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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ed Nelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rod Brave (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nelson comes to the cage accompanied by Stephen Lynch - Special Ed. The crowd seem to be enjoying Brave's choice of entrance music: Eco, Eco (somos de taleco). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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150 lbs
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ed Nelson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rod Brave!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Matheus Silva and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brave throws a right hand that misses
and Nelson counters with a stiff right hand.
Nelson shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Brave's guard.
Nelson sitting in guard here, content to control.
Nelson passes Brave's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Nelson looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Brave is looking to improve his position.
Nelson is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Nelson frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Nelson lands a heavy elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brave is looking to improve his position but Nelson isn't that keen on the idea.
Brave is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Nelson controlling his opponent.
Brave working to try and regain half guard.
Nelson working for a guillotine from mount but Brave is in no mood to give up.
Nelson prevents Brave from getting the reversal.
Nelson lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Nelson wants to control the pace but Brave is squirming around nicely.
Brave is looking to improve his position but Nelson isn't that keen on the idea.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nelson cracks Brave with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Brave working to try and regain half guard.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Nelson cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Brave tries to reverse the position but Nelson maintains control.
Brave slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Brave wants to improve his position but Nelson is controlling well.
Nelson seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Nelson trying to mount his opponent but Brave defends it.
Brave is looking to improve his position.
Nelson passes to full mount!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nelson jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Brave is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Brave and Nelson has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Brave manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Nelson makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Nelson.
Nelson is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Brave looking to sit in guard and control but Nelson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Nelson is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Brave really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Nelson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Brave is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nelson stopping the sweep attempt from Brave.
Brave not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Nelson postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Nelson trying to control the position from guard on top but Brave is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Brave wants to sweep here but Nelson controlling him for the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brave is trying to control the position but Nelson postures up.
Nelson slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nelson tries to free his leg and advance position but Brave is retaining full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ed Nelson dominated that round.
That's time! Nelson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Nelson misses with a wild body shot.
Brave throws a head kick that misses.
Brave tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nelson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nelson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Brave moves out of range of the strikes.
Brave cracks the inside of Nelson's front leg.
Brave swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Good exchange - Nelson coming out on top.
Nelson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Brave ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Brave attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Nice takedown defense from Brave. No joy for Nelson on that attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nelson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Brave.
Nelson lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Brave wants to clinch.
Nelson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brave avoids the body shot from Nelson.
Brave tries to clinch but Nelson is having none of it.
Brave looks to score with a jab to the body but Nelson is just out of range.
Nelson looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Brave looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Nelson trying to mount his opponent but Brave defends it.
Brave is looking for a sweep. Nelson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Nelson content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Brave is looking to improve his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brave works his way to full guard. Good work.
Nelson controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Brave keeping moving, preventing Nelson from controlling successfully.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Nelson advances position into side control!
Nelson looking to control but instead Brave has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Brave is trying to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brave is in trouble now - Nelson has advanced to mount!
Nelson tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Brave is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Nelson looking to control and managing it successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nelson is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Brave can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Nelson tries to control but Brave wriggling away.
Brave tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Nelson wants to control the pace but Brave is squirming around nicely.
Brave is looking to improve his position but Nelson isn't that keen on the idea.
Nelson working for a guillotine from mount but Brave is in no mood to give up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ed Nelson dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Brave tries to clinch up
and Nelson counters with a nice body shot.
Brave does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Nelson has his takedown stuffed
and Brave counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Nelson looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Brave!
Nelson controlling from the full mount.
Brave is trying to escape the mount.
Nelson moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Brave has worked his arm free - good work by Brave!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson works to advance to full mount. Brave defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Brave is desperately trying to improve his position but Nelson has a good base and remains in mount.
Brave is squirming around, avoiding Nelson's attempts to control the action.
Nelson controlling the position easily from mount.
Nelson trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Brave in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Brave is looking to improve his position but Nelson isn't that keen on the idea.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Nelson lands a heavy elbow.
Brave is looking to improve his position but Nelson isn't that keen on the idea.
Brave regains half guard.
Nelson is trying to work for a kimura but Brave is defending well.
Nelson is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Nelson prevents Brave from getting the reversal.
Nelson controlling the position easily from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nelson has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Brave is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Brave is looking to get to half guard.
Brave takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nelson trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Nelson looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Nelson lands a heavy elbow.
Brave is squirming around, avoiding Nelson's attempts to control the action.
Nelson takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brave can't escape the position.
Ed Nelson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Nelson controlling the position easily from mount.
Rod Brave has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
And that's the end of the fight!
Ed Nelson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Nelson 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:27
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ed Nelson!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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