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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tupac Shakur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cezar Antunes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Good wrestling
Counter striker
Big heart |
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tupac Shakur!
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, Cezar Antunes!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Paulo Santos and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shakur shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Shakur was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Antunes tries to hold on but Shakur postures up.
Shakur looking to control but Antunes is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Shakur avoids the attempt from Antunes to control.
Shakur looking to control but Antunes is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Shakur prevents Antunes from getting the reversal.
Shakur misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Shakur avoids the attempt from Antunes to control.
Shakur trying to control but Antunes is having none of it.
Shakur landing punches.
Shakur is in the full mount, landing strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shakur lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Shakur lands a nice shot to the head.
Antunes is squirming around, avoiding Shakur's attempts to control the action.
Shakur lands a heavy elbow.
Antunes tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Shakur fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Shakur tries to control but Antunes wriggling away.
Shakur looking to control and managing it successfully.
Antunes is squirming around, avoiding Shakur's attempts to control the action.
Antunes keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Shakur landing punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Shakur is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Antunes can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Shakur lands a nice shot to the head.
Antunes is looking to get to half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Antunes is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Shakur lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Shakur unloading with bombs!
Shakur dominating with strikes here.
Shakur looking to control but Antunes is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Shakur looking to finish Antunes with some ground and pound. This is bad for Antunes!
Shakur lands a big shot there that rocks Antunes but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Antunes is looking to get to half guard.
Shakur landing strikes from the mount and Antunes is in trouble!
Shakur trying to control but Antunes is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shakur wants to control but Antunes has made it back to half guard. Nice work.
Antunes is trying to control but can't.
Antunes is staying active underneath Shakur, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Antunes is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Shakur is thwarting Antunes's attempts to control the position.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Antunes with a poor takedown
and Shakur counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Antunes looks gassed!
Antunes is trying to control but can't.
Shakur working the head and body with strikes.
Shakur wants to pass to mount but Antunes is defending the position.
Shakur is stalling here. Antunes is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Shakur seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Antunes has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Antunes working away.
Shakur is looking for a sweep.
Antunes working away.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Shakur misses with the combination.
Antunes checks a leg kick.
Shakur throws a push kick but Antunes slaps the foot to one side.
Shakur throws a chopping leg kick but Antunes manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Shakur thuds his right hand into Antunes's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tupac Shakur dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Shakur tries to land a front kick but Antunes steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Shakur fails with the takedown.
Shakur with a lazy takedown attempt
and Antunes counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Antunes breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Antunes looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Antunes misses with a takedown
and Shakur counters with a two punch combo.
Antunes is breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shakur drives through with a takedown into guard.
Antunes keeping moving, preventing Shakur from controlling successfully.
Shakur has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shakur stops Antunes from standing up.
Shakur tries to free his leg and advance position but Antunes is retaining full guard.
Antunes trying to keep a closed guard but Shakur is proving a slippery customer.
Shakur trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Antunes is trying to control the position but Shakur postures up.
Shakur trying to control but Antunes is working from the bottom.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Antunes slips a jab and a cross from Shakur.
Antunes scores with a takedown into Shakur's guard.
Shakur not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shakur wants to hit a switch here but Antunes passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Shakur there!
Antunes looking to finish with strikes here!
Shakur tries to reverse the position but Antunes maintains control.
Shakur is working hard here to advance position.
Antunes landing punches.
Shakur is trying to escape the mount.
Shakur wants to hold on but Antunes pushes him away.
Antunes with a couple of short strikes.
Antunes lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Antunes punishing his opponent with strikes.
Antunes looking to secure an arm triangle but Shakur defends it well.
Antunes avoids the attempt from Shakur to control.
Shakur is wriggling around trying to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Antunes trying to control but Shakur is having none of it.
Shakur is looking to get to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Shakur is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Shakur slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Shakur wants to control but Antunes is keeping busy.
Antunes wants to lay and pray for a moment but Shakur keeps working.
Shakur wants to get back to full guard.
Antunes missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Shakur tries to get to full guard but Antunes has control of the leg.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Shakur tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Antunes has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Shakur is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cezar Antunes showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
A combination from Shakur does no damage.
Antunes looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Shakur is fending him off so far but Antunes persists. Nope, Shakur circles away and we're back to standing.
Shakur shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Antunes as he avoids it easily.
Shakur stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Antunes.
Shakur misses with a kick to the body.
Cezar Antunes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Antunes has his takedown stuffed
and Shakur decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Antunes's guard.
Shakur cracks Antunes with a solid left hand.
Shakur postures up.
Antunes keeping moving, preventing Shakur from controlling successfully.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Antunes had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Shakur is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Antunes Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Shakur's back instead.
You can see the frustration on Shakur's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Shakur looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Shakur is trying to break free.
Antunes is looking to control Shakur but Shakur is wriggling around and keeping busy.
I really don't envy Shakur right now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Antunes not allowing Shakur to control his hands.
Shakur tries to roll but Antunes sticks to his back.
Antunes trying to control.
Shakur trying to control the action but Antunes just sinks the hooks in.
Shakur is really stuck here.
Shakur trying to control the hands but Antunes breaks the grip.
Shakur knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Antunes on the ground.
The referee is taking a good look at Shakur as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Antunes!
Tupac Shakur overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
A lull in the action here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shakur trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Antunes controlling well, preventing Shakur from escaping the position.
Antunes avoiding Shakur 's attempts to control his hands.
Antunes throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Shakur!
Shakur trying to control the hands but Antunes breaks the grip.
I really don't envy Shakur right now.
Shakur just trying to survive but Antunes is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Shakur tries to escape but Antunes has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Antunes looking for the choke from the back.
You can see the frustration on Shakur's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Antunes punches the canvas rather than the man.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Shakur prevents Antunes from getting a body triangle.
Antunes missing with punches from the back.
Shakur is in bad spot here.
Antunes gets his hands free as Shakur looks to control.
Antunes is hanging on to Shakur's back as he tries to escape.
Shakur trying to control but not successfully.
Shakur is keeping busy.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Shakur wants to control his opponent's hands but Antunes gets his hands free.
Shakur tries to escape but Antunes has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tupac Shakur showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Shakur 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 29:28
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tupac Shakur!
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energy
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hype
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mgr
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RATING
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