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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Housimar Palhares (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Melvin Hoefman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hoefman has chosen Young Jeezy ft Rick Ross - I'm a Boss as his entrance music. Melvin Hoefman will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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195 lbs
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195 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Housimar Palhares!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Melvin Hoefman!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Thiago Cunha and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Palhares shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Palhares showed some decent athleticism there.
Hoefman is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Palhares is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Hoefman defends it well.
Hoefman works his way to full guard. Good work.
Palhares with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Hoefman looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Palhares avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Hoefman looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoefman not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Palhares pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hoefman is keeping the position for now.
Palhares preventing the sweep.
Hoefman isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Palhares stacks Hoefman on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Palhares!
Hoefman stops Palhares from passing to mount.
Palhares wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Hoefman, who protects the arm well.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Hoefman is trying to improve his position.
Palhares is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Hoefman has escaped the position, nice work there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palhares advances to mount.
Hoefman regains half guard.
Hoefman trying to hold on to Palhares's head to control him but Palhares postures up.
Palhares is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Hoefman defends it well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hoefman moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Hoefman looks gassed!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palhares postures up in Hoefman's guard and throws a big left but Hoefman blocks it.
Palhares might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Palhares loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Palhares slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Palhares is trying to ground and pound but Hoefman uses the momentary lack of control by Palhares to regain half guard.
Palhares throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Hoefman is trying to get back to full guard.
Palhares trying to pass the guard but Hoefman defending well.
Hoefman blocking the ground and pound attempt from Palhares.
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.
Palhares is working for a submission of some sort.
Hoefman is trying to maintain the position but Palhares is very close to passing his half guard.
Palhares is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Palhares has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Palhares drives through with a takedown into guard.
Palhares drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Palhares jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Hoefman throwing short punches from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Housimar Palhares dominated that round.
That's time! Palhares's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Hoefman shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Hoefman avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Hoefman keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Palhares's head.
Palhares escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Hoefman gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Palhares keeping moving, preventing Hoefman from controlling successfully.
Palhares wants to sweep here but Hoefman controlling him for the moment.
Hoefman is looking to stand up but Palhares won't let him.
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.
Hoefman not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hoefman passes into half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Hoefman connects with a nice short shot to Palhares's temple.
Palhares wants to improve his position but Hoefman is controlling well.
Hoefman is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Palhares doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Hoefman.
Palhares works his way to full guard. Good work.
That's two 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.
Hoefman throws and elbow that misses. Palhares uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Hoefman's guard. Nice move by Palhares!
Palhares throws a strike but Hoefman rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Hoefman avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Hoefman forces his way into half guard.
Palhares works his way to full guard. Good work.
Hoefman looking to pass the guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Palhares is on top in guard.
Palhares is pushing down on Hoefman's leg trying to pass to half guard. Hoefman is fighting to maintain full guard but Palhares has managed to sneak the leg through.
Hoefman avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Palhares.
Hoefman is in trouble now - Palhares has advanced to mount!
Hoefman is working to get back to half guard.
Housimar Palhares overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Palhares working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Hoefman looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Palhares! Submission of the night perhaps?
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Housimar Palhares!
Housimar Palhares retains his middleweight title!
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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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