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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Donald Natush (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Porter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Natush comes to the cage accompanied by Careless Whisper. Porter has chosen Vicarious by Tool as his entrance music. Daniel Porter will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Donald Natush!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Daniel Porter!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Alexandre Firmino and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Natush throws a right and a left that Porter avoids nicely.
Porter looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Porter lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Porter lands a nice looking kick to the body. Natush takes a step back to recover.
Natush fails with the takedown.
Natush shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Porter pinned against the cage. Porter gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
A combination from Natush does no damage.
Natush is breathing heavily.
Natush throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Porter.
A decent looking cross lands there for Porter.
Porter cracks Natush with a good jab.
It looks like Donald Natush has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Porter connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
An inside leg kick lands from Porter.
Porter feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Natush's calf.
A head kick misses from Porter.
Porter fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Natush.
Natush drops Porter with a beautiful combination! Porter stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Natush is looking for the KO!
Porter is rocked!
It looks like Daniel Porter has been cut.
Porter fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Porter is still on wobbly legs! Can Natush finish him?
Natush throws a left and a right that both miss
and Porter makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Natush misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Porter throws a right and a left that Natush avoids nicely.
Natush comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Porter seems to have recovered his senses.
Natush throws a leg kick
and Porter cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Natush.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Donald Natush. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Natush waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Porter.
A jab from Natush misses.
Daniel Porter is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Natush is looking to clinch.
Porter looks to land a combination but Natush avoids it well.
Porter throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Natush.
Porter pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Natush misses with a low kick.
Porter looks to land a right hand but Natush moved out of range.
No joy there for Porter, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Porter stuffs the takedown.
Natush fails with the takedown.
Natush swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Porter counters with a good, hard body kick but Natush shrugs it off.
Porter dodges the punch combination from Natush.
Natush scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Porter is looking for a sweep.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Natush stands up.
Porter throws a head kick that Natush semi-blocks.
Natush drives through with a powerful takedown. That's hurt Porter!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Natush advances to half guard.
Porter trying to hold on to Natush's head to control him but Natush postures up.
Natush is stalling here. Porter is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Natush seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Porter has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Porter wants to stand but Natush is controlling his arm.
Natush is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Porter wants to stand but Natush has his arm trapped.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Natush is looking for a sweep.
Natush is working hard here to advance position.
Natush manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Natush is striking from the bottom but he's now found himself mounted! Oh dear - not enough focus on defense there.
Natush is squirming around, avoiding Porter's attempts to control the action.
Porter avoids the attempt from Natush to control.
Porter looking to control but Natush is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Natush is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
That's four 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.
Natush is trying desperately to improve position.
Natush is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Natush throwing hammer fists to the chest of Porter. What's that going to do exactly?
Natush is in all sorts of trouble here.
Porter is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Porter throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Natush's head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Horrible takedown by Natush or perhaps it was just good defense by Porter which made him look bad.
Natush throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Porter counters with a nice leg kick.
Natush looks for a takedown but Porter sprawls well.
Porter scores with a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Daniel Porter dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Natush's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Natush rushes Porter and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Natush escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Porter blocks a jab.
Natush shoots in but no luck this time.
A big left from Porter misses.
Porter lands a two punch combo.
Porter misses with a combination
and Natush counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Porter's guard now.
Natush passes Porter's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Natush sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Porter defending well though.
Natush performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Porter is looking to control Natush's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Porter avoid being mounted?
Porter is breathing heavily.
Natush working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Natush passes to full mount!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Natush looking to finish with strikes here!
Natush dominating with strikes here.
Porter tries to hold on but Natush pushes him away.
Natush unloads with some shots from mount but Porter bucks and avoids them well.
Natush lands a big elbow.
Natush breaks from Porter's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Natush thowing shots but they're missing.
Natush punching from mount but Porter doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Natush throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Natush trying to control but Porter is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Natush working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Natush cracks Porter with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Natush with a couple of short strikes.
Natush with a couple of short strikes.
Natush pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Natush working Porter over with strikes here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Porter can't escape the position.
Porter wants to get back to his feet.
Porter prevents any damage by holding on tight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Porter is in all sorts of trouble here.
Natush throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Natush tries to control but Porter wriggling away.
Natush breaks from Porter's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Poor strikes thrown by Natush there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Porter sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Porter is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Natush's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Natush's back!
I really don't envy Natush right now.
Natush 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.
Porter is looking for the choke from the back position but Natush is controlling his hands well.
Porter looking for the choke but no joy.
That's four 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.
Porter is looking to control Natush but Natush is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Natush tries to roll but Porter sticks to his back.
Porter is not going to allow Natush to sit and survive in this position.
Porter keeps control of the position as Natush tries to break free.
Natush is keeping busy.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Porter doesn't have the hooks in and Natush manages to turn into his guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Donald Natush dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Natush shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Porter as he avoids it easily.
Porter blocks a head kick by Natush.
Porter lands with a nice body kick.
Porter buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Porter lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Porter.
Porter throws a left and a right that both miss
and Natush counters with a nice double leg into side control. Porter won't be happy with that.
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!
Natush wants to control but Porter is keeping him busy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Porter is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Natush trying to pass the guard but Porter defending well.
Natush is thwarting Porter's attempts to control the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Porter is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Natush's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Natush's back!
Natush staying busy and making it hard for Porter to control.
Porter is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Porter might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Natush kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Natush showing good submission defense here.
Natush tries to escape the position.
Porter struggling to keep hold of the position.
Porter controls the action.
Natush is in bad spot here.
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.
Natush looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Natush is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Natush is really stuck here.
Natush trying to control but not successfully.
Porter has his opponent's back but Natush is looking to stand. He manages to get to his feet and shakes off Porter.
Natush looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Donald Natush is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Natush takes a kick to the side of the head.
Natush scores with a jab to the head.
Natush swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Natush fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Donald Natush. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Natush looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Natush missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Porter tries to get to full guard but Natush has control of the leg.
Porter moves into full guard.
Natush wants to control from the top but Porter keeps moving.
Porter is looking to stand up but Natush isn't so interested in that idea.
Porter working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Natush.
Porter pushes Natush off and scrambles back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Porter throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nice cross by Porter.
Natush slips a jab and a cross from Porter.
Natush avoids a punch combination nicely.
Porter scoring well with a low kick there.
Porter lands with a nice body kick.
Porter tests Natush's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Porter throws a series of punches but Natush avoids them all with ease.
Natush changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Porter looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Check out the look on Natush's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Check out the look on Natush's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Natush looking to control but instead Porter has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Natush is keen to just control but Porter is a slippery customer.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Donald Natush.
I think Natush 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 Luis Engracia scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 29:28
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 29:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Donald Natush!
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