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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mother Theresa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joao Davi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joao Davi has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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170 lbs
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165 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite 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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mother Theresa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Joao Davi!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Roosa Järviläinen and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Theresa throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Theresa gets the takedown into side control.
Davi is trying to control Theresa's posture but Theresa avoids it.
Theresa wants to lay and pray for a moment but Davi keeps working.
Theresa wants to stand but Davi is controlling his arm.
Davi tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Theresa wants to lay and pray for a moment but Davi keeps working.
Davi manages to get back to half guard.
Theresa is breathing heavily.
Davi wants to control but Theresa is keeping busy.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Davi looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Theresa wants to get back to his feet.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Davi in particular looking to stall.
Davi trying to pass the guard but Theresa defending well.
Theresa wants to control but Davi is keeping busy.
Theresa is trying to stand up here but Davi is controlling him well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Theresa won't allow Davi to pass to mount.
Theresa is trying to maintain the position but Davi is very close to passing his half guard.
Davi wants to free his trapped foot but Theresa is holding on for dear life with his legs.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Davi shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Davi was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Theresa is looking to improve his position but Davi isn't that keen on the idea.
Davi tries to control but Theresa wriggling away.
Davi controlling from the full mount.
Theresa throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Theresa is in all sorts of trouble here.
Theresa has given up his back.
Davi is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
Davi not allowing Theresa to control his hands.
Theresa is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Theresa is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
Theresa wants to control his opponent's hands but Davi gets his hands free.
Davi working for the choke.
Davi is not going to allow Theresa to sit and survive in this position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Davi controlling the position well here. Theresa rolled but Davi kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
Will Davi go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
Davi avoiding Theresa 's attempts to control his hands.
Davi trying to control.
Davi biding his time, looking for the opening.
Davi is trying to stick to Theresa's back but Theresa is turning into Davi. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Davi's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Theresa.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joao Davi dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Davi blocks a head kick by Theresa.
Davi keeps the fight on the outside.
Mother Theresa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Davi scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Theresa is pushing Davi's head away, looking to escape. Davi manages to hold on to the position though.
Davi scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Theresa to see if he's OK.
Davi working away.
Davi works to advance to full mount. Theresa defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Theresa tries to hold on but Davi pushes him away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Theresa is looking to improve his position but Davi isn't that keen on the idea.
Theresa is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Theresa regains half guard.
Davi is breathing heavily.
Theresa is trying to stand back up but Davi is controlling him
Theresa is looking to improve his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Theresa moves into full guard.
Theresa working a defensive guard here.
Theresa 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.
Davi seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Theresa wants to stand up but Davi is controlling him.
Theresa 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.
Theresa working for a triangle but Davi defends it easily.
Theresa scrambles and gets back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Theresa with a poor takedown
and Davi counters with a shoot takedown. Theresa fights it but they end up in guard.
Davi prevents Theresa from getting back to his feet.
Davi works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Davi wants to control but Theresa is keeping him busy.
Theresa gets back to full guard.
Davi stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Theresa swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Davi wants to control from the top but Theresa keeps moving.
Davi passes Theresa's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Theresa tries to kick Davi off but Davi keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Davi trying to mount his opponent but Theresa defends it.
Davi is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Davi is looking to advance position but Theresa won't allow it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Theresa misses with some strikes from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Theresa is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Theresa has his takedown stuffed
and Davi counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Theresa pushes Davi off looking to stand but Davi dives back in and keeps control.
Davi wants to take a breather but Theresa is having none of it.
Theresa tries to kick Davi off but Davi keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Davi wants to lay and pray for a moment but Theresa keeps working.
Davi trying to pass the guard but Theresa defending well.
Davi wants to take a breather but Theresa is having none of it.
Davi stops Theresa from getting back to his feet.
Theresa is staying active underneath Davi, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Theresa misses the shot to the body.
Davi gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Theresa content to stall in guard here.
Davi seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Davi is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Theresa trying to control but Davi is working from the bottom.
Theresa tries to free his leg and advance position but Davi is retaining full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joao Davi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Davi doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Theresa counters with a nice double leg into side control. Davi won't be happy with that.
Davi gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Theresa is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Davi is looking to control Theresa's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Davi avoid being mounted?
Theresa tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Davi.
Davi gets back to full guard.
Theresa wants to stand but Davi has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Joao Davi has got the better of the ground game so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Davi is pulling down on Theresa's head to control his posture.
Davi is trying to keep Theresa in close.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Theresa missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Davi seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Theresa wants to stand but Davi has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Davi is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Theresa tries to roll over but Davi keeps him under control.
Theresa preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Davi wants to lay and pray for a moment but Theresa keeps working.
Theresa keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Davi slows the pace down in half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Theresa controlling the position well.
Davi is keen to just control but Theresa is a slippery customer.
Theresa gets full guard.
Theresa has Davi pulled in close to control his posture.
Theresa looking to control.
Davi is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Davi wants to control from the top but Theresa keeps moving.
Davi is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Theresa is pulling down on Davi's head to control his posture.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davi looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Despite being in the dominant position, Joao Davi just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Theresa darts in and clinches Davi up against the cage.
Theresa has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Davi avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Theresa drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Davi gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Theresa prevents the takedown attempt.
Theresa breaks from the clinch.
Theresa clinches up against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Theresa.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Theresa is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Davi drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Mother Theresa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joao Davi.
Theresa is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Davi can't fight it off and eventually Theresa manages to take the fight to the floor. Davi looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Davi is on top in guard.
Davi is stalling in the full guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mother Theresa showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Davi has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 28:29
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joao Davi!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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