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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Samir Kahn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Konor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). John Konor acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the ring.
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140 lbs
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142 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Very quick |
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Samir Kahn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, John Konor!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Daniel Cesar and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kahn shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Kahn moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Konor has worked his arm free - good work by Konor!
Kahn working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Konor wants to control but Kahn postures up.
Konor tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Kahn presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Kahn trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Konor wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Kahn.
The referee warns Konor that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Konor working to try and regain half guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Konor prevents Kahn from taking his back.
Kahn looking to secure an arm triangle but Konor defends it well.
Kahn misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Kahn lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Kahn thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Kahn prevents Konor from getting the reversal.
Kahn breaks from Konor's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Kahn avoids the attempt from Konor to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Konor is wriggling around trying to escape.
Konor tries to lock up and control but Kahn gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Kahn is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Kahn is working for a guillotine from mount but Konor frees his head quite easily.
Kahn working for a guillotine from mount but Konor is in no mood to give up.
Kahn is breathing heavily.
Kahn unloading with bombs!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Konor can do anything to dispel that myth.
Konor has given up his back here.
Kahn looking for the RNC.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Kahn is hanging on to Konor's back as he tries to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kahn working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Kahn avoiding Konor 's attempts to control his hands.
Konor avoids the strikes from Kahn.
Kahn is hanging on to Konor's back as he tries to escape.
Konor is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Konor just trying to survive but Kahn is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Konor looking very determined here, making life difficult for Kahn.
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.
Konor trying to control the hands but Kahn breaks the grip.
Konor tries to escape the position.
Kahn gets his hands free as Konor looks to control.
Kahn loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Konor hold on?
Kahn has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Kahn scores with punches from the back.
Konor is really stuck here.
Konor is keeping busy.
Kahn is working for a rear naked choke. Konor is not defending it well and Kahn has tightened it up quickly! This could be all over! Konor refuses to tap and goes to sleep, forcing the referee to intervene. A little trickle of blood came out of Konor's nose as his head slumped to the floor. That is naaaasty!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Samir Kahn!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jose Luis Castillo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kyzaku Damato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Castillo comes to the ring accompanied by The Prodigy - Omen. Damato has chosen Something in your Mouth as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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155 lbs
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140 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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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, Jose Luis Castillo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kyzaku Damato!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Mauricio Rocha and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Castillo just misses with a punch to the body.
Damato shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Castillo as he jumps to the side.
Damato drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Castillo lands with a right hand.
Castillo throws a good cross that connects.
Damato is rocked!
Damato should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Damato walks into a straight right, dropping him to the canvas! Castillo swarms him and finishes the fight with a hail of punches! What a brutal finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Jose Luis Castillo!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dexter Andrews (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Lomabi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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| 180 cm
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159 lbs
9 - 4 - 0 |
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175 cm
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163 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Experienced |
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Good takedowns
Decent boxing
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dexter Andrews!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Frank Lomabi!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Thiago Cunha and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lomabi fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lomabi throws a lazy right hand but Andrews sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lomabi throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Andrews.
Lomabi scores with a takedown into Andrews's guard.
Andrews controls Lomabi momentarily but Lomabi frees himself.
Andrews trying to strike off his back.
Andrews manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Lomabi defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Andrews.
Andrews looking to secure an arm triangle but Lomabi defends it well.
Andrews working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Lomabi is in all sorts of trouble here.
Lomabi really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Andrews. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lomabi flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Lomabi is trying to escape the mount.
Lomabi is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Lomabi avoids a series of strikes thrown by Andrews.
Andrews has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Lomabi wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Andrews.
Lomabi really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Andrews throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Lomabi wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Andrews.
Lomabi tries to improve his position but Andrews has taken his back! Andrews has a choke - it's sunk in pretty tight... Will Lomabi tap? No... maybe... yes! He's tapped! Andrews pushes Lomabi away and gets up to celebrate with his corner!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Dexter Andrews!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Fuma Kotaro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shoan Venom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Kotaro might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Bang Bang. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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177 lbs
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177 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fuma Kotaro!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Shoan Venom!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Luis Engracia and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Venom shoots for a takedown but Kotaro saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Venom gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Venom changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Kotaro fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Kotaro fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Venom is out of range.
Venom tries for a takedown but Kotaro sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Fuma Kotaro has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Shoan Venom.
Venom fails in his attempt to clinch.
Venom wants to clinch.
Kotaro looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Kotaro is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Venom is just riding it out for now. Kotaro eventually gives up the hold.
Kotaro seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Venom is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Fuma Kotaro!
Fuma Kotaro is the new welterweight champion!
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Johk Kilo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Esteban Guzman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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139 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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145 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Johk Kilo!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Esteban Guzman!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Luis Engracia and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kilo tries to clinch but Guzman moves out of range.
Guzman tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kilo was well out of range. Poor timing from Guzman.
Guzman ducks under a wild hook from Kilo.
Kilo with a nice cross.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kilo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Guzman lands with a thumping leg kick.
Kilo doesn't manage to clinch there - Guzman circles away.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kilo.
Kilo lands a nice shot that snaps Guzman's head back.
Guzman moves out of range of the body kick.
Guzman throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
It looks like Johk Kilo has been cut.
Kilo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kilo misses with a few strikes there.
Kilo throws a head kick that misses
and Guzman counters with a slapping leg kick.
Kilo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Guzman circles away quickly and effectively.
Guzman takes the fight into the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kilo tries to circle away but Guzman has him pinned against the ropes.
Guzman lands an elbow inside that Kilo shrugs off.
Kilo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Guzman escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kilo looks to clinch
and Guzman counters by moving into the clinch.
Guzman landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kilo is breathing heavily.
Guzman stalling.
Guzman breaks the clinch.
Guzman scores with a leg kick.
Kilo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Guzman.
Kilo moves out of range of the strikes.
Kilo closes the distance but Guzman moves to the side
and Guzman counters with a head kick from the bowels of hell that crumples Kilo! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Esteban Guzman!
Esteban Guzman is the new bantamweight champion!
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Main event
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Vjay Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Satriani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Vjay Cruz has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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148 lbs
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154 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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Counter striker
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Vjay Cruz!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tom Satriani!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Leandro Rodrigues and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Cruz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cruz shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Cruz was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Cruz trying to control but Satriani is having none of it.
Satriani is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Cruz looking to finish with strikes here!
Satriani is looking to get to half guard.
Satriani manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Satriani actively working from the bottom here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz is thwarting Satriani's attempts to control the position.
Cruz seems to be working for a kimura but Satriani defends the submission attempt.
Cruz tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Satriani.
Cruz missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Cruz wants to stand up but Satriani is controlling the position.
Satriani looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Cruz trying to control from half guard but Satriani is working away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Cruz closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Satriani did well to prevent Cruz getting side control.
Cruz looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Satriani is defending against the submission attempts here by Cruz.
Satriani is trying to get back to full guard.
Satriani moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Satriani manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Cruz manages to get himself to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz has his foot on Satriani's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Satriani works his way back into a safe position though.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Satriani trying to stand up but can't free himself from Cruz's guard.
Satriani has gone for a leg lock! Cruz slips out almost immediately though and dives into Satriani's guard.
Satriani wants to sweep but no luck.
Satriani keeping moving, preventing Cruz from controlling successfully.
Satriani is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Satriani has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Cruz can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Satriani looks gassed!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Satriani controls Cruz momentarily but Cruz frees himself.
Satriani is looking for a triangle but Cruz pushes his legs off easily.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Satriani keeping moving, preventing Cruz from controlling successfully.
Cruz working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Cruz wants to stand but Satriani is controlling his posture from full guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Cruz with a flurry of punches that miss.
Cruz is looking to stand up but Satriani won't let him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vjay Cruz dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Cruz shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Satriani looking to hit a scissor sweep but Cruz is one step ahead there.
Cruz trying to control but Satriani is working from the bottom.
Satriani utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Satriani is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Cruz rolls with it to try and escape but Satriani cranks on the arm and Cruz is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Tom Satriani!
Tom Satriani is the new featherweight champion!
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