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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Almeida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rob Ramirez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rob Ramirez struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 156.3lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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165 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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179 cm
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170 lbs
7 - 7 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Brawler
Very strong |
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thomas Almeida!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rob Ramirez!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Mauricio Rocha and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ramirez misses with a combination
and Almeida counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Ramirez keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Almeida lands strikes from half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Almeida connects with a nice short shot to Ramirez's temple.
Ramirez slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Almeida working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Almeida content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Ramirez utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Ramirez working for a triangle but Almeida defends it easily.
Almeida in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramirez is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Almeida wants to sweep but Ramirez has passed to side control!
Almeida throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
Almeida wants to get back to his feet but Ramirez is dominant here and he's now got Almeida's back!
Ramirez is not going to allow Almeida to sit and survive in this position.
Almeida wants to escape the position.
Ramirez misses with punches from the back.
Ramirez is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Almeida defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almeida is keeping busy.
Almeida trying to control but not successfully.
Ramirez has the hooks in. Almeida is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Almeida showing good submission defense here.
Almeida showing good submission defense here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez is trying to stick to Almeida's back but Almeida is turning into Ramirez. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Ramirez's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Almeida.
Ramirez is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Almeida is controlling him.
Almeida pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ramirez is keeping the position for now.
Almeida is working hard here to advance position.
Almeida with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Almeida throwing strikes but missing.
Almeida is looking to work some ground and pound but Ramirez has wrist control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Almeida working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Almeida preventing the sweep.
Almeida lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Ramirez has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Almeida can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Almeida pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ramirez is keeping the position for now.
Almeida makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Almeida makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Almeida loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Almeida chips away with some ground and pound.
Almeida throwing strikes but missing.
Almeida lands a couple of elbows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thomas Almeida dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Almeida throws out a loose jab but Ramirez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ramirez shoots for a takedown but Almeida saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Almeida dives in for a single leg takedown but Ramirez sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the ropes.
Almeida misses with a takedown attempt - Ramirez sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Thomas Almeida is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ramirez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ramirez closes the distance and clinches up with Almeida, looking for a takedown. Ramirez pushes Almeida against the ropes but Almeida circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Almeida manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Ramirez on his heels. He'll look to pass Ramirez's guard now, I'm sure.
Almeida keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Ramirez's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Almeida is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Ramirez is rocked!
Almeida lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Ramirez is still in real trouble! Can Almeida finish him?
Almeida arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Ramirez's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Thomas Almeida!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
39% |
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