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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Heinrich Von Hossenfeffer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Igor Potempkin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Von Hossenfeffer kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Tik Tok. 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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173 lbs
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179 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
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
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Heinrich Von Hossenfeffer!
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, Igor Potempkin!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Leandro Rodrigues and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Potempkin connects with the punch.
Potempkin swinging wilding here.
Von Hossenfeffer takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Von Hossenfeffer lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Potempkin misses the jab.
Potempkin misses with a body shot.
A low kick from Potempkin is predictable there
and Von Hossenfeffer counters with a nice low kick that buckles Potempkin's knee momentarily.
Potempkin swats away the attempt to clinch by Von Hossenfeffer.
Potempkin looks to land a body kick but Von Hossenfeffer moved away.
Potempkin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Potempkin throws a lazy head kick
and Von Hossenfeffer counters with an inside leg kick.
Potempkin connects with a good right hand that stumbles Von Hossenfeffer. Von Hossenfeffer circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Potempkin lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Von Hossenfeffer forces Potempkin back against the cage and clinches.
Potempkin wants to get back to striking at distance but Von Hossenfeffer won't allow it.
Von Hossenfeffer lands a knee to the body.
Von Hossenfeffer lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Igor Potempkin has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Von Hossenfeffer lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Von Hossenfeffer putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Potempkin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Von Hossenfeffer using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Potempkin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Von Hossenfeffer connects with a nasty looking knee right to Potempkin's face.
Potempkin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Potempkin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Von Hossenfeffer's elbow.
Von Hossenfeffer scores with a knee to the head.
Potempkin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Von Hossenfeffer tries to land knees in the clinch but Potempkin avoids the damage to the body.
Potempkin is trying to break the clinch but Von Hossenfeffer has him pressed against the cage.
Knees to the body from Von Hossenfeffer.
Von Hossenfeffer tries a body shot but Potempkin blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Potempkin blocking some punches.
Potempkin takes a knee to the side of the body.
Von Hossenfeffer utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Potempkin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Potempkin is trying to break the clinch but Von Hossenfeffer has him pressed against the cage.
Potempkin working hard to break the clinch.
Von Hossenfeffer cracks Potempkin with a nice body shot.
Potempkin managing to block the knees to the body from Von Hossenfeffer.
Von Hossenfeffer using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Potempkin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Von Hossenfeffer scores a nice knee to the body.
Von Hossenfeffer tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Potempkin breaks the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Von Hossenfeffer defending well as Potempkin loads up on a big left hand.
Potempkin digs a good body shot into Von Hossenfeffer's ribs.
A low kick from Potempkin is predictable there
and Von Hossenfeffer holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Von Hossenfeffer misses with a knee strike.
Von Hossenfeffer with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Von Hossenfeffer with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Von Hossenfeffer connects with a nasty looking knee right to Potempkin's face.
Knees in the clinch landing for Von Hossenfeffer.
Potempkin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Von Hossenfeffer misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Potempkin.
Von Hossenfeffer is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Von Hossenfeffer with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Von Hossenfeffer misses with a knee to the head.
Potempkin managing to block the knees to the body from Von Hossenfeffer.
Potempkin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Von Hossenfeffer connects with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Von Hossenfeffer.
Von Hossenfeffer throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Potempkin blocks it with crossed arms.
Potempkin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Potempkin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Von Hossenfeffer blocks a body shot from Potempkin.
Potempkin avoiding damage as Von Hossenfeffer throws knees to the body.
Potempkin misses with the head strike.
Von Hossenfeffer tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Heinrich Von Hossenfeffer dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Igor Potempkin's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Potempkin connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Von Hossenfeffer's hands.
Potempkin takes a swing at Von Hossenfeffer's ribcage but misses.
Von Hossenfeffer takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Von Hossenfeffer throws a quick inside leg kick.
Potempkin throws a looping overhand right but Von Hossenfeffer ducks down to avoid it.
Potempkin lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Potempkin.
Potempkin misses with a looping right.
Potempkin cracks a nice hook into Von Hossenfeffer's ribs.
Potempkin throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Von Hossenfeffer makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Potempkin really felt that one!
Potempkin takes a swing at Von Hossenfeffer's ribcage but misses.
Potempkin throws a wild body kick that Von Hossenfeffer sees coming a mile off.
Von Hossenfeffer moves into the clinch.
Von Hossenfeffer with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Von Hossenfeffer lands a knee to the body.
Potempkin struggles to land a body shot inside as Von Hossenfeffer controls his hands.
Von Hossenfeffer has Potempkin pressed against the cage, preventing Potempkin from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Von Hossenfeffer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Potempkin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Potempkin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Potempkin's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Von Hossenfeffer tries to land a knee to the head but Potempkin blocks with his arms.
Von Hossenfeffer with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Potempkin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Von Hossenfeffer tries to land knees in the clinch but Potempkin avoids the damage to the body.
Potempkin managing to block the knees to the body from Von Hossenfeffer.
Von Hossenfeffer tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Von Hossenfeffer obliges.
Von Hossenfeffer utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
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.
Potempkin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Potempkin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Potempkin takes a knee right on the jaw!
Potempkin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Von Hossenfeffer has him pressed against the cage.
Von Hossenfeffer is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Von Hossenfeffer tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Von Hossenfeffer blocks a body shot from Potempkin.
Von Hossenfeffer landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Potempkin working aggressively here.
Von Hossenfeffer tries a knee to the head but Potempkin blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Von Hossenfeffer throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Potempkin blocks it with crossed arms.
Von Hossenfeffer with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Potempkin misses with some punches.
Potempkin misses with the head strike.
Potempkin wants to break the clinch but can't.
Von Hossenfeffer tries a knee to the head but Potempkin blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Von Hossenfeffer.
Von Hossenfeffer misses with a knee strike.
A head punch on the inside from Potempkin fails to land.
Von Hossenfeffer blocks an uppercut.
Potempkin is trying to force a seperation but Von Hossenfeffer has the dominant position.
Knees in the clinch landing for Von Hossenfeffer.
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.
Potempkin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Von Hossenfeffer's elbow.
Potempkin manages to break the clinch.
Potempkin misses with an uppercut. Von Hossenfeffer saw that one coming.
Potempkin moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Von Hossenfeffer thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Potempkin if he has to take too many more of those.
Potempkin throws a big shot that misses.
Igor Potempkin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A swing and a miss from Von Hossenfeffer.
Potempkin misses with a wild body shot.
Von Hossenfeffer tries a head kick but it misses.
Potempkin throws a looping overhand right but Von Hossenfeffer ducks down to avoid it.
Potempkin misses with a double jab
and Von Hossenfeffer counters with a head kick.
A low kick from Potempkin is predictable there
and Von Hossenfeffer counters with an inside leg kick.
Potempkin throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Potempkin fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Von Hossenfeffer checks it well.
Von Hossenfeffer tries to clinch but Potempkin is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Heinrich Von Hossenfeffer dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Igor Potempkin'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. This is the final round!
Potempkin throws an overhand right that lands on Von Hossenfeffer's shoulder, as Von Hossenfeffer tries to avoid the shot.
A low kick from Potempkin misses
and Von Hossenfeffer counters with a nice leg kick.
Von Hossenfeffer tries to clinch but Potempkin moves out of range.
Potempkin feints and then cracks Von Hossenfeffer's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Von Hossenfeffer down.
Potempkin scores with a leg kick.
Von Hossenfeffer keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Potempkin.
Potempkin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Potempkin just misses with a punch to the body.
Potempkin misses with a double jab
and Von Hossenfeffer counters by moving into the clinch.
Potempkin avoiding damage as Von Hossenfeffer throws knees to the body.
Potempkin wants to get back to striking at distance but Von Hossenfeffer won't allow it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Potempkin.
Potempkin misses with the head strike.
Potempkin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Von Hossenfeffer with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Von Hossenfeffer missing with knees to the body.
Von Hossenfeffer looking to throw knees to the head but Potempkin is blocking nicely.
Potempkin tries to throw a body punch but Von Hossenfeffer avoids it by throwing Potempkin back against the cage.
Von Hossenfeffer tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Potempkin misses with some punches.
Von Hossenfeffer connects with a nasty looking knee right to Potempkin's face.
Von Hossenfeffer using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Potempkin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Von Hossenfeffer tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Von Hossenfeffer lands a body shot.
Von Hossenfeffer tries to land a knee to the head but Potempkin blocks with his arms.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Von Hossenfeffer landing knees to the body.
Von Hossenfeffer is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Potempkin is defending well for now.
Von Hossenfeffer misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Potempkin.
Von Hossenfeffer misses with a knee to the head.
Potempkin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Potempkin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Potempkin.
Potempkin misses with the head strike.
Von Hossenfeffer landing knees to the body.
Von Hossenfeffer tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Von Hossenfeffer looking to throw knees to the head but Potempkin is blocking nicely.
Potempkin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Von Hossenfeffer with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Potempkin to score with a decent uppercut.
Von Hossenfeffer avoids the body shot from Potempkin.
Potempkin tries a head kick but it misses.
Potempkin throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Von Hossenfeffer counters with a nice low kick that buckles Potempkin's knee momentarily.
Von Hossenfeffer is looking to clinch.
Potempkin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Von Hossenfeffer.
Potempkin swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Von Hossenfeffer counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Igor Potempkin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Von Hossenfeffer landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Potempkin. Von Hossenfeffer does a little dance to reset his feet.
Von Hossenfeffer misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Potempkin throws a leg kick
and Von Hossenfeffer counters with a slapping leg kick.
Potempkin takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A jab from Potempkin misses.
Potempkin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Potempkin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Von Hossenfeffer manages to avoid it.
Potempkin misses with a wild body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Potempkin misses with a body punch
and Von Hossenfeffer counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Von Hossenfeffer.
Von Hossenfeffer unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Von Hossenfeffer connects with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Von Hossenfeffer obliges.
Von Hossenfeffer working Potempkin over with knees to the body.
Von Hossenfeffer with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Von Hossenfeffer throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Potempkin blocks it with crossed arms.
A frustrated look appears on Potempkin's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Potempkin has a couple of punches blocked by Von Hossenfeffer.
Von Hossenfeffer is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Von Hossenfeffer landing knees to the body.
Heinrich Von Hossenfeffer has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Potempkin has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Potempkin working aggressively here.
Potempkin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Von Hossenfeffer has him pressed against the cage.
Von Hossenfeffer tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
And that's the end of the fight!
Heinrich Von Hossenfeffer showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Von Hossenfeffer 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Heinrich Von Hossenfeffer!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jim Pounder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jamal Zulu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pounder comes to the cage accompanied by Supernatural Ass Pounder. 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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240 lbs
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Solid boxing
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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
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jim Pounder!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jamal Zulu!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Luis Engracia and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Zulu.
Zulu scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Zulu uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pounder.
Pounder slips under a jab from Zulu.
Zulu connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Zulu looks for the body kick but Pounder saw that one coming.
Zulu throws a sloppy head kick and Pounder moves out of range easily.
Zulu on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Pounder slips a jab and a cross from Zulu.
Pounder moves out of range of the strikes.
Zulu getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Pounder checks a leg kick nicely.
Pounder misses with a straight right.
Pounder tests Zulu's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Zulu is looking to land body kicks.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Zulu, right into the meat.
Zulu throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Zulu scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Pounder showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Zulu.
Pounder throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Zulu sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pounder throws a big shot that misses.
Zulu thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Pounder if he has to take too many more of those.
Zulu will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Pounder slips under a jab.
Pounder connects with a body shot.
Pounder will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Zulu misses with a wild combination.
Pounder dodges the punch combination from Zulu.
A big right from Pounder misses.
Zulu misses with a head kick.
Pounder feints and as Zulu raises his hands in defense, Pounder changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Pounder showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pounder drops back, looking for a kneebar! Zulu looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Zulu looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Zulu!
Pounder tries to bench press Zulu off him but Zulu keeps the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pounder tries to contro but end up mounted... ooooh, that's bad.
Pounder tries to hold on but Zulu postures up.
Zulu content just to control the position here.
Pounder is trying to escape the mount.
Zulu takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pounder wants to control but Zulu is having none of it.
Pounder is working to get back to half guard.
Zulu gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
Zulu just misses with a punch to the body.
Pounder throws a jab but it's blocked by Zulu.
Good leg kick by Zulu there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Pounder keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Zulu looks to score with a jab to the body but Pounder is just out of range.
Pounder slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Zulu dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Zulu will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A cross from Pounder lands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Zulu.
Pounder catches Zulu with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Pounder is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Pounder tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Zulu was well out of range. Poor timing from Pounder.
A clash of legs there as Pounder blocks the low kick.
Pounder scores with a hook to the body. Zulu takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Zulu rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pounder moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Pounder shoots for a takedown but Zulu saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Zulu throws a nice head kick!
Pounder punishes Zulu's body with a nice straight punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pounder avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pounder thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jamal Zulu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pounder ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zulu moves away.
Zulu throws a series of punches but Pounder avoids them all with ease.
Zulu lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pounder circles away quickly and effectively.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A punch combination from Zulu misses.
Zulu throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Pounder.
Zulu takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Pounder avoids a kick to the body.
Zulu throws a leg kick but Pounder sees it coming and moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Jim Pounder will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Zulu chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Pounder throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Zulu stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Zulu throws a head kick but Pounder moves out of range.
Pounder blocks a head kick by Zulu.
Jab from Pounder.
Pounder fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Zulu sprawls well initially but Pounder persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Pounder is looking to take a break and control but Zulu is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Pounder throwing shots but Zulu is blocking nicely.
Pounder 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.
Zulu trying to control here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zulu manages to get to full guard.
Zulu wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Pounder wants to pass the guard but Zulu is keeping the position.
Zulu wants to sweep here but Pounder controlling him for the moment.
Zulu avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Pounder stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Zulu swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Pounder with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Zulu wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Pounder throws a big right hand that misses.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Zulu misses with a series of wild punches.
Pounder throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Zulu sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Zulu throws a right and a left that both miss.
Pounder tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Zulu was well out of range. Poor timing from Pounder.
Zulu throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Zulu buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Zulu throws a series of punches but Pounder avoids them all with ease.
Pounder moves out of range of the body kick.
Jamal Zulu is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Zulu misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Zulu will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Pounder checks the leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zulu misses with a double jab.
Nice body kick there by Zulu.
Zulu looks to land a left hand but Pounder moved out of range nicely.
Zulu takes a jab right on the kisser.
Pounder shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Zulu pinned against the cage. Zulu gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Zulu throws a head kick that Pounder semi-blocks.
Pounder thuds his right hand into Zulu's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Zulu ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pounder moves away.
Zulu misses with a few strikes there.
Zulu misses with a head kick.
Pounder avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pounder takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Zulu throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Zulu throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Nice body punch from Zulu.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zulu misses with a shot to the body
and Pounder makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Zulu tries a head kick but it misses.
A solid body kick from Zulu.
Zulu falls off balance throwing a combination
and Pounder counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zulu pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Pounder ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Good standup being displayed there by Pounder as he connects with a hook.
Pounder misses with a looping left.
Zulu misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Zulu.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Pounder.
Zulu takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Zulu is breathing heavily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pounder avoids the head kick by Zulu.
Zulu throws a combination that misses
and Pounder counters with a takedown into side control.
Zulu is being controlled here.
Pounder is putting a hurting on Zulu here, landing some big shots from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jim Pounder dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Zulu throws a nice inside leg kick.
Zulu misses with a combination
and Pounder counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Zulu rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pounder moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Pounder is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Zulu.
Zulu stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Zulu wants it to stay on the feet.
Pounder chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Zulu can pounce on him.
Zulu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Zulu throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pounder.
Pounder throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pounder has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Zulu.
Zulu throws a right and a left that Pounder avoids nicely.
Pounder shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Zulu sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Zulu is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Pounder throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zulu tries to roll over but Pounder keeps him under control.
Pounder wants to pass to mount but Zulu is defending the position.
Zulu is controlling Pounder's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Pounder seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Zulu does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Pounder throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Pounder prevents Zulu from improving his position.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
The fighters circling - Zulu throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pounder misses the jab.
Zulu lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Pounder at a distance.
That's two 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.
Pounder has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Pounder connects with a jab.
Zulu misses with a head kick.
Zulu falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Pounder to counter with a crisp jab.
Zulu lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Zulu throws a body kick that misses.
Zulu attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Zulu throws a shot to the body.
Zulu stuns Pounder with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Zulu misses with a body shot
and Pounder cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Zulu lands a front kick.
Zulu walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Pounder checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Zulu throws a good cross that connects.
Pounder slips a jab and a cross from Zulu.
Pounder swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice uppercut there from Pounder.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zulu goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Pounder doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Zulu throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Pounder feints and as Zulu raises his hands in defense, Pounder changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Zulu wants to sweep here but Pounder controlling him for the moment.
Zulu lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Pounder!
Zulu goes for an armbar but Pounder turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Pounder.
Zulu takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Zulu holds on and takes a little breather.
Jamal Zulu has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pounder is stalling in the full guard.
Pounder won't allow Zulu to sweep him here.
Pounder 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.
Zulu can't keep his opponent in guard - Pounder advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pounder is looking to stall here but Zulu recovers full guard.
Jim Pounder is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Pounder is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jim Pounder.
Well Pounder 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 Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:27
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jim Pounder!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Sam Capitalist Oppressor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tonto Borneo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tonto Borneo is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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145 lbs
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155 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sam Capitalist Oppressor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tonto Borneo!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Seu Braga and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Capitalist Oppressor loads up on a big right hand but Borneo slips the punch.
Capitalist Oppressor throws a lazy right hand but Borneo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Capitalist Oppressor swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Borneo looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
It looks like Tonto Borneo has been cut.
Borneo takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Capitalist Oppressor pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Capitalist Oppressor uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Borneo.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Capitalist Oppressor, as that shot connected.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Capitalist Oppressor throws out a loose jab but Borneo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Borneo misses with a body kick.
Borneo throws a front kick aimed at Capitalist Oppressor's knee but Capitalist Oppressor avoids it well.
Capitalist Oppressor misses with an uppercut. Borneo saw that one coming.
Capitalist Oppressor lands a nice looking body shot.
Borneo blocks a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Borneo moves into the clinch.
Capitalist Oppressor is looking to break free of the clinch but Borneo has double underhooks.
Borneo pushes off an throws an elbow but Capitalist Oppressor leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Borneo manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Borneo manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Capitalist Oppressor manages to get himself to full guard.
Capitalist Oppressor preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Borneo sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Capitalist Oppressor's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borneo lands with a punch from half guard.
Borneo works his foot free and advances to mount.
Borneo looking to secure an arm triangle but Capitalist Oppressor defends it well.
Borneo looking to finish with strikes here!
Borneo goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Capitalist Oppressor turns into him and now he's in Borneo's guard.
Capitalist Oppressor knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Borneo on the ground.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Borneo is on top in guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Borneo pushes down on Capitalist Oppressor's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Borneo thows a huge punch but Capitalist Oppressor dodges it nicely.
Borneo tries to pass the half guard into mount. Capitalist Oppressor knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Sam Capitalist Oppressor will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Tonto Borneo's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Borneo doesn't manage to clinch there - Capitalist Oppressor circles away.
Capitalist Oppressor ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Borneo moves away.
Nice shot lands for Capitalist Oppressor.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Borneo shoots in for a takedown but Capitalist Oppressor shows good takedown defense.
Capitalist Oppressor throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Borneo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Capitalist Oppressor throws a hook to the side of Borneo's head but Borneo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Capitalist Oppressor slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Capitalist Oppressor swings for the body but Borneo moves out of range.
Capitalist Oppressor throws a jab but it's blocked by Borneo.
Borneo has Capitalist Oppressor up against the cage in a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Borneo keeps control of Capitalist Oppressor as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Borneo takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Borneo tries to pull guard but Capitalist Oppressor won't allow it.
Borneo tries to land knees in the clinch but Capitalist Oppressor avoids the damage to the body.
Nice elbow from Borneo.
The referee calls for Borneo to work.
Borneo tries to throw a body punch but Capitalist Oppressor avoids it by throwing Borneo back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borneo misses with an elbow strike.
Capitalist Oppressor being controlled against the cage.
Borneo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Capitalist Oppressor wants to break the clinch but can't.
Borneo digs a right hand underneath Capitalist Oppressor's ribcage. Capitalist Oppressor let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short uppercut from Borneo.
Borneo fails to pull guard.
Sam Capitalist Oppressor has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tonto Borneo.
Borneo keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Capitalist Oppressor's efforts to push away.
Borneo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Capitalist Oppressor has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's four 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.
Borneo dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Capitalist Oppressor's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Borneo throws a head kick but Capitalist Oppressor moves out of range.
Capitalist Oppressor throws a body punch but Borneo moves out of range.
Borneo misses with a low kick.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Capitalist Oppressor thuds a left hand into Borneo's body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sam Capitalist Oppressor dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tonto Borneo'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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
A leg kick checked by Capitalist Oppressor.
Capitalist Oppressor jabbing away but nothing is landing.
No luck for Borneo with that takedown attempt.
Borneo takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Borneo walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Capitalist Oppressor checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Borneo takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Borneo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Borneo staying out of range there.
Borneo will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Sam Capitalist Oppressor is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Borneo doesn't manage to clinch there - Capitalist Oppressor circles away.
Capitalist Oppressor looks to score with a jab to the body but Borneo is just out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Capitalist Oppressor throws a hook to the side of Borneo's head but Borneo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Borneo is looking to clinch.
Borneo does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Borneo moves out of range as Capitalist Oppressor strikes.
Capitalist Oppressor avoids a kick to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Capitalist Oppressor looks to score with a jab to the body but Borneo is just out of range.
Capitalist Oppressor throws a hook but Borneo blocks it.
A big left from Capitalist Oppressor misses.
A jab from Capitalist Oppressor misses.
Borneo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Capitalist Oppressor swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Capitalist Oppressor swats away the attempt to clinch by Borneo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Capitalist Oppressor misses with a hook. Borneo ducked under it nicely.
Borneo has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Capitalist Oppressor finds it's way round the side to connect with Borneo's head.
Borneo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Capitalist Oppressor takes a head kick and keeps coming.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sam Capitalist Oppressor showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Capitalist Oppressor, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sam Capitalist Oppressor!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Silva Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mata Leon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Leon is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Bodies. On his way into the cage it seems that Silva Silva has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Silva Silva seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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192 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
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190 lbs
7 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Excellent boxer
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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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Silva Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mata Leon!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Matheus Silva and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leon lands with a shot to the body.
Leon fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Silva looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fighters circle momentarily. Leon darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Leon misses with a wild body shot.
Leon fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Silva looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Leon feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Silva sprawling to the canvas! Silva rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Leon finish him?!
Silva is rocked!
It looks like Silva Silva has been cut.
Leon scores with a hook to the body. Silva takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Oh Silva is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Leon lands a jab to Silva's midsection.
Silva seems to have got his legs back now.
Leon lands with a nice body punch.
Leon drops Silva with a huge uppercut! Silva drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Leon is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mata Leon!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Will Hardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Breech (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Hardy might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to AC/DC - Shoot To Thrill. Breech has chosen "Flight of the Bumble-bee" by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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217 lbs
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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
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Will Hardy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Frank Breech!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Seu Braga and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hardy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Breech sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Breech misses with a kick to the body.
Hardy moves out of range of the body kick from Breech.
Hardy avoids the head kick by Breech.
Breech is looking to land body kicks.
A lazy left from Breech finds it's target.
It looks like Will Hardy has been cut.
Breech throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Breech throws a push kick but Hardy slaps the foot to one side.
Hardy lands a body shot.
Hardy moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Breech misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hardy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Breech moves away.
A leg kick checked by Breech.
Hardy tries to clinch but Breech moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy throws a leg kick which misses Breech's front leg but catches the back leg as Breech tries to avoid it.
Hardy throws a sloppy body shot
and Breech counters with a good low kick that Hardy was not able to check.
A head kick misses from Breech.
Hardy blocks a head kick by Breech.
Breech gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Hardy gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Breech counters with a good, hard body kick but Hardy shrugs it off.
Breech throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Hardy.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Breech throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Hardy throws a leg kick
and Breech counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Breech throws a body kick the misses
and Hardy counters with an inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Breech misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hardy wants to clinch.
Breech takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Hardy misses with a jab to the body
and Breech counters with a nice uppercut.
Hardy tries to bum rush Breech with a series of wild strikes but Breech uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hardy throws a looping overhand right but Breech ducks down to avoid it.
Breech takes a swing at Hardy's ribcage but misses.
Breech tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hardy just misses with a punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Breech throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A nice inside leg kick there by Breech. That's going to slow Hardy down.
Hardy throws a lazy right hand but Breech sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hardy stalks Breech and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Breech's face. Breech staggers backwards, shaken.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hardy. That's going to slow Breech down.
Hardy throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hardy avoids the head kick by Breech.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Breech.
Breech throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hardy throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardy missing with a left hand there. Breech was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Breech swats away the attempt to clinch by Hardy.
Hardy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Breech was well out of range. Poor timing from Hardy.
Hardy misses with a looping left.
Breech staying out of range there.
Will Hardy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hardy misses with a combination
and Breech counters with a head kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hardy misses with a leg kick
and Breech counters with a solid body kick.
Hardy looks to land a left hand but Breech moved out of range nicely.
Hardy attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Breech dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Will Hardy's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Breech throws a head kick but Hardy moves out of range.
Breech thows a body kick. Hardy tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Hardy lands a nice hook to Breech's body. Breech takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Breech throws a lazy head kick
and Hardy counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Breech tries a head kick but it misses.
A low kick from Hardy misses
and Breech counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
A low kick from Hardy is predictable there
and Breech counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Hardy is lucky that one didn't land flush.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hardy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hardy throws a nice looking combination but Breech bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Breech keeps the fight on the outside.
Breech moves away from the strike by Hardy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Breech thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Hardy if he has to take too many more of those.
Breech misses with a head kick.
Breech throws a head kick that misses
and Breech takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Breech is looking to slow Hardy down with leg kicks.
Hardy lands with a nice combination. Breech backs away looking to recover.
Hardy looks to land a right hand but Breech moved out of range.
Breech tries to land a front kick but Hardy steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Breech tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Breech throws a nice inside leg kick.
Frank Breech seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Breech misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Breech goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hardy throws a leg kick
and Breech counters with a solid body kick.
Breech misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Breech chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Hardy blocks a head kick by Breech.
Hardy plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Breech throws a head kick that misses
and Hardy counters with an inside leg kick.
Breech slips under a jab from Hardy.
Breech ducks under a wild hook from Hardy.
Breech fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hardy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Breech lands a high kick!
Hardy looks to land a left hand but Breech moved out of range nicely.
Hardy throws the left hand but Breech avoids the punch easily.
Hardy misses with an uppercut.
Hardy throws a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Breech keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hardy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Breech lands a nice looking kick to the body. Hardy takes a step back to recover.
Breech connects with a high kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hardy on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Breech. Breech obviously looking to wear him down.
Hardy is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Breech tries a head kick but it misses.
Breech fails to land with a series of punches.
Hardy takes a kick to the side of the head.
Breech fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Hardy checks it well.
Hardy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Breech was well out of range. Poor timing from Hardy.
Breech uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hardy.
Breech thows a leg kick but Hardy checks it
and Hardy counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jab, jab by Hardy - just one landing.
Hardy misses with a double jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Breech showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Will Hardy'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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Hardy throws a leg kick but Breech moved away.
Breech ducks under a wild hook from Hardy.
Hardy looks to score with a jab to the body but Breech is just out of range.
Breech has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hardy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Breech sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hardy throws a head kick that misses
and Breech makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Hardy throws a wild body kick that Breech sees coming a mile off.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Hardy might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Hardy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Breech moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hardy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Breech manages to avoid it.
Hardy misses the body punch
and Breech counters with a big head kick but Hardy shrugs it off.
Hardy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Breech throws a lazy head kick
and Hardy holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Breech escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Breech tries a head kick but it misses.
Hardy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Breech was well out of range. Poor timing from Hardy.
Breech slips a straight right by Hardy.
Breech has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Hardy finds it's way round the side to connect with Breech's head.
A head kick by Hardy misses
and Breech counters with an outside leg kick.
Hardy connects with the punch.
Hardy throws a big shot that misses.
Hardy throws an overhand right that lands on Breech's shoulder, as Breech tries to avoid the shot.
Hardy takes a kick to the side of the head.
Breech throws a head kick that misses
and Hardy counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Breech throws a lazy head kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Hardy misses with a straight right.
Hardy avoids a kick to the body.
Will Hardy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Breech checks the leg kick nicely there.
Hardy blocks a head kick by Breech.
Frank Breech is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A slow jab from Hardy misses its intended target.
A jab from Hardy does it's job there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hardy avoids a kick to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Breech.
Hardy misses with a looping right.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Breech lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Hardy scores with a crisp jab that stopped Breech in his tracks.
Breech lets loose with a powerful body kick. Hardy will feel that in the morning.
Breech lands with a nice body kick.
Hardy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Breech lands a front kick.
Breech pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hardy throws a jab when Breech was well out of range.
Hardy misses with a leg kick
and Breech counters with a one-two to the body.
Hardy tries to land a front kick but Breech steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardy motions for Breech to come forward. Hardy throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hardy misses the shot to the body.
A shot to the body from Hardy misses
and Breech counters with a body kick that stops Hardy in his tracks momentarily.
Hardy misses with a jab to the body
and Breech counters with a right hand to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A head kick by Breech misses
and Hardy cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Breech keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A head kick misses from Breech.
Hardy takes a kick to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Breech connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Breech blocks a jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
Frank Breech comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Breech winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 27:30
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Frank Breech!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Thiago Conde (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wade Fisher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wade Fisher acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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133 lbs
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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thiago Conde!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wade Fisher!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Alexandre Firmino and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Conde misses with an uppercut.
Fisher uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Conde.
Conde loads up on a big right hand but Fisher slips the punch.
Conde swinging wilding here.
The crowd cheers as Conde lands an impressive looking overhand right. Fisher doesn't seem phased though.
Nice defenses there by Fisher.
Conde looks to land a combination but Fisher avoids it well.
Conde looks to score with a jab to the body but Fisher is just out of range.
Fisher shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Conde as he jumps to the side.
Conde misses with a straight left.
A telegraphed right hand from Fisher misses the target.
Thiago Conde seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Conde fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fisher is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Fisher scores with a takedown into Conde's guard.
Fisher drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Fisher jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Fisher drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Conde dives on top into guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fisher has his foot on Conde's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Conde works his way back into a safe position though.
Fisher is looking for a triangle but Conde pushes his legs off easily.
Fisher escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Conde gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Fisher looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Conde is defending well. Fisher quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Conde has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Fisher celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Wade Fisher!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Piston Honda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Greg Sii (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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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Piston Honda!
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, Greg Sii!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Leandro Rodrigues and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sii fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Honda scores with a body shot.
Sii swings for the body but Honda moves out of range.
A big right from Sii misses.
Sii throws a sloppy body shot
and Honda counters with a thumping low kick.
Sii avoids the head kick by Honda.
Honda moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Sii takes a swing at Honda's ribcage but misses.
Horrible takedown by Sii or perhaps it was just good defense by Honda which made him look bad.
Sii drives through with a takedown into guard.
Sii is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Sii sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Honda bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Sii's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Honda wants to pass the guard but Sii is keeping the position.
Sii tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Honda stands and throws Sii's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Honda works to advance to full mount. Sii defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Sii can't escape the position.
Honda misses with a head shot.
Honda wants to control the pace but Sii is squirming around nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Honda sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Sii is wriggling around trying to escape.
Sii is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Honda trying to control but Sii is having none of it.
Sii is in all sorts of trouble here.
Honda tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Honda wants to control the pace but Sii is squirming around nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honda punching from mount but Sii doing a good job of avoiding damage.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Honda throws a strike there. Sii manages to avoid it well and slips a leg under to get to half guard.
Sii is trying to get back to full guard.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Sii avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Honda ducks under a wild hook from Sii.
Honda steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sii.
Sii comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Piston Honda is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sii throws a looping overhand right but Honda ducks down to avoid it.
Honda is looking to clinch but Sii is avoiding it.
Sii misses with a body shot.
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.
Sii takes a swing at Honda's ribcage but misses.
Honda throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Honda tries to clinch but Sii is having none of it.
Sii connects with a jab.
Sii scores with a jab to the jaw.
Honda rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sii moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sii looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Honda!
Sii thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Honda holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Sii tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Sii tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Sii can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Honda is looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Piston Honda will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Sii drives through with a takedown into guard.
Honda tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Sii is stalling in the full guard.
Honda looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sii is one step ahead there.
Sii working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Sii's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sii trying to control but Honda is working from the bottom.
Sii throws a big right hand that misses.
Sii looking to sit in guard and control but Honda gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Honda wants to pass the guard but Sii is keeping the position.
Sii has Honda pulled in close to control his posture.
Honda pushing down on Sii's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Sii moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Honda has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Sii is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Sii keeping full guard, as Honda tries to pass.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Sii can do anything to dispel that myth.
Sii manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Honda is looking to improve his position but Sii isn't that keen on the idea.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sii trying to control but Honda is having none of it.
Sii is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Sii landing shots from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
A nice elbow there by Sii.
Sii trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Sii throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Sii controlling the position easily from mount.
Sii has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sii throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sii looking to control and managing it successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Greg Sii showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Sii fails with a takedown attempt.
Honda ducks under a wild hook from Sii.
Sii lands a jab to the head.
Honda throws a leg kick that misses.
Honda on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Sii fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Honda keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sii.
Sii stuns Honda with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Sii throws a looping overhand right but Honda ducks down to avoid it.
Honda tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sii throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sii avoids the body shot from Honda.
Sii misses with a jab to the body
and Honda counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Honda on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Sii lands an overhand right.
Nice body punch from Honda.
Sii misses with a shot to the body
and Honda counters with a low kick, right behind Sii 's knee.
Sii waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Honda.
Honda is looking to clinch but Sii is avoiding it.
Honda moves away from the strike by Sii.
Honda moves out of range as Sii strikes.
Honda dodges the punch combination from Sii.
Sii gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Honda counters with a solid body kick.
Sii connects with a crisp jab.
Honda throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sii sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Greg Sii seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sii looks to land a left hand but Honda moved out of range nicely.
A punch lands to the side of Honda 's head but he takes it in his stride.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sii avoids a kick to the body.
Honda throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sii scores with a body shot.
Sii throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Honda was covering up waiting for the punch and Sii finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Sii wants to control from the top but Honda keeps moving.
Sii with a flurry of punches that miss.
Sii throwing strikes but missing.
Honda keeping moving, preventing Sii from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honda trying to keep a closed guard but Sii is proving a slippery customer.
Honda is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Sii's corner is telling him to maintain position.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Honda closes the distance and pushes Sii back into the cage.
Honda tries to work over Sii's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
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.
Sii lands a left hand.
Honda has Sii pressed against the cage, preventing Sii from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sii wants to break free but Honda has control.
Sii can't break the clinch.
Honda landing knees to the head.
It looks like Greg Sii has been cut.
Sii is trying to break free.
Sii wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Honda has him pressed against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Honda creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sii.
Honda misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sii is trying to break the clinch but Honda is controlling him.
Sii is trying to drag Honda to the mat but Honda just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Piston Honda has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Greg Sii.
Sii is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Greg Sii.
I think Sii has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Matheus Silva scores the fight 28:30
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Greg Sii!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Pleistoanax Bribetaker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lil Thumper Saint Shamrock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Saint Shamrock has chosen Here Come's Tha Thumper as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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148 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pleistoanax Bribetaker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lil Thumper Saint Shamrock!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Leandro Rodrigues and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saint Shamrock throws a head kick that misses.
Saint Shamrock tries a head kick but it misses.
Saint Shamrock leaves Bribetaker with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Saint Shamrock throws a sloppy head kick and Bribetaker moves out of range easily.
Saint Shamrock lands a big head kick that sends Bribetaker tumbling to the mat! Saint Shamrock takes a step backwards and waves Bribetaker back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Bribetaker is rocked!
Saint Shamrock fails with an attempt to clinch.
Saint Shamrock slaps away a takedown attempt from Bribetaker, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Saint Shamrock misses with a body kick.
Saint Shamrock turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Bribetaker closes this distance looking for a takedown but Saint Shamrock circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pleistoanax Bribetaker. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Saint Shamrock gets a clinch.
Saint Shamrock with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Saint Shamrock using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Saint Shamrock lands a good knee to the midsection. Bribetaker won't want to take too many of those.
Saint Shamrock tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Saint Shamrock with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bribetaker tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Saint Shamrock just stands there and leans against the cage.
Bribetaker tries to pull guard but Saint Shamrock won't allow it.
Saint Shamrock using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bribetaker has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bribetaker takes a knee right on the jaw!
Saint Shamrock tries to land a knee to the head but Bribetaker blocks with his arms.
Saint Shamrock lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bribetaker is breathing heavily.
Saint Shamrock tries to land a knee to the head but Bribetaker blocks with his arms.
Saint Shamrock misses with a knee to the head.
Saint Shamrock lands a knee to the body.
Saint Shamrock landing knees to the head.
Saint Shamrock tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Saint Shamrock landing knees to the head.
Saint Shamrock tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Saint Shamrock throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bribetaker blocks it with crossed arms.
Saint Shamrock looking to throw knees to the head but Bribetaker is blocking nicely.
Bribetaker jumps guard but Saint Shamrock stands there with Bribetaker around his waist. Bribetaker gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Bribetaker tries to pull guard but Saint Shamrock won't allow it.
Saint Shamrock using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bribetaker has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bribetaker jumps guard but Saint Shamrock stands there with Bribetaker around his waist. Bribetaker gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Saint Shamrock throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bribetaker blocks it with crossed arms.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saint Shamrock throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bribetaker tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Saint Shamrock smiles and moves away.
Bribetaker scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Bribetaker is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Bribetaker is looking to advance position but Saint Shamrock won't allow it.
The fighters are battling for position here. Saint Shamrock manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bribetaker passes Saint Shamrock's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Bribetaker not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Bribetaker is looking for a kimura but Saint Shamrock is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Bribetaker to get the leverage.
Bribetaker is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Saint Shamrock looks like he's trying to stand up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bribetaker is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Saint Shamrock is trying to stand back up but Bribetaker is controlling him
Bribetaker thows a huge punch but Saint Shamrock dodges it nicely.
Bribetaker wants to pass the guard but Saint Shamrock is defending well.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Saint Shamrock can do anything to dispel that myth.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Saint Shamrock is looking to clinch but Bribetaker is avoiding it.
Saint Shamrock fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bribetaker keeps the fight on the outside.
Bribetaker shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Saint Shamrock is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Bribetaker stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Saint Shamrock swivels though and keeps the full guard.
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.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Saint Shamrock wants to stand and escape but Bribetaker is having none of it.
Bribetaker thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Saint Shamrock controlling the position.
Bribetaker prevents Saint Shamrock from getting back to his feet.
Bribetaker slips nicely into half guard.
Bribetaker trying to control the action but Saint Shamrock is working from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Saint Shamrock wants to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lil Thumper Saint Shamrock dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Bribetaker shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Saint Shamrock is trying to defend but Bribetaker finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Saint Shamrock pushes Bribetaker off looking to stand but Bribetaker dives back in and keeps control.
Bribetaker is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Bribetaker working for a guillotine from mount but Saint Shamrock is in no mood to give up.
Bribetaker looking to isolate an arm here. Saint Shamrock doesn't see it coming and as Bribetaker extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Bribetaker!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Pleistoanax Bribetaker!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Via Dios (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fernando Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dios comes to the cage accompanied by Sandstorm. 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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145 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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
12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Via Dios!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fernando Diaz!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Edson Gomes and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dios fails to land the takedown.
Diaz misses the jab.
Dios closes the distance and pushes Diaz back into the cage.
Dios trying to stall but Diaz improves his position.
Dios missing with knees to the body.
Diaz letting Dios take a breather here.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dios.
Diaz looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Dios throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Dios comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Dios missing with knees to the body.
Dios really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Dios putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Diaz in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Diaz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dios has him pressed against the cage.
Dios scores a nice knee to the body.
Dios misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Diaz.
Dios keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Diaz's efforts to push away.
Diaz tries to break free but Dios pushes him back against the cage.
Dios trying to land knees to the body.
Dios has Diaz pressed against the cage, preventing Diaz from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Diaz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dios has him pressed against the cage.
Dios lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Dios missing with knees to the body.
Diaz wants to get back to striking at distance but Dios won't allow it.
Dios is stalling here.
Diaz gets underhooks to prevent Dios's takedown attempt.
Dios is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz being controlled against the cage.
Dios tries to land knees in the clinch but Diaz avoids the damage to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Diaz as Dios tries to tie him up.
Diaz is trying to break the clinch but Dios has him pressed against the cage.
Dios with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Diaz takes a shot to the head.
Dios has Diaz pressed against the cage, preventing Diaz from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Diaz wants to break the clinch but can't.
Dios throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Dios trying to land knees to the body.
Dios lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Diaz lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Diaz is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Knees to the body from Dios.
Dios landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Diaz manages to break the clinch.
Dios lands a nice looking body shot.
Diaz throws a shot from downtown. Dios moves away and avoids it.
Dios swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Diaz.
Fernando Diaz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Diaz moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Diaz bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Dios's head backwards.
Dios keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Diaz.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz slips a jab and a cross from Dios.
Dios shoots for a takedown but Diaz saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Via Dios. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dios ducks under a wild hook from Diaz.
Dios moves into the clinch successfully.
Dios misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Diaz.
Dios keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Diaz's efforts to push away.
Dios lands an elbow that stopped Diaz in his tracks for a moment.
Dios landing knees to the head.
Diaz misses with a punch on the inside.
Diaz being controlled against the cage.
Diaz working hard to break the clinch.
Dios trying to land knees to the body.
Diaz tries to circle away but Dios has him pinned against the cage.
Diaz has had enough of the clinch but Dios keeps him there for the moment.
Dios misses with a knee to the head.
Diaz is looking to break free of the clinch but Dios has double underhooks.
Diaz scores with a shot to the side of Dios's head.
Dios effectively controlling the action here.
Diaz wants to get back to striking at distance but Dios won't allow it.
Diaz tries to circle away but Dios has him pinned against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Dios blocking some punches.
Dios keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Diaz's efforts to push away.
Dios tries for a takedown but Diaz manages to get underhooks.
Dios looking to slow down the pace here.
Diaz tries to break free but Dios pushes him back against the cage.
Dios lands a damaging elbow.
Dios dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Diaz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dios has him pressed against the cage.
Diaz wants to get back to striking at distance but Dios won't allow it.
Dios tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Diaz avoids it.
Diaz tries to circle away but Dios has him pinned against the cage.
Diaz working hard to break the clinch.
Diaz blocks the elbow strike.
Dios leaning his opponent against the cage.
Dios taking a breather.
Dios leaning against his opponent.
A left hand lands to the body for Dios.
Dios tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Diaz avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Diaz tries to circle away but Dios has him pinned against the cage.
Diaz avoiding damage as Dios throws knees to the body.
Diaz wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Dios tries to land knees in the clinch but Diaz avoids the damage to the body.
Diaz looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Dios tries for a takedown. No joy.
Dios is breathing heavily.
Dios pressing his opponent against the cage.
Diaz tries to break the clinch but Dios is controlling the position.
Dios's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Dios tries to stall but Diaz uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Diaz lands a hook that snaps the head of Dios backwards.
Diaz is trying to break the clinch but Dios has him pressed against the cage.
Diaz manages to break the clinch.
Dios cracks a nice hook into Diaz's ribs.
Dios throws a right hand that Diaz ducks under and follows up with a left that Diaz also avoids with ease.
Dios uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Diaz.
Dios works over Diaz's head and body with a nice combination.
Dios misses the shot to the body.
Dios bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Via Dios dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Dios misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Diaz getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Diaz misses with a double jab.
Diaz takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Dios looks to land a combination. Diaz sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Dios scores with a nice strike.
Diaz is rocked!
Diaz misses with a hook.
Nice defenses there by Dios.
Diaz avoids the body shot from Dios.
Diaz throws a hook to the side of Dios's head but Dios sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Diaz lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dios circles away quickly and effectively.
Dios is looking to wear down Diaz with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Dios connects with a crisp jab.
Dios takes the fight into the clinch.
Diaz prevents the takedown attempt.
Diaz looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Diaz is breathing heavily.
Dios keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Diaz's efforts to push away.
Dios displaying some good clinch control by pressing Diaz up against the cage.
Dios misses with an elbow over the top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dios taking a breather.
Diaz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Dios scores with a shoulder strike.
Diaz looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Dios connects with a nasty looking knee right to Diaz's face.
Diaz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Diaz throws a hook but Dios avoids it easily.
Dios uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Diaz.
A slapping body kick lands there for Dios.
Dios gets the takedown into side control.
Dios decides to stand up, so the ref orders Diaz to his feet.
Diaz is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Dios clinches up against the cage.
Diaz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Diaz will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dios shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Dios decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dios closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Dios lands in his opponent's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dios stands up and waves to Diaz to follow him.
A jab from Diaz does it's job there.
Diaz takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz looks to land a left hand but Dios moved out of range nicely.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Diaz tries to break free but Dios pushes him back against the cage.
Diaz has had enough of the clinch but Dios keeps him there for the moment.
Dios is struggling to control the position.
Dios can't get the takedown.
Diaz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dios has him pressed against the cage.
Diaz can't break the clinch.
Dios unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Dios manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Diaz working hard to break the clinch.
Dios lands an elbow just above Diaz 's eye.
Nice elbow from Dios.
Diaz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dios stalling.
Dios using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Dios prevents Diaz from breaking the clinch.
Dios goes for a takedown attempt but Diaz pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Via Dios. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dios looks to land a combination but Diaz avoids it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz misses with an uppercut.
Diaz falls off balance throwing a combination
and Dios counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Dios uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Diaz.
Dios throws a nice outside leg kick.
Dios dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Diaz. That did some damage!
Dios clinches.
Diaz wants to break the clinch but can't.
Diaz is trying to break the clinch but Dios has him pressed against the cage.
Dios landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Dios tries to land a knee to the head but Diaz blocks with his arms.
Dios dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Dios wants the takedown. Diaz is fighting it off but Dios persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Diaz's guard against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Diaz has his feet on Dios's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Dios scores with a nice head shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Via Dios dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Diaz throws an overhand right that lands on Dios's shoulder, as Dios tries to avoid the shot.
Dios moves in looking to clinch but Diaz pushes him off.
Diaz throws a lazy right hand but Dios sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Diaz goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Diaz might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Dios keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Diaz.
Dios rushes Diaz and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Dios scores a nice knee to the body.
Dios gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Diaz tries to break the clinch but Dios is controlling the position.
Diaz tries to break free but Dios pushes him back against the cage.
Dios lands a knee to the head.
Diaz tries to circle away but Dios has him pinned against the cage.
Dios avoiding damage.
Dios is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Dios stalling in the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dios obliges.
Dios lands a knee to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dios lands an elbow inside.
Dios lands a knee to the head.
Dios lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dios landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nice body punch from Dios - that landed with a thud.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dios slows down the pace here.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dios obliges.
Dios taking a breather.
Diaz takes a knee to the side of the body.
Diaz is trying to break the clinch but Dios has him pressed against the cage.
Dios is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Diaz is defending well for now.
Dios landing knees to the body.
Diaz is trying to force a seperation but Dios has the dominant position.
Dios lands a takedown into guard.
Diaz is looking to stand up but Dios isn't so interested in that idea.
Dios gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Via Dios is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz throws an overhand right that lands on Dios's shoulder, as Dios tries to avoid the shot.
Dios fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Diaz, pushing him back against the cage.
Diaz wants to get back to striking at distance but Dios won't allow it.
Diaz wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Diaz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dios has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Diaz clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Dios thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
Diaz covering up well and avoiding damage.
Dios throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Dios looking to break Diaz's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Diaz remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Dios will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz is trying to stand back up.
Dios scores with strikes from the back.
Dios punches the canvas rather than the man.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Diaz looking very determined here, making life difficult for Dios.
Dios throwing sloppy strikes.
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.
Diaz covering up well under a barage of strikes.
Via Dios is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Dios lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Dios lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Fernando Diaz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dios is working the ground and pound. Can Diaz escape?
Diaz is having to fend off submission attempts from Dios, who is looking to sink in the choke. Dios doesn't have the hooks in though and Diaz manages to reverse position! He's now on top, in his opponent's guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Via Dios showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Dios 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:27
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:27
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Via Dios!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hans Schwanz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Daaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Schwanz comes to the cage accompanied by Tool - Lipan Conjuring. Daaz comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Meshuggah - Mind's Mirror kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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215 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hans Schwanz!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Nick Daaz!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Thiago Cunha and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schwanz lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Schwanz.
Daaz thows a body shot but no joy.
Daaz throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Schwanz defending well as Daaz loads up on a big left hand.
Daaz misses with a wild body shot.
Schwanz keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Schwanz.
Schwanz scoring well with a low kick there.
Schwanz clinches up with Daaz and pushes him back against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Schwanz.
Schwanz missing with knees to the body.
Schwanz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Daaz avoids it.
A body shot lands from Schwanz.
Nice body punch from Schwanz - that landed with a thud.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Schwanz landing knees to the head.
Schwanz connects with a nasty looking knee right to Daaz's face.
It looks like Nick Daaz has been cut.
Schwanz lands a body shot.
Daaz looks gassed!
Daaz managing to block the knees to the body from Schwanz.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Schwanz presses Daaz against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Knees to the body from Schwanz.
Schwanz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Schwanz unloads a knee to the mid-section. Daaz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Schwanz landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Daaz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Schwanz has him pressed against the cage.
Schwanz lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Daaz backwards.
Good body shot from Schwanz.
Schwanz digs a right hand into Daaz's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Daaz's gas tank.
Schwanz connects with a nasty looking knee right to Daaz's face.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Schwanz obliges.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Schwanz works on Daaz's body with a couple of short punches.
Schwanz lands a body shot.
Schwanz using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Daaz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Schwanz landing knees to the head.
Schwanz lands a knee to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schwanz cracks Daaz with a nice body shot.
Schwanz lands a nice knee to the body.
Schwanz gets through Daaz's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Schwanz is working Daaz over against the cage.
Schwanz lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Schwanz lands a body shot in the clinch.
Schwanz crunches a lovely knee into Daaz's ribcage.
Schwanz is leaning against Daaz and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Schwanz obliges.
Knees in the clinch landing for Schwanz.
Daaz takes a shot to the head.
Schwanz misses with a knee strike.
Schwanz with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Daaz takes a knee right on the jaw!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Schwanz on the inside.
Schwanz using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Daaz takes a knee to the side of the body.
Schwanz landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Schwanz with a knee to the head.
Schwanz lands a nice uppercut.
Schwanz with a knee to the head.
Daaz is trying to break the clinch but Schwanz is controlling him.
Schwanz gets through Daaz's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Schwanz digs a right hand into Daaz's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Daaz's gas tank.
Schwanz landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Schwanz lands a body punch in the clinch.
A knee to the head by Schwanz.
Schwanz putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Daaz in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Schwanz working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Schwanz landing knees to the body.
Schwanz connects with a knee to the head.
A short left from Schwanz.
Schwanz lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Schwanz is working Daaz over against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Daaz's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Schwanz.
Schwanz with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Schwanz.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Schwanz landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Schwanz connects with a nasty looking knee right to Daaz's face.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Schwanz obliges.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hans Schwanz dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nick Daaz's cut.
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.
Schwanz with a hook.
Daaz on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Daaz looks to throw the jab but Schwanz is out of range.
Schwanz thumps Daaz with a low kick.
Schwanz scores with a kick to the body.
Daaz on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Schwanz.
Daaz takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Schwanz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Daaz can do to turn this around?
Schwanz looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Daaz takes a head kick and keeps coming.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Schwanz feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Daaz's calf.
Schwanz throws a nice head kick!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Schwanz. Daaz shrugs it off though.
Schwanz scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Schwanz.
Schwanz lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Daaz's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Schwanz scores with a head kick.
Schwanz lands a slapping body shot.
Schwanz lands a right hook to the body.
Daaz moves forwards but Schwanz connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Schwanz forces Daaz back against the cage and clinches.
Schwanz scores with a shot to the side of Daaz's head.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Nice body punch from Schwanz - that landed with a thud.
Daaz working hard to break the clinch.
Schwanz cracks Daaz with a nice body shot.
Schwanz pushes Daaz back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Schwanz lands a knee to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schwanz lands a knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Schwanz lands a body shot in the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Schwanz obliges.
Schwanz landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Schwanz putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Daaz in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Schwanz lands a good knee to the midsection. Daaz won't want to take too many of those.
Daaz managing to block the knees to the body from Schwanz.
Schwanz prevents Daaz from breaking the clinch.
Daaz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Schwanz working Daaz over with knees to the body.
Schwanz using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Schwanz is working Daaz over against the cage.
Schwanz putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Daaz in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Schwanz landing knees to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schwanz lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Schwanz lands with a right to the head.
Hans Schwanz has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Daaz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Schwanz putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Daaz in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Schwanz obliges.
Schwanz scores with a knee to the head.
Schwanz utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Daaz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Schwanz connects with a nasty looking knee right to Daaz's face.
Daaz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Schwanz has him pressed against the cage.
Schwanz lands a knee to the head.
Schwanz lands a knee to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daaz is trying to break free.
A short body shot lands from Schwanz as the two fighters clinch.
Schwanz keeps control of Daaz as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Schwanz presses Daaz against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Schwanz lands a nice knee to the body.
A short body shot lands from Schwanz as the two fighters clinch.
Schwanz is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Schwanz.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Schwanz misses with a knee strike.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Schwanz obliges.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Schwanz lands a good knee to the midsection. Daaz won't want to take too many of those.
Schwanz utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A short right from Schwanz on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hans Schwanz dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Nick Daaz's cut.
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.
Schwanz slips a jab and a cross from Daaz.
A good leg kick by Schwanz.
Daaz misses with a looping right.
Schwanz paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Daaz misses with an uppercut. Schwanz saw that one coming.
Daaz throws a predictable looking body shot
and Schwanz counters with a nice uppercut.
Schwanz thumps Daaz with a low kick.
Daaz on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Schwanz. Schwanz obviously looking to wear him down.
Hans Schwanz is winning the standup battle so far.
Schwanz pushes Daaz up against the cage in a clinch.
Schwanz lands with a right to the head.
Daaz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Schwanz lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Daaz takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Schwanz with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Schwanz lands a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Schwanz.
Schwanz lands a good knee to the midsection. Daaz won't want to take too many of those.
Schwanz working Daaz over with knees to the body.
Schwanz lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Schwanz with a knee to the head.
Schwanz tries to land knees in the clinch but Daaz avoids the damage to the body.
Schwanz lands a body punch in the clinch.
Daaz wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Schwanz lands a right hand that snaps the head of Daaz backwards.
Schwanz is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Schwanz using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Daaz takes a knee to the side of the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Schwanz.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daaz takes a knee to the side of the body.
Schwanz lands a left hand that snaps the head of Daaz backwards.
Daaz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Still in the clinch, Schwanz scores with a nice short uppercut.
Schwanz tries a knee to the head but Daaz blocks it.
A right handed body shot lands from Schwanz.
Daaz is looking to break free of the clinch but Schwanz has double underhooks.
Schwanz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Daaz is defending well for now.
Schwanz connects with a nasty looking knee right to Daaz's face.
Schwanz tries to land a knee to the head but Daaz blocks with his arms.
Schwanz scores with a nice hook to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Daaz avoiding damage as Schwanz throws knees to the body.
Schwanz tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Schwanz works on Daaz's body with a couple of short punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daaz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Daaz wants to get back to striking at distance but Schwanz won't allow it.
Schwanz tries a knee to the head but Daaz blocks it.
Schwanz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Daaz avoids it.
Daaz has had enough of the clinch but Schwanz keeps him there for the moment.
Daaz has a couple of punches blocked by Schwanz.
Daaz tries to break the clinch but Schwanz is controlling the position.
Schwanz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Schwanz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Daaz is defending well for now.
Schwanz lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Daaz or not.
A right hand to the body from Schwanz.
Schwanz throws a knee to the head but misses.
Schwanz lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
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.
Schwanz with a knee to the head.
Daaz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Schwanz missing with knees to the body.
Schwanz keeps control of Daaz as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Schwanz with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Daaz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Schwanz makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Schwanz lands a knee to the body.
Schwanz misses with a knee to the head.
Schwanz with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Schwanz lands a body punch in the clinch.
Schwanz misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Daaz.
Schwanz lands a body shot in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hans Schwanz clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Nick Daaz's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Schwanz explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Schwanz throws a head kick that misses.
Schwanz rushes Daaz and presses him up against the cage.
Schwanz misses with a knee to the head.
Schwanz misses with a knee strike.
Schwanz tries to land knees in the clinch but Daaz avoids the damage to the body.
Schwanz unloads a knee to the mid-section. Daaz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Schwanz tries to land knees in the clinch but Daaz avoids the damage to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Daaz.
Daaz wants to break the clinch but can't.
A right handed body shot lands from Schwanz.
A right hand to the body from Schwanz.
Daaz is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Schwanz lands a left hand that snaps the head of Daaz backwards.
Schwanz putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Daaz in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Schwanz works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Schwanz landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Schwanz tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Schwanz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Daaz avoids it.
Schwanz misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Daaz.
Schwanz misses with a knee strike.
Schwanz blocks an uppercut.
Daaz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Schwanz is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Schwanz landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Schwanz lands a nice shot to the body.
Schwanz lands a knee to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Schwanz.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schwanz utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Schwanz scores with a knee to the head.
Daaz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Schwanz has him pressed against the cage.
Schwanz unloads a knee to the mid-section. Daaz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Schwanz lands a body shot.
Schwanz with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Schwanz obliges.
Daaz tries to circle away but Schwanz has him pinned against the cage.
Schwanz throws a knee to the head but misses.
Schwanz scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Schwanz lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Daaz.
Schwanz throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Daazs head.
Schwanz scores a nice knee to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schwanz lands a body punch.
Schwanz with a knee to the head.
Schwanz lands a shoulder strike.
Schwanz lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Schwanz lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Daaz.
Schwanz is working Daaz over against the cage.
Schwanz lands a hook that snaps the head of Daaz backwards.
Schwanz lands with a right to the head.
Schwanz working Daaz over with knees to the body.
Schwanz with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Schwanz trying to land knees to the body.
Schwanz trying to land knees to the body.
Daaz avoiding damage as Schwanz throws knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Schwanz.
Schwanz using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Schwanz with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Daaz avoiding damage as Schwanz throws knees to the body.
Daaz tries to break the clinch but Schwanz is controlling the position.
Daaz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Daaz managing to block the knees to the body from Schwanz.
Schwanz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Schwanz utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Schwanz cracks Daaz with a nice body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Schwanz stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Schwanz putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Daaz in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hans Schwanz had his way with Nick Daaz in that round.
The cut man is working on Nick Daaz'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. And we move into the final round!
Daaz on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Schwanz slips under a jab.
Schwanz lands a head kick!
Daaz swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Schwanz with a hook.
Daaz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Daaz swings away with a body shot that misses
and Schwanz counters with a good, hard body kick but Daaz shrugs it off.
Schwanz throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Schwanz moves into range and connects with a jab.
Schwanz thumps Daaz with a low kick.
Daaz has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Schwanz.
Daaz is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Schwanz connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Schwanz moves away from the strike by Daaz.
Schwanz throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Schwanz moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Daaz misses with an uppercut. Schwanz saw that one coming.
Schwanz rushes Daaz and presses him up against the cage.
Schwanz misses with a knee to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Schwanz.
Schwanz misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Daaz.
Schwanz utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Schwanz lands a body punch.
Schwanz landing knees to the head.
Schwanz scores with a knee to the head.
Schwanz with a knee to the head.
Schwanz misses with a knee to the head.
Hans Schwanz is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schwanz missing with knees to the body.
Schwanz lands a knee to the head.
Schwanz with a knee to the head.
Schwanz lands a shot to the body.
Daaz is trying to break the clinch but Schwanz is controlling him.
Schwanz has Daaz pressed against the cage, preventing Daaz from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Daaz tries a body shot but Schwanz blocks it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Schwanz obliges.
Knees in the clinch landing for Schwanz.
Schwanz works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daaz takes a knee to the side of the body.
Daaz wants to get back to striking at distance but Schwanz won't allow it.
Daaz can't break the clinch.
Schwanz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Daaz avoids it.
Schwanz lands a body shot in the clinch.
Nick Daaz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Schwanz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Daaz is defending well for now.
Daaz throws a punch but it's blocked by Schwanz.
Daaz has had enough of the clinch but Schwanz keeps him there for the moment.
Daaz managing to block the knees to the body from Schwanz.
Daaz wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Schwanz.
Schwanz tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Daaz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Daaz tries to circle away but Schwanz has him pinned against the cage.
Schwanz landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Schwanz lands a shot to the body.
Schwanz scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Schwanz lands a nice knee to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Schwanz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A right hand to the body from Schwanz.
Schwanz stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Daaz takes a knee to the side of the body.
Schwanz working Daaz over with knees to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Hans Schwanz showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Schwanz 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 50:40
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 50:40
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 50:40
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hans Schwanz!
Hans Schwanz retains his light heavyweight title!
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