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AFC 10 - Braddock vs. Zlasd PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Victor Nogeira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Crane Adams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nogeira comes into the arena with Schizma blaring out of the sound system. Victor Nogeira has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Victor Nogeira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Crane Adams!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Matheus Silva and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nogeira misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Nogeira fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Nogeira.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Victor Nogeira. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Adams pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Adams throws a nice looking combination but Nogeira bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Adams has taken the fight to the clinch.
Adams with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nogeira jumps guard but Adams stands there with Nogeira around his waist. Nogeira gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Adams connects with a knee to the head.
Adams lands a knee to the head.
Nogeira lands an elbow inside that Adams shrugs off.
Adams lands a damaging elbow.
Adams scores with a knee to the head.
Nogeira managing to block the knees to the body from Adams.
Knees to the body from Adams.
Nogeira fails to pull guard.
Adams connects with a knee to the head.
Adams unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nogeira lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nogeira is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Adams landing knees to the head.
Adams connects with a knee to the head.
Nogeira jumps guard but Adams stands there with Nogeira around his waist. Nogeira gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Adams tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Adams tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adams lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nogeira misses with a short punch on the inside.
Adams prevents Nogeira from breaking the clinch.
Nogeira on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nogeira on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nogeira can't break the clinch.
Nogeira drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Adams gets the underhooks and prevents it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Adams.
Adams creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Adams is pressed up against the cage. Nogeira has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Adams down to the mat. Adams avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Adams fails in his attempt to clinch.
Adams fails in his attempt to clinch.
Adams is looking to land body kicks.
Nogeira tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Adams paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Adams tries to clinch up
and Nogeira counters by clinching up.
Nogeira has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Adams avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Adams with a knee to the head.
Adams misses with a knee strike.
Adams connects with a knee to the head.
Nogeira tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Nogeira is looking to break free of the clinch but Adams has double underhooks.
Adams with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nogeira tries to work over Adams's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nogeira holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Nogeira avoiding damage as Adams throws knees to the body.
Nogeira pulls guard effortlessly.
Nogeira not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Adams stops Nogeira from standing up.
Nogeira trying to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nogeira working for a triangle but Adams defends it easily.
Nogeira looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Adams has picked Nogeira up and slammed him! Nogeira can't keep hold of the triangle and Adams manages to pass to side control!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adams moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Adams working away.
Adams trying to control the action but Nogeira is working from the bottom.
Nogeira is trying to control Adams's posture but Adams avoids it.
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.
Nogeira is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Nogeira wants to improve his position but Adams is controlling well.
Nogeira controlling the position for now.
Nogeira is trying to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Crane Adams dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Nogeira has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Adams.
Horrible takedown by Nogeira or perhaps it was just good defense by Adams which made him look bad.
Crane Adams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Adams lands a nice looking kick to the body. Nogeira takes a step back to recover.
Victor Nogeira is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nogeira shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Adams as he jumps to the side.
Adams tries to clinch there but Nogeira circles away.
Adams has closed the distance and engaged Nogeira in a clinch.
Adams landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nogeira has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Adams is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Victor Nogeira. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Adams lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Adams lands a nice knee to the body.
Adams tries to land knees in the clinch but Nogeira avoids the damage to the body.
Adams lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nogeira is trying to break the clinch but Adams has him pressed against the cage.
Adams with a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nogeira on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Adams unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nogeira lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Adams is pressed up against the cage. Nogeira has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Adams down to the mat. Adams avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Nogeira shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Adams as he avoids it easily.
Nogeira tries to clinch but Adams moves out of range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Adams.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nogeira looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Adams is fending him off so far but Nogeira persists. Nope, Adams circles away and we're back to standing.
Adams gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Adams scores a nice knee to the body.
Adams lands a damaging elbow.
Nogeira takes an elbow to the forehead.
Adams lands an elbow inside that Nogeira shrugs off.
Adams lands an elbow that stopped Nogeira in his tracks for a moment.
Nogeira tries to pull guard but Adams won't allow it.
Adams landing knees to the head.
Adams tries to land knees in the clinch but Nogeira avoids the damage to the body.
Adams lands a knee to the head.
Nogeira wants to break the clinch but can't.
Adams creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Nogeira has had enough of the clinch but Adams keeps him there for the moment.
Adams tries to land a knee to the head but Nogeira blocks with his arms.
Crane Adams seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Adams stops a takedown attempt from Nogeira.
Nogeira goes for a takedown attempt but Adams pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Nogeira changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Adams tries to avoid it but Nogeira manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Adams to the ground. Adams escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Nogeira shoots in but no luck this time.
Nogeira moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Nogeira swats away the attempt to clinch by Adams.
Adams clinches but Nogeira breaks the clinch
and Nogeira counters with a single leg into guard. Adams didn't expect that.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Nogeira stands and throws Adams's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Adams regains half guard there - taking advantage of Nogeira's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Nogeira stands up from half guard.
Adams lands a jab-cross combination.
Adams throws the kick towards the body but Nogeira avoids it.
Nogeira shoots in for a double leg but Adams sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Adams forces Nogeira back against the cage and clinches.
Adams using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Adams with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adams prevents a takedown attempt there.
Nogeira looking to stall.
Nogeira tries a body shot but Adams blocks it.
Nogeira is trying to stall.
Adams misses with an elbow strike.
Adams lands a knee to the head.
Adams missing with knees to the body.
Nogeira tries to break the clinch but Adams is controlling the position.
Nogeira wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nogeira on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Adams connects with a nasty looking knee right to Nogeira's face.
Nogeira is trying to stall.
Nogeira takes an elbow to the forehead.
Knees to the body from Adams.
Nogeira is trying to maintain a safe position but Adams gets an underhook and turns Nogeira into the cage.
Adams with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nogeira takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nogeira tries to land knees in the clinch but Adams avoids the damage to the body.
Adams unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nogeira lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nogeira takes an elbow to the temple.
Adams lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Adams landing knees to the body.
Nogeira takes an elbow to the temple.
Nogeira tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Adams just stands there and leans against the cage.
Nogeira tries to pull guard but Adams holds him up against the cage and eventually Nogeira drops back down to his feet.
Adams crunches a lovely knee into Nogeira's ribcage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nogeira is trying to maintain a safe position but Adams gets an underhook and turns Nogeira into the cage.
Adams tries to land knees in the clinch but Nogeira avoids the damage to the body.
Adams missing with knees to the body.
Nogeira is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Nogeira fails to pull guard.
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!
Adams with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nogeira holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Nogeira is looking to break free of the clinch but Adams has double underhooks.
Nogeira lands a shot to the body.
Adams tries to land a knee to the head but Nogeira blocks with his arms.
Adams misses with a knee to the head.
Adams using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nogeira wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Nogeira fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Nogeira tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Adams trying to land knees to the body.
Adams throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nogeira wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nogeira breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nogeira is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nogeira shoots in looking for a takedown. Adams tries to sprawl out of it but Nogeira keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Adams manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Nogeira gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Crane Adams showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!
Adams throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Nogeira counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Nogeira.
Adams uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Adams pushes Nogeira up against the cage in a clinch.
Nogeira on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Adams tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nogeira wants to break free but Adams has control.
Adams lands an elbow just above Nogeira 's eye.
Nogeira throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Adams tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nogeira wants a takedown.
Adams scores with a knee to the head.
Adams lands a knee to the body.
Adams with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Adams keeps control of Nogeira as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nogeira managing to block the knees to the body from Adams.
A knee to the head by Adams.
Nogeira wants a takedown but no success here.
Nogeira takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nogeira avoiding damage as Adams throws knees to the body.
Nogeira on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nogeira will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Adams up against the cage.
Adams tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Adams takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nogeira breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nogeira throws a leg kick that is checked
and Adams counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adams fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Nogeira, pushing him back against the cage.
Nogeira escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Adams takes the fight into the clinch.
Adams using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nogeira has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nogeira is trying to maintain a safe position but Adams gets an underhook and turns Nogeira into the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nogeira just misses with a elbow thrown towards Adams's brow.
Adams gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Adams gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nogeira is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Adams pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Victor Nogeira. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Adams lands a knee to the head.
Adams crunches a lovely knee into Nogeira's ribcage.
Adams with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nogeira fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Adams crunches a lovely knee into Nogeira's ribcage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Adams.
Nogeira tries to pull guard but Adams holds him up against the cage and eventually Nogeira drops back down to his feet.
Adams with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nogeira takes a knee right on the jaw!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Adams using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Adams lands a knee to the body.
Nogeira wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nogeira misses with a knee strike.
Nogeira is trying to break free.
Adams tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nogeira drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Adams gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Nogeira tries to break the clinch but Adams is controlling the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adams with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Adams gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nogeira looking to slow down the pace here.
Adams lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knees in the clinch landing for Adams.
Adams scores a nice knee to the body.
Adams with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nogeira can't break the clinch.
Adams lands a big knee! That's hurt Nogeira! Oh, he's all over the place! Adams lands another knee that sends Nogeira to the floor and the referee steps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Crane Adams!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Randsome Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Renato Sobral (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Randsome Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Renato Sobral!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Alexandre Firmino and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie swats away the attempt to clinch by Sobral.
Sobral pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sobral tries to close the distance and clinch but Gracie swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sobral scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Gracie misses with a body shot.
Sobral shoots in for a double leg but Gracie sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Gracie darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Sobral throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Sobral is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Gracie pulls his head out easily.
Gracie content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Sobral is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Gracie pulls his head out easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie is taking a breather. Sobral says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Gracie trying to pass the guard but Sobral defending well.
Sobral trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Gracie manages to pass to mount!
Sobral is working to get back to half guard.
Gracie has control of Sobral's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Sobral regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Sobral is trying desperately to improve position.
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.
Sobral looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
Gracie is not going to allow Sobral to sit and survive in this position.
Sobral might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Gracie kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Sobral tries to escape the position.
Sobral looks gassed!
Gracie is working for a rear naked choke. Sobral is not defending it well and Gracie has tightened it up quickly! This could be all over! Sobral refuses to tap and goes to sleep, forcing the referee to intervene. A little trickle of blood came out of Sobral's nose as his head slumped to the floor. That is naaaasty!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Randsome Gracie!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Don Maija (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Butch Cassidy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Butch Cassidy enters the cage!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Don Maija!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Butch Cassidy!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Luis Engracia and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maija is looking to clinch but Cassidy is avoiding it.
Maija wants to clinch up but Cassidy keeps it at a distance.
Maija throws a body punch but Cassidy moves out of range.
Cassidy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Maija.
Maija stuffs the takedown attempt from Cassidy. Cassidy gets slowly back to his feet.
Maija tries to clinch up.
Maija misses with a takedown attempt
and Cassidy counters with a three punch combo that has Maija backing up. Maija nods at Cassidy to acknowledge the strikes.
Maija closes the distance but Cassidy moves to the side
and Cassidy counters with a three punch combo that has Maija backing up. Maija nods at Cassidy to acknowledge the strikes.
Maija tries to close the distance and clinch but Cassidy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Maija tries to clinch but Cassidy is having none of it.
Maija darts in trying to clinch
and Cassidy counters with a two punch combo.
Maija is rocked!
Maija stuffs the takedown.
Maija gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Maija misses with some punches.
Maija lands with a short shot to the head.
Maija misses with an elbow strike.
Maija doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Maija escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Maija clinches but Cassidy breaks the clinch
and Cassidy decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Maija's guard.
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!
Maija looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cassidy wants to stand but Maija has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Maija tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Cassidy has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Maija is proving hard to escape from.
Maija manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Maija is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Maija prevents Cassidy from getting the reversal.
A nice elbow there by Maija.
Cassidy is looking to get to half guard.
Maija lands a big elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Maija controlling from the full mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cassidy is trying desperately to improve position.
Maija could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Cassidy looks gassed!
Maija working Cassidy over with strikes here.
Cassidy is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Maija scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Cassidy?
Maija trying to control but Cassidy is having none of it.
Cassidy is in a horrible position here. Maija smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Maija raining down shots from the mount!
Maija working Cassidy over with strikes here.
Maija scoring with strikes but Cassidy is staying in there.
Cassidy is trying to escape the mount.
Cassidy regains half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cassidy trying to hold on to Maija's head to control him but Maija postures up.
Maija has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Maija works his way into full mount!
Maija lands a big elbow.
Maija looking to finish Cassidy with some ground and pound. This is bad for Cassidy!
Cassidy regains half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Maija connects with a nice short shot to Cassidy's temple.
Cassidy is not content to let Maija control the position.
Cassidy trying to control here.
Cassidy taking some punishment here, with Maija in his half guard.
Maija trying to pass the guard but Cassidy defending well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maija throwing shots but Cassidy is blocking nicely.
Maija is working for a submission of some sort.
Maija missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Cassidy taking some punishment here, with Maija in his half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Maija lands a nice short elbow.
Maija wants to free his trapped foot but Cassidy is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Maija throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Maija is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Maija drops an elbow to the side of Cassidy's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cassidy blocking the ground and pound attempt from Maija.
Maija trying to pass the guard but Cassidy defending well.
Maija frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Butch Cassidy will probably get the nod.
That's time! Maija's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Maija swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Cassidy counters with a two punch combo.
Don Maija seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Maija gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Cassidy is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Maija gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Maija throws a knee to the head but misses.
Maija gets underhooks to prevent Cassidy's takedown attempt.
Maija is trying to stall.
Cassidy dodges an elbow strike from Maija.
Maija misses with a knee strike.
Cassidy blocks the elbow strike.
Maija misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cassidy.
Maija scores a nice knee to the body.
Maija tries a knee to the head but Cassidy blocks it.
Maija lands a body shot in the clinch.
Maija throws a head punch that misses.
Maija manages to break the clinch.
Maija just misses with a punch to the body.
Maija fails with an attempt to clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cassidy clobbers Maija with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Cassidy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A head kick misses from Maija.
Cassidy clinches.
Maija is looking to control Cassidy's arms but Cassidy gets an underhook and turns him. Now Maija has his back to the cage.
Maija stalls.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maija using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cassidy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Maija misses with a knee strike.
Cassidy looking for a takedown.
Don Maija has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Butch Cassidy.
Cassidy looking for a takedown.
Maija has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Cassidy avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Cassidy goes for a takedown in the clinch but Maija prevents it.
Maija scores a nice knee to the body.
Maija throws an elbow but it misses.
Maija wants a takedown.
Maija fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Maija scores with a nice hook to the head.
Maija scores a nice knee to the body.
Maija manages to break the clinch.
Maija tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Maija takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Maija fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Maija tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Cassidy holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Cassidy turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Cassidy manages to end up in side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Cassidy is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Maija has escaped the position, nice work there.
Maija striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
Maija manages to get back to half guard.
Maija gets back to full guard.
Cassidy postures up.
Maija looking to hit a scissor sweep but Cassidy is one step ahead there.
Maija is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Maija looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Cassidy is sitting in close to Maija's body. Maija has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Cassidy is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Cassidy is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Maija.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Don Maija!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Owen Stubbs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Ferreira (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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231 lbs
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265 lbs
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Brawler
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Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Owen Stubbs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ricardo Ferreira!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Edson Gomes and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stubbs darts in and clinches Ferreira up against the cage.
Ferreira has clasped his hands together around Stubbs's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ferreira in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Ferreira working away.
Ferreira is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Stubbs is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Stubbs is looking to regain half guard here but Ferreira keeps moving and retains side control.
Stubbs can't do much from the bottom here.
Ferreira working the ground and pound but Stubbs is defending the strikes.
Ferreira thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Stubbs throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
Stubbs is looking to regain half guard here but Ferreira keeps moving and retains side control.
Ferreira throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Stubbs is trying to improve his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferreira working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Stubbs is trying to improve his position.
Ferreira slips into full mount, dodging the strikes by Stubbs.
Stubbs wants to hold on but Ferreira pushes him away.
Ferreira postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Stubbs looks a forlorn figure.
Stubbs is squirming around, avoiding Ferreira's attempts to control the action.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Stubbs wants to control but Ferreira is having none of it.
Ferreira wants to take his opponent's back but he's not managed it.
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.
Stubbs manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Ferreira lands strikes from half guard.
Ferreira throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Stubbs is looking to improve his position.
Ferreira seems to be working for a kimura but Stubbs defends the submission attempt.
Ferreira looks gassed!
Ferreira is thwarting Stubbs's attempts to control the position.
Ferreira has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Stubbs is defending against the submission attempts here by Ferreira.
Stubbs is looking for a sweep. Ferreira is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Stubbs looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stubbs wants to control from the top but Ferreira keeps moving.
Stubbs knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ferreira on the ground.
Ferreira throws his legs up looking for a submission but Stubbs uses it to pass to side control.
Ferreira sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Ferreira is refusing to be controlled, as Stubbs sits in half guard.
Ferreira wants to get back to full guard.
Stubbs seems to be looking for submissions.
Ferreira is doing well to control the position and prevent Stubbs from advancing to side control.
Stubbs trying to mount his opponent but Ferreira defends it.
Ferreira is working on a guillotine. He's managed to get to full guard and he's really squeezing tight! Stubbs is tapping! Great win for Ferreira!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Ricardo Ferreira!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fafi Fafiri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Money Maker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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215 lbs
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212 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
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Brawler
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fafi Fafiri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Money Maker!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Thiago Cunha and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maker showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fafiri.
Maker looks to land a body kick but Fafiri moved away.
Maker throws the kick towards the body but Fafiri avoids it.
Maker tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Fafiri lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Maker has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Maker and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Maker misses with an attempted mid kick.
Maker decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Fafiri keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Maker trying to control the action but Fafiri is working from the bottom.
Fafiri blocking the ground and pound attempt from Maker.
Maker working the head and body with strikes.
Maker thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Fafiri's head.
Maker takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Maker sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Fafiri defending well though.
Fafiri controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maker is trying to control the action in half guard but Fafiri is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Maker tries to pass to full mount but Fafiri defends it.
Fafiri wants to get back to his feet.
Maker is working for a kimura but Fafiri is defending it quite comfortably.
Maker thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Fafiri's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Fafiri connects with a single shot there.
Maker dodges the punch combination from Fafiri.
A swing and a miss from Fafiri.
Fafiri looks for a takedown but Maker sprawls well.
Maker will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Fafiri is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Maker.
Maker shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Maker showed some decent athleticism there.
Fafiri is breathing heavily.
Maker missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Maker trying to control from half guard but Fafiri is working away.
Maker throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Maker is working for a submission of some sort.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fafiri is trying to stand back up but Maker is controlling him
Fafiri blocking the ground and pound attempt from Maker.
Maker seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Fafiri does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Maker lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fafiri is refusing to be controlled, as Maker sits in half guard.
Fafiri preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's 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.
Maker is working for a kimura but Fafiri is defending it quite comfortably.
Maker thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Fafiri is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Maker scores with a couple of nice shots.
Maker is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Fafiri is just riding it out for now. Maker eventually gives up the hold.
Maker not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Money Maker dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Maker scores a takedown into full mount!
Maker lands a nice shot to the head.
Fafiri is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Maker lands a big elbow.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Maker cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Maker wants to control the pace but Fafiri is squirming around nicely.
Maker lands a nice shot to the head.
Fafiri is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Fafiri working to try and regain half guard.
Maker working the ground and pound effectively.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Maker lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Fafiri hang on?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maker fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Maker has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Maker breaks from Fafiri's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Maker wants to control the pace but Fafiri is squirming around nicely.
The referee warns Fafiri that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Maker pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Maker landing strikes, looking to finish!
Maker breaks from Fafiri's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Maker raining down shots from the mount!
Fafiri tries to hold on but Maker pushes him away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maker working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Maker cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Maker trying to control but Fafiri is having none of it.
Fafiri wants to hold on but Maker pushes him away.
Maker connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Money Maker has got the better of the ground game so far.
Maker landing strikes, looking to finish!
Fafiri is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Maker putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Fafiri trying desperately to get to his feet.
Fafiri wants to hold on but Maker pushes him away.
Fafiri really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maker moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Fafiri has worked his arm free - good work by Fafiri!
Maker misses with the ground and pound.
Maker throws an elbow but Fafiri slips to the side and avoids it well.
Fafiri wants to control but Maker postures up.
Maker tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Maker prevents Fafiri from escaping the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Maker in side control, throwing shots but Fafiri defends.
Maker trying to control the action but Fafiri is working from the bottom.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Fafiri lands a nice shot that snaps Maker's head back.
Fafiri moves in looking to clinch but Maker pushes him off.
Maker closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Maker scores with a nice body kick.
Maker throws a head kick that misses.
Maker throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Fafiri showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Maker.
Fafiri avoids the head kick by Maker.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Maker shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Fafiri's guard.
Maker stops Fafiri from standing up.
Fafiri pushes Maker off and gets back to his feet.
Fafiri cracks Maker with an uppercut from hell and Maker crumples to the canvas, he's out! Oh no, he's recovered and he's grabbed one of Fafiri's legs and pulled him into guard. The ref thought about stopping it there but he's let it go - good reffing!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Money Maker showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Fafiri lands a big uppercut and this one is all over! His foe lies motionless on the canvas - a massive one punch knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Fafi Fafiri!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mehu Katti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aaron Fish (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mehu Katti looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.
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22
200 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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20
203 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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Basic striking
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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mehu Katti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Aaron Fish!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Daniel Cesar and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fish shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Fish showed some decent athleticism there.
Katti looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Katti wants to improve his position but Fish is controlling well.
Katti is not content to let Fish control the position.
Fish might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Katti kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Fish throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Fish thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Katti's head.
Katti won't allow Fish to pass to mount.
Katti is trying to get back to full guard.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Fish misses with a wild combination.
Fish thows a body shot but no joy.
Katti misses with a takedown
so Fish counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Fish throwing strikes but missing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Katti keeping moving, preventing Fish from controlling successfully.
Fish trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Fish passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Katti takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Fish is putting a hurting on Katti here, landing some big shots from side control.
Fish looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Fish working the ground and pound.
Fish working the head with strikes.
Katti taking punishment in the form of punches.
Fish working the head and body with strikes.
Fish has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Katti is looking to get to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fish lands with some strikes.
Fish landing strikes from the mount.
Fish has control of Katti's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Katti regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Fish in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Fish looking to control and managing it successfully.
Fish lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Katti is desperately trying to improve his position but Fish has a good base and remains in mount.
Katti is in a horrible position here. Fish smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Fish throws some wild stikes that Katti manages to avoid easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fish is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Katti can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Katti working to try and regain half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
BOOM! Fish connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Fish landing strikes from the mount.
Katti taking shots to the head.
Katti takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Fish raining down shots from the mount!
Katti tries to hold on but Fish pushes him away.
Fish controlling from the full mount.
Fish in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Fish controlling the position easily from mount.
A nice elbow there by Fish.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fish tries to control but Katti wriggling away.
Fish with the ground and pound from mount.
Fish trying to control but Katti is having none of it.
Fish working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Fish with a couple of short strikes.
Fish scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Katti?
Fish looking to control but Katti is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Fish is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Katti is forced to tap! Great finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Aaron Fish!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ripp Arrm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tap Taparoo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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19
192 lbs
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185 lbs
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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 Rio de Janeiro, Ripp Arrm!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tap Taparoo!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Seu Braga and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Arrm will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Taparoo stuffs the takedown.
Arrm looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Taparoo moves into full guard.
Taparoo is looking for a triangle but Arrm pushes his legs off easily.
Arrm trying to control the position from guard on top but Taparoo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Taparoo working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Arrm doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Arrm manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Arrm passes into half guard.
Taparoo is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Arrm's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Arrm's back!
Arrm could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Taparoo struggling to land strikes to the head as Arrm covers up.
Arrm showing good submission defense here.
Taparoo looks gassed!
Arrm preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Taparoo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Arrm turns into Taparoo and is now in his guard.
Taparoo looking to hit a scissor sweep but Arrm is one step ahead there.
Taparoo keeping moving, preventing Arrm from controlling successfully.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Taparoo tries to land a sweep but no joy.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Arrm shoots in and bounces Taparoo off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Taparoo is looking for a triangle but Arrm pushes his legs off easily.
Taparoo doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Taparoo looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Arrm trying to control but Taparoo is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arrm forces his way into half guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Arrm is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Taparoo doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Arrm.
Arrm is trying to control the action in half guard but Taparoo is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Taparoo is trying to maintain the position but Arrm is very close to passing his half guard.
Taparoo wants to improve his position but Arrm is controlling well.
Taparoo is defending against the submission attempts here by Arrm.
Taparoo moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arrm passes Taparoo's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Arrm passes to full mount!
Arrm looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Arrm looking for a guillotine from mount but Taparoo is having none of it.
Arrm is trying to take his opponent's back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Arrm has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Taparoo's face.
Taparoo tries to reverse the position but Arrm maintains control.
Arrm takes Taparoo's back.
Arrm wants to control the position but Taparoo frees himself and scrambles - Arrm manages to regain control in side control.
Taparoo regains half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taparoo trying to hold on to Arrm's head to control him but Arrm postures up.
Taparoo gets full guard.
Arrm trying to control but Taparoo is working from the bottom.
Taparoo is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Arrm is controlling him.
Taparoo throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Arrm wants to pass the guard but Taparoo is keeping the position.
Taparoo looking to hit a scissor sweep but Arrm is one step ahead there.
Taparoo keeping full guard, as Arrm tries to pass.
Taparoo throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Arrm trying to control but Taparoo is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ripp Arrm dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Taparoo closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Arrm to the mat! Arrm manages to get full guard.
Arrm wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Arrm throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Taparoo escapes and throws Arrm's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Arrm regains half guard.
Arrm gets full guard.
Taparoo wants to pass the guard but Arrm is keeping the position.
Arrm lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Taparoo!
Arrm is trying to take his opponent's back.
Arrm with the ground and pound from mount.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Arrm prevents Taparoo from getting the reversal.
Taparoo is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Taparoo manages to regain half guard. Good work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taparoo is looking to improve his position.
Taparoo kicks off Arrm and gets to his feet.
Taparoo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Arrm drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Taparoo cracks Arrm with a nice body shot.
Taparoo ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Taparoo no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Taparoo working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Arrm doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Arrm manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Taparoo bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Arrm's guard.
Arrm wants to sweep here but Taparoo controlling him for the moment.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Arrm is on top in guard.
Arrm drops back looking for a leg! Taparoo is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Taparoo manages to kick Arrm off! Arrm jumps back into Taparoo's guard.
Taparoo wants to sweep here but Arrm controlling him for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arrm forces his way into half guard.
Taparoo is looking for a sweep. Arrm is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Arrm is working for a submission of some sort.
Arrm tries to pass the half guard into mount. Taparoo knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Arrm wants to control but Taparoo is keeping him busy.
Taparoo wants to get back to full guard but Arrm has mounted him!
Arrm tries to control but Taparoo wriggling away.
Arrm jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Taparoo manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Taparoo tries to bench press Arrm off him but Arrm keeps the position.
Ripp Arrm overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arrm is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Taparoo looks calm but he's in trouble here. Arrm gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Taparoo is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Arrm lets go of the hold and Taparoo can pop his arm back in it's socket.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ripp Arrm!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rogerio dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phil Albuquerque (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rogerio dos Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Phil Albuquerque!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Thiago Cunha and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Albuquerque tries to clinch but dos Santos moves out of range.
Rogerio dos Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
dos Santos scores with a spinning back kick!
Albuquerque looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
dos Santos preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Albuquerque won't allow dos Santos to get back to his feet.
Albuquerque postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
dos Santos is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
dos Santos crunches a lovely knee into Albuquerque's ribcage.
Albuquerque looks gassed!
dos Santos landing knees to the body.
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!
dos Santos holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Albuquerque tries to break the clinch but dos Santos is controlling the position.
Albuquerque has had enough of the clinch but dos Santos keeps him there for the moment.
dos Santos missing with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from dos Santos.
dos Santos throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
dos Santos tries to land a knee to the head but Albuquerque blocks with his arms.
Albuquerque is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Albuquerque can't break the clinch.
Albuquerque blocks the elbow strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
dos Santos with a knee to the head.
dos Santos landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
dos Santos unloads a knee to the mid-section. Albuquerque lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
dos Santos gets underhooks to prevent Albuquerque's takedown attempt.
dos Santos prevents the takedown attempt.
Rogerio dos Santos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Phil Albuquerque.
Albuquerque changes levels and goes for a takedown here. dos Santos fights it off and pushes away nicely.
dos Santos darts in and clinches Albuquerque up against the cage.
dos Santos has Albuquerque pushed against the cage.
dos Santos lands a nice knee to the body.
dos Santos lands a knee to the body.
dos Santos crunches a lovely knee into Albuquerque's ribcage.
dos Santos stops a takedown attempt from Albuquerque.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
dos Santos with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Albuquerque can't get the takedown.
Albuquerque avoiding damage as dos Santos throws knees to the body.
dos Santos missing with knees to the body.
dos Santos gets underhooks to prevent Albuquerque's takedown attempt.
Albuquerque managing to block the knees to the body from dos Santos.
dos Santos is pressed up against the cage. Albuquerque has hold of a leg and is looking to drag dos Santos down to the mat. dos Santos avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Albuquerque fails with a takedown attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Albuquerque takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
dos Santos pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Albuquerque shoots for a takedown but dos Santos saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
dos Santos avoids the head kick by Albuquerque.
Nice sprawl there from dos Santos as Albuquerque shoots in.
A head kick from dos Santos lands but Albuquerque takes it in his stride.
It looks like Phil Albuquerque has been cut.
Albuquerque shoots for a takedown but dos Santos saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Albuquerque throws a sloppy head kick
and dos Santos counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
dos Santos stuffs the takedown attempt from Albuquerque. Albuquerque gets slowly back to his feet.
Albuquerque tries to keep at a distance but dos Santos has taken the fight into the clinch.
dos Santos is trying to stall.
Albuquerque has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. dos Santos is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
dos Santos missing with knees to the body.
Albuquerque dodges an elbow strike from dos Santos.
Albuquerque has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. dos Santos is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Albuquerque drops down looking for an ankle pick but dos Santos pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Albuquerque tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Albuquerque fails to land the takedown.
Albuquerque shoots in for a takedown but dos Santos shows good takedown defense.
dos Santos scoring well with a low kick there.
dos Santos finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
dos Santos is looking to score with low kicks.
Albuquerque shoots in for a takedown but dos Santos shows good takedown defense.
dos Santos tries a head kick but it misses.
Albuquerque doesn't manage to clinch there - dos Santos circles away.
Albuquerque avoids the head kick by dos Santos.
Albuquerque shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in dos Santos's guard.
Albuquerque thows a big elbow that misses.
Albuquerque looking to pass the guard.
dos Santos is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Albuquerque drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and dos Santos dives on top into guard.
dos Santos is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Albuquerque is working an open guard so dos Santos takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Albuquerque avoids the head kick by dos Santos.
dos Santos rushes Albuquerque and presses him up against the cage.
Albuquerque is trying to work for a single leg takedown but dos Santos pulls him back up using the underhooks.
A knee to the head by dos Santos.
dos Santos landing knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
dos Santos landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
dos Santos gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Albuquerque.
Albuquerque goes for a takedown in the clinch but dos Santos prevents it.
Albuquerque is working for takedown but dos Santos is calmly controlling the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rogerio dos Santos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Phil Albuquerque's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Albuquerque shoots in for a takedown but dos Santos shows good takedown defense.
dos Santos knocks Albuquerque to the floor with a head kick! Can he finish him!?
Albuquerque manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Albuquerque tries to regain full guard. Instead though, dos Santos has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Albuquerque is wriggling around trying to escape.
dos Santos controlling from the full mount.
Albuquerque is looking to improve his position but dos Santos isn't that keen on the idea.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Albuquerque swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Albuquerque tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Albuquerque is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Albuquerque has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
dos Santos content just to control the position here.
Albuquerque is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's two 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.
dos Santos content just to control the position here.
Albuquerque is wriggling around trying to escape.
Albuquerque is squirming around, avoiding dos Santos's attempts to control the action.
Albuquerque is desperately trying to improve his position but dos Santos has a good base and remains in mount.
dos Santos controlling from the full mount.
Albuquerque is wriggling around trying to escape.
dos Santos trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Albuquerque is working to get back to half guard.
Albuquerque is squirming around, avoiding dos Santos's attempts to control the action.
Albuquerque tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Albuquerque bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Albuquerque thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Albuquerque drops back, looking for a kneebar! dos Santos looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. dos Santos looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from dos Santos!
Albuquerque tries to bench press dos Santos off him but dos Santos keeps the position.
dos Santos wants to stand but Albuquerque has his arm trapped.
Albuquerque regains half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Albuquerque wants to get back to full guard but dos Santos has passed into side control.
Albuquerque is trying desperately to improve position.
dos Santos controlling from mount.
Albuquerque bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
dos Santos has control of Albuquerque's left arm, preventing Albuquerque from doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rogerio dos Santos dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Phil Albuquerque's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
dos Santos gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
dos Santos wants to stand up but Albuquerque is controlling him.
Albuquerque stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. dos Santos swivels though and keeps the full guard.
dos Santos pushes Albuquerque off and scrambles back to his feet.
dos Santos is looking to clinch.
Albuquerque tries to clinch but dos Santos moves away
and dos Santos makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
dos Santos scores with a nice body kick.
Albuquerque looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? dos Santos is fending him off so far but Albuquerque persists. Nope, dos Santos circles away and we're back to standing.
Albuquerque with a poor takedown
and dos Santos counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
dos Santos with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Knees in the clinch landing for dos Santos.
Albuquerque on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Albuquerque changes levels and goes for a takedown here. dos Santos fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Rogerio dos Santos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Phil Albuquerque.
dos Santos has managed to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Albuquerque is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Knees in the clinch landing for dos Santos.
dos Santos prevents Albuquerque from breaking the clinch.
dos Santos throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Albuquerque blocks it with crossed arms.
Albuquerque has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. dos Santos avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Albuquerque turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Albuquerque manages to end up in side control.
Albuquerque in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Phil Albuquerque has got the better of the ground game so far.
dos Santos stops Albuquerque from passing to mount.
Albuquerque throws a strike aimed at the side of dos Santos's head but dos Santos avoids it well.
Albuquerque working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
dos Santos manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
dos Santos is trying to control the action in half guard but Albuquerque is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
dos Santos decides to stand up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Albuquerque takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
dos Santos scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Albuquerque changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. dos Santos tries to avoid it but Albuquerque manages to keep hold of a leg and drag dos Santos to the ground. dos Santos escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Albuquerque misses with a takedown
and dos Santos makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
dos Santos has closed the distance and engaged Albuquerque in a clinch.
Albuquerque breaks from the clinch.
dos Santos is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Albuquerque can do to turn this around?
Albuquerque blocks a head kick by dos Santos.
dos Santos throws a right and a left that Albuquerque avoids nicely.
Albuquerque circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rogerio dos Santos is winning the standup battle so far.
dos Santos tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
dos Santos misses with a body kick.
Albuquerque throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around dos Santos's waist but dos Santos gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Albuquerque off to one side.
dos Santos throws a nice inside leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Albuquerque blocks the leg kick.
dos Santos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Albuquerque moves away.
Albuquerque shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and dos Santos counters with a good low kick that Albuquerque was not able to check.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos scores with a jab to the head.
Albuquerque fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Albuquerque is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Albuquerque takes a kick to the side of the head.
Albuquerque shoots in but no luck this time.
dos Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up but Albuquerque swats him away and circles back towards the center.
dos Santos fails in his attempt to clinch.
Albuquerque closes the distance and clinches.
Albuquerque is trying to work for a single leg takedown but dos Santos pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Albuquerque wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Albuquerque tries for a takedown. No joy.
Albuquerque drops down looking for an ankle pick but dos Santos pulls his leg out and moves away.
Albuquerque changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. dos Santos tries to avoid it but Albuquerque manages to keep hold of a leg and drag dos Santos to the ground. dos Santos escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
dos Santos tries a head kick but it misses.
Albuquerque shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says dos Santos as he avoids it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos moves into the clinch successfully.
dos Santos lands a knee to the body.
Albuquerque is trying to work for a single leg takedown but dos Santos pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Albuquerque is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
dos Santos prevents the takedown attempt.
dos Santos stops a takedown attempt from Albuquerque.
Knees to the body from dos Santos.
dos Santos throws an elbow but it misses.
dos Santos trying to stall but Albuquerque improves his position.
dos Santos gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Albuquerque.
Albuquerque wants a takedown but no success here.
dos Santos scores with a knee to the head.
Albuquerque on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rogerio dos Santos has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Albuquerque has dos Santos pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. dos Santos manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Albuquerque turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Albuquerque manages to end up in side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Albuquerque misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Albuquerque lands a nice forearm strike.
Albuquerque is putting a hurting on dos Santos here, landing some big shots from side control.
Albuquerque looks up at the clock and then as dos Santos takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Albuquerque smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Phil Albuquerque has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Albuquerque with the ground and pound but dos Santos regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rogerio dos Santos showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for dos Santos, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:27
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rogerio dos Santos!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between James Braddock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jep Zlasd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jep Zlasd has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, James Braddock!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jep Zlasd!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Thiago Cunha and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zlasd avoids a punch combination nicely.
Braddock is looking to slow Zlasd down with leg kicks.
Zlasd looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Zlasd is looking to clinch.
Braddock shoots in for a takedown but Zlasd shows good takedown defense.
Zlasd throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Zlasd scores a takedown into full mount!
Zlasd is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Braddock is surviving well by controlling Zlasd's body position as best he can.
Zlasd seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Braddock is holding on tight.
Braddock tries to hold on but Zlasd postures up.
Braddock defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Zlasd.
Braddock is squirming around, avoiding Zlasd's attempts to control the action.
Zlasd looking to control and managing it successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Braddock is squirming around, avoiding Zlasd's attempts to control the action.
Braddock wants to hold on but Zlasd pushes him away.
Zlasd trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Zlasd throws some shoulder strikes here and then postures up. Oh, he's gone for an armbar! Braddock has his hands clasped together but Zlasd breaks the hold and Braddock is forced to tap! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over! That was lightning fast by Zlasd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jep Zlasd!
Jep Zlasd is the new middleweight champion!
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