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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ariobaldo Tavarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diogo Pinto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pinto is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Do you really want to hurt me. This should be a great matchup!
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200 lbs
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197 lbs
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Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ariobaldo Tavarez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Diogo Pinto!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Leandro Rodrigues and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pinto looks for the body kick but Tavarez saw that one coming.
Pinto lands a lovely overhand right.
Good work by Tavarez as he checks the leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Pinto misses the target.
Pinto throws a low kick but Tavarez avoids it.
Pinto pushes Tavarez up against the cage in a clinch.
Tavarez is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Pinto is keeping busy.
Pinto tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Tavarez smiles and moves away.
Pinto closes this distance looking for a takedown but Tavarez circles away.
Tavarez throws a front kick aimed at Pinto's knee but Pinto avoids it well.
Tavarez gets tackled into the cage by Pinto. Pinto maintains the clinch.
Pinto looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Tavarez misses with a knee strike.
Pinto pulls guard successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pinto looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pinto keeping moving, preventing Tavarez from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tavarez is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Pinto is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Pinto looking for a sweep. Not yet Pinto, not yet.
Pinto has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Tavarez can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Pinto wants to sweep here but Tavarez controlling him for the moment.
Pinto throws his legs up looking for a submission but Tavarez uses it to pass to side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pinto tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Tavarez wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tavarez is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Pinto is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Pinto is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Tavarez working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Tavarez wants to lay and pray for a moment but Pinto keeps working.
Pinto tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Tavarez wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tavarez slows the pace down.
Pinto is looking to reverse the position.
Tavarez tries to move to mount but Pinto blocks the move with his legs.
Pinto is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Tavarez seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Pinto does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Pinto is trying to get back to full guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Tavarez in particular looking to stall.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Ariobaldo Tavarez just wasn't active enough.
Tavarez takes a swing at Pinto's ribcage but misses.
Tavarez clinches.
Pinto holding his opponent close, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pinto tries to land a knee to the head but Tavarez blocks with his arms.
Pinto blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tavarez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pinto is defending well for now.
Tavarez takes a knee right on the jaw!
Tavarez misses with a knee to the head.
Pinto tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tavarez's elbow.
Tavarez scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tavarez blocks a body shot from Pinto.
Pinto lands with a right to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tavarez blocks a body shot from Pinto.
Pinto tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Ariobaldo Tavarez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Diogo Pinto.
Pinto misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tavarez.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pinto is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Tavarez to keep the fight standing.
Pinto is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Tavarez is keeping busy.
Tavarez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pinto is defending well for now.
Pinto has Tavarez pushed against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Diogo Pinto dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
A nice leg kick lands there from Pinto.
Tavarez moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Pinto misses the shot to the body.
Tavarez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pinto was well out of range. Poor timing from Tavarez.
Tavarez misses with a low kick as Pinto jumps back.
Pinto throws a left and a right that both miss
and Tavarez holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Pinto is trying to pull guard but Tavarez turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Tavarez utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Tavarez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pinto on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tavarez throws a head punch that misses.
Tavarez looking to throw knees to the head but Pinto is blocking nicely.
Tavarez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pinto is defending well for now.
Pinto with a knee to the head.
It looks like Ariobaldo Tavarez has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pinto misses with some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tavarez looking to throw knees to the head but Pinto is blocking nicely.
Pinto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pinto lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tavarez.
Tavarez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pinto blocks it with crossed arms.
Pinto lands with a light punch inside.
Pinto goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pinto throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Pinto goes for a takedown attempt but Tavarez pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Pinto closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Tavarez misses with a knee strike.
Tavarez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pinto works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Pinto takes a knee right on the jaw!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tavarez blocks an elbow strike.
Pinto looking to slow down the pace here.
Tavarez misses with a body punch.
Pinto throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tavarez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pinto fails to pull guard.
Ariobaldo Tavarez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Diogo Pinto.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tavarez.
Pinto gets control of Tavarez's arms and successfully pulls guard. Pinto will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Tavarez trying to control but Pinto is working from the bottom.
Pinto has a closed guard, preventing Tavarez from standing up.
Pinto is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Pinto looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pinto lands a decent punch to the body there.
Tavarez got a little sloppy there for a moment and Pinto has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Tavarez has managed to get both his arms back between Pinto's legs - danger averted.
Pinto tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Diogo Pinto has got the better of the ground game so far.
Tavarez wants to get up but he can't break Pinto's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Pinto looking for a guillotine here but Tavarez defends easily.
Pinto escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Tavarez gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Tavarez controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pinto keeping moving, preventing Tavarez from controlling successfully.
Pinto working a defensive guard here.
Pinto looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Pinto looking to control.
Pinto manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tavarez working to try and regain half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pinto thowing shots but they're missing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Diogo Pinto showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ariobaldo Tavarez'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. This is the final round!
Pinto throws out a loose jab but Tavarez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pinto fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tavarez manages to avoid it.
A cross from Tavarez lands.
Tavarez connects with an inside leg kick.
Pinto closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Tavarez to the mat! Tavarez manages to get full guard.
Pinto loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Pinto trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Tavarez trying to control the position.
Pinto won't allow Tavarez to sweep him here.
Pinto looking to pass the guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pinto trying to control but Tavarez is working from the bottom.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Tavarez keeping full guard, as Pinto tries to pass.
Pinto trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Pinto trying to control but Tavarez is working from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Pinto will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Tavarez looks to land a right hand but Pinto moved out of range.
Pinto misses with a straight left.
Pinto misses with a low kick.
Diogo Pinto is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pinto connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Pinto fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Tavarez on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Diogo Pinto is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pinto closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Pinto swinging wildly here.
Pinto throws a combination. Tavarez tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Ariobaldo Tavarez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tavarez has managed to clinch.
Tavarez tries to land a knee to the head but Pinto blocks with his arms.
Pinto is trying to drag Tavarez to the mat but Tavarez just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Ariobaldo Tavarez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Diogo Pinto.
Tavarez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pinto blocks it with crossed arms.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Tavarez.
It looks like Diogo Pinto has been cut.
Tavarez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pinto blocks it with crossed arms.
Tavarez working aggressively here.
Tavarez tries to land a knee to the head but Pinto blocks with his arms.
Tavarez misses with a knee to the head.
Pinto misses with a knee strike.
Tavarez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pinto has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tavarez connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pinto's face.
Tavarez misses with a knee strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tavarez looking to throw knees to the head but Pinto is blocking nicely.
Pinto blocks an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tavarez misses with some punches.
Tavarez lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Tavarez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pinto tries to pull guard but Tavarez won't allow it.
Tavarez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pinto blocks it with crossed arms.
Tavarez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tavarez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pinto has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ariobaldo Tavarez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tavarez misses with a knee to the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ariobaldo Tavarez showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Pinto has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 28:29
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 28:29
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Diogo Pinto!
An out of breath Diogo Pinto thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
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