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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bruno Villarreal (ranked 22885 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ed Ricoop (ranked 5405 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Ricoop's choice of entrance music: Bad to the Bone. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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214 lbs
3 - 6 - 0 |
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195 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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Good takedowns
Good kicks
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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
3 - 6 - 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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ed Ricoop!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Ryoma Takatsuka and Micheangelo Fripello.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ricoop tries to clinch up.
As Ricoop looks to move away, Villarreal throws a big counter combo but Ricoop just gets out of the way.
Ricoop misses with a two punch combination.
Villarreal is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Ricoop.
Ricoop looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Villarreal!
Ricoop stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Ricoop tries to close the distance and clinch up but Villarreal swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ricoop connects with an inside leg kick.
Villarreal really is a fat lump.
Ricoop tries to close the distance and clinch but Villarreal swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ricoop shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Villarreal manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Villarreal is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ricoop is looking for a sweep. Villarreal is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Villarreal wants to work for an arm triangle but Ricoop is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Ricoop is trying to control but can't.
Villarreal is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Ricoop has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Villarreal is working away from the top position though.
Ricoop really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Villarreal. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Ricoop is trying to get back to full guard.
Villarreal is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Villarreal wants to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Villarreal is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Villarreal is nestled in close to Ricoop, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Villarreal is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Ricoop is just riding it out for now. Villarreal eventually gives up the hold.
Villarreal 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.
Villarreal is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Villarreal is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Ricoop doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Villarreal.
Ricoop trying to control from the bottom.
Ricoop avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Villarreal.
Villarreal is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Ricoop is just riding it out for now. Villarreal eventually gives up the hold.
Ricoop trying to control from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Villarreal 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.
Ricoop taking some punishment here, with Villarreal in his half guard.
Villarreal is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Ricoop has managed to free his arm - good work.
Ricoop is looking to improve his position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Villarreal lands a nice short elbow.
Ricoop is trying to stand up here but Villarreal is controlling him well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Bruno Villarreal will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Ricoop tries to close the distance and clinch but Villarreal swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
It looked like Villarreal wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Ricoop is looking to clinch.
Villarreal seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Villarreal on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Villarreal rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ricoop moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Villarreal shoots in and drives through. Ricoop sprawls well.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ricoop looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ricoop scores with a jab to the jaw.
Ricoop looking to score a takedown here. Villarreal is defending well but Ricoop drives through and ends up in Villarreal's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ricoop controls from within his opponent's guard.
Villarreal looking for a sweep. Not yet Villarreal, not yet.
Ricoop lands a couple of elbows.
Ricoop 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 postures up.
Villarreal trying to stand up but can't free himself from Ricoop's guard.
Villarreal gets to his feet - Ricoop follows without any prompting.
Ricoop fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Villarreal sprawls well initially but Ricoop persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ricoop is keen to just control but Villarreal is a slippery customer.
Ricoop is breathing heavily.
Villarreal is looking to improve his position.
Ed Ricoop has got the better of the ground game so far.
Ricoop working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Villarreal slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Villarreal is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Ricoop taking some punishment here, with Villarreal in his half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Ricoop manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Villarreal wants to stand but Ricoop is controlling his posture from full guard.
Villarreal gets to his feet - Ricoop follows without any prompting.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ricoop shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Villarreal wants to improve his position but Ricoop is controlling well.
Ricoop is working for a kimura but Villarreal is defending it quite comfortably.
Villarreal is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Ricoop's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Ricoop's back!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Ed Ricoop will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Ricoop connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Villarreal shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Ricoop manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Ricoop wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Ricoop bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Villarreal's guard.
Ricoop trying to control but Villarreal is working from the bottom.
Villarreal wants to stand but Ricoop is controlling the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Villarreal wants to sweep but no luck.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Villarreal bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Ricoop's guard.
Ricoop controls Villarreal momentarily but Villarreal frees himself.
Villarreal tries to stand but Ricoop is controlling from the bottom.
Ricoop is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Ricoop is pulling down on Villarreal's head to control his posture.
Ricoop takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Villarreal wants to get up but he can't break Ricoop's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Villarreal with a flurry of punches that miss.
Villarreal wanted to stand there but Ricoop had control of the position.
Villarreal stands up and waves to Ricoop to follow him.
Ricoop fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ricoop closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Villarreal did well to prevent Ricoop getting side control.
Ricoop is looking to take a break and control but Villarreal is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Villarreal manages to get to full guard.
Ricoop throws a big elbow that misses.
Ricoop won't allow Villarreal to sweep him here.
Villarreal manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Ricoop manages to get himself to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Villarreal is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Villarreal is in close to Ricoop's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Villarreal would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Villarreal gets to his feet - Ricoop follows without any prompting.
A punch combination from Villarreal misses.
Villarreal takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Ricoop changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Villarreal looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Villarreal manages to work his way to half guard, despite Ricoop's best efforts.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Villarreal is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Ricoop's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Ricoop's back!
Ricoop looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Villarreal has managed to slip his arm under Ricoop's chin. This could be all over... yep, Ricoop is tapping out! Submission win for Villarreal.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Bruno Villarreal!
The defeated Ed Ricoop had this to say: 'You always have 15% left in the tank. Never give up.'.
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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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