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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rebaldo Louza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mikhail Perkovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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190 lbs
23 - 27 - 0 |
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200 lbs
14 - 9 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class 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
23 - 27 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rebaldo Louza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mikhail Perkovic!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Paul Aken and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Perkovic dodges the punch combination from Louza.
Louza blocks a head kick by Perkovic.
Louza tries to close the distance and clinch up but Perkovic swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Perkovic misses with a head kick.
Perkovic darts in and clinches Louza up against the ropes.
Perkovic unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Perkovic told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Louza pulls guard effortlessly.
Louza throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Perkovic must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Perkovic trying to control the position from guard on top but Louza is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Perkovic is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Perkovic drops back, looking for a kneebar! Louza looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Louza looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Louza!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Louza controlling from side mount.
Louza trying to control the position but Perkovic is working away.
Louza working the ground and pound but Perkovic is defending the strikes.
Perkovic parries the strikes from Louza easily there. Louza is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Perkovic to escape.
Perkovic is pushing Louza's head away, looking to escape. Louza manages to hold on to the position though.
Louza is looking to take a break and control but Perkovic is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Louza is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Perkovic is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Perkovic's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Louza wants to control but Perkovic is keeping him busy.
Perkovic is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Perkovic is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Louza fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Louza is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Perkovic has escaped the position, nice work there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perkovic wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Louza is trying to get an arm triangle but Perkovic is defending well.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Perkovic is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Louza's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Louza trying to mount his opponent but Perkovic defends it.
Louza is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Perkovic sees it coming and defends easily.
Perkovic wants to get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Louza is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Perkovic looks like he's trying to stand up.
Perkovic avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Louza.
Louza is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Perkovic sees it coming and defends easily.
Louza stops Perkovic from getting back to his feet.
Louza is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Perkovic defends it well.
Perkovic is defending against the submission attempts here by Louza.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Perkovic is looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Rebaldo Louza will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Perkovic throws a head kick that misses.
Louza throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Perkovic sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Louza throws a hook but Perkovic avoids it easily.
Perkovic dodges the punch combination from Louza.
Perkovic throws a head kick that misses.
Louza lands a two punch combo.
Louza will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Perkovic pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rebaldo Louza is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Louza thows a body shot but no joy.
Perkovic showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Louza.
Perkovic pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Perkovic misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Louza avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Louza fails in his attempt to clinch.
Louza walks forward, straight into a front kick from Perkovic.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Perkovic wants to clinch.
Louza takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Louza closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Perkovic misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Perkovic swats away the attempt to clinch by Louza.
Louza is looking to clinch.
Louza with a lazy takedown attempt
and Perkovic counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Perkovic.
Perkovic using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Louza has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Perkovic is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rebaldo Louza. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Perkovic's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A telegraphed right hand from Perkovic misses the target.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Louza closes this distance looking for a takedown but Perkovic circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perkovic throws a body kick that misses.
Perkovic throws a sloppy head kick and Louza moves out of range easily.
Perkovic moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Mikhail Perkovic seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Louza wants to clinch.
Perkovic defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Louza.
Perkovic throws a head kick but Louza moves out of range.
Perkovic tries to score with a low kick but Louza moves his leg out of the way.
Perkovic throws a head kick that misses.
Louza tries to clinch there but Perkovic circles away.
Louza connects with a nice looking jab.
Louza wants to clinch
and Perkovic counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Perkovic.
Perkovic pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Perkovic tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perkovic throws a head kick but Louza moves out of range.
Perkovic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Louza fails in his attempt to clinch.
Louza tries to clinch up but Perkovic circles away and keeps his distance.
Louza fails with the takedown.
Perkovic looks for the body kick but Louza saw that one coming.
Louza darts in looking for a takedown but Perkovic gets double underhooks and turns Louza into the ropes.
Perkovic's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Louza tries to clinch but Perkovic moves out of range.
Perkovic tries a head kick but it misses.
Perkovic swats away the attempt to clinch by Louza.
Perkovic misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Perkovic misses with a head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Louza avoids the head kick by Perkovic.
Louza avoids the head kick by Perkovic.
Perkovic misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Perkovic throws a lazy head kick
and Louza counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Louza.
Perkovic is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Louza looking to pass the guard.
Louza is working hard here to advance position.
Perkovic is looking to stand up but Louza isn't so interested in that idea.
Louza controls from within his opponent's guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Louza trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Rebaldo Louza will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Perkovic throws a head kick that misses.
Louza rushes Perkovic and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Perkovic's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Perkovic pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Louza closes the distance and clinches.
Perkovic breaks the clinch.
Perkovic fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Louza.
Louza blocks a head kick by Perkovic.
Louza throws a chopping leg kick but Perkovic manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Louza shoots in and drives through. Perkovic sprawls well.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Perkovic.
Louza is looking to clinch.
Louza feints and as Perkovic raises his hands in defense, Louza changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Rebaldo Louza overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Perkovic is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Louza trying to control but Perkovic is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Louza is standing up over Perkovic. Perkovic looks to escape but Louza dives into side control.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Louza is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Perkovic is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Louza thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Perkovic is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Perkovic is trying to control Louza's posture but Louza avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perkovic avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Louza.
Louza lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Perkovic down.
Louza tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Louza has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Perkovic is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Perkovic wants to control but Louza postures up.
Perkovic is trying to get back to his feet.
Perkovic throws Louza to one side and escapes!
Louza drives through with a takedown into guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Louza tries to free his leg and advance position but Perkovic is retaining full guard.
Louza trying to control the position from guard on top but Perkovic is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Perkovic wriggles free and stands up.
Perkovic takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Louza throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Perkovic.
Perkovic closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Louza's guard.
Perkovic avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Perkovic avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Perkovic wants to control from the top but Louza keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Louza manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Perkovic manages to get himself to full guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Perkovic working a defensive guard here.
Mikhail Perkovic has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Perkovic can't keep his opponent in guard - Louza advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Perkovic wants to get back to his feet.
Rebaldo Louza is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Perkovic looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rebaldo Louza showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Louza, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Wagner Zegers scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rebaldo Louza!
Mikhail Perkovic spoke after the fight, saying 'No problem at all... I will get back to the top!'.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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