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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Lucas Matos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafael Torres (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lucas Matos!
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, Rafael Torres!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Mauricio Rocha and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matos shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Matos is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Matos is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Torres is just riding it out for now. Matos eventually gives up the hold.
Matos is looking for a kimura but Torres is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Matos to get the leverage.
Torres is working on a guillotine. He's managed to get to full guard and he's really squeezing tight! Matos is tapping! Great win for Torres!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Rafael Torres!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Gastao Gaspar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Don Masato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gastao Gaspar has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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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
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gastao Gaspar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Don Masato!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Daniel Cesar and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gaspar misses with a right hand
and Masato counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Masato tries to clinch but Gaspar moves away
and Gaspar counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Masato throws a push kick but Gaspar slaps the foot to one side.
Gaspar swings for the body but Masato moves out of range.
Gaspar circles away from the clinch attempt
and Gaspar counters with a stiff right hand.
Masato tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Gaspar counters with a series of strikes. Masato will be more careful next time no doubt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gaspar moves out of range of the body kick.
Masato wants to clinch but Gaspar slips to the side
and Gaspar counters with a left and a right that stings Masato.
Masato is rocked!
Masato closes the distance but Gaspar moves to the side
and Gaspar counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Masato is still on wobbly legs! Can Gaspar finish him?
Masato looks gassed!
Gaspar connects with a left and a right that sees a clearly hurt Masato covering up! Gaspar comes in with a big uppercut and Masato goes doooown! He's slumped up against the cage, eyes staring blankly into space.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Gastao Gaspar!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mister Mr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Jungle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Steve Jungle will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mister Mr!
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, Steve Jungle!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Alexandre Firmino and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mr stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Mr wants it to stay on the feet.
Mr misses with a takedown attempt - Jungle sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Jungle shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Mr as he jumps to the side.
Jungle shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Mr is in all sorts of trouble here.
Mr is working hard here to advance position.
A nice elbow there by Jungle.
Jungle looking to finish Mr with some ground and pound. This is bad for Mr!
Jungle lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Jungle has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Jungle raining down shots from the mount!
Jungle unloads with some shots from mount but Mr bucks and avoids them well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mr throwing hammer fists to the chest of Jungle. What's that going to do exactly?
Jungle raining down hammerfists from mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Jungle cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Mr wants to hold on but Jungle pushes him away.
A nice elbow there by Jungle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jungle pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Jungle is landing with some decent strikes but Mr is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Mr is rocked!
Jungle lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Oh Mr is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jungle lands with some strikes.
Mr is looking to get to half guard.
Jungle looking to finish Mr with some ground and pound. This is bad for Mr!
Jungle postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Mr bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Jungle and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Steve Jungle!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Derek Hui (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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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
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Derek Hui!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jose Silva!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Alexandre Firmino and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Silva throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hui stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Hui takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Hui has closed the distance and engaged Silva in a clinch.
Silva pushes Hui back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hui avoids it.
Hui jumps guard but Silva stands there with Hui around his waist. Hui gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Silva lands an elbow inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Silva.
Hui takes a shot to the head.
Silva lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Silva lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva lands with a light punch inside.
Hui takes a shot to the head.
Silva lands a nice elbow.
Silva lands with a right to the head.
Silva lands an elbow just above Hui 's eye.
Hui throws an elbow but it misses.
Silva prevents a takedown attempt there.
Hui is breathing heavily.
Hui tries to pull guard but Silva won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Derek Hui. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva lands a good knee to the midsection. Hui won't want to take too many of those.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Silva gets through Hui's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Silva putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hui in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Silva obliges.
Hui pushes off an throws an elbow but Silva leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hui takes an elbow to the temple.
Silva lands a damaging elbow.
Silva lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Silva lands an elbow inside.
Silva lands an elbow that stopped Hui in his tracks for a moment.
A right hand to the body from Silva.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva pushes Hui back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silva putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hui in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Silva scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short right from Silva on the inside.
Silva landing knees to the body.
Silva cracks Hui with a nice body shot.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silva.
Silva working Hui over with knees to the body.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Silva lands a damaging elbow.
Silva lands a nice uppercut.
Silva utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Silva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a shot to the body.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Hui avoids the damage to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Silva.
Silva lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silva scores with a shoulder strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silva.
A hook to the body from Silva.
Silva lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hui backwards.
Silva makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Silva throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Huis head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Silva.
Silva lands an elbow inside that Hui shrugs off.
Silva lands an elbow just above Hui 's eye.
Silva lands with a left to the head.
Nice elbow from Silva.
Silva lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Silva - that landed with a thud.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Silva obliges.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silva.
A short uppercut from Silva.
Silva scores with a shot to the side of Hui's head.
Silva digs a right hand underneath Hui's ribcage. Hui let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silva.
Hui tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a shoulder strike.
Silva lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hui backwards.
Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Silva lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hui.
Hui misses with an elbow strike.
Silva lands a right hand.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hui.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Silva blocks an elbow strike from Hui.
Silva blocks an uppercut.
Hui pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hui fails to pull guard.
Silva throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Huis head.
Silva lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Silva lands a left hand.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silva.
Hui takes an elbow to the temple.
Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hui's defenses.
Silva lands a nice elbow.
A right hook to the body lands for Silva.
A right handed body shot lands from Silva.
Silva cracks Hui with a nice body shot.
Silva pushes Hui back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Silva comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nice elbow from Hui.
Silva lands a shoulder strike.
Silva lands an elbow inside that Hui shrugs off.
A hook to the body from Silva.
Hui throws a punch but it's blocked by Silva.
Silva lands an elbow inside that Hui shrugs off.
Hui throws an elbow that misses.
Hui's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Silva scores with a shot to the side of Hui's head.
A right hook to the body lands for Silva.
Hui can't get the takedown.
Silva lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hui or not.
Silva utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Silva putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hui in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hui's defenses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hui wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Silva comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Silva lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Silva throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Huis head.
Hui tries a knee to the head but Silva blocks it.
Silva lands a knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jose Silva dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Silva stuns Hui with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Hui clinches.
Silva lands a nice uppercut.
Silva pushes Hui back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silva pushes Hui back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A nice left hand lands by Hui.
Hui wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jose Silva seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Silva presses Hui against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A right hand to the body from Silva.
Hui is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silva is defending well for now.
Silva lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Silva lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hui.
Silva lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hui backwards.
Silva lands a body punch in the clinch.
Silva lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hui blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva digs a right hand underneath Hui's ribcage. Hui let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Hui tries to pull guard but Silva holds him up against the cage and eventually Hui drops back down to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silva lands an elbow that stopped Hui in his tracks for a moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva lands a hook that snaps the head of Hui backwards.
Silva lands a shot to the body.
Silva softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Silva scores with a shoulder strike.
Silva lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hui backwards.
Silva pushes Hui back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hui throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A short right from Silva on the inside.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hui is defending well for now.
Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hui's defenses.
Hui swings wildly with an uppercut but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva lands a left hand.
Silva lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hui's defenses.
Hui fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Silva lands an elbow just above Hui 's eye.
Silva has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hui takes a shot to the head.
Silva scores with a shot to the side of Hui's head.
Silva lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hui on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silva presses Hui against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Hui breaks from the clinch.
Silva scores with a spinning back kick!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hui throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Silva counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Hui tries to land a body kick
and Silva counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Silva digs a good body shot into Hui's ribs.
Silva clinches up against the cage.
Hui fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Derek Hui. That's going to take a lot out of him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hui throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A shot in the inside from Silva.
Hui tries to pull guard but Silva holds him up against the cage and eventually Hui drops back down to his feet.
Hui takes a shot to the head.
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Hui takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hui jumps guard but Silva stands there with Hui around his waist. Hui gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva pushes Hui back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silva scores with a shot to the side of Hui's head.
Hui throws an elbow but it misses.
Silva lands a nice knee to the body.
Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hui's defenses.
Hui tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Silva working Hui over with knees to the body.
Silva works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A short body shot lands from Silva as the two fighters clinch.
Silva lands a knee to the body.
Hui tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silva avoids it.
Silva lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hui backwards.
Silva pushes Hui back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silva crunches a lovely knee into Hui's ribcage.
Silva lands a shoulder strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silva.
Silva crunches a lovely knee into Hui's ribcage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Silva creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Silva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Silva lands with a left to the head.
Hui misses with a punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Silva.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hui takes an elbow to the temple.
Silva dodges an elbow strike from Hui.
Silva lands an elbow that stopped Hui in his tracks for a moment.
Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hui's defenses.
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Hui.
Hui tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Hui breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hui on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jose Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hui instigates a clinch.
Hui is trying to force a seperation but Silva has the dominant position.
Silva pushes Hui back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hui backwards.
Silva lands a right hand.
Hui lands a damaging elbow.
Silva avoids the elbow strike from Hui, against the cage.
Hui takes an elbow to the temple.
Silva keeps control of Hui as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jose Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Silva thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Hui if he has to take too many more of those.
Silva has Hui up against the cage in a clinch.
A short right from Silva on the inside.
Silva lands an elbow inside that Hui shrugs off.
Hui avoids a wild elbow strike from Silva.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Hui avoids the damage to the body.
Hui working hard to break the clinch.
Hui blocks an elbow strike.
Hui lands with a short shot to the head.
Silva lands a damaging elbow.
A short right from Silva on the inside.
Hui lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Silva.
Silva lands a nice elbow.
Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silva.
Silva lands a shoulder strike.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva lands with a light punch inside.
A body shot lands from Silva.
Hui tries to land a knee to the head but Silva blocks with his arms.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva scores with a shot to the side of Hui's head.
Hui lands an elbow inside that Silva shrugs off.
Hui swings wildly with an uppercut but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva lands with a short shot to the head.
Hui jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Silva walks away with a smile on his face. Hui gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Silva throws a leg kick which misses Hui's front leg but catches the back leg as Hui tries to avoid it.
Silva scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Silva dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hui instigates a clinch.
A short right from Silva.
Hui's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hui tries to pull guard but Silva holds him up against the cage and eventually Hui drops back down to his feet.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hui.
Derek Hui has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hui on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hui throws an elbow that misses.
Hui can't break the clinch.
Silva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Silva lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Silva throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Huis head.
Hui creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Silva comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hui jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Silva walks away with a smile on his face. Hui gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Derek Hui. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hui moves away from the strike by Silva.
Silva cracks Hui with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Hui drives through and clinches with Silva against the cage.
Silva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jose Silva is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Silva lands an elbow inside.
Silva lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hui.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hui pushes off an throws an elbow but Silva leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Silva dodges an elbow strike from Hui.
Hui looking for a takedown.
Silva lands a knee to the body.
Silva working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hui misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hui tries for a takedown but Silva manages to get underhooks.
Silva lands a body punch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hui throws an elbow but misses.
A short right from Silva.
Silva dodges an elbow strike from Hui.
Hui can't break the clinch.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Hui throws a punch but it's blocked by Silva.
Silva prevents the takedown attempt.
Silva is working Hui over against the cage.
Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hui throws an elbow but it misses.
Silva lands a hook that snaps the head of Hui backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Silva.
Hui misses with a knee to the head.
Hui misses with the head strike.
Silva pushes Hui back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hui is trying to drag Silva to the mat but Silva just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Hui jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Silva walks away with a smile on his face. Hui gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Silva scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jose Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Silva has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 25:30
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 26:30
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jose Silva!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Fuck BP Oil (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenny Florian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fuck BP Oil has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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160 lbs
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156 lbs
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fuck BP Oil!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kenny Florian!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Daniel Cesar and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
BP Oil shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Florian looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
BP Oil working over Florian with some ground and pound. Florian looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
BP Oil is nestled in close to Florian, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
BP Oil looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Florian with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Florian taking some punishment here, with BP Oil in his half guard.
BP Oil drops an elbow to the side of Florian's head.
Florian is rocked!
BP Oil is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Florian is still in real trouble! Can BP Oil finish him?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
BP Oil winds up and cracks Florian with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
BP Oil lands with a punch from half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
BP Oil lands a big elbow - Florian is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for BP Oil!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fuck BP Oil!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tiago Cordeiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Herbert Farnsworth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Herbert Farnsworth is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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150 lbs
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tiago Cordeiro!
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, Herbert Farnsworth!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Seu Braga and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cordeiro closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Farnsworth to the mat! Farnsworth manages to get full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cordeiro postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Farnsworth is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Cordeiro, into his guard.
Cordeiro is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Farnsworth decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Cordeiro, up you get!
Cordeiro moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Cordeiro jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cordeiro misses with a takedown
and Farnsworth connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The fighters circle momentarily. Farnsworth darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Tiago Cordeiro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Farnsworth cracks Cordeiro's jaw with two stiff jabs then ducks low and throws a soul-severing right uppercut to the mouth!! Cordeiro slumps to the ground with blood on his lips. The referee steps in before Farnsworth can do further damage! This one is done, son!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Herbert Farnsworth!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mark Grizwold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcelo Carvalho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carvalho is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Vida Bandida. The key to victory for Mark Grizwold has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mark Grizwold!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcelo Carvalho!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Seu Braga and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grizwold tries for a takedown but Carvalho circles away easily
and Carvalho counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Grizwold tries a head kick but it misses.
Carvalho with a poor takedown
and Grizwold counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Grizwold.
Carvalho pulls Grizwold in close to prevent any damage.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Carvalho looking to control.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Marcelo Carvalho.
Grizwold closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Carvalho quickly recovers to half guard.
Grizwold tries to pass to full mount but Carvalho defends it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carvalho wants to control but Grizwold is keeping busy.
Carvalho manages to get to full guard.
Carvalho working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Grizwold doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Grizwold manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Grizwold wants to stand but Carvalho is controlling his posture from full guard.
Carvalho has control of Grizwold's left arm, preventing Grizwold from doing any damage.
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.
Grizwold trying to control but Carvalho is working from the bottom.
Carvalho preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Carvalho pulls Grizwold in close to prevent any damage.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Mark Grizwold just wasn't active enough.
Grizwold decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Carvalho has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Grizwold is working away from the top position though.
Grizwold wants to control but Carvalho is keeping him busy.
Carvalho keeping hold of Grizwold's head, controlling as best he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grizwold wants to control but Carvalho is keeping him busy.
Carvalho trying to hold on to Grizwold's head to control him but Grizwold postures up.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Grizwold fails with the takedown
and Carvalho counters with a single leg into guard. Grizwold didn't expect that.
Grizwold is breathing heavily.
Grizwold working for submissions but it's allowed Carvalho to get to half guard.
Carvalho stands up from half guard.
Carvalho feints and as Grizwold raises his hands in defense, Carvalho changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grizwold trying to keep a closed guard but Carvalho is proving a slippery customer.
Carvalho stands and steps away. Grizwold gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Grizwold misses with a takedown
and Carvalho counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Carvalho.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mark Grizwold. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Grizwold keeping moving, preventing Carvalho from controlling successfully.
Carvalho thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Grizwold controls Carvalho momentarily but Carvalho frees himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcelo Carvalho dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Grizwold misses with a takedown
and Carvalho counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Grizwold is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Grizwold is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Carvalho is aware though and is defending well.
Carvalho stands up from Grizwold's guard - Carvalho perhaps looking for a knockout.
Carvalho shoots in looking for a takedown. Grizwold tries to sprawl out of it but Carvalho keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Grizwold manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Carvalho shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carvalho wants to control but Grizwold is keeping him busy.
Carvalho seems to be looking for submissions.
Carvalho wants to lay and pray for a moment but Grizwold keeps working.
Grizwold blocking the ground and pound attempt from Carvalho.
Carvalho is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Carvalho is trying to work for a kimura but Grizwold is defending well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Carvalho is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Grizwold defends it well.
Grizwold trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Carvalho looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Grizwold tries to get back to half guard but can't.
You get the feeling that Grizwold really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Carvalho looking for a guillotine from mount but Grizwold is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grizwold really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Grizwold holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Carvalho tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Carvalho thowing shots but they're missing.
Carvalho misses with a head shot.
Carvalho jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Grizwold is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Grizwold and Carvalho has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Grizwold is looking to regain half guard here but Carvalho keeps moving and retains side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Carvalho wants to control but Grizwold is keeping him busy.
Carvalho in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Carvalho in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Grizwold is tapping! That's the end of the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Marcelo Carvalho!
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bobby TupperII (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dog Penn (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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26
165 lbs
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165 lbs
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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
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bobby TupperII!
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, Dog Penn!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Leandro Rodrigues and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
TupperII takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
TupperII rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Penn moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
TupperII swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
TupperII throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jab by Penn.
It looks like Bobby TupperII has been cut.
Penn gets caught flat footed, as TupperII shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
TupperII trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
TupperII is working hard here to advance position.
TupperII won't allow Penn to sweep him here.
TupperII trying to control but Penn is working from the bottom.
Penn lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for TupperII!
TupperII swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
TupperII tries to hold on but Penn pushes him away.
TupperII is trying to stand.
TupperII tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Penn tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
TupperII tries to lock up and control but Penn gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
TupperII is in all sorts of trouble here.
TupperII tries to hold on but Penn postures up.
TupperII is breathing heavily.
Penn connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penn sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
TupperII keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
TupperII is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Penn tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
TupperII is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Penn controlling the pace for now.
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.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Dog Penn hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Penn cracks a nice hook into TupperII's ribs.
Penn lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
TupperII misses with a takedown attempt
and Penn makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Penn gets a clinch.
Penn manages to break the clinch.
Penn instigates a clinch.
Penn lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt TupperII or not.
Penn lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Penn lands a knee to the head.
Penn lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Penn manages to break the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Penn drives through and clinches with TupperII against the cage.
Penn lands a body shot.
A left hand lands to the body for Penn.
Penn leaning his opponent against the cage.
Penn pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dog Penn dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bobby TupperII's cut.
That's time! TupperII's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Penn pushes TupperII up against the cage in a clinch.
A short right from Penn on the inside.
TupperII throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Penn creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Penn with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Penn gets through TupperII's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Penn lands an uppercut.
TupperII is trying to push Penn away but Penn has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Penn gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Penn prevents a takedown attempt there.
Penn stalling the fight.
Penn cracks TupperII with a nice body shot.
A short right from Penn on the inside.
TupperII is trying to break the clinch but Penn has him pressed against the cage.
TupperII is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Penn lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt TupperII or not.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Penn lands a left hand.
A short uppercut from Penn.
Penn leaning against his opponent.
Penn scores with a shot to the side of TupperII's head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn has TupperII pressed against the cage, preventing TupperII from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Penn breaks from the clinch.
Penn darts in and clinches TupperII up against the cage.
Penn lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bobby TupperII's cut is getting worse.
Penn connects with a knee to the head.
Penn stalling against the cage.
The crowd are getting on Penn's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on TupperII's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Penn lands a knee to the head.
TupperII letting Penn take a breather here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Dog Penn.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from TupperII lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Penn has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Penn and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Nice cross by Penn.
Penn closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Penn escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Penn is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Penn clinches up against the cage.
Penn has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Penn pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
TupperII has Penn up against the cage in a clinch.
TupperII blocks the elbow strike.
TupperII swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Penn lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Penn takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Penn on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Penn leaning against his opponent.
TupperII's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bobby TupperII seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
TupperII throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Penn tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. TupperII manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Penn.
Penn drops TupperII with a right and a left! Penn comes rushing in but TupperII regains his composure and manages to keep Penn in guard.
TupperII is rocked!
Bobby TupperII's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Penn is stalling in the full guard.
Penn pushes down on TupperII's leg and manages to get into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
TupperII misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Penn lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
TupperII trying to control here.
Penn stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows TupperII to get to his feet.
Penn closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
TupperII wants to break free but Penn has control.
Penn breaks from the clinch.
TupperII misses with a shot to the body
and TupperII takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
TupperII has his takedown stuffed
and Penn connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jeez, Bobby TupperII's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Penn fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Penn swinging wildly here.
Penn closes the distance and clinches.
A short uppercut from Penn.
Penn makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Penn prevents TupperII from breaking the clinch.
TupperII being controlled against the cage.
Penn working TupperII over with knees to the body.
Penn throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Penn lands an elbow inside.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Bobby TupperII's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Dog Penn!
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Main event
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kareem Said (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alfie Norks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Norks's choice of entrance music: Like a G6. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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24
220 lbs
11 - 4 - 0 |
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21
267 lbs
8 - 2 - 0 |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kareem Said!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alfie Norks!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Paulo Santos and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Norks misses with an uppercut
and Said counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Norks ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Said moves away.
Said looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Norks!
Norks manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Said throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Norks wants to improve his position but Said is controlling well.
Said missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Said trying to control from half guard but Norks is working away.
Norks has a hand on Said's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Said takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Norks wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Said.
Norks is in all sorts of trouble here.
Norks is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Norks working to try and regain half guard.
Said with shots to the head and body - Norks looks very uncomfortable down there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Said prevents Norks from getting the reversal.
Norks is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Norks is looking to improve his position but Said isn't that keen on the idea.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Norks is in a horrible position here. Said smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Said scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Norks?
Said lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Norks hang on?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Said working the ground and pound effectively.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Said with a couple of short strikes.
Norks is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Said working the ground and pound effectively.
Said fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Said lands a heavy elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Said trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Said with good strikes from the mount here!
Said punishing his opponent with strikes.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Norks can do anything to dispel that myth.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Said putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Norks is bucking up trying to escape but Said cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Said with good strikes from the mount here!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Said cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
A nice elbow there by Said.
Norks is rocked!
Said trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Said working Norks over with strikes here.
Norks is still in real trouble! Can Said finish him?
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Norks is looking to improve his position but Said isn't that keen on the idea.
Norks seems to have recovered his senses.
Said raining down shots from the mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kareem Said dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Norks throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Said blocks a low kick nicely.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Said checks a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Norks - that will leave a mark!
Norks throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Said shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Norks moves in looking to clinch but Said pushes him off.
Alfie Norks seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Said moves into the clinch.
Norks's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Said here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Norks wants to land a leg kick but Said is out of range.
Norks moves to clinch but Said breaks away
and Said counters with a takedown into side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Said wants to lay and pray for a moment but Norks keeps working.
Said is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Norks can do to turn this around?
Norks can't do much from the bottom here.
Norks manages to get back to half guard.
Norks is trying to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Said drops an elbow to the side of Norks's head.
Said takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Said seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Said throwing shots but Norks is blocking nicely.
Kareem Said overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Said not doing much here.
Said wants to control but Norks is keeping him busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Norks wants to get back to full guard but Said has passed into side control.
Said lands an elbow.
Said scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Norks to see if he's OK.
Norks is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Norks really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Said. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Said lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
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!
Norks is looking for a sweep. Said is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Said trying to control from half guard but Norks is working away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kareem Said dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Said gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Norks manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Said misses with a body punch.
Norks misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Said.
A right handed body shot lands from Norks.
Said doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Norks landing knees to the head.
It looks like Kareem Said has been cut.
Said lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Norks backwards.
Said digs a right hand underneath Norks's ribcage. Norks let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Norks is working Said over against the cage.
Norks leaning his opponent against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Norks blocks an uppercut.
Norks throws an elbow that misses.
Said blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Said takes a knee right on the jaw!
Said tries to score a body lock takedown but Norks shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Norks taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Norks lands a knee to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Norks landing knees to the head.
Norks'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.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Norks.
Norks tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Said avoids it.
Norks slowing the pace effectively.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Norks throws a knee to the head but misses.
Norks is struggling to control the position.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Alfie Norks.
Norks throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Said counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Said not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Norks regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Said.
Said is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Norks wants to sweep here but Said controlling him for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Said looking to sit in guard and control but Norks gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Said keeping full guard, as Norks tries to pass.
Said is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Said is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Said keeping full guard, as Norks tries to pass.
Norks won't allow Said to sweep him here.
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.
Said keeping full guard, as Norks tries to pass.
Said is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Said controlling Norks's posture.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Norks tries to score with a low kick but Said moves his leg out of the way.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alfie Norks really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kareem Said's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Norks throws a low kick but Said avoids it.
Norks throws a nice looking combination but Said bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Norks wants to slow Said down by chopping away at his legs.
Said will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Norks defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Said.
Nice sprawl there from Norks as Said shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kareem Said. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Said takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Norks misses with an attempted mid kick.
Said will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Norks misses with a low kick.
Said uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Norks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Norks feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Said's calf.
Norks stuns Said with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Norks tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Said was well out of range. Poor timing from Norks.
Said steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Norks. That one must have hurt.
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!
Norks moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Kareem Said is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Norks chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Norks fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Said has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Norks wants to clinch.
Norks misses with a low kick as Said jumps back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Norks pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Norks misses with a head kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Said tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Norks swivels and escapes.
Norks works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alfie Norks dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Kareem Said's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Norks swings away with a body shot that misses
and Said decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Norks's guard.
Said trying to control but Norks is working from the bottom.
Said is in close to Norks's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Norks lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Said!
Said gets back to half guard.
Said tries to get to full guard but Norks has control of the leg.
Said regains full guard. Nicely done.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Said wants to sweep but no luck.
Said controls Norks momentarily but Norks frees himself.
Said looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Said can't keep his opponent in guard - Norks advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Norks tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Norks with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Norks is looking to take a break and control but Said is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Said is trying to maintain the position but Norks is very close to passing his half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
It looks like Norks is going to stand back up.
Said is looking for a sweep. Norks is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Alfie Norks.
Said shoots in but Norks avoids the takedown attempt easily.
A head kick misses from Norks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Norks throws out a loose jab but Said uses good head movement to avoid it.
Norks swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Norks throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Norks tries to clinch up but Said circles away and keeps his distance.
Norks throws a leg kick but Said moved away.
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.
Norks throws a one two combo.
A leg kick checked by Said.
Said shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Norks but Norks pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Norks throws a left and a right that both miss
and Said counters with a nice double leg into guard.
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 Kareem Said.
I think Said has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 47:46
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 47:46
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 47:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kareem Said!
Kareem Said retains his heavyweight title!
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