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GPC 4: Infame PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gustavo Safra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Blake (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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300 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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Brawler
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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
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gustavo Safra!
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, David Blake!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Mauricio Rocha and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blake looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Safra is fending him off so far but Blake persists. Nope, Safra circles away and we're back to standing.
Blake fails with the takedown.
Blake throws a sloppy head kick and Safra moves out of range easily.
Blake closes the distance and clinches up with Safra, looking for a takedown. Blake pushes Safra against the cage but Safra circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Gustavo Safra has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of David Blake.
Blake shoots in for a takedown but Safra shows good takedown defense.
Safra circles away from the clinch attempt.
Safra darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Blake gets full guard.
Safra looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Safra might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Safra stopping the sweep attempt from Blake.
Safra slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Blake is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Blake looks gassed!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Safra controls from within his opponent's guard.
Safra connects with a couple of short punches.
Blake controls Safra momentarily but Safra frees himself.
Safra has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Safra looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
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.
Blake looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Blake looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Safra stands and throws Blake's legs to the side, diving into side control.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Safra wants to control but Blake is keeping him busy.
Blake manages to work his way to half guard, despite Safra's best efforts.
Blake wants to control but Safra is keeping busy.
Safra performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Safra trying to mount his opponent but Blake defends it.
Safra sitting and controlling from the half guard.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Gustavo Safra just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Blake shoots and misses
and Safra counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Safra seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Safra wants to control from the top but Blake keeps moving.
Blake wants to sweep but no luck.
Blake looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Blake looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blake is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Blake might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Safra kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Blake wants to get back to his feet but Safra is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Safra looking to pass the guard.
Blake keeping moving, preventing Safra from controlling successfully.
Safra wants to stand but Blake is controlling his posture from full guard.
Blake has his foot on Safra's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Safra works his way back into a safe position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gustavo Safra dominated that round.
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.
Blake shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Safra counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Safra in particular looking to stall.
Safra is thwarting Blake's attempts to control the position.
Blake is trying to get back to full guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Safra lands a nice short elbow.
Safra is tying to control. Blake wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Blake wants to get back to full guard.
Blake is not content to let Safra control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Blake is controlling Safra's trapped leg to prevent Safra from advancing to side control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The fighters are battling for position here. Blake manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Safra trying to control the position from guard on top but Blake is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Blake not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Blake is looking for a triangle but Safra pushes his legs off easily.
Safra wants to pass the guard but Blake is keeping the position.
Safra is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Blake is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Blake escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Safra gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Safra is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
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.
Blake had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Safra is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Blake Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Safra's back instead.
Blake tightening his grip on Safra, looking for the choke.
Safra trying to control the hands but Blake breaks the grip.
Blake throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Safra!
Blake is looking for the choke from the back position but Safra is controlling his hands well.
Safra trying to control the hands but Blake won't let him.
Blake is hanging on to Safra's back as he tries to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Safra wants to get back to his feet.
Blake looking for the rear naked choke. And he's got it! Safra taps!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). David Blake!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Wagner Flabianno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mohammed Mubarak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Flabianno's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Krisiun - Vicious Wrath. Wagner Flabianno could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Mohammed Mubarak's chin.
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154 lbs
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155 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight 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, Wagner Flabianno!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mohammed Mubarak!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Seu Braga and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mubarak misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Flabianno tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mubarak rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Flabianno moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Flabianno is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mubarak will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mubarak ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Flabianno moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Mubarak defending well as Flabianno loads up on a big left hand.
Mubarak misses with the combination.
Flabianno gets a takedown into half guard.
Flabianno is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Mubarak is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Wagner Flabianno!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jobber Chamberpot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rogerio Rodrigues (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rogerio Rodrigues has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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300 lbs
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300 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jobber Chamberpot!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rogerio Rodrigues!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Luis Engracia and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rodrigues throws a right and a left that both miss.
Chamberpot scores with a hook to the body. Rodrigues takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Chamberpot lands with a kick to the ribs.
Chamberpot misses with a few strikes there.
Chamberpot throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Rodrigues stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Rodrigues looks gassed!
Chamberpot swinging wilding here.
Rodrigues throws a left and a right that both miss
and Chamberpot decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Rodrigues's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chamberpot content to stall in guard here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Chamberpot gets to his feet - Rodrigues follows without any prompting.
Chamberpot closes the distance and clinches.
Rodrigues gets underhooks to prevent Chamberpot's takedown attempt.
Chamberpot has hold of one of Rodrigues's legs. Rodrigues is fighting the takedown attempt but Chamberpot gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Rodrigues is working an open guard so Chamberpot takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Chamberpot closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Rodrigues wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Chamberpot has him pressed against the cage.
Chamberpot landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Rodrigues prevents a takedown attempt there.
Chamberpot manages to pull guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chamberpot 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! Rodrigues rolls with it to try and escape but Chamberpot cranks on the arm and Rodrigues is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jobber Chamberpot!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Demian Maia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trent Hondo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Demian Maia had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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180 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Big heart |
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Demian Maia!
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, Trent Hondo!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Emerson Jorge and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hondo paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Maia ducks under a wild hook from Hondo.
Maia shoots for a double leg takedown but Hondo sprawls well. He's pushed Maia's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Maia.
Hondo throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Hondo clinches up with Maia and pushes him back against the cage.
Maia is trying to drag Hondo to the mat but Hondo just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Demian Maia. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Maia jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Hondo walks away with a smile on his face. Maia gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Hondo throws a hook but Maia blocks it.
Hondo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Maia fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hondo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Maia takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maia shoots in looking for a takedown. Hondo tries to sprawl out of it but Maia keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Hondo manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Maia fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Hondo instigates a clinch.
Hondo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Maia fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Maia fails with the takedown.
Maia ducks under a wild hook from Hondo.
Maia looks for a takedown but Hondo sprawls well.
A swing and a miss from Hondo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hondo throws a big shot that misses.
Hondo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Maia. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Hondo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hondo lands a hook that stumbles Maia back into the cage. Hondo follows up with a straight and another hook that land right on the button, dropping Maia to the canvas! Hondo pounces and lands several unanswered shots - Maia has had enough and taps out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Trent Hondo!
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Main event
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rodrigo Sosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dirk Nowitzki (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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Brawler
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Counter striker
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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, Rodrigo Sosa!
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, Dirk Nowitzki!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Thiago Cunha and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sosa moves in looking to clinch but Nowitzki pushes him off.
Sosa looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Nowitzki avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sosa has a takedown stuffed.
Sosa feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Sosa won't allow Nowitzki to sweep him here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nowitzki striking off his back but it's not causing Sosa any problems.
Nowitzki is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Nowitzki perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Nowitzki trying to mount his opponent but Sosa defends it.
Sosa taking some punishment here, with Nowitzki in his half guard.
Nowitzki performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Sosa throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sosa punching from the bottom.
Nowitzki is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Nowitzki tries to pass the half guard into mount. Sosa knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Sosa tries to get to full guard but Nowitzki has control of the leg.
Nowitzki really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Sosa. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Nowitzki slips a nice elbow through Sosa's hands, connecting with Sosa's forehead.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Nowitzki scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Sosa wants to improve his position but Nowitzki is controlling well.
Nowitzki performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Nowitzki is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nowitzki is controlling the pace.
Nowitzki landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Sosa taking some punishment here, with Nowitzki in his half guard.
Nowitzki is pressing down on Sosa's thigh, looking to free his foot. Sosa is holding on for now.
Ground and pound from Nowitzki.
Nowitzki is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Nowitzki scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Nowitzki looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Sosa with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sosa is trying to control but can't.
Nowitzki is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Ground and pound from Nowitzki.
Nowitzki lands strikes from half guard.
Nowitzki stalling.
Nowitzki working over Sosa with some ground and pound. Sosa looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Nowitzki frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Sosa flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Nowitzki fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Sosa throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Nowitzki lands a big elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sosa swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Sosa is in all sorts of trouble here.
Nowitzki scoring with strikes but Sosa is staying in there.
Sosa in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Nowitzki fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Sosa throwing hammer fists to the chest of Nowitzki. What's that going to do exactly?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nowitzki cracks Sosa with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Sosa throwing hammer fists to the chest of Nowitzki. What's that going to do exactly?
Nowitzki with good strikes from the mount here!
Nowitzki landing strikes, looking to finish!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sosa takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nowitzki blocks Sosa's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Sosa working to try and regain half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dirk Nowitzki dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Nowitzki shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Nowitzki showed some decent athleticism there.
Sosa punching from the bottom.
Nowitzki with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Sosa won't allow Nowitzki to pass to mount.
Nowitzki works his way into side control.
Sosa takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nowitzki scores with a couple of short elbows.
Nowitzki tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Dirk Nowitzki has got the better of the ground game so far.
Sosa taking a bit of punishment here - Nowitzki scoring with strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nowitzki scores with punches from side control.
Nowitzki wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sosa keeps working.
Sosa takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Sosa 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.
Nowitzki working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Nowitzki landing strikes.
Sosa is looking to reverse the position.
Nowitzki scoring with punches from side control.
Nowitzki lands a nice forearm strike.
Sosa on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Sosa tries to get out of the position.
Nowitzki landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Nowitzki happy to just control the position for now.
Nowitzki landing strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nowitzki lands an elbow.
Nowitzki lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Sosa down.
Sosa pushes Nowitzki away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Nowitzki gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Sosa is trying to get back to half guard.
Nowitzki works to advance to full mount. Sosa defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Nowitzki looking to finish Sosa with some ground and pound. This is bad for Sosa!
Sosa keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Nowitzki with the ground and pound from mount.
Sosa throwing hammer fists to the chest of Nowitzki. What's that going to do exactly?
Nowitzki lands a big shot there that rocks Sosa but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sosa swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Nowitzki with a couple of short strikes.
Sosa flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Sosa is desperately trying to improve his position but Nowitzki has a good base and remains in mount.
Nowitzki with the ground and pound from mount.
Sosa in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Nowitzki has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Sosa's face.
Nowitzki pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Nowitzki is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Nowitzki lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Nowitzki raining down shots from the mount!
Sosa throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Sosa is in a horrible position here. Nowitzki smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nowitzki is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Sosa can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Nowitzki with good strikes from the mount here!
Nowitzki controlling from the full mount.
The referee warns Sosa that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Nowitzki landing strikes from the mount.
Nowitzki lands with some strikes.
Sosa is trying desperately to improve position.
Nowitzki fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Nowitzki lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Sosa throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dirk Nowitzki showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Nowitzki has Sosa up against the cage in a clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Nowitzki.
Sosa is working for takedown but Nowitzki is calmly controlling the position for now.
Nowitzki gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Nowitzki is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Nowitzki connects with a couple of short punches.
Nowitzki is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Sosa wants to sweep but no luck.
Nowitzki controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Sosa looking to hit a scissor sweep but Nowitzki is one step ahead there.
Nowitzki working some strikes from top position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sosa keeping moving, preventing Nowitzki from controlling successfully.
Nowitzki chips away with some ground and pound.
Nowitzki must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Nowitzki makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Nowitzki trying to control but Sosa is working from the bottom.
Nowitzki working some strikes from top position.
Sosa trying to strike off his back.
Nowitzki content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Nowitzki scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Nowitzki is stalling in the full guard.
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.
Nowitzki works over Sosa with some ground and pound from guard.
Nowitzki cracks Sosa with a solid left hand.
Sosa tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Nowitzki postures up.
Nowitzki has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sosa striking off his back but it's not causing Nowitzki any problems.
Nowitzki lands a couple of elbows.
Sosa striking off his back but it's not causing Nowitzki any problems.
Nowitzki with a nice head shot there.
Nowitzki postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Sosa has his foot on Nowitzki's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Nowitzki works his way back into a safe position though.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Sosa gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nowitzki stopping the sweep attempt from Sosa.
Sosa trying to strike off his back.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Nowitzki's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Nowitzki is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Sosa is working an open guard so Nowitzki takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Sosa with a lazy takedown attempt
and Nowitzki counters by moving into the clinch.
Nowitzki lands a damaging elbow.
Nowitzki lands an elbow just above Sosa 's eye.
Nowitzki lands an elbow inside.
Nowitzki gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Nowitzki takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sosa missing with punches from the bottom.
Nowitzki trying to control the pace.
Sosa lands one or two decent shots to the body here. Although from his own half guard, he's not going to be causing too much damage.
Sosa has hold of Nowitzki's hands but Nowitzki slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Nowitzki scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Sosa missing with punches from the bottom.
Nowitzki wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sosa keeps working.
Dirk Nowitzki is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Nowitzki scores a takedown into full mount!
And that's the end of the fight!
Dirk Nowitzki comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Nowitzki has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Luis Engracia scores the fight for Dirk Nowitzki!
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight for Dirk Nowitzki!
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight for Dirk Nowitzki!
Dirk Nowitzki wins by unanimous decision!
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