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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dee Waters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joao Almeida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joao Almeida has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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214 lbs
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184 cm
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205 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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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
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dee Waters!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Joao Almeida!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Luis Engracia and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Waters shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Almeida is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Waters unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Almeida has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Waters clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Almeida is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Waters is defending well though. Almeida let's go of the attempt for now.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Almeida's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Waters is trying to stand back up.
Almeida tries to get the hooks in deep but Waters pushed the leg off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Almeida has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Waters's body.
Almeida is looking to control Waters but Waters is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Waters is trying to break free.
Almeida has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Waters has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Almeida trying to control momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Almeida looking for the choke from the back.
Almeida struggling to keep hold of the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Almeida is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Waters is defending well though. Almeida let's go of the attempt for now.
Almeida is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
Waters is holding onto Almeida's left hand, preventing any choke attempts.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Waters staying busy and making it hard for Almeida to control.
Waters fending off the submission attempt from Almeida.
I would not like to be Waters right now.
Waters looking very determined here, making life difficult for Almeida.
Waters wants to control his opponent's hands but Almeida gets his hands free.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Almeida has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Almeida tries to keep control of the position but Waters is staying busy.
Almeida wants to control the position but Waters frees himself and scrambles - Almeida manages to regain control in side control.
Almeida wants to control but Waters is keeping him busy.
Waters prevents Almeida from improving position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Waters is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Almeida has just dragged him back down to the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joao Almeida dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Almeida forces Waters back against the cage and clinches.
Nice body punch from Waters.
Waters throws a head punch that misses.
Almeida manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Waters showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Almeida working a defensive guard but Waters passes into half guard.
Almeida is trying to control but can't.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Waters slips a nice elbow through Almeida's hands, connecting with Almeida's forehead.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Almeida manages to get to full guard.
Waters stands up from Almeida's guard - Waters perhaps looking for a knockout.
Almeida is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Almeida tries to sprawl but Waters drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Almeida makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Waters could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Almeida changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Waters looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Waters sneaks out the side door and pushes Almeida away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Waters gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Almeida to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Almeida missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
We've been informed that Almeida has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Waters keeping moving, preventing Almeida from controlling successfully.
Almeida wants to stand but Waters has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Waters keeping moving, preventing Almeida from controlling successfully.
Waters has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Almeida is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Waters avoiding damage.
Waters creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Waters throws a head punch that misses.
Almeida lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almeida wants to control but Waters is keeping him busy.
Almeida seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Almeida throws a strike but Waters avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Almeida trying to stand up but can't free himself from Waters's guard.
Almeida forces his way into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Waters tries to roll over but Almeida keeps him under control.
Almeida passes into side control, despite Waters's attempt to control the position.
Waters tries to escape but Almeida is in control.
Almeida stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Almeida decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Almeida decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
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 Dee Waters will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Almeida closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Waters did well to prevent Almeida getting side control.
Almeida wants to stand up but Waters is controlling the position.
Waters is refusing to be controlled, as Almeida sits in half guard.
Almeida might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Waters haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Almeida is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but Waters still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, Waters has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!
Waters is trying to get an arm triangle but Almeida is defending well.
Joao Almeida has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Almeida is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Waters off and has taken his back!
Will Almeida go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
Waters is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Waters trying to control but not successfully.
Waters looking very determined here, making life difficult for Almeida.
Almeida controls the position.
Waters is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Almeida is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almeida trying to control.
Waters fending off the submission attempt from Almeida.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Almeida's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Almeida looking to break Waters's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Waters remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Almeida will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Almeida trying to control.
So, who will make the next big move? In this position it could be crucial.
Waters manages to reverse the position and now he's in Almeida's guard. Nice work there by Waters.
And that's the end of the fight!
Joao Almeida comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Almeida has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 28:30
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 28:29
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joao 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
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