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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Farofa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jacques Embernate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Jacques Embernate was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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205 lbs
11 - 33 - 0 |
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193 cm
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205 lbs
9 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 33 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Carlos Farofa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Jacques Embernate!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Farofa listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Farofa moves into the clinch successfully.
Farofa is trying to break the clinch but Embernate is controlling him.
Farofa is trying to push Embernate away but Embernate has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Farofa tries to land knees in the clinch but Embernate avoids the damage to the body.
Farofa missing with knees to the body.
Embernate escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Carlos Farofa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Farofa shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Embernate defends it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Farofa.
No joy there for Farofa, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Farofa throws a series of punches but Embernate moves out of range.
Farofa tries to close the distance and clinch but Embernate swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Embernate feints the counter takedown.
Farofa misses with a jab, cross combination.
Embernate shoots in looking for a takedown. Farofa tries to sprawl out of it but Embernate keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Farofa manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Farofa shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Carlos Farofa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Farofa shoots in looking for a takedown but Embernate manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Farofa's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Embernate counters with a body kick.
Farofa throws an overhand right that lands on Embernate's shoulder, as Embernate tries to avoid the shot.
A countering left hand to the body from Embernate misses.
Farofa misses with a combination
and Embernate moves into the clinch.
Embernate pulls guard successfully.
Farofa stands up and waves to Embernate to follow him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Farofa tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Embernate defends well and Farofa ends up having to push Embernate into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Embernate is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Farofa shoots in looking for a takedown. Embernate tries to sprawl out of it but Farofa keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Embernate manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Farofa is breathing heavily.
Farofa wants to clinch.
Farofa throws a hook but Embernate avoids it easily.
Farofa throws a left and a right that both miss
and Embernate counters by moving into the clinch.
Embernate has Farofa pressed against the cage, preventing Farofa from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Farofa tries to land a knee to the head but Embernate blocks with his arms.
Embernate tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Embernate keeps control of Farofa as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Farofa looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Farofa manages to break the clinch.
Farofa misses with a series of wild punches.
Farofa throws a series of punches but Embernate avoids them all with ease.
Farofa lands with a nice combination. Embernate backs away looking to recover.
Farofa closes the distance looking to clinch
and Embernate counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Farofa!
Farofa wants to get back to his feet but Embernate drags him back down.
Farofa is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Embernate throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Embernate scoring with punches from side control.
Farofa knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Embernate on the ground.
Embernate lands a decent elbow from side control.
Farofa on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Farofa tries to get out of the position.
Embernate cracks Farofa with a big elbow.
Embernate lands a few punches from side control.
Embernate scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Farofa to see if he's OK.
Farofa is rocked!
Embernate in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Farofa looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Embernate turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jacques Embernate!
Carlos Farofa was interviewed post fight and said 'thanks for coming out and party on me tonight'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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