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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Henrique Gusmao (ranked 118 p4p, 15 weight class) and André 3000 (ranked 937 p4p, 103 weight class). 3000 has chosen Nobody by Skindred as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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11 - 1 - 0 |
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146 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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BJJ Brown Belt
Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Henrique Gusmao!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, André 3000!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gusmao lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Gusmao takes one on the button.
3000 has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
3000 gets tackled into the cage by Gusmao. Gusmao maintains the clinch.
3000 misses with a punch on the inside.
Gusmao lands a shoulder strike.
Gusmao lands with a light punch inside.
Gusmao lands a body punch in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by 3000.
Gusmao misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gusmao working aggressively here.
Gusmao struggles to land a body shot inside as 3000 controls his hands.
3000 misses with a knee to the head.
Gusmao misses with a body punch.
3000 drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Gusmao gets the underhooks and prevents it.
3000 trying to stall but Gusmao improves his position.
Gusmao tried to land a shot to the body but connects with 3000's elbow.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, 3000 creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gusmao can't find room to land a body shot as 3000 controls the action.
Gusmao tries a body shot but 3000 blocks it.
3000 pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
3000 misses with a body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Gusmao misses.
3000 avoids the body shot from Gusmao.
Gusmao has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Captain Turturro`s Pirate Ship in the buildup to the fight.
3000 takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Gusmao gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
3000 takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Gusmao on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Gusmao closes the distance and clinches.
Gusmao lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of 3000 backwards.
Gusmao blocks an uppercut.
Gusmao misses with a body punch.
Gusmao blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gusmao tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from Gusmao.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gusmao lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A right handed body shot lands from Gusmao.
3000 working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short uppercut from 3000.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for 3000.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gusmao digs a right hand underneath 3000's ribcage. 3000 let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Gusmao struggles to land a body shot inside as 3000 controls his hands.
Gusmao lands a body punch.
3000 prevents a body shot from Gusmao.
3000 misses with a short punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gusmao.
Gusmao misses with a hook to the ribs.
3000 has a couple of punches blocked by Gusmao.
3000 tries a body shot but Gusmao blocks it.
A body shot lands from Gusmao.
3000's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Gusmao tries to work over 3000's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gusmao goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
3000 blocks an uppercut.
Gusmao misses with a body punch.
3000 can't find room to land a body shot as Gusmao controls the action.
3000 looking to stall.
Gusmao misses with a punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gusmao misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gusmao misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gusmao tries to work over 3000's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
3000 lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Gusmao lands a nice shot to the body.
Gusmao blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Gusmao fails to land.
Gusmao lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Gusmao lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Gusmao lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Gusmao throws a blind hook that connects with the side of 3000s head.
Gusmao lands with a light punch inside.
3000 misses with the head strike.
A hook to the body from Gusmao.
Gusmao digs a right hand underneath 3000's ribcage. 3000 let out a lung full of air as it connected.
3000 is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Gusmao is working 3000 over against the cage.
3000 looks winded!
This has been an exciting period of action!
A short right from Gusmao.
3000 misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gusmao lands a body punch in the clinch.
3000 looking to stall.
Gusmao blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Gusmao.
Gusmao lands a shoulder strike.
Gusmao lands with a short shot to the head.
Gusmao lands a shoulder strike.
A short right from Gusmao on the inside.
Gusmao lands a shoulder strike.
3000 lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gusmao backwards.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Gusmao as 3000 tries to tie him up.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Gusmao scores with a shoulder strike.
3000 swings wildly with an uppercut but Gusmao uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gusmao creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gusmao working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Gusmao scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Gusmao lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down 3000.
3000's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Henrique Gusmao dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Gusmao with a hook.
3000 scores with a jab to the head.
3000 throws a big shot that misses.
Gusmao tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but 3000 was well out of range. Poor timing from Gusmao.
3000 tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gusmao was well out of range. Poor timing from 3000.
An attempted straight right counter from Gusmao misses the target.
3000 throws a right hand that misses
and 3000 takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gusmao scores with a decent looking hook.
3000 is rocked!
3000 walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
3000 is still on wobbly legs! Can Gusmao finish him?
The fight moves into the clinch position.
3000 lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Gusmao or not.
Henrique Gusmao has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Gusmao pushes 3000 back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gusmao pushes 3000 back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gusmao creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends 3000's eyes rolling into the back of his head! 3000 drops to his knees and Gusmao pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Henrique Gusmao!
Henrique Gusmao retains his featherweight title!
After the fight, Henrique Gusmao was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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