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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Sabrol (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aaron Pacquio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sabrol comes to the cage accompanied by Snap Your Fingers Snap Your Neck. The crowd seem to be enjoying Pacquio's choice of entrance music: In Harms Way. 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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170 lbs
9 - 1 - 0 |
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180 cm
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180 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight 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, Ricardo Sabrol!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Aaron Pacquio!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Daniel Cesar and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Sabrol.
Sabrol avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sabrol misses with a jab, cross combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pacquio looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sabrol throws a head kick that misses.
Sabrol avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sabrol shoots in and drives through. Pacquio sprawls well.
Pacquio tries to close the distance and clinch but Sabrol swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pacquio fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sabrol throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pacquio keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Sabrol looks for a takedown but Pacquio sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ricardo Sabrol. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sabrol throws a big shot that misses.
Sabrol shoots in but no luck this time.
Sabrol swats away the attempt to clinch by Pacquio.
Pacquio takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pacquio tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sabrol paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sabrol shoots in but Pacquio avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Sabrol swats away the attempt to clinch by Pacquio.
Pacquio tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sabrol circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pacquio tries to clinch there but Sabrol circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pacquio looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sabrol pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Pacquio tries to clinch but Sabrol is having none of it.
Pacquio moves into range and clinches up with Sabrol.
Pacquio throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sabrol wants to get back to striking at distance but Pacquio won't allow it.
Pacquio misses with an elbow over the top.
Sabrol has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Pacquio regains guard immediately.
Sabrol looking to pass the guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sabrol throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Sabrol wants to control from the top but Pacquio keeps moving.
Sabrol working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Sabrol missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sabrol trying to control the position from guard on top but Pacquio is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sabrol trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Pacquio wants to clinch.
Sabrol pushes Pacquio away with a front kick.
Pacquio pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sabrol throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Pacquio's waist but Pacquio gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Sabrol off to one side.
Sabrol throws a right hand that Pacquio ducks under and follows up with a left that Pacquio also avoids with ease.
Sabrol scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Pacquio looks gassed!
Sabrol is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sabrol stalling.
Sabrol is just content to waste time from the top position. Pacquio takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Sabrol wants to control from the top but Pacquio keeps moving.
Sabrol looking to pass the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ricardo Sabrol dominated that round.
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.
Sabrol fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Ricardo Sabrol is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nice sprawl there from Pacquio as Sabrol shoots in.
Sabrol throws a head kick that misses.
Pacquio is looking to clinch but Sabrol is avoiding it.
Pacquio wants to clinch.
Pacquio tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nice sprawl there from Pacquio as Sabrol shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ricardo Sabrol. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pacquio tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pacquio slips under a jab from Sabrol.
Sabrol swats away the attempt to clinch by Pacquio.
Decent striking displayed by Sabrol there.
Sabrol swats away the attempt to clinch by Pacquio.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pacquio clinches with his opponent.
Sabrol with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Pacquio looking to throw knees to the head but Sabrol is blocking nicely.
Pacquio creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Pacquio tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pacquio tries to land a knee to the head but Sabrol blocks with his arms.
Pacquio misses with an elbow strike.
Pacquio connects with a knee to the head.
Pacquio is breathing heavily.
Sabrol using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sabrol lands with a left to the head.
Sabrol pulls guard effortlessly.
Sabrol had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Pacquio is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Sabrol Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Pacquio's back instead.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sabrol looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sabrol working for the rear naked choke here. He's got one arm under but Pacquio is defending well. A couple of punches soften him up though and Sabrol has tightened the hold! This one could be all over! It is! Pacquio taps out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Ricardo Sabrol!
Ricardo Sabrol retains his welterweight 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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