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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Smulo Mafra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Delieholy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mafra comes into the arena with Not Afraid - Eminem blaring out of the sound system. Smulo Mafra could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Tony Delieholy's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Smulo Mafra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tony Delieholy!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Felipe Paraventi and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Delieholy misses.
Delieholy gets the takedown into side control.
Mafra parries the strikes from Delieholy easily there. Delieholy is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Mafra to escape.
Mafra is looking to reverse the position.
Delieholy is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Mafra knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Delieholy is trying to get an arm triangle but Mafra is defending well.
Delieholy wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Mafra, who protects the arm well.
Mafra is trying to control Delieholy's posture but Delieholy avoids it.
Mafra defending against the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Delieholy lands a few punches from side control.
Delieholy wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Mafra, who protects the arm well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
An elbow from Delieholy crashes against the mat.
Delieholy working the head and body with strikes.
Delieholy wants to control but Mafra is keeping him busy.
Delieholy tries for a kimura but Mafra is defending well.
Mafra takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Delieholy is chipping away with strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Delieholy is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Mafra is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Delieholy wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Mafra, who protects the arm well.
Delieholy looking to control but instead Mafra has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Mafra moves into full guard.
Mafra wants to sweep but no luck.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Delieholy trying to control the position from guard on top but Mafra is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Delieholy makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Delieholy drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Delieholy jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Mafra not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Delieholy 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.
Mafra looking to hit a scissor sweep but Delieholy is one step ahead there.
Mafra pulls Delieholy in close to prevent any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Delieholy looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Delieholy trying to control but Mafra is working from the bottom.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Delieholy closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Mafra is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mafra wants to get back to his feet but Delieholy drags him back down.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Delieholy in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Delieholy is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Mafra is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tony Delieholy dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Delieholy cracks Mafra with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Delieholy throws a series of punches but Mafra avoids them all with ease.
Mafra has his takedown stuffed
and Delieholy counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Delieholy decides to stand up.
Delieholy fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Mafra sprawls well initially but Delieholy persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Delieholy is trying to control the action in half guard but Mafra is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Delieholy is trying to work for a kimura but Mafra is defending well.
Delieholy wants to control but Mafra is keeping him busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Delieholy seems to be working for a kimura but Mafra defends the submission attempt.
Tony Delieholy has got the better of the ground game so far.
Delieholy missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Mafra taking some punishment here, with Delieholy in his half guard.
Mafra is trying to maintain the position but Delieholy is very close to passing his half guard.
Delieholy is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Delieholy looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Mafra with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Delieholy trying to control the action but Mafra is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Delieholy is looking for a kimura here.
Delieholy working Mafra over with strikes.
Mafra could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Delieholy is looking for a kimura but Mafra is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Delieholy to get the leverage.
Mafra wants to improve his position but Delieholy is controlling well.
Mafra is refusing to be controlled, as Delieholy sits in half guard.
Mafra misses with some strikes from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Delieholy is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Mafra is trying to get back to full guard.
Delieholy looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Mafra with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Delieholy has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Delieholy performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Mafra regains full guard. Nicely done.
Delieholy throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Mafra works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Delieholy's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mafra lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Delieholy!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Delieholy tries to lock up and control but Mafra gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Delieholy manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Delieholy keeps control of the position for the meantime.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Delieholy makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tony Delieholy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Delieholy keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Delieholy throws a right and a left that both miss.
Mafra on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Mafra tries to close the distance and clinch but Delieholy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mafra stuffs the takedown.
Delieholy dodges the punch combination from Mafra.
Delieholy misses with an uppercut. Mafra saw that one coming.
Delieholy has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Delieholy shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Delieholy missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Mafra wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Delieholy manages to pass to side control.
Delieholy decides to return to a standing position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mafra tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mafra moves in looking to clinch but Delieholy pushes him off.
Delieholy misses with a two punch combination.
Tony Delieholy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice sprawl there from Mafra as Delieholy shoots in.
Mafra tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Delieholy manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Delieholy throws a right and a left that Mafra avoids nicely.
Delieholy takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Mafra slaps away a takedown attempt from Delieholy, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Smulo Mafra has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tony Delieholy.
Delieholy gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Mafra has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Mafra wants to break the clinch but can't.
Delieholy goes for a takedown in the clinch but Mafra prevents it.
Delieholy has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Mafra is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Delieholy misses with a body punch.
Mafra tries for a takedown. No joy.
Delieholy is trying to maintain a safe position but Mafra gets an underhook and turns Delieholy into the cage.
Mafra is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Mafra is trying to break the clinch but Delieholy has him pressed against the cage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Delieholy - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Delieholy tries to break the clinch but Mafra is controlling the position.
Delieholy is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Mafra pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Delieholy tries a body shot but Mafra blocks it.
Delieholy wants to take the fight to the mat but Mafra manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Delieholy looking for a takedown.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mafra goes for a takedown in the clinch but Delieholy prevents it.
Mafra wants to stall.
With the fighters up against the cage, Delieholy throws an elbow but misses.
Delieholy is trying to pull guard but Mafra turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Delieholy drops down looking for an ankle pick but Mafra pulls his leg out and moves away.
Delieholy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Delieholy takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Mafra looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Delieholy feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Delieholy 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.
Mafra wants to stand up but Delieholy is controlling him.
Delieholy decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Mafra, up you get!
Delieholy gets the takedown into side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Delieholy tries for a kimura but Mafra is defending well.
Mafra is trying to control Delieholy's posture but Delieholy avoids it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tony Delieholy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Delieholy 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 Matheus Silva scores the fight 27:30
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tony Delieholy!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alejandro de le Fe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lewis Tsushima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). de le Fe comes into the arena with Smack my bitch up blaring out of the sound system. Tsushima has chosen Good Feeling as his entrance music. 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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201 lbs
14 - 8 - 0 |
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187 lbs
25 - 13 - 3 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alejandro de le Fe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 13 - 3, fighting out of Tokyo, Lewis Tsushima!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Seu Braga and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tsushima misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tsushima shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with de le Fe but de le Fe pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Tsushima fails with a takedown attempt.
Tsushima tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. de le Fe manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tsushima misses with a takedown attempt - de le Fe sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Alejandro de le Fe has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lewis Tsushima.
Tsushima tries to grapple but his opponent circles
letting de le Fe counter with a right hand.
Tsushima moves away from the strike by de le Fe.
de le Fe misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tsushima ducks under a wild hook from de le Fe.
Tsushima dodges the punch combination from de le Fe.
Tsushima wants to clinch.
de le Fe lands with a shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
de le Fe lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
de le Fe throws an overhand right that lands on Tsushima's shoulder, as Tsushima tries to avoid the shot.
Tsushima fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Lewis Tsushima seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
de le Fe swinging wildly here.
Tsushima scores with a one two! de le Fe had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Tsushima misses with a wild body shot.
de le Fe avoids the body shot from Tsushima.
Tsushima misses with the combination.
de le Fe misses with a leg kick.
de le Fe misses with a body kick.
Tsushima uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from de le Fe.
Tsushima moves in looking to clinch but de le Fe pushes him off.
Tsushima swings and misses with a hook to the body.
de le Fe will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tsushima throws a body kick that misses.
Tsushima works de le Fe's body with a nice hook.
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!
Tsushima tries to land a front kick but de le Fe steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Tsushima ducks down and throws a hook to the body but de le Fe moves away.
Tsushima changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. de le Fe looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Tsushima staying calm.
de le Fe is looking to regain half guard here but Tsushima keeps moving and retains side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tsushima lands a few punches from side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tsushima creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Tsushima fails to land a wild elbow strike.
de le Fe bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Tsushima throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
de le Fe lands a nice leg kick that just misses Tsushima's sensitive parts.
de le Fe keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
de le Fe throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Tsushima feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to de le Fe's calf.
Tsushima tries to clinch up.
Tsushima fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Tsushima takes a swing at de le Fe's ribcage but misses.
de le Fe dodges the punch combination from Tsushima.
Tsushima fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
de le Fe connects with the punch.
de le Fe throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tsushima shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
de le Fe wants to get back to his feet.
de le Fe keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
de le Fe avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Tsushima.
de le Fe trying to hold on to Tsushima's head to control him but Tsushima postures up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tsushima is taking a breather. de le Fe says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Tsushima is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lewis Tsushima dominated that round.
That's time! de le Fe's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
de le Fe takes a kick to the side of the head.
Tsushima scores with a push kick.
Tsushima fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
de le Fe scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Tsushima breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tsushima looks to score with a jab to the body but de le Fe is just out of range.
Tsushima cracks the inside of de le Fe's front leg.
Tsushima tries to close the distance and clinch up but de le Fe swats him away and circles back towards the center.
de le Fe swings for the body but Tsushima moves out of range.
Tsushima shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says de le Fe as he avoids it easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tsushima thows a body shot but no joy.
Tsushima thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on de le Fe if he has to take too many more of those.
Tsushima tries to clinch up but de le Fe circles away and keeps his distance.
Tsushima with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling de le Fe to score with a decent uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tsushima just misses with a punch to the body.
de le Fe keeps the fight on the outside.
Tsushima misses with a wild body shot.
Tsushima thows a body shot but no joy.
Tsushima swings and misses with a hook to the body.
de le Fe displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Tsushima.
de le Fe swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tsushima shoots in for a takedown but de le Fe shows good takedown defense.
Alejandro de le Fe has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lewis Tsushima.
de le Fe rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tsushima moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tsushima misses with a shot to the body
and de le Fe cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
de le Fe tries to keep at a distance but Tsushima has taken the fight into the clinch.
de le Fe prevents a body shot from Tsushima.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Tsushima manages to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tsushima takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Tsushima is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down de le Fe rather than just go for the knockout.
Tsushima decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
de le Fe is concentrating on defense, preventing Tsushima from advancing position.
Tsushima is looking to stall here but de le Fe recovers full guard.
Tsushima throws a big right hand that misses.
de le Fe keeping full guard, as Tsushima tries to pass.
Tsushima missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
de le Fe keeping moving, preventing Tsushima from controlling successfully.
Lewis Tsushima has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tsushima tries to stand but de le Fe is controlling from the bottom.
de le Fe keeping moving, preventing Tsushima from controlling successfully.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
de le Fe is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Lewis Tsushima.
de le Fe circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tsushima swings and misses with a hook to the body.
de le Fe misses with a wild combination.
de le Fe uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tsushima.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good work by Tsushima as he checks the leg kick.
de le Fe dips to his left and cracks Tsushima with an uppercut!
de le Fe fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Tsushima.
Tsushima dives in and grabs de le Fe's left leg, looking for a takedown. de le Fe pushes down on Tsushima's head and hops out.
Tsushima swings for the body but de le Fe moves out of range.
Decent striking displayed by de le Fe there.
de le Fe swats away the attempt to clinch by Tsushima.
de le Fe jabbing away but nothing is landing.
de le Fe looks to score with a jab to the body but Tsushima is just out of range.
de le Fe misses with a low kick.
A jab from de le Fe finds it's way through Tsushima's defenses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tsushima takes a swing at de le Fe's ribcage but misses.
Tsushima throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tsushima misses the shot to the body.
Tsushima stuns de le Fe with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lewis Tsushima showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!
Tsushima misses with a hook to the body
and de le Fe counters with a nice uppercut.
Tsushima dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
de le Fe tries to bum rush Tsushima with a series of wild strikes but Tsushima uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tsushima tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but de le Fe was well out of range. Poor timing from Tsushima.
de le Fe slaps away a takedown attempt from Tsushima, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Tsushima scores with a hook to the body. de le Fe takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Tsushima scores with a shot to the body.
Tsushima throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tsushima defending well as de le Fe loads up on a big left hand.
Tsushima swings for the body but de le Fe moves out of range.
Lewis Tsushima seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tsushima throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
de le Fe throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
de le Fe on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Tsushima misses with a wild body shot.
Tsushima misses with a kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tsushima throws a leg kick
and Tsushima takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tsushima throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Tsushima takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Tsushima shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Tsushima ducks down and throws a hook to the body but de le Fe moves away.
A solid leg kick lands there for de le Fe.
de le Fe lands a two punch combo.
It looks like Lewis Tsushima has been cut.
Tsushima throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tsushima throws a leg kick but de le Fe sees it coming and moves out of range.
Tsushima ducks down and throws a hook to the body but de le Fe moves away.
Tsushima takes a swing at de le Fe's ribcage but misses.
Tsushima falls off balance throwing a combination
and de le Fe counters with a one-two to the body.
Tsushima is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
de le Fe closes the distance and lands a crisp combination that knocks Tsushima out cold! Tsushima corner are devastated, head in hands behind our commentary position. Poor guys.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Alejandro de le Fe!
Alejandro de le Fe managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Fight Day Nutrition (Only 160Q supps!), into his post fight interview.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leto II Atreides (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jacques Offembach (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Offembach has chosen System Of A Down - Chop Suey! as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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25
234 lbs
10 - 6 - 0 |
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273 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Leto II Atreides!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jacques Offembach!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Emerson Jorge and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Offembach misses with a body shot.
Atreides connects with a body shot that sends Offembach's belly button to the back.
Offembach takes the fight into the clinch.
Offembach working aggressively here.
Offembach swings wildly with an uppercut but Atreides uses good head movement to avoid it.
Offembach is looking for a takedown.
Atreides is looking to take this one to the mat.
A bit of stalling here from Atreides.
Atreides has Offembach pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Atreides pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Offembach tumbling to the mat - Atreides dives into Offembach's guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Atreides scoring with some ground and pound.
Atreides 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.
Atreides trying to control the position from guard on top but Offembach is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Atreides stops Offembach from standing up.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Atreides sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Offembach's guard.
Offembach is not content to let Atreides control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Atreides working over Offembach with some ground and pound. Offembach looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Offembach is trying to stand back up but Atreides is controlling him
Atreides trying to control the action but Offembach is working from the bottom.
Atreides is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Atreides is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Offembach sees it coming and defends easily.
Offembach really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Atreides. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Offembach is looking to escape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Atreides is looking for a kimura but Offembach is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Atreides to get the leverage.
Atreides wants to control but Offembach is keeping him busy.
Atreides stops Offembach from getting back to his feet.
Offembach is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Atreides scores with a couple of nice shots.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Offembach is looking to escape.
Atreides trying to control from half guard but Offembach is working away.
Offembach blocking the ground and pound attempt from Atreides.
Offembach is looking to escape.
Atreides is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Offembach!
Atreides can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Offembach is looking to escape.
Offembach is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Atreides putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Atreides lands a heavy elbow.
Offembach is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Atreides controlling his opponent.
Offembach wants to get back to his feet.
Atreides lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Atreides working for a guillotine from mount but Offembach is in no mood to give up.
Atreides takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Atreides dominating with strikes here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Atreides scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Offembach?
Atreides with good strikes from the mount here!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Offembach can do anything to dispel that myth.
Atreides working the ground and pound effectively.
Atreides looking to finish Offembach with some ground and pound. This is bad for Offembach!
Atreides looking to control but Offembach is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Atreides lands a big elbow.
Atreides pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Offembach is rocked!
Atreides is landing with some decent strikes but Offembach is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Offembach is still in real trouble! Can Atreides finish him?
Atreides sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Offembach is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Offembach seems to have recovered his senses.
Atreides is in the full mount, landing strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Leto II Atreides 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.
Offembach clinches with his opponent.
Atreides breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That kick from Atreides tenderised Offembach's leg. Offembach is trying to keep his angry face on.
Offembach gets a clinch.
Nice elbow from Atreides.
Offembach has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Atreides after a bit of a struggle.
Offembach's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Offembach is pressed up against the cage. Atreides has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Offembach down to the mat. Offembach avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Donk. Atreides catches Offembach right on the button with a cross.
Offembach moves into range and clinches up with Atreides.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Atreides has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Offembach after a bit of a struggle.
Offembach is working for takedown but Atreides is calmly controlling the position for now.
Offembach is pressed up against the cage. Atreides has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Offembach down to the mat. Offembach avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Leto II Atreides. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Atreides forces Offembach back against the cage and clinches.
Offembach lands a right hand.
It looks like Leto II Atreides has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Atreides stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Atreides here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Offembach tries to work over Atreides's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Offembach scores with a shoulder strike.
Offembach has a couple of punches blocked by Atreides.
Atreides breaks the clinch.
Crunch! Atreides slams his shin into Offembach's torso.
Offembach is breathing heavily.
Atreides uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Offembach has time to react.
Offembach shoots in looking for a takedown but Atreides manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Offembach's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Atreides connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Offembach momentarily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Good leg kick by Atreides there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Leto II Atreides is winning the standup battle so far.
A left lands for Atreides.
Atreides pounces like a tiger and cracks Offembach with a vicious hook! Offembach is down but not out! Atreides follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Leto II Atreides!
Leto II Atreides gave a mention to F.ighters U.nlimited K.lothing C.ompany ☯ in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rousimar Palhares (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yoren Pargo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yoren Pargo will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rousimar Palhares !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Yoren Pargo!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Matheus Silva and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Palhares tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pargo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
No luck for Pargo with that takedown attempt.
Pargo shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Pargo 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.
Pargo is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Palhares is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Yoren Pargo!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Victor O Donnell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roberto Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). O Donnell's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Cant be touched. 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
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Victor O Donnell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Roberto Silva!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Alexandre Firmino and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
O Donnell dips to his left and cracks Silva with an uppercut!
O Donnell misses with a wild body shot.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but O Donnell pushes him off.
Nice defenses there by Silva.
O Donnell jabbing away but nothing is landing.
O Donnell throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Silva uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from O Donnell.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but O Donnell paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Silva tries to clinch but O Donnell moves out of range.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by O Donnell.
Silva shoots in but O Donnell avoids the takedown attempt easily.
O Donnell misses the shot to the body.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but O Donnell swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silva takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva tries to clinch but O Donnell moves out of range.
Silva uses good head movement to avoid the hook from O Donnell.
O Donnell throws a lazy right hand but Silva sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
O Donnell waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Silva.
Silva shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says O Donnell as he avoids it easily.
O Donnell swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A big left from Silva misses.
O Donnell tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from O Donnell.
Victor O Donnell is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
O Donnell misses the shot to the body.
Silva shoots in looking for a takedown. O Donnell tries to sprawl out of it but Silva keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. O Donnell manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Victor O Donnell has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roberto Silva.
O Donnell sizes up Silva with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
O Donnell keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silva.
O Donnell is looking to wear down Silva with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
O Donnell looks to land a body kick but Silva moved away.
Silva wants to clinch.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but O Donnell paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva tries to clinch but O Donnell is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to clinch up
and O Donnell counters with a lovely straight right hand!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva forces O Donnell back against the cage and clinches.
Silva lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
O Donnell misses with a body punch.
Silva cracks O Donnell with a nice body shot.
Silva is pushing O Donnell up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but O Donnell blocks with his arms.
O Donnell can't break the clinch.
O Donnell working hard to break the clinch.
O Donnell blocks an elbow strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with the head strike.
Silva lands a shoulder strike.
A right hand to the body from Silva.
O Donnell avoids the elbow strike from Silva, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Silva throws an elbow but misses.
O Donnell is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Silva stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Silva drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Silva tries a knee to the head but O Donnell blocks it.
O Donnell tries to circle away but Silva has him pinned against the cage.
Silva manages to break the clinch.
Silva wants to clinch up but O Donnell keeps it at a distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva has closed the distance and engaged O Donnell in a clinch.
Silva changes levels and goes for a takedown here. O Donnell fights it off and pushes away nicely.
A big left from Silva misses.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but O Donnell swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but O Donnell swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silva tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. O Donnell manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Silva checks a leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
O Donnell listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A jab lands there for O Donnell.
Silva tries to clinch up.
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 Victor O Donnell will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Silva wants to clinch.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
O Donnell connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Silva's hands.
O Donnell throws a jab when Silva was well out of range.
O Donnell throws a hook to the side of Silva's head but Silva sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A punch lands to the side of Silva 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Silva blocks a jab.
Silva drives through and clinches with O Donnell against the cage.
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but O Donnell uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva tries for a takedown but O Donnell manages to get underhooks.
O Donnell is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Silva lands a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on O Donnell's face as he tries to break the clinch.
O Donnell taking a breather.
O Donnell blocks an uppercut.
Silva tries to throw a body punch but O Donnell avoids it by throwing Silva back against the cage.
O Donnell is trying to break the clinch but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
O Donnell working hard to break the clinch.
O Donnell is trying to break the clinch but Silva is controlling him.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Silva creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Silva lands a takedown into guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Silva sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed O Donnell's guard.
Silva drops an elbow to the side of O Donnell's head.
Silva stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows O Donnell to get to his feet.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but O Donnell swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
O Donnell thows a body shot but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but O Donnell swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva wants to clinch.
Silva keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from O Donnell.
Silva is looking to clinch.
O Donnell lands a nice hook to Silva's body. Silva takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
O Donnell throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but O Donnell paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming O Donnell to the mat! O Donnell manages to get full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva tries to free his leg and advance position but O Donnell is retaining full guard.
Silva passes O Donnell's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Silva winds up and cracks O Donnell with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
O Donnell tries to get to full guard but Silva has control of the leg.
Silva stops O Donnell from getting back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva trying to control from half guard but O Donnell is working away.
Silva not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
O Donnell is looking to control Silva's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can O Donnell avoid being mounted?
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Silva not landing any meaningful shots this time.
O Donnell desperately trying to maintain half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
O Donnell blocks a head kick by Silva.
Silva wants to clinch up but O Donnell keeps it at a distance.
O Donnell throws a body punch but Silva moves out of range.
O Donnell thows a body shot but no joy.
O Donnell keeps the fight on the outside.
A punch lands to the side of O Donnell 's head but he takes it in his stride.
O Donnell swings and misses with a hook to the body.
O Donnell misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silva shoots in but O Donnell avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but O Donnell paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva moves into the clinch successfully.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva avoiding damage.
Silva lands a shoulder strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Roberto Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but O Donnell paws at him with a jab and circles away.
O Donnell throws a head kick that misses.
Silva shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with O Donnell but O Donnell pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but O Donnell pushes him off.
Silva closes the distance looking to clinch
and O Donnell counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but O Donnell swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
O Donnell swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but O Donnell paws at him with a jab and circles away.
O Donnell throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Silva blocks a jab.
O Donnell throws a body punch but Silva moves out of range.
O Donnell looks to score with a jab to the body but Silva is just out of range.
Silva is looking to clinch.
O Donnell misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva is looking to clinch but O Donnell is avoiding it.
O Donnell thows a body shot but no joy.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Silva.
Silva tries to clinch up but O Donnell circles away and keeps his distance.
O Donnell dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but O Donnell swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silva shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says O Donnell as he avoids it easily.
Victor O Donnell has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roberto Silva.
Silva shoots in and drives through. O Donnell sprawls well.
Silva takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but O Donnell swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
O Donnell looks to score with a jab to the body but Silva is just out of range.
O Donnell cracks a nice hook into Silva's ribs.
O Donnell is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Silva.
Victor O Donnell is winning the standup battle so far.
O Donnell will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
O Donnell throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The fighters circling - O Donnell throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Silva tries to clinch up but O Donnell circles away and keeps his distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva wants to clinch up but O Donnell keeps it at a distance.
O Donnell throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Silva tries to clinch up but O Donnell circles away and keeps his distance.
A momentary lapse in concentration from O Donnell enables Silva to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. O Donnell manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
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!
Silva throws a big elbow that misses.
O Donnell preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now O Donnell is on top in guard.
Silva looking to hit a scissor sweep but O Donnell is one step ahead there.
O Donnell's corner is telling him to maintain position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roberto Silva has got the better of the ground game so far.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Silva keeping full guard, as O Donnell tries to pass.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Victor O Donnell just wasn't active enough.
Silva gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
O Donnell has had enough of the clinch but Silva keeps him there for the moment.
Silva throws a head punch that misses.
Silva keeps control of O Donnell as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
O Donnell blocks an uppercut.
Silva's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva closes the distance and pushes O Donnell back into the cage.
O Donnell tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silva's elbow.
Silva manages to break the clinch.
Silva gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Silva tries for a takedown. No joy.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
O Donnell wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
O Donnell breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but O Donnell paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Good shot there by O Donnell.
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!
O Donnell fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
O Donnell lands a nice shot that snaps Silva's head back.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Silva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but O Donnell manages to avoid it.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from O Donnell.
O Donnell thows a body shot but no joy.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Victor O Donnell.
I think O Donnell 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 Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 29:28
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Victor O Donnell!
Victor O Donnell was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shawn Sheep (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Liam Lasher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sheep comes into the arena with Slipknot blaring out of the sound system. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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24
220 lbs
8 - 3 - 0 |
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212 lbs
6 - 8 - 0 |
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World class MT
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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
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Shawn Sheep!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Liam Lasher!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Edson Gomes and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lasher throws a body punch but Sheep moves out of range.
Lasher throws a right and a left that Sheep avoids nicely.
Lasher closes the distance and pushes Sheep back into the cage.
Lasher jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Sheep walks away with a smile on his face. Lasher gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Lasher just misses with a punch to the body.
Lasher with a nice cross.
Lasher misses with the combination.
Lasher on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Sheep tries to keep at a distance but Lasher has taken the fight into the clinch.
Sheep will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Lasher up against the cage.
Nice elbow from Sheep.
It looks like Liam Lasher has been cut.
Sheep lands an elbow just above Lasher 's eye.
Sheep lands a hook that snaps the head of Lasher backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sheep stops a takedown attempt from Lasher.
Sheep lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That has opened up Liam Lasher's cut even more.
Sheep lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sheep's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sheep.
The cut above Liam Lasher's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lasher is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Sheep pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Shawn Sheep has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Liam Lasher.
Sheep stalling against the cage.
Lasher fails to pull guard.
Lasher pulls guard.
Sheep stands up from guard. Let's bang!
A left and a right from Sheep both land. Nice combination.
Sheep's corner calls for a 1-2. Sheep obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Lasher fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Sheep, pushing him back against the cage.
Lasher drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sheep gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Liam Lasher's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Liam Lasher's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Shawn Sheep!
During a confident post fight interview, Shawn Sheep thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Storm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiago Almer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Storm kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is AC/DC - Thunderstruck. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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27
183 lbs
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25
177 lbs
14 - 9 - 1 |
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World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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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
17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Johnny Storm!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thiago Almer!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Seu Braga and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Storm misses with a hook.
Almer throws a head kick but Storm moves out of range.
Storm misses with a jab, cross combination.
Almer looks to score with a jab to the body but Storm is just out of range.
Storm lands with a good body shot.
Storm dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Almer. That did some damage!
Almer looks to land a combination but Storm avoids it well.
Storm throws a sloppy head kick and Almer moves out of range easily.
Storm is looking to land body kicks.
Thiago Almer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Almer tries to move into range but Storm moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Almer walks into a left hand.
Almer takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Storm looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Storm uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Almer.
Almer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Storm moves away.
Almer scores with a jab to the head.
Almer lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Almer tries to move into range but Storm moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Storm moves out of range as Almer strikes.
Almer misses with a wild body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Almer drops his hands momentarily and Storm takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Almer looks for the body kick but Storm saw that one coming.
Storm cracks Almer with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Storm tries to work over Almer's front leg with a kick but Almer checks it.
Storm looks to score with a jab to the body but Almer is just out of range.
Almer tries to land a body kick
letting Storm counter with a right hand.
Storm dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Almer. That did some damage!
Almer takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Storm looks to score with a jab to the body but Almer is just out of range.
Storm keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Almer misses with a body punch
and Almer takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Almer throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Almer moves out of range as Storm throws a body kick.
A head kick misses from Storm.
Storm is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Almer throws a wild body kick that Storm sees coming a mile off.
Almer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Storm uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Almer.
Almer just misses with a punch to the body.
Storm checks the leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almer looks to land a body kick but Storm moved away.
Storm is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Storm throws a leg kick which misses Almer's front leg but catches the back leg as Almer tries to avoid it.
Storm is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Almer throws a hook but Storm blocks it.
Almer scores with the left hand. Storm knows he should have avoided that one.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Almer lands a right hook to the body.
Storm misses with a body shot.
Almer takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Almer walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Storm lands a head kick!
Almer checks the leg kick.
Almer misses with a body shot.
Almer scores with a hook.
Almer misses with a body shot.
Storm steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Almer.
Storm avoids a kick to the body.
Almer misses with an attempted mid kick.
Storm plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almer looks to land a left hand but Storm moved out of range nicely.
Almer lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
A telegraphed right hand from Almer misses the target.
Storm scores with a nice body kick.
Almer stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Storm.
Almer throws a hook to the side of Storm's head but Storm sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Storm lands a nice hook to Almer's body. Almer takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Storm takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Almer misses with a straight right.
Storm fakes the leg kick and cracks Almer in the body.
Almer dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Almer is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Storm.
Almer throws out a powerful jab.
Storm checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Almer misses with a body shot.
Almer jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A head kick by Almer misses
and Storm counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Almer misses with a double jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Storm lands a jab to the nose.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Storm explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Almer on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Storm. Storm obviously looking to wear him down.
Storm stuns Almer with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Almer takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Almer misses with a leg kick.
Storm moves forwards but Almer connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Storm connects with the punch.
Almer lands with a nice body kick.
Almer throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Storm throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Almer checks a leg kick.
Almer misses with a low kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Storm lands a jab to Almer's midsection.
Almer moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Almer misses with a body kick.
Storm scores with a nice right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johnny Storm dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Storm catches Almer with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Storm blocks a leg kick.
Storm connects with a nice looking jab.
Storm uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Almer.
Storm fakes the leg kick and cracks Almer in the body.
Almer throws a body kick that misses.
Almer throws a good cross that connects.
Almer misses with an uppercut. Storm saw that one coming.
Almer tries to land a body kick
and Storm counters with a solid body kick.
Storm throws a body punch but Almer moves out of range.
Almer blocks a low kick nicely.
Storm takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Almer is looking to land body kicks.
Almer misses with an uppercut. Storm saw that one coming.
Almer works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Storm lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Storm slips a jab from Almer.
Almer throws a half hearted mid kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Storm lands a jab.
Storm throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Almer looks to land a right hand but Storm moved out of range.
Almer misses with a looping left.
Storm blocks a leg kick.
Storm misses with a hook. Almer ducked under it nicely.
Storm lands a nice shot to the body.
Almer tries to land a front kick but Storm steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Almer takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Storm misses with an uppercut.
Storm is looking to score with low kicks.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Storm - that will leave a mark!
Almer blocks a head kick by Storm.
Storm lands the left hand.
Storm throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Almer.
Storm has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Almer.
Storm misses with a body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Storm works over Almer's head and body with a nice combination.
Almer has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Storm ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Almer moves away.
Almer misses with a looping left.
Almer throws a shot from downtown. Storm moves away and avoids it.
Almer with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Almer throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Storm moves out of range of the body kick.
Almer misses with a body kick.
Storm lunges at Almer with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Almer's hand.
Almer steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Storm.
Almer takes a jab right on the kisser.
Storm staying out of range there.
Almer misses with a kick to the body
and Storm counters with a three punch combo that has Almer backing up. Almer nods at Storm to acknowledge the strikes.
Almer gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Nice body kick from Storm.
Storm scores with a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Storm misses with a body shot.
Almer throws the kick towards the body but Storm avoids it.
Almer tries to land a front kick but Storm steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Storm lands a leg kick that knocks Almer off balance momentarily.
That kick from Storm tenderised Almer's leg. Almer is trying to keep his angry face on.
Storm bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Almer's head.
Storm throws a leg kick that misses.
Almer has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Storm.
Storm takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Almer's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Almer throws a right hand that misses
and Storm counters with a three punch combo that has Almer backing up. Almer nods at Storm to acknowledge the strikes.
Almer blocks a head kick by Storm.
Almer misses with a body kick.
Almer slips a jab from Storm.
Almer will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Storm throws out a loose jab but Almer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Storm throws a body punch but Almer moves out of range.
Storm steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Almer.
Almer walks into a left hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Almer throws the kick towards the body but Storm avoids it.
Almer throws a wild body kick that Storm sees coming a mile off.
Almer jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Storm lands a body shot.
Almer throws a head kick but Storm moves out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Almer misses with a body kick.
Storm on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Almer connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Storm's hands.
Storm feints and then cracks Almer's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Almer down.
Almer takes one on the button.
Almer takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Almer throws a leg kick
and Storm counters with a nice leg kick.
Almer tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Almer misses with an attempted mid kick.
Storm throws a right hand that Almer ducks under and follows up with a left that Almer also avoids with ease.
Almer takes a jab right on the kisser.
Storm cracks Almer with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johnny Storm dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Almer pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Storm fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Almer manages to avoid it.
Almer walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Almer throws a hook to the side of Storm's head but Storm sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Almer throws a half hearted mid kick.
Almer lands a slapping body shot.
Storm lands an overhand right.
Storm throws a hook but Almer blocks it.
Storm fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Storm tries to score with a low kick but Almer moves his leg out of the way.
A big left from Almer misses.
Storm moves away from the strike by Almer.
Storm lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Almer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Storm.
Storm throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Storm lands a glancing blow to the side of Almer's head.
Almer misses with a wild body shot.
Almer just misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Almer checks a leg kick.
Almer takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Storm lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Almer tries to land a front kick but Storm steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Almer throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Storm sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Storm throws a nice looking combination but Almer bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Storm digs a good body shot into Almer's ribs.
Almer scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Almer closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Jab by Almer.
Almer avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Almer thuds a left hand into Storm's body.
Almer throws a push kick but Storm slaps the foot to one side.
Almer misses with a looping left.
A looping hook to the body misses from Almer. Storm does a little dance to reset his feet.
Storm throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Storm connects with a good right hand that stumbles Almer. Almer circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Storm lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Storm thows a body shot but no joy.
Storm swinging wildly here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Storm throws a lazy right hand but Almer sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Almer loads up on a big right hand but Storm slips the punch.
Almer misses with an uppercut
and Storm counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Storm looks for the body kick but Almer saw that one coming.
Storm swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Almer takes one to the side of the head.
Storm tries to work over Almer's front leg with a kick but Almer checks it.
Almer takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Almer throws a lazy right hand but Storm sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Almer tries to land a body kick
and Storm counters with a head kick.
Storm loads up on a big right hand but Almer slips the punch.
Almer takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Storm blocks a head kick by Almer.
Storm cracks Almer with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Almer throws a right hand that misses
and Storm counters with a nice body kick.
Storm throws a solid leg kick but Almer takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Storm.
Storm throws a shot to the body.
Storm slips a jab from Almer.
Storm moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Storm lands a nice leg kick that just misses Almer's sensitive parts.
Almer looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Almer looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Almer misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Almer avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Almer takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Almer throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Storm finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Storm misses with a low kick as Almer jumps back.
Johnny Storm is winning the standup battle so far.
Almer fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Storm has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Johnny Storm is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Storm motions for Almer to come forward. Storm throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Almer misses the jab.
Storm throws a lazy right hand but Almer sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Thiago Almer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Almer moves into range and connects with a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Almer jabs Storm right on the nose. Storm blinks but takes it well.
Storm looks to score with a jab to the body but Almer is just out of range.
A clash of legs there as Almer blocks the low kick.
Storm lands a leg kick that knocks Almer off balance momentarily.
Storm chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Storm blocks the body kick.
Almer throws a body kick that misses.
Almer looks to land a body kick but Storm moved away.
Almer gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Storm uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Almer.
Almer walks forward, straight into a front kick from Storm.
Almer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Johnny Storm showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Storm 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 Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johnny Storm!
Johnny Storm seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jesh Masilungan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ed Nelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Masilungan kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Heaven Hell. Nelson has chosen Stephen Lynch - Special Ed as his entrance music. Ed Nelson has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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142 lbs
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28
152 lbs
14 - 3 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
28 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jesh Masilungan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ed Nelson!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Leandro Rodrigues and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nelson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Masilungan.
Masilungan moves out of range of the strikes.
Masilungan moves out of range of the strikes.
Nelson throws a poor cross that misses
and Masilungan counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Nelson is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Jab from Nelson.
Nelson with a poor takedown
and Masilungan counters with a good low kick that Nelson was not able to check.
Masilungan misses with a double jab
and Nelson counters with a nice uppercut.
Masilungan thows a body shot but no joy.
A big left from Masilungan misses.
Masilungan lands a nice looking body shot.
Masilungan shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Nelson eats them both and turns towards Masilungan to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Nelson closes the distance and clinches up with Masilungan, looking for a takedown. Nelson pushes Masilungan against the cage but Masilungan circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Masilungan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nelson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Masilungan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Masilungan looks to land a left hand but Nelson moved out of range nicely.
Nelson misses with a hook
and Masilungan counters with a stiff right hand.
Nelson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Masilungan.
Masilungan looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Masilungan staying out of range there.
Nelson takes a swing at Masilungan's ribcage but misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Nelson misses the target.
A combination from Nelson does no damage.
Nelson has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Masilungan.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Masilungan.
Nelson throws a right hand that misses
and Masilungan makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Nelson avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nelson shoots in looking for a takedown but Masilungan manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Nelson's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Jesh Masilungan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ed Nelson.
Nelson fails with a takedown attempt.
Nelson blocks a jab.
Nelson misses with a left hand
and Nelson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nelson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Masilungan.
Masilungan takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Nelson might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Masilungan takes the fight into the clinch.
Nelson wants to stall.
Masilungan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Nelson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Masilungan misses with a punch to the body.
Masilungan is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Nelson blocks a body shot from Masilungan.
Nelson tries to pull guard but Masilungan holds him up against the cage and eventually Nelson drops back down to his feet.
Masilungan scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short body shot lands from Masilungan as the two fighters clinch.
Masilungan stalls.
Nelson is trying to pull guard but Masilungan turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Nelson is trying to stall.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Masilungan.
Nelson blocks a body shot from Masilungan.
Nelson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nelson misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short uppercut from Masilungan.
Nelson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Masilungan prevents a body shot from Nelson.
Nelson is trying to break the clinch but Masilungan is controlling him.
Masilungan lands with a light punch inside.
Nelson struggles to land a body shot inside as Masilungan controls his hands.
Masilungan lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Nelson.
A left hand lands to the body for Masilungan.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good body shot from Masilungan.
Masilungan scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Masilungan prevents a body shot from Nelson.
Nelson misses with a punch on the inside.
Masilungan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nelson struggles to land a body shot inside as Masilungan controls his hands.
Masilungan lands a nice shot to the body.
Nelson turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Masilungan defending against the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jesh Masilungan dominated that round.
That's time! Masilungan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Nelson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Masilungan misses with a wild combination.
Masilungan lets loose with a powerful body kick. Nelson will feel that in the morning.
Masilungan slips a jab from Nelson.
Masilungan moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Masilungan. Nelson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Masilungan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Nelson slips a straight right by Masilungan.
Masilungan tries to land a leg kick but Nelson saw it coming and moves away.
Masilungan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Nelson.
Masilungan scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Nelson throws a lazy right hand but Masilungan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson throws a poor cross that misses
and Masilungan counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Masilungan, as that shot connected.
A jab from Masilungan does it's job there.
Nelson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Masilungan.
Nelson throws a body punch but Masilungan moves out of range.
Jesh Masilungan is winning the standup battle so far.
Nelson just misses with a punch to the body.
Nelson drives through with a takedown into guard.
Nelson postures up.
Nelson preventing the sweep.
Masilungan manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Nelson manages to get himself to full guard.
Masilungan wants to stand but Nelson has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Nelson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Nelson wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nelson looking for a sweep. Not yet Nelson, not yet.
Nelson pulls Masilungan in close to prevent any damage.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
The fighters circling - Nelson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Masilungan moves out of range as Nelson strikes.
Masilungan on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Ed Nelson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Masilungan connects with a solid leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Masilungan scores with a jab to the body.
Masilungan leaves Nelson with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Masilungan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nelson.
Some wild striking there from Masilungan.
Nelson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Masilungan ducks under a wild hook from Nelson.
Nelson misses with a straight left.
Nelson is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Masilungan.
Masilungan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nelson.
Nelson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Masilungan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jesh Masilungan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nelson throws a series of punches but Masilungan avoids them all with ease.
Nelson blocks a head kick by Masilungan.
Nelson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Masilungan throws a body kick that misses.
Masilungan displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Nelson swings for the body but Masilungan moves out of range.
Masilungan drops his hands momentarily and Nelson takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Masilungan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Masilungan dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Nelson. That did some damage!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Masilungan wants to clinch up but Nelson keeps it at a distance.
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!
Masilungan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Jesh Masilungan will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Nelson misses with a hook.
Nelson misses with a looping right.
Nelson throws an overhand right that lands on Masilungan's shoulder, as Masilungan tries to avoid the shot.
Masilungan moves away from the strike by Nelson.
Nelson fails to land the takedown.
Masilungan changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Nelson closes this distance looking for a takedown but Masilungan circles away.
Nelson takes a head kick and keeps coming.
A combination from Nelson does no damage.
Masilungan looks to land a left hand but Nelson moved out of range nicely.
Masilungan tries a head kick but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Masilungan throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Nelson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Masilungan scores with a push kick.
Nelson is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Masilungan.
Nelson shoots in for a takedown but Masilungan shows good takedown defense.
Jesh Masilungan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ed Nelson.
A solid leg kick lands there for Masilungan.
Masilungan throws a one two combo.
Nelson fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Masilungan on the side of the head.
Masilungan defending well as Nelson loads up on a big left hand.
Nelson misses with a hook
and Masilungan counters with a good low kick that Nelson was not able to check.
Nelson walks into a straight right hand from Masilungan.
A jab from Nelson misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A cross from Masilungan lands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head kick misses from Masilungan.
Nelson moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Masilungan scores with a jab to the body.
Masilungan jabs Nelson right on the nose. Nelson blinks but takes it well.
Masilungan gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Nelson struggles to land a body shot inside as Masilungan controls his hands.
Nelson lands a hook that snaps the head of Masilungan backwards.
Nelson is trying to pull guard but Masilungan has him pressed against the cage.
Nelson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Masilungan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nelson trying to control the position but instead, Masilungan has worked for underhooks and has pushed Nelson into the cage.
Masilungan lands a left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Masilungan lands with a light punch inside.
Masilungan breaks the clinch.
Nelson lands an overhand right.
Masilungan misses with a head kick.
Masilungan misses with a two punch combination.
Nelson throws a hook but Masilungan blocks it.
Masilungan lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Masilungan looks to land a combination. Nelson sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Nelson throws out a loose jab but Masilungan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Masilungan scores with a head kick. Nelson tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Masilungan lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nelson throws a jab but it's blocked by Masilungan.
Masilungan throws out a leg kick but Nelson moves out of range and Masilungan only half commits.
Masilungan cracks Nelson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Masilungan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Nelson's sensitive parts.
Masilungan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nelson.
Nelson misses with a combination
and Masilungan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nelson walks into a straight right hand from Masilungan.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nelson misses with a hook
and Masilungan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nelson is rocked!
Masilungan cracks Nelson on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Nelson falls backwards against the cage. Masilungan follows up with more strikes that drop Nelson to his knees. Masilungan keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Nelson! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jesh Masilungan!
Jesh Masilungan retains his featherweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Jesh Masilungan thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tota Lidel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fedor Jr Emilianko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lidel comes to the cage accompanied by Dry Kill Logic - Lost. Emilianko is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: PRIDE > UFC. Fedor Jr Emilianko has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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220 lbs
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208 lbs
22 - 2 - 0 |
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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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 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tota Lidel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fedor Jr Emilianko!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Paulo Santos and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Emilianko throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A leg kick checked by Emilianko.
Emilianko bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
It looks like Tota Lidel has been cut.
Lidel wants to clinch up but Emilianko keeps it at a distance.
Lidel misses with a low kick.
Emilianko goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Lidel slips under a jab from Emilianko.
Lidel throws out a loose jab but Emilianko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Emilianko pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Emilianko dips to his left and cracks Lidel with an uppercut!
Emilianko will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Lidel works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Emilianko connects with a nice looking jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Emilianko tries to keep at a distance but Lidel has taken the fight into the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Lidel fails to land.
Lidel scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Emilianko tries to circle away but Lidel has him pinned against the cage.
Lidel goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Emilianko being controlled against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Lidel misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lidel gets underhooks to prevent Emilianko's takedown attempt.
Emilianko pulls guard.
Emilianko preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Emilianko looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lidel looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Lidel trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Lidel postures up in Emilianko's guard and throws a big left but Emilianko blocks it.
Lidel looking to sit in guard and control but Emilianko gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Emilianko accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Emilianko makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lidel looking to hit a scissor sweep but Emilianko is one step ahead there.
Emilianko postures up in Lidel's guard and throws a big left but Lidel blocks it.
Emilianko tries to free his leg and advance position but Lidel is retaining full guard.
Emilianko postures up and lands a big shot to Lidel's brow.
Lidel tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Emilianko trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Emilianko throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Emilianko loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Emilianko preventing the sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lidel is trying to control the position but Emilianko postures up.
Emilianko scoring with some ground and pound.
Lidel wants to sweep but no luck.
Emilianko looking to sit in guard and control but Lidel gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Lidel has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Lidel preventing the sweep.
Emilianko preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Lidel avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Emilianko working for a triangle but Lidel defends it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fedor Jr Emilianko dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tota Lidel's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Emilianko.
Emilianko throws a leg kick but Lidel sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A slapping leg kick lands for Lidel.
Emilianko takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Lidel chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Emilianko can pounce on him.
Lidel slips a straight right by Emilianko.
Emilianko blocks a low kick nicely.
Lidel displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Emilianko.
Lidel takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Emilianko scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Lidel clinches.
Lidel misses with a punch to the body.
Emilianko takes a shot to the head.
Emilianko goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Emilianko tries a body shot but Lidel blocks it.
Emilianko blocks an uppercut.
Emilianko gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Emilianko is looking to take a break and control but Lidel is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Lidel tries to roll over but Emilianko keeps him under control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lidel is controlling Emilianko's position as best he can from this difficult position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lidel gets back to full guard.
Emilianko controls from within his opponent's guard.
Lidel pulls Emilianko in close to prevent any damage.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Emilianko moves out of range as Lidel strikes.
Lidel fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Emilianko manages to avoid it.
Lidel misses with a low kick as Emilianko jumps back.
Emilianko throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lidel throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Emilianko throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lidel sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A low kick from Emilianko misses
and Emilianko takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Emilianko throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lidel slips under a jab from Emilianko.
A low kick from Lidel is predictable there
and Emilianko counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Emilianko lands with a hook. Lidel tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Emilianko ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lidel moves away.
Emilianko walks into a left hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Emilianko connects with an inside leg kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Lidel.
Fedor Jr Emilianko seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Lidel slips a jab from Emilianko.
Emilianko throws a quick inside leg kick.
Lidel scores with the left hand. Emilianko knows he should have avoided that one.
A nice inside leg kick there by Lidel. That's going to slow Emilianko down.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lidel has managed to clinch.
Lidel working aggressively here.
Emilianko lands a left hand that snaps the head of Lidel backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Tota Lidel will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Tota Lidel's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Emilianko throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Lidel ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Emilianko throws a solid leg kick but Lidel takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Emilianko.
Emilianko throws a chopping leg kick but Lidel manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Emilianko pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lidel checks a leg kick.
Lidel throws a leg kick but Emilianko moved away.
Emilianko takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Lidel fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Emilianko looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Lidel throws out a powerful jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A slapping body kick lands there for Lidel.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Emilianko takes a swing at Lidel's ribcage but misses.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Lidel.
Emilianko takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Lidel slips a straight right by Emilianko.
Lidel moves into range and connects with a jab.
Lidel stuffs the takedown.
Lidel tests Emilianko's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Emilianko on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Lidel feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Emilianko's calf.
Lidel thows a leg kick but Emilianko checks it
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Lidel uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lidel scores with a sloppy right hand. Emilianko should have avoided that one.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Lidel.
Emilianko checks the leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Lidel checks a leg kick.
Lidel throws a leg kick but Emilianko sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Emilianko tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Lidel is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Emilianko steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Lidel. That one must have hurt.
Emilianko walks forward, straight into a front kick from Lidel.
Emilianko takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A nice inside leg kick there by Lidel. That's going to slow Emilianko down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lidel buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Emilianko takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Lidel scores with a hook to the body. Emilianko takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Lidel throws a quick inside leg kick.
A big head kick from Lidel and Emilianko is sent sprawling to the canvas!
It looks like Fedor Jr Emilianko has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lidel wants to control from the top but Emilianko keeps moving.
Lidel is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Emilianko can do to turn this around?
Emilianko utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lidel passes into half guard.
Emilianko has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Lidel trying to mount his opponent but Emilianko defends it.
Emilianko is trying to get back to full guard.
Lidel seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Lidel tries to pass the half guard into mount. Emilianko knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Emilianko has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Lidel is working away from the top position though.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tota Lidel showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Lidel 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 29:27
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Tota Lidel!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Big Bob (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yokida Matae (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bob comes to the cage accompanied by AC/DC - TNT. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Yokida Matae enters the cage!
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290 lbs
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Big Bob!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Yokida Matae!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Mauricio Rocha and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bob misses with a looping left.
Matae tries to clinch up.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bob.
Bob rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Matae moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bob with a jab.
It looks like Yokida Matae has been cut.
Matae throws a sloppy head kick
enabling Bob to counter with a crisp jab.
Bob scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Yokida Matae seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bob moves away from the strike by Matae.
Bob uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Matae.
Bob fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Matae checks it well.
Bob looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A head kick misses from Matae.
Matae throws a head kick that misses.
Matae moves out of range as Bob strikes.
Bob slips under a jab from Matae.
Matae tries to clinch up but Bob circles away and keeps his distance.
Matae moves in looking to clinch but Bob pushes him off.
Matae tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bob was well out of range. Poor timing from Matae.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matae tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bob swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Matae counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Bob thinking.
Matae uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bob.
Matae ducks under a wild hook from Bob.
Bob misses the shot to the body.
Bob slips a straight right by Matae.
Matae avoids the body shot from Bob.
Matae throws a sloppy head kick and Bob moves out of range easily.
Matae misses with a lunging right hand
and Bob counters with a stiff right hand.
Matae misses with a left hand
and Bob counters with a good low kick that Matae was not able to check.
Bob throws a jab when Matae was well out of range.
Matae defending well as Bob loads up on a big left hand.
Bob keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Matae cracks the inside of Bob's front leg.
Matae takes a swing at Bob's ribcage but misses.
Matae checks a low kick from Bob.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bob throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bob scores with a decent looking hook.
That has opened up Yokida Matae's cut even more.
Matae blocks a leg kick.
Bob is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Matae. Bob does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bob throws a front kick aimed at Matae's knee but Matae avoids it well.
Matae bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Bob throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Matae scores with a jab to the body.
Bob on the wrong end of a nice jab.
It looks like Big Bob has been cut.
Bob gets tackled into the cage by Matae. Matae maintains the clinch.
Matae scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bob takes a shot to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Matae.
Bob is breathing heavily.
Bob tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Matae's elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Matae fails to land.
Matae swings wildly with an uppercut but Bob uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bob lands a hook to the side of the head.
Matae is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matae gets through Bob's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bob.
A body shot lands from Matae.
Bob prevents a body shot from Matae.
A short right from Matae on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Matae.
Matae lands a big right hand that drops Bob! The killer instinct kicks in and Matae finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Matae!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yokida Matae! Yokida Matae retains his heavyweight title!
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pop
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mgr
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