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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Felipe Teixeira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manny Escobar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Teixeira comes to the cage accompanied by Avicii - Levels. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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175 lbs
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175 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Felipe Teixeira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Manny Escobar!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Seu Braga and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Escobar thumps Teixeira with a low kick.
Teixeira closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Escobar to the mat! Escobar manages to get full guard.
Escobar scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Escobar tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Teixeira counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Escobar's guard now.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Teixeira's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Escobar is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Teixeira is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Escobar wants to get back to his feet but Teixeira is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Teixeira content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Teixeira working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Escobar's head.
Teixeira knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Escobar on the ground.
Escobar wants to get back to his feet but Teixeira is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Escobar preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Teixeira throws a strike but Escobar rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Escobar stands up from guard. Let's bang!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar tries to clinch but Teixeira is having none of it.
Manny Escobar is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Escobar tries to clinch up.
Escobar moves in looking to clinch but Teixeira pushes him off.
Escobar tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Teixeira was well out of range. Poor timing from Escobar.
Escobar fails with an attempt to clinch.
Teixeira swats away the attempt to clinch by Escobar.
Escobar wants to clinch up but Teixeira keeps it at a distance.
Escobar fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Teixeira, pushing him back against the cage.
Teixeira changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Escobar fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Teixeira drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escobar is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Teixeira asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Teixeira throwing strikes but Escobar manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Teixeira is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Escobar stands up and beckons Teixeira to his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Escobar misses with a head kick.
Escobar keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Teixeira with a poor takedown
and Escobar counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Teixeira is lucky that one didn't land flush.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Felipe Teixeira. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Escobar looks gassed!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escobar gets caught flat footed, as Teixeira shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Teixeira postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Escobar utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Teixeira won't allow Escobar to get back to his feet.
Escobar utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Escobar preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Teixeira cracks Escobar with a solid left hand.
Teixeira throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Escobar works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Teixeira loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Escobar pushes Teixeira off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Teixeira fails with the takedown.
Teixeira swats away the attempt to clinch by Escobar.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Escobar looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Teixeira throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Escobar was covering up waiting for the punch and Teixeira finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Teixeira postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Teixeira throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Escobar works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Teixeira stops Escobar from standing up.
Teixeira content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Escobar is looking to stand up but Teixeira isn't so interested in that idea.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Teixeira with a flurry of punches that miss.
Teixeira throws a big right hand that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Felipe Teixeira 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.
Escobar defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Teixeira.
Escobar tries to sprawl but Teixeira drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Nice strikes from Teixeira there.
Teixeira prevents Escobar from standing back up.
Escobar is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Teixeira is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Escobar is trying to stand.
Teixeira winds up and cracks Escobar with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Escobar is breathing heavily.
Teixeira working over Escobar with some ground and pound. Escobar looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Teixeira missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Teixeira winds up and cracks Escobar with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Felipe Teixeira overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Teixeira is nestled in close to Escobar, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Teixeira throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Teixeira missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Teixeira thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Teixeira throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
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. Teixeira connects with a nice short shot to Escobar's temple.
Teixeira scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Teixeira scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Teixeira throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Teixeira looks to land a strike but Escobar avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Teixeira is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Escobar has his feet on Teixeira's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Teixeira looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Escobar is fending him off so far but Teixeira persists. Nope, Escobar circles away and we're back to standing.
Escobar slaps away a takedown attempt from Teixeira, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Felipe Teixeira. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Escobar moves in looking to clinch but Teixeira pushes him off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escobar defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Teixeira.
Escobar scoring well with a low kick there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Teixeira fails with a takedown attempt.
An inside leg kick lands from Escobar.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Escobar pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Escobar falls off balance throwing a combination
and Teixeira counters with a takedown into side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escobar is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Escobar is pushing Teixeira's head away, looking to escape. Teixeira manages to hold on to the position though.
Teixeira grinds an elbow into Escobar's temple.
Escobar is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Teixeira asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Teixeira is putting a hurting on Escobar here, landing some big shots from side control.
Teixeira is putting a hurting on Escobar here, landing some big shots from side control.
Teixeira landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Teixeira working the ground and pound.
Escobar takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Teixeira working the head with strikes.
Escobar wants to get back to his feet.
Teixeira working the body and head with strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Check out the look on Teixeira's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Teixeira working the ground and pound from side control.
Teixeira tries to advance position but instead Escobar slips a leg back in to half guard.
Escobar regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Teixeira.
Escobar is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Teixeira is controlling him.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Teixeira content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Teixeira is in close to Escobar's body, working some short punches and elbows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Felipe Teixeira dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Teixeira scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Escobar is trying to buck Teixeira off.
Teixeira working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Teixeira scoring with punches from side control.
Escobar is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Escobar is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Check out the look on Teixeira's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Escobar is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Teixeira scores with punches from side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Escobar on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Escobar is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Teixeira lands a nice forearm strike.
Teixeira tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Escobar taking punishment in the form of punches.
Escobar bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Teixeira closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Teixeira scoring with punches from side control.
Teixeira lands a decent elbow from side control.
Escobar sneaks out the side door and pushes Teixeira away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Teixeira fails with a takedown attempt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Teixeira has a takedown stuffed.
Escobar fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Teixeira swats away the attempt to clinch by Escobar.
Escobar lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Teixeira circles away quickly and effectively.
Teixeira tries for a takedown but Escobar sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Felipe Teixeira. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Teixeira changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Escobar tries to avoid it but Teixeira manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Escobar to the ground. Escobar escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Escobar tries to clinch but Teixeira is having none of it.
Teixeira bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Escobar is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Teixeira scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Escobar to see if he's OK.
Escobar on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Escobar is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Teixeira asserts his dominance and retains side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manny Escobar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Check out the look on Teixeira's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Escobar on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Escobar is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Teixeira asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Teixeira in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Teixeira working the head with strikes.
Escobar is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Teixeira asserts his dominance and retains side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Teixeira is putting a hurting on Escobar here, landing some big shots from side control.
Teixeira lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Teixeira creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Escobar is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Teixeira has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Teixeira connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Escobar some visible discomfort.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Teixeira working the head and body with strikes.
Teixeira landing strikes.
Teixeira is working Escobar over with some ground and pound from side control.
Teixeira scoring with punches from side control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Escobar pushes Teixeira away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Teixeira gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Teixeira works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Escobar taking punishment in the form of punches.
And that's the end of the fight!
Felipe Teixeira showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Teixeira, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Matheus Silva scores the fight for Felipe Teixeira!
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight for Felipe Teixeira!
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight for Felipe Teixeira!
Felipe Teixeira wins by unanimous decision!
A victorious Felipe Teixeira thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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