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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alexandre Riberio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrei Arlovski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Arlovski comes into a darkened arena with his song building. fuck the weak kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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210 lbs
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200 lbs
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Good takedowns
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alexandre Riberio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Andrei Arlovski!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Frank Dennis and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Riberio tries to close the distance and clinch up but Arlovski swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Arlovski misses with the combination.
Riberio could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Arlovski misses with a jab, cross combination.
Riberio shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Arlovski as he jumps to the side.
Riberio throws a right and a left that Arlovski avoids nicely.
Arlovski instigates a clinch.
Arlovski pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Riberio has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Nice takedown defense from Arlovski. No joy for Riberio on that attempt.
Riberio looks to clinch
and Arlovski counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Arlovski.
Arlovski prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alexandre Riberio. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Riberio is trying to drag Arlovski to the mat but Arlovski just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Arlovski jumps into guard, dragging Riberio to the mat.
Riberio trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Arlovski wants to stand up but Riberio is controlling him.
Arlovski has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Riberio can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Arlovski working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Riberio doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Riberio manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Riberio trying to control the position from guard on top but Arlovski is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Riberio thows a big elbow that misses.
Riberio throws a big right hand that misses.
Riberio is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Riberio 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.
Riberio is breathing heavily.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Arlovski looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Riberio misses with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Arlovski forces Riberio back against the cage and clinches.
Arlovski manages to pull guard.
Riberio thows a big elbow that misses.
Riberio working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Arlovski is looking for a triangle but Riberio pushes his legs off easily.
Riberio loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Arlovski keeping moving, preventing Riberio from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Riberio postures up in Arlovski's guard and throws a big left but Arlovski blocks it.
Riberio loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Arlovski is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Riberio is aware though and is defending well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riberio postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Riberio attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Arlovski rushes Riberio and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Arlovski decides to pull guard.
Riberio loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Riberio trying to control but Arlovski is working from the bottom.
Arlovski really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Riberio. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Arlovski is looking to stand up but Riberio isn't so interested in that idea.
Riberio trying to control but Arlovski is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Arlovski utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Riberio stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Arlovski swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Arlovski scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Nice takedown defense from Arlovski. No joy for Riberio on that attempt.
Arlovski moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Arlovski dives in and grabs Riberio's left leg, looking for a takedown. Riberio pushes down on Arlovski's head and hops out.
Arlovski has Riberio up against the cage in a clinch.
Arlovski's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Riberio misses with a double jab
and Arlovski counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andrei Arlovski dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Arlovski throws a right and a left that both miss.
Andrei Arlovski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Arlovski misses with a jab, cross combination.
Arlovski instigates a clinch.
Arlovski pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Riberio shoots in but Arlovski avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Arlovski pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Arlovski gets control of Riberio's arms and successfully pulls guard. Arlovski will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Riberio sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Arlovski's guard.
Riberio thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Arlovski's head.
Riberio trying to advance position but Arlovski counters by regaining guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Riberio trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Arlovski is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Riberio is aware though and is defending well.
Riberio controls from within his opponent's guard.
Riberio pushes down on Arlovski's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Arlovski is trying to stand.
Riberio is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Riberio misses with a head shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Riberio thowing shots but they're missing.
Riberio looking to finish with strikes here!
Riberio throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Riberio looking to finish with strikes here!
Riberio trying to control but Arlovski is having none of it.
Arlovski avoids a series of strikes thrown by Riberio.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riberio misses with a head shot.
Riberio looking to control but Arlovski is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Riberio misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Riberio swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Arlovski is now in Riberio's guard. A big mistake from Riberio there, giving up the dominant position!
Arlovski working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Arlovski is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Riberio looking to control.
Riberio working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Arlovski doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Riberio is tightening it up a little... Arlovski has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Arlovski reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Arlovski taps out! nice BJJ there by Riberio!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Alexandre Riberio!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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