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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jermahi Carvalho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diego Rios (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rios has chosen Forever as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Diego Rios will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jermahi Carvalho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Diego Rios!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carvalho avoids the head kick by Rios.
A head kick misses from Carvalho.
Rios lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Carvalho circles away quickly and effectively.
Carvalho misses with an attempted mid kick.
Rios lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Carvalho circles away quickly and effectively.
Rios throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rios bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Carvalho's head.
Rios looks to land a combination. Carvalho sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Rios misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rios throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Carvalho.
Carvalho is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Carvalho closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Rios to the mat! Rios manages to get full guard.
Carvalho trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Carvalho working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rios keeping full guard, as Carvalho tries to pass.
Carvalho scoring with some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carvalho is looking to advance position but Rios has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Carvalho tries to hold on but Rios pushes him away.
Carvalho bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Carvalho postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Rios wants to stand up but Carvalho is controlling him.
Carvalho wants to stand but Rios is controlling his posture from full guard.
Rios pushes Carvalho off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rios misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Carvalho misses with a head kick.
Carvalho takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Rios scores with a sloppy right hand. Carvalho should have avoided that one.
No joy there for Rios, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rios punishes Carvalho's body with a nice straight punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Carvalho misses with the combination.
Rios moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Carvalho doesn't succeed with the takedown
letting Rios counter with a right hand.
Carvalho is breathing heavily.
Rios lands an overhand right.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rios connects with a single shot there.
Rios misses with a jab, cross combination.
Carvalho throws a good cross that connects.
Rios is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Carvalho takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Carvalho swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Rios counters with a one-two to the body.
Carvalho has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
It looks like Jermahi Carvalho has been cut.
Rios ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
No joy there for Rios, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rios lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Carvalho at a distance.
Carvalho slips a jab and a cross from Rios.
Rios is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Rios throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rios looks to land a combination but Carvalho avoids it well.
Rios uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Rios misses with a two punch combination.
Carvalho takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Rios.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rios lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Rios scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Danga de danga de dang - Rios scores with a four punch combination!
Diego Rios is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A punch combination from Carvalho misses.
Rios lands with a cross.
Carvalho misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Rios is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Carvalho had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Rios lands a two punch combo.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Rios throws a nice head kick!
Rios stalks Carvalho and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Carvalho's face. Carvalho staggers backwards, shaken.
Rios displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Rios throws a one two combo.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rios swinging wildly here.
Carvalho shoots in looking for a takedown but Rios manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Carvalho's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jermahi Carvalho. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rios smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Diego Rios dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jermahi Carvalho's cut.
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.
Carvalho on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Nice body kick there by Rios.
Rios throws a combination. Carvalho tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Rios lands a lovely overhand right.
Rios lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Carvalho circles away quickly and effectively.
Diego Rios seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Carvalho throws a series of punches but Rios moves out of range.
Rios lands with a nice body punch.
Carvalho throws a series of punches but Rios moves out of range.
Carvalho looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A combination from Carvalho does no damage.
Rios works over Carvalho's head and body with a nice combination.
Rios lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Rios throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Carvalho.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Carvalho looks to land a combination but Rios avoids it well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rios lands a leg kick that knocks Carvalho off balance momentarily.
Rios displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Rios lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Carvalho circles away quickly and effectively.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rios swinging wildly here.
Rios misses with a combination
and Rios takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jermahi Carvalho is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Carvalho misses with a jab, cross combination.
Carvalho drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Rios has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A shot to the liver by Rios. Beautiful body shot.
Carvalho fails to land the takedown.
Carvalho closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Rios scores with a head kick.
Rios throws a combination. Carvalho tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Rios throws a series of punches but Carvalho moves out of range.
Rios is working the combinations to good effect here.
Carvalho dodges the punch combination from Rios.
Rios lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Carvalho fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Rios avoids it really well and circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rios lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Rios.
Carvalho throws a series of punches but Rios avoids them all with ease.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Rios.
Carvalho takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Diego Rios seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Carvalho takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Carvalho takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Carvalho throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rios.
Carvalho takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Carvalho takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Rios throws a head kick that Carvalho semi-blocks.
A head kick from Rios lands but Carvalho takes it in his stride.
Carvalho tries a head kick but it misses.
Rios jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carvalho takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Rios throws a series of strikes that have Carvalho backpedaling.
Carvalho throws a body kick, spinning off balance
enabling Rios to counter with a crisp jab.
Rios swinging wildly here.
Rios throws a right and a left that both miss.
A slow jab from Carvalho misses its intended target.
Carvalho misses with a few strikes there.
Rios looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Carvalho swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rios lands a right hook to the body.
Rios with a nice cross.
Rios connects with a jab.
Carvalho takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Rios throws a good cross that connects.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Rios. Beautiful body shot.
Carvalho throws a right and a left that Rios avoids nicely.
Rios tries to bum rush Carvalho with a series of wild strikes but Carvalho uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rios scores with a three punch combo!
Carvalho with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Rios to score with a decent uppercut.
Carvalho throws a nice looking combination but Rios bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rios scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Rios works over Carvalho's head and body with a nice combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rios scores with a nice strike.
Carvalho misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rios bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Carvalho's head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Carvalho slips a jab and a cross from Rios.
Carvalho swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Rios counters with a two punch combo.
Rios connects with a jab.
No joy there for Carvalho, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Diego Rios showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jermahi Carvalho's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Rios throws a nice looking combination but Carvalho bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rios uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Carvalho has time to react.
Rios lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Carvalho misses with a jab, cross combination.
Carvalho pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Carvalho dodges the punch combination from Rios.
Rios rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Carvalho moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Carvalho throws a nice looking combination but Rios bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Carvalho lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rios circles away quickly and effectively.
Rios has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Carvalho takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Rios ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Rios moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Rios lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Carvalho misses with a two punch combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rios shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Carvalho eats them both and turns towards Rios to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Rios throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Rios lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Carvalho backs up against the cage.
Carvalho lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rios circles away quickly and effectively.
Rios lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Rios throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rios lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Carvalho circles away quickly and effectively.
Carvalho has a takedown stuffed.
Nice shot lands for Rios.
Rios pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Carvalho back to the cage. Rios follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Rios lands a jab-cross combination.
Rios blocks a low kick nicely.
Rios throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Carvalho stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Carvalho takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rios lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Carvalho looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Rios is fending him off so far but Carvalho persists. Nope, Rios circles away and we're back to standing.
Rios scores with a nice head shot.
Rios lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Rios lands a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rios stuns Carvalho with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Rios lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Carvalho circles away quickly and effectively.
Carvalho misses with a series of wild punches.
Carvalho shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Rios defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jermahi Carvalho. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rios takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rios lands a high kick!
Rios throws a right hand that Carvalho ducks under and follows up with a left that Carvalho also avoids with ease.
Carvalho throws a series of punches but Rios avoids them all with ease.
Rios's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Rios duly obliges.
Carvalho looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Rios is fending him off so far but Carvalho persists. Nope, Rios circles away and we're back to standing.
Left hook, right uppercut from Rios.
Carvalho on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Rios throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Carvalho dives in and scores a takedown into Rios's guard.
Carvalho stops Rios from standing up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rios keeping moving, preventing Carvalho from controlling successfully.
Carvalho looking to sit in guard and control but Rios gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rios avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Carvalho might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rios gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Rios lands with a slapping head kick.
Rios feints a jab promting Carvalho to slip. Rios then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Carvalho slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rios changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Jermahi Carvalho has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Diego Rios is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Rios throws a series of strikes that have Carvalho backpedaling.
Rios misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
And that's the end of the fight!
Diego Rios comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Rios winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Diego Rios!
Our winner, Diego Rios, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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