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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Matt Rodrigo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Heffa Huerta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rodrigo comes to the cage accompanied by Da Rockwilder. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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180 lbs
0 - 2 - 0 |
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170 cm
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165 lbs
1 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent |
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Good takedowns
Brawler
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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
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Matt Rodrigo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Heffa Huerta!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Thiago Cunha and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rodrigo shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Huerta as he jumps to the side.
Rodrigo shoots in looking for a takedown. Huerta tries to sprawl out of it but Rodrigo keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Huerta manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Huerta moves out of range of the body kick from Rodrigo.
Rodrigo moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Huerta is rocked!
Rodrigo closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Huerta is still in real trouble! Can Rodrigo finish him?
Huerta actively working from the bottom here.
Huerta is looking to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rodrigo stops Huerta from getting back to his feet.
Huerta wants to get back to full guard but Rodrigo has passed into side control.
Huerta seems to have recovered his senses.
Huerta can't escape the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Huerta in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Huerta tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Huerta is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Rodrigo will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Huerta looks gassed!
Huerta bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Huerta throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rodrigo avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Rodrigo looking to hit a scissor sweep but Huerta is one step ahead there.
Rodrigo wants to stand up but Huerta is controlling him.
Huerta trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Huerta throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Rodrigo works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Huerta throwing strikes but missing.
Huerta lands a couple of elbows.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Rodrigo throws a sloppy head kick and Huerta moves out of range easily.
No joy there for Rodrigo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rodrigo shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Huerta as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matt Rodrigo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Huerta fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rodrigo throws a sloppy head kick and Huerta moves out of range easily.
Huerta misses with a body shot.
Rodrigo tries to clinch there but Huerta circles away.
Huerta scores with a takedown into Rodrigo's guard.
Huerta tries to free his leg and advance position but Rodrigo is retaining full guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Rodrigo wants to sweep here but Huerta controlling him for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Huerta lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Huerta throws a big right hand that misses.
Huerta postures up and lands a big shot to Rodrigo's brow.
Huerta missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Huerta postures up in Rodrigo's guard and throws a big left but Rodrigo blocks it.
Rodrigo wants to stand and escape but Huerta is having none of it.
Huerta in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Huerta avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Rodrigo looking for a guillotine here but Huerta defends easily.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Huerta changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Rodrigo looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Huerta grinds an elbow into Rodrigo's temple.
Huerta stands up.
Huerta walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Huerta shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Huerta was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Huerta lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Rodrigo hang on?
Huerta lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Huerta lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Rodrigo is bucking up trying to escape but Huerta cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Huerta in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Rodrigo working to try and regain half guard.
Huerta has control of Rodrigo's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Rodrigo regains control of the situation pretty easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Heffa Huerta dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Huerta gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Rodrigo counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Huerta blocks a head kick by Rodrigo.
Huerta doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Rodrigo counters with a takedown into side control.
Huerta is looking for a sweep.
Rodrigo is looking to take a break and control but Huerta is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Huerta trying to remain calm as Rodrigo controls from the top position.
Huerta tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Rodrigo wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Rodrigo stands up.
Heffa Huerta seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rodrigo shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Huerta as he avoids it easily.
Rodrigo misses with a takedown
and Huerta holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodrigo stops a takedown attempt from Huerta.
Matt Rodrigo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Heffa Huerta.
Huerta fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Rodrigo breaks from the clinch.
No luck for Rodrigo with that takedown attempt.
Rodrigo shoots for a double leg takedown but Huerta sprawls well. He's pushed Rodrigo's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Huerta shoots in looking for a takedown. Rodrigo tries to sprawl out of it but Huerta keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Rodrigo manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Rodrigo takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Rodrigo tries to clinch but Huerta moves out of range.
Rodrigo gets caught flat footed, as Huerta shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Huerta stands and steps away. Rodrigo gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Rodrigo scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Rodrigo lands with a punch from half guard.
Huerta wants to improve his position but Rodrigo is controlling well.
Rodrigo is keen to just control but Huerta is a slippery customer.
Huerta moves into full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodrigo is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Huerta throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Huerta tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Huerta lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Rodrigo!
Huerta throws some wild stikes that Rodrigo manages to avoid easily.
Rodrigo tries to hold on but Huerta postures up.
Rodrigo tries to reverse the position but Huerta maintains control.
Huerta with good strikes from the mount here!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
The referee warns Rodrigo that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Huerta raining down shots from the mount!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Huerta throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Rodrigo because Huerta loaded up on that one.
Rodrigo is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Huerta lands a heavy elbow.
Huerta breaks from Rodrigo's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Huerta fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Rodrigo is rocked!
Huerta postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Rodrigo in real trouble here! The ref calls for Rodrigo to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Heffa Huerta!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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