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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Leroy Braga (ranked 930 p4p, 127 weight class) and Eduardo Vieira (ranked 631 p4p, 89 weight class). Braga's entrance music is Seven Nation Army. A fine choice. Eduardo Vieira has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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185 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
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Excellent MT
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Leroy Braga!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eduardo Vieira!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Ackerman and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vieira connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
It looks like Leroy Braga has been cut.
Braga misses with a shot to the body
and Vieira counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Braga keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Vieira throws a poor cross that misses
and Braga makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Vieira cracks a nice hook into Braga's ribs.
Vieira lands a left and a right that send Braga crashing to the mat, dazed. Vieira thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Braga bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Vieira scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Braga dodges the punch combination from Vieira.
Braga staying out of range there.
Vieira throws an overhand right that lands on Braga's shoulder, as Braga tries to avoid the shot.
Vieira looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Braga ducks under a wild hook from Vieira.
A telegraphed right hand from Braga misses the target.
A shot to the body from Braga misses
and Vieira counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Braga scoring well with a low kick there.
Vieira throws a body shot but no joy.
The fight stays on the outside here - Braga looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Vieira throws a body shot but no joy.
Braga forces Vieira back against the cage and clinches.
Braga dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Vieira tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vieira lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Braga slows down the pace here.
Braga tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Braga has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Vieira avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Vieira lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Braga content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Vieira's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Braga misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vieira.
A big right from Vieira misses.
Leroy Braga seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Braga connects with an inside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Braga connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Braga listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Vieira paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Braga takes a swing at Vieira's ribcage but misses.
Vieira throws out a counter right but Braga avoids it with no problem.
Braga tries to clinch but Vieira moves away
and Vieira cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Vieira misses the jab.
Vieira misses with a hook. Braga ducked under it nicely.
Braga tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vieira was well out of range. Poor timing from Braga.
Vieira looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Vieira misses with a hook. Braga ducked under it nicely.
Vieira keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Vieira scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Vieira misses with a hook
and Braga counters with a body kick that stops Vieira in his tracks momentarily.
Vieira throws a lazy uppercut
and Braga makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Vieira keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vieira takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Vieira throws a hook but Braga blocks it.
Braga is looking to counter the offense by Vieira and move into the clinch.
Braga jabs Vieira to the body, keeping him at a distance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Braga swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Vieira counters with a straight right hand.
Braga misses with a jab to the body
letting Vieira counter with a right hand.
Vieira uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Braga.
Braga slips a straight right by Vieira.
Braga throws a sloppy body shot
and Vieira counters with a straight right hand.
Braga throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Vieira stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Vieira is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Braga had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Braga lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Vieira at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eduardo Vieira dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Leroy Braga's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Vieira misses with a body punch
and Braga counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Vieira bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A countering left hand to the body from Vieira misses.
A big left from Vieira misses.
Vieira throws a body shot but no joy.
Braga throws the kick towards the body but Vieira avoids it.
Braga lands a really nice looking cross but Vieira seems unphased.
Vieira lands a nice shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Braga misses with a hook to the body
and Vieira counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Vieira misses with a jab to the body
and Vieira takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Braga ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Braga keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vieira throws a jab when Braga was well out of range.
Vieira lands a really nice looking cross but Braga seems unphased.
Braga throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Vieira stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Vieira gets tackled into the cage by Braga. Braga maintains the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Braga takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Vieira has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Vieira working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Braga leaning his opponent against the cage.
Vieira lands with a right to the head.
Braga stalling the fight.
Vieira misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Vieira pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Braga misses with an attempted mid kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Vieira! But no joy.
Braga is looking to wear down Vieira with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Braga scores with a hook to the body. Vieira takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Braga dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Vieira throws an overhand right that lands on Braga's shoulder, as Braga tries to avoid the shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Braga fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Vieira manages to avoid it.
Vieira misses with a looping left.
Vieira throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Braga throws a push kick but Vieira slaps the foot to one side.
Braga tries a low kick but Vieira avoids it.
Braga misses with a hook.
It seemed like Vieira was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A slow jab from Vieira misses its intended target.
Braga throwing a counter right hand but Vieira manages to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Braga misses the body punch
and Vieira counters with a stiff right hand.
Vieira keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Braga connects with a body shot that sends Vieira's belly button to the back.
Braga uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Vieira.
A counter left hand to the body from Braga misses its target.
Braga darts in trying to clinch
and Vieira counters with a right hand to the body.
Vieira looks to throw the jab but Braga is out of range.
A shot to the body from Braga misses
and Vieira counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Vieira misses with an uppercut.
A quick step to the side and Braga tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Braga fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Vieira on the side of the head.
Braga misses with a wild body shot.
Vieira throws a jab but it's blocked by Braga.
Vieira changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Vieira misses with a looping left.
Vieira misses with a body shot.
Vieira tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Braga was well out of range. Poor timing from Vieira.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Braga gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A jab from Vieira misses.
Braga throws a body shot but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Eduardo Vieira will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Leroy Braga's cut.
That's time! Braga's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Braga misses with a body punch
and Braga takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Vieira misses with a jab to the body
and Braga counters with a nice body kick.
Braga misses the body punch
and Vieira counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Braga thinking.
Vieira punishes Braga's body with a nice straight punch.
Braga darts in and clinches Vieira up against the cage.
Vieira struggles to land a body shot inside as Braga controls his hands.
A head punch on the inside from Vieira fails to land.
Braga blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Braga blocking some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vieira lands a shoulder strike.
Come on Braga - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Vieira breaks the clinch.
Braga walks into a stiff left hand from Vieira.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Braga displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Vieira throws out the jab.
Vieira steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Braga.
The fight stays on the outside here - Braga looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Braga throws a leg kick
and Braga takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Eduardo Vieira seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Vieira misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Vieira misses with an uppercut.
Vieira throws a body punch but Braga moves out of range.
Braga ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Vieira cracks a nice hook into Braga's ribs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Braga takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Braga tests Vieira's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nice body punch from Braga.
A looping hook to the body misses from Braga. Vieira does a little dance to reset his feet.
Vieira throws out a counter right but Braga avoids it with no problem.
Braga ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A swing and a miss from Vieira.
Braga wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vieira lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Vieira stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Braga tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Vieira manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd cheers as Vieira lands an impressive looking overhand right. Braga doesn't seem phased though.
Braga ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vieira moves away.
Vieira looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Vieira misses with a body shot
and Braga counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Braga cracks Vieira with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
It looks like Eduardo Vieira has been cut.
Braga rushes Vieira and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Braga stalls.
Vieira swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Braga blocks a body shot from Vieira.
Braga doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vieira.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vieira tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Braga manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Vieira looking to sit in guard and control but Braga gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Braga sitting in guard here, content to control.
Vieira escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Braga gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Braga is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Vieira keeping moving, preventing Braga from controlling successfully.
And that's the end of the fight!
Eduardo Vieira comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Vieira winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 William Gold scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eduardo Vieira!
In his post fight interview, Eduardo Vieira started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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