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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mike Lowrey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ariobaldo Tavarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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190 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
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181 cm
21
200 lbs
7 - 2 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Very quick |
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Decent wrestler
Decent knees
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mike Lowrey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ariobaldo Tavarez!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Seu Braga and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lowrey swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lowrey misses with a body shot.
Lowrey on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Tavarez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lowrey swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tavarez avoids the head kick by Lowrey.
Lowrey slips under a jab.
Tavarez connects with a right hand. Lowrey shakes it off.
Tavarez moves out of range of the body kick from Lowrey.
Lowrey swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Lowrey fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tavarez manages to avoid it.
Lowrey fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tavarez manages to avoid it.
Tavarez gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tavarez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lowrey blocks an elbow strike from Tavarez.
Lowrey can't get the takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lowrey prevents a body shot from Tavarez.
Tavarez lands a knee to the head.
A right hand to the body from Tavarez.
Tavarez putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Lowrey in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Lowrey is breathing heavily.
Lowrey blocks an elbow strike.
Tavarez drops Lowrey with a big knee straight up the middle! Lowrey is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Lowrey is rocked!
It looks like Mike Lowrey has been cut.
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!
Lowrey gets tackled into the cage by Tavarez. Tavarez maintains the clinch.
Good body shot from Tavarez.
Lowrey takes a knee right on the jaw!
Tavarez scores with a knee to the head.
Oh Lowrey is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tavarez unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Lowrey takes a knee to the side of the body.
Lowrey seems to have got his legs back now.
Tavarez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lowrey lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Tavarez.
Tavarez working Lowrey over with knees to the body.
Tavarez with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Lowrey takes a knee to the side of the body.
Tavarez landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Tavarez with a knee to the head.
Tavarez with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Tavarez.
Tavarez connects with a knee to the head.
Tavarez creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Tavarez obliges.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tavarez lands an elbow that stopped Lowrey in his tracks for a moment.
Lowrey takes a knee right on the jaw!
Tavarez lands a nice knee to the body.
Tavarez works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Tavarez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Tavarez scores a nice knee to the body.
Tavarez connects with a nasty looking knee right to Lowrey's face.
Tavarez with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Tavarez landing knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tavarez landing knees to the body.
Tavarez crunches a lovely knee into Lowrey's ribcage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tavarez with a knee to the head.
Tavarez throws an elbow that misses.
Tavarez lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tavarez.
Tavarez lands a good knee to the midsection. Lowrey won't want to take too many of those.
Lowrey takes a knee right on the jaw!
Tavarez landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tavarez lands a nice knee to the body.
Tavarez putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Lowrey in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Tavarez is leaning against Lowrey and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ariobaldo Tavarez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mike Lowrey's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Lowrey gets tackled into the cage by Tavarez. Tavarez maintains the clinch.
Tavarez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lowrey blocks it with crossed arms.
Tavarez lands a knee to the body.
Tavarez throws a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by Tavarez.
Tavarez landing knees to the body.
Tavarez unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Tavarez stalling.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tavarez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tavarez with a knee to the head.
Lowrey is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Tavarez pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Lowrey takes a knee to the side of the body.
Tavarez presses Lowrey against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Tavarez lands a hook that snaps the head of Lowrey backwards.
Tavarez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Tavarez lands a knee to the head.
Tavarez drops Lowrey with a big knee straight up the middle! Lowrey is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Mike Lowrey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
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!
Tavarez instigates a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tavarez has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head that stumbles Lowrey - he's in trouble! Another big knee to the head from Tavarez, and another! Lowrey is out on his feet - the ref jumps in to save him and ends the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Ariobaldo Tavarez!
Ariobaldo Tavarez seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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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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