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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Botello (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mario Poffo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Botello comes to the cage accompanied by Candlekeep. Poffo is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Pomp and Circumstance. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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212 lbs
14 - 4 - 0 |
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190 cm
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215 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Decent wrestler
World class MT
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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
14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, John Botello!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mario Poffo!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Paulo Santos and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Poffo closes the distance and clinches.
Poffo lands a body punch.
Botello is trying to break free.
Poffo lands an uppercut.
Botello breaks the clinch.
Mario Poffo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Botello misses with a straight right.
Botello misses with a left hand
and Poffo counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Poffo scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Poffo thows a body shot but no joy.
Poffo throws a shot from downtown. Botello moves away and avoids it.
Poffo darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Botello throws a jab when Poffo was well out of range.
Poffo works Botello's body with a nice hook.
Botello misses with a looping right.
Poffo misses with a body punch
and Botello counters with a nice uppercut.
Poffo jabs at Botello's body.
Poffo slips under a jab from Botello.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Poffo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Botello.
Botello misses with an uppercut
and Poffo counters with a left to the body.
Botello pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Botello doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Botello is breathing heavily.
Nice cross by Poffo.
Poffo moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Poffo is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Botello drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Poffo misses with a body shot.
Poffo wants to clinch.
Poffo scores with a shot to the body.
Poffo closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Poffo working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Botello tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Botello is struggling to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poffo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, Poffo scores with a nice short uppercut.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Poffo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Poffo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Botello doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Poffo swings wildly with an uppercut but Botello uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Poffo fails to land.
Botello has a couple of punches blocked by Poffo.
Poffo tries a body shot but Botello blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Botello content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Poffo prevents Botello from breaking the clinch.
Poffo tries to throw a body punch but Botello avoids it by throwing Poffo back against the cage.
Poffo blocks an uppercut.
A frustrated look appears on Botello's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Botello has had enough of the clinch but Poffo keeps him there for the moment.
Botello tries to break the clinch but Poffo is controlling the position.
Botello is trying to maintain a safe position but Poffo gets an underhook and turns Botello into the cage.
Botello is looking to break free of the clinch but Poffo has double underhooks.
Botello swings wildly with an uppercut but Poffo uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Poffo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Poffo.
Botello blocks a body shot from Poffo.
A nice right hand lands inside from Poffo.
Botello is trying to break free.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Botello takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A nice left hand lands by Botello.
Botello is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Poffo has Botello pressed against the cage, preventing Botello from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Botello blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Botello is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Poffo's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Poffo misses with a punch to the body.
Poffo works on Botello's body with a couple of short punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mario Poffo dominated that round.
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.
No joy there for Botello, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Poffo defending well as Botello loads up on a big left hand.
Poffo has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Botello throws a shot from downtown. Poffo moves away and avoids it.
Poffo scores with a hook.
Botello is trying hard to land a takedown here. Poffo sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Botello misses with an uppercut. Poffo saw that one coming.
Botello misses with an uppercut.
Botello on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Poffo closes the distance and pushes Botello back into the cage.
Botello blocks a body shot from Poffo.
Poffo lands a right hand.
Poffo lands a hook to the side of the head.
Poffo lands a hook to the side of the head.
Poffo takes a shot to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Botello is looking to control Poffo's arms but Poffo gets an underhook and turns him. Now Botello has his back to the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Botello's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Poffo as Botello tries to tie him up.
Poffo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Botello is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Botello misses with a short punch on the inside.
Botello breaks from the clinch.
Poffo scores with a hook to the body. Botello takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Poffo slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Botello ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Poffo misses with a wild body shot.
Poffo lands a body shot.
Botello cracks Poffo with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Poffo moves out of range as Botello strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Botello throws a big shot that misses.
A decent looking cross lands there for Poffo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Poffo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Botello swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Botello jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Some wild striking there from Poffo.
Poffo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Botello was well out of range. Poor timing from Poffo.
Donk. Poffo catches Botello right on the button with a cross.
Botello fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Botello missing with a left hand there. Poffo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Poffo is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Botello rather than just go for the knockout.
Poffo lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Botello backs up against the cage.
Poffo misses the shot to the body.
Botello shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Poffo trying to control but Botello postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Botello wants to lay and pray for a moment but Poffo keeps working.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Botello is thwarting Poffo's attempts to control the position.
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.
We're going to have a standup here because John Botello wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Poffo moves in looking to clinch but Botello pushes him off.
Botello slips a straight right by Poffo.
Botello throws a jab when Poffo was well out of range.
Botello is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Botello takes a jab right on the kisser.
Botello takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Botello with a jab.
Poffo slips under a jab from Botello.
Botello throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Poffo lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Botello is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Poffo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Botello moves away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Botello throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Poffo cracks Botello with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Poffo scores with a jab to the body.
Botello missing with a left hand there. Poffo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mario Poffo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Botello connects with a crisp jab.
Poffo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Botello throws out the jab.
Poffo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Botello.
Mario Poffo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Poffo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Botello throws a jab when Poffo was well out of range.
Poffo lands with a good body shot.
Botello throws an off balance right hand
and Poffo counters with a straight right hand.
Botello jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Poffo fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Poffo is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Poffo misses with a wild body shot.
The fighters circle momentarily. Poffo darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Poffo listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Botello is rocked!
Poffo bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Botello's head.
Oh Botello is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Botello walks right into a perfectly timed right hook and goes down hard! He's out cold! The ref cradles Botello limp body while Poffo jumps on to the cage and waves to the roaring crowd. Wow that was just a brutal knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Mario Poffo!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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