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OG 20: The Jawcrank Redemption PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rubin Carter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ruron Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carter comes to the cage accompanied by Bob Dylan - Hurricane. Gracie is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Warning. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rubin Carter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ruron Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Thiago Cunha and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carter thuds a left hand into Gracie's body.
Gracie wants to clinch
and Carter counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gracie closes this distance looking for a takedown but Carter circles away.
Gracie changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Carter tries to avoid it but Gracie manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Carter to the ground. Carter escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Carter jabs Gracie to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Gracie wants to land a leg kick but Carter is out of range.
Carter fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Carter's jab looks to have found its range, popping Gracie under the eye.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice uppercut there from Carter.
Carter scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Carter scores with a hook to the body. Gracie takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Gracie looks gassed!
Carter dips to his left and cracks Gracie with an uppercut!
Carter lands with a shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie fails to land the takedown.
Rubin Carter has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ruron Gracie.
Carter lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Carter.
Ruron Gracie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Carter lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Carter connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Carter is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Donk. Carter catches Gracie right on the button with a cross.
Gracie is rocked!
Gracie takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Carter connects with a body shot.
Gracie on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Carter scores with a sloppy right hand. Gracie should have avoided that one.
Gracie is still on wobbly legs! Can Carter finish him?
Gracie is trying desperately to land a takedown but Carter is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Gracie.
and Carter counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Gracie! He's just covering up as Carter starts to tee off till referee steps in and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rubin Carter!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Terrible (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jon Boans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Boans is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Walk by Pantera. Jon Boans will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ivan Terrible!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jon Boans!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Felipe Paraventi and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boans fails with the takedown.
Danga de danga de dang - Terrible scores with a four punch combination!
Jon Boans seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Boans looks for a takedown but Terrible sprawls well.
Terrible connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Boans momentarily.
Terrible is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Boans fails in his attempt to clinch.
Boans with a poor takedown
and Terrible moves into the clinch.
Ivan Terrible has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jon Boans.
Terrible breaks from the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Boans tries to close the distance and clinch up but Terrible swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Horrible takedown by Boans or perhaps it was just good defense by Terrible which made him look bad.
Terrible feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Terrible accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Boans working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Terrible.
Terrible throwing strikes but missing.
Terrible might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Terrible stands and steps away. Boans gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Both fighters circling a little - Terrible finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Boans looks gassed!
Boans tries to clinch but Terrible is having none of it.
Terrible fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Terrible lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
It looks like Jon Boans has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Boans takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Terrible catches Boans napping and connects with a big right hand that sends Boans to the canvas!
Boans is rocked!
Terrible wants to control from the top but Boans keeps moving.
Terrible sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Terrible advances position into side control!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Terrible remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Boans is trying to control Terrible's posture but Terrible avoids it.
Terrible decides to stand back up.
Terrible lands with a thumping leg kick.
Terrible stuffs the takedown.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boans tries to keep at a distance but Terrible has taken the fight into the clinch.
Terrible manages to break the clinch.
Terrible throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Boans's waist but Boans gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Terrible off to one side.
Boans misses with a hook to the body
and Terrible counters by moving into the clinch.
Terrible escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Danga de danga de dang - Terrible scores with a four punch combination!
Terrible scores with a head kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A head kick from Terrible lands but Boans takes it in his stride.
Boans looks to clinch
and Terrible counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Terrible landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Terrible breaks from the clinch.
A jab-cross combination lands for Terrible and sends Boans crashing to the mat! Terrible follows him down to the mat - Boans regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!
That has opened up Jon Boans's cut even more.
Terrible stands up and beckons Boans to join him on the feet.
Terrible connects with a solid leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Terrible drops Boans with a nice combination! Terrible dives into Boans's guard, looking to finish!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Boans utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Terrible forces his way into half guard.
Terrible is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Terrible decides to stand and escape the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Terrible scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Terrible lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Terrible.
The cut above Jon Boans's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Terrible is working the combinations to good effect here.
Terrible lands a head kick that stumbles Boans and the fighters go to the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ivan Terrible dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jon Boans's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Terrible connects with a left and a right that sees a clearly hurt Boans covering up! Terrible comes in with a big uppercut and Boans goes doooown! He's slumped up against the cage, eyes staring blankly into space.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Ivan Terrible!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fred Alexander (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Renato Sobral (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sobral comes into a darkened arena with his song building. captain jack sparrow kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fred Alexander!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Renato Sobral!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Seu Braga and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alexander slaps away a takedown attempt from Sobral, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Alexander shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Alexander in particular looking to stall.
Sobral is refusing to be controlled, as Alexander sits in half guard.
Alexander wants to pass to mount but Sobral is defending the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Alexander is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Sobral is looking to control Alexander's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Sobral avoid being mounted?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fred Alexander has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Sobral shoots and misses
and Alexander counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Sobral's guard now.
Alexander is sitting in close to Sobral's body. Sobral has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Alexander is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Alexander is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Sobral.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Renato Sobral!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rogerio Nunes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julian Reis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Julian Reis enters the cage!
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160 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rogerio Nunes!
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, Julian Reis!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Leandro Rodrigues and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nunes throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Reis stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Reis shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Nunes pinned against the cage. Nunes gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Nice body punch from Nunes.
Nunes keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Nunes stuffs the takedown attempt from Reis. Reis gets slowly back to his feet.
Rogerio Nunes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Julian Reis.
Nunes thuds a left hand into Reis's body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nunes fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Reis takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Reis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Reis moves away from the strike by Nunes.
Reis fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Reis gets the takedown into side control.
Reis tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Reis has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Reis is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Nunes is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reis thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
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!
Reis tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Reis advances to full mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reis is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Nunes has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Reis has hold of Nunes's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Nunes manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Reis has hold of Nunes's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Nunes manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Nunes knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Reis on the ground.
Reis quickly switches position and commits to an armbar! It's a big risk for Reis but it's paid off an Nunes is forced to tap! Nice work by Reis.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Julian Reis!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Auron Almasy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan OReily (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Almasy's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Ram Jam - Black Betty. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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190 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Auron Almasy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ryan OReily!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Seu Braga and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
OReily shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
letting Almasy counter with a right hand.
Ryan OReily seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
OReily shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Almasy counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
OReily misses the body punch
and Almasy counters with a straight right hand.
Almasy drops OReily with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but OReily looks back up at him and smiles so Almasy waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
OReily is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Almasy lands a right hook to the body.
Almasy steps into range and unloads a brutal right left combo! OReily is out on his feet! Almasy sets himself and nearly takes OReily's head off with a straight right, sending him crashing to the mat! Wow, that was nasty... but awesome! Wooo!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Auron Almasy!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Nogueira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ralph Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Antonio Nogueira is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Antonio Nogueira!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ralph Diaz!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Thiago Cunha and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diaz circles away from the clinch attempt.
Diaz fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Diaz shoots in but Nogueira avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Diaz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nogueira was well out of range. Poor timing from Diaz.
Ralph Diaz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Diaz misses with a head kick.
A head kick from Diaz lands but Nogueira takes it in his stride.
Diaz fails with a takedown attempt.
Antonio Nogueira has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ralph Diaz.
Nogueira shoots for a double leg takedown but Diaz sprawls well. He's pushed Nogueira's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Nogueira tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Diaz swivels and escapes.
Diaz fails with a takedown attempt.
Diaz misses with a double jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Nogueira manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Diaz lands a slapping body shot.
Nogueira throws a jab but it's blocked by Diaz.
Good shot there by Diaz.
Diaz displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Nice shot by Diaz.
Diaz scores with a jab to the body.
Nogueira walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Diaz tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Nogueira manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A punch lands to the side of Nogueira 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Donk. Diaz catches Nogueira right on the button with a cross.
Diaz looks for a takedown but Nogueira sprawls well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nogueira misses with a double jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Diaz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Diaz connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Diaz.
Nogueira throws a lazy right hand but Diaz sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Diaz lunges at Nogueira with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Nogueira's hand.
Nogueira takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Diaz lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Diaz misses with a wild body shot.
Diaz misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nogueira moves away.
Horrible takedown by Diaz or perhaps it was just good defense by Nogueira which made him look bad.
A chopping leg kick lands by Diaz.
Diaz tries to clinch up but Nogueira circles away and keeps his distance.
Diaz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nogueira avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Diaz shoots in for a double leg but Nogueira sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Diaz lands with a nice body kick.
Diaz tries to clinch up.
Diaz fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Nogueira looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira throws a hook but Diaz avoids it easily.
Nogueira's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Diaz connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Nogueira scrambles back to his feet.
Diaz throws a half hearted mid kick.
Diaz doesn't manage to clinch there - Nogueira circles away.
Nogueira takes one to the chin there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Diaz throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Nogueira stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Nogueira wants it to stay on the feet.
A swing and a miss from Diaz.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Diaz lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Nogueira circles away quickly and effectively.
Diaz lands a nice looking body shot.
Diaz shoots for a takedown but Nogueira saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ralph Diaz dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Diaz getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Diaz lands with a nice body punch.
A punch lands to the side of Nogueira 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Diaz scores with a kick to the midsection.
Diaz lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Nogueira might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Diaz scoring well with a low kick there.
Diaz fails in his attempt to clinch.
Diaz lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Diaz lands with a thumping leg kick.
Diaz tries to clinch up.
Diaz uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Nogueira has time to react.
Ralph Diaz seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Diaz throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Nogueira.
Antonio Nogueira is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nogueira has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Diaz.
Diaz moves in looking to clinch but Nogueira pushes him off.
Diaz throws a head kick that misses.
Nogueira shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Diaz defends it nicely.
Diaz shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Nogueira has a takedown stuffed.
Horrible takedown by Diaz or perhaps it was just good defense by Nogueira which made him look bad.
Nogueira works over Diaz's head and body with a nice combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Good exchange - Diaz coming out on top.
Diaz shoots in but no luck this time.
Antonio Nogueira has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ralph Diaz.
Nogueira shoots in for a takedown but Diaz shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Diaz throws a head kick that Nogueira semi-blocks.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Diaz fails to land the takedown.
Nogueira connects with a crisp jab.
Diaz moves in looking to clinch but Nogueira pushes him off.
Diaz throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Diaz rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nogueira moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz tries for a takedown but Nogueira sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Diaz tries to land a front kick but Nogueira steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Diaz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nogueira blocks the body kick.
Diaz looks to land a combination but Nogueira avoids it well.
Diaz is breathing heavily.
Diaz just misses with a punch to the body.
Diaz shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Nogueira eats them both and turns towards Diaz to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Diaz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nogueira swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nogueira slips a jab and a cross from Diaz.
Diaz just misses with a punch to the body.
Diaz goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nice takedown defense from Diaz. No joy for Nogueira on that attempt.
A solid leg kick lands there for Diaz.
Diaz lands a nice leg kick that just misses Nogueira's sensitive parts.
Diaz shoots in for a takedown but Nogueira shows good takedown defense.
Diaz looks to land a body kick but Nogueira moved away.
Nogueira scores a takedown into full mount!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Nogueira stands up from mount. Strange move.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Diaz scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Nogueira doesn't seem bothered though.
Diaz closes the distance but Nogueira moves to the side
and Nogueira counters with a lovely straight right hand!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ralph Diaz showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!
Diaz tries to clinch there but Nogueira circles away.
Nogueira leaves Diaz with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Nogueira is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Diaz lands a jab to Nogueira's midsection.
Diaz throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nogueira takes a body punch but keeps moving.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Diaz.
Nogueira looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nogueira walks forward, straight into a front kick from Diaz.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz looks for a takedown but Nogueira sprawls well.
Antonio Nogueira has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ralph Diaz.
Nogueira throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Diaz's waist but Diaz gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Nogueira off to one side.
Nogueira stalks Diaz and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Diaz's face. Diaz staggers backwards, shaken.
Nogueira is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Diaz shoots in for a takedown but Nogueira shows good takedown defense.
Diaz takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A head kick from Diaz lands but Nogueira takes it in his stride.
Diaz throws a nice head kick!
Diaz shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Nogueira defends it nicely.
Diaz connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Diaz.
Nogueira closes the distance and pushes Diaz back into the cage.
Nogueira scores with a shoulder strike.
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!
Diaz blocks an elbow strike.
Diaz manages to break the clinch.
Nogueira throws out a loose jab but Diaz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Diaz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nogueira swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nogueira staying out of range there.
Diaz moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Nogueira is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Diaz.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz misses with a body shot.
Nogueira will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Diaz. Nogueira does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nogueira is looking to clinch but Diaz is avoiding it.
Diaz comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
No luck for Nogueira with that takedown attempt.
Diaz swinging wildly here.
Diaz throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Diaz throws a sloppy head kick and Nogueira moves out of range easily.
Nogueira misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Diaz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Nogueira.
Diaz clinches up against the cage.
Antonio Nogueira has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nogueira breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Diaz lands a nice leg kick that just misses Nogueira's sensitive parts.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Diaz tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Diaz shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Nogueira sprawls well. Nogueira wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Diaz gets slowly back to his feet.
Ralph Diaz is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
A jab from Nogueira misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ralph Diaz comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Diaz 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight 27:30
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ralph Diaz!
Ralph Diaz is the new light heavyweight champion!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Boon Baboon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bumble Bman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Baboon comes into the arena with Masterchef Synesthesia blaring out of the sound system. Bman has chosen Why can't we be friends? as his entrance music. Bumble Bman has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Boon Baboon!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bumble Bman!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Luis Engracia and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bman leaves Baboon with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Nice sprawl there from Bman as Baboon shoots in.
Baboon checks a leg kick.
Bman closes the distance and pushes Baboon back into the cage.
Baboon wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Boon Baboon. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Baboon wants a takedown but no success here.
Bman unloads a knee to the mid-section. Baboon lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Baboon goes for a takedown in the clinch but Bman prevents it.
Baboon can't get the takedown.
Baboon takes an elbow to the temple.
Baboon wants a takedown.
Bman gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bman utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Knees to the body from Bman.
Baboon is breathing heavily.
Bman unloads a knee to the mid-section. Baboon lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bman connects with a knee to the head.
Bman putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Baboon in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bman lands a nice elbow.
Baboon jumps guard but Bman stands there with Baboon around his waist. Baboon gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Baboon tries to pull guard but Bman holds him up against the cage and eventually Baboon drops back down to his feet.
Bman gets underhooks to prevent Baboon's takedown attempt.
Bman holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Baboon tries for a takedown. No joy.
Baboon fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Bman putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Baboon in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Baboon takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bman lands a good knee to the midsection. Baboon won't want to take too many of those.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bman obliges.
Bman crunches a lovely knee into Baboon's ribcage.
Bman landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bman lands a good knee to the midsection. Baboon won't want to take too many of those.
Bman connects with a nasty looking knee right to Baboon's face.
Bman stalling against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bman obliges.
Bman working Baboon over with knees to the body.
Baboon tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Bman connects with a nasty looking knee right to Baboon's face.
Baboon is rocked!
Bman using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Oh Baboon is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Bman gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bman connects with a nasty looking knee right to Baboon's face.
Bman manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A knee to the head by Bman.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bman taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Baboon manages to pull guard.
Baboon has his feet on Bman's thighs here. He's pushed Bman off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Bman screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Boon Baboon!
Boon Baboon retains his welterweight title!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fatu Tua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hugo Smackthatcow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Smackthatcow has chosen Wretches & Kings as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fatu Tua!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hugo Smackthatcow!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Matheus Silva and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smackthatcow closes the distance and clinches.
Smackthatcow throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tua blocks it with crossed arms.
Tua goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tua lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Tua dodges an elbow strike from Smackthatcow.
Smackthatcow throws an elbow that misses.
Smackthatcow misses with a knee to the head.
Tua tries a body shot but Smackthatcow blocks it.
Smackthatcow with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Smackthatcow using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tua has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Smackthatcow misses with a knee strike.
Smackthatcow throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tua struggles to land a body shot inside as Smackthatcow controls his hands.
Tua avoids a wild elbow strike from Smackthatcow.
Tua lands a hook to the side of the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Tua.
Smackthatcow with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tua throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tua blocks the elbow strike.
Tua works on Smackthatcow's body with a couple of short punches.
Tua gets through Smackthatcow's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tua scores with a hook to the body.
Smackthatcow looking to throw knees to the head but Tua is blocking nicely.
Smackthatcow looks gassed!
Tua dodges an elbow strike from Smackthatcow.
Smackthatcow throws an elbow that misses.
Smackthatcow throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tua works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Smackthatcow throws an elbow but it misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Smackthatcow throws an elbow but misses.
Nice body punch from Tua.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Tua.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tua cracks Smackthatcow with a nice body shot.
Tua lands a body shot.
Tua pushes Smackthatcow back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tua.
Tua lands a body shot in the clinch.
Tua lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tua lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Nice body punch from Tua.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tua gets through Smackthatcow's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tua lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Smackthatcow or not.
Nice body punch from Tua.
Tua is working Smackthatcow over against the cage.
Tua digs a right hand underneath Smackthatcow's ribcage. Smackthatcow let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Tua digs a right hand into Smackthatcow's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Smackthatcow's gas tank.
Tua lands a right hand that snaps the head of Smackthatcow backwards.
Tua works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Tua lands a body punch in the clinch.
Tua digs a right hand into Smackthatcow's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Smackthatcow's gas tank.
Tua makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tua lands a shoulder strike.
Tua lands a body shot.
Smackthatcow using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tua has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A short right from Tua on the inside.
Tua cracks Smackthatcow with a nice body shot.
Tua lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Smackthatcow or not.
Tua cracks Smackthatcow with a nice body shot.
Smackthatcow's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tua lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Smackthatcow.
Tua digs a right hand underneath Smackthatcow's ribcage. Smackthatcow let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short left from Tua.
Tua scores with a hook to the body.
A hook to the body from Tua.
Nice body punch from Tua - that landed with a thud.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tua throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Tua throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Smackthatcows head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Tua.
Tua is leaning against Smackthatcow and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Tua scores with a hook to the body.
Tua lands a body punch.
Tua scores with a hook to the body.
A hook to the body from Tua.
Tua cracks Smackthatcow with a nice body shot.
Tua lands a body punch in the clinch.
Tua lands a nice shot to the body.
Tua pushes Smackthatcow back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tua lands an uppercut.
Smackthatcow is rocked!
A nice right hand lands inside from Tua.
Smackthatcow is still on wobbly legs! Can Tua finish him?
Tua pushes Smackthatcow against the cage. Tua is working some dirty boxing. Tua pushes off with a quick right hook! Smackthatcow goes down! Smackthatcow tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Tua moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fatu Tua!
Fatu Tua retains his heavyweight title!
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