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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ricardinho Gabriel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brett Burrows (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brett Burrows acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ricardinho Gabriel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Brett Burrows!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Luis Engracia and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gabriel gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Gabriel shoots in and bounces Burrows off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Burrows looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gabriel is stalling in the full guard.
Burrows really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Gabriel. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Gabriel throws a big right hand that misses.
Gabriel prevents Burrows from getting back to his feet.
Gabriel is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Gabriel's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gabriel postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Gabriel 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.
Gabriel is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Burrows keeping moving, preventing Gabriel from controlling successfully.
Gabriel is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Gabriel looking to pass the guard.
Gabriel stands up and waves to Burrows to follow him.
Burrows misses with a series of wild punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Burrows, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Horrible takedown by Gabriel or perhaps it was just good defense by Burrows which made him look bad.
A decent looking cross lands there for Burrows.
It looks like Ricardinho Gabriel has been cut.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Gabriel is defended easily by Burrows.
Burrows lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Gabriel gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Gabriel tries for a takedown but Burrows manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ricardinho Gabriel. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gabriel prevents Burrows from breaking the clinch.
Gabriel blocks an uppercut.
Burrows misses with an elbow strike.
A head punch on the inside from Burrows fails to land.
Gabriel has Burrows pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Burrows manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Burrows.
Gabriel tries for a takedown. No joy.
Gabriel blocks an uppercut.
Burrows misses with some punches.
Gabriel manages to break the clinch.
Burrows keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Burrows.
Burrows takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Burrows looks to land a combination but Gabriel avoids it well.
Gabriel is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Burrows.
Burrows lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Burrows.
Gabriel is rocked!
Burrows misses with a series of wild punches.
Oh Gabriel is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Brett Burrows seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Burrows throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jab by Burrows.
Burrows throws a series of punches but Gabriel moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gabriel dodges the punch combination from Burrows.
Gabriel seems to have got his legs back now.
Gabriel rushes Burrows and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Gabriel works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gabriel looking to pass the guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Burrows is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Gabriel controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Burrows is trying to hold Gabriel in close to prevent damage but Gabriel has managed to pass into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brett Burrows dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ricardinho Gabriel's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Gabriel slips a jab from Burrows.
Burrows swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gabriel feints and as Burrows raises his hands in defense, Gabriel changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Gabriel slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Gabriel controls the position.
Gabriel is working to tighten is grip on Burrows's neck. He's isolated an arm and is working for an arm triangle. Burrows has recognised the danger and is trying to turn with the submission but Gabriel is really squeezing tight and eventually Burrows passes out! Gabriel breaks the hold and jumps onto the cage to celebrate! Submission of the night, I'd say!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Ricardinho Gabriel!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Hugo Zanella (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodrigo Pinheiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hugo Zanella!
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, Rodrigo Pinheiro!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Emerson Jorge and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zanella lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Pinheiro moves in looking to clinch but Zanella pushes him off.
Pinheiro slips a jab from Zanella.
Pinheiro ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Pinheiro swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Pinheiro gets a takedown into half guard.
Zanella moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Pinheiro slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Zanella keeping moving, preventing Pinheiro from controlling successfully.
Zanella is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Pinheiro defends well.
Pinheiro trying to control the position from guard on top but Zanella is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zanella looking for a sweep. Not yet Zanella, not yet.
Zanella is working hard here to advance position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Zanella looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Pinheiro puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Pinheiro looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Let's hope that Pinheiro has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Zanella wants to get back to full guard.
Pinheiro controlling the action here.
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.
Zanella wants to get back to full guard.
Pinheiro trying to control the action but Zanella is working from the bottom.
Zanella trying to control from the bottom.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Pinheiro closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Zanella uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pinheiro.
Pinheiro slips a jab and a cross from Zanella.
Pinheiro dives in and grabs Zanella's left leg, looking for a takedown. Zanella pushes down on Pinheiro's head and hops out.
Pinheiro dodges the punch combination from Zanella.
Pinheiro clinches up with Zanella and pushes him back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zanella misses with a short punch on the inside.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Pinheiro looking to stall.
Pinheiro jumps guard but Zanella stands there with Pinheiro around his waist. Pinheiro gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Zanella lands a nice uppercut.
Pinheiro pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pinheiro has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Pinheiro slips a straight right by Zanella.
Pinheiro throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Zanella sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Pinheiro ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hugo Zanella is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Zanella connects with a crisp jab.
Zanella swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Zanella!
Pinheiro looks gassed!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zanella dodges the punch combination from Pinheiro.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zanella throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Zanella throws a combination that misses
and Pinheiro counters with a stiff right hand.
Zanella lands a with a good body shot.
Zanella swinging wildly here.
Zanella ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Zanella cracks Pinheiro with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Zanella lands a nice shot to the body.
Zanella takes a swing at Pinheiro's ribcage but misses.
Zanella scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Zanella lands a slapping body shot.
Pinheiro doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Zanella digs a good body shot into Pinheiro's ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hugo Zanella dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Pinheiro doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Pinheiro has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Zanella finds it's way round the side to connect with Pinheiro's head.
Zanella is looking to wear down Pinheiro with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Pinheiro looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Zanella is fending him off so far but Pinheiro persists. Nope, Zanella circles away and we're back to standing.
Zanella scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Zanella misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pinheiro.
Pinheiro takes a swing at Zanella's ribcage but misses.
A lazy left from Zanella finds it's target.
Zanella misses with a wild body shot.
Zanella lands the left hand.
Hugo Zanella is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Zanella misses with a body punch
and Pinheiro counters with a nice double leg into side control. Zanella won't be happy with that.
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!
Zanella manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Zanella wants to improve his position but Pinheiro is controlling well.
Zanella moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pinheiro preventing the sweep.
Zanella bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Pinheiro's guard.
Zanella stands and steps away. Pinheiro gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Zanella throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pinheiro.
Jab, jab by Zanella - just one landing.
Zanella misses with a series of wild punches.
Pinheiro will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Zanella connects with a nice looking jab.
Pinheiro slips a jab and a cross from Zanella.
Pinheiro throws out a loose jab but Zanella uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pinheiro looks to score with a jab to the body but Zanella is just out of range.
Pinheiro tries to clinch but Zanella moves out of range.
Zanella throws a good cross that connects.
Pinheiro scores with a one two! Zanella had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Zanella fails to land with a series of punches.
Pinheiro tries to clinch but Zanella is having none of it.
A right-left combo lands from Zanella.
Zanella swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Zanella staying out of range there.
Pinheiro tries for a takedown but Zanella sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Zanella misses with a double jab
letting Pinheiro counter with a right hand.
Zanella falls off balance throwing a combination
and Pinheiro counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Zanella misses the target.
Pinheiro takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Hugo Zanella is winning the standup battle so far.
Pinheiro has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Pinheiro there as he acknowledges the shot.
Zanella misses with a few strikes there.
Zanella throws a body punch but Pinheiro moves out of range.
Zanella misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pinheiro.
Pinheiro fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Hugo Zanella has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rodrigo Pinheiro.
Zanella swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Zanella looks to land a combination but Pinheiro avoids it well.
Zanella connects with a jab.
Zanella digs a good body shot into Pinheiro's ribs.
Zanella misses with a few strikes there.
Pinheiro swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Zanella counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A left lands for Zanella.
Zanella uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pinheiro.
Zanella wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Zanella throws a combination that misses
and Pinheiro counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Pinheiro.
Pinheiro controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Pinheiro wants to control from the top but Zanella keeps moving.
Pinheiro controls from within his opponent's guard.
Pinheiro trying to control but Zanella is working from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pinheiro has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Zanella to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Pinheiro is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Zanella pulls down on the head and he's put Pinheiro to sleep! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Hugo Zanella!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Josh Matson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Red Fury (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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215 lbs
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205 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
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Josh Matson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Red Fury!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Alexandre Firmino and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Matson's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Matson duly obliges.
Fury misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Matson checks a leg kick.
Matson wants to clinch up but Fury keeps it at a distance.
Matson takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Matson moves into the clinch.
Matson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Matson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Fury can pounce on him.
Fury throws a hook but Matson blocks it.
Matson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Fury can't break the clinch.
Matson keeps control of Fury as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Matson avoiding damage.
A right handed body shot lands from Matson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matson pushes Fury back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Matson.
Matson tries to circle away but Fury has him pinned against the cage.
Fury pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A head kick misses from Fury.
Matson moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Fury slips a straight right by Matson.
Matson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fury.
Fury connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Matson connects with a single shot there.
Fury misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Fury throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
That's two 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!
Fury takes a jab right on the kisser.
Matson throws a shot from downtown. Fury moves away and avoids it.
Josh Matson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Matson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Matson lands a left and a right that send Fury crashing to the mat, dazed. Matson thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Fury is rocked!
Matson shakes his hands by his side, trying to relax. Fury takes his eyes off the ball for a moment - Matson sees the opportunity and cracks him with a massive hook! Fury bends double and collapses on top of himself - he's out! The crowd are going absolutely nuts! Wow, what a knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Josh Matson!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Padre del Panther (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ernesto Suarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ernesto Suarez told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Padre del Panther!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ernesto Suarez!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Alexandre Firmino and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from del Panther is defended easily by Suarez.
del Panther shoots for a takedown but Suarez saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Suarez misses with a takedown
and del Panther counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
del Panther trying to control the position from guard on top but Suarez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
del Panther tries to free his leg and advance position but Suarez is retaining full guard.
del Panther drops back looking for a leg! Suarez is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Suarez manages to kick del Panther off! del Panther jumps back into Suarez's guard.
del Panther wants to pass the guard but Suarez is keeping the position.
Suarez looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
del Panther tries to free his leg and advance position but Suarez is retaining full guard.
del Panther trying to control the position from guard on top but Suarez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
del Panther drops back looking for a leg! Suarez is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Suarez manages to kick del Panther off! del Panther jumps back into Suarez's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
del Panther shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. del Panther showed some decent athleticism there.
del Panther wants to work for an arm triangle but Suarez is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
del Panther is looking for a kimura but Suarez is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for del Panther to get the leverage.
del Panther trying to pass the guard but Suarez defending well.
Suarez wants to improve his position but del Panther is controlling well.
Suarez looks gassed!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
del Panther passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Suarez!
del Panther lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
del Panther wants to control the pace but Suarez is squirming around nicely.
Suarez has left one of his arms exposed and del Panther doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Suarez screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Padre del Panther!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alan Charuto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Derek Hui (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Charuto comes into the arena with Sergio Mendes - Joga Bontio blaring out of the sound system. Derek Hui acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters 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
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alan Charuto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Derek Hui!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Thiago Cunha and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Charuto bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Charuto shoots in but no luck this time.
Charuto misses with a series of wild punches.
Charuto bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hui shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Charuto napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Charuto is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Charuto is trying to maintain the position but Hui is very close to passing his half guard.
Hui is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Hui is thwarting Charuto's attempts to control the position.
Hui decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Charuto misses with a double jab.
Charuto throws a right and a left that Hui avoids nicely.
Charuto fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hui slips a jab and a cross from Charuto.
Charuto misses with a series of wild punches.
Hui steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Charuto.
Hui closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Hui is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Charuto can't fight it off and eventually Hui manages to take the fight to the floor. Charuto looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hui gets to his feet. Charuto looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Hui shoots and misses
enabling Charuto to counter with a crisp jab.
Charuto uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Left hook, right uppercut from Charuto.
Hui jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Charuto jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hui circles away from the clinch attempt
enabling Hui to counter with a crisp jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Charuto blocks a head kick by Hui.
Charuto throws a left and a right that both miss
and Charuto takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
It looks like Alan Charuto has been cut.
Charuto doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Hui counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Charuto is breathing heavily.
Charuto wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alan Charuto. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hui gets control of Charuto's arms and successfully pulls guard. Hui will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Charuto postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Hui manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Charuto throws a series of punches but Hui avoids them all with ease.
The fighters circle, before Hui throws a beautiful high kick that crashes into Charuto's neck, sending him stumbling to the floor! Hui lands more strikes and forces a referee stoppage! That one ended in an instant!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick & Punches). Derek Hui!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Peter La Fleur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henry Katama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Katama comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Fuel kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Peter La Fleur could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Henry Katama's chin.
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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
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Peter La Fleur!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Henry Katama!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Paulo Santos and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Katama has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
La Fleur throws a nice inside leg kick.
Good leg kick by La Fleur there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
La Fleur displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Katama.
La Fleur lands a jab-cross combination.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Katama tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but La Fleur was well out of range. Poor timing from Katama.
Katama fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
A head kick from La Fleur lands but Katama takes it in his stride.
Katama moves in looking to clinch but La Fleur pushes him off.
Katama shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts La Fleur as he jumps to the side.
Peter La Fleur has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Henry Katama.
Katama looks gassed!
An inside leg kick lands from La Fleur.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Left hook, right uppercut from La Fleur.
It looks like Henry Katama has been cut.
Katama displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from La Fleur.
Katama stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from La Fleur.
La Fleur lands a jab-cross combination.
La Fleur scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
La Fleur feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Katama's calf.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by La Fleur!
La Fleur feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Katama's calf.
La Fleur dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Katama. That did some damage!
Katama gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
La Fleur thumps Katama with a low kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for La Fleur.
Katama ducks right into an uppercut from La Fleur.
La Fleur displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
La Fleur closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Katama is rocked!
La Fleur is throwing a storm of strikes! Right hook, left hook and follows it up with a spinning back fist! Katama hits the canvas like a rag doll! And just like that, this one is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Peter La Fleur!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marvin Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andre Galvao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marvin Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Andre Galvao!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Luis Engracia and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown looks to land a combination but Galvao avoids it well.
Marvin Brown seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brown shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A combination from Galvao does no damage.
Brown will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Brown staying out of range there.
Galvao stuffs the takedown.
Galvao ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Galvao stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marvin Brown. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Brown takes one to the side of the head.
Galvao ducks under a wild hook from Brown.
Brown fails to land the takedown.
Brown swinging wildly here.
Brown is breathing heavily.
Galvao lands a jab-cross combination.
Galvao drops Brown with a beautiful combination! Brown stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Galvao is looking for the KO!
It looks like Marvin Brown has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brown fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nice takedown defense from Brown. No joy for Galvao on that attempt.
Galvao moves out of range of the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Galvao lands a left and a right that send Brown crashing to the mat, dazed. Galvao thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Brown is rocked!
Galvao gets a big slam - oh, Brown is out! Brown is out! That's a nasty KO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Slam). Andre Galvao!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ference Gabor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Corcoran (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). James Corcoran has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight 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, Ference Gabor!
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, James Corcoran!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Daniel Cesar and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Corcoran misses with a two punch combination.
Corcoran looks to land a combination but Gabor avoids it well.
Gabor shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Gabor is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Gabor throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Gabor is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Gabor slows the pace down in half guard.
Corcoran tries to get to full guard but Gabor has control of the leg.
Corcoran manages to get to full guard.
Corcoran wants to sweep but no luck.
Gabor drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Gabor jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gabor throwing strikes but missing.
Gabor stopping the sweep attempt from Corcoran.
Corcoran is looking to stand up but Gabor isn't so interested in that idea.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Corcoran looks to land a left hand but Gabor moved out of range nicely.
The fighters circling - Corcoran throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Corcoran tries to bum rush Gabor with a series of wild strikes but Gabor uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gabor jabs at Corcoran's body.
Corcoran throws a looping overhand right but Gabor ducks down to avoid it.
Corcoran fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gabor manages to avoid it.
Gabor scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Corcoran makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Corcoran misses its intended target.
A punch combination from Corcoran misses.
Gabor shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Corcoran's guard.
Gabor lands a couple of digs.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Corcoran holds on and takes a little breather.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gabor wants to control from the top but Corcoran keeps moving.
Corcoran controlling the position.
Gabor not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Gabor pushes down on Corcoran's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Corcoran is looking to control Gabor's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Corcoran avoid being mounted?
Gabor missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Corcoran wants to improve his position but Gabor is controlling well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gabor trying to control from half guard but Corcoran is working away.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Gabor thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Corcoran's head.
Corcoran trying to control from the bottom.
Gabor prevents Corcoran from standing back up.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Corcoran throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Corcoran throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Corcoran throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gabor.
Gabor lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Gabor scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Gabor scores with a couple of short elbows.
An elbow from Gabor crashes against the mat.
Corcoran wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Corcoran struggling a bit here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes there by Gabor.
Corcoran is pushing Gabor's head away, looking to escape. Gabor manages to hold on to the position though.
Gabor is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Corcoran has escaped the position, nice work there.
Gabor working the ground and pound.
Gabor throws an elbow but Corcoran slips to the side and avoids it well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Corcoran throws a right and a left that Gabor avoids nicely.
Corcoran misses with a two punch combination.
Corcoran thows a left - swing and a miss!
Corcoran tries to bum rush Gabor with a series of wild strikes but Gabor uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Corcoran takes a swing at Gabor's ribcage but misses.
Corcoran looks gassed!
Some wild striking there from Corcoran.
Gabor looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Corcoran!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ference Gabor dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Corcoran scores with a body shot.
Gabor displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Corcoran throws out the jab.
A good leg kick by Gabor.
Corcoran misses with a straight right.
Gabor displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Corcoran throws out the jab.
Corcoran misses with a hook.
No joy there for Corcoran, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Corcoran throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gabor showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Corcoran.
Corcoran looks to land a combination but Gabor avoids it well.
Gabor moves out of range as Corcoran strikes.
Corcoran will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gabor scores with a shot to the body.
Corcoran is breathing heavily.
Corcoran moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Gabor throws a sloppy head kick and Corcoran moves out of range easily.
Corcoran stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Gabor.
James Corcoran is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Corcoran stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Corcoran wants it to stay on the feet.
Gabor thows a body shot but no joy.
A good leg kick by Gabor.
Corcoran misses with a looping right.
The fighters circling - Corcoran throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Corcoran just misses with a punch to the body.
Corcoran slips a jab from Gabor.
Gabor uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Corcoran.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Corcoran misses the shot to the body.
Gabor ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A punch combination from Corcoran misses.
Gabor scores with a leg kick.
Gabor tries to land a leg kick but Corcoran saw it coming and moves away.
Gabor misses with a body shot
and Gabor takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Corcoran misses with a few strikes there.
Corcoran blocks a leg kick.
Gabor throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Corcoran.
Corcoran lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gabor circles away quickly and effectively.
Gabor steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Corcoran.
Corcoran misses with a two punch combination.
Gabor shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Corcoran cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Corcoran lands with an uppercut that bounces Gabor off the cage and back into rage.
Gabor throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Corcoran was covering up waiting for the punch and Gabor finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Gabor loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Corcoran keeping moving, preventing Gabor from controlling successfully.
Corcoran is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Gabor is controlling him.
Gabor sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Corcoran's guard.
Gabor not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Still in half guard, Gabor seems content to control.
Gabor has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Corcoran wants to control but Gabor is keeping busy and won't allow it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gabor wants to pass to mount but Corcoran is defending the position.
Gabor trying to control the action but Corcoran is working from the bottom.
Gabor thows a huge punch but Corcoran dodges it nicely.
Gabor scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Corcoran pushes Gabor off and gets back to his feet.
Gabor walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
James Corcoran is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Corcoran throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Corcoran lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gabor circles away quickly and effectively.
Corcoran 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.
Gabor throws a head kick that misses.
Corcoran misses with a two punch combination.
Gabor moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Corcoran uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ference Gabor dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Gabor slips under a jab from Corcoran.
Corcoran misses with a jab, cross combination.
Corcoran tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Corcoran keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Gabor uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Corcoran.
Gabor feints and as Corcoran raises his hands in defense, Gabor changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Corcoran controls Gabor momentarily but Gabor frees himself.
Gabor's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Corcoran keeping moving, preventing Gabor from controlling successfully.
Gabor throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Gabor throws a big right hand that misses.
Gabor thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Corcoran is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Corcoran takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Corcoran misses with a body shot
and Gabor counters with a left to the body.
Corcoran rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gabor moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Corcoran looks to throw the jab but Gabor is out of range.
Gabor keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Corcoran.
Corcoran looks to land a combination but Gabor avoids it well.
Corcoran uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Gabor has time to react.
Gabor misses with a head kick.
Gabor is looking to wear down Corcoran with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Gabor swings and misses with a hook to the body.
James Corcoran seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Corcoran avoids the body shot from Gabor.
Gabor moves away from the strike by Corcoran.
Gabor avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
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.
Gabor throws a chopping leg kick but Corcoran manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Corcoran misses with a few strikes there.
Corcoran misses with an uppercut.
Gabor staying out of range there.
Corcoran lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gabor circles away quickly and effectively.
Corcoran avoids the head kick by Gabor.
Gabor misses with a head kick.
Gabor swings for the body but Corcoran moves out of range.
Corcoran on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Gabor. Gabor obviously looking to wear him down.
Gabor fails to land the takedown.
Corcoran throws a hook to the side of Gabor's head but Gabor sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right-left combo lands from Corcoran.
Gabor looks for the body kick but Corcoran saw that one coming.
Corcoran's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Gabor dodges the punch combination from Corcoran.
Gabor takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A slow jab from Corcoran misses its intended target.
Corcoran misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Corcoran jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A combination from Corcoran does no damage.
Gabor connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Gabor shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Corcoran napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Gabor is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Corcoran has escaped the position, nice work there.
Corcoran is pushing Gabor's head away, looking to escape. Gabor manages to hold on to the position though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gabor thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Gabor working the head with strikes.
Gabor misses with the ground and pound.
Corcoran looks to move to half guard but instead Gabor has passed into mount! Damn!
A nice elbow there by Gabor.
Corcoran manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Corcoran trying to control from the bottom.
Gabor seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Corcoran does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Corcoran is trying to maintain the position but Gabor is very close to passing his half guard.
Corcoran is trying to stand back up but Gabor is controlling him
And that's the end of the fight!
Ference Gabor showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gabor 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight for Ference Gabor!
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight for Ference Gabor!
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight for Ference Gabor!
Ference Gabor wins by unanimous decision!
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