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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Grzegorz Rundowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Warley Alvez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alvez has chosen POP as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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30
203 lbs
14 - 7 - 0 |
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196 lbs
1 - 2 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
Counter fighter
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
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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
14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Grzegorz Rundowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Warley Alvez!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Felipe Paraventi and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alvez ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Rundowski shoots in but Alvez avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Rundowski avoids the head kick by Alvez.
Alvez misses with a wild combination.
Rundowski was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Alvez has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Alvez stuffs the takedown attempt from Rundowski. Rundowski gets slowly back to his feet.
Alvez throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Alvez connects with a body shot that sends Rundowski's belly button to the back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rundowski looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Alvez!
Rundowski tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Rundowski has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rundowski is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Alvez has escaped the position, nice work there.
Rundowski will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An elbow from Rundowski crashes against the mat.
Rundowski connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Alvez some visible discomfort.
Rundowski tries for a kimura but Alvez is defending well.
Rundowski decides to stand back up. Rundowski steps back and let's Alvez get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvez swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Rundowski connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Alvez misses with a wild body shot.
Rundowski drives through and clinches with Alvez against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Rundowski.
Alvez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rundowski fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Alvez, pushing him back against the cage.
Alvez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rundowski's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rundowski drives through with a takedown into Alvez's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rundowski content to stall in guard here.
Rundowski scoring with punches to the head and body.
Rundowski in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Rundowski pushing down on Alvez's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Alvez avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Rundowski.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Rundowski lands a nice short elbow.
Rundowski landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Rundowski controlling the pace.
Alvez avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Rundowski.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rundowski performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Alvez taking some punishment here, with Rundowski in his half guard.
Rundowski lands with a punch from half guard.
Alvez looks winded!
Rundowski is controlling the pace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Grzegorz Rundowski dominated that round.
That's time! Rundowski's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Rundowski darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Alvez has hold of Rundowski's hands but Rundowski slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Rundowski is looking to advance position but Alvez won't allow it.
Rundowski throwing shots but Alvez is blocking nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rundowski slows the pace down in half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rundowski trying to mount his opponent but Alvez defends it.
Rundowski is working hard here to advance position.
Rundowski missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Rundowski not doing much here.
Alvez is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Rundowski scores with a couple of nice shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Rundowski looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Rundowski controlling the pace.
Alvez taking some punishment here, with Rundowski in his half guard.
Rundowski is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Alvez defends it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rundowski drops an elbow to the side of Alvez's head.
Rundowski not doing much here.
Alvez keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Rundowski uses his free foot to push down on Alvez's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Alvez.
Rundowski cracks Alvez with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Rundowski controlling the position easily from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alvez is in a horrible position here. Rundowski smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Alvez is breathing heavily.
Rundowski controlling from the full mount.
Rundowski has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Alvez's face.
Alvez is rocked!
Rundowski has hold of Alvez's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Alvez manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Rundowski controlling from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Grzegorz Rundowski dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Rundowski fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Alvez, pushing him back against the cage.
Alvez manages to break the clinch.
Rundowski closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Alvez quickly recovers to half guard.
Rundowski takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Alvez really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Rundowski. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Alvez keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Rundowski seems to be looking for submissions.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rundowski working Alvez over with strikes.
Rundowski not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Rundowski stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvez just misses with a punch to the body.
Alvez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Alvez misses with a straight left.
Rundowski closes the distance and clinches.
Rundowski works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Rundowski throwing strikes but missing.
Rundowski has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Rundowski stays in close to Alvez's body and controls the position.
Rundowski connects with a couple of short punches.
Rundowski throwing strikes from guard but Alvez blocks nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rundowski showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Rundowski slips nicely into half guard.
Rundowski not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Rundowski perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Rundowski winds up and cracks Alvez with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
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. Rundowski connects with a nice short shot to Alvez's temple.
Rundowski not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvez keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Rundowski lands strikes from half guard.
Rundowski is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Alvez can do to turn this around?
Rundowski is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Grzegorz Rundowski overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Rundowski looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Alvez with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Rundowski lands with a punch from half guard.
Rundowski is looking for a kimura but Alvez is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Rundowski to get the leverage.
Rundowski controlling the action here.
Rundowski slips a nice elbow through Alvez's hands, connecting with Alvez's forehead.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rundowski trying to pass the guard but Alvez defending well.
Rundowski looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Rundowski working over Alvez with some ground and pound. Alvez looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Alvez is still in real trouble! Can Rundowski finish him?
Rundowski is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Alvez doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Rundowski.
Grzegorz Rundowski is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Alvez seems to have recovered his senses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rundowski performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
And that's the end of the fight!
Grzegorz Rundowski showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Rundowski, 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:26
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:26
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Grzegorz Rundowski!
In his post fight interview, Grzegorz Rundowski started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
In defeat, Warley Alvez stepped up to the mic, saying 'i'll be back bitches'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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