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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Donaldo Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Terry Tate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Souza might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Sex Dwarf. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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150 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
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162 cm
24
152 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed |
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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
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Donaldo Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Terry Tate!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Konstantin Menshow and Illya Tyunina.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Souza looks to land a right hand but Tate moved out of range.
Tate avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tate drives through and clinches with Souza against the ropes.
Souza pulls guard effortlessly.
Tate missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Tate must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Souza preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Souza is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Tate tries to free his leg and advance position but Souza is retaining full guard.
Tate postures up and lands a big shot to Souza's brow.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Tate accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Souza has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Tate can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Souza working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Tate doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Tate manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Souza working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Tate.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tate loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Tate trying to control the position from guard on top but Souza is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tate avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Souza keeping moving, preventing Tate from controlling successfully.
Tate is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Tate loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Tate trying to control the position from guard on top but Souza is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tate looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Souza keeping moving, preventing Tate from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tate stopping the sweep attempt from Souza.
Tate advances position into side control!
Tate wants to control but Souza is keeping him busy.
Souza sneaks back into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Souza is trying to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Tate.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Souza is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Tate scores with a couple of nice shots.
Tate looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Souza with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Tate throwing shots but Souza is blocking nicely.
Tate trying to control from half guard but Souza is working away.
Tate tries to pass to full mount but Souza defends it.
Tate working Souza over with strikes.
Tate throwing shots but Souza is blocking nicely.
Souza won't allow Tate to pass to mount.
Tate sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Souza defending well though.
Tate is keen to just control but Souza is a slippery customer.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tate tries to pass the half guard into mount. Souza knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Nice strikes from Tate there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tate frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Tate punishing his opponent with strikes.
Tate wants to control the pace but Souza is squirming around nicely.
Souza really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Souza in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tate breaks from Souza's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Souza tries to hold on but Tate pushes him away.
Tate raining down hammerfists from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Terry Tate dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Souza manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Tate on his heels. He'll look to pass Tate's guard now, I'm sure.
Souza trying to control the position from guard on top but Tate is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Souza stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Tate swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Souza wants to control from the top but Tate keeps moving.
Souza sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Tate's guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Tate works his way to full guard. Good work.
Tate looking for a sweep. Not yet Tate, not yet.
Tate is trying to keep Souza in close.
Souza trying to control the position from guard on top but Tate is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Souza tries to free his leg and advance position but Tate is retaining full guard.
Terry Tate has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tate working a defensive guard here.
Tate tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Tate keeping moving, preventing Souza from controlling successfully.
Tate bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Souza's guard.
Tate showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Tate postures up.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Souza tries to sprawl but Tate drives through with a takedown into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souza is staying active underneath Tate, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Souza avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Tate.
Tate working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Souza's thigh. Souza counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Tate avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Tate content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tate wants to control from the top but Souza keeps moving.
Tate looking to pass the guard.
Souza working for a triangle but Tate defends it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Souza looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Souza bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Tate's guard.
Souza throwing strikes from guard but Tate blocks nicely.
Tate manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Souza manages to get himself to full guard.
Tate stands up over Souza, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Souza looking to control.
Souza wants to sweep here but Tate controlling him for the moment.
Tate wants to control from the top but Souza keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza looking for a guillotine here but Tate defends easily.
Tate loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Souza preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Tate throwing strikes but missing.
Tate passes Souza's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
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!
Tate is thwarting Souza's attempts to control the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tate frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Terry Tate will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Tate drives through and clinches with Souza against the ropes.
Tate misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tate scores with a nice hook to the head.
Souza is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the ropes enables Tate to keep the fight standing.
Tate misses with some punches.
Tate lands a shoulder strike.
Tate scores with a shot to the side of Souza's head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tate.
Tate pushes Souza back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tate lands a left hand that snaps the head of Souza backwards.
Souza blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tate lands an uppercut.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Souza is trying to pull guard but Tate turns him against the ropes and we stay in the clinch.
Tate tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tate looking to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tate misses with a body punch.
Tate misses with a punch to the body.
Tate tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Souza's elbow.
Souza has picked Tate up - he's going for a ride! Souza dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Souza is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Tate doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Souza.
Souza wants to control but Tate is keeping him busy.
Tate punching from the bottom.
Souza sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Tate trying to control from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tate wants to improve his position but Souza is controlling well.
Souza uses his free foot to push down on Tate's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Tate.
Tate is trying desperately to improve position.
Souza is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Tate has managed to escape the submission attempt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Souza avoids the attempt from Tate to control.
Souza has control of Tate's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Tate regains control of the situation pretty easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Souza looking to control and managing it successfully.
Donaldo Souza has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Souza prevents Tate from getting the reversal.
Tate tries to hold on but Souza pushes him away.
Tate is trying desperately to improve position.
Souza is landing with some decent strikes but Tate is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza prevents Tate from getting the reversal.
Souza sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Poor strikes thrown by Souza there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Tate sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Tate wants to control but Souza is keeping busy.
Souza wants to control but Tate is keeping him busy.
Tate has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Souza is working away from the top position though.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Souza moves into full mount! Tate won't be happy about that!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Souza is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Tate is forced to tap! Great finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Donaldo Souza!
Donaldo Souza bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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