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Tenacity 4: Dominance PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Livramento (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leonidas Castro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Leonidas Castro has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Antonio Livramento!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Leonidas Castro!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Felipe Paraventi and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Livramento stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Livramento wants it to stay on the feet.
Castro shoots for a takedown but Livramento saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Livramento feints and as Castro raises his hands in defense, Livramento changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Livramento would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Livramento is working Castro over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Castro wants to get back to his feet but Livramento is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Castro controls Livramento momentarily but Livramento frees himself.
Castro wants to stand but Livramento is controlling the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Livramento works over Castro with some ground and pound from guard.
Livramento stands up and waves to Castro to follow him.
Castro tries to clinch there but Livramento circles away.
Castro moves in looking to clinch but Livramento pushes him off.
Livramento decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Livramento missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Livramento wants to take a breather but Castro is having none of it.
Livramento 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.
Livramento prevents Castro from improving his position.
Livramento is working for a submission of some sort.
Livramento has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Castro defend it? Livramento steps over the head and cranks it - Castro is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Livramento!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Antonio Livramento!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lucas Carvalho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruno Xavier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carvalho comes into the arena with Monster Magnet - Powertrip blaring out of the sound system. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lucas Carvalho!
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, Bruno Xavier!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Thiago Cunha and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Xavier shoots in for a takedown but Carvalho shows good takedown defense.
Xavier scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Xavier is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Carvalho has escaped the position, nice work there.
Xavier looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Carvalho throws Xavier to one side and escapes!
A solid leg kick lands there for Xavier.
Carvalho is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Carvalho tries to clinch but Xavier is having none of it.
Carvalho slaps away a takedown attempt from Xavier, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Xavier shoots in for a takedown but Carvalho shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Lucas Carvalho has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bruno Xavier.
Horrible takedown by Xavier or perhaps it was just good defense by Carvalho which made him look bad.
Xavier misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Xavier shoots for a takedown but Carvalho saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Carvalho shoots in and bounces Xavier off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Xavier had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Carvalho defends it easily.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Carvalho wants to stand but Xavier has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Carvalho wants to stand and escape but instead Xavier has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Xavier 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.
Carvalho knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Xavier on the ground.
Carvalho 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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Xavier 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.
Xavier thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Xavier thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Xavier thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Xavier drops back looking for a submission - "I'm sorry sir, but I'm gunna break your leg" says Xavier as he cranks on the unfortunate limb! Carvalho screams and taps out before any major damage is done! Don't mess with Xavier! Nice submission victory there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Bruno Xavier!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mukanda Fofana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gheorghe Muresan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Muresan has chosen Bing Bang by Korki Buchek as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Solid boxing
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mukanda Fofana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gheorghe Muresan!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Seu Braga and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Fofana.
Muresan catches Fofana napping and connects with a big right hand that sends Fofana to the canvas!
It looks like Mukanda Fofana has been cut.
Muresan trying to control but Fofana is working from the bottom.
Fofana manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Muresan manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Muresan regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Fofana.
Fofana throws a big right hand that misses.
Muresan trying to control the position.
Fofana stops Muresan from standing up.
Fofana postures up in Muresan's guard and throws a big left but Muresan blocks it.
Fofana in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Fofana stopping the sweep attempt from Muresan.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Muresan bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Fofana's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Muresan slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from Fofana.
Fofana is breathing heavily.
Muresan trying to control from half guard but Fofana is working away.
Fofana missing with punches from the bottom.
Fofana tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Muresan works his way into full mount!
Muresan looking to control but Fofana is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Fofana tries to improve his position but instead Muresan has taken his back!
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 fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A lull in the action here.
Muresan has good solid back control here.
Muresan is hanging on to Fofana's back as he tries to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Muresan's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Muresan patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
Fofana has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Muresan.
Fofana trying to control the action but Muresan just sinks the hooks in.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muresan patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
Fofana looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Muresan trying to control momentarily.
Muresan biding his time, controlling Fofana.
Muresan trying to control.
Despite being in the dominant position, Gheorghe Muresan just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Muresan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Muresan fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Fofana.
Muresan drops his shoulder and cracks Fofana with a huge uppercut! Fofana goes down! Can Muresan finish him?
Fofana is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fofana keeping moving, preventing Muresan from controlling successfully.
Muresan stopping the sweep attempt from Fofana.
Fofana trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Muresan wants to control from the top but Fofana keeps moving.
Muresan sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Fofana's guard.
Muresan controlling the action here.
Muresan sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Fofana defending well though.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Muresan works his way into full mount!
Fofana swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gheorghe Muresan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mukanda Fofana's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from Muresan! Fofana is out on his feet! Muresan rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - Fofana is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! Fofana is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gheorghe Muresan!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between chris ownage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Liberato Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Mass Hypnosis kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! chris ownage could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Liberato Silva's chin.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Brawler
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, chris ownage!
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, Liberato Silva!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Emerson Jorge and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
ownage circles away from the clinch attempt.
ownage misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Silva.
ownage is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Silva's half guard.
Silva is trying to stand.
Silva won't allow ownage to pass to mount.
ownage works his foot free and advances to mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
ownage controlling from the full mount.
ownage breaks from Silva's wrist control and lands an elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva is trying to stand up.
ownage content just to control the position here.
ownage working for a submission but Silva is keeping him at bay.
ownage controlling the pace for now.
ownage breaks from Silva's wrist control and lands an elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
ownage lands with some strikes.
ownage tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Silva is trying to stand up.
ownage throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Silva because ownage loaded up on that one.
You get the feeling that Silva really doesn't like being in this position too much.
ownage in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
ownage can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Silva is looking to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva is trying to stand.
ownage looking to control but Silva is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Silva is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Silva is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
BOOM! ownage connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
ownage scoring with strikes but Silva is staying in there.
Silva is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
ownage looking to control and managing it successfully.
ownage landing strikes, looking to finish!
Silva is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
ownage raining down shots from the mount!
ownage tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
chris ownage dominated that 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.
Silva swinging wilding here.
ownage swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
ownage shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Silva is trying to defend but ownage finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
ownage performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva is trying to stand.
ownage is controlling the pace.
Silva is trying to stand up here but ownage is controlling him well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
ownage is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with ownage in particular looking to stall.
Silva wants to get back to his feet.
Well, if ownage 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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee stands the fighters back up. chris ownage just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
ownage shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than ownage was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
ownage connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Silva's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
ownage working the ground and pound effectively.
Silva is breathing heavily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
ownage trying to control but Silva is having none of it.
Silva is trying to stand.
ownage tries to control but Silva wriggling away.
Silva squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
ownage has hold of Silva's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Silva manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
chris ownage dominated that second round.
That's time! ownage's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
ownage swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Silva with a poor takedown
and ownage counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Silva's guard now.
Silva wants to stand but ownage is controlling the position.
ownage works over Silva with some ground and pound from guard.
Silva is wriggling around but ownage manages to pass to half guard.
ownage keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Silva takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
ownage wants to free his trapped foot but Silva is holding on for dear life with his legs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
ownage with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
ownage is keen to just control but Silva is a slippery customer.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with ownage in particular looking to stall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
ownage is looking for a kimura but Silva is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for ownage to get the leverage.
Silva pushes ownage off and gets back to his feet.
ownage misses with a wild combination.
Silva misses with a takedown
and ownage counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
ownage might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Silva is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst ownage is controlling him.
ownage stands and steps away. Silva gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
ownage scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Liberato Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
ownage tries to advance to mount but Silva denies him.
Silva is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
ownage is working Silva over with some ground and pound from side control.
ownage in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
ownage creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Silva sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
ownage is looking to take a break and control but Silva is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Silva is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, ownage asserts his dominance and retains side control.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
ownage fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Silva sprawls well initially but ownage persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
chris ownage overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
ownage perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
ownage seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
And that's the end of the fight!
chris ownage showed his dominance in that final round.
Well ownage 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:27
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... chris ownage!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bem Grim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruno Paiva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grim comes to the cage accompanied by PAMPA mc tevez. Bem Grim has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bem Grim!
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, Bruno Paiva!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Edson Gomes and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paiva is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Grim's half guard.
Paiva is trying for a kimura here. Grim looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Paiva wins by kimura!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Bruno Paiva!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Combo Bronx (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mikael Akerfeldt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Akerfeldt has chosen Amon Amarth - Guardians Of Asgaard as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The key to victory for Combo Bronx has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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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
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Combo Bronx!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mikael Akerfeldt!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Mauricio Rocha and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bronx stuffs the takedown attempt from Akerfeldt. Akerfeldt gets slowly back to his feet.
Bronx closes the distance and clinches.
Bronx escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Bronx feints and as Akerfeldt raises his hands in defense, Bronx changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Bronx has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Akerfeldt is proving hard to escape from.
Akerfeldt has an active guard here but Bronx has managed to pass into half guard.
Bronx wants to lay and pray for a moment but Akerfeldt keeps working.
Bronx is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Akerfeldt is trying desperately to improve position.
Bronx controlling his opponent.
Bronx prevents Akerfeldt from getting the reversal.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Akerfeldt slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Akerfeldt tries to get to full guard but Bronx has control of the leg.
Akerfeldt looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Akerfeldt looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Akerfeldt looks gassed!
Bronx is taking a breather. Akerfeldt says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Akerfeldt looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Bronx seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Akerfeldt has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Bronx escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Bronx!
Bronx stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Akerfeldt on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Bronx. Bronx obviously looking to wear him down.
Mikael Akerfeldt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Akerfeldt slaps away a takedown attempt from Bronx, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Bronx fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Akerfeldt, pushing him back against the cage.
Bronx pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bronx feints and as Akerfeldt raises his hands in defense, Bronx changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Bronx trying to control but Akerfeldt is working from the bottom.
Bronx tries to free his leg and advance position but Akerfeldt is retaining full guard.
Akerfeldt working for a triangle but Bronx defends it easily.
Akerfeldt is looking for a triangle here but Bronx uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Akerfeldt tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Bronx wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Bronx wants to lay and pray for a moment but Akerfeldt keeps working.
Akerfeldt gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Akerfeldt looking for submissions off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Combo Bronx dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Akerfeldt takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Akerfeldt misses with a takedown
and Bronx counters with a single leg into guard. Akerfeldt didn't expect that.
Bronx trying to control but Akerfeldt is working from the bottom.
Bronx stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Akerfeldt has his takedown stuffed
so Bronx counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Akerfeldt has an active guard here but Bronx has managed to pass into half guard.
Bronx takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Akerfeldt is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Bronx jumps into side control!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bronx just content to control the position.
Akerfeldt is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Bronx throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Akerfeldt.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bronx. That's going to slow Akerfeldt down.
Bronx scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Akerfeldt is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Bronx.
Akerfeldt fails with the takedown
letting Bronx counter with a right hand.
Combo Bronx has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mikael Akerfeldt.
Bronx throws a nice looking combination but Akerfeldt bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bronx throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Bronx fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Akerfeldt fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Bronx avoids it really well and circles away.
Bronx leaves Akerfeldt with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Bronx shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Akerfeldt as he jumps to the side.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Akerfeldt shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Bronx counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Akerfeldt!
Akerfeldt can't escape the position.
Akerfeldt is squirming around, avoiding Bronx's attempts to control the action.
Akerfeldt tries to reverse the position but Bronx maintains control.
Bronx tries to control but Akerfeldt wriggling away.
Akerfeldt is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Akerfeldt is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bronx knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Akerfeldt on the ground.
Bronx looking to secure an arm triangle but Akerfeldt defends it well.
Bronx can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Akerfeldt is looking to escape.
Combo Bronx overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Akerfeldt sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Combo Bronx dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!
Bronx lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Bronx lands a nice leg kick that just misses Akerfeldt's sensitive parts.
Akerfeldt looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Bronx feints and as Akerfeldt raises his hands in defense, Bronx changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Akerfeldt keeping moving, preventing Bronx from controlling successfully.
Bronx is really struggling to control Akerfeldt but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Bronx controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Akerfeldt looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Bronx has picked Akerfeldt up and slammed him! Akerfeldt can't keep hold of the triangle and Bronx manages to pass to side control!
Bronx is looking to take a break and control but Akerfeldt is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Akerfeldt gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Bronx moves into side control, avoiding a weak kimura attempt from Akerfeldt.
Akerfeldt sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Akerfeldt is looking to improve his position.
Akerfeldt looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Akerfeldt actively working from the bottom here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Akerfeldt actively working from the bottom here.
Akerfeldt is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Akerfeldt looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Akerfeldt has hold of a guillotine but he's not going to be able to crank on it really with only half guard, so it's no trouble for Bronx. Oh but Akerfeldt has got full guard now! Oh boy! This one could be over very soon! Bronx goes limp - he's gone! Akerfeldt jumps up and celebrates with the crowd - fantastic submission finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Mikael Akerfeldt!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Raymond Daniels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Gailfus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ryan Gailfus has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Raymond Daniels's chin.
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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 bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Raymond Daniels!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ryan Gailfus!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Alexandre Firmino and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gailfus misses with a wild combination.
Gailfus pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gailfus works the jab nicely.
It looks like Raymond Daniels has been cut.
Daniels is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gailfus fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Daniels.
Daniels is looking to clinch.
Daniels ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gailfus keeps the fight on the outside.
Daniels really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Gailfus shoots for a takedown but Daniels saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Gailfus shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Daniels is trying to defend but Gailfus finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Daniels is breathing heavily.
Gailfus tries to stand but can't do so whilst Daniels controls his leg.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gailfus is thwarting Daniels's attempts to control the position.
Gailfus wants to get back to his feet.
Gailfus thows a huge punch but Daniels dodges it nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Gailfus sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Gailfus is keen to just control but Daniels is a slippery customer.
Gailfus controlling the pace.
Gailfus's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Gailfus lands a nice short elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gailfus throwing shots but Daniels is blocking nicely.
Gailfus tries to stand but can't do so whilst Daniels controls his leg.
Gailfus works his way into side control.
Gailfus trying to control the action but Daniels is working from the bottom.
Gailfus advances to full mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Gailfus tries to control but Daniels wriggling away.
Daniels is working to get back to half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Gailfus is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryan Gailfus dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Raymond Daniels's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Gailfus shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Daniels defends it nicely.
Gailfus will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Gailfus clinches up against the cage.
Gailfus gets control of Daniels's arms and successfully pulls guard. Gailfus will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Daniels stands up and waves to Gailfus to follow him.
Gailfus moves into the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gailfus lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Gailfus gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Gailfus stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Gailfus pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Daniels avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gailfus tries to clinch there but Daniels circles away.
Daniels avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gailfus is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Daniels's half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gailfus 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.
Gailfus looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gailfus wants to work for an arm triangle but Daniels is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Daniels trying to control from the bottom.
Gailfus wants to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gailfus is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Gailfus is trying to control the action in half guard but Daniels is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Gailfus thows a huge punch but Daniels dodges it nicely.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Gailfus is looking to land body kicks.
Daniels gets caught flat footed, as Gailfus shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Daniels pulls Gailfus in close to his closed guard and prevents Gailfus from doing any damage or advancing position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryan Gailfus showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Raymond Daniels's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Gailfus fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Daniels fakes the leg kick and cracks Gailfus in the body.
Gailfus misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Daniels swats away the attempt to clinch by Gailfus.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Daniels scores with a head kick.
Gailfus feints and as Daniels raises his hands in defense, Gailfus changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Daniels wants to control but Gailfus passes easily into half guard.
Daniels avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Gailfus.
Gailfus trying to control from half guard but Daniels is working away.
Daniels wants to get back to full guard.
Daniels gets full guard.
Gailfus stands up and waves to Daniels to follow him.
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.
Gailfus goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Gailfus wants to clinch
and Daniels counters with a nice double leg into side control. Gailfus won't be happy with that.
Gailfus is trying to work for a sweep but Daniels has mounted him!
Daniels gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
Gailfus shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Daniels counters by clinching up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daniels tries to pull guard but Gailfus holds him up against the cage and eventually Daniels drops back down to his feet.
Gailfus pulls guard successfully.
Gailfus keeping full guard, as Daniels tries to pass.
Gailfus has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Daniels can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Gailfus looking to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Daniels drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Daniels seems to have locked his on tight now - Gailfus screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Daniels, as he picks up the win!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:25 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Raymond Daniels!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dadinho Ze Pequeno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hannibal Von Ruthless (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Von Ruthless has chosen SF IV-Theme Of Sagat as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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265 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dadinho Ze Pequeno !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hannibal Von Ruthless!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Leandro Rodrigues and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Good body shot from Ze Pequeno .
Von Ruthless is trying to break free.
Ze Pequeno lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Von Ruthless avoids the elbow strike from Ze Pequeno , against the cage.
Ze Pequeno throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Ze Pequeno fails to land.
Ze Pequeno softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ze Pequeno keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Von Ruthless's efforts to push away.
A shot in the inside from Ze Pequeno .
Ze Pequeno misses with a punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ze Pequeno .
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A short left from Ze Pequeno .
Von Ruthless blocking some punches.
Ze Pequeno looking to throw knees to the head but Von Ruthless is blocking nicely.
Von Ruthless's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Von Ruthless swats away the attempt to clinch by Ze Pequeno .
A big left from Von Ruthless misses.
Ze Pequeno blocks a head kick by Von Ruthless.
Ze Pequeno tries to clinch up but Von Ruthless circles away and keeps his distance.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Ze Pequeno lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Von Ruthless has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Von Ruthless and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Ze Pequeno doesn't manage to clinch there - Von Ruthless circles away.
Hannibal Von Ruthless seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ze Pequeno is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Von Ruthless. That's going to slow Ze Pequeno down.
Von Ruthless swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Von Ruthless scores with a one two! Ze Pequeno had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Ze Pequeno avoids the head kick by Von Ruthless.
Von Ruthless lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ze Pequeno moves in looking to clinch but Von Ruthless pushes him off.
Von Ruthless misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ze Pequeno .
Ze Pequeno takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Von Ruthless lands a nice looking body kick.
Ze Pequeno is breathing heavily.
Ze Pequeno takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Von Ruthless lands with a slapping head kick.
Von Ruthless fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Ze Pequeno .
Von Ruthless lands with a slapping head kick.
Von Ruthless pushes Ze Pequeno away with a front kick.
Von Ruthless connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danga de danga de dang - Von Ruthless scores with a four punch combination!
Ze Pequeno is rocked!
Von Ruthless steps into range and unloads a brutal right left combo! Ze Pequeno is out on his feet! Von Ruthless sets himself and nearly takes Ze Pequeno 's head off with a straight right, sending him crashing to the mat! Wow, that was nasty... but awesome! Wooo!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Hannibal Von Ruthless!
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