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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nico Ramirez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zack Wright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Nico Ramirez has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Nico Ramirez seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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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 welterweight 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, Nico Ramirez!
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, Zack Wright!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Leandro Rodrigues and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ramirez gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Wright breaks the clinch.
Wright gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Wright clinches but Ramirez breaks the clinch
and Ramirez counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Wright thinking.
Ramirez moves into the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Wright looking to slow down the pace here.
Ramirez jumps guard and drags Wright to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Ramirez is trying to control the position but Wright postures up.
Ramirez wants to sweep but no luck.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramirez controlling the position.
Wright postures up.
Wright won't allow Ramirez to sweep him here.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Ramirez keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Wright tries to clinch
and Ramirez makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Wright looks gassed!
Ramirez throws a series of punches but Wright avoids them all with ease.
Wright walks into a stiff left hand from Ramirez.
Wright tries to clinch up
and Ramirez counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Ramirez lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Ramirez pulls guard.
Wright wants to stand and escape but instead Ramirez has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez wants to control from the top but Wright keeps moving.
Ramirez throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Ramirez won't allow Wright to get back to his feet.
Wright utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Ramirez wants to pass the guard but Wright is keeping the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wright utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Ramirez slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Ramirez shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Ramirez showed some decent athleticism there.
Wright is looking to escape.
Wright avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Ramirez.
Ramirez missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Ramirez keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Ramirez tries to pass the half guard into mount. Wright knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Ramirez not doing much here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wright blocking the ground and pound attempt from Ramirez.
Ramirez seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Wright does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Ramirez scores with a nice right hand.
Wright closes the distance looking to clinch
and Ramirez decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Wright's guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ramirez postures up in Wright's guard and throws a big left but Wright blocks it.
Wright working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Ramirez.
Wright keeping moving, preventing Ramirez from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nico Ramirez 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.
Ramirez gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Wright breaks from the clinch.
Wright wants to clinch
and Ramirez counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Wright keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Wright tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Ramirez manages to move to mount!
Ramirez working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Ramirez pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Wright is breathing heavily.
Wright wants to try and get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramirez tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Ramirez lands a big elbow.
Wright tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Ramirez wants to control the pace but Wright is squirming around nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ramirez scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Wright?
Ramirez takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Ramirez misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Ramirez lands a big elbow.
Ramirez is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Wright can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Ramirez thowing shots but they're missing.
Nico Ramirez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ramirez landing strikes, looking to finish!
Ramirez can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Wright is looking to escape.
A nice elbow there by Ramirez.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Wright can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Wright tries to lock up and control but Ramirez gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Ramirez raining down shots from the mount!
Wright takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Wright is rocked!
Ramirez connects with a bit shot that sees Wright covering up! More strikes from Ramirez and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Ramirez is our winner by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nico Ramirez!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ramos Muchado (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Piston Honda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Piston Honda has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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180 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight 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, Ramos Muchado!
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, Piston Honda!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Thiago Cunha and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A lazy left from Honda finds it's target.
Muchado swings for the body but Honda moves out of range.
Honda throws a series of strikes that have Muchado backpedaling.
Honda throws a nice outside leg kick.
Muchado throws a half hearted mid kick.
Honda tries to clinch up.
Muchado is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Honda.
Muchado is rocked!
Honda looks to score with a jab to the body but Muchado is just out of range.
Honda moves into the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Honda tries to land knees in the clinch but Muchado avoids the damage to the body.
Honda softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Oh Muchado is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Muchado seems to have got his legs back now.
A left hand lands to the body for Honda.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Honda lands with a right to the head.
Honda stalls.
Honda lands an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Honda tries to land a knee to the head but Muchado blocks with his arms.
Honda lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Muchado has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Honda uses from the top position.
Muchado looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Honda really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Muchado. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Honda trying to control the position from guard on top but Muchado is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Honda might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Muchado kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Muchado bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Honda's guard.
Honda trying to control the position.
Muchado missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Honda can't keep his opponent in guard - Muchado advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Muchado thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Muchado moves into full mount! Honda won't be happy about that!
Honda is trying to escape the mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muchado is landing with some decent strikes but Honda is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Muchado avoids the attempt from Honda to control.
Honda tries to control Muchado's body but Muchado pushes him off. Honda squirms to his side and now Muchado has his back!
Honda can't escape the position.
Honda trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Honda is in bad spot here.
Muchado has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Muchado is breathing heavily.
Honda breaks Muchado's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Muchado looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muchado is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Muchado has a closed guard, preventing Honda from standing up.
Honda 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.
Muchado tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Honda tries to free his leg and advance position but Muchado is retaining full guard.
Muchado bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Honda's guard.
Muchado thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Honda looking for a sweep. Not yet Honda, not yet.
Honda is trying to control the position but Muchado postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Honda tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Muchado drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Muchado jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Honda controlling the position.
Honda tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Honda looking to control.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Honda throws a head kick that misses.
Honda throws a leg kick but Muchado sees it coming and moves out of range.
Piston Honda is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Honda is looking to clinch but Muchado is avoiding it.
Honda dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Muchado. That did some damage!
A good leg kick by Honda.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Honda connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Muchado blocks a head kick by Honda.
A head kick by Muchado misses
and Honda counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Piston Honda 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.
Honda turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Muchado bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ramos Muchado is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Honda throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Muchado takes a kick to the side of the head.
Good leg kick by Honda there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Muchado misses with a body kick.
A head kick by Honda misses
and Muchado counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
The fight stays on the outside here - Honda looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Honda fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Honda darts in and clinches Muchado up against the cage.
Honda lands a body punch in the clinch.
Honda throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Honda digs a right hand underneath Muchado's ribcage. Muchado let out a lung full of air as it connected.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Honda trying to land knees to the body.
Good body shot from Honda.
Honda misses with a knee to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Honda.
Come on Honda - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Muchado managing to block the knees to the body from Honda.
Honda gets through Muchado's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Honda tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Muchado's elbow.
Muchado wants to break free but Honda has control.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Honda lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Muchado or not.
Muchado wants to break the clinch but can't.
Honda landing knees to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Honda.
Honda lands a right hand.
Honda scores with a hook to the body.
Honda lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A knee to the head by Honda.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Honda lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Muchado.
Muchado takes a knee right on the jaw!
Honda lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Muchado backwards.
Muchado fails to pull guard.
Honda lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Honda.
Honda lands a nice uppercut.
Honda throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Honda breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A head kick misses from Honda.
Honda takes a swing at Muchado's ribcage but misses.
Honda tries to clinch up
and Muchado makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Honda really felt that one!
Honda lands a front kick.
Piston Honda seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honda plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Honda scores with a decent looking hook.
Honda fails in his attempt to clinch.
Honda throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Muchado's head.
Honda throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Honda closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Muchado! Honda dives in looking to finish! Muchado 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 3:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Piston Honda!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Brian Slanski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joey Budden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Budden has chosen Warfare - Joe Budden ft. Joell "Crack Pitcher" Ortiz as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Brian Slanski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Joey Budden!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Emerson Jorge and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Slanski shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Budden as he avoids it easily.
Budden thuds a left hand into Slanski's body.
Nice jab there from Budden.
Slanski misses with a takedown attempt - Budden sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Slanski blocks a head kick by Budden.
Slanski needs to keep his hands up - Budden had a free shot at his head there.
A head kick misses from Budden.
Budden swinging wilding here.
Slanski walks into a stiff left hand from Budden.
A jab from Budden finds it's way through Slanski's defenses.
Budden scores with a jab to the head.
Slanski takes one on the chin but seems OK.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A right-left combo lands from Budden.
Budden misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Budden cracks Slanski with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Budden lands a body shot.
Budden throws a sloppy head kick and Slanski moves out of range easily.
Budden cracks the inside of Slanski's front leg.
A clash of legs there as Slanski blocks the low kick.
Budden has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Some wild striking there from Budden.
Slanski really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Budden throws a combination. Slanski tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Budden tries a head kick but it misses.
Budden cracks Slanski with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Budden.
Budden lands a two punch combo.
A nice combination there by Budden.
Budden moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Slanski throws a head kick but Budden moves out of range.
Slanski throws a combination that misses
and Budden counters with a stiff right hand.
Budden lands with a right hand.
Budden slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Budden lands with a nice combination. Slanski backs away looking to recover.
Budden tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Slanski was well out of range. Poor timing from Budden.
Slanski misses with a combination
and Budden counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slanski uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Budden.
Slanski misses with a takedown
enabling Budden to counter with a crisp jab.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brian Slanski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A big left from Budden misses.
Budden is working the combinations to good effect here.
A punch combination from Budden misses.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Budden, as that shot connected.
Budden moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Budden digs a good body shot into Slanski's ribs.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Slanski. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Slanski avoids the head kick by Budden.
Slanski gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Budden.
Slanski fails to land with a series of punches.
Budden scores with a nice head shot.
Budden is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round!Slanski had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slanski misses with a takedown attempt
and Budden counters with a series of strikes. Slanski will be more careful next time no doubt.
Budden tries a head kick but it misses.
Slanski uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Budden.
Slanski takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Slanski with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Budden to score with a decent uppercut.
Budden stuns Slanski with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Budden throws a head kick but Slanski moves out of range.
Budden cracks Slanski with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Budden goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Joey Budden seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Budden lands a jab to the head.
Budden paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joey Budden 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.
Slanski fails with the takedown
and Budden counters with a left to the body.
Slanski takes one to the side of the head.
The fighters circling - Slanski throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Budden scores with the left hand. Slanski knows he should have avoided that one.
A swing and a miss from Budden.
Slanski takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Budden scores with a body shot.
Brian Slanski is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Slanski.
Budden lands a body shot.
Budden rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Slanski moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Budden works Slanski's body with a nice hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Slanski takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A punch combination from Slanski misses.
A punch combination from Budden misses.
Slanski uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Budden.
Slanski darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Slanski sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Budden defending well though.
Budden tries to kick Slanski off but Slanski keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Budden won't allow Slanski to pass to mount.
Slanski 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.
Slanski thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Slanski wants to pass to mount but Budden is defending the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slanski is working hard here to advance position.
Slanski is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Budden defends it well.
Budden won't allow Slanski to pass to mount.
Budden really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Slanski. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Slanski doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Budden counters with a nice uppercut.
Joey Budden is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Budden cracks Slanski with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Nice jab there from Budden.
Budden lands with a nice body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Budden. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Budden.
Slanski misses with a low kick.
Slanski slips under a jab from Budden.
Budden throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Budden connects with a good right hand that stumbles Slanski. Slanski circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Budden scores with a three punch combo!
Budden swinging wilding here.
Budden misses with a low kick.
Budden moves into range and connects with a jab.
Slanski with a poor takedown
and Budden connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brian Slanski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Slanski takes a shot right to the bread basket.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Budden throws a one two combo.
Slanski fails with a takedown attempt.
Slanski blocks a head kick by Budden.
Slanski on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Budden lands a nice hook to Slanski's body. Slanski takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Budden lands a glancing blow to the side of Slanski's head.
Slanski avoids the head kick by Budden.
Slanski walks into a left hand.
Budden fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Slanski manages to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joey Budden 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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Budden with a nice cross.
Budden connects with a crisp jab.
Budden cracks Slanski with a right hand to the side of the head.
Budden thuds a left hand into Slanski's body.
No joy there for Budden, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Budden lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Budden.
Slanski closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Slanski looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Slanski wants to work for an arm triangle but Budden is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Budden is trying to stand.
Slanski has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Slanski is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Budden has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Slanski thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Slanski throws some wild stikes that Budden manages to avoid easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Slanski has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Budden is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Brian Slanski!
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Undercard bout
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Yonsil Clanger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vernon Hope (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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141 lbs
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18
143 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Very quick |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight 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, Yonsil Clanger!
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, Vernon Hope!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Seu Braga and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hope tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Clanger swivels and escapes.
Hope avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hope shoots for a takedown but Clanger saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Hope shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Clanger as he avoids it easily.
Yonsil Clanger has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vernon Hope.
Hope throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Clanger's waist but Clanger gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Hope off to one side.
Hope looks for a takedown but Clanger sprawls well.
Clanger is looking to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Clanger closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Hope is refusing to be controlled, as Clanger sits in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Clanger working over Hope with some ground and pound. Hope looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Hope throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Clanger seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hope tries to roll over but Clanger keeps him under control.
Hope has hold of Clanger's hands but Clanger slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Clanger lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Clanger lands strikes from half guard.
Clanger scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Clanger working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Clanger takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Hope wants to improve his position but Clanger is controlling well.
Hope is looking to control Clanger's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Hope avoid being mounted?
Clanger is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Clanger is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Hope punching from the bottom.
Clanger missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hope taking some punishment here, with Clanger in his half guard.
Clanger is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Clanger trying to pass the guard but Hope defending well.
Hope looking for submissions off his back.
Hope slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Clanger stands up over Hope, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Hope wants to sweep here but Clanger controlling him for the moment.
Clanger postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Clanger keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Hope's head.
Clanger preventing the sweep.
Clanger has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Clanger lands a couple of decent looking shots.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clanger distracts Hope with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Clanger postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Clanger makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Hope has momentary wrist control but Clanger slips an elbow through the middle.
Clanger lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Hope looking for a sweep. Not yet Hope, not yet.
Clanger trying to control but Hope is working from the bottom.
Clanger is in close to Hope's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Hope throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Clanger won't allow Hope to sweep him here.
Clanger lands a couple of digs.
Hope looks gassed!
Hope working a defensive guard here.
Clanger stands up over Hope, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Clanger distracts Hope with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Clanger lands a couple of digs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clanger passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Hope manages to get back to half guard.
Clanger is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Clanger knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Hope on the ground.
Clanger is looking to take a break and control but Hope is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Clanger is working for a kimura but Hope is defending it quite comfortably.
Clanger wants to take a breather but Hope is having none of it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hope connecting with a few gentle strikes.
Hope blocking the ground and pound attempt from Clanger.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yonsil Clanger 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.
Clanger misses with a takedown attempt
and Hope counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Clanger looking to control.
Hope wants to control from the top but Clanger keeps moving.
Clanger looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hope trying to control but Clanger is working from the bottom.
Clanger throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Clanger on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Clanger tries to get out of the position.
Clanger has his foot on Hope's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Hope works his way back into a safe position though.
Hope looking to pass the guard.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Hope misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Clanger.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clanger changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Hope looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Clanger scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Hope to see if he's OK.
Clanger scoring with punches and elbows.
Hope takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Clanger landing a few strikes.
Clanger scoring with punches from side control.
Hope sneaks back into half guard.
Hope has hold of Clanger's hands but Clanger slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The fighters are battling for position here. Hope manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Hope controls Clanger momentarily but Clanger frees himself.
Yonsil Clanger overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Clanger won't allow Hope to sweep him here.
Hope is breathing heavily.
Clanger with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Hope trying to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hope tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Clanger stands up over Hope, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Clanger postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Clanger's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Clanger trying to control but Hope is working from the bottom.
Clanger postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Clanger controlling from the top position.
Hope keeping full guard, as Clanger tries to pass.
Hope is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Hope wants to work for an arm triangle but Clanger is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clanger missing with punches from the bottom.
Clanger trying to get back to full guard but Hope takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Clanger is working to get back to half guard.
Hope avoids the attempt from Clanger to control.
Clanger can't escape the position.
Clanger wants to hold on but Hope pushes him away.
Clanger is looking to improve his position but Hope isn't that keen on the idea.
Clanger regains half guard.
Hope is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Hope blocks the strikes from Clanger.
Clanger striking from the bottom.
Clanger tries to get to full guard but Hope has control of the leg.
Clanger looking for submissions off his back.
Hope wants to take a breather but Clanger is having none of it.
Clanger throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Clanger trying to control from the bottom.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Hope shoots and misses
and Clanger counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Clanger lands a nice short elbow.
Hope gets full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yonsil Clanger dominated that second round.
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!
Hope with a poor takedown
and Clanger counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Clanger trying to control the position from guard on top but Hope is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Clanger postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Clanger lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Clanger is in close to Hope's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Clanger with a nice head shot there.
Hope trying to keep a closed guard but Clanger is proving a slippery customer.
Clanger distracts Hope with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Hope takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Clanger connects with a couple of short punches.
Clanger working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Clanger scoring with punches to the head and body.
Hope is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Clanger is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hope missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Hope thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Clanger trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Hope manages to pass to mount!
Clanger really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Clanger might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Hope can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Clanger is looking to escape.
Clanger flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Hope tries to control but Clanger wriggling away.
Hope dominating with strikes here.
Clanger tries to hold on but Hope pushes him away.
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.
Clanger is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Clanger is working hard here to advance position.
Hope punishing his opponent with strikes.
Clanger slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Hope lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Clanger has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Hope is working away from the top position though.
Hope trying to control the action but Clanger is working from the bottom.
Hope throwing shots but Clanger is blocking nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clanger flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Clanger is pressing down on Hope's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Clanger looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Hope passes into side control.
Clanger tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Hope wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Hope lands an elbow.
Hope trying to control the action but Clanger is working from the bottom.
Clanger is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Hope's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Hope blocks the strikes from Clanger.
Hope trying to control from half guard but Clanger is working away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hope works his way into side control.
Hope grinds an elbow into Clanger's temple.
Hope has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Clanger!
Clanger is looking to get to half guard.
Hope raining down shots from the mount!
Clanger tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Clanger slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Clanger avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hope.
Clanger makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Clanger.
Hope trying to control but Clanger is working from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Yonsil Clanger showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Clanger has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yonsil Clanger!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Hirohidi Takanaka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randy Weese (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Takanaka comes to the cage accompanied by Bleach - Dead Blood. 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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139 lbs
4 - 3 - 0 |
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145 lbs
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Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hirohidi Takanaka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Randy Weese!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Alexandre Firmino and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Takanaka sizes up Weese with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Weese swinging wilding here.
Nice uppercut there from Takanaka.
Takanaka works the jab nicely.
Takanaka tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Takanaka uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Weese.
Some wild striking there from Weese.
Weese misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Takanaka.
A jab from Weese misses.
Takanaka takes a swing at Weese's ribcage but misses.
Weese keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Takanaka.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Takanaka closes the distance and clinches.
Takanaka scores with a hook to the body.
Takanaka will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Weese up against the cage.
Takanaka digs a right hand underneath Weese's ribcage. Weese let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Weese wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Takanaka has him pressed against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Takanaka fails to land.
Takanaka slowing the pace effectively.
Weese wants to break free but Takanaka has control.
Takanaka lands a shot to the body.
Takanaka lands a shot to the body.
Takanaka leaning his opponent against the cage.
Takanaka escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Weese throws a shot from downtown. Takanaka moves away and avoids it.
Takanaka throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Weese on the side of the head.
Weese misses with a leg kick.
Takanaka tries to clinch there but Weese circles away.
Hirohidi Takanaka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Weese misses with a shot to the body
enabling Takanaka to counter with a crisp jab.
Weese keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Takanaka bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Weese is rocked!
Are you kidding me?! Takanaka ducked down and unloaded an uppercut from hell that sent Weese clean off his feet! Someone make me a GIF - that's knockout of the night for sure!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Hirohidi Takanaka!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jack Hammer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wanderlei Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wanderlei Silva struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 171.2lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Jack Hammer has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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175 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight 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, Jack Hammer!
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, Wanderlei Silva!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Paulo Santos and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Hammer manages to work his way to half guard, despite Silva's best efforts.
Silva 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! Hammer is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Wanderlei Silva!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Thiago Maia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carlos Maine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Maia might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to I Get Knocked Down. The crowd seem to be enjoying Maine's choice of entrance music: 99 Problems. Carlos Maine is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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143 lbs
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135 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
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Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thiago Maia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Carlos Maine!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Edson Gomes and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maia avoids the head kick by Maine.
Maine takes a swing at Maia's ribcage but misses.
Maine throws a series of strikes that have Maia backpedaling.
Maia shoots in for a takedown but Maine shows good takedown defense.
Maia swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Maia misses the shot to the body.
Maine ducks right into an uppercut from Maia.
Maia looks to land a right hand but Maine moved out of range.
Maia throws a jab when Maine was well out of range.
Maine fails with the takedown
and Maia counters with a nice body shot.
Maine avoids the body shot from Maia.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maine takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Nice sprawl there from Maia as Maine shoots in.
Maine misses with a takedown
and Maia counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Thiago Maia has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Carlos Maine.
Maine shoots and misses
so Maia counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Maia advances position into side control!
Maia is looking to take a break and control but Maine is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Maia grinds an elbow into Maine's temple.
Maia wants to lay and pray for a moment but Maine keeps working.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maia is trying to get an arm triangle but Maine is defending well.
Maine tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Sloppy strikes there by Maia.
Maia thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Maine regains half guard.
Maine moves into full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maia wants to control from the top but Maine keeps moving.
Maia won't allow Maine to sweep him here.
Maine manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Maia manages to get himself to full guard.
Maia utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Maia looking to control.
Maine pushing down on Maia's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Maine looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Maia is looking to improve his position.
Maine frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maine unloads with some shots from mount but Maia bucks and avoids them well.
Maine throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Maine working for a guillotine from mount but Maia is in no mood to give up.
Maine prevents Maia from getting the reversal.
Maine swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Maia is now in Maine's guard. A big mistake from Maine there, giving up the dominant position!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Maine wants to sweep but no luck.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thiago Maia dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Maia looks to score with a jab to the body but Maine is just out of range.
Maia jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Maia throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Maine misses with a takedown attempt
and Maia counters with a single leg into guard. Maine didn't expect that.
Maia pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Maine is keeping the position for now.
Maine has his foot on Maia's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Maia works his way back into a safe position though.
Maia is looking to work some ground and pound but Maine has wrist control.
Maine has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Maia can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Maia works over Maine with some ground and pound from guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maia is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Maine is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Maia has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Maia wants to control from the top but Maine keeps moving.
Maine looking for a sweep. Not yet Maine, not yet.
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.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Maia misses with an uppercut.
Maia misses with a straight left.
Maine swinging wilding here.
Maine shoots and misses
and Maia counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Maine tries to move into range but Maia moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Maine on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Maine feints and as Maia raises his hands in defense, Maine changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Maine trying to control the position from guard on top but Maia is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Maine content to sit in guard, stalling... Great. Oh but he could get punished here because Maia has locked up a guillotine! Maia's face is contorted as he sqeezes tight on the submission attempt - will he finish? Maine is holding on here and Maia must be using up a lot of energy. Maine has gone limp! He's out! He's out cold! Maia gets to his feet, tossing aside his stricken foe. Arms raised, he milks the applause from the crowd. Great submission!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Thiago Maia!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frank Breech (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Pato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Breech's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, "Flight of the Bumble-bee" by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Alex Pato enters the cage!
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210 lbs
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211 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Very strong |
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Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Frank Breech!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alex Pato!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Leandro Rodrigues and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Breech moves in looking to clinch but Pato pushes him off.
Breech misses with a kick to the body.
Breech tries to close the distance and clinch but Pato swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pato drops Breech with a beautiful combination! Breech stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Pato is looking for the KO!
It looks like Frank Breech has been cut.
Breech moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Breech tries a head kick but it misses.
Breech is looking to clinch.
Breech blocks a head kick by Pato.
Pato throws a right hand that Breech ducks under and follows up with a left that Breech also avoids with ease.
Breech clinches.
Breech throws an elbow but it misses.
Breech controlling the action here for a moment.
With the fighters up against the cage, Breech throws an elbow but misses.
Breech gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Pato blocks the elbow strike.
Pato blocks the elbow strike.
Pato blocks the elbow strike.
Pato tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Breech throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pato blocks an elbow strike from Breech.
Pato dodges an elbow strike from Breech.
Breech just leaning against Pato, taking a breather.
With the fighters up against the cage, Breech throws an elbow but misses.
Pato breaks from the clinch.
Breech throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Breech rushes Pato and presses him up against the cage.
Breech misses with a knee strike.
Breech throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Pato is trying to break free.
Breech throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Pato goes for a takedown attempt but Breech pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Pato shoots for a takedown but Breech saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Frank Breech has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alex Pato.
Breech moves into the clinch successfully.
Breech lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Breech lands an elbow inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Breech throws an elbow that misses.
Pato takes an elbow to the forehead.
Pato blocks the elbow strike.
Breech lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Breech throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Breech throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Pato blocks an elbow strike from Breech.
Breech lands an elbow that stopped Pato in his tracks for a moment.
Breech lands an elbow that stopped Pato in his tracks for a moment.
Breech creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Pato tries for a takedown but Breech manages to get underhooks.
Breech lands an elbow that stopped Pato in his tracks for a moment.
It looks like Alex Pato has been cut.
Pato blocks the elbow strike.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Breech misses with a knee strike.
Breech stalling against the cage.
Pato blocks an elbow strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Breech just misses with a elbow thrown towards Pato's brow.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Pato blocks an elbow strike from Breech.
Pato jumps guard but Breech stands there with Pato around his waist. Pato gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Breech throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Pato pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Breech tries to clinch up but Pato circles away and keeps his distance.
Breech tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pato swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pato 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.
Breech looking to hit a scissor sweep but Pato is one step ahead there.
Pato lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Pato has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pato pushing down on Breech's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Breech on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Breech tries to get out of the position.
Well, if Pato is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Breech is trying to stand back up but Pato is controlling him
Pato sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Breech defending well though.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Breech is refusing to be controlled, as Pato sits in half guard.
Breech pushes Pato off looking to stand but Pato dives back in and keeps control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Breech dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.
Pato jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Pato bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Breech pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Pato shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Breech bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Pato's guard.
Pato has control of Breech's left arm, preventing Breech from doing any damage.
Pato manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Breech is wriggling around trying to escape.
Pato looking to finish with strikes here!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pato throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Poor strikes thrown by Pato there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Pato scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Breech?
Breech is bucking up trying to escape but Pato cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Breech really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Breech is working hard here to advance position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pato tries to control but Breech wriggling away.
Pato lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Breech can't escape the position.
Pato raining down shots from the mount!
Breech in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Pato postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Breech in real trouble here! The ref calls for Breech to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alex Pato!
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