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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Raymonds (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charles Brigante (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Charles Brigante has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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185 lbs
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197 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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Dangerous knees
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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
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Daniel Raymonds!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Charles Brigante!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Ackerman and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Raymonds as Brigante shoots in.
Brigante tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Raymonds paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Brigante clinches up with Raymonds and pushes him back against the ropes.
Raymonds takes an elbow to the temple.
It looks like Daniel Raymonds has been cut.
Brigante crunches a lovely knee into Raymonds's ribcage.
Brigante unloads a knee to the mid-section. Raymonds lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Brigante tries to land a knee to the head but Raymonds blocks with his arms.
Brigante lands a knee to the head.
Raymonds is breathing heavily.
Brigante is trying to trip Raymonds. He has hold of a leg but Raymonds is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Brigante persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brigante in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Brigante thows a big elbow that misses.
Brigante loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Brigante is stalling in the full guard.
Brigante wants to control from the top but Raymonds keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brigante passes into half guard.
Brigante not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Brigante is looking to take a break and control but Raymonds is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Brigante is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Brigante is keen to just control but Raymonds is a slippery customer.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Brigante misses with a head shot. Raymonds uses the momentum to regain guard.
Brigante trying to control but Raymonds is working from the bottom.
Brigante loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Brigante trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Raymonds keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Brigante fails to land with a series of punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brigante clinches up against the ropes.
Brigante tries to land a knee to the head but Raymonds blocks with his arms.
Brigante throws a knee to the head but misses.
A frustrated look appears on Raymonds's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Raymonds misses with a knee to the head.
Raymonds tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by Brigante.
Brigante looking to throw knees to the head but Raymonds is blocking nicely.
Brigante connects with a nasty looking knee right to Raymonds's face.
Raymonds takes a knee right on the jaw!
Raymonds throws a knee to the head but misses.
Brigante lands a good knee to the midsection. Raymonds won't want to take too many of those.
Knees in the clinch landing for Brigante.
Brigante landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Come on Brigante - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Brigante is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Brigante has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Raymonds is trying to keep an underhook but Brigante manages to get the takedown into half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Brigante lands a nice short elbow.
Brigante looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Brigante seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Raymonds blocking the ground and pound attempt from Brigante.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Brigante not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Brigante is looking to take a break and control but Raymonds is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Brigante thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Raymonds's head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Raymonds is trying to stand.
Brigante wants to take a breather but Raymonds is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charles Brigante dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Daniel Raymonds's cut.
That's time! Raymonds's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Brigante clinches up against the ropes.
Brigante looking to throw knees to the head but Raymonds is blocking nicely.
Brigante prevents the takedown attempt.
Raymonds throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Brigante lands a good knee to the midsection. Raymonds won't want to take too many of those.
Raymonds takes an elbow to the temple.
Brigante blocks the elbow strike.
Brigante has Raymonds pressed up against the ropes. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Brigante pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Raymonds tumbling to the mat - Brigante dives into Raymonds's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brigante loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Raymonds keeping moving, preventing Brigante from controlling successfully.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Brigante throws a big right hand that misses.
Brigante is in close to Raymonds's body, working some short punches and elbows.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brigante in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Brigante trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Raymonds preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Brigante trying to control the position from guard on top but Raymonds is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Brigante throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Brigante trying to control but Raymonds is working from the bottom.
Brigante thows a big elbow that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Raymonds is trying to control the position from the bottom.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Brigante fails in his attempt to clinch.
Brigante gets a takedown into half guard.
Raymonds blocking the ground and pound attempt from Brigante.
Brigante content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Brigante throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brigante winds up and cracks Raymonds with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Brigante is nestled in close to Raymonds, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Brigante not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Brigante has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Brigante looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Raymonds wants to improve his position but Brigante is controlling well.
Brigante prevents Raymonds from standing back up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brigante seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Raymonds does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Brigante throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Brigante lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Let's hope that Brigante has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Brigante throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charles Brigante showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Daniel Raymonds's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
The fight stays on the outside here - Brigante looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Raymonds swats away the attempt to clinch by Brigante.
Brigante tries to clinch but Raymonds moves out of range.
Brigante tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Raymonds paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Brigante looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Brigante thows a big elbow that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brigante throwing strikes from guard but Raymonds blocks nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Raymonds keeping moving, preventing Brigante from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brigante throwing strikes from guard but Raymonds blocks nicely.
Brigante showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Brigante wants to control from the top but Raymonds keeps moving.
Charles Brigante is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
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.
Brigante is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Brigante closes the distance and clinches up with Raymonds, looking for a takedown. Brigante pushes Raymonds against the ropes but Raymonds circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Raymonds misses with a kick to the body.
Brigante tries to clinch up.
Brigante looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Raymonds is fending him off so far but Brigante persists. Nope, Raymonds circles away and we're back to standing.
Brigante has a takedown stuffed.
Daniel Raymonds has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Charles Brigante.
Brigante blocks a head kick by Raymonds.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brigante misses with a double jab.
Brigante doesn't manage to clinch there - Raymonds circles away.
Brigante swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Brigante is looking to clinch but Raymonds is avoiding it.
Brigante fails to land the takedown.
Brigante has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Brigante changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Raymonds looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Raymonds is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Brigante asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Raymonds managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Brigante.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Raymonds can't do much from the bottom here.
Brigante in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Brigante is looking to take a break and control but Raymonds is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Brigante creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Raymonds sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Brigante throwing shots but missing, from side control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Charles Brigante comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Brigante winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 25:30
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 25:30
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 25:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Charles Brigante!
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RATING
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