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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Will Robinson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julio Sobral (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Robinson kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Lost In Space. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Will Robinson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Julio Sobral!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Edson Gomes and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sobral closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Sobral advances to full mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sobral throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Robinson because Sobral loaded up on that one.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Robinson is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Sobral controlling his opponent.
Sobral trying to control but Robinson is having none of it.
Sobral has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Robinson really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Sobral pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Sobral thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Sobral is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Robinson has managed to escape the submission attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robinson is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Sobral trying to control but Robinson is having none of it.
Sobral goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Robinson is on top in guard.
Robinson wants to control from the top but Sobral keeps moving.
Sobral is working an open guard so Robinson takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Robinson misses with a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Sobral misses.
Will Robinson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sobral walks into a straight right hand from Robinson.
Robinson stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Robinson wants it to stay on the feet.
Sobral closes this distance looking for a takedown but Robinson circles away.
Robinson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sobral drives through with a takedown into guard.
Robinson bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Sobral's guard.
Robinson pushes down on Sobral's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Sobral trying to control but Robinson postures up.
Robinson stops Sobral from getting back to his feet.
Robinson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Sobral's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Robinson is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Sobral slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Robinson throws a big elbow that misses.
Robinson postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Sobral is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Robinson connects with a couple of short punches.
Robinson scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Sobral holds on and takes a little breather.
Robinson makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Robinson throwing strikes from guard but Sobral blocks nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sobral is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Connects with an elbow from the bottom, proving to the judges that he's still active off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Julio Sobral dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Sobral tries to bum rush Robinson with a series of wild strikes but Robinson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Robinson closes this distance looking for a takedown but Sobral circles away.
Robinson connects with a looping right hand.
Sobral has a takedown stuffed.
Sobral misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Jab from Robinson.
Robinson jabs Sobral right on the nose. Sobral blinks but takes it well.
Robinson cracks Sobral with a right hand to the side of the head.
Robinson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Robinson shoots and misses
and Sobral decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Robinson's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sobral trying to control but Robinson is working from the bottom.
Sobral tries to free his leg and advance position but Robinson is retaining full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sobral is pushing down on Robinson's leg trying to pass to half guard. Robinson is fighting to maintain full guard but Sobral has managed to sneak the leg through.
Sobral keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Sobral is trying to work for a kimura but Robinson is defending well.
Robinson makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Robinson.
Sobral is pushing down on Robinson's leg trying to pass to half guard. Robinson is fighting to maintain full guard but Sobral has managed to sneak the leg through.
Robinson is defending against the submission attempts here by Sobral.
Sobral missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sobral trying to mount his opponent but Robinson defends it.
Sobral throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Robinson is looking to improve his position.
Sobral is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Sobral in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Robinson tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Sobral!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Julio Sobral!
Julio Sobral really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Al's Supplements - 160 Q for $150 logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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hype
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