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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Bronco (ranked 119 p4p, 592 weight class) and Rogerio De Souza (ranked 17 p4p, 82 weight class). Bronco's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, The Horses - Daryl Braithwaite . Rogerio De Souza will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Johnny Bronco!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rogerio De Souza!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Illya Tyunina and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Souza moves into range and connects with a jab.
De Souza has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Bronco dips to his left and cracks De Souza with an uppercut!
Bronco throws a body punch but De Souza moves out of range.
Bronco missing with a left hand there. De Souza was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bronco misses the body punch
and Bronco takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bronco misses with a right hand
and De Souza counters with a stiff right hand.
Bronco stuffs the takedown attempt from De Souza. De Souza gets slowly back to his feet.
De Souza looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
De Souza moves out of range of the strikes.
Despite the aggression on De Souza's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Sloppy strikes from De Souza. Those never looked like landing.
Bronco darts in and clinches De Souza up against the cage.
De Souza scores with a shot to the side of Bronco's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bronco throws a blind hook that connects with the side of De Souzas head.
De Souza wants to break free but Bronco has control.
Bronco goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bronco misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bronco stops a takedown attempt from De Souza.
Bronco lands an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Souza throws a head punch that misses.
Bronco prevents a body shot from De Souza.
Bronco prevents a takedown attempt there.
Johnny Bronco has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rogerio De Souza.
Bronco is trying to trip De Souza. He has hold of a leg but De Souza is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Bronco persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
De Souza pulls Bronco in to control the position.
Bronco trying to control the position from guard on top but De Souza is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bronco with a nice head shot there.
Bronco working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Bronco stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. De Souza swivels though and keeps the full guard.
De Souza wants to sweep here but Bronco controlling him for the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bronco pushes down on De Souza's leg and manages to get into half guard.
De Souza is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Bronco's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Bronco's back!
Bronco is really stuck here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bronco fending off the submission attempt from De Souza.
Bronco might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
De Souza lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Bronco tries to escape the position.
De Souza just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - De Souza's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
De Souza working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
De Souza is hanging on to Bronco's back as he tries to escape.
Bronco controlling his opponent's hands, preventing the submission attempt.
Bronco is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bronco trying to control the hands but De Souza won't let him.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
De Souza tries to get the hooks in deep but Bronco pushed the leg off.
De Souza is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Bronco has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
De Souza is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Bronco rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
De Souza is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
De Souza trying to control from half guard but Bronco is working away.
Bronco is trying to get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bronco wants to control but De Souza is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Bronco is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
De Souza maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Bronco could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but De Souza has cracked it and Bronco is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by De Souza!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Rogerio De Souza!
Rogerio De Souza is the new middleweight champion!
A relieved looking Rogerio De Souza thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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