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FFB 46: Johnson vs. Artur PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ed Butts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Levi King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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300 lbs
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Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ed Butts!
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, Levi King!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Leandro Rodrigues and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A bone on bone clash there as Butts blocks the leg kick.
Butts shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says King as he avoids it easily.
Butts swats away the attempt to clinch by King.
Butts gets the takedown into side control.
You can see the frustration on King's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Butts knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for King on the ground.
King taking punishment in the form of punches.
Butts tries to advance to mount but King denies him.
Butts lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear King down.
This has been an exciting period of action!
King is looking for a sweep.
Butts is putting a hurting on King here, landing some big shots from side control.
Butts tries to score with some ground and pound. King controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
An elbow from Butts crashes against the mat.
Butts working away.
King parries the strikes from Butts easily there. Butts is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable King to escape.
Butts working the strikes but King uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
King wants to control but Butts is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Butts lands with a punch from half guard.
Butts working the head and body with strikes.
King avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Butts.
Butts throwing shots but King is blocking nicely.
The fighters are battling for position here. King manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
King has momentary wrist control but Butts slips an elbow through the middle.
King looking to control.
Butts throws a big right hand that misses.
King throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Butts in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Butts postures up in King's guard and throws a big left but King blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Butts throws and elbow that misses. King uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Butts's guard. Nice move by King!
King won't allow Butts to sweep him here.
Butts working a defensive guard here.
Butts trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Butts wants to sweep but no luck.
King trying to control but Butts is working from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Butts keeps the fight on the outside.
Butts circles away from the clinch attempt.
King tries for a takedown but Butts circles away easily
and Butts decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in King's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Butts keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of King's head.
King utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Butts with a nice head shot there.
King is trying to control the position but Butts postures up.
King has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Butts doesn't defend quickly enough and King has managed to lock this one up! Can Butts escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to King on a fantastic submission victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Levi King!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mauricio Rua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and lyoto emelianenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). emelianenko is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Darude - Sandstorm. Mauricio Rua could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to lyoto emelianenko's chin.
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205 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mauricio Rua!
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, lyoto emelianenko!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Alexandre Firmino and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rua tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
emelianenko looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
emelianenko tries to clinch up
and Rua counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Rua lands a knee to the body.
emelianenko tries to land a knee to the head but Rua blocks with his arms.
Rua comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
It looks like lyoto emelianenko has been cut.
emelianenko takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rua unloads a knee to the mid-section. emelianenko lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rua.
emelianenko takes an elbow to the temple.
Rua throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rua landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Rua tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rua lands a damaging elbow.
Rua misses with a knee strike.
Rua with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rua creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through emelianenko's defenses.
Rua connects with a knee to the head.
Rua with a knee to the head.
emelianenko is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rua has cage pressed up against the cage in a tight Thai clinch. emelianenko is arching his back, trying to avoid the knees but a big one sneaks through from Rua - that's hurt emelianenko badly! Oh, another knee lands and emelianenko is covering up! The referee steps in to save him - possibly a bit early but emelianenko doesn't seem to be complaining.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Mauricio Rua!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zulu Zuluzinho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dexon Donk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Dexon Donk enters the cage!
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300 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Zulu Zuluzinho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dexon Donk!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Leandro Rodrigues and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Donk misses with a series of wild punches.
Donk tries to bum rush Zuluzinho with a series of wild strikes but Zuluzinho uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Donk tries to bum rush Zuluzinho with a series of wild strikes but Zuluzinho uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Donk scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zuluzinho will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Zuluzinho shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Donk but Donk pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Donk scores with a jab.
Donk misses with a series of wild punches.
Nice takedown defense from Donk. No joy for Zuluzinho on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Zulu Zuluzinho. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Zuluzinho looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Donk is fending him off so far but Zuluzinho persists. Nope, Donk circles away and we're back to standing.
Donk lands with a precision combination! Left, right, uppercut and Zuluzinho falls flat on his face, eyes wide open but he's out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Dexon Donk!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alexandre Cacareco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dinno Fertit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fertit has chosen Stargazers as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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239 lbs
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275 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Prefers ground |
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Brawler
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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, Alexandre Cacareco!
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, Dinno Fertit!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Matheus Silva and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice takedown defense from Fertit. No joy for Cacareco on that attempt.
Fertit has his takedown stuffed
and Cacareco moves into the clinch.
Cacareco tries to pull guard but Fertit won't allow it.
Fertit looking for a takedown.
Fertit gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Cacareco regains guard.
Cacareco working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Fertit doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Fertit manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Fertit working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Fertit landing some decent shots from guard.
Cacareco working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Fertit doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Fertit manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fertit lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cacareco looking to hit a scissor sweep but Fertit is one step ahead there.
Fertit connects with a couple of short punches.
Cacareco looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Fertit sitting in guard here, content to control.
Fertit looking to pass the guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fertit landing some decent shots from guard.
Fertit distracts Cacareco with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Fertit's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Cacareco is breathing heavily.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Fertit's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Fertit scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Cacareco is rocked!
Fertit postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Cacareco covers up, he's hurt! Fertit keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Fertit and the ref steps in to end the fight! Fertit can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dinno Fertit!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Czechvaka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Barros (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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Good takedowns
Brawler
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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
3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ivan Czechvaka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ricardo Barros!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Felipe Paraventi and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Czechvaka scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Czechvaka looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Czechvaka looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Barros is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Czechvaka's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Barros gets back to full guard.
Czechvaka trying to control but Barros is working from the bottom.
Barros throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Czechvaka wants to control from the top but Barros keeps moving.
Barros 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.
Czechvaka thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Barros is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Czechvaka trying to control but Barros is working from the bottom.
Czechvaka would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Czechvaka trying to control but Barros is working from the bottom.
Barros wants to sweep but no luck.
Czechvaka trying to control the position from guard on top but Barros is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Barros with a lazy takedown attempt
and Czechvaka counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Barros looks gassed!
Barros had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Czechvaka is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Barros Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Czechvaka's back instead.
Czechvaka turns into Barros and is now in his guard.
Czechvaka wants to pass the guard but Barros is keeping the position.
Czechvaka is working hard here to advance position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Czechvaka sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Barros's guard.
Czechvaka trying to mount his opponent but Barros defends it.
Czechvaka moves nicely into side control.
Czechvaka decides to stand back up. Czechvaka steps back and let's Barros get back to his feet.
Czechvaka feints and as Barros raises his hands in defense, Czechvaka changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barros wants to sweep here but Czechvaka controlling him for the moment.
Czechvaka forces his way into half guard.
Czechvaka decides to stand up.
Czechvaka shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Barros's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barros working a defensive guard here.
Czechvaka gets to his feet - Barros follows without any prompting.
Czechvaka looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Czechvaka trying to control but Barros is working from the bottom.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Barros is on top in guard.
Czechvaka is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Barros rolls with it to try and escape but Czechvaka cranks on the arm and Barros is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ivan Czechvaka!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vel Sirra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sirra comes into the arena with Omen by Prodigy blaring out of the sound system. Silva is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Audioslave - Like a Stone. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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255 lbs
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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
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Vel Sirra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mike Silva!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Alexandre Firmino and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Left hook, right uppercut from Sirra.
Sirra throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Silva's waist but Silva gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Sirra off to one side.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sirra looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silva drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Sirra is looking to reverse the position.
Sirra stops Silva from passing to mount.
Silva landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Sirra looking for a sweep but Silva has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Sirra stops Silva from taking his back. Still, being mounted isn't any better.
Silva is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Silva trying to control but Sirra is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sirra is desperately trying to improve his position but Silva has a good base and remains in mount.
Sirra tries to hold on but Silva pushes him away.
Silva is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Sirra has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Sirra in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva manages to capitalize on a mistake by Sirra to take his back!
I would not like to be Sirra right now.
Sirra might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Sirra looking very determined here, making life difficult for Silva.
Sirra defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Sirra covering up well and avoiding damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sirra showing good submission defense here.
Silva looks gassed!
Silva working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Silva is trying to stick to Sirra's back but Sirra is turning into Silva. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Silva's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Sirra.
Silva not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Silva looking for a guillotine here but Sirra defends easily.
Sirra lands a couple of elbows.
Sirra postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sirra drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Silva dives on top into guard.
Silva wants to pass the guard but Sirra is keeping the position.
Sirra throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Sirra wants to sweep but no luck.
Silva trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Sirra looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Silva trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Silva prevents Sirra from getting back to his feet.
Sirra throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Sirra gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Silva counters with a nice double leg into side control. Sirra won't be happy with that.
Silva trying to control the position but Sirra is working away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Sirra is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Silva is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Sirra is just riding it out for now. Silva eventually gives up the hold.
Silva tries to pass to full mount but Sirra defends it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva trying to control from half guard but Sirra is working away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Silva dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Silva tries to keep at a distance but Sirra has taken the fight into the clinch.
Silva taking a breather.
Silva is working for takedown but Sirra is calmly controlling the position for now.
Sirra is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Silva wants a takedown.
Silva prevents a takedown attempt there.
Silva is pressed up against the cage. Sirra has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Silva down to the mat. Silva avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Sirra looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva fails with the takedown.
Vel Sirra has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Silva.
Sirra lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Vel Sirra seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sirra throws a right hand that Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that Silva also avoids with ease.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sirra misses with a two punch combination.
Sirra misses with a series of wild punches.
Silva scores a takedown into full mount!
Silva lands a nice shot to the head.
Silva looking to control but Sirra is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Silva moves to back control.
Silva tries to get the hooks in deep but Sirra pushed the leg off.
Sirra is in a bad position with Silva working for a choke. Sirra manages to spin nicely into guard and the danger is over for the moment.
Sirra stands up from Silva's guard - Sirra perhaps looking for a knockout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sirra tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silva with a lazy takedown attempt
and Sirra counters by moving into the clinch.
Come on Sirra - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Sirra wants a takedown.
Sirra scores with a nice hook to the head.
Silva drops down looking for an ankle pick but Sirra pulls his leg out and moves away.
Sirra falls off balance throwing a combination
and Silva counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Sirra's guard now.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sirra is looking for a triangle but Silva pushes his legs off easily.
Silva preventing the sweep.
Silva pushes down on Sirra's leg and manages to get into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sirra keeps working.
Silva passes to side control.
Silva looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Sirra is being controlled here.
Silva is looking to take a break and control but Sirra is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Sirra sneaks back into half guard.
Sirra tries to get to full guard but Silva has control of the leg.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Silva wants to take a breather but Sirra is having none of it.
Sirra is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Silva's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Silva's back!
Silva rolls, trying to escape but Sirra keeps control of the position.
Sirra is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Silva has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Silva turns into Sirra and is now in his guard.
Silva trying to control but Sirra is working from the bottom.
Silva postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Sirra is looking for a triangle but Silva pushes his legs off easily.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Sirra is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Mike Silva will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Sirra looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Silva!
Sirra throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Silva wants to hold on but Sirra pushes him away.
Silva gets back to half guard.
Silva avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sirra.
Silva won't allow Sirra to pass to mount.
Silva keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Silva trying to control here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sirra is working for a kimura from half guard. He's really concentrating on the hold and it's allowed Silva to slip a leg under and get back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva looking for a sweep. Not yet Silva, not yet.
Sirra trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Silva looking to control.
Silva looking for a guillotine here but Sirra defends easily.
Sirra is pushing down on Silva's leg trying to pass to half guard. Silva is fighting to maintain full guard but Sirra has managed to sneak the leg through.
Silva actively working from the bottom here.
Silva wants to get back to full guard.
Silva controlling the position well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Silva is trying to control Sirra's posture. Sirra takes advantage of the lull and advances to side control. He also appears to have an arm triangle here! Uh oh, big trouble for Silva! Sirra is rotating here... this could be the end... Silva is out! Sirra has ended this one emphatically! Great submission!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Vel Sirra!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Russian Experiment V (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Finn Murray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Murray has chosen Macarron Chacarron as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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155 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Russian Experiment V!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Finn Murray!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Luis Engracia and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murray swings for the body but Experiment V moves out of range.
Murray wants to clinch.
A jab from Murray finds it's way through Experiment V's defenses.
It looks like Russian Experiment V has been cut.
Experiment V lands with an overhand left.
Experiment V lands a nice shot to the body.
Murray tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Experiment V paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A head kick misses from Murray.
Murray moves in looking to clinch but Experiment V pushes him off.
Murray gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murray ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Murray misses with an uppercut.
Murray throws a half hearted mid kick.
A head kick misses from Murray.
Murray shoots in for a double leg but Experiment V sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
A swing and a miss from Murray.
Experiment V bobbing and weaving well here. And he's unloaded with a massive right hand that drops Murray! He dives into his guard looking to finish!
Murray is rocked!
It looks like Finn Murray has been cut.
Experiment V loads up on a big left hand. Murray felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Experiment V looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Murray can't hide his disappointment, as Experiment V celebrates the victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Russian Experiment V!
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Urijah Gonzaga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Big john (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gonzaga's entrance music is Hypnotize. A fine choice. john has chosen Worst day since yesterday as his entrance music. Urijah Gonzaga had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 206.8lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. 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
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Urijah Gonzaga!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Big john!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Luis Engracia and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gonzaga drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
john will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
john scores with a nice shot.
john controls Gonzaga momentarily but Gonzaga frees himself.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Gonzaga accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
john manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
john landing strikes, looking to finish!
john lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Gonzaga hang on?
john has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Gonzaga's face.
john punishing his opponent with strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
BOOM! john connects with a massive shot to the dome!
john breaks from Gonzaga's wrist control and lands an elbow.
john landing shots from mount.
john lands a nice shot to the head.
john dominating with strikes here.
Gonzaga is rocked!
Gonzaga is breathing heavily.
Gonzaga working to try and regain half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
john has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Gonzaga's face.
Oh Gonzaga is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
john pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Gonzaga seems to have got his legs back now.
Gonzaga is in a horrible position here. john smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
john working Gonzaga over with strikes here.
john lands a big shot to the head and Gonzaga winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Big john!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gustavo Artur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnson comes to the cage accompanied by Theme from The Tick. Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go!Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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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
7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Johnny Johnson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gustavo Artur!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Luis Engracia and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson avoids the body shot from Artur.
Johnson throws a jab but it's blocked by Artur.
Johnson throws a jab but it's blocked by Artur.
Johnson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Artur.
Artur looks for a takedown but Johnson sprawls well.
Artur throws a head kick that misses.
Artur is looking to clinch but Johnson is avoiding it.
Johnson throws a one two combo.
It looks like Gustavo Artur has been cut.
Artur is looking to clinch but Johnson is avoiding it.
Artur tries to clinch but Johnson is having none of it.
Johnson looks to throw the jab but Artur is out of range.
Artur just misses with a punch to the body.
Artur fails with an attempt to clinch.
Artur misses with a double jab
and Johnson counters with a left to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson swings for the body but Artur moves out of range.
Johnson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Artur avoids the body shot from Johnson.
Johnson looks to score with a jab to the body but Artur is just out of range.
Artur looks to clinch
enabling Johnson to counter with a crisp jab.
Johnson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Artur throws a head kick that misses.
Johnson waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Artur.
Artur tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Artur.
Artur tries a head kick but it misses.
Artur throws a sloppy head kick and Johnson moves out of range easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Artur throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Johnson.
Artur misses with a head kick.
Johnson circles away from the clinch attempt
and Johnson counters with a two punch combo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Artur throws a jab when Johnson was well out of range.
Artur throws a left and a right that both miss
and Johnson counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Johnson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Artur tries to clinch
and Johnson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Artur throws a head kick but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson blocks a head kick by Artur.
A nice inside leg kick there by Artur. That's going to slow Johnson down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Artur throws a sloppy head kick and Johnson moves out of range easily.
Johnson checks a low kick from Artur.
Artur throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Artur lands with a thumping leg kick.
Johnson with a hook.
That has opened up Gustavo Artur's cut even more.
Artur is looking to clinch.
Artur tries to close the distance and clinch up but Johnson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Artur uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Johnson.
Artur closes the distance looking to clinch
and Johnson makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Artur looks gassed!
Johnson closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Artur! Johnson dives in looking to finish! Artur is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Johnny Johnson!
Johnny Johnson retains his light heavyweight title!
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