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REFC #40 - End of an era PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Emerson Kinho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Junior Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Emerson Kinho!
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, Junior Dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Thiago Cunha and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice combination there by Dos Santos.
It looks like Emerson Kinho has been cut.
Dos Santos feints a jab promting Kinho to slip. Dos Santos then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Kinho slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Dos Santos swings for the body but Kinho moves out of range.
Kinho gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Dos Santos's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kinho is working for takedown but Dos Santos is calmly controlling the position for now.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kinho.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dos Santos looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Dos Santos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dos Santos swats away the attempt to clinch by Kinho.
Dos Santos keeps the fight on the outside.
Kinho takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kinho has Dos Santos up against the cage in a clinch.
Dos Santos is trying to break the clinch but Kinho has him pressed against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kinho.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos is trying to break the clinch but Kinho is controlling him.
Dos Santos wants to break the clinch but can't.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kinho creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kinho lands an uppercut.
Kinho softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kinho prevents Dos Santos from breaking the clinch.
Kinho swings wildly with an uppercut but Dos Santos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kinho escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kinho tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dos Santos swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kinho tries to clinch but Dos Santos moves out of range.
Dos Santos thows a left - swing and a miss!
Emerson Kinho seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kinho tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kinho tries to clinch but Dos Santos is having none of it.
Kinho throws a low kick but Dos Santos avoids it.
Kinho is looking to clinch.
Dos Santos leaves Kinho with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos throws a leg kick but Kinho checks it.
Dos Santos throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kinho sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sloppy strikes from Dos Santos. Those never looked like landing.
Dos Santos tries to bum rush Kinho with a series of wild strikes but Kinho uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kinho looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kinho tries to clinch up.
Kinho tries to clinch
and Dos Santos counters with a lovely straight right hand!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kinho rushes Dos Santos and presses him up against the cage.
Kinho softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kinho swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kinho misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kinho lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dos Santos prevents a body shot from Kinho.
A short uppercut from Kinho.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos stalling in the clinch but Kinho improves position.
Kinho manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Dos Santos prevents Kinho from getting back to his feet.
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.
Dos Santos avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Dos Santos postures up.
Kinho wants to stand but Dos Santos is controlling the position.
Kinho wants to sweep but no luck.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kinho is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Dos Santos is controlling him.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Dos Santos displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Kinho.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Emerson Kinho. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kinho is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kinho is looking to clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kinho tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Dos Santos manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kinho moves in looking to clinch but Dos Santos pushes him off.
Dos Santos avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kinho lands with a right that hurts Dos Santos. Dos Santos looks to clinch but Kinho throws a short knee that drops Dos Santos. This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch and Knee). Emerson Kinho!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Tirolesa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nurjan Nurjas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nurjan Nurjas has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mike Tirolesa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Nurjan Nurjas!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Daniel Cesar and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tirolesa slaps away a takedown attempt from Nurjas, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Nurjas avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nurjas misses with a series of wild punches.
Nurjas scores with a nice right hand.
Nurjas stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Nurjas wants it to stay on the feet.
Horrible takedown by Nurjas or perhaps it was just good defense by Tirolesa which made him look bad.
Nurjas shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Mike Tirolesa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nurjan Nurjas.
Tirolesa tries for a takedown but Nurjas circles away easily
and Nurjas counters with a series of strikes. Tirolesa will be more careful next time no doubt.
Tirolesa shoots in for a double leg but Nurjas sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Nurjas scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Tirolesa shoots for a takedown but Nurjas saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Horrible takedown by Tirolesa or perhaps it was just good defense by Nurjas which made him look bad.
Tirolesa shoots in but no luck this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tirolesa has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Tirolesa shoots in for a takedown but Nurjas shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Tirolesa is breathing heavily.
Nurjas pushes Tirolesa up against the cage in a clinch.
Nurjas gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Tirolesa escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Nurjas gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tirolesa has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Nurjas can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Tirolesa avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Tirolesa looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Nurjas is defending well. Tirolesa quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Nurjas has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Tirolesa celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Mike Tirolesa!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thikata Pazaruma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nam Kam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nam Kam will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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Determined |
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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
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thikata Pazaruma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Nam Kam!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Luis Engracia and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kam misses with a looping right.
Kam is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Kam just misses with a punch to the body.
Nam Kam seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pazaruma misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kam.
Kam throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Pazaruma drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Pazaruma is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Pazaruma is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Kam utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Pazaruma might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Pazaruma postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Kam preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Pazaruma stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Kam swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Pazaruma is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pazaruma lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Pazaruma is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Pazaruma throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kam works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Kam not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Kam wants to hit a switch here but Pazaruma passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Kam there!
Pazaruma landing strikes, looking to finish!
Kam is rocked!
Pazaruma is in full mount looking to finish with strikes. He lands a big shot, followed by another and Kam goes limp! The ref jumps in to end the fight - a big win for Pazaruma!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Thikata Pazaruma!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Gillbert Sakurai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Barack Bush (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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145 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gillbert Sakurai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Barack Bush!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Emerson Jorge and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sakurai tries for a takedown but Bush sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Sakurai tries to sprawl but Bush drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Sakurai keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Ground and pound from Bush.
Bush is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Bush is working for a kimura but Sakurai is defending it quite comfortably.
Bush is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Sakurai is just riding it out for now. Bush eventually gives up the hold.
Bush is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bush is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Sakurai sees it coming and defends easily.
Bush is working for a kimura but Sakurai is defending it quite comfortably.
Bush is looking for a kimura here.
Bush throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bush gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Bush closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Sakurai to the mat! Sakurai manages to get full guard.
Bush stopping the sweep attempt from Sakurai.
Sakurai knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Bush on the ground.
Bush works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Bush wants to stand but Sakurai has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sakurai avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Bush.
Sakurai tries to get to full guard but Bush has control of the leg.
Bush is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bush is looking for a kimura but Sakurai is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Bush to get the leverage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sakurai wants to control but Bush is keeping busy.
Bush is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Sakurai taking some punishment here, with Bush in his half guard.
Bush wants to work for an arm triangle but Sakurai is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Bush working the head and body with strikes.
Bush is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Sakurai doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Bush.
Bush is looking for a kimura here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sakurai avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Bush.
Bush is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Sakurai defends it well.
Bush is working for a submission of some sort.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bush thows a huge punch but Sakurai dodges it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Barack Bush dominated that 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.
Bush changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Sakurai looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Bush tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Bush has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Bush wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Sakurai, who protects the arm well.
Bush thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Sakurai tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Bush looks up at the clock and then as Sakurai takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Bush smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Sakurai is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bush has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Sakurai is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Bush yanks on the arm and Sakurai is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Bush.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Barack Bush!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Thiagollo Pazziollo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Victor Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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155 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thiagollo Pazziollo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Victor Dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Matheus Silva and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dos Santos slips under a jab from Pazziollo.
Pazziollo punishes Dos Santos's body with a nice straight punch.
A punch lands to the side of Pazziollo 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Pazziollo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dos Santos.
Dos Santos loads up on a big right hand but Pazziollo slips the punch.
Dos Santos misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Pazziollo with a hook.
Pazziollo misses with the combination.
Dos Santos tries for a takedown but Pazziollo circles away easily
and Pazziollo counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A big right from Pazziollo misses.
Dos Santos misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pazziollo scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dos Santos rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pazziollo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dos Santos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pazziollo moves out of range as Dos Santos strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pazziollo cracks Dos Santos with a right hand to the side of the head.
Dos Santos closes this distance looking for a takedown but Pazziollo circles away.
Thiagollo Pazziollo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Victor Dos Santos.
Pazziollo throws a looping overhand right but Dos Santos ducks down to avoid it.
Dos Santos on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Pazziollo uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Pazziollo cracks Dos Santos with an uppercut from hell and Dos Santos crumples to the canvas, he's out! Oh no, he's recovered and he's grabbed one of Pazziollo's legs and pulled him into guard. The ref thought about stopping it there but he's let it go - good reffing!
Dos Santos is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dos Santos wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Pazziollo manages to pass to side control.
Dos Santos is still in real trouble! Can Pazziollo finish him?
Dos Santos is looking to improve his position.
Dos Santos seems to have recovered his senses.
Pazziollo working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Pazziollo wants to control but Dos Santos is keeping him busy.
Dos Santos pushes Pazziollo off looking to stand but Pazziollo dives back in and keeps control.
Pazziollo lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Pazziollo trying to control from half guard but Dos Santos is working away.
Dos Santos has hold of Pazziollo's hands but Pazziollo slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos blocking the ground and pound attempt from Pazziollo.
Nice strikes from Pazziollo there.
Pazziollo is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Dos Santos is working on a guillotine. He's managed to get to full guard and he's really squeezing tight! Pazziollo is tapping! Great win for Dos Santos!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Victor Dos Santos!
Our winner, Victor Dos Santos, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Thizov Phazov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zeh Duarte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zeh Duarte will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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192 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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Excellent MT
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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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thizov Phazov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Zeh Duarte!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Mauricio Rocha and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duarte takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Duarte uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Phazov.
A slow jab from Phazov misses its intended target.
Duarte shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Phazov but Phazov pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Phazov throws a right and a left that both miss.
Phazov lands a jab to Duarte's midsection.
Phazov throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Duarte.
Duarte fails with a takedown attempt.
Duarte looks gassed!
Phazov lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Duarte circles away quickly and effectively.
Phazov thuds his right hand into Duarte's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Duarte defending well as Phazov loads up on a big left hand.
Horrible takedown by Duarte or perhaps it was just good defense by Phazov which made him look bad.
Thizov Phazov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Zeh Duarte.
Phazov looks to land a left hand but Duarte moved out of range nicely.
Phazov swings for the body but Duarte moves out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Duarte closes this distance looking for a takedown but Phazov circles away.
Phazov stuffs the takedown.
Phazov stalks Duarte and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Duarte's face. Duarte staggers backwards, shaken.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Duarte takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Duarte takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Duarte walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Duarte is trying desperately to land a takedown but Phazov is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Duarte.
Phazov lands with a nice body punch.
Duarte takes one on the button.
Duarte is rocked!
Phazov ducks down and throws a big overhand right - it lands flush on the jaw, knocking Duarte out cold! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Thizov Phazov!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Thizin Pais (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manny 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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153 lbs
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167 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thizin Pais!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Manny Silva!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Felipe Paraventi and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pais misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pais lands a nice looking body kick.
Silva defending well as Pais loads up on a big left hand.
Silva tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Pais counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Silva takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Silva slips a jab and a cross from Pais.
Silva fails to land the takedown.
Silva is trying hard to land a takedown here. Pais sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Silva tries to score a power double leg takedown but Pais sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Silva somewhat.
Thizin Pais has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Manny Silva.
Pais throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva shoots for a double leg takedown but Pais sprawls well. He's pushed Silva's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Silva takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Silva misses with a takedown attempt - Pais sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Silva looks gassed!
Pais fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Pais scores with a nice head shot.
Silva takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Pais.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pais misses with a head kick.
Pais lands a nice shot that snaps Silva's head back.
Silva is rocked!
Silva is trying desperately to land a takedown but Pais is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Silva.
Pais lands with a jab that stuns his opponent. Silva is looking to close the distance but Pais sees it coming and throws a beautiful knee! Silva crumbles to the mat and that's all she wrote! Let's hope Silva is OK because that was naaaaaasty!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Thizin Pais!
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Arona (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Kamara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Ricardo Arona has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Ricardo Arona seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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192 lbs
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177 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
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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
11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ricardo Arona!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Chris Kamara!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Felipe Paraventi and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kamara dodges the punch combination from Arona.
Arona misses with a two punch combination.
Arona throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Arona looks to land a combination but Kamara avoids it well.
Kamara gets a double leg takedown into Arona's guard.
Kamara wants to control from the top but Arona keeps moving.
Kamara pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Arona is keeping the position for now.
Arona has his feet on Kamara's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Arona stalks Kamara and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Kamara's face. Kamara staggers backwards, shaken.
Kamara showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Arona.
Arona throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Arona looks to land a body kick but Kamara moved away.
Kamara dodges the punch combination from Arona.
Arona gets caught napping as Kamara dives in and scores a takedown. Arona manages to retain guard.
Kamara wants to control from the top but Arona keeps moving.
Kamara throws a big right hand that misses.
Arona looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Kamara has picked Arona up and slammed him! Arona can't keep hold of the triangle and Kamara manages to pass to side control!
Kamara sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Arona is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Arona tries to improve position but can't.
Kamara is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Arona looks calm but he's in trouble here. Kamara gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Arona is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Kamara lets go of the hold and Arona can pop his arm back in it's socket.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Chris Kamara!
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Main event
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Arthur Gomes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiago Pereira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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275 lbs
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250 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Arthur Gomes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thiago Pereira!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Edson Gomes and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - Pereira throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pereira is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Pereira has Gomes up against the cage in a clinch.
Pereira misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gomes misses with an elbow strike.
Pereira misses with a punch to the body.
Pereira has a couple of punches blocked by Gomes.
Pereira misses with the head strike.
Gomes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pereira is defending well for now.
Pereira lands a nice shot to the body.
Pereira misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gomes's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pereira lands a hook that snaps the head of Gomes backwards.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Gomes takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Gomes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pereira is defending well for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Pereira.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Gomes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gomes looking to slow down the pace here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pereira.
Pereira lands a body punch.
Pereira lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Pereira blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gomes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pereira working aggressively here.
A short right from Pereira.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pereira blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gomes utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Good body shot from Pereira.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Pereira scores with a nice short uppercut.
Pereira misses with a hook from the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Pereira.
Gomes blocking some punches.
Pereira misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pereira pushes Gomes back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Gomes'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.
Pereira digs a right hand into Gomes's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Gomes's gas tank.
Gomes is breathing heavily.
Pereira working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Pereira tries a body shot but Gomes blocks it.
Pereira working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Gomes is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomes blocks an uppercut.
Oh Gomes is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gomes blocking some punches.
Pereira working aggressively here.
Pereira throws a head punch that misses.
Pereira working aggressively here.
Pereira working aggressively here.
Gomes blocking some punches.
Pereira has a couple of punches blocked by Gomes.
Gomes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Pereira fails to land.
Pereira doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pereira has a couple of punches blocked by Gomes.
Gomes seems to have got his legs back now.
Pereira avoiding damage as Gomes throws knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pereira.
A right hook to the body lands for Pereira.
Pereira tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A hook to the body from Pereira.
Gomes leaning his opponent against the cage.
Pereira tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gomes's elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gomes'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.
Pereira can't find room to land a body shot as Gomes controls the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pereira on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gomes landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gomes.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Pereira as Gomes tries to tie him up.
Gomes avoiding damage.
Pereira has a couple of punches blocked by Gomes.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Gomes takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pereira lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gomes backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pereira.
Gomes effectively controlling the action here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thiago Pereira dominated that 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.
Pereira uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Gomes gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Pereira gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thiago Pereira!
After the fight, Thiago Pereira was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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