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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bruno Villarreal (ranked 23416 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ze Manel (ranked 5740 p4p, 0 weight class). Bruno Villarreal has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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214 lbs
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200 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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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
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bruno Villarreal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ze Manel!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Ryoma Takatsuka and Jeff Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Manel drives through with a takedown into Villarreal's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Villarreal looking to hit a scissor sweep but Manel is one step ahead there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Villarreal looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Manel wants to stand but Villarreal has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Manel trying to control but Villarreal is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Manel in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Manel tries to free his leg and advance position but Villarreal is retaining full guard.
Villarreal tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Manel is looking to stand up but Villarreal won't let him.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Manel trying to control the position from guard on top but Villarreal is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Manel tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Villarreal manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Manel tries to clinch but Villarreal is having none of it.
Donk. Manel catches Villarreal right on the button with a cross.
Manel shoots in and bounces Villarreal off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Villarreal trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Villarreal is controlling Manel's posture.
Villarreal is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Manel defends well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Villarreal trying to control the position.
Manel slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Manel trying to stand up but can't free himself from Villarreal's guard.
Manel wants to control from the top but Villarreal keeps moving.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Villarreal preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Villarreal throws a low kick, looking for Manel's leg but Manel calmly moves out of range.
Manel buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A good leg kick by Manel.
Manel looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Villarreal!
Villarreal manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Villarreal has hold of Manel's hands but Manel slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Manel thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Villarreal's head.
Manel prevents Villarreal from improving his position.
Manel wants to get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Villarreal moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Manel looking to sit in guard and control but Villarreal gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Villarreal has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Manel is proving hard to escape from.
Manel is working an open guard so Villarreal takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Manel scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Villarreal wants to control but Manel postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ze Manel dominated that round.
That's time! Villarreal's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Villarreal circles away from the clinch attempt.
As Manel looks to move away, Villarreal throws a big counter combo but Manel just gets out of the way.
Ze Manel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Manel gets the takedown into side control.
Villarreal could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Manel advances to mount.
Villarreal working to try and regain half guard.
Villarreal tries to hold on but Manel postures up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Manel looking to ground and pound but Villarreal is blocking nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Villarreal manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Villarreal is looking to improve his position.
Villarreal keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Manel slows the pace down in half guard.
Manel prevents Villarreal from improving his position.
Manel is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
That's two 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.
Villarreal gets full guard.
Manel wants to control from the top but Villarreal keeps moving.
Villarreal looking for a sweep. Not yet Villarreal, not yet.
Manel has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Manel trying to control but Villarreal is working from the bottom.
Villarreal looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Manel doesn't manage to clinch there - Villarreal circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Villarreal gets caught flat footed, as Manel shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Villarreal has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Manel can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Manel looking to pass the guard.
Manel is breathing heavily.
Villarreal escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Manel gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Villarreal lands an upkick as Manel stands over him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Villarreal is on top in guard.
Villarreal decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Manel, up you get!
A momentary lapse in concentration from Villarreal enables Manel to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Villarreal manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
The fighters are working up against the cage. Villarreal manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Villarreal pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Villarreal is defended easily by Manel.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Villarreal shoots in and bounces Manel off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Manel kicks Villarreal off and gets to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Ze Manel will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Bruno Villarreal is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Villarreal keeps the fight on the outside.
Manel fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Villarreal to the ground. Manel is now in Villarreal's guard.
Villarreal keeping moving, preventing Manel from controlling successfully.
Villarreal tries to strike from the bottom.
Villarreal controls Manel momentarily but Manel frees himself.
Villarreal looking to hit a scissor sweep but Manel is one step ahead there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Manel wants to control from the top but Villarreal keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Villarreal is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Ze Manel has got the better of the ground game so far.
Manel wants to control from the top but Villarreal keeps moving.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Manel throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Villarreal's head.
It looks like Bruno Villarreal has been cut.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Manel.
Manel takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Villarreal manages to work his way to half guard, despite Manel's best efforts.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Villarreal works his way to full guard. Good work.
Villarreal looking to hit a scissor sweep but Manel is one step ahead there.
Villarreal keeping moving, preventing Manel from controlling successfully.
Manel advances to half guard.
Manel stalling away here and it's allowed Villarreal to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Villarreal looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manel pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Villarreal is keeping the position for now.
Manel stopping the sweep attempt from Villarreal.
Villarreal striking off his back but it's not causing Manel any problems.
Manel showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Villarreal holds on and takes a little breather.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Manel closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Villarreal did well to prevent Manel getting side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Villarreal tries to get to full guard but Manel has control of the leg.
Villarreal punching from the bottom.
Manel is trying to control. Villarreal wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Villarreal striking from the bottom.
Manel blocks the strikes from Villarreal.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Manel throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Villarreal is trying to control but can't.
Bruno Villarreal has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ze Manel is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Manel is figuring out what he wants to do next.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ze Manel comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Manel has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Colin Fray scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ze Manel!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
32% |
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