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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chan Tapanakara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Micheal Bryant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Micheal Bryant will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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223 lbs
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215 lbs
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Powerful takedowns
Great low kicks
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Solid chin |
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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
3 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Chan Tapanakara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Micheal Bryant!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Luis Engracia and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tapanakara closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Tapanakara lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Bryant down.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tapanakara scoring with punches and elbows.
Bryant on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Bryant is working to avoid the ground and pound but Tapanakara connects with a decent elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bryant is trying to improve his position.
Bryant is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Tapanakara is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Bryant has escaped the position, nice work there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bryant tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Tapanakara wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Tapanakara thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Bryant is trying to improve his position.
Bryant gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Bryant looks gassed!
Tapanakara landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bryant taking some punishment here, with Tapanakara in his half guard.
Bryant really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Tapanakara. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Tapanakara looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Bryant with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Tapanakara missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Tapanakara passes the guard and advances to mount!
Tapanakara trying to control but Bryant is having none of it.
Bryant keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Bryant holds on to Tapanakara around his waist, trying desperately to prevent any attacks.
Tapanakara wants to control the pace but Bryant is squirming around nicely.
Tapanakara lands a big shot there that rocks Bryant but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tapanakara looking to control but Bryant is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Tapanakara lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Bryant wants to control but Tapanakara is having none of it.
Tapanakara looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
The referee warns Bryant that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bryant takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Tapanakara looking to control but Bryant is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Bryant wants to hold on but Tapanakara pushes him away.
Tapanakara lands with some strikes.
Tapanakara has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Bryant's face.
Tapanakara looking for a guillotine from mount but Bryant is having none of it.
Tapanakara is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Bryant can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tapanakara avoids the attempt from Bryant to control.
Tapanakara with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Tapanakara avoids the attempt from Bryant to control.
Tapanakara is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Bryant to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Bryant shrugs it off.
Tapanakara throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Bryant holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Tapanakara tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Tapanakara landing strikes from the mount.
Tapanakara lands a nice shot to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bryant is desperately trying to improve his position but Tapanakara has a good base and remains in mount.
Bryant tries to hold on but Tapanakara pushes him away.
Tapanakara with the ground and pound from mount.
Tapanakara landing shots from mount.
Tapanakara wants to finish this one by submission but Bryant is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Tapanakara.
Tapanakara is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Bryant is surviving well by controlling Tapanakara's body position as best he can.
Tapanakara avoids the attempt from Bryant to control.
Bryant is squirming around, avoiding Tapanakara's attempts to control the action.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bryant tries to lock up and control but Tapanakara gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Tapanakara fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chan Tapanakara 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.
Tapanakara shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Chan Tapanakara overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bryant avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Tapanakara.
Tapanakara is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Bryant tries to roll over but Tapanakara keeps him under control.
Bryant works his way to full guard. Good work.
Bryant trying to control the position.
Tapanakara gets to his feet - Bryant follows without any prompting.
Bryant misses with a takedown
and Tapanakara counters with a shoot takedown. Bryant fights it but they end up in guard.
Bryant working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Tapanakara.
Bryant working a defensive guard here.
Tapanakara 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.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tapanakara trying to control but Bryant is working from the bottom.
Tapanakara passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Tapanakara landing strikes.
Tapanakara lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Bryant down.
Tapanakara wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Bryant, who protects the arm well.
Tapanakara wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bryant keeps working.
Bryant taking a bit of punishment here - Tapanakara scoring with strikes.
Tapanakara throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Bryant managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Tapanakara.
Bryant struggling a bit here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bryant takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Bryant is working to avoid the ground and pound but Tapanakara connects with a decent elbow.
Tapanakara lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Bryant down.
Tapanakara lands an elbow.
Tapanakara lands a few punches from side control.
Bryant is looking for a sweep.
Tapanakara lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Bryant down.
Tapanakara working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Bryant can't do much from the bottom here.
Tapanakara wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bryant keeps working.
Tapanakara tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bryant tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Tapanakara wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Tapanakara moves into full mount!
Bryant is looking to improve his position but Tapanakara isn't that keen on the idea.
Tapanakara is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Tapanakara landing shots from mount.
Bryant wants to control but Tapanakara is having none of it.
Tapanakara is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bryant can do to turn this around?
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Bryant can do anything to dispel that myth.
Tapanakara trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Bryant regains half guard.
Bryant is staying active underneath Tapanakara, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bryant keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Tapanakara thows a huge punch but Bryant dodges it nicely.
Tapanakara not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Tapanakara escapes and gets back to his feet.
Tapanakara feints and as Bryant raises his hands in defense, Tapanakara changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Tapanakara cracks Bryant with a solid left hand.
Tapanakara is in close to Bryant's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Bryant looking for a sweep. Not yet Bryant, not yet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tapanakara stands and throws Bryant's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Bryant is looking to regain half guard here but Tapanakara keeps moving and retains side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chan Tapanakara dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Tapanakara looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Bryant!
Bryant tries to hold on but Tapanakara postures up.
Tapanakara lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Tapanakara looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Bryant wants to hold on but Tapanakara pushes him away.
Bryant in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Tapanakara trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Tapanakara pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Tapanakara working Bryant over with strikes here.
Bryant tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tapanakara scoring with strikes but Bryant is staying in there.
Bryant is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tapanakara trying to control but Bryant is having none of it.
Tapanakara lands a big elbow.
Tapanakara cracks Bryant with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Bryant tries to hold on but Tapanakara pushes him away.
Tapanakara landing strikes from the mount and Bryant is in trouble!
Tapanakara tries to control but Bryant wriggling away.
Tapanakara is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Bryant is looking to get to half guard.
Tapanakara postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Bryant looks a forlorn figure.
Tapanakara landing strikes, looking to finish!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tapanakara looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Tapanakara wants to control the pace but Bryant is squirming around nicely.
Bryant is desperately trying to improve his position but Tapanakara has a good base and remains in mount.
Tapanakara landing strikes from the mount.
Tapanakara tries to control but Bryant wriggling away.
Tapanakara is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Bryant can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bryant avoids a series of strikes thrown by Tapanakara.
Bryant wants to control but Tapanakara is having none of it.
Tapanakara has control of Bryant's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Bryant regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Bryant can't escape the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Bryant that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Tapanakara lands a nice shot to the head.
Tapanakara working the ground and pound effectively.
Bryant is trying desperately to improve position.
Bryant wants to control but Tapanakara is having none of it.
Chan Tapanakara is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bryant tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Tapanakara controlling from mount.
Tapanakara has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Bryant's face.
Bryant is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tapanakara with the ground and pound from mount.
A nice elbow there by Tapanakara.
Tapanakara is working for a guillotine from mount but Bryant frees his head quite easily.
Bryant is wriggling around trying to escape.
Tapanakara lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Tapanakara lands a big elbow.
Tapanakara has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Bryant's face.
Bryant takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Tapanakara is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Bryant can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Tapanakara misses with a head shot.
Micheal Bryant has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tapanakara throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Bryant is trying desperately to improve position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Chan Tapanakara showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Tapanakara has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:25
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:25
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chan Tapanakara!
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