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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Luis Palhares (ranked 5453 p4p, 3682 weight class) and Vic Fontaine (ranked 547 p4p, 449 weight class). Palhares comes into the arena with My Name Is Human blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Purple 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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Luis Palhares!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vic Fontaine!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Johanna Lukiainen and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fontaine takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Palhares closes the distance and clinches.
Palhares jumps guard but Fontaine turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Palhares tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Fontaine just stands there and leans against the cage.
Palhares on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fontaine missing with knees to the body.
Palhares takes a knee to the side of the body.
Palhares scores with a nice hook to the head.
Palhares tries to pull guard but Fontaine won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luis Palhares. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fontaine tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Fontaine misses with the head strike.
Still in the clinch, Palhares scores with a nice short uppercut.
Palhares on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fontaine blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Palhares throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Fontaines head.
Fontaine is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Palhares is defending well for now.
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!
Palhares has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Fontaine is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Fontaine blocking some punches.
Palhares misses with some punches.
Palhares tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Palhares tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Palhares jumps into guard, dragging Fontaine to the mat.
Palhares trying to control the position.
Palhares looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Palhares is on top in guard.
Fontaine looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Fontaine throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Palhares trying to control but Fontaine is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palhares showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Palhares trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palhares wants to control from the top but Fontaine keeps moving.
Palhares wants to pass the guard but Fontaine is keeping the position.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters, thinking about a standup.
Fontaine keeping moving, preventing Palhares from controlling successfully.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Palhares looks to land a body kick but Fontaine moved away.
Palhares misses with a straight right.
Fontaine tries to clinch up.
Palhares lands a right hook to the body.
A swing and a miss from Palhares.
Palhares shoots in looking for a takedown but Fontaine manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Palhares's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Palhares scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Fontaine takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Palhares loads up on a big right hand but Fontaine slips the punch.
Fontaine checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Palhares swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fontaine throws a hook but Palhares blocks it.
Fontaine with the inside leg kick.
Palhares slips a straight right by Fontaine.
Fontaine tries to clinch up but Palhares circles away and keeps his distance.
Palhares feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Fontaine scoring well with a low kick there.
Palhares throws a nice inside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fontaine takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Palhares checks a leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Luis Palhares 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.
A cross from Palhares lands.
Fontaine drops his hands momentarily and Palhares takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Palhares connects with a leg kick.
Fontaine steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Palhares.
Fontaine throws a big shot that misses.
Palhares is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Fontaine can do to turn this around?
Palhares uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Fontaine.
Fontaine shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Palhares dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Palhares scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice body kick there by Fontaine.
Fontaine tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Palhares manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Palhares throws a series of punches but Fontaine avoids them all with ease.
Fontaine tries a quick counter leg kick but Palhares is wise to it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Palhares lands a leg kick that knocks Fontaine off balance momentarily.
Palhares moves into the clinch successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Palhares tries to pull guard but Fontaine won't allow it.
Fontaine goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fontaine goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fontaine softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Fontaine prevents a takedown attempt there.
Fontaine unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Palhares has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Fontaine avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luis Palhares. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fontaine is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Palhares is defending well for now.
Palhares is trying to pull guard but Fontaine turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Fontaine blocks an uppercut.
Fontaine trying to land knees to the body.
Fontaine trying to land knees to the body.
Fontaine throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Palhares blocks it with crossed arms.
Fontaine tries to land a knee to the head but Palhares blocks with his arms.
Palhares tries to pull guard but Fontaine holds him up against the cage and eventually Palhares drops back down to his feet.
A short uppercut from Palhares.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palhares blocks an uppercut.
Palhares softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Fontaine with a knee to the head.
Fontaine struggles to land a body shot inside as Palhares controls his hands.
Vic Fontaine seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fontaine lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Fontaine using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Palhares has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Palhares pulls guard effortlessly.
Palhares tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Palhares controlling Fontaine's posture.
Palhares working a defensive guard here.
Palhares is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palhares has a closed guard, preventing Fontaine from standing up.
Fontaine wants to control from the top but Palhares keeps moving.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Palhares is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Fontaine wants to control from the top but Palhares keeps moving.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Palhares moves into the clinch.
Palhares manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Fontaine is fighting to break Palhares's control of his arms but Palhares is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Palhares looking for a sweep. Not yet Palhares, not yet.
Palhares looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Palhares managing to control the position.
Palhares looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Luis Palhares dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
The fighters circling - Palhares throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Luis Palhares is winning the standup battle so far.
Palhares closes the distance and clinches up with Fontaine, looking for a takedown. Palhares pushes Fontaine against the cage but Fontaine circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Palhares scores with a nice strike.
Palhares looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Fontaine doesn't manage to clinch there - Palhares circles away.
Palhares throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fontaine appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Palhares darts in and clinches Fontaine up against the cage.
Fontaine misses with a punch to the body.
Fontaine misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Fontaine misses with a body punch.
Palhares tries to pull guard but Fontaine won't allow it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Palhares on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fontaine tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Palhares pulls Fontaine into guard.
Palhares is trying to control the position but Fontaine postures up.
Palhares throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Fontaine escapes and throws Palhares's legs to the side, diving into side control!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fontaine working away.
Palhares tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Fontaine wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Fontaine tries to stand but Palhares is controlling his head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Palhares struggling a bit here.
Fontaine in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Palhares tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Vic Fontaine has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Luis Palhares is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
You can see the frustration on Palhares's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palhares tries to improve position but can't.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Palhares gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Fontaine utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Fontaine misses with a body punch.
Fontaine tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Fontaine with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Palhares pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fontaine throws an overhand right that lands on Palhares's shoulder, as Palhares tries to avoid the shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Fontaine throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Palhares connects with a leg kick.
A leg kick checked by Palhares.
Palhares blocks a head kick by Fontaine.
Palhares fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luis Palhares. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Palhares lands a jab to the head.
Palhares misses with a looping right.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Palhares clinches up against the cage.
Fontaine struggles to land a body shot inside as Palhares controls his hands.
Palhares blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fontaine misses with a knee strike.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Vic Fontaine.
I think Palhares 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:27
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Luis Palhares!
Luis Palhares seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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