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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chuck WIlson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sylvain Sauvage (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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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Chuck WIlson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sylvain Sauvage!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Emerson Jorge and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sauvage fakes high and swings low for a body shot but WIlson manages to avoid it.
Sauvage lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Sauvage throws a head kick but WIlson moves out of range.
Sauvage moves into the clinch successfully.
Sauvage breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
WIlson tries to clinch but Sauvage is having none of it.
Sauvage avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sauvage throws out a powerful jab.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Sauvage!
Sauvage looks for the body kick but WIlson saw that one coming.
WIlson pushes Sauvage up against the cage in a clinch.
WIlson tries to land a knee to the head but Sauvage blocks with his arms.
WIlson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
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!
A head punch on the inside from WIlson fails to land.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sauvage creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sauvage breaks from the clinch.
WIlson tries to clinch
and Sauvage counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Sauvage.
Sauvage breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sauvage shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts WIlson as he jumps to the side.
WIlson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sauvage swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sauvage closes the distance and clinches.
Sauvage lands a nice knee to the body.
Sauvage blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
WIlson tries to land a knee to the head but Sauvage blocks with his arms.
Sauvage breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sauvage keeps the fight on the outside.
Sauvage throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
WIlson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Sauvage counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Sauvage takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
WIlson struggles to land a body shot inside as Sauvage controls his hands.
Sauvage lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sauvage breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
WIlson moves in looking to clinch but Sauvage pushes him off.
WIlson wants to clinch up but Sauvage keeps it at a distance.
Sauvage avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sauvage fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but WIlson is out of range.
WIlson is looking to clinch but Sauvage is avoiding it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sauvage tests WIlson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
WIlson gets tackled into the cage by Sauvage. Sauvage maintains the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
WIlson looking to throw knees to the head but Sauvage is blocking nicely.
WIlson is fighting off a takedown attempt but Sauvage is just too persistent for him and manages to trip WIlson to the mat. WIlson regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Sauvage loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Sauvage passes easily into side control. Nice work.
WIlson being controlled for a moment.
WIlson takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Sauvage working the ground and pound from side control.
Sauvage tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sauvage throws a strike aimed at the side of WIlson's head but WIlson avoids it well.
WIlson tries to buck Sauvage off but Sauvage is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sauvage working the ground and pound but WIlson is defending the strikes.
Sauvage looks up at the clock and then as WIlson takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Sauvage smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
WIlson is working to avoid the ground and pound but Sauvage connects with a decent elbow.
You can see the frustration on WIlson's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Sauvage landing a few strikes.
WIlson takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
WIlson tries to control but Sauvage manages to take his back.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
WIlson looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sauvage throwing damaging strikes from the back! WIlson could be in trouble here!
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!
WIlson wants to control his opponent's hands but Sauvage gets his hands free.
WIlson grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
Sauvage lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
WIlson is trying to stand back up.
Sauvage softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Sauvage punishes WIlson with strikes from the back mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sauvage is landing with strikes from the back.
WIlson is rocked!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sauvage is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
Oh WIlson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sauvage throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sylvain Sauvage dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
WIlson tries to keep at a distance but Sauvage has taken the fight into the clinch.
WIlson seems to have got his legs back now.
Sauvage prevents WIlson from breaking the clinch.
Sauvage's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
WIlson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Sauvage counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Sauvage breaks the clinch.
Sauvage has taken the fight to the clinch.
WIlson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
WIlson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sauvage swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sauvage misses with a low kick.
WIlson avoids a kick to the body.
Chuck WIlson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
WIlson misses with a low kick as Sauvage jumps back.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as WIlson checks a leg kick.
Sauvage lands with a nice body kick.
Sauvage throws a lazy body kick
and WIlson counters with a good low kick that Sauvage was not able to check.
WIlson tries to clinch but Sauvage is having none of it.
Sauvage scores with a jab to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sauvage gets off balance looking for a body kick
and WIlson counters with an outside leg kick.
WIlson does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sauvage circles away from the clinch attempt.
WIlson misses with a straight left.
Sauvage feints and as WIlson raises his hands in defense, Sauvage changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
WIlson looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Sauvage working some strikes from top position.
WIlson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
WIlson is trying to control the position but Sauvage postures up.
Sauvage throwing strikes from guard but WIlson blocks nicely.
WIlson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
WIlson looking to control.
WIlson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Sauvage throws a big right hand that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sauvage working some strikes from top position.
Sauvage controls from within his opponent's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
WIlson 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.
Sauvage working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
WIlson keeping moving, preventing Sauvage from controlling successfully.
Sauvage throws a big elbow that misses.
Sauvage sitting in guard here, content to control.
Sauvage with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sauvage is working WIlson over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Sauvage in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
WIlson throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Sauvage escapes and throws WIlson's legs to the side, diving into side control!
WIlson trying to remain calm as Sauvage controls from the top position.
WIlson avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Sauvage.
Sauvage lands a nice forearm strike.
Sauvage lands a decent elbow from side control.
Sauvage in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Sauvage is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt WIlson will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
WIlson taking a bit of punishment here - Sauvage scoring with strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sauvage working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Sylvain Sauvage has got the better of the ground game so far.
Sauvage working away.
WIlson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
WIlson is trying to buck Sauvage off.
Sauvage connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused WIlson some visible discomfort.
WIlson is rocked!
Sauvage sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but WIlson is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Sauvage controls the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sauvage lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Oh WIlson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sauvage postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
WIlson seems to have got his legs back now.
Sauvage lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sylvain Sauvage showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Sauvage clinches up against the cage.
Sauvage breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sauvage moves into the clinch.
Sauvage pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
WIlson moves out of range of the body kick from Sauvage.
WIlson blocks the body kick.
Sauvage looks for the body kick but WIlson saw that one coming.
Sauvage fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and WIlson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Sauvage forces WIlson back against the cage and clinches.
WIlson looking to throw knees to the head but Sauvage is blocking nicely.
Sauvage breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
WIlson tries to close the distance and clinch but Sauvage swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
WIlson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
WIlson tries to keep at a distance but Sauvage has taken the fight into the clinch.
Sauvage lands a damaging elbow.
Sauvage has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. WIlson avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Sauvage being controlled against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sauvage lands an elbow inside that WIlson shrugs off.
Sauvage breaks from the clinch.
A jab from Sauvage misses.
Sauvage scores with a spinning back kick!
Sauvage has WIlson up against the cage in a clinch.
WIlson can't find room to land a body shot as Sauvage controls the action.
Sauvage is trying to trip WIlson. He has hold of a leg but WIlson is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Sauvage persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Sauvage working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of WIlson's head.
Sauvage landing with the ground and pound.
Sauvage has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sauvage engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Sauvage pushing down on WIlson's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Sylvain Sauvage 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.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
WIlson is looking to escape.
WIlson slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Sauvage sitting in guard, not really doing much.
WIlson working for a triangle but Sauvage defends it easily.
Sauvage content to stall in guard here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
WIlson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Sylvain Sauvage.
Sauvage moves into the clinch.
WIlson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sauvage's elbow.
WIlson looking to slow down the pace here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
WIlson misses with a body punch.
WIlson is trying to break free.
WIlson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
WIlson throws an elbow that misses.
WIlson throws an elbow that misses.
WIlson looking to throw knees to the head but Sauvage is blocking nicely.
WIlson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sauvage has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
WIlson throws 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.
WIlson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
WIlson stalling in the clinch but Sauvage improves position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sylvain Sauvage comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sauvage has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 27:30
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sylvain Sauvage!
A very excited looking Sylvain Sauvage made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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