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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joao Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcelo Dourado (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alves comes to the cage accompanied by Carl Orff - Carmina Burana - André Rieu's version. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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185 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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186 cm
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194 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Experienced |
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BJJ White Belt
Good elbows
Very confident |
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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
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Joao Alves!
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, Marcelo Dourado!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Edson Gomes and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dourado is looking to clinch but Alves is avoiding it.
Alves avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Alves keeps the fight on the outside.
Dourado tries to close the distance and clinch but Alves swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dourado fails in his attempt to clinch.
Marcelo Dourado seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dourado tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dourado tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Alves paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dourado tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Alves paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Alves looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Dourado is fending him off so far but Alves persists. Nope, Dourado circles away and we're back to standing.
Dourado tries to clinch but Alves moves out of range.
Dourado doesn't manage to clinch there - Alves circles away.
Alves keeps the fight on the outside.
Dourado is looking to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dourado is looking to clinch.
Dourado tries to close the distance and clinch up but Alves swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dourado looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dourado is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dourado doesn't manage to clinch there - Alves circles away.
Dourado is looking to clinch but Alves is avoiding it.
Alves circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dourado fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dourado wants to clinch up but Alves keeps it at a distance.
Dourado tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dourado tries to clinch up but Alves circles away and keeps his distance.
Dourado fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dourado tries to close the distance and clinch up but Alves swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dourado doesn't manage to clinch there - Alves circles away.
Dourado moves in looking to clinch but Alves pushes him off.
Dourado moves in looking to clinch but Alves pushes him off.
Dourado moves in looking to clinch but Alves pushes him off.
Dourado tries to clinch there but Alves circles away.
Alves keeps the fight on the outside.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dourado looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's two 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.
Alves shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Dourado is trying to stand.
Alves is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Dourado is just riding it out for now. Alves eventually gives up the hold.
Alves seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Dourado does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Dourado is trying to stand back up but Alves is controlling him
Dourado is pushing off trying to get to his feet. Alves has hold of the leg though and he's dropped back for a heel hook… has he got it?? YES! Dourado is tapping! This fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Heel Hook). Joao Alves!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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