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TWD Aggression 7 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Matt Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Savchuk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Savchuk comes into a darkened arena with his song building. This is Not the END kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! 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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184 lbs
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Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Very strong |
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Counter striker
Powerful |
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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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Matt Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ivan Savchuk!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Emerson Jorge and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Savchuk circles away from the clinch attempt.
Smith moves into range and clinches up with Savchuk.
A knee to the head by Smith.
Smith with a knee to the head.
Smith using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Savchuk is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Smith to keep the fight standing.
Smith is pressed up against the cage. Savchuk has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Smith down to the mat. Smith avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Savchuk is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Smith's half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Smith is trying to stand back up but Savchuk is controlling him
That's one minute gone in the round.
Savchuk is taking a breather. Smith 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.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Ivan Savchuk wasn't active enough on the ground.
Savchuk avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Savchuk swats away the attempt to clinch by Smith.
Smith closes the distance and clinches.
Savchuk is looking to take this one to the mat.
Matt Smith has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ivan Savchuk.
Smith content to slow the pace in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Savchuk is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Savchuk takes a knee right on the jaw!
Smith slows down the pace here.
Savchuk wants a takedown but no success here.
Smith is pressed up against the cage. Savchuk has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Smith down to the mat. Smith avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Savchuk circles away from the clinch attempt.
Savchuk keeps the fight on the outside.
Savchuk avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch but Savchuk swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Savchuk fails with the takedown.
Smith tries to clinch but Savchuk is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Smith looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Smith tries to clinch but Savchuk moves out of range.
Matt Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smith wants to clinch
and Savchuk counters with a nice double leg into side control. Smith won't be happy with that.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith trying to remain calm as Savchuk controls from the top position.
Smith is looking to reverse the position.
Savchuk wants to lay and pray for a moment but Smith keeps working.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Smith seems a little lost for a moment, as Savchuk dominates the positioning.
Savchuk wants to lay and pray for a moment but Smith keeps working.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Savchuk slows the pace down.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Ivan Savchuk wasn't active enough on the ground.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up but Savchuk swats him away and circles back towards the center.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch but Savchuk swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Savchuk misses with a takedown attempt - Smith sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Ivan Savchuk will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up but Savchuk swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Smith tries to clinch but Savchuk moves out of range.
Smith closes the distance and clinches.
Savchuk goes for a takedown attempt but Smith pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Smith tries to clinch but Savchuk moves out of range.
Smith instigates a clinch.
Smith landing knees to the head.
Savchuk tries to pull guard but Smith forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith slowing the pace effectively.
Smith landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
A knee to the head by Smith.
Smith crunches a lovely knee into Savchuk's ribcage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Savchuk drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Matt Smith has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ivan Savchuk.
Savchuk takes a knee right on the jaw!
Smith lands a damaging elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Savchuk is looking for a takedown.
Smith throws a knee to the head but misses.
Smith is stalling here.
Savchuk wants a takedown but no success here.
Smith using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Savchuk has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Stalling in the clinch from Smith.
Nice elbow from Smith.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Smith for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Matt Smith.
Smith tries to clinch up but Savchuk circles away and keeps his distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Smith dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Smith doesn't manage to clinch there - Savchuk circles away.
Smith has managed to clinch.
Smith lands a knee to the head.
Savchuk tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Smith just stands there and leans against the cage.
Smith stalling against the cage.
Savchuk has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Smith after a bit of a struggle.
Savchuk is looking for a takedown.
Matt Smith has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ivan Savchuk.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Smith takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith scores a nice knee to the body.
Smith connects with a nasty looking knee right to Savchuk's face.
Smith unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Smith stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Savchuk drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Smith unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Savchuk takes a knee right on the jaw!
Smith connects with a knee to the head.
Smith holding his opponent close, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith with a knee to the head.
Smith lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Savchuk is rocked!
Smith gets underhooks to prevent Savchuk's takedown attempt.
Smith scores a nice knee to the body.
Smith tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Smith putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Savchuk in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Smith - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Savchuk is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Smith is defending well.
Smith using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Savchuk tries for a takedown. No joy.
Smith lands a knee to the head.
Smith landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Savchuk goes for a takedown in the clinch but Smith prevents it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Matt Smith showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Smith 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 Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 29:28
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matt Smith!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ugor Makinwa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tio Numberto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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210 lbs
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195 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
KO power |
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Counter striker
Solid 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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ugor Makinwa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tio Numberto!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Mauricio Rocha and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Numberto shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Makinwa defends it nicely.
Numberto fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Numberto shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Makinwa defends it nicely.
Ugor Makinwa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tio Numberto.
Makinwa drops Numberto with a beautiful combination! Numberto stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Makinwa is looking for the KO!
It looks like Tio Numberto has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Makinwa throws a pinpoint strike between Numberto's hands that connects right on the jaw and sends Numberto crashing to the floor! He's out before he even hits the mat and Makinwa scores a great knockout victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ugor Makinwa!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kiibo Miyazawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paulo Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Oliveira's choice of entrance music: Eddie Bravo SMOKE SERPENT "Jiu Jitsu" feat. Rakaa. Kiibo Miyazawa has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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180 lbs
4 - 4 - 0 |
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190 lbs
2 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very confident |
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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
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kiibo Miyazawa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paulo Oliveira!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Mauricio Rocha and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oliveira is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Miyazawa's half guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Miyazawa is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Oliveira pulls his head out easily.
Miyazawa looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Miyazawa tries to roll over but Oliveira keeps him under control.
Miyazawa actively working from the bottom here.
Miyazawa keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Oliveira frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Oliveira with a couple of short strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Oliveira with shots to the head and body - Miyazawa looks very uncomfortable down there.
Oliveira scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Miyazawa?
Oliveira lands a heavy elbow.
Miyazawa is trying to escape the mount.
Oliveira has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Oliveira raining down shots from the mount!
Miyazawa is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Miyazawa sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Oliveira not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Miyazawa taking some punishment here, with Oliveira in his half guard.
Oliveira looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Oliveira lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Miyazawa blocking the ground and pound attempt from Oliveira.
Miyazawa looking for submissions off his back.
Miyazawa is breathing heavily.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Oliveira is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Oliveira seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Oliveira lands a nice short elbow.
Miyazawa blocking the ground and pound attempt from Oliveira.
Oliveira lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Miyazawa is working on a guillotine. He's managed to get to full guard and he's really squeezing tight! Oliveira is tapping! Great win for Miyazawa!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Kiibo Miyazawa!
Kiibo Miyazawa bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mike Ekim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jordan Mutch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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145 lbs
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154 lbs
4 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Intelligent |
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Decent boxing
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mike Ekim!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jordan Mutch!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Matheus Silva and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Mutch misses.
Mutch manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Ekim on his heels. He'll look to pass Ekim's guard now, I'm sure.
Mutch throwing strikes from guard but Ekim blocks nicely.
Mutch throws a big right hand that misses.
Mutch throwing strikes from guard but Ekim blocks nicely.
Ekim looking to control.
Mutch advances to half guard.
Mutch sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Ekim defending well though.
Ekim keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Mutch throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Mutch takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Mutch is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mutch moves nicely into side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mutch is looking to take a break and control but Ekim is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Mutch tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Mutch throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Mutch looks up at the clock and then as Ekim takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Mutch smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
The ground and pound from Mutch seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Ekim is trying to escape the position but Mutch is controlling the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mutch fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Mutch has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Ekim is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Mutch yanks on the arm and Ekim is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Mutch.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jordan Mutch!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ban Dit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyler Krazy Horse (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Krazy Horse comes into a darkened arena with his song building. click click boom kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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190 lbs
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180 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Basic striking
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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
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ban Dit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tyler Krazy Horse!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Seu Braga and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Krazy Horse misses with a head kick.
Krazy Horse misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Good work by Dit as he checks the leg kick.
Dit misses with an uppercut.
Dit dodges the punch combination from Krazy Horse.
Some wild striking there from Dit.
A combination from Krazy Horse does no damage.
Dit throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Krazy Horse sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Krazy Horse throws a leg kick but Dit sees it coming and moves out of range.
Dit ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Krazy Horse moves away.
Dit checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Krazy Horse slips under a jab from Dit.
Dit misses with a series of wild punches.
Krazy Horse misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dit throws a body punch but Krazy Horse moves out of range.
Dit swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dit dives in and scores a takedown into Krazy Horse's guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Krazy Horse can do anything to dispel that myth.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dit stays in close to Krazy Horse's body and controls the position.
Dit looking to pass the guard.
Dit drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Dit jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Dit looking to pass the guard.
Dit throws a big elbow that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dit wants to pass the guard but Krazy Horse is keeping the position.
Dit wants to control from the top but Krazy Horse keeps moving.
Dit is looking to work some ground and pound but Krazy Horse has wrist control.
Dit slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dit throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Krazy Horse works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Krazy Horse utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Krazy Horse can't keep his opponent in guard - Dit advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dit looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Krazy Horse really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Dit. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Dit not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Dit stops Krazy Horse from getting back to his feet.
Dit working over Krazy Horse with some ground and pound. Krazy Horse looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Krazy Horse looks gassed!
Dit working over Krazy Horse with some ground and pound. Krazy Horse looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Dit thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Dit with the ground and pound but Krazy Horse uses the opportunity to regain guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Krazy Horse avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Krazy Horse can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Dit controls the pace.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dit stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Krazy Horse swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Dit throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Krazy Horse works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Krazy Horse utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Dit is looking to work some ground and pound but Krazy Horse has wrist control.
Dit trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Dit trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Krazy Horse keeping moving, preventing Dit from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ban Dit dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Dit drops Krazy Horse with a left and a right! Oh, Krazy Horse is hurt - Dit dives into side control looking to finish!
Krazy Horse is rocked!
It looks like Tyler Krazy Horse has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dit scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Krazy Horse is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Dit can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ban Dit!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Anton Seeberg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robbin Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Seeberg comes to the cage accompanied by Alice in chains - Check my brain. Gracie has chosen Nervecell - Psychogenocide as his entrance music. Robbin Gracie has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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164 lbs
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168 lbs
5 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Anton Seeberg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Robbin Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Emerson Jorge and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Seeberg misses with a head kick.
Gracie keeps the fight on the outside.
Seeberg delivers a nice body kick.
Anton Seeberg seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That kick from Seeberg tenderised Gracie's leg. Gracie is trying to keep his angry face on.
Gracie looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Seeberg!
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Gracie looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Gracie looking for a guillotine from mount but Seeberg is having none of it.
Seeberg holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Gracie tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Gracie lands a big elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Seeberg is trying desperately to improve position.
Seeberg tries to hold on but Gracie postures up.
Gracie is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Seeberg has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Gracie pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Gracie trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Gracie looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Gracie throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seeberg manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Seeberg trying to control from the bottom.
Gracie throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Seeberg knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Gracie on the ground.
Seeberg is not content to let Gracie control the position.
Seeberg is trying to get back to full guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gracie seems to be looking for submissions.
Seeberg is looking for a sweep. Gracie is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seeberg is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Gracie jumps into side control!
Seeberg is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Gracie asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Gracie is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Seeberg is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Seeberg on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Seeberg tries to get out of the position.
Gracie working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Gracie tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Gracie has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seeberg parries the strikes from Gracie easily there. Gracie is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Seeberg to escape.
Gracie thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Gracie tries for a kimura but Seeberg is defending well.
Seeberg is trying to control Gracie's posture but Gracie avoids it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Seeberg tries to get back to half guard but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Robbin Gracie dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Seeberg throws a push kick but Gracie slaps the foot to one side.
Gracie connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Seeberg momentarily.
Seeberg tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Seeberg closes the distance and clinches.
Seeberg tries to circle away but Gracie has him pinned against the cage.
Gracie has Seeberg pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Gracie pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Seeberg tumbling to the mat - Gracie dives into Seeberg's guard.
Gracie throwing strikes but missing.
Seeberg is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie wants to control from the top but Seeberg keeps moving.
Gracie throws a big right hand that misses.
Gracie trying to control the position from guard on top but Seeberg is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Seeberg has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Gracie throws a big elbow that misses.
Gracie throws a big elbow that misses.
Seeberg is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Gracie is controlling him.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gracie throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Seeberg works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seeberg pulls Gracie in to control the position.
Anton Seeberg has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Seeberg is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Seeberg is looking to clinch but Gracie is avoiding it.
Seeberg clinches.
Seeberg gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Gracie.
Gracie dodges an elbow strike from Seeberg.
Gracie avoids the elbow strike from Seeberg, against the cage.
Gracie tries to pull guard but Seeberg won't allow it.
Seeberg lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Seeberg stops a takedown attempt from Gracie.
Anton Seeberg has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Robbin Gracie.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
A frustrated look appears on Seeberg's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Gracie misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Seeberg slows down the pace here.
Seeberg is trying to break free.
Seeberg pushes off an throws an elbow but Gracie leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Seeberg is trying to stall.
Gracie has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Seeberg uses from the top position.
Gracie is looking for a triangle but Seeberg pushes his legs off easily.
Seeberg gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Seeberg throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gracie looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gracie avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Seeberg closes the distance but Gracie moves to the side
and Gracie counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gracie looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Gracie is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Seeberg sees it coming and defends easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Robbin Gracie will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Seeberg tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gracie swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gracie throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Seeberg misses with a head kick.
Seeberg misses with a kick to the body.
Seeberg moves in looking to clinch but Gracie pushes him off.
Seeberg throws a head kick that misses
and Gracie counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Seeberg!
Seeberg is squirming around, avoiding Gracie's attempts to control the action.
Seeberg is looking to improve his position but Gracie isn't that keen on the idea.
Gracie trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Seeberg blocking the ground and pound.
Gracie has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Seeberg's face.
Gracie looking to control but Seeberg is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Seeberg tries to lock up and control but Gracie gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Gracie working for a submission but Seeberg is keeping him at bay.
Seeberg wants to control but Gracie is having none of it.
Gracie thowing shots but they're missing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seeberg is desperately trying to improve his position but Gracie has a good base and remains in mount.
Gracie thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Seeberg really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Gracie looking to finish with strikes here!
Gracie has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gracie lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Gracie working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Gracie swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Seeberg is now in Gracie's guard. A big mistake from Gracie there, giving up the dominant position!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie looking for a sweep. Not yet Gracie, not yet.
Gracie looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Gracie has an active guard here but Seeberg has managed to pass into half guard.
Gracie trying to control from the bottom.
Gracie looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Seeberg is working away from the top position though.
Seeberg missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Gracie looking for a kimura from the bottom but Seeberg passes into side control!
Gracie tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Seeberg wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Robbin Gracie has got the better of the ground game so far.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gracie is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Robbin Gracie comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Gracie winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 27:30
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 27:30
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Robbin Gracie!
After winning the bout, Robbin Gracie thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gambit Wolverine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Layer Prayer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Layer Prayer 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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gambit Wolverine!
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, Layer Prayer!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Daniel Cesar and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wolverine throws a body punch but Prayer moves out of range.
Wolverine tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Prayer was well out of range. Poor timing from Wolverine.
Prayer fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Wolverine throws an overhand right that drops Prayer like a sack of potatoes! Wolverine dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gambit Wolverine!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jose Paru (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pound Ground (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Paru might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Tropa de Elite, osso duro de roer. On his way into the cage it seems that Jose Paru has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Jose Paru seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jose Paru!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pound Ground!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Edson Gomes and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paru moves out of range of the body kick.
Paru misses with a kick to the body.
Paru fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Ground sprawls well initially but Paru persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Paru is looking for a kimura here.
Paru frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Ground is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Paru controlling from the full mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ground takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Paru unloading with bombs!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Paru cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Ground is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Paru loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Ground scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Paru land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Paru stands and salutes the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jose Paru!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Julio Calbrentes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcos Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Julio Calbrentes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcos Silva!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Daniel Cesar and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Calbrentes. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Silva misses with a wild body shot.
Silva looks for a takedown but Calbrentes sprawls well.
Silva shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Calbrentes as he jumps to the side.
Calbrentes misses with a double jab.
Silva closes the distance looking to clinch
letting Calbrentes counter with a right hand.
Calbrentes connects with a body shot.
Silva moves forwards but Calbrentes connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Calbrentes throws a leg kick but Silva sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Calbrentes cracks a nice hook into Silva's ribs.
Calbrentes scores with a hook.
Calbrentes takes the fight into the clinch.
Calbrentes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Silva lands an elbow inside.
It looks like Julio Calbrentes has been cut.
Calbrentes lands with a right to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Calbrentes is trying to break the clinch but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva lands a knee to the head.
Calbrentes misses with a punch on the inside.
Silva is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Calbrentes swings wildly with an uppercut but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Calbrentes throws a punch but it's blocked by Silva.
Silva keeps control of Calbrentes as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Silva is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Calbrentes tries to break the clinch but Silva is controlling the position.
Calbrentes wants to get back to striking at distance but Silva won't allow it.
Calbrentes tries a body shot but Silva blocks it.
Calbrentes tries to break the clinch but Silva is controlling the position.
Silva blocks a body shot from Calbrentes.
Calbrentes tries to throw a body punch but Silva avoids it by throwing Calbrentes back against the cage.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Calbrentes blocks it.
Silva lands an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Calbrentes blocks with his arms.
Silva stalling the fight.
Silva drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Calbrentes gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Julio Calbrentes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marcos Silva.
Silva keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Calbrentes's efforts to push away.
Silva lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Calbrentes lands a hook that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Calbrentes up against the cage.
Silva with a knee to the head.
Calbrentes prevents the takedown attempt.
Calbrentes misses with the head strike.
Silva has Calbrentes pushed against the cage.
Silva wants a takedown but no success here.
Calbrentes looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Calbrentes misses with some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Calbrentes misses with a punch to the body.
Silva has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Calbrentes after a bit of a struggle.
Calbrentes misses with a hook to the ribs.
Silva changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Calbrentes fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Julio Calbrentes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Calbrentes slaps away a takedown attempt from Silva, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Calbrentes lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
Calbrentes walks into a left hand.
Calbrentes lands a glancing blow to the side of Silva's head.
Calbrentes looks to land a combination but Silva avoids it well.
Silva shoots in and bounces Calbrentes off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Silva stops Calbrentes from standing up.
Silva throwing strikes from guard but Calbrentes blocks nicely.
Silva works over Calbrentes with some ground and pound from guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Calbrentes's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Silva tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Silva has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Calbrentes tries to improve position but can't.
Silva lands a few punches from side control.
Calbrentes is looking for a sweep.
Silva lands a few punches from side control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Calbrentes is letting Silva control him for a moment.
Calbrentes tries to escape but Silva is in control.
Silva is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Calbrentes is trying to escape and Silva transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Calbrentes is forced to tap! Nice work there by Silva! Very nice indeed!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Marcos Silva!
Marcos Silva 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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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Moraes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julio Gutierrez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Daniel Moraes is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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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
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Daniel Moraes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Julio Gutierrez!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Matheus Silva and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A momentary lapse in concentration from Gutierrez enables Moraes to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Gutierrez manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Gutierrez pushes Moraes off and scrambles back to his feet.
Gutierrez shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Moraes as he jumps to the side.
Gutierrez shoots and misses
and Moraes counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Moraes is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Gutierrez gets full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gutierrez manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Gutierrez controlling his opponent.
Gutierrez is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Moraes can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Gutierrez controlling the pace for now.
Gutierrez's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Gutierrez is looking to work his way around to Moraes's back. He needs to be careful though, as he's in danger of losing this dominant position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gutierrez sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Gutierrez wants to control the pace but Moraes is squirming around nicely.
Gutierrez controlling from mount.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Julio Gutierrez wasn't active enough on the ground.
Moraes feints and as Gutierrez raises his hands in defense, Moraes changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moraes passes into half guard.
Gutierrez wants to control but Moraes is keeping busy.
Moraes is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Moraes is breathing heavily.
Moraes 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.
Gutierrez gets back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moraes is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Gutierrez is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Gutierrez has escaped and now he's on top!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Gutierrez advances position into side control!
Gutierrez is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Moraes will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Moraes manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Gutierrez moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gutierrez not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Moraes stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Gutierrez swivels though and keeps the full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Julio Gutierrez will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Gutierrez shoots for a double leg takedown but Moraes sprawls well. He's pushed Gutierrez's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Moraes scores a takedown into full mount!
Gutierrez tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gutierrez regains half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Moraes prevents Gutierrez from standing back up.
Gutierrez tries to get to full guard but Moraes has control of the leg.
Moraes is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Gutierrez has managed to free his arm - good work.
Gutierrez controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Gutierrez moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moraes slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Moraes tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Moraes is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Gutierrez is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Moraes working away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moraes goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Gutierrez has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Moraes but great work by Gutierrez.
Gutierrez wants to lay and pray for a moment but Moraes keeps working.
Gutierrez has an Americana. Moraes didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Gutierrez is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Gutierrez hooks up with any of them at the after show party.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Julio Gutierrez!
In his post fight interview, Julio Gutierrez started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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