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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rock Esnar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Rambo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rambo has chosen Remember The Name as his entrance music. Rock Esnar has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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271 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
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rock Esnar!
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, John Rambo!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Paulo Santos and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rambo closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
It looks like John Rambo has been cut.
Esnar wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Rambo closes the distance and clinches up with Esnar, looking for a takedown. Rambo pushes Esnar against the cage but Esnar circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
John Rambo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rambo shoots in and drives through. Esnar sprawls well.
Esnar lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rambo circles away quickly and effectively.
Esnar throws a right and a left that Rambo avoids nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Esnar walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Rambo checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Esnar scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Rambo doesn't seem bothered though.
Esnar bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Rambo's head backwards.
Esnar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Esnar swinging wildly here.
Rambo shoots in for a takedown but Esnar shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Rock Esnar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Rambo.
Esnar fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Rambo looks gassed!
Esnar throws a series of punches but Rambo avoids them all with ease.
Jab by Esnar.
Rambo looks for a takedown but Esnar sprawls well.
Esnar punishes Rambo's body with a nice straight punch.
Esnar batters Rambo with a massive right followed by a huge left! Rambo is out on his feet looking like a zombie as Esnar lands a final crushing right hand to drop Rambo to the mat with a gruesome thud! Esnar is running around like a mad man after that fight and for good reason!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Rock Esnar!
Rock Esnar bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sergio Aguero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aguero's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Argentinian Magic. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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175 lbs
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161 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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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
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sergio Aguero!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, James Lee!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Mauricio Rocha and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aguero tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lee tries a head kick but it misses.
Nice takedown defense from Aguero. No joy for Lee on that attempt.
Lee moves out of range of the leg kick from Aguero.
Aguero works Lee's body with a nice hook.
Lee lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Aguero pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lee misses with a two punch combination.
Aguero tries to clinch there but Lee circles away.
Aguero misses with a body kick.
Aguero misses with a low kick.
Lee misses with a few strikes there.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Lee lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Aguero has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Aguero and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Lee misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Aguero will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Aguero avoids the head kick by Lee.
Lee tries a head kick but it misses.
Aguero tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lee swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee moves out of range of the body kick.
Lee misses with a low kick as Aguero jumps back.
Aguero misses the shot to the body.
Aguero blocks the body kick.
Lee misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lee tries to keep at a distance but Aguero has taken the fight into the clinch.
Aguero stops a takedown attempt from Lee.
Sergio Aguero has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of James Lee.
Aguero comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Lee wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Aguero has him pressed against the cage.
Lee jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Aguero walks away with a smile on his face. Lee gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Aguero thuds his shin into the meat of Lee's side.
Lee looks gassed!
Aguero throws a half hearted mid kick.
A good leg kick by Aguero.
Lee throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lee takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
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!
Aguero throws a head kick but Lee moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aguero tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Lee manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Aguero looks to land a body kick but Lee moved away.
Lee moves forwards but Aguero connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Aguero looks for the body kick but Lee saw that one coming.
Aguero tries to work over Lee's front leg with a kick but Lee checks it.
Aguero fails in his attempt to clinch.
Aguero misses with a wild body shot.
Aguero gets in close and instigates a clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Aguero throws an elbow but misses.
Aguero tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lee avoids it.
Lee wants to break the clinch but can't.
Aguero taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Lee managing to block the knees to the body from Aguero.
Lee stalling in the clinch but Aguero improves position.
Lee misses with a hook to the ribs.
Aguero misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lee.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aguero avoiding damage as Lee throws knees to the body.
Aguero pressing his opponent against the cage.
Aguero creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Lee on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Aguero throws an elbow but misses.
Aguero throws an elbow that misses.
Lee is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Aguero is defending well for now.
Lee looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Aguero tries to land knees in the clinch but Lee avoids the damage to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Aguero just leaning against Lee, taking a breather.
Aguero blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aguero landing knees to the body.
Lee tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Aguero smiles and moves away.
Lee checks a leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Aguero.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A bone on bone clash there as Lee blocks the leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Aguero. Those never looked like landing.
Aguero moves into the clinch.
Aguero misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lee.
Aguero trying to land knees to the body.
Aguero trying to land knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Aguero comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Lee misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Aguero.
Aguero stalling in the clinch.
Lee pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sergio Aguero dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Aguero throws a solid leg kick but Lee takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Aguero.
Aguero wants to clinch up but Lee keeps it at a distance.
Sergio Aguero is winning the standup battle so far.
Aguero pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Aguero has Lee up against the cage in a clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Aguero just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lee's brow.
Aguero prevents Lee from breaking the clinch.
Aguero putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Lee in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Aguero pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Lee managing to block the knees to the body from Aguero.
Lee is trying to break free.
Lee blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The referee calls for Aguero to work.
Aguero is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Lee missing with knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee takes an elbow to the forehead.
Lee is trying to break free.
Lee leaning his opponent against the cage.
Aguero trying to land knees to the body.
Lee is looking to break free of the clinch but Aguero has double underhooks.
Aguero pushes off an throws an elbow but Lee leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Aguero pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Aguero stalling against the cage.
Lee avoids a wild elbow strike from Aguero.
Aguero tries to land knees in the clinch but Lee avoids the damage to the body.
Lee on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Aguero throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Aguero misses with an elbow strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee blocks the elbow strike.
Lee on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short right from Aguero on the inside.
Lee with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Lee tries a knee to the head but Aguero blocks it.
Aguero unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lee lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lee is trying to push Aguero away but Aguero has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Aguero is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Aguero lands a damaging elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice elbow from Aguero.
Lee looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lee is looking to control Aguero's arms but Aguero gets an underhook and turns him. Now Lee has his back to the cage.
Aguero misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lee.
Aguero trying to land knees to the body.
Aguero gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aguero tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lee avoids it.
Aguero wants to stall.
Lee working hard to break the clinch.
Lee is looking to control Aguero's arms but Aguero gets an underhook and turns him. Now Lee has his back to the cage.
Aguero tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lee avoids it.
Aguero using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Lee managing to block the knees to the body from Aguero.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Aguero.
Aguero has Lee pressed against the cage, preventing Lee from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Aguero has Lee pressed against the cage.
Aguero creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Aguero slowing the pace effectively.
Lee is trying to break the clinch but Aguero is controlling him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aguero will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Lee up against the cage.
Lee is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Aguero looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Aguero is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Aguero tries to land knees in the clinch but Lee avoids the damage to the body.
Lee is trying to maintain a safe position but Aguero gets an underhook and turns Lee into the cage.
Lee blocks the elbow strike.
Aguero is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lee is defending well for now.
Lee blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Aguero pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Good work by Aguero as he checks the leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Aguero tries a head kick but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sergio Aguero dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Aguero scores with the left hand. Lee knows he should have avoided that one.
Lee misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lee throws a nice outside leg kick.
Lee misses with a low kick.
Aguero misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Aguero misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lee is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Aguero moves out of range as Lee throws a body kick.
Aguero blocks a head kick by Lee.
Lee scores with a head kick.
A good leg kick by Aguero.
Lee throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Aguero's waist but Aguero gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Lee off to one side.
Aguero throws a leg kick but Lee moved away.
Sergio Aguero seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lee takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Lee throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Aguero is looking to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee throws a half hearted mid kick.
A low kick from Aguero misses
and Lee counters with a nice uppercut.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Aguero, right into the meat.
Nice shot lands for Aguero.
A slapping body kick lands there for Lee.
A head kick misses from Lee.
Aguero closes the distance and clinches.
Aguero gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Aguero missing with knees to the body.
Aguero gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Lee tries for a takedown but Aguero manages to get underhooks.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Lee takes an elbow to the temple.
Aguero stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Aguero keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lee's efforts to push away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knees to the body from Aguero.
Lee tries a knee to the head but Aguero blocks it.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Lee can't break the clinch.
Aguero misses with an elbow strike.
Aguero lands an elbow inside that Lee shrugs off.
Aguero has Lee pressed against the cage.
Lee avoids a wild elbow strike from Aguero.
With the fighters up against the cage, Aguero throws an elbow but misses.
Nice elbow from Aguero.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aguero tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lee avoids it.
Sergio Aguero has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Aguero pushes off an throws an elbow but Lee leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Aguero takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Aguero lands an elbow inside.
Aguero putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Lee in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Lee is trying to break the clinch but Aguero is controlling him.
Lee pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sergio Aguero is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Lee blocks an elbow strike from Aguero.
Lee trying to stall but Aguero improves his position.
Aguero lands a damaging elbow.
Lee wants to break the clinch but can't.
Lee is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Lee avoiding damage as Aguero throws knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lee creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Aguero'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.
James Lee has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Aguero is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lee can do to turn this around?
Aguero using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Aguero throws an elbow but it misses.
Lee working hard to break the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Lee throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Aguero stalls.
Aguero connects with a knee to the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sergio Aguero showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Aguero has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sergio Aguero!
Sergio Aguero seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ronaldo Pitbull (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Savchuk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pitbull comes to the cage accompanied by Parado na Esquina. Savchuk is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by This is Not the END. Ronaldo Pitbull 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, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ronaldo Pitbull!
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, Ivan Savchuk!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Thiago Cunha and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Savchuk loads up on a big right hand but Pitbull slips the punch.
Savchuk throws a series of punches but Pitbull moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Savchuk. Pitbull does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pitbull misses with a takedown
and Savchuk counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Savchuk throws a shot to the body.
Ronaldo Pitbull seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pitbull closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Pitbull leaning against his opponent.
Savchuk decides to pull guard.
Pitbull wants to control from the top but Savchuk keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pitbull keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Savchuk's head.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Savchuk can do anything to dispel that myth.
Pitbull stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Savchuk swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Pitbull throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Savchuk works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Pitbull trying to control but Savchuk is working from the bottom.
Pitbull prevents Savchuk from getting back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pitbull stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Savchuk swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Pitbull wants to control from the top but Savchuk keeps moving.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Ronaldo Pitbull wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Pitbull fails with a takedown attempt.
Pitbull is looking to clinch but Savchuk is avoiding it.
Savchuk stuffs the takedown attempt from Pitbull. Pitbull gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ronaldo Pitbull. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Pitbull.
Savchuk misses with a lunging right hand
and Pitbull counters with a left to the body.
Savchuk throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pitbull sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Savchuk displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Pitbull.
Pitbull avoids the body shot from Savchuk.
Pitbull fails with a takedown attempt.
Pitbull misses with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Savchuk gets tackled into the cage by Pitbull. Pitbull maintains the clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Pitbull - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Pitbull pushes off an throws an elbow but Savchuk leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Savchuk being controlled against the cage.
Pitbull turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pitbull is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Savchuk is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Pitbull wants to control for a moment but Savchuk uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ronaldo Pitbull dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Pitbull cracks Savchuk with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Pitbull takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Pitbull swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pitbull scores with a one two! Savchuk had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
A swing and a miss from Savchuk.
Savchuk misses with a right hand
and Pitbull counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Savchuk wants to get back to his feet.
Pitbull is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pitbull is looking for a kimura here.
Pitbull seems to be working for a kimura but Savchuk defends the submission attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Pitbull is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Pitbull passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Savchuk!
Savchuk is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pitbull throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Pitbull with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Savchuk is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Pitbull looking to secure an arm triangle but Savchuk defends it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Savchuk trying desperately to get to his feet.
Pitbull has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Savchuk's face.
Ronaldo Pitbull overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Pitbull working for a submission but Savchuk is keeping him at bay.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pitbull with a couple of short strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ronaldo Pitbull dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Savchuk throws a series of punches but Pitbull moves out of range.
Savchuk on the wrong end of a nice hook.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pitbull looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pitbull throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Savchuk was covering up waiting for the punch and Pitbull finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Pitbull is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Pitbull drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Savchuk dives on top into guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pitbull looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Pitbull throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Savchuk stopping the sweep attempt from Pitbull.
Savchuk trying to control but Pitbull is working from the bottom.
Pitbull wants to sweep but no luck.
Savchuk controlling from the top position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pitbull has a closed guard, preventing Savchuk from standing up.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Ivan Savchuk hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Left hook, right uppercut from Pitbull.
Savchuk displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Pitbull.
Savchuk fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Savchuk misses with a body punch
and Pitbull counters with a three punch combo that has Savchuk backing up. Savchuk nods at Pitbull to acknowledge the strikes.
Savchuk throws a jab when Pitbull was well out of range.
Pitbull keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Savchuk thows a body shot but no joy.
Pitbull misses with an uppercut.
Savchuk is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Pitbull rather than just go for the knockout.
Pitbull keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Savchuk falls off balance throwing a combination
and Pitbull holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Pitbull pushes off an throws an elbow but Savchuk leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Pitbull is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Pitbull misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Savchuk.
Ivan Savchuk has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pitbull controlling the action here for a moment.
Pitbull is pressed up against the cage. Savchuk has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Pitbull down to the mat. Pitbull avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Ivan Savchuk seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Pitbull tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Savchuk swivels and escapes.
Pitbull gets a clinch.
Pitbull misses with a knee to the head.
Pitbull scores with a knee to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Pitbull blocks an elbow strike from Savchuk.
Ronaldo Pitbull is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Pitbull breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ronaldo Pitbull showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Pitbull, 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ronaldo Pitbull!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Clyde Renato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matheus Malinowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Renato comes to the cage accompanied by Odjbox - The Only One. Clyde Renato has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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203 lbs
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205 lbs
2 - 3 - 0 |
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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
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Clyde Renato!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Matheus Malinowski!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Mauricio Rocha and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Malinowski misses with an uppercut
and Renato counters with a straight right hand.
Renato lands a really nice looking cross but Malinowski seems unphased.
Renato slips a jab and a cross from Malinowski.
Malinowski takes a jab right on the kisser.
Malinowski on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Renato lands with an uppercut that bounces Malinowski off the cage and back into range.
Malinowski thows a body shot but no joy.
Renato fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Malinowski sprawls well initially but Renato persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Renato keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Renato's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Renato winds up and cracks Malinowski with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Renato 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.
Renato is taking a breather. Malinowski says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Renato is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Renato has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Malinowski's face.
Renato lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Malinowski is desperately trying to improve his position but Renato has a good base and remains in mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Renato has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Malinowski's face.
Malinowski is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Renato sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Renato with the ground and pound from mount.
Malinowski is still in real trouble! Can Renato finish him?
Renato sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Malinowski seems to have recovered his senses.
Renato raining down shots from the mount!
Renato softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and Malinowski is out cold! Renato jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Clyde Renato!
Clyde Renato thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Lucas Faria (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robbin Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Nervecell - Psychogenocide. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lucas Faria!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Robbin Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Edson Gomes and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie has closed the distance and engaged Faria in a clinch.
Faria lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Gracie misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gracie gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Gracie content to control rather than advance.
Gracie is working for a kimura but Faria is defending it quite comfortably.
Gracie controlling the action here.
Faria is defending against the submission attempts here by Gracie.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie is controlling the pace.
Faria knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Gracie on the ground.
Gracie thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Faria's head.
Gracie is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie stops Faria from getting back to his feet.
Faria trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Gracie scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Gracie wants to lay and pray for a moment but Faria keeps working.
Gracie sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Faria defending well though.
Faria is defending against the submission attempts here by Gracie.
Faria blocking the ground and pound attempt from Gracie.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is looking for a kimura but Faria is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Gracie to get the leverage.
Gracie is working for a kimura but Faria is defending it quite comfortably.
Gracie wants to work for an arm triangle but Faria is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Gracie is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Faria is just riding it out for now. Gracie eventually gives up the hold.
Gracie throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Faria keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Gracie throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Gracie stalling away here and it's allowed Faria to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Faria keeping moving, preventing Gracie from controlling successfully.
Gracie sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Faria's guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gracie thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Faria's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Robbin Gracie dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Gracie dives in and scores a takedown into Faria's guard.
Gracie has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Gracie throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Faria works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Gracie trying to control the position from guard on top but Faria is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gracie throwing strikes from guard but Faria blocks nicely.
Gracie postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Gracie loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie passes Faria's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Gracie frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Gracie scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Faria?
Gracie wants to finish this one by submission but Faria is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Gracie.
Gracie wants to finish this one by submission but Faria is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Gracie.
Gracie controlling the position easily from mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie has hold of Faria's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Faria manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gracie throwing strikes here but Faria is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Gracie can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Faria is looking to escape.
Gracie sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie has hold of Faria's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Faria manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Gracie lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Faria hang on?
Gracie looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Gracie with good strikes from the mount here!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gracie breaks from Faria's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gracie connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Gracie pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Faria is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is working for a guillotine from mount but Faria frees his head quite easily.
Oh Faria is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gracie has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Gracie controlling his opponent.
Faria seems to have got his legs back now.
Oooh a big shot lands for Gracie! Faria is out! The ref dives in to save him from more punishment!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Robbin Gracie!
During a confident post fight interview, Robbin Gracie thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Michael Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Silva Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alves comes to the cage accompanied by Blue Stahli-ULTRAnumb. Silva Diaz will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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170 lbs
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186 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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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
6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Michael Alves!
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, Silva Diaz!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Matheus Silva and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diaz darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Diaz slows the pace down in half guard.
Diaz is keen to just control but Alves is a slippery customer.
Alves is looking to escape.
Alves tries to roll over but Diaz keeps him under control.
Diaz wants to free his trapped foot but Alves is holding on for dear life with his legs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves pushes Diaz off looking to stand but Diaz dives back in and keeps control.
Diaz trying to pass the guard but Alves defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Alves has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Diaz is working away from the top position though.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Diaz keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Alves cracks a nice hook into Diaz's ribs.
Silva Diaz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Diaz fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Alves throws a body punch but Diaz moves out of range.
Diaz jabs Alves to the body, keeping him at a distance.
The fighters circling - Alves throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Alves does no damage.
Alves throws the left hand but Diaz avoids the punch easily.
Diaz fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Alves looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Alves takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Diaz moves into the clinch.
Diaz keeps control of Alves as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Alves pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Michael Alves is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
No luck for Diaz with that takedown attempt.
Diaz shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Alves's guard.
Diaz controls from within his opponent's guard.
Diaz is looking to stand up but Alves won't let him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz wants to pass the guard but Alves is keeping the position.
Alves looking to hit a scissor sweep but Diaz is one step ahead there.
Diaz sitting in guard here, content to control.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Silva Diaz was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Alves walks into a left hand.
Diaz throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Alves's waist but Alves gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Diaz off to one side.
Michael Alves has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Silva Diaz.
Alves gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Diaz on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
A big left from Diaz misses.
Diaz clinches.
Alves blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Alves escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Diaz shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Diaz tries to pass to full mount but Alves defends it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Silva Diaz dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Diaz dives in and grabs Alves's left leg, looking for a takedown. Alves pushes down on Diaz's head and hops out.
Diaz shoots in looking for a takedown but Alves manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Diaz's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Alves keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Michael Alves has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Silva Diaz.
Nice sprawl there from Alves as Diaz shoots in.
A jab from Diaz misses.
Diaz closes this distance looking for a takedown but Alves circles away.
Alves misses with an attempted mid kick.
Diaz fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Alves throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Diaz sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Alves keeps Diaz at a distance using the push kick.
Diaz shoots in but Alves avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Alves slips under a jab.
Diaz is breathing heavily.
Alves lands with a hook. Diaz tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Alves misses with a body shot.
Alves connects with a leg kick. Diaz looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Silva Diaz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves misses with a head kick.
A combination from Diaz does no damage.
A big right from Alves misses.
Alves displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Sloppy strikes from Alves. Those never looked like landing.
Alves fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Alves throws a half hearted mid kick.
Alves throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Diaz.
Alves rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Diaz moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Diaz displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Alves throws out the jab.
Alves has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Diaz finds it's way round the side to connect with Alves's head.
Michael Alves is winning the standup battle so far.
Alves fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Diaz checks it well.
Diaz clinches up with Alves and pushes him back against the cage.
Alves pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Diaz fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Alves to the ground. Diaz is now in Alves's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diaz wants to control from the top but Alves keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz tries to free his leg and advance position but Alves is retaining full guard.
Diaz trying to control the position from guard on top but Alves is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Silva Diaz hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Diaz shoots in for a takedown but Alves shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Alves ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Diaz moves away.
Alves is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Diaz's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Diaz shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Alves sprawls well. Alves wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Diaz gets slowly back to his feet.
Alves tries to bum rush Diaz with a series of wild strikes but Diaz uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Diaz shoots in and bounces Alves off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Diaz pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Alves is keeping the position for now.
Alves bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Diaz's guard.
Alves wants to control from the top but Diaz keeps moving.
Alves got a little sloppy there for a moment and Diaz has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Alves has managed to get both his arms back between Diaz's legs - danger averted.
Diaz looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Alves passes into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz is looking to improve his position.
Diaz keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Diaz actively working from the bottom here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Alves working Diaz over with strikes.
Alves is trying to control. Diaz wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Diaz looking for submissions off his back.
Alves is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Alves is nestled in close to Diaz, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Diaz trying to control here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Alves dominated that second round.
That's time! Alves's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Diaz shoots in and drives through. Alves sprawls well.
Diaz fails to land the takedown.
Diaz throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Diaz throws a shot to the body.
Alves pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Diaz avoids the body shot from Alves.
Alves is looking to land body kicks.
Diaz chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Alves can pounce on him.
Diaz on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Alves on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Diaz closes the distance and clinches up with Alves, looking for a takedown. Diaz pushes Alves against the cage but Alves circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Michael Alves has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Silva Diaz.
Alves misses with a kick to the body.
Alves just misses with a punch to the body.
Alves dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Diaz. That did some damage!
Diaz takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Alves misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves stuffs the takedown attempt from Diaz. Diaz gets slowly back to his feet.
Alves scores with a hook to the body. Diaz takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Diaz misses with a double jab.
Alves ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Diaz moves away.
Alves tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Alves looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Alves looks to score with a jab to the body but Diaz is just out of range.
Alves throws a nice inside leg kick.
Diaz moves out of range of the strikes.
Alves is looking to wear down Diaz with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Diaz throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Diaz changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Alves tries to avoid it but Diaz manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Alves to the ground. Alves escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Alves scores with a nice body kick.
Alves pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Alves scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves connects with a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Diaz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Alves was well out of range. Poor timing from Diaz.
Alves lands with a right hand.
Nice defenses there by Diaz.
Alves scoring well with a low kick there.
Diaz closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Alves to the mat! Alves manages to get full guard.
Diaz pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Alves is keeping the position for now.
Alves might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Alves pulls Diaz in to control the position.
Diaz looking to sit in guard and control but Alves gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Alves scoring with some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Diaz looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Alves gets to his feet - Diaz follows without any prompting.
Alves throws out a loose jab but Diaz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Alves moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Nice takedown defense from Alves. No joy for Diaz on that attempt.
Alves lands a body shot.
Diaz's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Alves bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Diaz's head backwards.
Diaz tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Alves clobbers Diaz with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice body punch from Alves.
Diaz uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Alves.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alves throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Alves scores with a spinning back kick!
Alves tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Diaz was well out of range. Poor timing from Alves.
Diaz slips under a jab from Alves.
Alves thuds his shin into the meat of Diaz's side.
Alves misses with a few strikes there.
A clash of legs there as Diaz blocks the low kick.
Diaz shoots in for a takedown but Alves shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Alves throws a series of strikes that have Diaz backpedaling.
Alves slaps away a takedown attempt from Diaz, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Good standup being displayed there by Alves as he connects with a hook.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Alves looks to score with a jab to the body but Diaz is just out of range.
Diaz shoots in but no luck this time.
Alves misses the shot to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Michael Alves showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Alves 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 29:28
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Michael Alves!
A victorious Michael Alves thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mikko Takatukka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anton Seeberg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Seeberg is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Alice in chains - Check my brain. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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164 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mikko Takatukka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Anton Seeberg!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Edson Gomes and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Takatukka punishes Seeberg's body with a nice straight punch.
Takatukka throws a shot from downtown. Seeberg moves away and avoids it.
Nice jab there from Takatukka.
Seeberg tries to clinch but Takatukka is having none of it.
Seeberg shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Takatukka but Takatukka pushes him off and we're back to square one.
The fighters circling - Takatukka throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Seeberg is looking to clinch but Takatukka is avoiding it.
Takatukka misses with a straight right.
Takatukka misses with a hook. Seeberg ducked under it nicely.
Takatukka scores with a nice head shot.
A big left from Takatukka misses.
Seeberg is looking to clinch.
Takatukka connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Seeberg tries to clinch but Takatukka is having none of it.
Seeberg tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Takatukka manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Takatukka lands a jab to Seeberg's midsection.
Takatukka misses with a wild combination.
Seeberg looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Takatukka circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Seeberg ducks under a wild hook from Takatukka.
Takatukka cracks Seeberg with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A left lands for Takatukka.
Seeberg tries a head kick but it misses.
Mikko Takatukka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Takatukka throws a nice looking combination but Seeberg bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The fight stays on the outside here - Takatukka looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Takatukka has Seeberg up against the cage in a clinch.
Seeberg lands a damaging elbow.
Takatukka dodges an elbow strike from Seeberg.
Seeberg throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Takatukka avoids a wild elbow strike from Seeberg.
Takatukka tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Seeberg throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Seeberg looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Takatukka blocks an elbow strike.
Takatukka really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Takatukka tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Seeberg's elbow.
Seeberg prevents Takatukka from breaking the clinch.
Seeberg blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Takatukka avoids the elbow strike from Seeberg, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Takatukka.
Takatukka misses with a short punch on the inside.
Takatukka lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Takatukka.
Seeberg pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Takatukka working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
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!
Takatukka manages to break the clinch.
A punch combination from Takatukka misses.
Takatukka takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Seeberg slips a jab from Takatukka.
Takatukka cracks Seeberg with a right hand to the side of the head.
Seeberg doesn't manage to clinch there - Takatukka circles away.
Seeberg is looking to clinch.
Takatukka lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Takatukka is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Good standup being displayed there by Takatukka as he connects with a hook.
Seeberg walks into a jab.
Seeberg fails with an attempt to clinch.
Takatukka clinches up with Seeberg and pushes him back against the cage.
Seeberg breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Seeberg tries to clinch but Takatukka is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seeberg pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Takatukka is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Seeberg is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Seeberg throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Takatukka scores with a punch to the head.
Takatukka moves out of range of the body kick.
Takatukka rushes Seeberg and presses him up against the cage.
Takatukka swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Seeberg.
A body shot lands from Takatukka.
Seeberg breaks from the clinch.
Seeberg tries to close the distance and clinch up but Takatukka swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Takatukka throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The fight stays on the outside here - Takatukka looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Takatukka is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Seeberg on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Takatukka pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Takatukka avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Takatukka throws a lazy uppercut
and Seeberg counters with a good, hard body kick but Takatukka shrugs it off.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Takatukka lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Takatukka lands the left hand.
Seeberg slips a jab and a cross from Takatukka.
Seeberg on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Seeberg circles away from the clinch attempt.
Takatukka stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Takatukka jabs Seeberg right on the nose. Seeberg blinks but takes it well.
Seeberg tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Takatukka manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The fighters circling - Takatukka throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The fighters circle momentarily. Takatukka darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Seeberg doesn't manage to clinch there - Takatukka circles away.
Seeberg slips under a jab from Takatukka.
Takatukka avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Takatukka lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Takatukka with a hook.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A swing and a miss from Takatukka.
Takatukka connects with a single shot there.
Takatukka with a nice cross.
Seeberg moves into range and clinches up with Takatukka.
Takatukka swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mikko Takatukka dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Takatukka throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Takatukka is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Takatukka throws a jab but it's blocked by Seeberg.
Seeberg is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Takatukka missing with a left hand there. Seeberg was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Seeberg forces Takatukka back against the cage and clinches.
Takatukka 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.
Seeberg lands an elbow just above Takatukka 's eye.
Seeberg leaning against his opponent.
Seeberg has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Takatukka.
Seeberg blocking some punches.
Seeberg throws an elbow that misses.
Takatukka lands with a short shot to the head.
Seeberg lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Takatukka.
The referee is keeping an eye on Seeberg - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Seeberg creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Takatukka throws a head punch that misses.
Takatukka lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Seeberg misses with an elbow over the top.
Takatukka blocks an elbow strike.
Mikko Takatukka has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Takatukka goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Seeberg blocks a body shot from Takatukka.
Seeberg throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Seeberg looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Seeberg will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Takatukka up against the cage.
Seeberg throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Takatukka blocks an elbow strike from Seeberg.
Takatukka being controlled against the cage.
Takatukka doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Seeberg blocks a body shot from Takatukka.
Takatukka doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Takatukka fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Takatukka blocks an elbow strike.
Takatukka blocks the elbow strike.
Takatukka avoids a wild elbow strike from Seeberg.
Takatukka lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Takatukka lands a right hand.
Takatukka takes an elbow to the temple.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Seeberg throws an elbow but misses.
Takatukka swings wildly with an uppercut but Seeberg uses good head movement to avoid it.
Takatukka lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Takatukka content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Seeberg trying to stall but Takatukka improves his position.
Takatukka is trying to push Seeberg away but Seeberg has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Takatukka working aggressively here.
Seeberg's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Takatukka goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Seeberg pushes off an throws an elbow but Takatukka leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Seeberg lands with a left to the head.
Seeberg looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Seeberg misses with an elbow strike.
Seeberg misses with an elbow strike.
Seeberg blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Takatukka blocks an elbow strike.
Takatukka misses with a punch on the inside.
Takatukka blocks an elbow strike from Seeberg.
Seeberg looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Seeberg comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takatukka works on Seeberg's body with a couple of short punches.
Takatukka avoids a wild elbow strike from Seeberg.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Takatukka.
Takatukka can't find room to land a body shot as Seeberg controls the action.
Nice elbow from Seeberg.
Takatukka dodges an elbow strike from Seeberg.
Seeberg throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Takatukka scores with a shot to the side of Seeberg's head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Takatukka creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Takatukka tries to circle away but Seeberg has him pinned against the cage.
Takatukka lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Takatukka throws a head punch that misses.
Takatukka struggles to land a body shot inside as Seeberg controls his hands.
A short left from Takatukka.
Takatukka blocks an elbow strike from Seeberg.
Seeberg looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Takatukka avoids a wild elbow strike from Seeberg.
Takatukka manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Seeberg blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seeberg pushes off an throws an elbow but Takatukka leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Takatukka digs a right hand underneath Seeberg's ribcage. Seeberg let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Takatukka has Seeberg pressed against the cage, preventing Seeberg from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Seeberg.
Seeberg is looking to control Takatukka's arms but Takatukka gets an underhook and turns him. Now Seeberg has his back to the cage.
Takatukka throws a punch but it's blocked by Seeberg.
Takatukka breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Takatukka connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Seeberg's hands.
Takatukka clinches up against the cage.
Seeberg lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Seeberg throws an elbow but it misses.
Takatukka has a couple of punches blocked by Seeberg.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Takatukka.
Takatukka makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Takatukka lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Takatukka lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Seeberg.
Takatukka misses with the head strike.
Takatukka misses with the head strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Takatukka creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Seeberg misses with an elbow over the top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mikko Takatukka dominated that second round.
That's time! Takatukka's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Takatukka's corner calls for a 1-2. Takatukka obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Takatukka getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Takatukka keeps the fight on the outside.
Seeberg tries to clinch but Takatukka moves out of range.
Takatukka throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Takatukka throws a nice looking combination but Seeberg bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Takatukka throws a hook to the side of Seeberg's head but Seeberg sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Takatukka takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Takatukka lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Takatukka throws a hook to the side of Seeberg's head but Seeberg sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Takatukka with a hook.
Seeberg gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Takatukka.
Takatukka lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Mikko Takatukka is winning the standup battle so far.
Takatukka lands with a cross.
Seeberg fails with an attempt to clinch.
Takatukka has Seeberg up against the cage in a clinch.
Seeberg pushes off an throws an elbow but Takatukka leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Takatukka lands an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Takatukka swings wildly with an uppercut but Seeberg uses good head movement to avoid it.
Seeberg lands a nice elbow.
Takatukka misses with some punches.
Seeberg misses with an elbow strike.
Seeberg pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Seeberg throws an elbow but misses.
Takatukka swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Takatukka blocks an elbow strike.
Seeberg pressing his opponent against the cage.
Takatukka blocks the elbow strike.
Takatukka tries to throw a body punch but Seeberg avoids it by throwing Takatukka back against the cage.
Takatukka blocks an elbow strike from Seeberg.
Takatukka lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Seeberg taking a breather.
Takatukka goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Takatukka lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Seeberg gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Takatukka.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seeberg pushes off an throws an elbow but Takatukka leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Seeberg misses with an elbow over the top.
Seeberg creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Takatukka's defenses.
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 punch on the inside from Takatukka fails to land.
Seeberg creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Takatukka avoids the elbow strike from Seeberg, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Seeberg.
Seeberg creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Takatukka's defenses.
Seeberg is trying to stall.
Takatukka lands a right hand that snaps the head of Seeberg backwards.
Seeberg blocks an uppercut.
Takatukka has a couple of punches blocked by Seeberg.
Takatukka tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Seeberg misses with an elbow over the top.
Takatukka throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Seebergs head.
Seeberg throws an elbow that misses.
Takatukka blocks the elbow strike.
Takatukka working aggressively here.
Takatukka blocks the elbow strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takatukka misses with some punches.
Seeberg throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Takatukka misses with a short punch on the inside.
Seeberg throws an elbow but it misses.
Good body shot from Takatukka.
Seeberg misses with an elbow over the top.
Seeberg lands an elbow that stopped Takatukka in his tracks for a moment.
Takatukka is rocked!
Seeberg dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Oh Takatukka is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Seeberg creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Takatukka's defenses.
Seeberg creates some distance and fires off a vicious elbow that drops Takatukka! He pounces and finishes the fight with more strikes! Nice KO for Seeberg.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:35 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anton Seeberg!
Anton Seeberg decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Simon Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nathan Redmond (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morgan comes to the cage accompanied by Sherry Monocle. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Nathan Redmond enters the cage!
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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
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Simon Morgan!
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, Nathan Redmond!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Daniel Cesar and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morgan keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Redmond stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Morgan.
Nathan Redmond seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morgan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Redmond.
Morgan connects with a leg kick. Redmond looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Redmond looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Redmond is looking to clinch but Morgan is avoiding it.
Morgan defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Redmond.
Simon Morgan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nathan Redmond.
Redmond throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Morgan.
Redmond drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A good leg kick by Morgan.
Morgan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Redmond.
Morgan tries to keep at a distance but Redmond has taken the fight into the clinch.
Redmond's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan scores with a push kick.
Morgan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Redmond loads up on a big right hand but Morgan slips the punch.
Redmond swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Redmond fails with the takedown.
A combination from Morgan does no damage.
Some wild striking there from Redmond.
Redmond misses with a hook. Morgan ducked under it nicely.
Redmond has closed the distance and engaged Morgan in a clinch.
Morgan tries to circle away but Redmond has him pinned against the cage.
Morgan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Redmond doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan wants to break the clinch but can't.
Morgan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Redmond.
Redmond is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Morgan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Morgan misses with some punches.
Morgan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Redmond prevents a body shot from Morgan.
Morgan has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Morgan has Redmond pressed against the cage, preventing Redmond from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Redmond wants a takedown.
Morgan has a couple of punches blocked by Redmond.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morgan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan misses with a straight right.
Morgan looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Morgan fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A bone on bone clash there as Redmond blocks the leg kick.
Redmond throws a looping overhand right but Morgan ducks down to avoid it.
Redmond looks for the body kick but Morgan saw that one coming.
Redmond misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Redmond shoots in but no luck this time.
Morgan scores with a hook.
Redmond has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Redmond there as he acknowledges the shot.
Morgan keeps Redmond at a distance using the push kick.
Sloppy strikes from Redmond. Those never looked like landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Redmond looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Redmond rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Morgan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Morgan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Simon Morgan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Morgan connects with an inside leg kick.
Morgan thuds his shin into the meat of Redmond's side.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morgan delivers a nice body kick.
Redmond takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Redmond uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Morgan.
Redmond walks forward, straight into a front kick from Morgan.
Good standup being displayed there by Morgan as he connects with a hook.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morgan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Redmond.
Morgan works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Simon Morgan dominated that round.
That's time! Morgan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Redmond tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Redmond closes the distance and clinches up with Morgan, looking for a takedown. Redmond pushes Morgan against the cage but Morgan circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Nathan Redmond is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Redmond blocks the body kick.
A punch combination from Redmond misses.
Redmond closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Redmond tries to circle away but Morgan has him pinned against the cage.
Redmond escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Morgan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Morgan throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Redmond chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Morgan can pounce on him.
Redmond wants to clinch.
Morgan scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Morgan thuds his shin into the meat of Redmond's side.
Redmond misses with a jab, cross combination.
Redmond lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Morgan circles away quickly and effectively.
Morgan works Redmond's body with a nice hook.
Redmond uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Morgan.
Redmond swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Redmond misses with a hook
and Morgan counters with a body kick.
Redmond has taken the fight to the clinch.
Morgan lands a hook that snaps the head of Redmond backwards.
Morgan is trying to break free.
Morgan lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Morgan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Redmond looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Redmond postures up and lands a big shot to Morgan's brow.
Morgan looking to control.
Redmond trying to control the position from guard on top but Morgan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Redmond postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Redmond loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Redmond postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Redmond trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Redmond has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Redmond scoring with punches to the head and body.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Morgan here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Redmond looking to pass the guard.
Morgan can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Redmond controls the pace.
Morgan wants to control but Redmond passes easily into half guard.
Redmond not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Redmond missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Morgan keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Redmond is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Redmond not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Redmond lands with a punch from half guard.
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Redmond is trying to control the action in half guard but Morgan is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Morgan blocking the ground and pound attempt from Redmond.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nathan Redmond showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Morgan looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Redmond moves into the clinch.
Come on Redmond - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Morgan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Redmond's efforts to push away.
Redmond tries to score a body lock takedown but Morgan shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Redmond breaks the clinch.
Morgan lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Redmond with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Morgan to score with a decent uppercut.
Morgan lands with a shot to the body.
Redmond has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Morgan.
Redmond takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Morgan lands a leg kick that knocks Redmond off balance momentarily.
Redmond's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan ducks under a wild hook from Redmond.
Redmond looks to clinch
and Morgan counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A jab from Morgan does it's job there.
Morgan takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Redmond is defended easily by Morgan.
Morgan lands a nice looking body kick.
Morgan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Morgan thumps Redmond with a low kick.
Morgan lands a really nice looking cross but Redmond seems unphased.
Redmond throws a left and a right that both miss
and Morgan counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Redmond thinking.
Morgan slips a jab and a cross from Redmond.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Redmond throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Redmond takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Redmond swings for the body but Morgan moves out of range.
Morgan throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Redmond stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice inside leg kick there by Morgan. That's going to slow Redmond down.
Redmond throws a nice looking combination but Morgan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Morgan explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Nice sprawl there from Morgan as Redmond shoots in.
Simon Morgan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nathan Redmond.
Redmond shoots in but no luck this time.
A solid body kick from Morgan.
A slapping body kick lands there for Morgan.
Redmond tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Morgan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Redmond on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Morgan. Morgan obviously looking to wear him down.
An inside leg kick lands from Morgan.
Simon Morgan is winning the standup battle so far.
Redmond is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Morgan.
Morgan dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Redmond. That did some damage!
Morgan lands a nice looking kick to the body. Redmond takes a step back to recover.
Morgan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Redmond falls off balance throwing a combination
and Morgan counters with a nice low kick that buckles Redmond's knee momentarily.
A jab from Morgan does it's job there.
The fighters circling - Redmond throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Morgan lands a front kick.
Morgan plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan lands with a nice body kick.
Redmond closes the distance and clinches up with Morgan, looking for a takedown. Redmond pushes Morgan against the cage but Morgan circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Morgan scores with a leg kick.
A jab lands there for Morgan.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morgan scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Morgan cracks the inside of Redmond's front leg.
Redmond throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Morgan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Morgan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Morgan gets caught flat footed, as Redmond shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Redmond preventing the sweep.
Morgan utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
And that's the end of the fight!
Simon Morgan showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Morgan 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 Matheus Silva scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Simon Morgan!
A victorious Simon Morgan thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sir Jecht (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dravik Stone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jecht comes to the cage accompanied by Pink Floyd - Young Lust. Stone has chosen Warrior- Disturbed as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 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
8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sir Jecht!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dravik Stone!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Thiago Cunha and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stone closes the distance looking to clinch
and Jecht counters with a series of strikes. Stone will be more careful next time no doubt.
Jecht throws a leg kick but Stone checks it.
Jecht looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Stone!
Stone takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Jecht's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sir Jecht!
Sir Jecht retains his welterweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Sir Jecht thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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