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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gilbervan Soares (ranked 1657 p4p, 937 weight class) and Alexei Brovarnik (ranked 232 p4p, 133 weight class). Brovarnik has chosen Colours - DJ Mind X as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Excellent grappler
World class MT
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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 23 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gilbervan Soares!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Alexei Brovarnik!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Robert Douchet and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Soares fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
We've been informed that Brovarnik has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
A low kick from Brovarnik is predictable there
and Soares counters with a one-two to the body.
Soares jabs at Brovarnik's body.
Brovarnik will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Soares seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Soares misses with a wild body shot.
Soares misses with a wild body shot.
Brovarnik lands a nice shot to the body.
Soares avoids the body shot from Brovarnik.
Alexei Brovarnik seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brovarnik bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Soares scores with a shot to the body.
Soares with a body punch. A glancing blow.
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!
Brovarnik throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Soares on the side of the head.
Brovarnik looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Brovarnik fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Soares checks it well.
Brovarnik tries to work over Soares's front leg with a kick but Soares checks it.
Soares avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Soares misses with a double jab.
Soares has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Brovarnik misses with a wild body shot.
Soares throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Brovarnik scores with a jab. Soares acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Brovarnik throws a low kick, looking for Soares's leg but Soares calmly moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Brovarnik.
Brovarnik throws a low kick, looking for Soares's leg but Soares calmly moves out of range.
Soares lands with an uppercut that bounces Brovarnik off the cage and back into range.
A low kick from Brovarnik is predictable there
and Brovarnik takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Brovarnik on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Brovarnik buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Soares's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Soares duly obliges.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Soares throws a series of punches but Brovarnik moves out of range.
Brovarnik just misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brovarnik throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Some wild striking there from Soares.
Soares takes a swing at Brovarnik's ribcage but misses.
Brovarnik tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Brovarnik throws a body punch but Soares moves out of range.
Brovarnik keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Brovarnik wants to clinch up but Soares keeps it at a distance.
It looked like Soares wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A low kick lands for Brovarnik.
Soares is looking to wear down Brovarnik with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Soares connects with a crisp jab.
Brovarnik tries to close the distance and clinch but Soares swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
It looked like Soares wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Brovarnik throws a lazy uppercut
and Soares cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Soares thows a left - swing and a miss!
Brovarnik appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brovarnik throws a low kick but Soares avoids it.
Brovarnik tries a head kick but it misses.
Soares tries to move into range but Brovarnik moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Nice straight punches there by Soares. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Soares.
Soares misses with a combination
and Brovarnik counters with a three punch combo that has Soares backing up. Soares nods at Brovarnik to acknowledge the strikes.
Soares throws a jab but it's blocked by Brovarnik.
Soares blocks a low kick nicely.
A quick step to the side and Soares tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Soares scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Brovarnik thumps Soares with a low kick.
Brovarnik uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Soares.
Nice jab there from Soares.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A good leg kick by Brovarnik.
Brovarnik feints a jab promting Soares to slip. Brovarnik then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Soares slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Brovarnik.
Soares throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Brovarnik sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Brovarnik takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Soares closes the distance and clinches.
Soares misses with the head strike.
Soares lands with a short shot to the head.
A short right from Soares.
Soares lands a right hand that snaps the head of Brovarnik backwards.
Soares tries to work over Brovarnik's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Soares tries a body shot but Brovarnik blocks it.
Brovarnik blocks a body shot from Soares.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A short right from Soares on the inside.
Soares lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Brovarnik lands a good knee to the midsection. Soares won't want to take too many of those.
Soares throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Brovarniks head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Soares.
Brovarnik is rocked!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Gilbervan Soares dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Soares throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Brovarnik looks to score with a jab to the body but Soares is just out of range.
Brovarnik jabs Soares to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Soares throws a jab when Brovarnik was well out of range.
Brovarnik throws a leg kick but Soares sees it coming and moves out of range.
Soares swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Soares swings for the body but Brovarnik moves out of range.
Soares takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Brovarnik throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A nice combination there by Soares.
Brovarnik is still on wobbly legs! Can Soares finish him?
Brovarnik tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Brovarnik seems to have recovered his senses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brovarnik keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Soares.
A nice combination there by Soares.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brovarnik. Soares does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gilbervan Soares is winning the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Soares has closed the distance and engaged Brovarnik in a clinch.
Soares lands a right hand that snaps the head of Brovarnik backwards.
Brovarnik pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Brovarnik throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Gilbervan Soares has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Soares blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Brovarnik is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Soares is defending well for now.
Brovarnik trying to land knees to the body.
Soares misses with a punch to the body.
Brovarnik throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Soares tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A right handed body shot lands from Soares.
Brovarnik tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Soares just stands there and leans against the cage.
Soares lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Soares lands a nice uppercut.
Brovarnik lands an elbow that stopped Soares in his tracks for a moment.
Brovarnik blocks an uppercut.
Soares lands a hook that snaps the head of Brovarnik backwards.
Soares lands a big right hand that sends Brovarnik to the canvas! This could be the beginning of the end for Brovarnik!
Soares is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Brovarnik can do to turn this around?
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Soares looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soares lands a big elbow - Brovarnik is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Soares!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gilbervan Soares!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Gilbervan Soares made sure he mentioned Voodoo Nutrition, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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