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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Snouka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peter La Fleur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Snouka comes to the cage accompanied by CURTIS MAYFIELD - SUPERFLY . Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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220 lbs
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219 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight 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, Jimmy Snouka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Peter La Fleur!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Emerson Jorge and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Snouka shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches La Fleur napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Snouka lands an elbow.
Snouka goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, La Fleur rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Snouka's guard! Nice work there by La Fleur!
La Fleur wants to stand and escape but instead Snouka has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Snouka drops back looking for a leg! La Fleur is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and La Fleur manages to kick Snouka off! Snouka jumps back into La Fleur's guard.
Snouka stops La Fleur from standing up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Snouka passes easily into side control. Nice work.
La Fleur takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
La Fleur tries to escape but Snouka is in control.
Snouka landing a few strikes.
Snouka landing a few strikes.
Snouka throws an elbow but La Fleur slips to the side and avoids it well.
Snouka scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at La Fleur to see if he's OK.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Snouka working the ground and pound from side control.
Snouka tries to score with some ground and pound. La Fleur controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Snouka working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Fleur is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Snouka has just dragged him back down to the mat.
La Fleur looks gassed!
La Fleur is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Snouka trying to control the position but La Fleur is working away.
La Fleur takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Snouka working the head and body with strikes.
Snouka working the ground and pound from side control.
Snouka is putting a hurting on La Fleur here, landing some big shots from side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Snouka is putting a hurting on La Fleur here, landing some big shots from side control.
La Fleur wants to get back to his feet but Snouka drags him back down.
La Fleur takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Snouka has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
La Fleur is looking for a sweep.
La Fleur takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Snouka scores with punches from side control.
The ground and pound from Snouka seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
La Fleur takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Snouka lands some shots froms side control.
La Fleur taking punishment in the form of punches.
Snouka trying to control the position but La Fleur is working away.
La Fleur wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Snouka lands a nice forearm strike.
La Fleur is working to avoid the ground and pound but Snouka connects with a decent elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
La Fleur avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Snouka.
Snouka controlling from side mount.
Snouka looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
La Fleur is trying to buck Snouka off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jimmy Snouka dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
La Fleur misses with a leg kick.
La Fleur throws a nice looking combination but Snouka bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
La Fleur will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Snouka is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that La Fleur can do to turn this around?
La Fleur looks to land a combination. Snouka sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
La Fleur misses with a low kick.
Peter La Fleur seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
La Fleur thumps Snouka with a low kick.
La Fleur throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Snouka tries to close the distance and clinch but La Fleur swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La Fleur misses with a wild combination.
La Fleur throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
La Fleur swinging wilding here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Snouka dodges the punch combination from La Fleur.
La Fleur throws a nice looking combination but Snouka bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Snouka feints and then cracks La Fleur's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow La Fleur down.
Jimmy Snouka is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
La Fleur throws a right and a left that Snouka avoids nicely.
La Fleur misses with a two punch combination.
La Fleur throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
La Fleur throws a leg kick which misses Snouka's front leg but catches the back leg as Snouka tries to avoid it.
Some wild striking there from La Fleur.
La Fleur goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
La Fleur throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
No luck for Snouka with that takedown attempt.
La Fleur looks to land a combination but Snouka avoids it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from La Fleur.
La Fleur misses with a leg kick
and Snouka counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. La Fleur is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Snouka feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Snouka throwing strikes from guard but La Fleur blocks nicely.
Snouka postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Snouka drops back looking for a leg! La Fleur is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and La Fleur manages to kick Snouka off! Snouka jumps back into La Fleur's guard.
La Fleur avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Fleur uses the cage to get back to his feet.
La Fleur throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nice sprawl there from La Fleur as Snouka shoots in.
Snouka scores a takedown into full mount!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
La Fleur squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Snouka avoids the attempt from La Fleur to control.
Snouka looking to finish with strikes here!
Jimmy Snouka overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
La Fleur is trying to stand up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
La Fleur is in a horrible position here. Snouka smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Snouka lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
La Fleur tries to buck Snouka off but he can't manage it.
Snouka wants to control the pace but La Fleur is squirming around nicely.
Snouka lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
La Fleur really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Snouka. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Snouka has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of La Fleur's face.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La Fleur is in a horrible position here. Snouka smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
La Fleur can't escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jimmy Snouka dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Snouka shoots in for a double leg but La Fleur sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Snouka looks for a takedown but La Fleur sprawls well.
La Fleur goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Snouka chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before La Fleur can pounce on him.
Snouka throws a head kick but La Fleur moves out of range.
La Fleur throws a left and a right that both miss
and Snouka holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
La Fleur wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Snouka has him pressed against the cage.
La Fleur wants to break free but Snouka has control.
Snouka misses with a knee strike.
La Fleur lands a right hand that snaps the head of Snouka backwards.
La Fleur dodges an elbow strike from Snouka.
La Fleur is trying to break free.
Snouka pushes La Fleur back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Snouka.
Snouka scores a nice knee to the body.
Snouka misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from La Fleur.
La Fleur has Snouka pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Snouka manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Snouka with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knees to the body from Snouka.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Snouka putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has La Fleur in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Snouka.
La Fleur stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Snouka tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and La Fleur avoids it.
La Fleur wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
La Fleur breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Some wild striking there from Snouka.
La Fleur throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Snouka makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
La Fleur fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Snouka looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
La Fleur moves into range and clinches up with Snouka.
Snouka has La Fleur pressed against the cage, preventing La Fleur from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Snouka misses with a knee strike.
Snouka landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
La Fleur is trying to break free.
Snouka throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but La Fleur blocks it with crossed arms.
Snouka throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nice body punch from La Fleur - that landed with a thud.
La Fleur pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from La Fleur.
La Fleur throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Snouka counters with a head kick. That will keep La Fleur thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
La Fleur works over Snouka's head and body with a nice combination.
La Fleur swats away the attempt to clinch by Snouka.
Snouka looks to land a body kick but La Fleur moved away.
A nice combination there by La Fleur.
La Fleur moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Snouka clinches with his opponent.
La Fleur can't break the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for La Fleur.
Snouka drops down looking for an ankle pick but La Fleur pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jimmy Snouka. That's going to take a lot out of him.
La Fleur misses with a double jab
and Snouka counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Snouka.
Peter La Fleur has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Fleur wants to break free but Snouka has control.
Snouka tries to land a knee to the head but La Fleur blocks with his arms.
La Fleur working hard to break the clinch.
La Fleur on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Snouka looking for a takedown.
La Fleur on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
La Fleur is working Snouka over against the cage.
La Fleur pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
La Fleur scores with a hook.
Snouka closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
La Fleur throws a head kick that misses.
A nice leg kick lands there from La Fleur.
La Fleur moves into the clinch.
La Fleur breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Snouka showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from La Fleur.
Snouka is on the wrong end of a nice combination from La Fleur.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Snouka pushes La Fleur up against the cage in a clinch.
Snouka has hold of one of La Fleur's legs. La Fleur is fighting the takedown attempt but Snouka gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Snouka might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Snouka working some strikes from top position.
Jimmy Snouka is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Snouka controlling from the top position.
Snouka seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down La Fleur for as long as he can get away with.
Snouka trying to control the position from guard on top but La Fleur is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jimmy Snouka showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Snouka, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:26
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:26
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jimmy Snouka!
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