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COPA 02: Pierre vs Tome PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between jeremy renfro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Ze Maria (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Daniel Ze Maria will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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176 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, jeremy renfro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Daniel Ze Maria!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Edson Gomes and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
renfro shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Ze Maria napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Ze Maria tries to improve position but can't.
Ze Maria on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Ze Maria is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on renfro's leg. Oh but that's left an opportunity for renfro! He's got an arm triangle... it looks tight! He's rotating and Ze Maria has tapped! This one is allllll over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). jeremy renfro!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Altair Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and jon fitch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Altair Silva has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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176 lbs
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175 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Basic striking
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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
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Altair Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, jon fitch!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Paulo Santos and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
fitch shoots for a takedown but Silva saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
fitch closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
fitch wants to control but Silva is keeping him busy.
Silva is trying to control fitch's posture but fitch avoids it.
fitch cracks Silva with an elbow. That is naaassty.
fitch scoring with punches from side control.
Silva is being controlled here.
fitch working the body and head with strikes.
Silva knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for fitch on the ground.
Silva gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Silva is in a horrible position here. fitch smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, fitch cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
fitch controlling the pace for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva is trying to escape the mount.
fitch landing shots from mount.
fitch is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Silva can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The referee warns Silva that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
fitch lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
fitch raining down shots from the mount!
fitch landing punches.
Silva is trying to escape the mount.
fitch pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
fitch lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Silva hang on?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
fitch working away from the top, dropping strikes.
fitch wants to control the pace but Silva is squirming around nicely.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, fitch cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
fitch landing strikes from the mount.
fitch wants to control the pace but Silva is squirming around nicely.
fitch scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Silva?
fitch looking to control and managing it successfully.
fitch lands a nice shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
fitch breaks from Silva's wrist control and lands an elbow.
fitch landing strikes from the mount.
fitch controlling the pace for now.
Silva throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
fitch has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Silva is wriggling around trying to escape.
fitch working away from the top, dropping strikes.
fitch dominating with strikes here.
fitch lands a heavy elbow.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, fitch cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Silva is trying to escape the mount.
A nice elbow there by fitch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
fitch dominating with strikes here.
fitch postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Silva looks a forlorn figure.
BOOM! fitch connects with a massive shot to the dome!
fitch takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Silva is trying to escape the mount.
fitch has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Silva's face.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
fitch looking to finish Silva with some ground and pound. This is bad for Silva!
fitch lands with some strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
jon fitch dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Silva throws a series of strikes that have fitch backpedaling.
Silva paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
It looks like jon fitch has been cut.
fitch throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Silva closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Altair Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
fitch shoots for a takedown but Silva saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Silva drops fitch with a beautiful combination! fitch stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Silva is looking for the KO!
fitch is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva circles away before darting back in with a big straight right hand. It connects beautifully and sends fitch tumbling to the canvas! He's out cold! Silva wins by KO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Altair Silva!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cajo Melo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyrone Youngblood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tyrone Youngblood will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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192 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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Counter striker
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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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Cajo Melo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tyrone Youngblood!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Daniel Cesar and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horrible takedown by Melo or perhaps it was just good defense by Youngblood which made him look bad.
Youngblood misses with a two punch combination.
Youngblood dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Youngblood lands a big right hand that sends Melo crashing to the mat! Youngblood stays standing though and waves Melo back to his feet!
Melo is rocked!
It looks like Cajo Melo has been cut.
Youngblood lands with a good body shot.
Melo is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Youngblood finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Youngblood throws a leg kick but Melo moved away.
Youngblood throws an uppercut from hell that sends Melo clean off his feet! He's out cold! Youngblood stands back and admires his work as he thinks about that KO of the night award that is surely being wrapped up for him back stage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Tyrone Youngblood!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Marcelo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Caio Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva has chosen Forever as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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188 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin |
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Basic striking
Determined |
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Carlos Marcelo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Caio Silva!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Luis Engracia and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Marcelo as Silva shoots in.
Silva tries to score a power double leg takedown but Marcelo sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Silva somewhat.
Silva changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Marcelo tries to avoid it but Silva manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Marcelo to the ground. Marcelo escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Carlos Marcelo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Caio Silva.
Silva shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Marcelo defends it nicely.
A slapping leg kick lands for Marcelo.
Silva will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Silva closes this distance looking for a takedown but Marcelo circles away.
Silva avoids the head kick by Marcelo.
Marcelo throws a head kick that misses.
Marcelo tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
Marcelo stuffs the takedown attempt from Silva. Silva gets slowly back to his feet.
Caio Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Marcelo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva fails with the takedown.
Silva looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marcelo not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Silva stops Marcelo from standing up.
Marcelo trying to control the position.
Silva is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Marcelo wants to get back to his feet but Silva is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Silva drops back looking for a leg! Marcelo is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Marcelo manages to kick Silva off! Silva jumps back into Marcelo's guard.
Silva looks gassed!
Marcelo wants to get back to his feet but Silva is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Marcelo manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Marcelo throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Marcelo thowing shots but they're missing.
Marcelo knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Silva on the ground.
Marcelo throwing strikes here but Silva is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Silva avoids a series of strikes thrown by Marcelo.
Marcelo connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Marcelo throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Silva because Marcelo loaded up on that one.
Silva can't escape the position.
Marcelo throwing strikes here but Silva is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Marcelo punching from mount but Silva doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Marcelo dominating with strikes here.
Silva keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Marcelo with shots to the head and body - Silva looks very uncomfortable down there.
Silva is desperately trying to improve his position but Marcelo has a good base and remains in mount.
Marcelo misses with a head shot.
Silva is trying to escape the mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marcelo has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Silva's face.
Silva regains half guard.
Silva looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Marcelo wants to stand up but Silva has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Silva gets full guard.
Marcelo has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Silva is proving hard to escape from.
Marcelo pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Silva is keeping the position for now.
Silva has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Marcelo can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Marcelo got a little sloppy there for a moment and Silva has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Marcelo has managed to get both his arms back between Silva's legs - danger averted.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva working for a triangle but Marcelo defends it easily.
Marcelo wants to stand but Silva has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Silva has his feet on Marcelo's thighs here. He's pushed Marcelo off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Marcelo screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Caio Silva!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Fabian Roman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Moises Batista (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Batista has chosen Before I Forget as his entrance music. Moises Batista is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fabian Roman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Moises Batista!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Thiago Cunha and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roman tries a head kick but it misses.
Roman has Batista up against the cage in a clinch.
Batista pushes off an throws an elbow but Roman leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Roman tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Batista just stands there and leans against the cage.
Batista lands a nice elbow.
Roman drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Roman drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Batista gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fabian Roman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Batista misses with an elbow strike.
Roman works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Batista is looking to stand up but Roman isn't so interested in that idea.
Roman is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Roman drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Roman seems to have locked his on tight now - Batista screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Roman, as he picks up the win!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Fabian Roman!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between jarvis cooper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiago Donato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, jarvis cooper!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thiago Donato!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Alexandre Firmino and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Donato keeps the fight on the outside.
Donato tries to bum rush cooper with a series of wild strikes but cooper uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Donato misses with a wild combination.
Donato lands with a right and another and another! cooper is in big trouble! Donato lands again and this time it's lights out for cooper! A quality knockout there for Donato.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Thiago Donato!
Thiago Donato is the new light heavyweight champion!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luiz Tome (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Anderson Pierre has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Anderson Pierre!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Luiz Tome!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Paulo Santos and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tome scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Pierre manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Tome keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Tome looks like he's trying to stand up.
Pierre looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Pierre sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Tome defending well though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pierre is pressing down on Tome's thigh, looking to free his foot. Tome is holding on for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Pierre lands a nice short elbow.
Pierre sitting and controlling from the half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pierre missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Pierre missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Tome regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Pierre.
Pierre prevents Tome from getting back to his feet.
Tome avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Pierre in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Pierre lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Pierre trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Pierre forces his way into half guard.
Pierre is pressing down on Tome's thigh, looking to free his foot. Tome is holding on for now.
Pierre is stalling here. Tome is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Pierre seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Tome has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Pierre gets back to half guard.
Tome looks gassed!
Pierre wants to control but Tome is keeping busy.
Pierre is pressing down on Tome's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Pierre manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Tome manages to get himself to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pierre is looking to work some ground and pound but Tome has wrist control.
Pierre wants to pass the guard but Tome is keeping the position.
Pierre makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Pierre lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Pierre tries to free his leg and advance position but Tome is retaining full guard.
Tome working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Pierre.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Pierre wants to control from the top but Tome keeps moving.
Pierre postures up and lands a big shot to Tome's brow.
Tome keeping full guard, as Pierre tries to pass.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Pierre drives through with a takedown into guard.
Pierre works over Tome with some ground and pound from guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anderson Pierre dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Danga de danga de dang - Pierre scores with a four punch combination!
Pierre misses with a takedown attempt
and Tome counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Tome wants to free his trapped foot but Pierre is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Pierre moves into full guard.
Tome trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Pierre bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Tome's guard.
Pierre postures up in Tome's guard and throws a big left but Tome blocks it.
Tome has momentary wrist control but Pierre slips an elbow through the middle.
Pierre pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Tome is keeping the position for now.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tome wants to stand up but Pierre is controlling him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Pierre accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Pierre wants to control from the top but Tome keeps moving.
Pierre throws a big right hand that misses.
Pierre chips away with some ground and pound.
Tome avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Pierre pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Tome is keeping the position for now.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Pierre shoots in and bounces Tome off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pierre scoring with some ground and pound.
Pierre tries to free his leg and advance position but Tome is retaining full guard.
Tome keeping moving, preventing Pierre from controlling successfully.
Pierre is pushing down on Tome's leg trying to pass to half guard. Tome is fighting to maintain full guard but Pierre has managed to sneak the leg through.
Pierre working Tome over with strikes.
Tome is trying to stand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pierre is trying to control the action in half guard but Tome is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Pierre is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Pierre working the head and body with strikes.
Pierre seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Tome does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Tome has one foot on Pierre's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Pierre with a lazy takedown attempt
and Tome counters with a shoot takedown. Pierre fights it but they end up in guard.
Pierre lands a couple of shots from the bottom.
Tome pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Pierre is keeping the position for now.
Tome postures up.
Pierre keeping full guard, as Tome tries to pass.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pierre working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Tome doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Tome manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Tome is pushing down on Pierre's leg trying to pass to half guard. Pierre is fighting to maintain full guard but Tome has managed to sneak the leg through.
Tome looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Pierre trying to control from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tome trying to pass the guard but Pierre defending well.
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 Anderson Pierre will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Tome with a poor takedown
and Pierre counters with a shoot takedown. Tome fights it but they end up in guard.
Pierre wants to pass the guard but Tome is keeping the position.
Pierre is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Pierre thows a big elbow that misses.
Anderson Pierre overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Pierre makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Pierre drops back looking for a leg! Tome is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Tome manages to kick Pierre off! Pierre jumps back into Tome's guard.
Pierre is working Tome over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pierre pushes down on Tome's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Pierre lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Pierre thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Tome's head.
Pierre throwing shots but Tome is blocking nicely.
Pierre wants to take a breather but Tome is having none of it.
Pierre is really struggling to control Tome but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Pierre takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Pierre tries to pass the half guard into mount. Tome knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Pierre throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Pierre uses his free foot to push down on Tome's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Tome.
Pierre dominating with strikes here.
Tome is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Pierre lands a heavy elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pierre lands a heavy elbow.
Pierre landing shots from mount.
Pierre lands a heavy elbow.
You get the feeling that Tome really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Pierre with good strikes from the mount here!
Pierre with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Tome is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Pierre scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Tome?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tome is in a horrible position here. Pierre smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Pierre swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Tome is now in Pierre's guard. A big mistake from Pierre there, giving up the dominant position!
Pierre managing to control the position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Tome sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Pierre's guard.
Anderson Pierre is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Pierre regains full guard. Nicely done.
Tome wants to pass the guard but Pierre is keeping the position.
Luiz Tome has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tome is pushing down on Pierre's leg trying to pass to half guard. Pierre is fighting to maintain full guard but Tome has managed to sneak the leg through.
And that's the end of the fight!
Anderson Pierre showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Pierre has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anderson Pierre!
Anderson Pierre is the new welterweight champion!
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