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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rodrigo Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diogo Pontes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Oliveira comes into the arena with One Republic - All The Right Moves blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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200 lbs
8 - 7 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Basic striking
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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
7 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rodrigo Oliveira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Diogo Pontes!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oliveira swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Pontes.
Pontes bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Oliveira misses the jab.
Pontes fails with the takedown
and Oliveira cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Oliveira misses with a looping left.
Pontes fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Oliveira to the ground. Pontes is now in Oliveira's guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Oliveira trying to control the position here.
Pontes passes Oliveira's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Oliveira tries to get to full guard but Pontes has control of the leg.
Oliveira has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Pontes is working away from the top position though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pontes prevents Oliveira from improving his position.
Pontes tries to pass the half guard into mount. Oliveira knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Oliveira is looking for a sweep. Pontes is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Oliveira makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Oliveira.
Pontes drops back, looking for a kneebar! Oliveira looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Oliveira looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Oliveira!
Pontes is trying to improve his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pontes manages to work his way to half guard, despite Oliveira's best efforts.
Pontes blocking the ground and pound attempt from Oliveira.
Oliveira is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pontes is refusing to be controlled, as Oliveira sits in half guard.
Pontes is looking to improve his position.
Pontes is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pontes gets full guard.
Pontes is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Oliveira slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
You can see the frustration on Pontes's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Pontes is looking to reverse the position.
Oliveira trying to control the action but Pontes is working from the bottom.
Oliveira advances nicely into full mount.
Oliveira looking to finish Pontes with some ground and pound. This is bad for Pontes!
It looks like Diogo Pontes has been cut.
Pontes is looking to get to half guard.
Pontes tries to hold on but Oliveira postures up.
Oliveira is landing with some decent strikes but Pontes is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Oliveira wants to stand but Pontes is holding on to him, trying to stop him posturing up.
Oliveira raining down hammerfists from mount.
Oliveira looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Pontes gets back to half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Pontes manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Oliveira postures up in Pontes's guard and throws a big left but Pontes blocks it.
Oliveira stopping the sweep attempt from Pontes.
Pontes keeping moving, preventing Oliveira from controlling successfully.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pontes is looking for a triangle but Oliveira pushes his legs off easily.
Pontes is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rodrigo Oliveira dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Diogo Pontes's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Pontes shoots and misses
and Oliveira counters by clinching up.
Pontes wants to take the fight to the mat but Oliveira manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Pontes tries to score a body lock takedown but Oliveira shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Rodrigo Oliveira has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Diogo Pontes.
Knees to the body from Oliveira.
Pontes takes a knee to the side of the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pontes takes a knee to the side of the body.
Oliveira scores a nice knee to the body.
Oliveira lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
That has opened up Diogo Pontes's cut even more.
Oliveira connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pontes's face.
A knee to the head by Oliveira.
Pontes is rocked!
The cut above Diogo Pontes's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Oliveira putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Pontes in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Pontes is still on wobbly legs! Can Oliveira finish him?
Oliveira lands a big knee to the head and Pontes goes down! Oliveira pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rodrigo Oliveira!
Rodrigo Oliveira seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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