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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Massimo Fabbri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodrigo Minotauro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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219 lbs
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205 lbs
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Dangerous GnP
Great elbows
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BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Determined |
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Massimo Fabbri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rodrigo Minotauro!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Paulo Santos and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Minotauro misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Minotauro clinches.
Fabbri lands an elbow inside that Minotauro shrugs off.
It looks like Rodrigo Minotauro has been cut.
Fabbri has picked Minotauro up - he's going for a ride! Fabbri dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Fabbri prevents Minotauro from improving his position.
Minotauro is trying to control but can't.
Minotauro is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Fabbri is staying active.
Fabbri throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Fabbri takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Minotauro is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Minotauro has hold of Fabbri's hands but Fabbri slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Minotauro is not content to let Fabbri control the position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice strikes from Fabbri there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Fabbri there.
Fabbri is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Fabbri missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Fabbri is thwarting Minotauro's attempts to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fabbri is trying to control. Minotauro wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Fabbri lands a nice short elbow.
Fabbri prevents Minotauro from improving his position.
Fabbri drops an elbow to the side of Minotauro's head.
Fabbri missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Minotauro tries to get to full guard but Fabbri has control of the leg.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fabbri lands with a punch from half guard.
Fabbri tries to pass to full mount but Minotauro defends it.
Minotauro is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Fabbri's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Fabbri's back!
Minotauro tries to keep control of the position but Fabbri is staying busy.
Minotauro is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Fabbri is defending well though. Minotauro let's go of the attempt for now.
Fabbri is really stuck here.
Fabbri manages to reverse the position and now he's in Minotauro's guard. Nice work there by Fabbri.
Fabbri with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Minotauro looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fabbri stays in close to Minotauro's body and controls the position.
Fabbri working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Minotauro's head.
Fabbri working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Minotauro is looking for a triangle but Fabbri pushes his legs off easily.
Fabbri advances position into side control!
Fabbri working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Minotauro tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Fabbri working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Fabbri scores with punches from side control.
That has opened up Rodrigo Minotauro's cut even more.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Minotauro tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Fabbri scores with punches from side control.
The cut above Rodrigo Minotauro's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Rodrigo Minotauro's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Massimo Fabbri!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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