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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Raimundo Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Massimo Fabbri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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200 lbs
9 - 1 - 0 |
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189 cm
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219 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Good takedowns
Great elbows
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Raimundo Oliveira!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Massimo Fabbri!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Alexandre Firmino and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fabbri has a takedown stuffed.
Fabbri moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Fabbri tries to clinch but Oliveira is having none of it.
Fabbri shoots in but no luck this time.
Fabbri tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Oliveira counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Fabbri thinking.
Oliveira misses with an uppercut. Fabbri saw that one coming.
Oliveira avoids a kick to the body.
Oliveira throws a hook but Fabbri blocks it.
Fabbri with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Oliveira to score with a decent uppercut.
Fabbri shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Fabbri showed some decent athleticism there.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Oliveira tries to kick Fabbri off but Fabbri keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fabbri seems to be working for a kimura but Oliveira defends the submission attempt.
Oliveira is looking to escape.
Fabbri not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Fabbri throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Oliveira is trying to stand back up but Fabbri is controlling him
Oliveira on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Oliveira tries to get out of the position.
Nice strikes from Fabbri there.
Fabbri has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Fabbri content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Fabbri missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fabbri missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Fabbri is trying to control. Oliveira wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Oliveira avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Fabbri.
Fabbri not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Fabbri frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Fabbri unloads with some shots from mount but Oliveira bucks and avoids them well.
Fabbri lands a nice shot to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fabbri fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Oliveira is breathing heavily.
Oliveira takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
BOOM! Fabbri connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Fabbri looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fabbri working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Fabbri with a couple of short strikes.
The referee warns Oliveira that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fabbri pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Fabbri is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Fabbri!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Massimo Fabbri!
Massimo Fabbri is the new light heavyweight champion!
Massimo Fabbri made sure to mention his sponsor, Down Under Supplements (AXES) in his post fight interview.
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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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