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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marcelo Dourado (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and ben wells (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marcelo Dourado had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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BJJ White Belt
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcelo Dourado!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, ben wells!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Mauricio Rocha and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dourado wants to clinch up but wells keeps it at a distance.
Dourado moves in looking to clinch but wells pushes him off.
Dourado tries to clinch up.
wells swats away the attempt to clinch by Dourado.
Dourado fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with wells, pushing him back against the cage.
wells tries for a takedown but Dourado manages to get underhooks.
Dourado lands a nice elbow.
wells wants a takedown.
Dourado is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
wells changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Dourado fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Marcelo Dourado has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of ben wells.
Dourado tries to close the distance and clinch but wells swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dourado tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dourado tries to clinch up.
Dourado closes the distance and clinches.
Knees to the body from Dourado.
Dourado lands an elbow inside that wells shrugs off.
It looks like ben wells has been cut.
Dourado lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dourado gets underhooks to prevent wells's takedown attempt.
Dourado unloads a knee to the mid-section.
wells can't get the takedown.
wells looks gassed!
Dourado with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Dourado lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dourado lands an elbow that stopped wells in his tracks for a moment.
Dourado connects with a knee to the head.
Dourado prevents the takedown attempt.
Dourado leaning against his opponent.
wells has Dourado pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Dourado manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
wells is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Dourado gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Dourado lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Dourado lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Dourado is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
wells has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Dourado is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
wells being controlled against the cage.
Dourado connects with a knee to the head.
Dourado stalling against the cage.
Dourado connects with a nasty looking knee right to wells's face.
Dourado dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Dourado is pressed up against the cage. wells has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Dourado down to the mat. Dourado avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
wells keeps the fight on the outside.
Dourado fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dourado wants to clinch up but wells keeps it at a distance.
Dourado moves in looking to clinch but wells pushes him off.
Dourado tries to clinch up.
Marcelo Dourado seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
wells swats away the attempt to clinch by Dourado.
Dourado wants to clinch up but wells keeps it at a distance.
Dourado wants to clinch up but wells keeps it at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
wells looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Dourado!
Dourado avoids a series of strikes thrown by wells.
Dourado is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Dourado trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Dourado is squirming around, avoiding wells's attempts to control the action.
Dourado wants to try and get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by wells.
Dourado knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for wells on the ground.
Dourado's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
The referee warns Dourado that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
wells tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Dourado squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
wells dominating with strikes here.
wells landing strikes, looking to finish!
You get the feeling that Dourado really doesn't like being in this position too much.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
wells landing strikes from the mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dourado squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
wells punishing his opponent with strikes.
Dourado is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
wells is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Dourado can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Dourado is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
wells working the ground and pound effectively.
wells controlling his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcelo Dourado dominated that round.
The cut man is working on ben wells's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
wells scores with the left hand. Dourado knows he should have avoided that one.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Dourado moves in looking to clinch but wells pushes him off.
Dourado fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dourado is looking to clinch but wells is avoiding it.
wells just misses with a punch to the body.
Dourado doesn't manage to clinch there - wells circles away.
Dourado is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Marcelo Dourado is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
wells throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dourado drives through and clinches with wells against the cage.
wells looking for a takedown.
Dourado crunches a lovely knee into wells's ribcage.
Dourado lands an elbow inside that wells shrugs off.
wells is trying to drag Dourado to the mat but Dourado just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Dourado gets underhooks to prevent wells's takedown attempt.
Marcelo Dourado has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of ben wells.
Dourado lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dourado connects with a knee to the head.
Dourado lands a good knee to the midsection. wells won't want to take too many of those.
Dourado working wells over with knees to the body.
wells is breathing heavily.
Dourado putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has wells in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Dourado comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Dourado.
Dourado lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
wells takes an elbow to the forehead.
Dourado creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through wells's defenses.
Dourado is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Dourado lands an elbow inside.
Dourado with a knee to the head.
Dourado with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Dourado is pushing wells up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Dourado using the Thai plumb to throw knees but wells has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dourado landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Dourado lands a knee to the body.
wells is working for takedown but Dourado is calmly controlling the position for now.
Dourado connects with a knee to the head.
wells being controlled against the cage.
Dourado is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
wells managing to block the knees to the body from Dourado.
wells can't get the takedown.
Dourado connects with a nasty looking knee right to wells's face.
Dourado using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Dourado is pressed up against the cage. wells has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Dourado down to the mat. Dourado avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dourado tries to clinch up.
Dourado moves in looking to clinch but wells pushes him off.
wells lands a jab to the nose.
Dourado tries to clinch up.
wells keeps the fight on the outside.
Dourado gets caught flat footed, as wells shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
wells in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
wells connects with a couple of short punches.
wells throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Dourado works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Dourado is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Dourado is wriggling around but wells manages to pass to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
wells prevents Dourado from standing back up.
wells working the head and body with strikes.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
wells scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Dourado fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dourado tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
wells listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
wells fails to land with a series of punches.
Dourado tries to clinch but wells moves out of range.
Dourado ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dourado fails in his attempt to clinch.
wells avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
wells closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Dourado to the mat! Dourado manages to get full guard.
Dourado wants to stand and escape but wells is having none of it.
wells scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
wells won't allow Dourado to get back to his feet.
wells is standing up over Dourado. Dourado looks to escape but wells dives into side control.
wells advances to full mount.
Dourado's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
wells lands a big shot there that rocks Dourado but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
wells lands a heavy elbow.
wells has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Dourado's face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but ben wells will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on ben wells's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
A telegraphed right hand from wells misses the target.
Dourado is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dourado tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but wells paws at him with a jab and circles away.
wells loads up on a big right hand but Dourado slips the punch.
Dourado tries to clinch but wells is having none of it.
wells shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Dourado is trying to stand.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
wells unloading with bombs!
That's one minute gone in the round.
wells scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Dourado?
Dourado is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Dourado taking shots to the head.
wells working Dourado over with strikes here.
Dourado is trying to stand.
wells controlling the position easily from mount.
Dourado is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
wells is in the full mount, landing strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
wells won't let Dourado get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
wells putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
wells landing strikes from the mount and Dourado is in trouble!
Dourado's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
wells raining down shots from the mount!
wells controlling from mount.
wells working Dourado over with strikes here.
wells sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
wells won't let Dourado get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
wells sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
wells looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
wells tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
wells lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Dourado hang on?
wells has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Dourado is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
wells lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Dourado wants to try and get back to his feet.
wells controlling the pace for now.
wells fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Dourado is trying to stand.
wells connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Dourado really wants to buck wells off and get back to his feet.
wells working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Dourado wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
And that's the end of the fight!
ben wells comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think wells has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight 27:29
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 27:29
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 27:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... ben wells!
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