is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Ghotha scores with a couple of nice shots.
Wise is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Ghotha working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Ghotha passes the guard and advances to mount!
Wise in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Ghotha cracks Wise with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Wise is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Ghotha lands a heavy elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ghotha in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
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!
Wise is working to get back to half guard.
Ghotha lands a heavy elbow.
The referee warns Wise that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Ghotha is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Wise can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
A nice elbow there by Ghotha.
Ghotha is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Wise can do to turn this around?
Ghotha dominating with strikes here.
Ghotha is in the full mount, landing strikes.
A nice elbow there by Ghotha.
Wise really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Ghotha lands a nice shot to the head.
Ghotha landing punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wise tries to hold on but Ghotha pushes him away.
Ghotha has control of Wise's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Wise regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Wise keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Ghotha working for a guillotine from mount but Wise is in no mood to give up.
Wise taking shots to the head.
Wise wants to hold on but Ghotha pushes him away.
Wise is squirming around, avoiding Ghotha's attempts to control the action.
Wise really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
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.
Ghotha lands a big shot there that rocks Wise but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Ghotha lands a heavy elbow.
Ghotha with shots to the head and body - Wise looks very uncomfortable down there.
Wise throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Ghotha putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Ghotha working Wise over with strikes here.
Wise is in a horrible position here. Ghotha smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Ghotha has control of Wise's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Wise regains control of the situation pretty easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ghotha has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Wise's face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ghoul Ghotha dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Ghotha doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Wise counters with a nice double leg into side control. Ghotha won't be happy with that.
Ghotha is looking for a sweep.
Ghotha is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Wise's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Wise missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Wise missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Wise content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Wise 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.
Wise thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The fighters are battling for position here. Ghotha manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Ghotha escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Wise gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Ghotha has his foot on Wise's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Wise works his way back into a safe position though.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wise throwing strikes but missing.
Wise throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Ghotha works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Ghotha is looking for a triangle but Wise pushes his legs off easily.
Ghotha wants to sweep here but Wise controlling him for the moment.
Wise scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Ghotha keeping moving, preventing Wise from controlling successfully.
Wise is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Ghotha looking for a guillotine here but Wise defends easily.
Dennis Wise has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
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.
Ghotha looking for subs off his back but Wise has passed one foot through into half guard.
Wise is nestled in close to Ghotha, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Ghotha moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Wise working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Ghotha's head.
Ghotha utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Wise accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Wise trying to control but Ghotha is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ghotha is trying to control the position but Wise postures up.
Wise missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Ghotha trying to control the position.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Ghotha fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Wise sprawls well initially but Ghotha persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Wise pushes Ghotha off looking to stand but Ghotha dives back in and keeps control.
Ghotha drops an elbow to the side of Wise's head.
Wise wants to get back to full guard.
Ghotha lands strikes from half guard.
Ghotha looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Ghotha slips a nice elbow through Wise's hands, connecting with Wise's forehead.
Wise tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Ghotha working Wise over with strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Ghotha there.
Wise is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Wise is trying to control but can't.
Ghotha winds up and cracks Wise with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Ghotha working the head and body with strikes.
Ghotha working Wise over with strikes.
Wise tries to kick Ghotha off but Ghotha keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Wise wants to get back to full guard.
Ghotha seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Wise does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Ghotha lands with a punch from half guard.
Wise throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Ghotha working the head and body with strikes.
Ghoul Ghotha is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Wise looking for submissions off his back.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Ghoul Ghotha.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Ghotha, 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:26
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:26
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ghoul Ghotha!
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gandalf Mithrandir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Travis Lucas (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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219 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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214 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Very strong |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gandalf Mithrandir!
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, Travis Lucas!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Alexandre Firmino and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mithrandir wants to clinch.
Lucas goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Lucas swats away the attempt to clinch by Mithrandir.
Mithrandir takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Mithrandir wants to clinch.
A head kick by Lucas - that's a beauty! Mithrandir is out but he's somehow still standing... he's going... going... gone. Like a drunk walking down the middle of the road, the inevitable face plant follows and the delayed knockout arrives. Even Lucas can't help but laugh at the bizarre end to this one!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Travis Lucas!
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Main event
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ernest Miller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Rico (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Miller might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to The Greatest. This should be a great matchup!
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235 lbs
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275 lbs
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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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ernest Miller!
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, Johnny Rico!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Daniel Cesar and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A shot to de liver by Miller. Beautiful body shot.
A left and a right from Miller both land. Nice combination.
It looks like Johnny Rico has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rico has a takedown stuffed.
Miller misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rico closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Miller did well to prevent Rico getting side control.
Rico thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Miller's head.
Rico not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Rico not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Rico throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Miller pushes Rico off looking to stand but Rico dives back in and keeps control.
Miller on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Miller tries to get out of the position.
Rico working over Miller with some ground and pound. Miller looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Rico throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Miller is trying to stand back up but Rico is controlling him
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Rico in particular looking to stall.
Rico trying to control the action but Miller is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Miller is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Rico scores with a couple of nice shots.
Rico not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Miller is trying to stand.
Rico lands with a punch from half guard.
Rico prevents Miller from standing back up.
Rico throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Rico wants to lay and pray for a moment but Miller keeps working.
Miller knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Rico on the ground.
Rico working Miller over with strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rico working Miller over with strikes.
Rico throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rico throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Miller is breathing heavily.
Rico wants to take a breather but Miller is having none of it.
Miller avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Rico.
Rico scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rico throwing shots but Miller is blocking nicely.
Rico missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Rico throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Rico misses with a takedown attempt - Miller sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Rico.
Ernest Miller has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johnny Rico.
Miller throws a looping overhand right but Rico ducks down to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miller gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Rico trying to control the position from guard on top but Miller is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rico with a nice head shot there.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Rico accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Rico throws a big right hand that misses.
Rico throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Miller works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Rico is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Miller working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Rico.
Rico thows a big elbow that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rico stands and throws Miller's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Miller avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Rico.
Rico wants to control but Miller is keeping him busy.
Rico working the head with strikes.
Rico working the ground and pound but Miller is defending the strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Miller takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Rico is putting a hurting on Miller here, landing some big shots from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johnny Rico dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Johnny Rico's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Rico shoots in but Miller avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Rico avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice takedown defense from Miller. No joy for Rico on that attempt.
Rico fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Ernest Miller has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johnny Rico.
Rico takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Miller just misses with a punch to the body.
Rico slips a straight right by Miller.
Miller leaves Rico with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
A left lands for Miller.
Miller keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Miller scores with a hook to the body. Rico takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Rico shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Miller pinned against the cage. Miller gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Miller fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Rico looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Miller throws a series of strikes that have Rico backpedaling.
Miller leaves Rico with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Miller lands a jab to the nose.
Miller misses with an uppercut.
Miller lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Miller.
Miller lands with a nice combination. Rico backs away looking to recover.
Miller checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Ernest Miller is winning the standup battle so far.
Miller throws out a powerful jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rico swings for the body but Miller moves out of range.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Miller here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Rico displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Miller throws out the jab.
Rico fails with the takedown.
Miller lands with a thumping leg kick.
Rico takes one on the button.
Miller slaps away a takedown attempt from Rico, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miller scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Nice shot lands for Miller.
Miller defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Rico.
Miller connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Miller lands with an uppercut that bounces Rico off the cage and back into rage.
A decent looking cross lands there for Miller.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Rico.
Nice takedown defense from Miller. No joy for Rico on that attempt.
Rico gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Miller misses the shot to the body.
Rico uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Miller.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Rico.
Miller cracks a nice hook into Rico's ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miller comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Horrible takedown by Rico or perhaps it was just good defense by Miller which made him look bad.
Rico takes a body punch but keeps moving.
No joy there for Miller, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rico misses with a takedown attempt - Miller sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Rico looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Rico thows a huge punch but Miller dodges it nicely.
Rico prevents Miller from standing back up.
Rico throwing shots but Miller is blocking nicely.
Rico frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rico scoring with strikes but Miller is staying in there.
Rico with shots to the head and body - Miller looks very uncomfortable down there.
Rico is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Rico landing shots from mount.
Rico scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Miller is squirming around, avoiding Rico's attempts to control the action.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Miller is bucking up trying to escape but Rico cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Miller wants to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ernest Miller dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Johnny Rico's cut.
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!
Miller stuffs the takedown attempt from Rico. Rico gets slowly back to his feet.
Rico closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Miller to the mat! Miller manages to get full guard.
Rico wants to control from the top but Miller keeps moving.
Rico postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Rico in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Rico keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Miller's head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rico throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Rico with a flurry of punches that miss.
Rico is looking to work some ground and pound but Miller has wrist control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Miller wants to stand up but Rico is controlling him.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Rico fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Miller avoids it really well and circles away.
Miller blocks a head kick by Rico.
Rico tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Miller swivels and escapes.
Ernest Miller has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johnny Rico.
Rico has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Horrible takedown by Rico or perhaps it was just good defense by Miller which made him look bad.
Miller connects with a solid leg kick.
Miller feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Rico's calf.
Miller dodges the punch combination from Rico.
Miller fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Rico blocks a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rico looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Miller!
Rico throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Miller takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Rico working Miller over with strikes here.
Rico pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Rico tries to control but Miller wriggling away.
The referee warns Miller that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
A nice elbow there by Rico.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rico cracks Miller with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Rico landing strikes, looking to finish!
Miller taking shots to the head.
Rico has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Rico cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Rico lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Rico with good strikes from the mount here!
Rico with shots to the head and body - Miller looks very uncomfortable down there.
Rico landing strikes from the mount.
You get the feeling that Miller really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Rico looking to control and managing it successfully.
Miller taking shots to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rico has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Miller's face.
Rico is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Rico scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Miller?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rico looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Rico lands a big elbow.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Rico cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Rico postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Miller looks a forlorn figure.
Rico working the ground and pound effectively.
And that's the end of the fight!
Johnny Rico comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Rico has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 28:29
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johnny Rico!
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