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UVT Fight Night 7/7 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adrian Blanchard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Steeler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blanchard's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, "Bull's on Parade" by Rage Against the Machine. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Adrian Blanchard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mark Steeler!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Daniel Cesar and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steeler throws a head kick but Blanchard moves out of range.
Steeler throws a sloppy head kick and Blanchard moves out of range easily.
Steeler shoots in for a double leg but Blanchard sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Steeler throws a head kick that misses.
Blanchard wants to clinch up but Steeler keeps it at a distance.
Steeler throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Blanchard's waist but Blanchard gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Steeler off to one side.
Steeler pulls out of a head kick attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Steeler throws a body kick that misses.
Blanchard throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blanchard swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Adrian Blanchard is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A head kick misses from Steeler.
Steeler changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Blanchard tries to avoid it but Steeler manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Blanchard to the ground. Blanchard escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Adrian Blanchard has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Steeler.
Steeler fails with a takedown attempt.
Steeler shoots for a takedown but Blanchard saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Blanchard wants to clinch.
Steeler should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Blanchard blocks a head kick by Steeler.
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.
The fight stays on the outside here - Blanchard looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Blanchard throws a wild body kick that Steeler sees coming a mile off.
Blanchard fails in his attempt to clinch.
Blanchard tries to move into range but Steeler moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Steeler dives in and grabs Blanchard's left leg, looking for a takedown. Blanchard pushes down on Steeler's head and hops out.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steeler keeps the fight on the outside.
Steeler throws a sloppy head kick and Blanchard moves out of range easily.
Blanchard wants to clinch up but Steeler keeps it at a distance.
Steeler avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Steeler misses with the body kick
and Blanchard counters by clinching up.
With the fighters up against the cage, Blanchard throws an elbow but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Blanchard.
Blanchard lands an elbow inside.
Blanchard lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Mark Steeler has been cut.
Steeler with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Steeler misses with a knee strike.
Blanchard lands a damaging elbow.
Steeler looks gassed!
Blanchard gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blanchard landing some nice looking knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blanchard gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That has opened up Mark Steeler's cut even more.
Blanchard comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Blanchard lands an elbow inside that Steeler shrugs off.
The cut above Mark Steeler's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Blanchard gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Blanchard lands an elbow just above Steeler 's eye.
Mark Steeler's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Blanchard throws an elbow that misses.
Steeler dodges an elbow strike from Blanchard.
Blanchard comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Mark Steeler's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Adrian Blanchard!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Parei Pra Rir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Baek Do San (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Parei Pra Rir!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Baek Do San!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Emerson Jorge and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Do San uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pra Rir.
Pra Rir misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pra Rir misses with a two punch combination.
Pra Rir throws a nice looking combination but Do San bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pra Rir throws a nice looking combination but Do San bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Do San throws a right and a left that both miss.
Do San takes the fight into the clinch.
Pra Rir takes a knee right on the jaw!
It looks like Parei Pra Rir has been cut.
Pra Rir tries to break free but Do San pushes him back against the cage.
Pra Rir looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Do San breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A punch combination from Pra Rir misses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Do San fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pra Rir misses with a combination
and Do San counters by clinching up.
Do San escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Do San slips a jab and a cross from Pra Rir.
Pra Rir throws a combination that misses
and Do San counters with a head kick.
Do San throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Pra Rir's waist but Pra Rir gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Do San off to one side.
Do San takes the fight into the clinch.
Do San tries to land a knee to the head but Pra Rir blocks with his arms.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Do San can't get the takedown.
Do San softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Do San has Pra Rir pressed against the cage.
Do San landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Pra Rir is breathing heavily.
Do San lands a knee to the head.
Do San utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Do San breaks from the clinch.
Pra Rir rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Do San moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Horrible takedown by Do San or perhaps it was just good defense by Pra Rir which made him look bad.
Parei Pra Rir has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Baek Do San.
Do San buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Do San darts in and clinches Pra Rir up against the cage.
Do San landing knees to the head.
Do San is working for takedown but Pra Rir is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Do San is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Do San jumps guard.
Do San controlling the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Do San is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Pra Rir has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Do San is proving hard to escape from.
Pra Rir pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Do San is keeping the position for now.
Do San working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Pra Rir doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Pra Rir manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Do San looking to control.
Pra Rir has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Do San is proving hard to escape from.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Do San is on top in guard.
Do San controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Do San thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Do San not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Do San working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Baek Do San dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Parei Pra Rir's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Do San lands with a nice body kick.
Do San tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pra Rir rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Do San moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Do San clinches.
Do San pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pra Rir scores with a one two! Do San had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Pra Rir slaps away a takedown attempt from Do San, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Do San thuds his shin into the meat of Pra Rir's side.
Do San throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Do San has closed the distance and engaged Pra Rir in a clinch.
A shot in the inside from Do San.
Do San lands a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pra Rir takes a knee to the side of the body.
Do San pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Do San stalks Pra Rir and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Pra Rir's face. Pra Rir staggers backwards, shaken.
Do San doesn't manage to clinch there - Pra Rir circles away.
Pra Rir tries to keep at a distance but Do San has taken the fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Do San breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Do San clinches up with Pra Rir and pushes him back against the cage.
Do San comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Knees to the body from Do San.
Knees to the body from Do San.
Do San comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Do San lands a body punch.
Do San pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pra Rir throws an overhand right that lands on Do San's shoulder, as Do San tries to avoid the shot.
Do San has closed the distance and engaged Pra Rir in a clinch.
Do San keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pra Rir's efforts to push away.
Do San drags the fight down to the ground.
Do San lands a decent punch to the body there.
Pra Rir knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Do San on the ground.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Do San bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Pra Rir's guard.
Do San with a flurry of punches that miss.
Do San is looking to work some ground and pound but Pra Rir has wrist control.
Do San landing some decent shots from guard.
Pra Rir on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Pra Rir tries to get out of the position.
Do San working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Do San working some strikes from top position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Do San is pushing down on Pra Rir's leg trying to pass to half guard. Pra Rir is fighting to maintain full guard but Do San has managed to sneak the leg through.
Do San content to control rather than advance.
Pra Rir is staying active underneath Do San, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Do San passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Pra Rir!
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.
Do San landing strikes from the mount and Pra Rir is in trouble!
Do San throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Pra Rir keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Do San sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Baek Do San showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Parei Pra Rir's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. 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.
A solid leg kick lands there for Do San.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Pra Rir is pressed up against the cage. Do San has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Pra Rir down to the mat. Pra Rir avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Pra Rir tries to bum rush Do San with a series of wild strikes but Do San uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Pra Rir scores with a body shot.
Do San moves into range and clinches up with Pra Rir.
Do San tries for a takedown but Pra Rir manages to get underhooks.
A knee to the head by Do San.
Pra Rir tries to break free but Do San pushes him back against the cage.
Do San stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Do San throws a head punch that misses.
Do San pulls guard effortlessly.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Do San trying to control the position.
Pra Rir trying to stand up but can't free himself from Do San's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Do San looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Do San throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Pra Rir wants to stand but Do San is controlling his posture from full guard.
Pra Rir stopping the sweep attempt from Do San.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Do San trying to keep a closed guard but Pra Rir is proving a slippery customer.
Do San lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Pra Rir!
Do San pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Do San scoring with strikes but Pra Rir is staying in there.
You get the feeling that Pra Rir really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Pra Rir blocking the ground and pound.
Do San lands a nice shot to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Do San punishing his opponent with strikes.
Do San cracks Pra Rir with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Pra Rir is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Pra Rir in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Parei Pra Rir has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Do San looking to control and managing it successfully.
Baek Do San is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Do San throws some wild stikes that Pra Rir manages to avoid easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Baek Do San comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Do San 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 27:30
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 27:30
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Baek Do San!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Pedro Blanco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wayne Rooney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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165 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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Excellent boxer
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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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pedro Blanco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wayne Rooney!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Alexandre Firmino and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rooney on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Rooney is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Rooney keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Blanco.
Rooney moves away from the strike by Blanco.
Rooney is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Blanco digs a good body shot into Rooney's ribs.
Rooney lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Rooney avoids a punch combination nicely.
Blanco's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Blanco duly obliges.
Blanco swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wayne Rooney seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blanco misses with a body shot.
Blanco cracks a nice hook into Rooney's ribs.
Blanco lands a nice looking body shot.
Rooney bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Blanco scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
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!
Blanco takes one to the chin there.
Blanco lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Rooney backs up against the cage.
A lazy left from Rooney finds it's target.
Blanco fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rooney manages to avoid it.
Rooney misses with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blanco keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rooney digs a good hook to Blanco's body.
Blanco is breathing heavily.
Blanco fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rooney manages to avoid it.
Rooney scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Blanco doesn't seem bothered though.
Rooney stuns Blanco with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Rooney shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Blanco pinned against the cage. Blanco gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Rooney connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Rooney has taken the fight to the clinch.
Rooney throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A short body shot lands from Rooney as the two fighters clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A right hand to the body from Rooney.
A left hand lands to the body for Rooney.
Rooney is working Blanco over against the cage.
Blanco wants to get back to striking at distance but Rooney won't allow it.
Rooney scores with a shoulder strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rooney working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Rooney lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Blanco backwards.
Blanco is rocked!
Rooney lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Oh Blanco is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rooney dips a shoulder and cracks Blanco with a mighty uppercut! Blanco falls back against the cage and Rooney unloads with a barrage of strikes! Blanco is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Rooney screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Wayne Rooney!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Nat Turner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lae Praye (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Praye has chosen Carry That Weight as his entrance music. Lae Praye is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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165 lbs
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163 lbs
7 - 9 - 0 |
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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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Nat Turner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lae Praye!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Emerson Jorge and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turner just misses with a punch to the body.
Nat Turner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Turner throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Turner connects with a crisp jab.
Praye throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Turner was covering up waiting for the punch and Praye finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Praye throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Praye accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Praye landing with the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Turner keeping full guard, as Praye tries to pass.
Turner is wriggling around but Praye manages to pass to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Praye thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Turner wants to get back to his feet.
Praye is trying to control the action in half guard but Turner is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Praye wants to free his trapped foot but Turner is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Praye is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Praye throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
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.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Turner throws a right and a left that both miss.
Praye lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Turner circles away quickly and effectively.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Turner swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Praye darts in and clinches Turner up against the cage.
Praye is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Turner gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Praye gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Praye missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Praye thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Turner's head.
Praye wants to control but Turner is keeping him busy.
Turner regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Praye.
Turner is breathing heavily.
Turner avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turner working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Praye.
Praye throwing strikes from guard but Turner blocks nicely.
Praye throwing strikes but missing.
Turner will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Praye throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Turner takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Praye gets the takedown into side control.
Turner defending against the ground and pound.
Turner gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Turner is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Praye thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Praye unloads with some shots from mount but Turner bucks and avoids them well.
Praye has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Praye thowing shots but they're missing.
Praye jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Turner manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Turner on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Turner tries to get out of the position.
Praye working the ground and pound from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lae Praye dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Praye shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Turner's guard.
Turner keeping moving, preventing Praye from controlling successfully.
Turner avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Praye is pushing down on Turner's leg trying to pass to half guard. Turner is fighting to maintain full guard but Praye has managed to sneak the leg through.
Praye lands with a punch from half guard.
Praye seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Turner won't allow Praye to pass to mount.
Praye throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Praye is trying to control the action in half guard but Turner is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Praye throwing shots but Turner is blocking nicely.
Praye uses his free foot to push down on Turner's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Turner.
Praye throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Praye scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Turner?
Praye landing strikes from the mount.
Praye throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Praye wants to control the pace but Turner is squirming around nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Praye throwing strikes here but Turner is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Turner holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Praye tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Praye landing punches.
Praye looking to finish Turner with some ground and pound. This is bad for Turner!
Turner is in a horrible position here. Praye smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Praye trying to control but Turner is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Praye unloads with some shots from mount but Turner bucks and avoids them well.
Praye looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Praye dominating with strikes here.
Turner wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Praye.
Praye thowing shots but they're missing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Praye working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Praye lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Turner hang on?
Turner is squirming around, avoiding Praye's attempts to control the action.
Praye is working to isolate an arm here. It's a telegraphed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! Praye extends the arm and Turner is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Lae Praye!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kazuya Takahashi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raymundo Colon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Colon is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Estala O Dedo by Cabal. Raymundo Colon has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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160 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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kazuya Takahashi!
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, Raymundo Colon!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Thiago Cunha and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Takahashi thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Colon if he has to take too many more of those.
A cross from Takahashi lands.
Colon takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Colon lands a jab to Takahashi's midsection.
Takahashi throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Colon misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Takahashi defending well as Colon loads up on a big left hand.
A swing and a miss from Colon.
Colon misses with a few strikes there.
Takahashi throws a head kick that half lands.
Takahashi slips a jab and a cross from Colon.
Colon displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Colon on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Takahashi moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by Takahashi!
Takahashi lands a nice looking body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Takahashi lands a head kick. Colon smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Takahashi throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Takahashi lands with a nice body kick.
Takahashi scores with a kick to the midsection.
Colon takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Colon has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Takahashi.
Colon misses with a jab, cross combination.
Colon swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Takahashi moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Takahashi. Colon shrugs it off though.
Takahashi lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Takahashi throws a right hand that Colon ducks under and follows up with a left that Colon also avoids with ease.
Takahashi throws a nice outside leg kick.
Takahashi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Takahashi throws a front kick that sends Colon stumbling back into the cage.
Colon throws a combination that misses
and Takahashi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Takahashi lands with a kick to the ribs.
Takahashi connects with a high kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Colon takes a kick to the side of the head.
Colon throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Takahashi counters with a nice body kick.
Colon throws a combination that misses
and Takahashi counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Colon is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Colon throws a leg kick
and Takahashi counters with a good low kick that Colon was not able to check.
Colon looks gassed!
Colon falls off balance throwing a combination
and Takahashi counters with an outside leg kick.
Takahashi takes one to the side of the head.
Takahashi throws a quick inside leg kick.
Colon scores with a body shot.
Takahashi throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Colon throws a shot from downtown. Takahashi moves away and avoids it.
Takahashi lands a glancing blow to the side of Colon's head.
Colon throws a lazy body kick
and Takahashi counters with a nice low kick that buckles Colon's knee momentarily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A telegraphed right hand from Colon misses the target.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Takahashi - that will leave a mark!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takahashi goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Takahashi is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Colon takes a head kick and keeps coming.
A jab from Colon misses.
A thudding body kick lands there by Takahashi!
Takahashi takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Takahashi throws a head kick that Colon semi-blocks.
Colon takes a kick to the side of the head.
Colon throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Takahashi counters with a good low kick that Colon was not able to check.
Takahashi scores with a push kick.
Takahashi scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Takahashi avoids a punch combination nicely.
Colon tries to bum rush Takahashi with a series of wild strikes but Takahashi uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Takahashi lands with a shot to the body.
Colon misses with a wild combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Takahashi throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Colon's head.
Takahashi lands a head kick. Colon smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
A big right from Colon misses.
Takahashi needs to keep his hands up - Colon had a free shot at his head there.
Takahashi lands a front kick.
Colon takes a kick to the side of the head.
A jab from Colon misses.
Colon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Takahashi was well out of range. Poor timing from Colon.
Takahashi pushes Colon away with a front kick.
Takahashi thuds his shin into the meat of Colon's side.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A solid body kick from Takahashi.
Takahashi keeps Colon at a distance using the push kick.
Takahashi defending well as Colon loads up on a big left hand.
Takahashi plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kazuya Takahashi dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Nice body kick from Takahashi.
Takahashi thumps Colon with a low kick.
Takahashi lands a nice leg kick that just misses Colon's sensitive parts.
Colon swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Takahashi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Colon takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Both fighters circling a little - Takahashi finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Takahashi throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Raymundo Colon is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Takahashi looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Takahashi avoids a punch combination nicely.
Takahashi turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Colon takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Takahashi lands a high kick!
Colon is breathing heavily.
Takahashi scores with a decent looking hook.
Colon takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Colon misses with an uppercut. Takahashi saw that one coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Takahashi lands a head kick. Colon smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
A nice leg kick lands there from Takahashi.
Colon lands an overhand right.
Colon throws a leg kick that is checked
and Takahashi counters with a nice body kick.
Colon avoids the body shot from Takahashi.
Takahashi is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Takahashi.
Colon takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Takahashi throws a front kick that sends Colon stumbling back into the cage.
Takahashi lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Kazuya Takahashi is winning the standup battle so far.
Takahashi lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Colon rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Takahashi moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Colon slips a jab and a cross from Takahashi.
Takahashi thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Colon if he has to take too many more of those.
Takahashi feints and then cracks Colon's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Colon down.
Colon takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Colon takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Colon walks forward, straight into a front kick from Takahashi.
Takahashi paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Takahashi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Colon was well out of range. Poor timing from Takahashi.
Colon throws a body kick the misses
and Takahashi counters with a body kick.
Colon steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Takahashi. That one must have hurt.
Colon takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Takahashi lands a two punch combo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Colon stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Takahashi.
Takahashi scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Colon throws a left and a right that both miss
and Takahashi counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Takahashi feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Colon's calf.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Takahashi.
Takahashi scores with a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Colon closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Takahashi fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Colon.
Takahashi scores with a head kick.
Nice body kick there by Takahashi.
A low kick from Colon is predictable there
and Takahashi counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Colon is lucky that one didn't land flush.
A nice leg kick lands there from Takahashi.
Takahashi scores with a hook to the body. Colon takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A punch combination from Colon misses.
Colon on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Colon might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Takahashi has got the better of the exchanges.
Colon takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Takahashi lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Colon throws a left and a right that both miss
and Takahashi counters with a head kick.
Takahashi connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Colon's hands.
Takahashi connects with a high kick.
Takahashi throws a front kick that sends Colon stumbling back into the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Colon takes a kick to the side of the head.
Takahashi throws a shot to the body.
Takahashi lands a jab to Colon's midsection.
Takahashi avoids a punch combination nicely.
Takahashi lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Takahashi dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Takahashi throws a nice inside leg kick.
Colon stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Takahashi.
Colon takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Colon throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Takahashi comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Colon's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Takahashi throws a head kick that Colon semi-blocks.
Colon has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Takahashi finds it's way round the side to connect with Colon's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kazuya Takahashi dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Takahashi scores with a spinning back kick!
Takahashi looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A thudding body kick lands there by Takahashi!
Takahashi connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Colon momentarily.
Takahashi thuds his shin into the meat of Colon's side.
Colon misses with an uppercut. Takahashi saw that one coming.
Takahashi lands a front kick.
Takahashi delivers a nice body kick.
Takahashi lands a glancing blow to the side of Colon's head.
Takahashi lands with a slapping head kick.
Colon misses the shot to the body.
Colon misses with a hook to the body
and Takahashi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Takahashi lands a front kick.
Takahashi throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Jab by Takahashi.
Colon takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Takahashi throws a series of punches but Colon avoids them all with ease.
Takahashi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Colon can do to turn this around?
Both fighters circling a little - Takahashi finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Colon throws a combination that misses
and Takahashi counters with a nice body kick.
Takahashi lands with a kick to the temple. Colon shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Colon throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Colon will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Takahashi scores with a kick to the midsection.
A solid body kick from Takahashi.
Takahashi bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Crunch! Takahashi slams his shin into Colon's torso.
Takahashi throws a head kick that half lands.
Colon throws a big shot that misses.
Takahashi scoring well with a low kick there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takahashi listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Takahashi throws a shot to the body.
A thudding body kick lands there by Takahashi!
Takahashi lands a head kick!
Takahashi throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Colon takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Raymundo Colon has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Colon fails to land with a series of punches.
Takahashi lands a high kick!
Colon rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Takahashi moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Colon misses with a two punch combination.
Takahashi digs a good body shot into Colon's ribs.
Takahashi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Takahashi fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Colon.
Colon throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kazuya Takahashi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takahashi throws a leg kick which misses Colon's front leg but catches the back leg as Colon tries to avoid it.
Nice body kick there by Takahashi.
Colon walks into a left hand.
Colon takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Takahashi pushes Colon away with a front kick.
Nice body punch from Takahashi.
Takahashi looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Colon swinging wildly here.
Takahashi throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Colon.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Takahashi, as that shot connected.
Colon misses with a wild combination.
Takahashi throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Takahashi staying out of range there.
Takahashi throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Colon's head.
Colon throws a lazy body kick
and Takahashi counters with an inside leg kick.
Takahashi throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Colon's head.
A big left from Colon misses.
Takahashi throws a head kick that half lands.
Colon has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Takahashi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Colon.
Colon on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Takahashi cracks Colon with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Colon takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Takahashi lands a head kick. Colon smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Takahashi moves out of range as Colon strikes.
Takahashi plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
A thudding body kick lands there by Takahashi!
And that's the end of the fight!
Kazuya Takahashi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Takahashi 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 Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:25
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:25
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kazuya Takahashi!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Alex Houdini (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevin Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Gracie's choice of entrance music: Bate pesadăo. Alex Houdini has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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152 lbs
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153 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
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alex Houdini!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kevin Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Paulo Santos and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Gracie listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Gracie throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gracie stuffs the takedown attempt from Houdini. Houdini gets slowly back to his feet.
Gracie lands the left hand.
Houdini shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Gracie sprawls well. Gracie wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Houdini gets slowly back to his feet.
Gracie sizes up Houdini with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Houdini shoots in for a takedown but Gracie shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alex Houdini. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gracie tries to clinch up.
Gracie moves in looking to clinch but Houdini pushes him off.
Gracie lands a nice shot to the body.
Gracie has taken the fight to the clinch.
Gracie wants the takedown. Houdini is fighting it off but Gracie persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Houdini's guard against the cage.
Houdini working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Gracie doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Gracie manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gracie postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Houdini is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Gracie, into his guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gracie had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Houdini defends it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Houdini wants to pass the guard but Gracie is keeping the position.
Gracie looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Houdini thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Houdini avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Gracie keeping moving, preventing Houdini from controlling successfully.
Gracie looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Houdini is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Houdini is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Gracie wants to sweep here but Houdini controlling him for the moment.
Gracie looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Gracie escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Houdini gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Gracie escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Houdini gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Gracie looks gassed!
Gracie lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Houdini!
Gracie goes for an armbar but Houdini turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Houdini.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Houdini drops back looking for a leg! Gracie is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Gracie manages to kick Houdini off! Houdini jumps back into Gracie's guard.
Houdini is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Gracie tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Gracie wants to stand up but Houdini is controlling him.
Houdini advances position into side control!
Gracie is looking for a sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Houdini wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Gracie, who protects the arm well.
Houdini wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Gracie, who protects the arm well.
Gracie tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Houdini presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Houdini looking for a guillotine from mount but Gracie is having none of it.
Houdini wants to finish this one by submission but Gracie is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Houdini.
Houdini is working for a guillotine from mount but Gracie frees his head quite easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Kevin Gracie will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Gracie looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Gracie is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Houdini wants to get back to full guard.
Gracie looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Houdini manages to get to full guard.
Houdini has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Gracie can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Gracie trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Houdini dives on top into guard.
Houdini advances position into side control!
Gracie is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Houdini tries to move to mount but Gracie blocks the move with his legs.
Gracie tries to bench press Houdini off him but Houdini keeps the position.
Gracie is trying to work for a sweep but Houdini has mounted him!
Gracie really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Gracie is breathing heavily.
Houdini jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Gracie manages to avoid the submission attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Houdini looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Houdini is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Gracie is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Houdini wants to control but Gracie is keeping him busy.
Gracie tries to bench press Houdini off him but Houdini keeps the position.
Houdini is looking to take a break and control but Gracie is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Gracie is trying to improve his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Houdini thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Houdini is looking to take a break and control but Gracie is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Gracie is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Houdini off and has taken his back!
Houdini is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Gracie working for a choke but Houdini is defending well.
Gracie is persistently looking for the submission but Houdini is defending it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie tightening his grip on Houdini, looking for the choke.
Houdini manages to reverse the position and now he's in Gracie's guard. Nice work there by Houdini.
Houdini pushes down on Gracie's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Houdini is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Houdini moves nicely into side control.
Gracie tries to buck Houdini off but Houdini is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alex Houdini dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Gracie misses with a looping left.
Alex Houdini seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gracie takes a swing at Houdini's ribcage but misses.
Houdini doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Gracie counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Houdini with a lazy takedown attempt
and Gracie counters with a left to the body.
Houdini gets a takedown into half guard.
Gracie wants to get back to full guard.
Houdini is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Gracie tries to get to full guard but Houdini has control of the leg.
Houdini is looking to take a break and control but Gracie is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Houdini looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Gracie is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Alex Houdini overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Houdini wants to pass the guard but Gracie is defending well.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Gracie fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gracie with a hook.
Gracie sizes up Houdini with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Houdini closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Gracie scores with a nice right hand.
Houdini tries for a takedown but Gracie circles away easily
and Gracie counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alex Houdini. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Houdini walks into a left hand.
Gracie lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Gracie scores with a sloppy right hand. Houdini should have avoided that one.
Gracie bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Houdini's head.
Gracie smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie lands a jab to the head.
Gracie dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Houdini fails with the takedown
and Gracie counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gracie scores with the left hand. Houdini knows he should have avoided that one.
Gracie closes the distance and clinches.
Gracie ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Gracie no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Gracie wants to get back to his feet but Houdini is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Gracie throwing short punches from the bottom.
Gracie is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Houdini defends well.
Gracie looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Houdini controlling from the top position.
Gracie is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Houdini thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Gracie keeping moving, preventing Houdini from controlling successfully.
Gracie throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Houdini works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Houdini works his foot free and advances to mount.
Gracie is trying to escape the mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Gracie defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Houdini.
Gracie is working to get back to half guard.
Gracie throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Houdini has hold of Gracie's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Gracie manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Gracie tries to reverse the position but Houdini maintains control.
Houdini is working for a guillotine from mount but Gracie frees his head quite easily.
Houdini goes for an armbar but Gracie turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Gracie.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Kevin Gracie.
I think Gracie has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 28:29
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kevin Gracie!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Matt Huge (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andre Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Matt Huge has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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179 lbs
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180 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
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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
16 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Matt Huge!
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, Andre Jones!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Paulo Santos and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Huge throws a hook but Jones blocks it.
Horrible takedown by Huge or perhaps it was just good defense by Jones which made him look bad.
Huge shoots for a takedown but Jones saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Huge shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Jones's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Huge working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Huge scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Jones is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Huge looking to pass the guard.
Jones wants to stand up but Huge is controlling him.
Huge working some strikes from top position.
Jones preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Huge 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.
Jones working a defensive guard here.
Jones can't keep his opponent in guard - Huge advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Huge is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Jones defends it well.
Jones is trying to stand up here but Huge is controlling him well.
Huge missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Huge wants to lay and pray for a moment but Jones keeps working.
Jones is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Huge scores with a couple of nice shots.
Jones has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Huge is working away from the top position though.
Jones keeping hold of Huge's head, controlling as best he can.
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.
Huge lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Jones really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Huge. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Huge not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Huge missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Huge wants to take a breather but Jones is having none of it.
Huge is really struggling to control Jones but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Huge throwing shots but Jones is blocking nicely.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Huge connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
No luck for Huge with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matt Huge. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Huge throws a looping overhand right but Jones ducks down to avoid it.
Huge shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Huge showed some decent athleticism there.
Jones wants to control but Huge is keeping busy.
Huge stops Jones from getting back to his feet.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Jones can do anything to dispel that myth.
Huge seems to be looking for submissions.
Jones wants to control but Huge is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Huge not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Huge is nestled in close to Jones, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Huge is looking to take a break and control but Jones is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Huge missing with a left hand there. Jones was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Huge has a takedown stuffed.
Matt Huge seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones leaves Huge with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Andre Jones is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A slow jab from Jones misses its intended target.
Jones scores with a one two! Huge had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Huge tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Huge has a takedown stuffed.
Huge is breathing heavily.
Jones leaves Huge with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Huge dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Jones lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Huge circles away quickly and effectively.
Huge takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Huge shoots for a takedown but Jones saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Jones throws a series of punches but Huge moves out of range.
Andre Jones is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Huge throws a body punch but Jones moves out of range.
Jones displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Huge.
Huge shoots in but Jones avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matt Huge. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jones displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Huge.
No joy there for Jones, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jones slaps away a takedown attempt from Huge, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Jones uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Huge.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Huge shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Huge dodges the punch combination from Jones.
Huge takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
No joy there for Jones, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jones wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
No luck for Huge with that takedown attempt.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Jones.
Huge avoids a punch combination nicely.
Huge fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Huge takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Jones moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Jones misses with a two punch combination.
Jones scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Huge.
Some wild striking there from Jones.
Huge fails with a takedown attempt.
Huge showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jones.
Huge dives in and grabs Jones's left leg, looking for a takedown. Jones pushes down on Huge's head and hops out.
Jones looks to land a combination. Huge sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Huge fails with the takedown.
Jones scores with a jab to the head.
Jones throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jones slaps away a takedown attempt from Huge, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Jones scores with a jab to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Huge closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Jones did well to prevent Huge getting side control.
Huge thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Jones manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Andre Jones seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Huge shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Danga de danga de dang - Jones scores with a four punch combination!
Huge misses with an uppercut.
Huge fails with the takedown.
Jones throws a nice looking combination but Huge bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Huge slips a jab and a cross from Jones.
Huge closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Jones to the mat! Jones manages to get full guard.
Huge prevents Jones from getting back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Huge slips nicely into half guard.
Jones is trying to control but can't.
Huge lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Huge looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Huge is trying to work for a kimura but Jones is defending well.
Jones is looking to escape.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Huge landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andre Jones showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Huge's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Jones leaves Huge with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Huge shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Jones sprawls well. Jones wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Huge gets slowly back to his feet.
Huge misses the jab.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Huge.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matt Huge. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Huge throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Jones connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Huge misses with a looping right.
Jones rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Huge moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jones works the jab nicely.
Jones scores with a three punch combo!
Huge throws a series of punches but Jones moves out of range.
Jones looks to land a combination. Huge sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Huge misses with a takedown attempt
and Jones counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Huge thinking.
Huge with a lazy takedown attempt
and Jones counters with a straight right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Huge.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jones throws a right and a left that both miss.
Some wild striking there from Jones.
Huge with a poor takedown
and Jones counters with a two punch combo.
Jones with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Huge shoots in for a double leg but Jones sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Jones lands with a nice combination. Huge backs away looking to recover.
Huge fails to land the takedown.
Jones moves into range and connects with a jab.
Jones displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Huge.
Huge misses with a takedown attempt - Jones sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Jones lands a nice looking body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Jones looks to land a combination. Huge sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Huge changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Jones looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Huge prevents Jones from escaping the position.
Huge cracks Jones with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Jones takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Jones struggling a bit here.
Huge landing strikes.
Huge lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Huge in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Jones is trying to work for a sweep but Huge has mounted him!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Huge landing strikes from the mount.
Huge working Jones over with strikes here.
Huge lands a big shot there that rocks Jones but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Huge pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Huge has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Jones's face.
Huge scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Jones takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Huge punishing his opponent with strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Huge lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Huge lands a big elbow.
Huge putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Huge wants to control the pace but Jones is squirming around nicely.
Huge working Jones over with strikes here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jones tries to reverse the position but Huge maintains control.
Huge scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Huge with a couple of short strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Huge working the ground and pound effectively.
Huge is landing with some decent strikes but Jones is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
And that's the end of the fight!
Matt Huge showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Huge 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matt Huge!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Lukens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Reynaldo Da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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181 lbs
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179 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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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
12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Johnny Lukens!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Reynaldo Da Silva!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Alexandre Firmino and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lukens looks to score with a jab to the body but Da Silva is just out of range.
Lukens throws a leg kick that misses.
Lukens throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lukens keeps the fight on the outside.
Da Silva closes the distance and clinches.
Da Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Lukens's face.
It looks like Johnny Lukens has been cut.
Lukens has had enough of the clinch but Da Silva keeps him there for the moment.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Da Silva.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Da Silva.
Lukens jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Da Silva walks away with a smile on his face. Lukens gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Da Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Lukens circles away.
Da Silva moves into the clinch successfully.
A bit of stalling here from Da Silva.
Da Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Da Silva scores with a knee to the head.
Da Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lukens wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lukens breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Da Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lukens swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lukens throws a right hand that Da Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that Da Silva also avoids with ease.
Lukens misses with a body shot.
Da Silva instigates a clinch.
Da Silva missing with knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lukens on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lukens manages to break the clinch.
Da Silva drives through and clinches with Lukens against the cage.
Da Silva is trying to stall.
Lukens breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Da Silva blocks a head kick by Lukens.
Da Silva ducks under a wild hook from Lukens.
Lukens looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Da Silva is fending him off so far but Lukens persists. Nope, Da Silva circles away and we're back to standing.
Reynaldo Da Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Da Silva moves away from the strike by Lukens.
Lukens closes this distance looking for a takedown but Da Silva circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johnny Lukens. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lukens throws out a loose jab but Da Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
A clash of legs there as Da Silva blocks the low kick.
Lukens looks to score with a jab to the body but Da Silva is just out of range.
Lukens misses with a head kick.
Da Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Da Silva is looking to clinch but Lukens is avoiding it.
No joy there for Lukens, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
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.
Lukens tries to keep at a distance but Da Silva has taken the fight into the clinch.
Lukens can't break the clinch.
Da Silva prevents Lukens from breaking the clinch.
Da Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Lukens is blocking nicely.
Da Silva lands with a short shot to the head.
Lukens is trying to break free.
Lukens is trying to break the clinch but Da Silva has him pressed against the cage.
A short uppercut from Da Silva.
Lukens can't break the clinch.
Lukens blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Da Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Da Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lukens.
Lukens tries to circle away but Da Silva has him pinned against the cage.
Lukens tries to break the clinch but Da Silva is controlling the position.
Da Silva lands a good knee to the midsection. Lukens won't want to take too many of those.
Lukens wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lukens pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lukens pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Johnny Lukens seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lukens thows a body shot but no joy.
Lukens shoots in but no luck this time.
Lukens is breathing heavily.
Da Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Lukens swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lukens ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Da Silva moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Lukens swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lukens will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lukens circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lukens misses with a body kick.
Lukens throws a head kick that misses.
Lukens misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Da Silva.
Lukens circles away from the clinch attempt.
Da Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Lukens swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Da Silva instigates a clinch.
Da Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lukens avoids it.
Lukens avoiding damage as Da Silva throws knees to the body.
Lukens is looking to control Da Silva's arms but Da Silva gets an underhook and turns him. Now Lukens has his back to the cage.
Lukens is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Da Silva tries a knee to the head but Lukens blocks it.
Lukens can't break the clinch.
Da Silva keeps control of Lukens as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lukens working hard to break the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Da Silva scores with a shoulder strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Lukens has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Da Silva avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Lukens tries to break the clinch but Da Silva is controlling the position.
Lukens tries to pull guard but Da Silva holds him up against the cage and eventually Lukens drops back down to his feet.
Lukens fails to pull guard.
Lukens avoiding damage as Da Silva throws knees to the body.
Da Silva stalling in the clinch but Lukens improves position.
Da Silva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Lukens wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Da Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Da Silva lands a knee to the head.
Lukens has had enough of the clinch but Da Silva keeps him there for the moment.
Lukens avoids the elbow strike from Da Silva, against the cage.
Lukens has had enough of the clinch but Da Silva keeps him there for the moment.
A knee to the head by Da Silva.
Da Silva pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Da Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lukens.
Lukens is looking to break free of the clinch but Da Silva has double underhooks.
Da Silva has Lukens pressed against the cage, preventing Lukens from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Lukens wants to break free but Da Silva has control.
Da Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Lukens blocks with his arms.
Da Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lukens.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Reynaldo Da Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Johnny Lukens's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Lukens takes a swing at Da Silva's ribcage but misses.
Lukens looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Lukens looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Da Silva instigates a clinch.
Lukens tries to score a body lock takedown but Da Silva shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Lukens is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lukens wants to get back to striking at distance but Da Silva won't allow it.
Lukens wants to get back to striking at distance but Da Silva won't allow it.
Nice elbow from Da Silva.
Lukens takes an elbow to the temple.
Johnny Lukens's cut is getting worse.
Lukens looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The referee is keeping an eye on Da Silva - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Da Silva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Lukens is trying to break free.
Lukens is trying to break the clinch but Da Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Lukens pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A bone on bone clash there as Da Silva blocks the leg kick.
Da Silva moves in looking to clinch but Lukens pushes him off.
Lukens uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
The fight stays on the outside here - Da Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Da Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lukens swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Da Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Lukens circles away.
Lukens swats away the attempt to clinch by Da Silva.
Da Silva tries to clinch up but Lukens circles away and keeps his distance.
Da Silva clinches with his opponent.
Da Silva keeps control of Lukens as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lukens manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Lukens has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Da Silva can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Da Silva gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Lukens misses with an uppercut. Da Silva saw that one coming.
Lukens shoots in for a takedown but Da Silva shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Da Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Lukens swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lukens throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Da Silva.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lukens misses with a hook.
Da Silva tries to clinch but Lukens moves out of range.
A bone on bone clash there as Da Silva blocks the leg kick.
Lukens swats away the attempt to clinch by Da Silva.
Lukens is looking to wear down Da Silva with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Lukens throws a right hand that Da Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that Da Silva also avoids with ease.
Da Silva ducks under a wild hook from Lukens.
A head kick misses from Lukens.
Lukens looks for the body kick but Da Silva saw that one coming.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Lukens.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johnny Lukens. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Da Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lukens swats away the attempt to clinch by Da Silva.
Lukens looks to throw the jab but Da Silva is out of range.
Da Silva tries to clinch there but Lukens circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Da Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lukens paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Da Silva wants to clinch up but Lukens keeps it at a distance.
Da Silva wants to clinch up but Lukens keeps it at a distance.
Lukens throws a half hearted mid kick.
Da Silva moves in looking to clinch but Lukens pushes him off.
Da Silva displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Lukens.
Lukens circles away from the clinch attempt.
Da Silva tries to clinch but Lukens is having none of it.
Lukens ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Da Silva moves away.
Lukens will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Lukens is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Da Silva's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Lukens throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Lukens misses with a few strikes there.
Da Silva avoids the body shot from Lukens.
Da Silva wants to clinch.
Da Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Da Silva tries to clinch up but Lukens circles away and keeps his distance.
Da Silva wants to clinch up but Lukens keeps it at a distance.
Lukens looks to score with a jab to the body but Da Silva is just out of range.
Lukens finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Lukens chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Lukens will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A head kick misses from Lukens.
Lukens throws an overhand right that lands on Da Silva's shoulder, as Da Silva tries to avoid the shot.
Lukens ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Da Silva moves away.
Lukens throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The fight stays on the outside here - Da Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lukens circles away from the clinch attempt.
Da Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Reynaldo Da Silva will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Johnny Lukens's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Lukens lands a right hook to the body.
Da Silva checks the leg kick nicely there.
Lukens throws out a leg kick but Da Silva moves out of range and Lukens only half commits.
Lukens circles away from the clinch attempt.
Da Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Lukens swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lukens catches Da Silva with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Da Silva wants to clinch.
Lukens tries to land a front kick but Da Silva steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A leg kick checked by Da Silva.
Johnny Lukens is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Da Silva gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Da Silva comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Lukens avoids the elbow strike from Da Silva, against the cage.
Lukens has had enough of the clinch but Da Silva keeps him there for the moment.
Da Silva landing knees to the head.
Lukens avoiding damage as Da Silva throws knees to the body.
Lukens takes a knee to the side of the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Da Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Da Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Da Silva stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Lukens is trying to break the clinch but Da Silva is controlling him.
Lukens is trying to force a seperation but Da Silva has the dominant position.
Da Silva stalling in the clinch but Lukens improves position.
Lukens tries to break free but Da Silva pushes him back against the cage.
Da Silva lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Lukens pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Da Silva checks a leg kick.
Lukens tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nice defenses there by Da Silva.
Some bone on bone action there as Da Silva checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Da Silva on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Lukens motions for Da Silva to come forward. Lukens throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Lukens tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Lukens throws a head kick that misses.
Da Silva tries to clinch up but Lukens circles away and keeps his distance.
Da Silva moves into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lukens is trying to break free.
Da Silva gets through Lukens's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Johnny Lukens's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Lukens takes an elbow to the forehead.
Lukens jumps guard but Da Silva stands there with Lukens around his waist. Lukens gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Lukens tries to pull guard but Da Silva holds him up against the cage and eventually Lukens drops back down to his feet.
Lukens can't break the clinch.
Lukens has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Da Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Da Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Da Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Da Silva obliges.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lukens tries to pull guard but Da Silva holds him up against the cage and eventually Lukens drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johnny Lukens. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lukens tries to break the clinch but Da Silva is controlling the position.
Lukens tries to pull guard but Da Silva won't allow it.
Knees to the body from Da Silva.
Lukens blocks an elbow strike from Da Silva.
Lukens tries to pull guard but Da Silva won't allow it.
Da Silva with a knee to the head.
Jeez, Johnny Lukens's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Lukens is trying to break free.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lukens wants to break the clinch but can't.
Da Silva looking to stall.
Da Silva lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Da Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Lukens tries to break the clinch but Da Silva is controlling the position.
Lukens has had enough of the clinch but Da Silva keeps him there for the moment.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Da Silva obliges.
Da Silva lands a knee to the head.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Johnny Lukens's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Reynaldo Da Silva!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Wellen Dowd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergei Karzamoff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Karzamoff is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Sweep The Leg. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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186 lbs
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178 lbs
11 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced |
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Brawler
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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
12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wellen Dowd!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sergei Karzamoff!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Leandro Rodrigues and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dowd shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Karzamoff is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Dowd goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Karzamoff turns into him and now he's in Dowd's guard.
Karzamoff postures up in Dowd's guard and throws a big left but Dowd blocks it.
Karzamoff throws a big right hand that misses.
Karzamoff loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Dowd escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Karzamoff gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Karzamoff in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Karzamoff throwing strikes but missing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karzamoff postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Karzamoff trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Karzamoff stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Karzamoff wants it to stay on the feet.
Dowd closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Dowd lands in his opponent's guard.
Karzamoff wants to stand up but Dowd is controlling him.
Dowd trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Dowd loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Karzamoff preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Karzamoff wants to stand but Dowd is controlling the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dowd postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Karzamoff is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Dowd, into his guard.
Karzamoff throws and elbow that misses. Dowd uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Karzamoff's guard. Nice move by Dowd!
Dowd drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Karzamoff manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Dowd has Karzamoff in his guard.
Dowd is breathing heavily.
Karzamoff landing some decent shots from guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karzamoff is looking to stand up but Dowd won't let him.
Karzamoff working some strikes from top position.
Karzamoff looking to pass the guard.
Karzamoff loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Karzamoff wants to stand but Dowd has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Karzamoff drops back, looking for a kneebar! Dowd looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Dowd looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Dowd!
Dowd misses with the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Dowd throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Dowd tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dowd throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Karzamoff works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Dowd not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Karzamoff regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Dowd.
Dowd prevents Karzamoff from getting back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Wellen Dowd will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Dowd shoots in and bounces Karzamoff off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Dowd working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Karzamoff's head.
Dowd with a flurry of punches that miss.
Dowd 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.
Dowd working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Dowd working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Dowd won't allow Karzamoff to get back to his feet.
Karzamoff pushes Dowd off and gets back to his feet.
Dowd lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Dowd.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Karzamoff fails to land with a series of punches.
Dowd feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Karzamoff's calf.
Karzamoff throws a right and a left that both miss.
Karzamoff misses with a two punch combination.
Dowd lands with a straight right. Karzamoff didn't see that one coming.
Karzamoff throws a series of punches but Dowd avoids them all with ease.
Dowd shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Dowd was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Karzamoff is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Dowd cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Karzamoff is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Dowd lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Dowd.
Karzamoff wants to get back to his feet.
Dowd throws some wild stikes that Karzamoff manages to avoid easily.
Karzamoff is bucking up trying to escape but Dowd cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Dowd dominating with strikes here.
Dowd misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Dowd in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dowd moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Karzamoff has worked his arm free - good work by Karzamoff!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karzamoff is trying to get back to his feet.
Dowd goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Karzamoff rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Dowd's guard! Nice work there by Karzamoff!
Dowd working for a triangle but Karzamoff defends it easily.
Dowd working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Karzamoff doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Karzamoff manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
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.
Karzamoff with a nice head shot there.
Karzamoff postures up and lands a big shot to Dowd's brow.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Karzamoff accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Karzamoff is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Dowd is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Dowd has escaped and now he's on top!
Dowd stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Karzamoff swivels though and keeps the full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wellen Dowd dominated that second 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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Dowd dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dowd avoids a punch combination nicely.
Dowd misses with a few strikes there.
Dowd throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Karzamoff throws a right and a left that both miss.
Dowd shoots in but Karzamoff avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Karzamoff looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Karzamoff falls off balance throwing a combination
and Dowd counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Dowd.
Karzamoff scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Dowd cracks the inside of Karzamoff's front leg.
Dowd closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Dowd lands in his opponent's guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dowd working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Karzamoff's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dowd missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Dowd trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Karzamoff manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Karzamoff throws a strike but Dowd rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Dowd in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Wellen Dowd is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Karzamoff keeping full guard, as Dowd tries to pass.
Dowd sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Dowd trying to control but Karzamoff is working from the bottom.
Karzamoff kicks Dowd off and gets to his feet.
Sergei Karzamoff seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dowd looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Dowd trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karzamoff wants to stand and escape but Dowd is having none of it.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dowd accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Karzamoff is looking to stand up but Dowd isn't so interested in that idea.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dowd accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Dowd content to stall in guard here.
Sergei Karzamoff has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dowd looking to pass the guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Dowd's corner is telling him to maintain position.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Karzamoff looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Wellen Dowd is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Karzamoff misses with an uppercut.
Dowd scores with a head kick.
Karzamoff scores with a three punch combo!
It looks like Wellen Dowd has been cut.
Dowd moves into the clinch successfully.
A short right from Dowd on the inside.
Karzamoff escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Karzamoff misses with the combination.
Karzamoff tries to bum rush Dowd with a series of wild strikes but Dowd uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sergei Karzamoff is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A right-left combo lands from Dowd.
And that's the end of the fight!
Wellen Dowd showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Dowd has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:27
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wellen Dowd!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adam Carolla (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Felix Fishpockets (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carolla comes to the cage accompanied by Gotta Get It On from Taboo 2. Fishpockets is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: I don't know how to love him. Felix Fishpockets 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 light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Adam Carolla!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Felix Fishpockets!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Luis Engracia and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fishpockets throws a body punch but Carolla moves out of range.
Fishpockets misses the shot to the body.
Fishpockets wants to clinch up but Carolla keeps it at a distance.
Carolla keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fishpockets.
Fishpockets is looking to clinch but Carolla is avoiding it.
Carolla lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Carolla.
Fishpockets looks to score with a jab to the body but Carolla is just out of range.
Fishpockets throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Felix Fishpockets seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fishpockets throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Carolla on the side of the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fishpockets. Carolla does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fishpockets closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Carolla ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carolla connects with a crisp jab.
Carolla uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fishpockets.
Fishpockets fails with an attempt to clinch.
Carolla keeps the fight on the outside.
Fishpockets closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Carolla moves away from the strike by Fishpockets.
Fishpockets is looking to clinch.
Carolla fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Fishpockets takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Carolla throws a good cross that connects.
Carolla is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fishpockets takes a swing at Carolla's ribcage but misses.
Fishpockets throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Carolla swats away the attempt to clinch by Fishpockets.
Carolla moves into range and connects with a jab.
Carolla lands a jab.
Carolla lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Fishpockets circles away quickly and effectively.
Carolla avoids the body shot from Fishpockets.
Carolla lands with a nice body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Carolla misses.
Carolla keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Carolla swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Carolla throws a leg kick but Fishpockets sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Carolla waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Fishpockets.
Fishpockets lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Fishpockets swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Carolla counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Fishpockets lands with an overhand left.
Fishpockets misses with a body punch
letting Carolla counter with a right hand.
A left and a right from Carolla both land. Nice combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carolla throws a hook but Fishpockets avoids it easily.
Carolla fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Carolla looks to score with a jab to the body but Fishpockets is just out of range.
A big right from Carolla misses.
Fishpockets misses with a jab to the body
and Carolla counters with a left to the body.
Fishpockets jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Fishpockets misses with a body shot
and Carolla counters with a stiff right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fishpockets ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Carolla moves away.
Carolla misses with a wild body shot.
Fishpockets takes a jab right on the kisser.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Adam Carolla dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Fishpockets misses with a body shot
and Carolla counters with a stiff right hand.
Fishpockets moves out of range as Carolla strikes.
Fishpockets scores with a hook to the body. Carolla takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Fishpockets has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Fishpockets there as he acknowledges the shot.
Carolla misses with an uppercut. Fishpockets saw that one coming.
Adam Carolla is winning the standup battle so far.
Carolla misses with a series of wild punches.
Carolla thows a body shot but no joy.
Fishpockets is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Carolla.
Carolla slips a jab from Fishpockets.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fishpockets misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Carolla counters with a straight right hand.
Carolla lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Jab, jab by Carolla - just one landing.
Carolla darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Carolla is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Fishpockets misses the body punch
and Carolla counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Carolla looks to land a combination but Fishpockets avoids it well.
Carolla looks to land a right hand but Fishpockets moved out of range.
Carolla lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Fishpockets circles away quickly and effectively.
Fishpockets is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Carolla rather than just go for the knockout.
Fishpockets swings for the body but Carolla moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fishpockets throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Carolla slips a jab and a cross from Fishpockets.
Fishpockets misses with a body punch
letting Carolla counter with a right hand.
Carolla slips under a jab.
Fishpockets misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Carolla.
Fishpockets gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Carolla wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Carolla.
Carolla is trying to break free.
Carolla's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fishpockets misses with a body punch
and Carolla counters with a straight right hand.
Fishpockets throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carolla lands a nice looking body shot.
Carolla scores with a jab to the head.
Carolla swats away the attempt to clinch by Fishpockets.
Fishpockets moves forwards but Carolla connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Fishpockets misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Carolla counters with a right hand to the body.
Fishpockets steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Carolla.
Fishpockets takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Fishpockets tries to clinch there but Carolla circles away.
A telegraphed right hand from Fishpockets misses the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fishpockets needs to keep his hands up - Carolla had a free shot at his head there.
Carolla with a jab.
Carolla misses with a hook. Fishpockets ducked under it nicely.
Fishpockets on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Carolla.
Fishpockets misses with a hook.
Carolla scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fishpockets fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Fishpockets swings away with a body shot that misses
and Carolla counters with a nice uppercut.
Fishpockets looks to score with a jab to the body but Carolla is just out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Adam Carolla dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Fishpockets misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Carolla counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fishpockets has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Carolla throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Carolla throws a combination that misses
letting Fishpockets counter with a right hand.
Carolla smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Fishpockets misses with a hook to the body
and Carolla counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Fishpockets thinking.
Fishpockets throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Carolla slips a jab from Fishpockets.
Fishpockets thows a body shot but no joy.
Carolla misses with an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carolla slips a jab from Fishpockets.
Carolla swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Fishpockets counters with a right hand to the body.
Fishpockets keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Carolla.
Carolla throws a nice looking combination but Fishpockets bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Adam Carolla is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fishpockets throws a sloppy body shot
and Carolla counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Fishpockets takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
The crowd cheers as Carolla lands an impressive looking overhand right. Fishpockets doesn't seem phased though.
Carolla lands a two punch combo.
Carolla circles away from the clinch attempt
and Carolla counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Felix Fishpockets has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fishpockets dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Carolla misses with a kick to the body.
Carolla scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Carolla is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Fishpockets can do to turn this around?
Carolla works the jab nicely.
Fishpockets misses with a wild body shot.
A big left from Carolla misses.
Carolla misses with a few strikes there.
A big left from Carolla misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fishpockets tries to clinch
and Carolla counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Fishpockets thinking.
Carolla lands a slapping body shot.
Carolla throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Carolla throws a jab when Fishpockets was well out of range.
Fishpockets has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Carolla swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Fishpockets throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fishpockets throws a hook but Carolla avoids it easily.
Carolla scores with a shot to the body.
Carolla misses with a few strikes there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fishpockets keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Fishpockets jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Fishpockets misses the body punch
and Carolla counters with a stiff right hand.
Fishpockets throws a lazy right hand but Carolla sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Carolla fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fishpockets manages to avoid it.
Adam Carolla is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Carolla defending well as Fishpockets loads up on a big left hand.
Fishpockets pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Fishpockets misses with a jab to the body
and Carolla counters with a nice body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Carolla lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
And that's the end of the fight!
Adam Carolla showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Carolla has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Adam Carolla!
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