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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Zica Brava (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mahdi Makungu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brava comes to the cage accompanied by Loyal. Makungu has chosen Nelly - Heart of a Champion as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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158 lbs
24 - 12 - 1 |
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156 lbs
31 - 14 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Zica Brava!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
31 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Mahdi Makungu!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Tarja Halkonen and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Makungu throws a right and a left that Brava avoids nicely.
Makungu throws a shot from downtown. Brava moves away and avoids it.
Makungu avoids a punch combination nicely.
Brava clinches up against the cage.
Makungu throws a punch but it's blocked by Brava.
Makungu throws a punch but it's blocked by Brava.
Brava working hard to break the clinch.
Brava is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Makungu is trying to force a seperation but Brava has the dominant position.
Brava escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Makungu gets tackled into the cage by Brava. Brava maintains the clinch.
Makungu wants to get back to striking at distance but Brava won't allow it.
Makungu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Makungu wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Brava manages to break the clinch.
Brava tries to move into range but Makungu moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Makungu misses the body punch
and Brava holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Brava.
A head punch on the inside from Makungu fails to land.
Makungu tries to circle away but Brava has him pinned against the cage.
Brava lands a nice shot to the body.
Makungu breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Makungu moves into the clinch.
Makungu throws a head punch that misses.
Makungu is trying to pull guard but Brava turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Brava is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Brava breaks from the clinch.
Makungu blocks a head kick by Brava.
Makungu rushes Brava and presses him up against the cage.
Makungu fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Zica Brava has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mahdi Makungu.
Makungu is trying to stall.
Brava blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brava dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Makungu leaning his opponent against the cage.
A body shot lands from Brava.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Makungu is trying to break free.
Brava lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Brava breaks the clinch.
Makungu avoids the head kick by Brava.
Brava tries to clinch but Makungu moves out of range.
Zica Brava is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Brava tries to clinch but Makungu is having none of it.
Brava tries to clinch there but Makungu circles away.
Makungu fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Makungu fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Brava manages to avoid it.
Brava drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Brava tries to clinch up but Makungu circles away and keeps his distance.
Makungu gets tackled into the cage by Brava. Brava maintains the clinch.
Makungu swings wildly with an uppercut but Brava uses good head movement to avoid it.
Makungu takes a shot to the head.
Makungu working aggressively here.
Makungu being controlled against the cage.
Makungu wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Makungu breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brava lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Makungu takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Brava uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Makungu.
Brava misses with a right hand
and Makungu counters with a straight right hand.
Makungu just misses with a punch to the body.
Brava lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Makungu circles away quickly and effectively.
Brava avoids the body shot from Makungu.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Makungu shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Brava napping and manages to drive through into side control!
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Makungu throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Makungu trying to control the action but Brava is working from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Makungu misses with the ground and pound.
Makungu fails to land a wild elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Mahdi Makungu will probably get the nod.
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.
A shot to the liver by Makungu. Beautiful body shot.
Brava tries to clinch up but Makungu circles away and keeps his distance.
Brava avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Brava gets a clinch.
Makungu is trying to pull guard but Brava turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Makungu wants to stall.
A short left from Brava.
Makungu working aggressively here.
Makungu is trying to pull guard but Brava has him pressed against the cage.
Brava lands with a right to the head.
Makungu wants to stall.
Makungu seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
Brava breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Makungu just misses with a punch to the body.
Makungu lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Brava throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Makungu's head.
It looks like Mahdi Makungu has been cut.
Makungu lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Zica Brava is winning the standup battle so far.
Brava is looking to clinch.
Mahdi Makungu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice uppercut lands for Brava. That snapped Makungu's head back.
Brava explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Brava doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Makungu throws a leg kick but Brava sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Makungu smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Makungu fails with a takedown attempt.
Zica Brava has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mahdi Makungu.
Makungu misses with a lunging right hand
and Brava counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Brava lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Makungu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brava tries to work over Makungu's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch on the inside from Makungu fails to land.
Makungu tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Brava's elbow.
Makungu looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A nice right hand lands inside from Brava.
Brava lands a body shot.
Makungu misses with a punch on the inside.
Brava breaks the clinch.
Brava lands a jab-cross combination.
Makungu throws an off balance right hand
and Brava counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Brava ducks under a wild hook from Makungu.
Makungu throws a jab but it's blocked by Brava.
Makungu misses with a jab, cross combination.
Brava lands a nice shot to the body.
Brava tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Makungu was well out of range. Poor timing from Brava.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brava is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Makungu throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Zica Brava is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Brava fails with an attempt to clinch.
Brava moves away from the strike by Makungu.
Brava throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Makungu cracks Brava with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Brava throws a body shot but no joy.
Makungu thuds a left hand into Brava's body.
Brava dodges the punch combination from Makungu.
Makungu throws a hook but Brava avoids it easily.
Brava swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brava turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Makungu throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Brava tries to clinch but Makungu moves out of range.
Makungu pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Brava chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Makungu takes a swing at Brava's ribcage but misses.
The fighters circle momentarily. Makungu darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Brava dodges the punch combination from Makungu.
Makungu lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Brava circles away quickly and effectively.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Brava lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Makungu looks to land a right hand but Brava moved out of range.
Makungu closes this distance looking for a takedown but Brava circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zica Brava dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mahdi Makungu'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. And we move into the final round!
Brava ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Brava tries to clinch up but Makungu circles away and keeps his distance.
Brava tries to close the distance and clinch up but Makungu swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Brava cracks the inside of Makungu's front leg.
Makungu pushes Brava up against the cage in a clinch.
Makungu is trying to break free.
Brava breaks from the clinch.
Brava keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Brava dips to his left and cracks Makungu with an uppercut!
Brava looks to throw the jab but Makungu is out of range.
Makungu fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Brava manages to avoid it.
Makungu jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Brava tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
No luck for Makungu with that takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brava scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Makungu swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Brava punishes Makungu's body with a nice straight punch.
Makungu swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Makungu misses with a jab, cross combination.
Makungu connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Brava's hands.
A swing and a miss from Makungu.
Brava comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Brava wants to clinch.
Makungu connects with a single shot there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brava tries to close the distance and clinch but Makungu swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Makungu misses with a body shot.
Makungu fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Brava, pushing him back against the cage.
Brava working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Makungu is trying to force a seperation but Brava has the dominant position.
Makungu's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Makungu shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A big left from Makungu misses.
Brava tries to close the distance and clinch but Makungu swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Makungu connects with a good right hand that stumbles Brava. Brava circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Makungu swings widly with a right hand
and Brava counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Makungu gets through Brava's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Brava pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Makungu throws a right and a left that Brava avoids nicely.
Makungu tries a low kick but Brava avoids it.
Brava tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A nice leg kick lands there from Brava.
Makungu jabs Brava right on the nose. Brava blinks but takes it well.
A telegraphed right hand from Makungu misses the target.
Brava tries to clinch up but Makungu circles away and keeps his distance.
Makungu shoots in but Brava avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Zica Brava has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mahdi Makungu.
Brava throws a right and a left that Makungu avoids nicely.
Brava rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Makungu moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Makungu swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Brava closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Brava will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Makungu throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Makungu swings for the body but Brava moves out of range.
Makungu swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Brava connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
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!
Makungu looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Brava is fending him off so far but Makungu persists. Nope, Brava circles away and we're back to standing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brava tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Makungu paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Makungu scores with a shot to the body.
Makungu tries to score a power double leg takedown but Brava sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Makungu somewhat.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Zica Brava.
I think Brava has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zica Brava!
Zica Brava took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'Foda-se o padrão #13memo
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