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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Link Gatez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Amaury Battatta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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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210 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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205 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily |
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Dangerous GnP
Counter striker
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Link Gatez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Amaury Battatta!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Emerson Jorge and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gatez lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Battatta showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gatez.
Nice jab there from Gatez.
Gatez misses with the combination.
Battatta takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Battatta bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Battatta gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Gatez clinches.
Gatez breaks the clinch.
Gatez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gatez bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Battatta's head backwards.
Battatta walks into a stiff left hand from Gatez.
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!
Gatez connects with a looping right hand.
Gatez doesn't manage to clinch there - Battatta circles away.
Battatta tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick lands from Gatez that sends Battatta to the canvas. Battatta tries to scramble back to his feet but Gatez brings him back down into side control.
Battatta is rocked!
Gatez trying to control the action but Battatta is working from the bottom.
Battatta is still in real trouble! Can Gatez finish him?
Battatta pushes Gatez away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Gatez gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Battatta seems to have recovered his senses.
Gatez is staying tight to Battatta's torso, preventing him from escaping.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Battatta is pushing Gatez's head away, looking to escape. Gatez manages to hold on to the position though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gatez postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Gatez taking a breather here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gatez wants to lay and pray for a moment but Battatta keeps working.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Gatez looking to control but instead Battatta has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Battatta is trying to stand back up but Gatez is controlling him
Gatez wants to stand up but Battatta has a hold of him and won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Link Gatez 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.
Battatta moves out of range of the strikes.
Gatez throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Gatez misses with a straight left.
Gatez is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Battatta on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Gatez fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Battatta on the side of the head.
Gatez lands with an overhand left.
Gatez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gatez connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Battatta momentarily.
Gatez drops Battatta with a right and a left! Gatez comes rushing in but Battatta regains his composure and manages to keep Gatez in guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Battatta keeping moving, preventing Gatez from controlling successfully.
Gatez decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Battatta takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Battatta is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Gatez misses with a hook.
Link Gatez is winning the standup battle so far.
Gatez lands a nice looking body kick.
Gatez lands a nice shot that snaps Battatta's head back.
Gatez misses with a wild combination.
Gatez works over Battatta's head and body with a nice combination.
Gatez thows a body kick. Battatta tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Gatez lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Battatta tries to move into range but Gatez moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Link Gatez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gatez lands a really nice looking cross but Battatta seems unphased.
Gatez connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Gatez scores with a jab to the jaw.
Gatez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Battatta can do to turn this around?
Gatez tries a head kick but it misses.
Battatta on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Gatez. Gatez obviously looking to wear him down.
Gatez scores with a head kick.
Battatta misses the shot to the body.
Some wild striking there from Gatez.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A punch lands to the side of Battatta 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Gatez wants to clinch.
Battatta throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gatez sizes up Battatta with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Battatta fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gatez scoring well with a low kick there.
Battatta shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Gatez connects with a single shot there.
Gatez slow jab from Battatta misses its intended target.
Battatta avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gatez throws a big shot that misses.
Battatta tries to clinch up.
Battatta misses with a shot to the body
and Gatez counters with a nice body kick.
Gatez lands the left hand.
Battatta ducks right into an uppercut from Gatez.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gatez fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Gatez buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Battatta takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Gatez listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A head kick misses from Gatez.
Gatez fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A shot to the body from Battatta misses
and Gatez counters with a stiff right hand.
Gatez cracks Battatta with a right hand to the side of the head.
Gatez throws a one two combo.
Gatez lands a jab to Battatta's midsection.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Battatta swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling Gatez to counter with a crisp jab.
Gatez lands a jab to the nose.
Gatez drives through and clinches with Battatta against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Link Gatez dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
A choreographed right hand from Gatez misses the target.
Battatta misses the body punch
and Gatez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Battatta misses with a body shot
and Gatez moves into the clinch.
Gatez softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Gatez is stalling here.
Gatez lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Gatez leaning against his opponent.
Gatez lands a nice shot to the body.
A short right from Gatez on the inside.
Gatez lands a body punch.
Gatez manages to break the clinch.
A jab lands there for Gatez.
Battatta drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Gatez connects with the punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gatez with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Battatta is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Gatez rather than just go for the knockout.
Gatez misses with a looping left.
A chopping leg kick lands by Gatez.
Gatez throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Battatta has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gatez looks to land a left hand but Battatta moved out of range nicely.
Gatez misses with a looping left.
Gatez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Battatta uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gatez.
Gatez throws a jab but it's blocked by Battatta.
Battatta takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Gatez throws a nice looking combination but Battatta bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Gatez tries to clinch but Battatta is having none of it.
No joy there for Gatez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Battatta thows a body shot but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gatez connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Battatta throws a predictable looking body shot
and Battatta takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Battatta shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Battatta swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Gatez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gatez bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Battatta's head.
Battatta misses with a body shot
and Gatez counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Battatta's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Gatez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Battatta looks to clinch
and Gatez counters with a thumping low kick.
Gatez lands a head shot.
Battatta takes a swing at Gatez's ribcage but misses.
Crunch! Gatez slams his shin into Battatta's torso.
Link Gatez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gatez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gatez loads up on a big right hand but Battatta slips the punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Battatta circles away from the clinch attempt.
A good leg kick by Gatez.
Gatez lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Nice jab there from Gatez.
Battatta tries to clinch up but Gatez circles away and keeps his distance.
Battatta moves out of range as Gatez strikes.
Battatta fails with an attempt to clinch.
Battatta keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gatez.
Battatta misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gatez.
Battatta ducks under a wild hook from Gatez.
Gatez chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Gatez scoring well with a low kick there.
Gatez wants to clinch.
Nice straight punches there by Gatez. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Gatez.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gatez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Battatta throws a body punch but Gatez moves out of range.
Battatta slips a jab and a cross from Gatez.
Gatez connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Battatta misses the body punch
and Gatez counters with a three punch combo that has Battatta backing up. Battatta nods at Gatez to acknowledge the strikes.
Gatez throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Battatta misses with a body shot.
Battatta tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Gatez counters with a head kick.
Battatta takes a swing at Gatez's ribcage but misses.
Amaury Battatta has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gatez swinging wilding here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Link Gatez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gatez has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 30:24
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:24
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:24
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Link Gatez!
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
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