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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Renato Sobral (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gustavo Cardoso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Renato Sobral has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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188 lbs
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190 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Renato Sobral!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gustavo Cardoso!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Paulo Santos and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cardoso tries to keep at a distance but Sobral has taken the fight into the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Cardoso's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sobral scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sobral has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Cardoso uses from the top position.
Sobral looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Cardoso wants to get up but he can't break Sobral's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Cardoso decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Sobral waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cardoso.
Sobral tries to clinch up but Cardoso circles away and keeps his distance.
Cardoso digs a good body shot into Sobral's ribs.
Sobral tries to clinch but Cardoso moves out of range.
Cardoso fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sobral looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Cardoso misses with a series of wild punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cardoso takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Sobral tries to clinch up but Cardoso circles away and keeps his distance.
Cardoso on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Cardoso swinging wildly here.
Sobral thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cardoso keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sobral.
Cardoso throws a shot from downtown. Sobral moves away and avoids it.
Sobral lunges at Cardoso with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Cardoso's hand.
Cardoso looks to land a combination but Sobral avoids it well.
Cardoso throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Cardoso just misses with a punch to the body.
Cardoso moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Cardoso keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sobral.
Sobral throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Cardoso moves away from the strike by Sobral.
Cardoso avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cardoso falls off balance throwing a combination
and Sobral makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sobral looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cardoso cracks Sobral with an open hand slap.
Cardoso scores with a shot to the body.
Cardoso misses with a straight left.
Cardoso throws a hook but Sobral avoids it easily.
Sobral showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cardoso.
Sobral takes one on the chin but seems OK.
It looks like Renato Sobral has been cut.
Cardoso takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Sobral gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sobral tries to work over Cardoso's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cardoso is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sobral jumps guard but Cardoso stands there with Sobral around his waist. Sobral gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Sobral jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Cardoso walks away with a smile on his face. Sobral gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Sobral clinches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cardoso tries to break free but Sobral pushes him back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cardoso.
Sobral is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Renato Sobral. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sobral jumps guard but Cardoso stands there with Sobral around his waist. Sobral gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Cardoso wants to get back to striking at distance but Sobral won't allow it.
Sobral tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Cardoso just stands there and leans against the cage.
Sobral misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cardoso looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Cardoso can't break the clinch.
Sobral misses with a punch to the body.
Sobral slows down the pace here.
Cardoso tries to break the clinch but Sobral is controlling the position.
Sobral jumps guard but Cardoso stands there with Sobral around his waist. Sobral gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
A short uppercut from Sobral.
Cardoso is trying to force a seperation but Sobral has the dominant position.
Sobral lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sobral working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Cardoso is trying to break free.
Sobral leaning against his opponent.
A frustrated look appears on Cardoso's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Cardoso's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sobral is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cardoso.
Cardoso changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Cardoso throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Sobral counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A big left from Cardoso misses.
Danga de danga de dang - Cardoso scores with a four punch combination!
Sobral moves out of range of the strikes.
Cardoso throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cardoso misses with a two punch combination.
Sobral lands an overhand right.
Cardoso with a jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cardoso uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sobral.
A swing and a miss from Sobral.
Cardoso thows a body shot but no joy.
Cardoso misses with a looping left.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gustavo Cardoso dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Renato Sobral's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
A telegraphed right hand from Sobral misses the target.
Sobral throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cardoso throws a series of punches but Sobral moves out of range.
Cardoso looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sobral throws a shot to the body.
Sobral misses with a straight left.
Sobral is looking to clinch but Cardoso is avoiding it.
Sobral pushes Cardoso up against the cage in a clinch.
Cardoso wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sobral tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Cardoso just stands there and leans against the cage.
Sobral is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Cardoso has had enough of the clinch but Sobral keeps him there for the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cardoso wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A short uppercut from Sobral.
Cardoso can't break the clinch.
Cardoso prevents a body shot from Sobral.
Sobral has Cardoso pressed against the cage, preventing Cardoso from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sobral goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sobral jumps guard but Cardoso stands there with Sobral around his waist. Sobral gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sobral is working Cardoso over against the cage.
Sobral holding his opponent close, against the cage.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Cardoso blocking some punches.
A left hand lands to the body for Sobral.
Sobral stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Cardoso is breathing heavily.
Sobral misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sobral prevents Cardoso from breaking the clinch.
Sobral pulls Cardoso into guard.
Cardoso would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Sobral tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Sobral tries to strike from the bottom.
Cardoso gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Cardoso looks to land a combination but Sobral avoids it well.
Sobral uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cardoso.
Sobral throws an overhand right that lands on Cardoso's shoulder, as Cardoso tries to avoid the shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sobral closes the distance and pushes Cardoso back into the cage.
Cardoso wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sobral lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cardoso wants to get back to striking at distance but Sobral won't allow it.
Cardoso tries to break free but Sobral pushes him back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sobral.
Sobral gets control of Cardoso's arms and successfully pulls guard. Sobral will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Sobral looking to hit a scissor sweep but Cardoso is one step ahead there.
Cardoso stands up and waves to Sobral to follow him.
A combination from Cardoso does no damage.
Sobral is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cardoso.
Sobral is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cardoso.
A big left from Sobral misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sobral instigates a clinch.
Cardoso prevents a body shot from Sobral.
Cardoso looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sobral tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Cardoso just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Renato Sobral. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Good body shot from Sobral.
Sobral tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Cardoso just stands there and leans against the cage.
Sobral gets control of Cardoso's arms and successfully pulls guard. Sobral will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Sobral throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Cardoso tries to stand but Sobral is controlling from the bottom.
Cardoso gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Cardoso misses with a series of wild punches.
Sobral connects with a nice looking jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sobral looks to land a left hand but Cardoso moved out of range nicely.
Cardoso on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Cardoso throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sobral sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cardoso looks to score with a jab to the body but Sobral is just out of range.
Cardoso misses with a double jab.
Sobral misses with a looping left.
Sobral tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cardoso swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cardoso throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sobral takes a swing at Cardoso's ribcage but misses.
Cardoso scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Sobral ducks under a wild hook from Cardoso.
Cardoso thuds a left hand into Sobral's body.
Gustavo Cardoso is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sobral closes the distance and pushes Cardoso back into the cage.
Sobral has a couple of punches blocked by Cardoso.
Cardoso prevents a body shot from Sobral.
Sobral jumps guard but Cardoso stands there with Sobral around his waist. Sobral gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Sobral fails to pull the fight into his guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Renato Sobral dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Renato Sobral's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Good exchange - Cardoso coming out on top.
Sobral misses with a straight left.
Sobral uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cardoso.
Cardoso misses with a wild combination.
Cardoso misses with a wild body shot.
Gustavo Cardoso seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cardoso moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Cardoso moves away from the strike by Sobral.
Sobral swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sobral fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cardoso manages to avoid it.
Sobral scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Cardoso swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Sobral cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sobral lands with an uppercut that bounces Cardoso off the cage and back into rage.
Cardoso misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sobral tries to close the distance and clinch but Cardoso swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cardoso misses with the combination.
Cardoso takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Cardoso swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cardoso looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cardoso uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sobral.
Sobral looks to land a left hand but Cardoso moved out of range nicely.
Nice defenses there by Cardoso.
Cardoso thows a body shot but no joy.
Cardoso misses with a straight right.
Cardoso looks to land a right hand but Sobral moved out of range.
Renato Sobral seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sobral moves out of range as Cardoso strikes.
Cardoso slips a straight right by Sobral.
Cardoso looks to land a combination but Sobral avoids it well.
Sobral slips a jab and a cross from Cardoso.
Cardoso is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Sobral tries to clinch there but Cardoso circles away.
Cardoso tries to keep at a distance but Sobral has taken the fight into the clinch.
Cardoso wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sobral tries a body shot but Cardoso blocks it.
Sobral misses with a short punch on the inside.
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.
Sobral is trying to stall.
Cardoso wants to get back to striking at distance but Sobral won't allow it.
Sobral tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cardoso's elbow.
Sobral is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Sobral working aggressively here.
Sobral content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Sobral works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sobral.
Sobral's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Cardoso looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A right handed body shot lands from Sobral.
Sobral has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Cardoso uses from the top position.
Sobral isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Cardoso stacks Sobral on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Cardoso!
Sobral is not content to let Cardoso control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Sobral's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Cardoso stands up and beckons Sobral to his feet.
Sobral works Cardoso's body with a nice hook.
Cardoso moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Sobral moves in looking to clinch but Cardoso pushes him off.
Cardoso throws a series of punches but Sobral avoids them all with ease.
Sobral throws a jab but it's blocked by Cardoso.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cardoso swinging wildly here.
Cardoso keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cardoso thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sobral uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cardoso.
Cardoso fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Cardoso is trying to break the clinch but Sobral has him pressed against the cage.
Sobral jumps guard.
Sobral trying to strike off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sobral is looking for a triangle but Cardoso pushes his legs off easily.
Cardoso stands up from guard. Let's bang!
No joy there for Cardoso, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
And that's the end of the fight!
Renato Sobral showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Sobral has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Edson Gomes scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 29:28
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Renato Sobral!
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energy
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RATING
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