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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Thiago de Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dakota Finley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). de Souza comes to the cage accompanied by Dry County. Finley has chosen Bad Company as his entrance music. Thiago de Souza has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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177 lbs
11 - 6 - 0 |
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182 cm
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170 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
KO power |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin |
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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
11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Thiago de Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dakota Finley!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Ren Mimura and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Finley swings for the body but de Souza moves out of range.
de Souza misses with a looping right.
de Souza throws out a powerful jab.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by de Souza.
de Souza bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Finley's head.
Finley blocks a head kick by de Souza.
Finley rushes de Souza and presses him up against the cage.
Knees to the body from de Souza.
Finley's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
de Souza decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Finley is defending against the submission attempts here by de Souza.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
de Souza thows a huge punch but Finley dodges it nicely.
Finley actively working from the bottom here.
Finley taking some punishment here, with de Souza in his half guard.
Finley wants to get back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Finley is in trouble now - de Souza has advanced to mount!
de Souza trying to control but Finley is having none of it.
The referee warns Finley that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
de Souza fails to advance to Finley's back.
Finley has given up his back.
de Souza cracks Finley with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Finley from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
de Souza working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Finley trying to control the hands but de Souza breaks the grip.
de Souza has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Finley is really stuck here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Finley fending off the submission attempt from de Souza.
Finley tries to break free.
de Souza lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
de Souza lands a shot to the head.
de Souza lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
de Souza is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
de Souza lands shots from the back.
Finley won't enjoy being in this position. de Souza looking for the choke. Oh... he's slipped the arm under the neck - Finley is tapping - it's over boys! de Souza picks up the submission victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Thiago de Souza!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
87% |
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