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Crowning of the Champs PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Victor Rios (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jorge Guerreiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jorge Guerreiro has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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218 lbs
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200 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
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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
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Victor Rios!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jorge Guerreiro!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Felipe Paraventi and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rios throws a one two combo.
It looks like Jorge Guerreiro has been cut.
Guerreiro moves into the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Rios's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Guerreiro looking to slow down the pace here.
Rios working Guerreiro over with knees to the body.
Rios blocks the elbow strike.
Guerreiro fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Guerreiro works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Guerreiro looking to pass the guard.
Rios has a closed guard, preventing Guerreiro from standing up.
Rios trying to keep a closed guard but Guerreiro is proving a slippery customer.
Rios bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Guerreiro's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rios postures up in Guerreiro's guard and throws a big left but Guerreiro blocks it.
Guerreiro is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Guerreiro looks gassed!
Rios throwing strikes from guard but Guerreiro blocks nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rios trying to control but Guerreiro is working from the bottom.
Rios is really struggling to control Guerreiro but he's trying to hold on to the position.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Rios trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Guerreiro keeping full guard, as Rios tries to pass.
Rios showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
We're going to have a standup here because Victor Rios wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Rios.
Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from Rios! Guerreiro is out on his feet! Rios rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - Guerreiro is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! Guerreiro is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Victor Rios!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between tracy mcgrady (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Giorgios Karasids (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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205 lbs
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212 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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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
2 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, tracy mcgrady!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Giorgios Karasids!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Seu Braga and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
mcgrady throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Karasids sees it coming and avoids it easily.
mcgrady moves in looking to clinch but Karasids pushes him off.
mcgrady shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Karasids sprawls well. Karasids wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. mcgrady gets slowly back to his feet.
mcgrady tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Karasids shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
mcgrady takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Karasids controlling his opponent.
Karasids scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish mcgrady?
mcgrady is desperately trying to improve his position but Karasids has a good base and remains in mount.
Karasids tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
mcgrady wants to hold on but Karasids pushes him away.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Karasids moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, mcgrady has worked his arm free - good work by mcgrady!
Karasids landing strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
mcgrady tries to bench press Karasids off him but Karasids keeps the position.
mcgrady manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Karasids 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.
Karasids is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Karasids wants to pass to mount but mcgrady is defending the position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Karasids lands a nice short elbow.
Karasids seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but mcgrady does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
mcgrady trying to control here.
Karasids drops an elbow to the side of mcgrady's head.
mcgrady is breathing heavily.
Karasids works his way into side control.
Karasids tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Karasids has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Check out the look on Karasids's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Karasids is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down mcgrady's shoulder. That is not cool.
Karasids in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
mcgrady knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Karasids on the ground.
Karasids controlling from side mount.
Karasids scores with a couple of short elbows.
Karasids in side control lands a decent elbow.
mcgrady is trying to escape the position but Karasids is controlling the position.
Karasids should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
mcgrady tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karasids working the ground and pound.
Karasids working the body and head with strikes.
mcgrady can't do much from the bottom here.
Karasids works to advance to full mount. mcgrady defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Karasids sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Karasids landing shots from mount.
Karasids sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Karasids dominating with strikes here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karasids pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Karasids lands a big elbow.
Karasids controlling the pace for now.
Karasids looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Karasids content just to control the position here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Karasids avoids the attempt from mcgrady to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Giorgios Karasids dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
mcgrady has his takedown stuffed
and mcgrady takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
mcgrady misses with a head kick.
mcgrady clinches but Karasids breaks the clinch
and Karasids makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
tracy mcgrady seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
mcgrady throws a left and a right that both miss
and Karasids counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Karasids lands with a punch from half guard.
Karasids stalling.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
mcgrady taking some punishment here, with Karasids in his half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karasids controlling the action here.
Karasids maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! mcgrady could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Karasids has cracked it and mcgrady is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Karasids!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Giorgios Karasids!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Junior Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jak Bornak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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190 lbs
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190 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Junior Dos Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jak Bornak!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Luis Engracia and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bornak pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bornak looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Bornak fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dos Santos moves into the clinch.
Bornak tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bornak using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dos Santos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dos Santos scores a nice knee to the body.
Dos Santos lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Dos Santos landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Dos Santos utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Dos Santos unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dos Santos unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Dos Santos is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Dos Santos has Bornak pressed against the ropes.
Dos Santos connects with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dos Santos.
Dos Santos with a knee to the head.
Dos Santos landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Dos Santos's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Dos Santos lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Dos Santos.
Dos Santos landing knees to the body.
The referee calls for Dos Santos to work.
Dos Santos crunches a lovely knee into Bornak's ribcage.
Bornak throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dos Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
Dos Santos lands a nice knee to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Dos Santos.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bornak takes a knee to the side of the body.
Dos Santos lands a nice knee to the body.
Dos Santos lands a knee to the head.
Dos Santos landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Dos Santos with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dos Santos scores a nice knee to the body.
Dos Santos using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bornak has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dos Santos with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bornak managing to block the knees to the body from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos tries to stall but Bornak uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Bornak tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dos Santos lands a knee to the body.
Dos Santos throws a knee to the head but misses.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Dos Santos tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bornak on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bornak tries a knee to the head but Dos Santos blocks it.
Dos Santos is trying to maintain a safe position but Bornak gets an underhook and turns Dos Santos into the ropes.
Dos Santos with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bornak misses with a knee strike.
The referee calls for Dos Santos to work.
Dos Santos landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Dos Santos with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bornak throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dos Santos with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Dos Santos utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bornak misses with a knee strike.
Bornak throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bornak with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dos Santos lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Dos Santos misses with a knee strike.
Dos Santos missing with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Dos Santos.
Bornak using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dos Santos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dos Santos putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bornak in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bornak tries a knee to the head but Dos Santos blocks it.
Bornak with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bornak throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dos Santos is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bornak tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dos Santos working Bornak over with knees to the body.
Dos Santos throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dos Santos using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bornak has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Knees to the body from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bornak tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dos Santos scores with a knee to the head.
Bornak tries to land a knee to the head but Dos Santos blocks with his arms.
Bornak throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bornak with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dos Santos lands a knee to the head.
Dos Santos crunches a lovely knee into Bornak's ribcage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Dos Santos taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Dos Santos scores with a knee to the head.
Dos Santos scores a nice knee to the body.
Dos Santos with a knee to the head.
Dos Santos wants to stall.
Dos Santos unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Dos Santos is trying to stall.
Bornak tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dos Santos connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bornak's face.
Bornak throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bornak takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bornak throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dos Santos stalling against the ropes.
Bornak misses with a knee strike.
Dos Santos tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dos Santos landing knees to the body.
Dos Santos unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bornak lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dos Santos is trying to maintain a safe position but Bornak gets an underhook and turns Dos Santos into the ropes.
Bornak tries to land a knee to the head but Dos Santos blocks with his arms.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dos Santos.
Dos Santos working Bornak over with knees to the body.
Dos Santos tries to stall but Bornak uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Bornak tries to land a knee to the head but Dos Santos blocks with his arms.
Bornak tries to land a knee to the head but Dos Santos blocks with his arms.
Dos Santos throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Dos Santos tries to land knees in the clinch but Bornak avoids the damage to the body.
Bornak tries to land a knee to the head but Dos Santos blocks with his arms.
Bornak takes a knee to the side of the body.
Dos Santos is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bornak is keeping busy.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Bornak with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dos Santos with a knee to the head.
Dos Santos lands a knee to the head.
Dos Santos unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bornak throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dos Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
Dos Santos with a knee to the head.
Dos Santos tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bornak avoids it.
Bornak misses with a knee to the head.
Dos Santos putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bornak in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bornak misses with a knee strike.
Dos Santos scores with a knee to the head.
Bornak managing to block the knees to the body from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dos Santos looking to slow down the pace here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dos Santos tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bornak misses with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Dos Santos.
Bornak tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dos Santos tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dos Santos utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Junior Dos Santos dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Dos Santos closes the distance and clinches.
Dos Santos scores with a knee to the head.
Dos Santos with a knee to the head.
Dos Santos putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bornak in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Dos Santos connects with a knee to the head.
Bornak tries to land a knee to the head but Dos Santos blocks with his arms.
Bornak tries a knee to the head but Dos Santos blocks it.
Bornak with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bornak using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dos Santos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bornak with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bornak looking to throw knees to the head but Dos Santos is blocking nicely.
Dos Santos lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Dos Santos leaning against his opponent.
Bornak using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dos Santos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bornak with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dos Santos scores a nice knee to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dos Santos unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bornak lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bornak tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bornak tries to land a knee to the head but Dos Santos blocks with his arms.
Dos Santos is looking to control Bornak's arms but Bornak gets an underhook and turns him. Now Dos Santos has his back to the ropes.
Bornak tries a knee to the head but Dos Santos blocks it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dos Santos is pushing Bornak up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Dos Santos trying to control the position but instead, Bornak has worked for underhooks and has pushed Dos Santos into the ropes.
Dos Santos has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bornak misses with a knee strike.
Dos Santos working Bornak over with knees to the body.
Dos Santos scores with a knee to the head.
Bornak tries a knee to the head but Dos Santos blocks it.
Bornak misses with a knee strike.
A knee to the head by Dos Santos.
Bornak misses with a knee to the head.
Bornak misses with a knee to the head.
Dos Santos stalling.
Dos Santos landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bornak misses with a knee strike.
Bornak throws a knee to the head but misses.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Dos Santos putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bornak in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Dos Santos tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bornak avoids it.
Dos Santos crunches a lovely knee into Bornak's ribcage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dos Santos obliges.
Bornak tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dos Santos connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bornak's face.
Junior Dos Santos has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bornak with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bornak throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bornak throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dos Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Dos Santos lands a knee to the body.
Dos Santos with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bornak with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bornak with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bornak using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dos Santos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dos Santos putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bornak in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bornak tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dos Santos manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Dos Santos misses with a knee strike.
Dos Santos lands a good knee to the midsection. Bornak won't want to take too many of those.
Bornak throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dos Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
Bornak tries to land a knee to the head but Dos Santos blocks with his arms.
Bornak with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dos Santos scores with a knee to the head.
Dos Santos using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bornak has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bornak throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dos Santos utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Dos Santos connects with a knee to the head.
Bornak looking to throw knees to the head but Dos Santos is blocking nicely.
Bornak takes a knee right on the jaw!
Dos Santos with a knee to the head.
Dos Santos with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dos Santos is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Dos Santos has Bornak pressed against the ropes.
Bornak tries to land a knee to the head but Dos Santos blocks with his arms.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dos Santos obliges.
Bornak tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bornak throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dos Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
Dos Santos tries a knee to the head but Bornak blocks it.
Bornak tries to land a knee to the head but Dos Santos blocks with his arms.
Dos Santos misses with a knee to the head.
Bornak misses with a knee strike.
Bornak takes a knee right on the jaw!
Dos Santos is looking to control Bornak's arms but Bornak gets an underhook and turns him. Now Dos Santos has his back to the ropes.
Dos Santos lands a nice knee to the body.
Dos Santos with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bornak with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Dos Santos lands a good knee to the midsection. Bornak won't want to take too many of those.
Dos Santos unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bornak with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bornak tries to land a knee to the head but Dos Santos blocks with his arms.
Dos Santos crunches a lovely knee into Bornak's ribcage.
Bornak with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dos Santos unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Dos Santos stalling in the clinch but Bornak improves position.
Bornak tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bornak looking to throw knees to the head but Dos Santos is blocking nicely.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Dos Santos misses with a knee to the head.
Dos Santos scores with a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Bornak using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dos Santos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dos Santos landing knees to the body.
Bornak misses with a knee to the head.
Bornak tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bornak throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dos Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
Dos Santos landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Dos Santos crunches a lovely knee into Bornak's ribcage.
Dos Santos with a knee to the head.
Bornak throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dos Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dos Santos.
Dos Santos lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Bornak tries to land a knee to the head but Dos Santos blocks with his arms.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Bornak tries a knee to the head but Dos Santos blocks it.
Bornak misses with a knee strike.
A knee to the head by Dos Santos.
Bornak managing to block the knees to the body from Dos Santos.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Dos Santos takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Dos Santos is trying to stall.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Dos Santos connects with a knee to the head.
Bornak looking to throw knees to the head but Dos Santos is blocking nicely.
Dos Santos is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bornak with an attempt at a knee that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Junior Dos Santos 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. This is the final round!
Dos Santos gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A knee to the head by Dos Santos.
Dos Santos throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dos Santos trying to stall but Bornak improves his position.
Bornak tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bornak misses with a knee to the head.
Bornak throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dos Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
Dos Santos with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Dos Santos lands a knee to the head.
Dos Santos landing knees to the head.
Dos Santos landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Bornak throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dos Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
Bornak misses with a knee strike.
Dos Santos is looking to control Bornak's arms but Bornak gets an underhook and turns him. Now Dos Santos has his back to the ropes.
Bornak throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dos Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
Bornak tries a knee to the head but Dos Santos blocks it.
Bornak tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dos Santos is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Dos Santos's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bornak throws a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Bornak throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dos Santos landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bornak managing to block the knees to the body from Dos Santos.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bornak with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dos Santos connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bornak's face.
Bornak looking to throw knees to the head but Dos Santos is blocking nicely.
Come on Dos Santos - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Bornak tries to land a knee to the head but Dos Santos blocks with his arms.
Dos Santos tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dos Santos throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dos Santos unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Dos Santos slows down the pace here.
Bornak tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dos Santos wants to stall.
Bornak misses with a knee to the head.
Bornak misses with a knee strike.
Dos Santos leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Dos Santos gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Dos Santos lands a knee to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Junior Dos Santos.
Bornak throws a sloppy head kick and Dos Santos moves out of range easily.
Dos Santos dodges the punch combination from Bornak.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
A lazy left from Dos Santos finds it's target.
Dos Santos smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Dos Santos moves into range and clinches up with Bornak.
Dos Santos landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Dos Santos lands a good knee to the midsection. Bornak won't want to take too many of those.
Dos Santos has Bornak pressed against the ropes.
Dos Santos landing knees to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Dos Santos takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Dos Santos landing knees to the body.
Bornak tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Knees to the body from Dos Santos.
Bornak using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dos Santos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dos Santos connects with a knee to the head.
Bornak blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dos Santos landing knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Bornak throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dos Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dos Santos.
Bornak using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dos Santos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bornak throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dos Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
Dos Santos using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Dos Santos connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bornak's face.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Bornak looking to throw knees to the head but Dos Santos is blocking nicely.
Dos Santos is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Dos Santos working Bornak over with knees to the body.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Dos Santos can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Dos Santos lands a knee to the body.
Dos Santos unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bornak lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dos Santos tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bornak looking to throw knees to the head but Dos Santos is blocking nicely.
Dos Santos unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bornak lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bornak takes a knee to the side of the body.
Dos Santos throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bornak with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Knees to the body from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos tries a knee to the head but Bornak blocks it.
Bornak throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dos Santos taking a breather.
Dos Santos lands a nice knee to the body.
Dos Santos landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bornak misses with a knee strike.
Dos Santos lands a knee to the head.
That's four 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.
Dos Santos landing knees to the body.
Bornak misses with a knee to the head.
Bornak tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bornak tries to land a knee to the head but Dos Santos blocks with his arms.
Dos Santos is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bornak is keeping busy.
Jak Bornak has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bornak with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dos Santos obliges.
Dos Santos misses with a knee to the head.
Dos Santos scores with a knee to the head.
Bornak throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dos Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
Bornak with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dos Santos is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bornak takes a knee to the side of the body.
Dos Santos scores with a knee to the head.
Dos Santos content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Bornak lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bornak using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dos Santos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bornak misses with a knee to the head.
Dos Santos using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Dos Santos working Bornak over with knees to the body.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Dos Santos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bornak.
Bornak throws a knee to the head but misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dos Santos.
A knee to the head by Dos Santos.
Bornak misses with a knee strike.
Junior Dos Santos is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Knees to the body from Dos Santos.
Bornak looking to throw knees to the head but Dos Santos is blocking nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
Junior Dos Santos showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Dos Santos has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:26
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:26
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Junior Dos Santos!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Darling Christian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ralph Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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190 lbs
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215 lbs
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Brawler
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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
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Darling Christian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ralph Diaz!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Luis Engracia and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Christian closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Christian lands in his opponent's guard.
Diaz is looking to stand up but Christian isn't so interested in that idea.
Christian wants to stand but Diaz has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Diaz wants to stand up but Christian is controlling him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Christian trying to control the position from guard on top but Diaz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Christian is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Christian stands up over Diaz, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Diaz keeping moving, preventing Christian from controlling successfully.
Christian prevents Diaz from getting back to his feet.
That's two 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.
Diaz keeping moving, preventing Christian from controlling successfully.
Christian postures up in Diaz's guard and throws a big left but Diaz blocks it.
Christian trying to control but Diaz is working from the bottom.
Christian trying to stand up but can't free himself from Diaz's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Darling Christian.
Diaz swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Diaz throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Diaz keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Diaz lands a monster head kick that reverborates around the arena! The crowd goes wild as Christian crumples to the floor! Diaz milks the crowd's applause and if that isn't knockout of the night, I will be very surprised!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Ralph Diaz!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonio Nogueira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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205 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Anderson Silva!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Antonio Nogueira!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Daniel Cesar and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva is trying hard to land a takedown here. Nogueira sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Silva is trying hard to land a takedown here. Nogueira sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Silva dives in and grabs Nogueira's left leg, looking for a takedown. Nogueira pushes down on Silva's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anderson Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Silva fails with a takedown attempt.
Nogueira throws a series of strikes that have Silva backpedaling.
It looks like Anderson Silva has been cut.
Nogueira moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Nogueira lands a high kick to the side of Silva's head that stuns him and send him tumbling down to the canvas! Nogueira dives into guard, looking to finish.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nogueira trying to control but Silva is working from the bottom.
Nogueira throwing strikes from guard but Silva blocks nicely.
Nogueira with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Nogueira drops back looking for a leg! Silva is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Silva manages to kick Nogueira off! Nogueira jumps back into Silva's guard.
Nogueira postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nogueira sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Nogueira from controlling successfully.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Nogueira's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Nogueira in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Nogueira engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Nogueira working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Nogueira wants to control from the top but Silva keeps moving.
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.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Antonio Nogueira hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Nogueira moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Nogueira dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Silva. That did some damage!
Nogueira lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Antonio Nogueira seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nogueira cracks a nice hook into Silva's ribs.
Nogueira's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Nogueira duly obliges.
Nogueira stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A head kick lands from Nogueira that sends Silva to the canvas. Silva tries to scramble back to his feet but Nogueira brings him back down into side control.
Silva is rocked!
Anderson Silva's cut is getting worse.
Nogueira is working to tighten is grip on Silva's neck. He's isolated an arm and is working for an arm triangle. Silva has recognised the danger and is trying to turn with the submission but Nogueira is really squeezing tight and eventually Silva passes out! Nogueira breaks the hold and jumps onto the ropes to celebrate! Submission of the night, I'd say!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Antonio Nogueira!
Antonio Nogueira is the new light heavyweight champion!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Josh Koscheck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Experiment Two (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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187 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Josh Koscheck!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Experiment Two!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Emerson Jorge and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Koscheck fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Two avoids it really well and circles away.
Nice sprawl there from Two as Koscheck shoots in.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Koscheck.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Josh Koscheck. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Koscheck.
Nice sprawl there from Two as Koscheck shoots in.
Two tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Two rushes Koscheck and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Two jumps guard.
Two escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Koscheck gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Koscheck wants to control from the top but Two keeps moving.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Two looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Two looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Two looking to hit a scissor sweep but Koscheck is one step ahead there.
Koscheck knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Two on the ground.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Koscheck trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Two 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.
Two is looking to sinch up a triangle. Koscheck throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Two's body to avoid the submission. Two has instead reached around Koscheck's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Two arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Experiment Two!
Experiment Two is the new middleweight champion!
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