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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Nicholas Edward Cave (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oscar De La Torre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Oscar De La Torre is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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145 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
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147 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
KO power |
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Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Nicholas Edward Cave!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Oscar De La Torre!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Mauricio Rocha and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De La Torre keeps the fight on the outside.
Cave slips a jab and a cross from De La Torre.
Cave tries to clinch but De La Torre moves out of range.
Cave checks the leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De La Torre avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cave is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cave tries to keep at a distance but De La Torre has taken the fight into the clinch.
Cave blocks an elbow strike from De La Torre.
De La Torre pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
De La Torre misses with an elbow over the top.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Cave dodges an elbow strike from De La Torre.
Cave avoids the elbow strike from De La Torre, against the cage.
De La Torre misses with an elbow strike.
Cave blocks an elbow strike.
De La Torre lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like Nicholas Edward Cave has been cut.
Cave blocks an elbow strike.
Cave drags the fight down to the ground.
Cave looking for a guillotine here but De La Torre defends easily.
Cave is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. De La Torre is aware though and is defending well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cave has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but De La Torre can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Cave looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De La Torre postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as De La Torre accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Cave is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Cave looking for subs off his back but De La Torre has passed one foot through into half guard.
Cave actively working from the bottom here.
Cave is breathing heavily.
De La Torre throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Cave looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Cave is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but De La Torre pulls his head out easily.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
De La Torre clinches up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nicholas Edward Cave dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nicholas Edward Cave's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Cave tries to clinch but De La Torre moves away
and De La Torre counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
De La Torre misses with a few strikes there.
De La Torre thows a body shot but no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De La Torre clinches up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De La Torre throws an elbow but it misses.
Cave blocks an elbow strike.
De La Torre throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Cave pulls guard effortlessly.
Cave is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. De La Torre is aware though and is defending well.
De La Torre avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
De La Torre wants to pass the guard but Cave is keeping the position.
De La Torre stands and throws Cave's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Cave is trying to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cave gets back to half guard.
Cave actively working from the bottom here.
Cave blocking the ground and pound attempt from De La Torre.
Cave has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, De La Torre escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by De La Torre!
Cave is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on De La Torre's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cave blocking the ground and pound attempt from De La Torre.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De La Torre missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Cave looking for submissions off his back.
De La Torre passes to full mount!
Cave working to try and regain half guard.
De La Torre cracks Cave with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Cave keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cave is working hard here to advance position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Cave is bucking up trying to escape but De La Torre cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Cave is working to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Oscar De La Torre showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Nicholas Edward Cave's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Cave tries to clinch but De La Torre moves away
and De La Torre counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
De La Torre clinches.
Cave tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. De La Torre smiles and moves away.
De La Torre circles away from the clinch attempt
and De La Torre moves into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, De La Torre throws an elbow but misses.
Cave jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as De La Torre walks away with a smile on his face. Cave gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Cave tries to clinch but De La Torre moves away
and De La Torre counters with a right hand to the body.
Cave closes the distance looking to clinch
and De La Torre moves into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De La Torre lands a damaging elbow.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, De La Torre just misses with a elbow thrown towards Cave's brow.
De La Torre throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
De La Torre throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cave dodges an elbow strike from De La Torre.
Cave fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nicholas Edward Cave. That's going to take a lot out of him.
De La Torre lands an elbow that stopped Cave in his tracks for a moment.
De La Torre throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the fighters up against the cage, De La Torre throws an elbow but misses.
Cave fails to pull the fight into his guard.
De La Torre pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Cave on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cave blocks an elbow strike from De La Torre.
De La Torre misses with an elbow over the top.
Cave tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Cave blocks an elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, De La Torre throws an elbow but misses.
De La Torre misses with a knee strike.
Cave tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. De La Torre just stands there and leans against the cage.
Cave fails to pull the fight into his guard.
De La Torre creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
De La Torre misses with an elbow strike.
Cave avoids a wild elbow strike from De La Torre.
Cave fails to pull guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Cave blocks the elbow strike.
Cave blocks an elbow strike from De La Torre.
De La Torre misses with an elbow over the top.
De La Torre with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cave takes an elbow to the temple.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, De La Torre just misses with a elbow thrown towards Cave's brow.
Cave blocks an elbow strike from De La Torre.
De La Torre creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
De La Torre takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Cave tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. De La Torre just stands there and leans against the cage.
De La Torre throws an elbow that misses.
De La Torre pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
De La Torre throws an elbow but it misses.
Cave dodges an elbow strike from De La Torre.
Cave dodges an elbow strike from De La Torre.
De La Torre throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Cave tries to pull guard but De La Torre won't allow it.
Cave avoids the elbow strike from De La Torre, against the cage.
Cave blocks an elbow strike.
De La Torre throws an elbow that misses.
De La Torre pushes off an throws an elbow but Cave leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Oscar De La Torre comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think De La Torre has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 28:29
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 28:29
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Oscar De La Torre!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Smarky Malarkey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ken Yoshida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Malarkey comes to the cage accompanied by LL Cool J -- Momma said knock you out.. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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150 lbs
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161 lbs
9 - 7 - 0 |
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Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Smarky Malarkey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ken Yoshida!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Paulo Santos and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Yoshida.
A combination from Yoshida does no damage.
Yoshida throws a push kick but Malarkey slaps the foot to one side.
Yoshida is looking to land body kicks.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yoshida. Malarkey does a little dance to reset his feet.
Malarkey tries for a takedown but Yoshida sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Yoshida fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Malarkey avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Yoshida tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Malarkey swivels and escapes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yoshida misses with a wild body shot.
Yoshida throws a shot to the body.
Yoshida fails to land with a series of punches.
Malarkey drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoshida is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Malarkey off and has taken his back!
Yoshida throwing strikes and Malarkey squirms under the pressure, ending up mounted.
Yoshida thowing shots but they're missing.
Malarkey avoids a series of strikes thrown by Yoshida.
Yoshida trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Yoshida has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Malarkey is trying to stand.
Malarkey is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Yoshida looking to isolate an arm here. Malarkey doesn't see it coming and as Yoshida extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Yoshida!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ken Yoshida!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Emmanuel Vargas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lucas Park (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Emmanuel Vargas had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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185 lbs
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201 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Emmanuel Vargas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lucas Park!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Paulo Santos and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Park throws a head kick that misses.
Vargas tries to clinch but Park moves out of range.
Park shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Vargas pinned against the cage. Vargas gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Vargas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Park swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Park closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Vargas to the mat! Vargas manages to get full guard.
Park trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Park drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Park jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Vargas has his hands on Park's head, controlling the position.
Vargas working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Park.
Vargas wants to stand and escape but Park is having none of it.
Park drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Park jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Vargas wants to stand up but Park is controlling him.
Vargas looking to control.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Vargas tries to close the distance and clinch but Park swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Vargas tries to clinch but Park is having none of it.
Vargas wants to clinch up but Park keeps it at a distance.
Vargas moves in looking to clinch but Park pushes him off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vargas tries to clinch up.
Park tries to bum rush Vargas with a series of wild strikes but Vargas uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Vargas avoids a punch combination nicely.
Emmanuel Vargas is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Vargas tries to clinch but Park is having none of it.
Vargas tries to clinch up.
Vargas is looking to clinch but Park is avoiding it.
Park looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Vargas is fending him off so far but Park persists. Nope, Vargas circles away and we're back to standing.
Park looks gassed!
Vargas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Park paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Vargas is looking to clinch.
Vargas tries to clinch but Park is having none of it.
Vargas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Vargas dodges the punch combination from Park.
A jab from Park misses.
Vargas tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Park fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Emmanuel Vargas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lucas Park.
Vargas doesn't manage to clinch there - Park circles away.
A good leg kick by Vargas.
Vargas rushes Park and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vargas is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Vargas working Park over with knees to the body.
Vargas connects with a nasty looking knee right to Park's face.
Park takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nice elbow from Vargas.
It looks like Lucas Park has been cut.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Vargas lands a knee to the body.
Vargas lands an elbow inside that Park shrugs off.
Vargas misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Park.
Vargas lands a knee to the head.
Vargas landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Vargas tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Park avoids it.
Vargas lands a damaging elbow.
Vargas creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Park's defenses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vargas landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Park blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Vargas lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Vargas stalling the fight.
Park avoids the elbow strike from Vargas, against the cage.
Vargas misses with a knee to the head.
Park dodges an elbow strike from Vargas.
Vargas prevents the takedown attempt.
Vargas leaning his opponent against the cage.
Vargas putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Park in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Park avoids a wild elbow strike from Vargas.
Vargas pressing his opponent against the cage.
Vargas tries to land knees in the clinch but Park avoids the damage to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Park on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Vargas gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Knees to the body from Vargas.
Park avoiding damage as Vargas throws knees to the body.
Park managing to block the knees to the body from Vargas.
Park wants a takedown but no success here.
Vargas creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Park's defenses.
Vargas misses with a knee strike.
Park gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Vargas manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Vargas slips a jab and a cross from Park.
Vargas tries to clinch up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Vargas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Park is defended easily by Vargas.
Vargas fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Emmanuel Vargas dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lucas Park's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Vargas doesn't manage to clinch there - Park circles away.
Vargas wants to clinch.
Park looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Vargas wants to clinch up but Park keeps it at a distance.
Park keeps the fight on the outside.
Park throws a one two combo.
Vargas pushes Park away with a front kick.
Park misses the jab.
Vargas takes the fight into the clinch.
Vargas with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Vargas landing knees to the body.
Vargas lands an elbow inside that Park shrugs off.
Vargas trying to control the position but instead, Park has worked for underhooks and has pushed Vargas into the cage.
Park is breathing heavily.
A knee to the head by Vargas.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Park letting Vargas take a breather here.
Vargas creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Park's defenses.
The referee calls for Vargas to work.
Park on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Vargas holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Vargas tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Park avoids it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Vargas just misses with a elbow thrown towards Park's brow.
Vargas is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Park takes an elbow to the temple.
Park dodges an elbow strike from Vargas.
Park jumps guard but Vargas stands there with Park around his waist. Park gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Vargas utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Park avoiding damage as Vargas throws knees to the body.
Vargas lands an elbow inside that Park shrugs off.
Vargas crunches a lovely knee into Park's ribcage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Vargas just misses with a elbow thrown towards Park's brow.
Vargas lands a good knee to the midsection. Park won't want to take too many of those.
Vargas lands a knee to the body.
Vargas pushes off an throws an elbow but Park leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Knees to the body from Vargas.
The referee is keeping an eye on Vargas - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Vargas throws an elbow that misses.
Park avoids a wild elbow strike from Vargas.
Vargas throws an elbow that misses.
Vargas is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Park is defending well for now.
Park jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Vargas walks away with a smile on his face. Park gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Park misses with a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Park swats away the attempt to clinch by Vargas.
Park circles away from the clinch attempt.
Park will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Emmanuel Vargas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lucas Park.
Park avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Vargas closes the distance and pushes Park back into the cage.
Vargas looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Park takes an elbow to the forehead.
Park blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Emmanuel Vargas has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Vargas crunches a lovely knee into Park's ribcage.
Vargas landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Vargas stalling in the clinch.
Vargas gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Vargas misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Park.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Vargas.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Vargas just misses with a elbow thrown towards Park's brow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Vargas.
Vargas is pressed up against the cage. Park has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Vargas down to the mat. Vargas avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Vargas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Vargas moves in looking to clinch but Park pushes him off.
Vargas lands with a kick to the ribs.
Vargas doesn't manage to clinch there - Park circles away.
Vargas moves in looking to clinch but Park pushes him off.
Vargas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Park paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A head kick misses from Park.
Vargas instigates a clinch.
Vargas stalling in the clinch.
Vargas throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Vargas misses with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Vargas.
Park jumps guard but Vargas stands there with Park around his waist. Park gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Park blocks an elbow strike from Vargas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Emmanuel Vargas dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Lucas Park's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Vargas tries to clinch up but Park circles away and keeps his distance.
Vargas takes the fight into the clinch.
Park goes for a takedown in the clinch but Vargas prevents it.
Vargas throws an elbow that misses.
Park drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Vargas gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Vargas scores a nice knee to the body.
Vargas lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Vargas misses with a knee to the head.
Vargas creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Park's defenses.
Vargas taking a breather.
Park takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Vargas looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Park avoids a wild elbow strike from Vargas.
Park blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Vargas trying to control the position but instead, Park has worked for underhooks and has pushed Vargas into the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Park blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Park blocks the elbow strike.
Stalling in the clinch from Vargas.
Park goes for a takedown in the clinch but Vargas prevents it.
Emmanuel Vargas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lucas Park.
Vargas is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Vargas is pushing Park up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Vargas misses with a knee to the head.
Vargas lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Vargas lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Park on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Vargas is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Vargas misses with a knee to the head.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Emmanuel Vargas.
Park throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Vargas's head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Vargas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Park throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Vargas.
Park thumps Vargas with a low kick.
Lucas Park is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Vargas is looking to slow Park down with leg kicks.
Park has a takedown stuffed.
Vargas is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vargas moves in looking to clinch but Park pushes him off.
Park keeps the fight on the outside.
The fight stays on the outside here - Vargas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Vargas moves into the clinch.
Vargas creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Vargas lands an elbow that stopped Park in his tracks for a moment.
Knees to the body from Vargas.
Park pulls Vargas into guard.
Park looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Vargas tries to free his leg and advance position but Park is retaining full guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Vargas wants to control from the top but Park keeps moving.
Park has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Vargas can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Park has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Vargas can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Park is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Vargas stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Vargas doesn't manage to clinch there - Park circles away.
Vargas tries to close the distance and clinch but Park swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Vargas closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Park blocks the elbow strike.
Vargas throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Park blocks it with crossed arms.
Lucas Park has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Park changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Vargas fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Vargas tries to close the distance and clinch but Park swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Vargas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Emmanuel Vargas is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Vargas tries to clinch up but Park circles away and keeps his distance.
Vargas tries to clinch but Park is having none of it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Emmanuel Vargas showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Vargas, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Emmanuel Vargas!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gaycer Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Igor Potempkin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gaycer Silva 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 welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gaycer Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Igor Potempkin!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Paulo Santos and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Potempkin.
Potempkin attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Potempkin throws a looping overhand right but Silva ducks down to avoid it.
Potempkin throws a wild body kick that Silva sees coming a mile off.
Potempkin bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Silva's head backwards.
Potempkin looks to land a combination but Silva avoids it well.
Silva decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Potempkin moves into full guard.
Silva trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva throwing strikes from guard but Potempkin blocks nicely.
Silva throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Silva trying to control but Potempkin is working from the bottom.
Silva with a flurry of punches that miss.
Silva connects with a couple of short punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Silva pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Potempkin is keeping the position for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
A jab from Potempkin finds it's way through Silva's defenses.
Silva looks to score with a jab to the body but Potempkin is just out of range.
Silva looks for a takedown but Potempkin sprawls well.
Potempkin throws a nice looking combination but Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Silva misses the shot to the body.
Potempkin tries to land a leg kick but Silva saw it coming and moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Potempkin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Potempkin swings away with a body shot that misses
and Silva makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Silva misses with a combination
letting Potempkin counter with a right hand.
Silva fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Potempkin takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Silva scores with a takedown into Potempkin's guard.
Silva throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva wants to control from the top but Potempkin keeps moving.
Silva distracts Potempkin with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Silva wants to pass the guard but Potempkin is keeping the position.
Potempkin looking to hit a scissor sweep but Silva is one step ahead there.
Silva throws and elbow that misses. Potempkin uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Silva's guard. Nice move by Potempkin!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Gaycer Silva will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Silva lands with a straight right. Potempkin didn't see that one coming.
Potempkin lands a nice hook to Silva's body. Silva takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Potempkin misses with a body punch
and Silva counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Potempkin thinking.
Potempkin connects with a high kick.
Silva misses with a jab to the body
and Potempkin counters with a three punch combo that has Silva backing up. Silva nods at Potempkin to acknowledge the strikes.
Potempkin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Silva misses with a looping left.
Potempkin looks to land a left hand but Silva moved out of range nicely.
Potempkin cracks the inside of Silva's front leg.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Potempkin is looking to slow Silva down with leg kicks.
Silva misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Potempkin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Potempkin throws a push kick but Silva slaps the foot to one side.
Silva misses with a leg kick
and Potempkin counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Potempkin is looking to land body kicks.
A head kick misses from Potempkin.
Potempkin steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Silva.
Potempkin looks to land a combination. Silva sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Potempkin cracks the inside of Silva's front leg.
Potempkin misses with an uppercut.
Potempkin throws a predictable looking body shot
and Silva counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Silva.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva won't allow Potempkin to sweep him here.
Potempkin looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Silva trying to control but Potempkin is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva throwing strikes from guard but Potempkin blocks nicely.
Silva loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Silva advances to half guard.
Potempkin on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Silva wants to lay and pray for a moment but Potempkin keeps working.
Silva perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Silva is trying for a kimura here. Potempkin looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Silva wins by kimura!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Gaycer Silva!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kareem Said (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcello Magalhaes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Magalhaes comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Last Of The Mohicans Soundtrack kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Marcello Magalhaes has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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220 lbs
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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, Kareem Said!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcello Magalhaes!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Thiago Cunha and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Magalhaes on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Said digs a good body shot into Magalhaes's ribs.
Said cracks a nice hook into Magalhaes's ribs.
Said cracks Magalhaes with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Nice takedown defense from Said. No joy for Magalhaes on that attempt.
Magalhaes looks gassed!
Magalhaes is looking to clinch.
Magalhaes takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Magalhaes closes the distance and clinches up with Said, looking for a takedown. Magalhaes pushes Said against the cage but Said circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Magalhaes closes this distance looking for a takedown but Said circles away.
Kareem Said has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marcello Magalhaes.
A punch lands to the side of Magalhaes 's head but he takes it in his stride.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Magalhaes takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Said scores with a jab to the body.
Said punishes Magalhaes's body with a nice straight punch.
Said scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Said catches Magalhaes with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Magalhaes doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Said cracks a nice hook into Magalhaes's ribs.
Said lands a nice looking body shot.
Magalhaes on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Said feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Said wants to control from the top but Magalhaes keeps moving.
Said connects with a couple of short punches.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Said advances position into side control!
Said controls the position.
Said wants to control but Magalhaes is keeping him busy.
Said scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Magalhaes to see if he's OK.
Magalhaes is working to avoid the ground and pound but Said connects with a decent elbow.
Said scoring with punches and elbows.
Magalhaes is rocked!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Said cracks Magalhaes with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! Said immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Magalhaes is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by Said!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kareem Said!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bruno Davol (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Burt Reynolds (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Davol comes to the cage accompanied by Rammstein - Links 2 3 4. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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184 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
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bruno Davol!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Burt Reynolds!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Mauricio Rocha and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davol fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Reynolds manages to avoid it.
Davol avoids the head kick by Reynolds.
Davol shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Reynolds is trying to defend but Davol finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Reynolds gets full guard.
Davol pushes down on Reynolds's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Reynolds trying to control from the bottom.
Davol is looking to advance position but Reynolds won't allow it.
Reynolds is in trouble now - Davol has advanced to mount!
Davol wants to control the pace but Reynolds is squirming around nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davol working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Davol unloads with some shots from mount but Reynolds bucks and avoids them well.
Davol avoids the attempt from Reynolds to control.
Davol trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Reynolds holds on for dear life, controlling Davol's posture momentarily.
Davol looking to control but Reynolds is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Davol throws a sloppy strike and Reynolds uses the opportunity to reverse the position! A bit of a scramble here and Reynolds has ended up in Davol's guard.
Reynolds slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davol avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Davol keeping full guard, as Reynolds tries to pass.
Davol trying to keep a closed guard but Reynolds is proving a slippery customer.
Reynolds controlling from the top position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Let's hope that Reynolds has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Davol working for a triangle but Reynolds defends it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bruno Davol dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Reynolds takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Reynolds misses with a low kick.
Reynolds dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Davol. That did some damage!
Reynolds throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
A swing and a miss from Davol.
Davol takes a swing at Reynolds's ribcage but misses.
Davol is looking to clinch.
Davol looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Reynolds is fending him off so far but Davol persists. Nope, Reynolds circles away and we're back to standing.
Davol ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Reynolds moves away.
Reynolds misses with an attempted mid kick.
Davol scores with a nice strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davol tries to close the distance and clinch up but Reynolds swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Davol crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Reynolds - the referee stops the clock and Davol gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Reynolds. Davol manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Reynolds takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Reynolds tries to clinch but Davol moves away
and Davol counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Davol is pressing down on Reynolds's thigh, looking to free his foot. Reynolds is holding on for now.
Reynolds keeping hold of Davol's head, controlling as best he can.
Reynolds wants to get back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davol trying to control the action but Reynolds is working from the bottom.
Davol is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Reynolds sees it coming and defends easily.
Davol tries to pass to full mount but Reynolds defends it.
Davol is trying to control. Reynolds wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Davol digs a good body shot into Reynolds's ribs.
Davol thows a body shot but no joy.
Reynolds circles away from the clinch attempt.
Davol moves out of range of the body kick from Reynolds.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reynolds fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Davol checks it well.
Reynolds goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Davol loads up on a big right hand but Reynolds slips the punch.
Davol looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Reynolds is fending him off so far but Davol persists. Nope, Reynolds circles away and we're back to standing.
Reynolds on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Davol just misses with a punch to the body.
Reynolds gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Davol looking to pass the guard.
Davol preventing the sweep.
Davol tries to free his leg and advance position but Reynolds is retaining full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davol won't allow Reynolds to sweep him here.
Davol is pushing down on Reynolds's leg trying to pass to half guard. Reynolds is fighting to maintain full guard but Davol has managed to sneak the leg through.
Davol looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Reynolds is staying active underneath Davol, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Reynolds is trying to stand up here but Davol is controlling him well.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Reynolds does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Reynolds uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Davol.
Davol is looking to wear down Reynolds with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Reynolds throws a head kick but Davol moves out of range.
Davol throws a body punch but Reynolds moves out of range.
Reynolds tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Reynolds throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bruno Davol dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Reynolds has closed the distance and engaged Davol in a clinch.
Davol jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Reynolds walks away with a smile on his face. Davol gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Reynolds chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Reynolds throws a leg kick but Davol sees it coming and moves out of range.
Reynolds throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Davol takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A looping hook to the body misses from Davol. Reynolds does a little dance to reset his feet.
Reynolds clinches up against the cage.
Davol struggles to land a body shot inside as Reynolds controls his hands.
Reynolds creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Reynolds throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Davol tries a body shot but Reynolds blocks it.
Davol avoiding damage as Reynolds throws knees to the body.
Reynolds creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Davol goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Davol looking for a takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Reynolds throws an elbow but misses.
Reynolds lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Davol tries a body shot but Reynolds blocks it.
Reynolds misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Davol.
Davol scores with a shot to the side of Reynolds's head.
Reynolds blocks an uppercut.
Davol managing to block the knees to the body from Reynolds.
Reynolds lands an elbow inside that Davol shrugs off.
It looks like Bruno Davol has been cut.
Reynolds is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Davol is defending well for now.
Davol lands an elbow inside.
Reynolds throws an elbow but it misses.
Davol tries to score a body lock takedown but Reynolds shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bruno Davol. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Davol drops down looking for an ankle pick but Reynolds pulls his leg out and moves away.
Davol lands with a good body shot.
Nice takedown defense from Reynolds. No joy for Davol on that attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davol takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Reynolds throws a low kick but Davol avoids it.
Reynolds tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Davol misses with a wild body shot.
Reynolds tries to clinch but Davol moves out of range.
Davol checks the leg kick.
Reynolds looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Reynolds blocks a jab.
Davol avoids a kick to the body.
Davol is looking to clinch.
Davol has managed to clinch.
Reynolds gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Davol tries to work over Reynolds's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reynolds blocks a body shot from Davol.
Reynolds tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Davol avoids it.
Davol blocks an elbow strike.
Davol tries to work over Reynolds's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Davol misses with a body punch.
Reynolds is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Davol is defending well for now.
Davol drops down looking for an ankle pick but Reynolds pulls his leg out and moves away.
Nice body kick from Reynolds.
Reynolds tries to clinch but Davol is having none of it.
Reynolds uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Davol.
Reynolds stuffs the takedown.
Davol throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Burt Reynolds seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reynolds tries a head kick but it misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Davol fails with a takedown attempt.
Davol thows a body shot but no joy.
Some bone on bone action there as Davol checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Reynolds slaps away a takedown attempt from Davol, before circling back to the center of the mat.
A thudding body kick lands there by Reynolds!
A looping hook to the body misses from Davol. Reynolds does a little dance to reset his feet.
Burt Reynolds has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Reynolds chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Reynolds lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Reynolds does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Bruno Davol is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Davol looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Davol blocks a head kick by Reynolds.
And that's the end of the fight!
Burt Reynolds comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Davol 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bruno Davol!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sizzle Snappe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Piston Honda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Snappe comes to the cage accompanied by The Power. Piston Honda will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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177 lbs
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180 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sizzle Snappe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Piston Honda!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Emerson Jorge and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The crowd cheers as Honda lands an impressive looking overhand right. Snappe doesn't seem phased though.
Snappe tries a head kick but it misses.
Honda lands with a straight right. Snappe didn't see that one coming.
Snappe throws a head kick but Honda moves out of range.
Honda throws a leg kick but Snappe sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Honda is looking to clinch.
Honda throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Honda drops Snappe with a beautiful combination! Snappe stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Honda is looking for the KO!
Snappe is rocked!
It looks like Sizzle Snappe has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Honda throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Honda jabs at Snappe's body.
Honda swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Snappe shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Honda avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Snappe shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Snappe misses with a leg kick
and Honda cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Snappe misses with a body kick.
Piston Honda is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Snappe drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Honda has control of Snappe's left arm, preventing Snappe from doing any damage.
Snappe trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Honda manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Honda has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Snappe is proving hard to escape from.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Honda trying to control the position from guard on top but Snappe is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Honda is looking to stand up but Snappe won't let him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Snappe looking for a sweep. Not yet Snappe, not yet.
Snappe is pulling down on Honda's head to control his posture.
Honda wants to control from the top but Snappe keeps moving.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Snappe blocks a jab.
Snappe blocks a jab.
Honda thows a leg kick but Snappe checks it
and Snappe counters with a low kick, right behind Honda 's knee.
Snappe throws a sloppy head kick
and Honda counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Snappe misses with a low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Snappe throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Snappe blocks the body kick.
Snappe fails to land the takedown.
Honda misses with a wild combination.
Snappe lands with a thumping leg kick.
Honda tries to clinch
and Snappe counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Snappe.
Snappe won't allow Honda to sweep him here.
Snappe has gone for a leg lock! Honda slips out almost immediately though and dives into Snappe's guard.
Snappe keeping moving, preventing Honda from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Honda wants to stand but Snappe is controlling his posture from full guard.
Snappe looking to control.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Snappe is on top in guard.
Snappe won't allow Honda to sweep him here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Honda pulls Snappe in close to prevent any damage.
Snappe wants to pass the guard but Honda is keeping the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Piston Honda dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sizzle Snappe's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Honda darts in and clinches Snappe up against the cage.
Honda gets underhooks to prevent Snappe's takedown attempt.
Snappe breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Honda moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
An inside leg kick lands from Snappe.
Honda blocks a head kick by Snappe.
Honda bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Snappe's head.
Snappe pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Honda tries to clinch up
and Snappe counters with a flying knee. Nice.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Honda.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Honda wants to clinch but Snappe slips to the side
and Snappe counters with a takedown into side control.
Honda is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Snappe scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Snappe is trying to control. Honda wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Honda wants to control but Snappe is keeping busy.
Snappe is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Honda sees it coming and defends easily.
Snappe trying to mount his opponent but Honda defends it.
Honda is holding on to half guard well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Snappe trying to mount his opponent but Honda defends it.
Snappe missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Honda preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Honda blocks a low kick nicely.
Honda buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Snappe tries to work over Honda's front leg with a kick but Honda checks it.
Snappe moves out of range as Honda throws a body kick.
Honda misses with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Snappe throws a body kick that misses.
Snappe keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Snappe avoids the body shot from Honda.
Honda closes the distance and clinches.
Honda lands a nice knee to the body.
Snappe can't break the clinch.
Honda has a couple of punches blocked by Snappe.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Honda tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Snappe's elbow.
Honda lands a left hand that snaps the head of Snappe backwards.
Honda misses with a body punch.
Snappe jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Honda walks away with a smile on his face. Snappe gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Snappe keeps the fight on the outside.
Honda connects with a right hand. Snappe shakes it off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Honda is looking to clinch but Snappe is avoiding it.
Snappe uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Honda.
Snappe keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Snappe scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Honda is pressing down on Snappe's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Snappe trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Snappe trying to control but Honda is working from the bottom.
Snappe won't allow Honda to sweep him here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Snappe trying to move into half guard but instead Honda has managed to sweep!
Snappe looking to hit a scissor sweep but Honda is one step ahead there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Piston Honda showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Sizzle Snappe's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Honda misses with a leg kick
and Snappe counters with a head kick.
Honda avoids the head kick by Snappe.
Snappe gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Honda counters with a nice kick to the body.
Honda throws a half hearted mid kick.
Honda misses with a kick to the body
and Snappe counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Snappe.
Snappe is looking to work some ground and pound but Honda has wrist control.
Snappe pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Honda is keeping the position for now.
Honda looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Honda has control of Snappe's left arm, preventing Snappe from doing any damage.
Snappe thows a big elbow that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Honda controlling Snappe's posture.
Snappe wants to control from the top but Honda keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Honda closes the distance looking to clinch
and Snappe makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Honda throws a series of punches but Snappe moves out of range.
Piston Honda seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Honda throws a big shot that misses.
Snappe walks into a stiff left hand from Honda.
Honda misses with an uppercut.
Snappe tries a head kick but it misses.
Honda blocks a head kick by Snappe.
Honda avoids the head kick by Snappe.
Snappe is looking to chop away at Honda's legs.
Honda ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Honda tries to clinch up but Snappe circles away and keeps his distance.
Honda darts in trying to clinch
and Snappe counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Honda's guard now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Snappe throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Honda works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Snappe trying to control but Honda is working from the bottom.
Snappe wants to pass the guard but Honda is keeping the position.
Honda tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Snappe wants to control from the top but Honda keeps moving.
Sizzle Snappe has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Snappe preventing the sweep.
Snappe tries to free his leg and advance position but Honda is retaining full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Snappe throwing strikes but missing.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Snappe checks a leg kick.
Honda moves in looking to clinch but Snappe pushes him off.
Snappe throws a sloppy head kick
and Honda counters with a low kick, right behind Snappe 's knee.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Honda, right into the meat.
Snappe swats away the attempt to clinch by Honda.
Snappe misses with a head kick.
Snappe shoots in for a double leg but Honda sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Honda fails in his attempt to clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sizzle Snappe showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Honda has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 28:29
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Piston Honda!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Del Homosapien (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Enitan Olufunmilola (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Homosapien comes into the arena with Buju Banton - Not An Easy Road blaring out of the sound system. The crowd seem to be enjoying Olufunmilola's choice of entrance music: Doctor Octagon-Earth People. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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26
142 lbs
10 - 2 - 0 |
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25
135 lbs
10 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Del Homosapien!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Enitan Olufunmilola!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Alexandre Firmino and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Homosapien steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Olufunmilola.
Homosapien keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Enitan Olufunmilola seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Homosapien feints and as Olufunmilola raises his hands in defense, Homosapien changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Homosapien landing with the ground and pound.
Homosapien trying to control but Olufunmilola is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Homosapien pushes down on Olufunmilola's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Homosapien is thwarting Olufunmilola's attempts to control the position.
Homosapien wants to control but Olufunmilola is keeping him busy.
Olufunmilola trying to control but Homosapien postures up.
Olufunmilola slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Homosapien keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Olufunmilola's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Olufunmilola wants to sweep but no luck.
Homosapien with a flurry of punches that miss.
Homosapien loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Homosapien looking to pass the guard.
Olufunmilola not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Homosapien 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.
Homosapien in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Homosapien connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Homosapien shoots in for a double leg but Olufunmilola sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Olufunmilola fakes the leg kick and cracks Homosapien in the body.
Olufunmilola throws a nice outside leg kick.
Enitan Olufunmilola is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Homosapien lands a nice hook to Olufunmilola's body. Olufunmilola takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Homosapien digs a good body shot into Olufunmilola's ribs.
Homosapien throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Olufunmilola's waist but Olufunmilola gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Homosapien off to one side.
A slapping leg kick lands for Olufunmilola.
Olufunmilola misses with a two punch combination.
Olufunmilola bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Homosapien's head backwards.
Olufunmilola throws a hook but Homosapien avoids it easily.
Homosapien shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Olufunmilola trying to hold on to Homosapien's head to control him but Homosapien postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Olufunmilola wants to get back to full guard.
Olufunmilola is pressing down on Homosapien's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Homosapien makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Olufunmilola has momentary wrist control but Homosapien slips an elbow through the middle.
Homosapien stopping the sweep attempt from Olufunmilola.
Olufunmilola keeping moving, preventing Homosapien from controlling successfully.
Olufunmilola not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Homosapien wants to control from the top but Olufunmilola keeps moving.
Homosapien throws a big right hand that misses.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
An inside leg kick from Olufunmilola misses.
Olufunmilola will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Homosapien digs a good hook to Olufunmilola's body.
Homosapien shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Olufunmilola napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Olufunmilola tries to improve position but can't.
Homosapien working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Olufunmilola is looking to reverse the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Del Homosapien dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Olufunmilola finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Olufunmilola tries to clinch up but Homosapien circles away and keeps his distance.
Olufunmilola scores with a leg kick.
Homosapien avoids a kick to the body.
Homosapien lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Olufunmilola backs up against the cage.
Homosapien is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Olufunmilola's half guard.
Olufunmilola is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Homosapien scores with a couple of nice shots.
Homosapien prevents Olufunmilola from improving his position.
Homosapien not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Olufunmilola wants to control but Homosapien is keeping busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Olufunmilola is looking to improve his position.
Olufunmilola wants to control but Homosapien is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Homosapien working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Homosapien is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Olufunmilola!
Olufunmilola is trying desperately to improve position.
Homosapien landing punches.
Homosapien trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Homosapien looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Olufunmilola is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Homosapien can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Olufunmilola is looking to escape.
Homosapien avoids the attempt from Olufunmilola to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Homosapien prevents Olufunmilola from getting the reversal.
Homosapien looking to finish Olufunmilola with some ground and pound. This is bad for Olufunmilola!
Olufunmilola is squirming around, avoiding Homosapien's attempts to control the action.
Olufunmilola is trying to escape the mount.
Olufunmilola is bucking up trying to escape but Homosapien cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Homosapien landing strikes, looking to finish!
Homosapien connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Olufunmilola is rocked!
Homosapien lands a big elbow - Olufunmilola is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Olufunmilola is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Del Homosapien!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jim Yankee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zacharia Steele (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Steele comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Rock You Like A Hurricane kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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177 lbs
11 - 1 - 0 |
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178 lbs
11 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Very strong |
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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
11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jim Yankee!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Zacharia Steele!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Paulo Santos and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Yankee. Steele shrugs it off though.
Yankee throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A looping hook to the body misses from Steele. Yankee does a little dance to reset his feet.
Yankee throws a push kick but Steele slaps the foot to one side.
Steele takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Yankee misses with a low kick.
Yankee tries to land a leg kick but Steele saw it coming and moves away.
Steele gets the takedown into side control.
Yankee is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Steele off and has taken his back!
Yankee lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Yankee is trying to stick to Steele's back but Steele is turning into Yankee. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Yankee's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Steele.
Steele stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Yankee swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Yankee is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Yankee has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Steele forces his way into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yankee desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Steele wants to lay and pray for a moment but Yankee keeps working.
Steele wants to free his trapped foot but Yankee is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Steele wants to take a breather but Yankee is having none of it.
Yankee is controlling Steele's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Steele wants to pass the guard but Yankee is defending well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Yankee is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Steele's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Steele's back!
Yankee is trying to stick to Steele's back but Steele is turning into Yankee. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Yankee's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Steele.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Yankee holds on and takes a little breather.
Yankee wants to sweep but no luck.
Yankee is controlling Steele's posture.
Steele won't allow Yankee to sweep him here.
Yankee keeping moving, preventing Steele from controlling successfully.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Yankee is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Yankee throws an elbow but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steele managing to block the knees to the body from Yankee.
Yankee lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Yankee with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Steele creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Steele lands a body shot.
Yankee tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Steele missing with knees to the body.
Steele lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
It looks like Jim Yankee has been cut.
Yankee tries to land knees in the clinch but Steele avoids the damage to the body.
Steele misses with a punch on the inside.
Yankee managing to block the knees to the body from Steele.
Steele connects with a nasty looking knee right to Yankee's face.
Steele takes a knee to the side of the body.
Yankee blocks the elbow strike.
Yankee is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Steele is defending well for now.
Steele missing with knees to the body.
Yankee lands an elbow inside that Steele shrugs off.
Steele blocks an elbow strike.
Steele throws a punch but it's blocked by Yankee.
Yankee creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Steele's defenses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yankee managing to block the knees to the body from Steele.
Steele is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Yankee is defending well for now.
Steele tries a knee to the head but Yankee blocks it.
Steele misses with an elbow over the top.
Yankee landing knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Steele fails to land.
Yankee missing with knees to the body.
Yankee unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Nice body punch from Steele.
Steele tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Yankee just stands there and leans against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Steele just misses with a elbow thrown towards Yankee's brow.
Steele has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Yankee is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Yankee working Steele over with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yankee is struggling to control the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Steele.
Steele scores with a nice hook to the head.
Yankee lands a nice knee to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Steele.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jim Yankee dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jim Yankee's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Steele checks the leg kick.
Yankee feints and then cracks Steele's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Steele down.
Steele ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yankee moves away.
Steele connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Steele avoids the head kick by Yankee.
Yankee throws a head kick that misses.
Steele thows a body shot but no joy.
Steele takes a kick to the side of the head.
Steele misses with a looping left.
Zacharia Steele seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Steele throws a shot from downtown. Yankee moves away and avoids it.
Yankee throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Yankee dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Steele. That did some damage!
Yankee lands with a thumping leg kick.
Steele throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Yankee tries a head kick but it misses.
Steele connects with a nice looking jab.
Yankee pivots, looking for a leg kick but Steele is out of range and Yankee settles back down.
Yankee throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Yankee lands a high kick!
That's one minute gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Steele.
Yankee pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Steele wants to clinch up but Yankee keeps it at a distance.
Steele fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yankee manages to avoid it.
Steele blocks a head kick by Yankee.
No joy there for Steele, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Yankee with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Yankee throws a front kick aimed at Steele's knee but Steele avoids it well.
Steele on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Yankee. Yankee obviously looking to wear him down.
Yankee fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Steele.
Steele misses with a body shot.
Good leg kick by Yankee there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Yankee cracks the inside of Steele's front leg.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Steele.
Steele is breathing heavily.
Yankee cracks the inside of Steele's front leg.
Steele looks to land a combination but Yankee avoids it well.
Steele scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steele takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Yankee wants to land a leg kick but Steele is out of range.
Steele fails with the takedown.
Jim Yankee has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Zacharia Steele.
Yankee explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Steele has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Yankee.
Yankee scores with a kick to the midsection.
Yankee lands a front kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yankee scores with a head kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Yankee.
A nice leg kick lands there from Yankee.
Yankee thumps Steele with a low kick.
A good leg kick by Yankee.
Yankee throws a quick inside leg kick.
A good leg kick by Yankee.
Crunch! Yankee slams his shin into Steele's torso.
Yankee goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Jim Yankee is winning the standup battle so far.
Yankee throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steele takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Yankee buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Yankee moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Yankee cracks the inside of Steele's front leg.
Yankee throws a leg kick which misses Steele's front leg but catches the back leg as Steele tries to avoid it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Yankee. That's going to slow Steele down.
Yankee throws a sloppy head kick and Steele moves out of range easily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Yankee.
Yankee moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Yankee lands with a kick to the temple. Steele shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Yankee is looking to slow Steele down with leg kicks.
Yankee scores with a nice body kick.
Steele has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Yankee.
Yankee is looking to slow Steele down with leg kicks.
Jim Yankee is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yankee lands with a kick to the ribs.
Yankee cracks the inside of Steele's front leg.
Yankee throws a leg kick which misses Steele's front leg but catches the back leg as Steele tries to avoid it.
Steele takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Yankee throws a head kick that Steele semi-blocks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steele avoids the head kick by Yankee.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Yankee, right into the meat.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Yankee, right into the meat.
A combination from Steele does no damage.
Yankee throws a head kick that half lands.
Steele's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Steele closes this distance looking for a takedown but Yankee circles away.
Yankee scores with a kick to the midsection.
Yankee throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Steele's head.
Yankee thumps Steele with a low kick.
Yankee with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Steele takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Steele takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Yankee, right into the meat.
Yankee lands a nice looking kick to the body. Steele takes a step back to recover.
Yankee throws a nice outside leg kick.
A head kick misses from Yankee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jim Yankee dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jim Yankee's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Yankee turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Steele throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Steele takes a kick to the side of the head.
Yankee throws a quick inside leg kick.
Yankee throws a head kick but Steele moves out of range.
Yankee throws a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Yankee connects with a solid leg kick.
Yankee throws a head kick but Steele moves out of range.
Yankee scores with a nice body kick.
Steele checks the leg kick nicely there.
Yankee looks for the body kick but Steele saw that one coming.
Yankee moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Horrible takedown by Steele or perhaps it was just good defense by Yankee which made him look bad.
An inside leg kick lands from Yankee.
Steele takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Good leg kick by Yankee there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Steele doesn't manage to clinch there - Yankee circles away.
Steele takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yankee connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Yankee cracks the inside of Steele's front leg.
Yankee throws a head kick but Steele moves out of range.
A solid body kick from Yankee.
Yankee scores with a kick to the body.
Steele tries to close the distance and clinch up but Yankee swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Steele throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Yankee pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Yankee scores with a leg kick.
Yankee scoring well with a low kick there.
Yankee lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Steele misses with a leg kick
and Yankee counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Yankee lands with a slapping head kick.
Yankee is looking to slow Steele down with leg kicks.
Steele throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Steele will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Yankee throws a nice head kick!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steele looks to score with a jab to the body but Yankee is just out of range.
Crunch! Yankee slams his shin into Steele's torso.
Yankee misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Yankee scoring well with a low kick there.
A solid body kick from Yankee.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yankee turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Yankee throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Yankee pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Yankee throws a head kick that misses.
Yankee tries a head kick but it misses.
Yankee scores with a nice body kick.
Steele takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Yankee pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A good leg kick by Yankee.
Yankee throws a leg kick but Steele moved away.
Yankee throws a quick inside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Yankee. No joy for Steele on that attempt.
A nice inside leg kick there by Yankee. That's going to slow Steele down.
Yankee tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Yankee throws and low kick but Steele moves out of range easily.
Yankee throws a sloppy head kick and Steele moves out of range easily.
Yankee feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Steele's calf.
Yankee pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Yankee dodges the punch combination from Steele.
A nice inside leg kick there by Yankee. That's going to slow Steele down.
A nice inside leg kick there by Yankee. That's going to slow Steele down.
Yankee is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Steele can do to turn this around?
A solid leg kick lands there for Yankee.
Steele shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Yankee counters with a thumping low kick.
Jim Yankee has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Zacharia Steele.
Yankee lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Yankee chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yankee fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Steele.
Yankee lands a head kick. Steele smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Yankee scores with a head kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Yankee.
A chopping leg kick lands by Yankee.
Yankee throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Yankee lands a front kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Steele takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Yankee throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Steele steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Yankee. That one must have hurt.
Steele blocks a head kick by Yankee.
Steele misses with a looping left.
Yankee buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Yankee throws a nice outside leg kick.
Yankee moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Yankee turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Yankee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jim Yankee clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Jim Yankee's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Yankee looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Yankee throws a head kick that misses.
Steele throws a leg kick but Yankee moved away.
Yankee throws a head kick but Steele moves out of range.
Yankee circles away from the clinch attempt.
Yankee throws out a leg kick but Steele moves out of range and Yankee only half commits.
Yankee throws the kick towards the body but Steele avoids it.
Steele throws a combination. Yankee tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Steele tries to land a body kick
and Yankee counters with a leg kick.
Yankee throws a head kick that half lands.
Steele avoids a kick to the body.
Yankee is looking to slow Steele down with leg kicks.
Steele avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Steele moves out of range of the body kick.
Steele looks to throw the jab but Yankee is out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as Steele checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Steele gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Yankee is pushing Steele up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yankee dodges an elbow strike from Steele.
Yankee takes an elbow to the forehead.
Yankee throws an elbow but it misses.
Yankee avoids a wild elbow strike from Steele.
Steele creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Yankee's defenses.
Steele pushes off an throws an elbow but Yankee leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Steele is leaning against Yankee and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Yankee tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Yankee lands an elbow just above Steele 's eye.
A head punch on the inside from Steele fails to land.
Yankee throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Steele tries a knee to the head but Yankee blocks it.
Steele managing to block the knees to the body from Yankee.
Steele throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the fighters up against the cage, Steele throws an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Yankee throws an elbow but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Steele drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Steele is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Yankee tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Steele swings wildly with an uppercut but Yankee uses good head movement to avoid it.
Steele throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Steele avoiding damage as Yankee throws knees to the body.
Yankee with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Yankee on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Steele blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Yankee blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Yankee avoids the elbow strike from Steele, against the cage.
Yankee breaks from the clinch.
Yankee throws a nice outside leg kick.
Steele misses with a body shot
and Yankee counters with a slapping leg kick.
Yankee fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Steele.
Yankee scores with a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yankee misses with a low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Steele. Yankee does a little dance to reset his feet.
Steele is trying hard to land a takedown here. Yankee sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Steele shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Yankee counters with a slapping leg kick.
Jim Yankee has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Zacharia Steele.
Yankee lands a high kick!
Yankee throws a nice inside leg kick.
Yankee fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Steele.
Yankee moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Yankee thumps Steele with a low kick.
Yankee moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Yankee.
Yankee looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Steele on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Yankee lands with a slapping head kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Yankee.
Yankee lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A chopping leg kick lands by Yankee.
Yankee lands a nice leg kick that just misses Steele's sensitive parts.
Yankee lands with a kick to the ribs.
Yankee lands a front kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Yankee.
Yankee looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A nice inside leg kick there by Yankee. That's going to slow Steele down.
Yankee feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Steele's calf.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Yankee.
Yankee chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Steele walks forward, straight into a front kick from Yankee.
Steele takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Yankee throws a leg kick which misses Steele's front leg but catches the back leg as Steele tries to avoid it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Yankee scores with a kick to the midsection.
Yankee lands a high kick!
Yankee lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Yankee, right into the meat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jim Yankee had his way with Zacharia Steele in that round.
The cut man is working on Jim Yankee's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Yankee connects with a high kick.
Yankee buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Yankee throws a nice outside leg kick.
Steele wants to clinch but Yankee slips to the side
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Yankee chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Yankee cracks the inside of Steele's front leg.
Yankee connects with a solid leg kick.
Yankee feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Steele's calf.
Yankee misses with a low kick.
Steele takes a kick to the side of the head.
A nice leg kick lands there from Yankee.
A head kick misses from Yankee.
A nice leg kick lands there from Yankee.
Steele throws a body punch but Yankee moves out of range.
Steele is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Yankee attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Yankee uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Steele.
Yankee plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Steele tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yankee circles away from the clinch attempt.
Yankee wants to land a leg kick but Steele is out of range.
Yankee misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Steele lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Yankee circles away quickly and effectively.
Steele misses with a body kick.
Yankee throws a head kick that misses.
Steele throws a leg kick
and Yankee counters with a good low kick that Steele was not able to check.
Steele just misses with a punch to the body.
Steele closes this distance looking for a takedown but Yankee circles away.
Steele is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Yankee rather than just go for the knockout.
Steele takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Yankee lets loose with a powerful body kick. Steele will feel that in the morning.
Yankee lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Steele fails with a takedown attempt.
Yankee throws a leg kick that misses.
Yankee with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Yankee throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steele avoids the head kick by Yankee.
Steele throws a series of punches but Yankee avoids them all with ease.
Steele misses with a low kick.
A clash of legs there as Steele blocks the low kick.
Steele tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Zacharia Steele has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
An inside leg kick from Yankee misses.
Yankee fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Steele checks it well.
Steele misses with a shot to the body
and Yankee finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Steele takes a kick to the side of the head.
Yankee throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Nice body kick from Yankee.
Steele throws a hook to the side of Yankee's head but Yankee sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A solid leg kick lands there for Yankee.
An inside leg kick lands from Yankee.
Yankee is looking to slow Steele down with leg kicks.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yankee throws a head kick that Steele semi-blocks.
Steele on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steele on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Yankee feints and then cracks Steele's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Steele down.
Nice body kick there by Yankee.
Yankee lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
An inside leg kick lands from Steele.
Yankee buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A head kick misses from Yankee.
Yankee scoring well with a low kick there.
Yankee lands a high kick!
Yankee throws a sloppy head kick and Steele moves out of range easily.
Yankee lands with a thumping leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Yankee.
Yankee feints and then cracks Steele's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Steele down.
A head kick by Yankee misses
and Steele counters by clinching up.
Steele lands a nice elbow.
Steele tries a knee to the head but Yankee blocks it.
Yankee landing knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Steele misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yankee lands an elbow inside that Steele shrugs off.
Yankee crunches a lovely knee into Steele's ribcage.
Yankee blocks the elbow strike.
Steele misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yankee misses with a knee to the head.
Yankee on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Steele on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Yankee blocks an elbow strike.
Yankee blocks the elbow strike.
Steele throws a head punch that misses.
Yankee comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Steele lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Yankee backwards.
Yankee creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Steele's defenses.
Steele tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Yankee avoids it.
Yankee comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
With the fighters up against the cage, Steele throws an elbow but misses.
Steele pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Yankee'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.
Steele has a couple of punches blocked by Yankee.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jim Yankee showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Yankee 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 50:43
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 50:42
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 50:43
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jim Yankee!
Jim Yankee retains his welterweight title!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Marge Power (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tim Terror (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marge Power 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 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marge Power!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tim Terror!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Paulo Santos and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Power tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Power tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Power throws a head kick that misses.
A head kick from Power lands but Terror takes it in his stride.
It looks like Tim Terror has been cut.
Terror throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Power lands with a thumping leg kick.
Power tries to bum rush Terror with a series of wild strikes but Terror uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Terror avoids a punch combination nicely.
Power lands a jab.
Power gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Terror drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Power manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Terror has Power in his guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Terror is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Power trying to control but Terror is working from the bottom.
Power preventing the sweep.
Power slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Power tries to free his leg and advance position but Terror is retaining full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Power wants to control from the top but Terror keeps moving.
Terror had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Power defends it easily.
Terror looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Power passes into side control.
A lull in the action here.
Power wants to control but Terror is keeping him busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Power in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Power scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Terror to see if he's OK.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Terror is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Terror looking for submissions off his back.
Terror wants to control but Power is keeping busy.
Power keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Terror actively working from the bottom here.
Terror moves into full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marge Power dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tim Terror's cut.
That's time! Power's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Power throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Terror's head.
Power lands a nice leg kick that just misses Terror's sensitive parts.
Terror gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Terror steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Power.
Power tries to land a front kick but Terror steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Power throws a body kick that misses.
Marge Power is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Terror moves in looking to clinch but Power pushes him off.
Terror clinches.
Power lands a body punch.
Power has Terror pressed against the cage, preventing Terror from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Terror is trying to maintain a safe position but Power gets an underhook and turns Terror into the cage.
Terror stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Power lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Power cracks Terror with a nice body shot.
Power lands a body shot in the clinch.
Terror has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Power avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Power digs a right hand underneath Terror's ribcage. Terror let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A frustrated look appears on Terror's face as he tries to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Terror blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Power stops a takedown attempt from Terror.
Terror stalling in the clinch but Power improves position.
Power lands a body punch.
Terror is breathing heavily.
Power throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Power working aggressively here.
A short uppercut from Power.
A short right from Power on the inside.
Power lands with a short shot to the head.
Terror trying to stall but Power improves his position.
Power lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Power tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Power lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Power's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Power lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Power.
Marge Power is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Terror moves out of range as Power throws a body kick.
Power misses with a head kick.
Power scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Power lands a jab to the nose.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Power lands with a kick to the ribs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Power throws a wild body kick that Terror sees coming a mile off.
Terror tries to clinch up.
Power connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Marge Power seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Power throws a head kick but Terror moves out of range.
Terror avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Power is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Power ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Power lands a head kick. Terror smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Power lands a head kick!
Terror thows a body shot but no joy.
Terror moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
That has opened up Tim Terror's cut even more.
Power throws a series of punches but Terror avoids them all with ease.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Power, right into the meat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Terror on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Terror avoids the head kick by Power.
Power dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Terror. That did some damage!
Power throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
A left lands for Power.
Power scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
A decent looking body kick lands there for Power.
Terror looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Terror tries to move into range but Power moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A big right from Power misses.
Terror closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Power did well to prevent Terror getting side control.
Power gets back to full guard.
Power bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Terror's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Power passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Power taking a breather here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Power creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Terror sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Terror is trying to control Power's posture but Power avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marge Power dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tim Terror's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Terror is trying hard to land a takedown here. Power sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Power looks to land a body kick but Terror moved away.
Terror shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Terror is trying to control. Power wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Power controlling the position well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Power manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Power looking to hit a scissor sweep but Terror is one step ahead there.
Terror drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Power manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Terror has Power in his guard.
Terror working a defensive guard but Power manages to pass into side control anyway.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Power trying to control the action but Terror is working from the bottom.
Terror is looking to regain half guard here but Power keeps moving and retains side control.
Power is looking to take a break and control but Terror is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Terror's face as Power controls the position.
Terror wants to control but Power postures up.
Terror is looking to regain half guard here but Power keeps moving and retains side control.
Terror is being controlled here.
Power misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Power tries a head kick but it misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Terror looks for a takedown but Power sprawls well.
Power scores with a kick to the body.
Power tries to clinch up
and Terror counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Power thinking.
Power throws a sloppy head kick and Terror moves out of range easily.
Power throws a lazy head kick
and Terror counters with a shoot takedown. Power fights it but they end up in guard.
Terror wants to control from the top but Power keeps moving.
Terror must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Terror tries to free his leg and advance position but Power is retaining full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tim Terror really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tim Terror's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Terror scores a takedown into full mount!
Terror swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Power is now in Terror's guard. A big mistake from Terror there, giving up the dominant position!
Power postures up.
Power controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Terror is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Power defends well.
Terror is looking for a triangle here but Power uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Terror is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Power content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Terror is trying to control Power's posture but Power avoids it.
Power trying to control the action but Terror is working from the bottom.
Terror tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Power wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Terror is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Power decides to stand back up. Power steps back and let's Terror get back to his feet.
Power moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Power throws a head kick that Terror semi-blocks.
Terror takes one to the side of the head.
Power throws a hook but Terror blocks it.
Marge Power is winning the standup battle so far.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Power, right into the meat.
Terror shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Terror trying to control but Power is working from the bottom.
Power will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Terror drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Power dives on top into guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Terror isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Power stacks Terror on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Power!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Power content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Terror tries to bench press Power off him but Power keeps the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marge Power had his way with Tim Terror in that round.
The cut man is working on Tim Terror's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Terror blocks a head kick by Power.
Power throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Terror avoids the head kick by Power.
Terror scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Power makes his way to full guard, as Terror worked for a kimura.
Terror being controlled here momentarily.
Terror stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Power swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Terror looking to sit in guard and control but Power gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Power throwing strikes but missing.
Power wants to control from the top but Terror keeps moving.
Terror looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Terror working for submissions but it's allowed Power to get to half guard.
Terror is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Power passes the guard and advances to mount!
BOOM! Power connects with a massive shot to the dome!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Power lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Power in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Terror tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Tim Terror has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Power looking to control and managing it successfully.
Terror bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Marge Power is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Power is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marge Power showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Power 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 49:46
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 49:46
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marge Power!
Marge Power retains his bantamweight title!
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