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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Clark Kent (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and El Chavo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kent comes to the cage accompanied by Very Sad Piano Music.... Lonely Raindrops by Domokos Elod .. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
26 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Clark Kent!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, El Chavo!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Paulo Santos and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kent throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Chavo.
Kent is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Kent tries to improve position but can't.
Chavo creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Chavo working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
You can see the frustration on Kent's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Kent tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Chavo wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chavo is chipping away with strikes.
Kent is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Kent on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Chavo lands a decent elbow from side control.
Chavo trying to control the action but Kent is working from the bottom.
Chavo working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kent is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Chavo in side control lands a decent elbow.
Kent has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Chavo scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Kent to see if he's OK.
Kent pushes Chavo away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Chavo gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Chavo scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Kent to see if he's OK.
A lull in the action here.
Kent tries to buck Chavo off but Chavo is having none of it.
Chavo scores with punches from side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chavo lands a few punches from side control.
Kent is rocked!
Chavo lands a strong strike to the head of Kent. That's dazed him! Chavo looking to finish here. Kent is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Chavo lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). El Chavo!
An out of breath El Chavo thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
Clark Kent spoke after the fight, saying 'Lose, I don't Lose.....Die Bastards!!!!!!!!!'.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tor Pellinore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Samuel Hard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pellinore comes to the cage accompanied by Alpha King. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tor Pellinore!
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, Samuel Hard!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Matheus Silva and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pellinore misses with a kick to the body.
Hard throws a sloppy head kick and Pellinore moves out of range easily.
Hard rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pellinore moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hard is looking to clinch.
Pellinore with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Hard tries to clinch but Pellinore moves out of range.
Good shot there by Pellinore.
Pellinore thuds a left hand into Hard's body.
Pellinore lands a big head kick that sends Hard tumbling to the mat! Pellinore takes a step backwards and waves Hard back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Hard is rocked!
It looks like Samuel Hard has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pellinore fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hard has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Hard is still on wobbly legs! Can Pellinore finish him?
Pellinore looks for a takedown but Hard sprawls well.
Pellinore throws a body punch but Hard moves out of range.
Hard seems to have recovered his senses.
Pellinore chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Pellinore throws a sloppy head kick
and Hard moves into the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Hard trying to land knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pellinore managing to block the knees to the body from Hard.
Pellinore with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pellinore.
Pellinore managing to block the knees to the body from Hard.
Pellinore gets through Hard's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Come on Pellinore - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Pellinore looking to stall.
Pellinore lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hard has Pellinore pressed against the cage.
Pellinore misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pellinore misses with the head strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hard misses with an elbow strike.
Pellinore tries to land a knee to the head but Hard blocks with his arms.
Hard wants to stall.
Hard throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pellinore blocks it with crossed arms.
Hard's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Pellinore with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hard lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
It looks like Tor Pellinore has been cut.
Pellinore takes an elbow to the forehead.
Pellinore taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Hard looking to slow down the pace here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hard lands a nice knee to the body.
Pellinore tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pellinore creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hard's defenses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pellinore.
Hard blocks an elbow strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hard tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hard has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. So far he's outscoring his opponent in the clinch so it seems to have been worthwhile.
Pellinore with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pellinore stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Pellinore is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
The referee calls for Hard to work.
Hard blocks an elbow strike.
Nice elbow from Hard.
Pellinore just leaning against Hard, taking a breather.
Pellinore is trying to stall.
Hard trying to land knees to the body.
Hard is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pellinore is defending well for now.
Pellinore tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hard's elbow.
Pellinore avoiding damage as Hard throws knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hard managing to block the knees to the body from Pellinore.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Hard on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hard is looking to control Pellinore's arms but Pellinore gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hard has his back to the cage.
Pellinore blocks an elbow strike.
Pellinore slowing the pace effectively.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Hard is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
Hard landing knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hard unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hard throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pellinore blocks it with crossed arms.
Hard controlling the action here for a moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pellinore takes a knee to the side of the body.
Pellinore is breathing heavily.
Hard landing knees to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tor Pellinore dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Pellinore's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Pellinore clinches.
Tor Pellinore's cut is getting worse.
Hard throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pellinore blocks it with crossed arms.
Samuel Hard seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Hard tries to land knees in the clinch but Pellinore avoids the damage to the body.
Hard managing to block the knees to the body from Pellinore.
Hard using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pellinore has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hard missing with knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Pellinore throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Pellinore lands a body shot in the clinch.
Pellinore softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Hard tries to land knees in the clinch but Pellinore avoids the damage to the body.
Hard connects with a knee to the head.
Hard tries a knee to the head but Pellinore blocks it.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Hard tries to land knees in the clinch but Pellinore avoids the damage to the body.
Pellinore missing with knees to the body.
Hard missing with knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hard landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Pellinore lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hard or not.
Pellinore lands an elbow inside that Hard shrugs off.
Pellinore on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hard stalling against the cage.
Pellinore is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Pellinore scores with a shot to the side of Hard's head.
Pellinore avoids the elbow strike from Hard, against the cage.
Hard lands a knee to the head.
Pellinore dodges an elbow strike from Hard.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Pellinore lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hard backwards.
Pellinore managing to block the knees to the body from Hard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hard tries to land knees in the clinch but Pellinore avoids the damage to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Pellinore is looking to control Hard's arms but Hard gets an underhook and turns him. Now Pellinore has his back to the cage.
Hard landing knees to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pellinore.
Hard tries to land knees in the clinch but Pellinore avoids the damage to the body.
Hard with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hard misses with a knee strike.
Hard wants to stall.
Hard using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pellinore misses with some punches.
Pellinore looking to slow down the pace here.
Pellinore softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Knees to the body from Hard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pellinore managing to block the knees to the body from Hard.
Pellinore gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Pellinore blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hard trying to control the position but instead, Pellinore has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hard into the cage.
Hard lands a good knee to the midsection. Pellinore won't want to take too many of those.
Pellinore tries to land a knee to the head but Hard blocks with his arms.
Pellinore trying to stall but Hard improves his position.
A short uppercut from Pellinore.
Hard misses with a knee to the head.
Pellinore trying to control the position but instead, Hard has worked for underhooks and has pushed Pellinore into the cage.
Pellinore gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hard scores a nice knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pellinore throws a punch but it's blocked by Hard.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pellinore.
Pellinore lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hard backwards.
Pellinore with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hard tries a knee to the head but Pellinore blocks it.
Hard's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Pellinore misses with a punch on the inside.
Pellinore blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pellinore using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hard has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pellinore being controlled against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hard lands a damaging elbow.
Hard landing knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Samuel Hard showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Hard tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pellinore goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hard looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hard scores with a head kick. Pellinore tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Tor Pellinore's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Hard tries to clinch but Pellinore moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Pellinore.
Hard defending well as Pellinore loads up on a big left hand.
Hard tries to close the distance and clinch but Pellinore swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hard throws a head kick but Pellinore moves out of range.
Hard uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pellinore.
Tor Pellinore seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pellinore moves out of range of the strikes.
Hard clinches up with Pellinore and pushes him back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hard tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Hard takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Pellinore lands a hook that snaps the head of Hard backwards.
Hard stalling in the clinch but Pellinore improves position.
Pellinore lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hard landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hard unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pellinore lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hard misses with an elbow over the top.
Hard lands an elbow just above Pellinore 's eye.
Hard missing with knees to the body.
Hard misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pellinore.
Hard tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hard throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Pellinore looking to stall.
Hard misses with an elbow over the top.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hard throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pellinore is trying to stall.
Pellinore swings wildly with an uppercut but Hard uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pellinore creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hard blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hard looking to slow down the pace here.
Knees in the clinch landing for Pellinore.
Pellinore is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hard is keeping busy.
Pellinore avoiding damage as Hard throws knees to the body.
Hard creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hard tries to land knees in the clinch but Pellinore avoids the damage to the body.
Pellinore avoids a wild elbow strike from Hard.
Hard scores with a knee to the head.
Jeez, Tor Pellinore's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Pellinore obliges.
Pellinore is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Pellinore avoids the elbow strike from Hard, against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Pellinore blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pellinore leaning his opponent against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hard throws an elbow but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hard using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pellinore has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pellinore lands a left hand.
Hard throws an elbow but it misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Pellinore stalling the fight.
Pellinore seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pellinore.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice elbow from Hard.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Tor Pellinore's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:49 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Samuel Hard!
A victorious Samuel Hard thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Walter Alexander Zelaya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodrigo Almeida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Almeida is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Rock You Like a Hurricane. Walter Alexander Zelaya could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Rodrigo Almeida's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Walter Alexander Zelaya!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rodrigo Almeida!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Leandro Rodrigues and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zelaya thuds a left hand into Almeida's body.
Zelaya lands with a good body shot.
Zelaya misses the shot to the body.
Almeida shoots in looking for a takedown. Zelaya tries to sprawl out of it but Almeida keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Zelaya manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Zelaya throws out a powerful jab.
Almeida has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
A swing and a miss from Zelaya.
Zelaya cracks Almeida with a right hand to the side of the head.
Zelaya lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Zelaya throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Almeida sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Almeida fails to land the takedown.
Zelaya connects with a solid leg kick.
Almeida looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Zelaya is fending him off so far but Almeida persists. Nope, Zelaya circles away and we're back to standing.
Walter Alexander Zelaya has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rodrigo Almeida.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zelaya misses with a head kick.
Almeida defending well as Zelaya loads up on a big left hand.
Zelaya waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Almeida.
Zelaya looks to land a combination but Almeida avoids it well.
Zelaya lands a glancing blow to the side of Almeida's head.
Almeida ducks under a wild hook from Zelaya.
Zelaya shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Almeida pinned against the cage. Almeida gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Almeida uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Zelaya.
Zelaya misses the shot to the body.
Zelaya scores with a jab to the jaw.
Zelaya tries to land a front kick but Almeida steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almeida stalks Zelaya and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Zelaya's face. Zelaya staggers backwards, shaken.
Zelaya lands a lovely overhand right.
Nice defenses there by Almeida.
Zelaya scores with a jab to the head.
Almeida shoots in looking for a takedown but Zelaya manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Almeida's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Zelaya. Almeida does a little dance to reset his feet.
Zelaya looks to land a right hand but Almeida moved out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A swing and a miss from Zelaya.
Zelaya closes this distance looking for a takedown but Almeida circles away.
Zelaya looks to score with a jab to the body but Almeida is just out of range.
Almeida is trying desperately to land a takedown but Zelaya is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Almeida.
Almeida has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Zelaya finds it's way round the side to connect with Almeida's head.
Zelaya ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Almeida moves away.
Almeida fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zelaya lands a nice looking kick to the body. Almeida takes a step back to recover.
Walter Alexander Zelaya seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zelaya throws a poor cross that misses
and Almeida counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Zelaya trying to control the position here.
Zelaya looking to control.
Almeida connects with a couple of short punches.
Almeida with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Almeida's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Almeida throwing strikes from guard but Zelaya blocks nicely.
Almeida passes Zelaya's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Almeida not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Zelaya wants to improve his position but Almeida is controlling well.
Zelaya trying to control here.
Zelaya avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Almeida.
Almeida prevents Zelaya from improving his position.
Almeida is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Zelaya tries to roll over but Almeida keeps him under control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Almeida wants to control but Zelaya is keeping him busy.
Zelaya trying to control here.
Nice strikes from Almeida there.
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 Walter Alexander Zelaya will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Zelaya misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Zelaya lands a head shot.
Zelaya is looking to score with low kicks.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Almeida fails with a takedown attempt.
Walter Alexander Zelaya is winning the standup battle so far.
Zelaya throws a sloppy head kick and Almeida moves out of range easily.
Almeida on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Almeida blocks the body kick.
Zelaya lands a glancing blow to the side of Almeida's head.
Zelaya swings for the body but Almeida moves out of range.
Almeida uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Zelaya.
Almeida closes this distance looking for a takedown but Zelaya circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Almeida checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Zelaya fails with a takedown attempt.
Zelaya throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Almeida ducks under a wild hook from Zelaya.
Zelaya looks to land a right hand but Almeida moved out of range.
Zelaya tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Zelaya lands a slapping body shot.
Almeida avoids the body shot from Zelaya.
A head kick misses from Zelaya.
Zelaya lands with a thumping leg kick.
Almeida ducks under a wild hook from Zelaya.
Zelaya scores with a shot to the body.
Zelaya has been working on his balance at Soco na măe - Stand Up Striking, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Almeida.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zelaya misses with an attempted mid kick.
Zelaya tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Almeida is able to avoid easily.
Almeida displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Zelaya throws out the jab.
An inside leg kick from Zelaya misses.
Zelaya scores with a kick to the body.
Zelaya plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Almeida gets the takedown into side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Almeida looks up at the clock and then as Zelaya takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Almeida smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Zelaya dodges the ground and pound from Almeida.
Zelaya taking a bit of punishment here - Almeida scoring with strikes.
Zelaya regains half guard.
Zelaya has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Almeida is working away from the top position though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almeida winds up and cracks Zelaya with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Zelaya tries to roll over but Almeida keeps him under control.
Zelaya trying to control from the bottom.
Zelaya keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Almeida prevents Zelaya from improving his position.
Zelaya is trying to control but can't.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Almeida 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.
Zelaya keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Almeida lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Zelaya keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Almeida wants to pass the guard but Zelaya is defending well.
Almeida throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Zelaya is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Almeida thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Almeida thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Zelaya's head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Zelaya is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Almeida jumps into side control!
Almeida scores with a couple of short elbows.
Zelaya wants to get back to his feet but Almeida drags him back down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Walter Alexander Zelaya will probably get the nod.
That's time! Zelaya's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!
Zelaya scores with a jab to the jaw.
Zelaya digs a good hook to Almeida's body.
Zelaya misses with an uppercut.
A combination from Zelaya does no damage.
Decent striking displayed by Zelaya there.
Zelaya swings for the body but Almeida moves out of range.
Almeida has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Zelaya.
Almeida avoids a kick to the body.
Zelaya misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Almeida.
Zelaya scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Zelaya misses with a body kick.
Zelaya throws a jab when Almeida was well out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Zelaya.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zelaya swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Almeida blocks the body kick.
Zelaya misses with an uppercut.
Zelaya defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Almeida.
Zelaya tries a head kick but it misses.
Almeida checks a low kick from Zelaya.
Zelaya rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Almeida moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Almeida shoots in but Zelaya avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Almeida walks into a stiff left hand from Zelaya.
Almeida displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Zelaya throws out the jab.
Zelaya scores with a kick to the midsection.
Walter Alexander Zelaya is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zelaya goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Almeida checks a leg kick.
Almeida on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Almeida fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Walter Alexander Zelaya has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rodrigo Almeida.
Zelaya tried to score with a low kick but Almeida checks it.
Zelaya throws a head kick but Almeida moves out of range.
Zelaya misses with a straight right.
A solid body kick from Zelaya.
Zelaya throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Zelaya goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Zelaya. Almeida does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almeida keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Almeida goes for a double leg but Zelaya avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Zelaya continues to drive forward.
Almeida pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Almeida takes a kick to the side of the head.
Zelaya looks to throw the jab but Almeida is out of range.
Zelaya lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Zelaya tried to score with a low kick but Almeida checks it.
Almeida slips a straight right by Zelaya.
Zelaya fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Good exchange - Zelaya coming out on top.
Zelaya throws a chopping leg kick but Almeida manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Rodrigo Almeida has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Zelaya.
Almeida looks for a takedown but Zelaya sprawls well.
Almeida shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Zelaya defends it nicely.
A chopping leg kick lands by Zelaya.
Almeida takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Zelaya connects with a body shot that sends Almeida's belly button to the back.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Almeida throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Zelaya throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Zelaya throws a body kick that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Walter Alexander Zelaya showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Zelaya, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 29:28
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:27
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Walter Alexander Zelaya!
During a confident post fight interview, Walter Alexander Zelaya thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paulo Carioca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tiago Jorge (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jorge comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Tropa de Elite kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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212 lbs
23 - 11 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paulo Carioca!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tiago Jorge!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Alexandre Firmino and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carioca instigates a clinch.
Carioca trying to land knees to the body.
Carioca taking a breather.
Jorge drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Carioca gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Jorge can't get the takedown.
Jorge jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Carioca walks away with a smile on his face. Jorge gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Paulo Carioca has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tiago Jorge.
Jorge fails with an attempt to clinch.
Carioca takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Carioca fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Jorge, pushing him back against the cage.
Jorge can't get the takedown.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Jorge has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Carioca scores with a shoulder strike.
Carioca creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jorge's defenses.
Carioca gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Jorge.
Carioca tries a knee to the head but Jorge blocks it.
Jorge misses with a body punch.
Carioca tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jorge avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carioca lands a damaging elbow.
Carioca is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Carioca stops a takedown attempt from Jorge.
Jorge wants the takedown. Carioca is fighting it off but Jorge persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Carioca's guard against the cage.
Jorge is looking to work some ground and pound but Carioca has wrist control.
Jorge stopping the sweep attempt from Carioca.
Jorge is looking to work some ground and pound but Carioca has wrist control.
Jorge loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Jorge trying to control but Carioca is working from the bottom.
Jorge thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Carioca holds on and takes a little breather.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jorge won't allow Carioca to sweep him here.
Jorge stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Carioca swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jorge stands up over Carioca, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Carioca has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Jorge is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Carioca unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jorge lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Carioca lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Jorge wants a takedown but no success here.
Carioca using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jorge looks winded!
Carioca using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jorge has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Carioca is looking to control Jorge's arms but Jorge gets an underhook and turns him. Now Carioca has his back to the cage.
Carioca utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Jorge managing to block the knees to the body from Carioca.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jorge has Carioca pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Carioca manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Carioca landing knees to the body.
Carioca is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Jorge misses with a punch to the body.
Carioca is trying to maintain a safe position but Jorge gets an underhook and turns Carioca into the cage.
Jorge lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Carioca tries to roll over but Jorge keeps him under control.
Jorge prevents Carioca from standing back up.
Carioca keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Carioca is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Carioca is refusing to be controlled, as Jorge sits in half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carioca is trying to maintain the position but Jorge is very close to passing his half guard.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Some wild striking there from Jorge.
Jorge shoots in for a double leg but Carioca sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Jorge tries to score a power double leg takedown but Carioca sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Jorge somewhat.
Jorge has a takedown stuffed.
Jorge tries to clinch there but Carioca circles away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jorge doesn't manage to clinch there - Carioca circles away.
Paulo Carioca is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Carioca lands with a thumping leg kick.
Carioca takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paulo Carioca dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Jorge shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Carioca napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Carioca is trying to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jorge thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Tiago Jorge has got the better of the ground game so far.
Carioca is looking to regain half guard here but Jorge keeps moving and retains side control.
Jorge in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Jorge tries to score with some ground and pound. Carioca controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
The ground and pound from Jorge seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Carioca is trying to get back to half guard.
Carioca can't do much from the bottom here.
Carioca is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Jorge off and has taken his back!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Even with his hooks in, Carioca manages to miss with strikes from the back.
Jorge trying to control the position but Carioca manages to sink in the hooks.
Jorge covering up well under a series of strikes from Carioca.
Will Carioca go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carioca misses with punches from the back.
Carioca not allowing Jorge to control his hands.
You can see the frustration on Jorge's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Carioca lands strikes to the head.
Jorge looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Jorge tries to escape but Carioca has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carioca controls the position.
Jorge has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Carioca.
Jorge trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Carioca keeps control of the position as Jorge tries to break free.
Jorge breaks Carioca's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Jorge is standing up over Carioca. Carioca looks to escape but Jorge dives into side control.
Carioca takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Carioca tries to escape but Jorge is in control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jorge takes a little break here. Carioca wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Carioca tries to bench press Jorge off him but Jorge keeps the position.
The strikes coming from Jorge are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Carioca is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jorge scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Carioca to see if he's OK.
Carioca is looking to regain half guard here but Jorge keeps moving and retains side control.
Jorge tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Carioca is trying to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tiago Jorge showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Jorge closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Carioca did well to prevent Jorge getting side control.
Carioca gets back to full guard.
Jorge in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Carioca 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.
Carioca bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Jorge's guard.
Carioca tries to stand but Jorge is controlling from the bottom.
Jorge looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jorge controls Carioca momentarily but Carioca frees himself.
Carioca trying to stand up but can't free himself from Jorge's guard.
Jorge working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Carioca.
Jorge controls Carioca momentarily but Carioca frees himself.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Carioca preventing the sweep.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Carioca lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
The fighters circling - Carioca throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Carioca has closed the distance and engaged Jorge in a clinch.
Jorge blocking some punches.
Carioca throws a knee to the head but misses.
Carioca misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jorge.
Carioca with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jorge tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Carioca's elbow.
Jorge is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Carioca to keep the fight standing.
Paulo Carioca has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Jorge drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jorge is trying to drag Carioca to the mat but Carioca just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Paulo Carioca has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tiago Jorge.
Carioca is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carioca landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Jorge is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Carioca pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Jorge takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Carioca crunches a lovely knee into Jorge's ribcage.
Our sources have told us that Carioca has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
A nice right hand lands inside from Carioca.
Jorge drops down looking for an ankle pick but Carioca pulls his leg out and moves away.
Jorge tries to clinch up but Carioca circles away and keeps his distance.
Carioca pushes Jorge up against the cage in a clinch.
Carioca lands a good knee to the midsection. Jorge won't want to take too many of those.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jorge takes a knee to the side of the body.
Carioca tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jorge on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Carioca.
Jorge jumps guard and drags Carioca to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carioca wants to stand but Jorge is controlling his posture from full guard.
Carioca controlling from the top position.
Jorge has control of Carioca's left arm, preventing Carioca from doing any damage.
Carioca has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Carioca trying to control the position from guard on top but Jorge is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that's the end of the fight!
Paulo Carioca showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Carioca has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 29:28
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paulo Carioca!
Paulo Carioca decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Izaac Kari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julio Sobral (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kari comes to the cage accompanied by Creed - what if (live) . Julio Sobral has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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150 lbs
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168 lbs
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World class boxer
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Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
21 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Izaac Kari!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Julio Sobral!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Daniel Cesar and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kari instigates a clinch.
Kari swings wildly with an uppercut but Sobral uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sobral blocks an uppercut.
Kari misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sobral tries a body shot but Kari blocks it.
Sobral is trying to maintain a safe position but Kari gets an underhook and turns Sobral into the cage.
Sobral swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sobral lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Kari.
Sobral misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kari lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sobral backwards.
Kari struggles to land a body shot inside as Sobral controls his hands.
Sobral lands with a left to the head.
Kari throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sobrals head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kari misses with a punch to the body.
Sobral wants to stall.
Kari struggles to land a body shot inside as Sobral controls his hands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Kari.
Sobral misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sobral misses with some punches.
Kari misses with a short punch on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Kari.
Kari misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sobral swings wildly with an uppercut but Kari uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sobral gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Kari preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Sobral stops Kari from getting back to his feet.
Kari is staying active underneath Sobral, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Kari controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Sobral throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kari is looking to control Sobral's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Kari avoid being mounted?
Sobral has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Kari is not content to let Sobral control the position.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Crunch! Kari slams his shin into Sobral's torso.
Kari lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Sobral backs up against the cage.
Sobral just misses with a punch to the body.
Kari feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Sobral's calf.
Kari pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kari. That's going to slow Sobral down.
Kari missing with a left hand there. Sobral was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sobral keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kari tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Sobral manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kari instigates a clinch.
Sobral tries for a takedown. No joy.
Kari scores with a shoulder strike.
Kari doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A short right from Kari.
Kari fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sobral breaks from the clinch.
Sobral moves out of range as Kari strikes.
Sobral throws a shot from downtown. Kari moves away and avoids it.
Kari thows a body kick. Sobral tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Kari throws a quick inside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sobral ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kari is looking to land body kicks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kari throws a predictable looking body shot
and Sobral counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Kari trying to control here.
Kari gets full guard.
Kari is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Sobral trying to control but Kari is working from the bottom.
Kari tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sobral landing some decent shots from guard.
Sobral lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Izaac Kari dominated that 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.
Sobral shoots for a takedown but Kari saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Kari misses with a kick to the body.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Kari here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kari, right into the meat.
Sobral on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Sobral walks into a stiff left hand from Kari.
Kari uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sobral.
Kari dodges the punch combination from Sobral.
Kari misses with a kick to the body.
A big left from Kari misses.
Sobral tries to keep at a distance but Kari has taken the fight into the clinch.
Sobral misses with a body punch.
Sobral blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sobral is trying to trip Kari. He has hold of a leg but Kari is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Sobral persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Kari trying to control the position.
Sobral looking to pass the guard.
Kari trying to control the position.
Sobral is looking to work some ground and pound but Kari has wrist control.
Sobral postures up.
Julio Sobral has got the better of the ground game so far.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Izaac Kari has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Kari is looking to slow Sobral down with leg kicks.
Kari explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Sobral throws a series of punches but Kari avoids them all with ease.
Nice shot by Kari.
Nice defenses there by Kari.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kari tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sobral paws at him with a jab and circles away.
We've been told by Kari's head coaches at Red Battle that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Kari lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kari fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Sobral shoots for a takedown but Kari saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Kari lands a head shot.
Kari lands with a slapping head kick.
Sobral takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kari throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kari is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sobral thows a body shot but no joy.
Izaac Kari is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sloppy strikes from Kari. Those never looked like landing.
Kari scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Kari moves into the clinch successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kari misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kari lands with a light punch inside.
Kari swings wildly with an uppercut but Sobral uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kari lands a nice uppercut.
Sobral is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Sobral blocking some punches.
Kari throws a punch but it's blocked by Sobral.
A short right from Kari on the inside.
Kari tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sobral.
Izaac Kari has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kari scores with a shot to the side of Sobral's head.
Sobral is rocked!
Kari lands with a right to the head.
Sobral is still on wobbly legs! Can Kari finish him?
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Kari swings wildly with an uppercut but Sobral uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Kari.
Kari misses with the head strike.
Kari swings wildly with an uppercut but Sobral uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kari.
Kari misses with some punches.
Sobral misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kari misses with the head strike.
Sobral tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sobral blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sobral.
Sobral blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kari throws a head punch that misses.
Kari has a couple of punches blocked by Sobral.
A head punch on the inside from Kari fails to land.
Kari keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sobral's efforts to push away.
Sobral drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Kari gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Izaac Kari has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Julio Sobral.
Sobral blocking some punches.
Sobral seems to have recovered his senses.
A head punch on the inside from Kari fails to land.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A short left from Kari.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kari.
Kari misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kari throws a punch but it's blocked by Sobral.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Izaac Kari dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Sobral paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Izaac Kari is winning the standup battle so far.
Sobral takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Sobral takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
A shot to the liver by Kari. Beautiful body shot.
Kari fakes the leg kick and cracks Sobral in the body.
Kari defending well as Sobral loads up on a big left hand.
Sobral tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sobral misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kari.
Kari connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Kari connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Sobral misses the jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sobral avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kari pushes Sobral away with a front kick.
Izaac Kari seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kari keeps Sobral at a distance using the push kick.
Sobral takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kari lands a nice shot that snaps Sobral's head back.
Sobral walks into a jab.
Kari throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Kari connects with a body shot.
Kari tries to clinch up but Sobral circles away and keeps his distance.
Sobral's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Kari connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Sobral scrambles back to his feet.
Sobral throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kari gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kari.
Kari creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Sobral's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Sobral drops to his knees and Kari pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Izaac Kari!
A victorious Izaac Kari thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ziggy Cliff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Roth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cliff comes to the cage accompanied by JAMROCK. Roth has chosen Shawn Michaels - Sexy Boy as his entrance music. 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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176 lbs
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183 lbs
23 - 10 - 2 |
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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
19 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ziggy Cliff!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 10 - 2, fighting out of New York, Daniel Roth!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Alexandre Firmino and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roth thows a body shot but no joy.
Roth fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Cliff to the ground. Roth is now in Cliff's guard.
Roth postures up in Cliff's guard and throws a big left but Cliff blocks it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cliff keeping moving, preventing Roth from controlling successfully.
Roth preventing the sweep.
Cliff working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Roth.
Cliff manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Cliff can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Roth is looking to escape.
Roth is trying desperately to improve position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cliff controlling his opponent.
Cliff prevents Roth from getting the reversal.
Roth looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Roth keeps trying to improve his position.
Cliff avoids the attempt from Roth to control.
Cliff lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Cliff dominating with strikes here.
Roth wants to control but Cliff is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cliff connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Roth keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Roth takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Roth tries to lock up and control but Cliff gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Roth is in all sorts of trouble here.
Cliff controlling from the full mount.
Roth is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Roth is squirming around, avoiding Cliff's attempts to control the action.
Roth tries to reverse the position but Cliff maintains control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roth slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Cliff throws a strike but Roth avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Roth working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Cliff doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Cliff manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Roth has his foot on Cliff's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Cliff works his way back into a safe position though.
Roth keeping moving, preventing Cliff from controlling successfully.
Cliff throwing strikes from guard but Roth blocks nicely.
Roth is trying to keep Cliff in close.
Roth looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roth is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Roth is trying to keep Cliff in close.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Roth is on top in guard.
Cliff is adopting a defensive guard.
Roth looking to sit in guard and control but Cliff gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cliff content to stall in guard here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Daniel Roth will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Cliff is looking to slow Roth down with leg kicks.
Nice uppercut lands for Roth. That snapped Cliff's head back.
Cliff scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cliff looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cliff throws a big shot that misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cliff looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Roth moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Cliff throws a leg kick that misses.
Roth fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cliff manages to avoid it.
Roth scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Cliff is trying to control Roth's posture but Roth avoids it.
Cliff is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Roth throws a strike aimed at the side of Cliff's head but Cliff avoids it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cliff takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Roth working the ground and pound.
Roth fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Cliff can't do much from the bottom here.
Roth in side control lands a decent elbow.
Roth trying to control the action but Cliff is working from the bottom.
The ground and pound from Roth seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Daniel Roth has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cliff is looking to reverse the position.
Roth throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Cliff struggling a bit here.
Cliff tries to buck Roth off but Roth is having none of it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Roth misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
The ground and pound from Roth seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Cliff struggling a bit here.
Roth sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Cliff is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Cliff tries to bench press Roth off him but Roth keeps the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cliff parries the strikes from Roth easily there. Roth is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Cliff to escape.
Roth has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Roth working the head with strikes.
Cliff manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Roth is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Cliff is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Convicted Fight Club, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Cliff is trying to get back to full guard.
Cliff regains full guard. Nicely done.
Cliff lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Roth!
Cliff looking to control but Roth is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roth tries to lock up and control but Cliff gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Roth is working to get back to half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Roth is still trying to improve position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Daniel Roth showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Roth uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cliff.
Roth circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cliff scores with a jab to the jaw.
Roth dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cliff fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cliff misses with a head kick.
The crowd cheers as Cliff lands an impressive looking overhand right. Roth doesn't seem phased though.
Cliff takes one on the button.
A nice inside leg kick there by Cliff. That's going to slow Roth down.
Roth throws a chopping leg kick but Cliff manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Cliff throws the kick towards the body but Roth avoids it.
Cliff looks to land a combination but Roth avoids it well.
No luck for Roth with that takedown attempt.
Cliff throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Roth throws a body kick that misses.
An inside leg kick from Cliff misses.
Cliff moves in looking to clinch but Roth pushes him off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roth displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cliff throws out the jab.
Roth is looking to land body kicks.
Cliff throws a push kick but Roth slaps the foot to one side.
Roth just misses with a punch to the body.
Cliff tries to score with a low kick but Roth moves his leg out of the way.
Cliff blocks a jab.
A lazy body kick from Roth
and Cliff counters with a good low kick that Roth was not able to check.
Cliff slips a straight right by Roth.
Cliff keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Roth gets a takedown into half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Cliff manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Roth trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Cliff tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Ziggy Cliff has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cliff is pulling down on Roth's head. It's preventing any offense from Roth, at least for the moment.
Roth in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Roth throws a strike but Cliff rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Roth utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Roth controls Cliff momentarily but Cliff frees himself.
Roth tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cliff throws a strike but Roth rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Cliff managing to control the position.
Roth throwing strikes but missing.
Roth throws a big right hand that misses.
Cliff looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Cliff trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roth throws a big elbow that misses.
Roth working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Cliff's head.
Cliff trying to keep a closed guard but Roth is proving a slippery customer.
Roth lands a couple of digs.
Roth throws a strike but Cliff rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Cliff is looking to work some ground and pound but Roth has wrist control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Roth looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Daniel Roth is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Cliff throwing strikes from guard but Roth blocks nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Daniel Roth.
I've got Roth winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 28:30
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Daniel Roth!
Daniel Roth decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gunmetal Grey Ii (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Blaise Lamont (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lamont has chosen Twisted Nerve as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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195 lbs
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180 lbs
24 - 14 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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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
14 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gunmetal Grey Ii!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Blaise Lamont!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Emerson Jorge and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lamont misses with a hook. Grey Ii ducked under it nicely.
Grey Ii chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Lamont takes a swing at Grey Ii's ribcage but misses.
Grey Ii needs to keep his hands up - Lamont had a free shot at his head there.
Lamont misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lamont shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
It looks like Blaise Lamont has been cut.
Grey Ii throws a sloppy head kick and Lamont moves out of range easily.
Lamont moves into range and clinches up with Grey Ii.
Lamont lands a hook that snaps the head of Grey Ii backwards.
Grey Ii lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Lamont backwards.
Grey Ii blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Grey Ii is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lamont blocking some punches.
Lamont wants to stall.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Grey Ii swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Grey Ii.
Grey Ii struggles to land a body shot inside as Lamont controls his hands.
Lamont lands with a left to the head.
Grey Ii breaks the clinch.
Jab from Lamont.
Lamont loads up on a big right hand but Grey Ii slips the punch.
Lamont ducks right into an uppercut from Grey Ii.
Lamont moves out of range as Grey Ii strikes.
Lamont throws a poor cross that misses
and Grey Ii counters with a leg kick.
Lamont lands a jab to Grey Ii's midsection.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Grey Ii is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Grey Ii throws a front kick aimed at Lamont's knee but Lamont avoids it well.
Lamont takes a swing at Grey Ii's ribcage but misses.
Grey Ii slips a straight right by Lamont.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grey Ii scores with a jab to the body.
Grey Ii throws a right hand that Lamont ducks under and follows up with a left that Lamont also avoids with ease.
Lamont connects with a nice looking jab.
Grey Ii throws a lazy right hand but Lamont sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lamont looks to land a left hand but Grey Ii moved out of range nicely.
Grey Ii connects with an inside leg kick.
Lamont walks forward, straight into a front kick from Grey Ii.
A head kick misses from Grey Ii.
Lamont misses with a body shot.
Lamont looks to land a left hand but Grey Ii moved out of range nicely.
Lamont lands with a shot to the body.
Nice body punch from Lamont.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grey Ii swings for the body but Lamont moves out of range.
Lamont is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Grey Ii.
Grey Ii moves away from the strike by Lamont.
Lamont ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lamont swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Grey Ii cracks Lamont with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A big right from Lamont misses.
Lamont with a jab.
Lamont lands a jab to the nose.
Good leg kick by Grey Ii there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Grey Ii throws a chopping leg kick but Lamont manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Grey Ii bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lamont connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Grey Ii throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Grey Ii throws a nice outside leg kick.
Grey Ii throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A left and a right from Lamont both land. Nice combination.
Lamont misses with a double jab.
Lamont ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Grey Ii moves away.
Grey Ii drops his hands momentarily and Lamont takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Grey Ii slips a straight right by Lamont.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lamont throws a hook but Grey Ii avoids it easily.
Lamont missing with a left hand there. Grey Ii was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Grey Ii needs to keep his hands up - Lamont had a free shot at his head there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Blaise Lamont will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Blaise Lamont's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Lamont bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Grey Ii takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Lamont pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
An inside leg kick from Grey Ii misses.
Grey Ii stuns Lamont with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A punch combination from Lamont misses.
A nice inside leg kick there by Grey Ii. That's going to slow Lamont down.
Lamont misses with a right hand
and Grey Ii counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Grey Ii throws a jab but it's blocked by Lamont.
Grey Ii scores with a leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lamont. Grey Ii does a little dance to reset his feet.
Blaise Lamont seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice defenses there by Grey Ii.
A slapping leg kick lands for Grey Ii.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lamont lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Lamont misses with a double jab
and Grey Ii counters with a good low kick that Lamont was not able to check.
Grey Ii lands a body shot.
Both fighters circling a little - Grey Ii finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Lamont lands a really nice looking cross but Grey Ii seems unphased.
Grey Ii uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lamont.
Grey Ii scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Lamont scores with a punch to the head.
A chopping leg kick lands by Grey Ii.
Lamont throws a big shot that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Donk. Grey Ii catches Lamont right on the button with a cross.
Gunmetal Grey Ii is winning the standup battle so far.
Grey Ii moves away from the strike by Lamont.
Lamont works the jab nicely.
Lamont misses with an uppercut. Grey Ii saw that one coming.
Grey Ii uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lamont.
Grey Ii scores with a leg kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Lamont, as that shot connected.
Grey Ii tries a head kick but it misses.
Grey Ii misses with a straight left.
Lamont tries to clinch there but Grey Ii circles away.
Grey Ii shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Grey Ii buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Grey Ii's Muay Thai looks sharper than normal. He has obviously been working on it in the gym.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lamont misses with a looping right.
Grey Ii cracks Lamont with an open hand slap.
Grey Ii is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lamont. Grey Ii does a little dance to reset his feet.
A punch combination from Lamont misses.
Good work by Lamont as he checks the leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Grey Ii. That's going to slow Lamont down.
Lamont uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Grey Ii.
Grey Ii blocks a jab.
A head kick misses from Grey Ii.
Lamont takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Lamont misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Grey Ii.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lamont misses with a hook. Grey Ii ducked under it nicely.
Grey Ii jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A chopping leg kick lands by Grey Ii.
Lamont looks to land a right hand but Grey Ii moved out of range.
Grey Ii throws a leg kick but Lamont checks it.
A good leg kick by Grey Ii.
Lamont moves out of range of the leg kick from Grey Ii.
Grey Ii on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Lamont misses with a looping right.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Grey Ii lands a nice leg kick that just misses Lamont's sensitive parts.
Grey Ii defending well as Lamont loads up on a big left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gunmetal Grey Ii dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Blaise Lamont'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. This is the final round!
Lamont ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Lamont has managed to clinch.
Grey Ii throws a punch but it's blocked by Lamont.
Grey Ii lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Lamont swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lamont's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Lamont tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lamont taking a breather.
Grey Ii blocking some punches.
Lamont misses with a punch on the inside.
Lamont lands with a light punch inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Grey Ii swings wildly with an uppercut but Lamont uses good head movement to avoid it.
Grey Ii misses with a punch on the inside.
Lamont lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Grey Ii backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Lamont lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Grey Ii blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Grey Ii lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lamont blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lamont misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lamont.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Lamont as Grey Ii tries to tie him up.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lamont.
Grey Ii swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Grey Ii wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lamont has him pressed against the cage.
Grey Ii swings wildly with an uppercut but Lamont uses good head movement to avoid it.
Grey Ii lands a nice uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lamont.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lamont trying to stall but Grey Ii improves his position.
Grey Ii blocking some punches.
Grey Ii lands with a right to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Grey Ii leaning his opponent against the cage.
Grey Ii misses with a hook from the clinch.
Grey Ii tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Grey Ii doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Grey Ii swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lamont blocks a body shot from Grey Ii.
A head punch on the inside from Lamont fails to land.
Lamont can't find room to land a body shot as Grey Ii controls the action.
Lamont throws a punch but it's blocked by Grey Ii.
Gunmetal Grey Ii has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Grey Ii misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lamont has a couple of punches blocked by Grey Ii.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lamont misses with a punch on the inside.
Grey Ii effectively controlling the action here.
Lamont misses with a hook from the clinch.
Grey Ii struggles to land a body shot inside as Lamont controls his hands.
Lamont blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Grey Ii misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lamont has Grey Ii pressed against the cage.
Grey Ii is struggling to control the position.
Lamont lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Come on Lamont - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Lamont blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grey Ii taking a breather.
Lamont swings wildly with an uppercut but Grey Ii uses good head movement to avoid it.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Grey Ii pushes Lamont back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Grey Ii misses with the head strike.
Lamont blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lamont has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Grey Ii uses from the top position.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Lamont holds on and takes a little breather.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grey Ii trying to control but Lamont is working from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lamont looking to hit a scissor sweep but Grey Ii is one step ahead there.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Gunmetal Grey Ii.
I think Grey Ii 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 28:29
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Gunmetal Grey Ii!
A victorious Gunmetal Grey Ii thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Eiji Kawashima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Keke Pummel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pummel is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by renegades. Eiji Kawashima could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Keke Pummel's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
30 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Eiji Kawashima!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Keke Pummel!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Daniel Cesar and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kawashima throws a jab when Pummel was well out of range.
Good shot there by Kawashima.
Kawashima throws a leg kick but Pummel sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Kawashima is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pummel walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
It looks like Keke Pummel has been cut.
A low kick from Pummel is predictable there
and Kawashima connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kawashima uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pummel.
Kawashima tried to score with a low kick but Pummel checks it.
Kawashima takes a swing at Pummel's ribcage but misses.
Kawashima pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kawashima misses with a looping right.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Pummel moves away from the strike by Kawashima.
Kawashima blocks a head kick by Pummel.
Pummel checks the leg kick.
Kawashima has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Furia Top Team in the buildup to the fight.
Pummel misses with a hook. Kawashima ducked under it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pummel feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Kawashima's calf.
Kawashima misses with a lunging right hand
and Pummel cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
It looks like Eiji Kawashima has been cut.
Kawashima is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Kawashima throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pummel takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Pummel tries to work over Kawashima's front leg with a kick but Kawashima checks it.
Pummel misses with a low kick.
Kawashima tries to move into range but Pummel moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Pummel lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kawashima just misses with a punch to the body.
Kawashima is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Kawashima swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kawashima wants to clinch.
Pummel takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kawashima lands with a nice body punch.
Pummel ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Kawashima lands a lovely overhand right.
Kawashima fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kawashima fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Pummel has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Kawashima drops Pummel with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Pummel! Kawashima dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eiji Kawashima!
A very excited looking Eiji Kawashima made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yo Adrian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aloysius Martin Thesz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Adrian comes to the cage accompanied by Super Bon Bon - Soul Coughing. 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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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Yo Adrian!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Aloysius Martin Thesz!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Leandro Rodrigues and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adrian blocks a jab.
Thesz lands a jab to the nose.
Adrian misses with a wild combination.
Good leg kick by Thesz there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
No joy there for Adrian, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Thesz lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Adrian looks to score with a jab to the body but Thesz is just out of range.
Thesz lands a nice leg kick that just misses Adrian's sensitive parts.
Adrian throws a series of punches but Thesz avoids them all with ease.
Thesz looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Adrian keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Thesz, as that shot connected.
Thesz stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thesz lands a head shot.
Adrian is looking to clinch but Thesz is avoiding it.
Thesz slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A jab from Adrian misses.
Adrian tried to score with a low kick but Thesz checks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thesz lands a glancing blow to the side of Adrian's head.
Thesz lunges at Adrian with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Adrian's hand.
Adrian throws a looping overhand right but Thesz ducks down to avoid it.
Adrian misses with a body shot.
Adrian throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Thesz scores with a jab to the head.
Thesz is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Adrian had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Thesz looking to score a takedown here. Adrian is defending well but Thesz drives through and ends up in Adrian's guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Thesz passes into half guard.
Adrian looks like he's trying to stand up.
Adrian is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Thesz wants to free his trapped foot but Adrian is holding on for dear life with his legs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thesz wants to control but Adrian is keeping him busy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adrian has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Thesz is working away from the top position though.
Thesz keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Thesz tries to pass the half guard into mount. Adrian knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Adrian tries to roll over but Thesz keeps him under control.
Thesz missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Thesz missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Thesz moves into full mount! Adrian won't be happy about that!
Thesz lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Adrian hang on?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adrian has left one of his arms exposed and Thesz doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Adrian screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Aloysius Martin Thesz!
Aloysius Martin Thesz is the new super heavyweight champion!
After winning the bout, Aloysius Martin Thesz thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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