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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hugo Churchill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shark Attack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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7 - 3 - 0 |
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177 lbs
11 - 8 - 0 |
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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
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hugo Churchill !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Shark Attack!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Paulo Santos and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Attack tries to clinch but Churchill is having none of it.
Attack darts in and clinches Churchill up against the cage.
Attack lands a shoulder strike.
Churchill tries to pull guard but Attack holds him up against the cage and eventually Churchill drops back down to his feet.
Attack with a knee to the head.
It looks like Hugo Churchill has been cut.
Attack gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Attack jumps guard.
Attack wants to stand and escape but Churchill is having none of it.
Attack is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Churchill postures up in Attack's guard and throws a big left but Attack blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Churchill sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Churchill 's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Churchill has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Attack wants to stand but Churchill is controlling the position.
Churchill trying to control the position from guard on top but Attack is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Churchill seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Churchill drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Churchill is standing up over Attack. Attack looks to escape but Churchill dives into side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Attack is trying to buck Churchill off.
Churchill tries for a kimura but Attack is defending well.
Attack is pushing Churchill 's head away, looking to escape. Churchill manages to hold on to the position though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Churchill working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Churchill tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Churchill has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Churchill tries to move to mount but Attack blocks the move with his legs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Attack is trying to get back to his feet.
Churchill wants to lay and pray for a moment but Attack keeps working.
Attack is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Nice takedown defense from Churchill . No joy for Attack on that attempt.
Attack tries to clinch up
and Churchill counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Churchill .
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Churchill looking to sit in guard and control but Attack gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Attack is fighting to break Churchill 's control of his arms but Churchill is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Attack throws a big right hand that misses.
Attack with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Churchill has control of Attack's left arm, preventing Attack from doing any damage.
Churchill utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Attack working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Attack drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Churchill dives on top into guard.
Attack wants to stand but Churchill is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hugo Churchill dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hugo Churchill 's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Churchill dives in and scores a takedown into Attack's guard.
Churchill trying to control but Attack is working from the bottom.
Attack wants to stand up but Churchill is controlling him.
Churchill trying to control the position from guard on top but Attack is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Attack is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Churchill not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Churchill throws a strike but Attack rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Churchill looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Attack drops back, looking for a kneebar! Churchill looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Churchill looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Churchill !
Churchill is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Attack is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Churchill fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Churchill prevents Attack from escaping the position.
Attack tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Churchill is looking for a choke. Attack gets to his feet with his opponent on his back and slams him to the mat. Attack manages to squirm out of the attempted choke and turns into his opponent's guard.
Hugo Churchill overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Attack is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Churchill is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Churchill has escaped and now he's on top!
Churchill trying to control but Attack is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Churchill throws a big elbow that misses.
Churchill not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Churchill prevents Attack from getting back to his feet.
Churchill trying to control but Attack is working from the bottom.
Churchill is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Attack can do to turn this around?
Churchill won't allow Attack to get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Attack can't keep his opponent in guard - Churchill advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Churchill is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Churchill wants to pass to mount but Attack is defending the position.
Still in half guard, Churchill seems content to control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Churchill working Attack over with strikes.
Churchill stops Attack from getting back to his feet.
Churchill trying to control the pace.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hugo Churchill dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Hugo Churchill 's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Attack closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Attack with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Churchill 's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Churchill wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Churchill blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Churchill tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Attack stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Attack scores with a shoulder strike.
Attack pulls guard effortlessly.
Attack preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Churchill throws a big elbow that misses.
Attack wants to stand up but Churchill is controlling him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Churchill wants to pass the guard but Attack is keeping the position.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Churchill sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
The fight stays on the outside here - Attack looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Churchill drops down looking for a counter takedown but Attack sprawls and moves away.
Churchill circles away from the clinch attempt.
Attack gets a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Attack lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Attack throws an elbow but it misses.
Attack lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Attack connects with a knee to the head.
Attack lands with a right to the head.
Still in the clinch, Attack scores with a nice short uppercut.
Attack scores with a shot to the side of Churchill 's head.
Churchill is rocked!
Attack lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Oh Churchill is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Churchill tries to break the clinch but Attack is controlling the position.
Attack misses with some punches.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Attack.
Attack lands a big knee to the head and Churchill goes down! Attack pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Shark Attack!
Shark Attack bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Arkadiusz Klepaczka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tee Bone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Bone's choice of entrance music: Somebody's gonna get it. 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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183 lbs
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180 lbs
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Excellent MT
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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
10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Arkadiusz Klepaczka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
39 - 41 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tee Bone!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Emerson Jorge and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Klepaczka misses with a wild combination.
Bone bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Klepaczka is trying to get back to his feet.
Bone works to advance to full mount. Klepaczka defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Klepaczka wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Bone.
Klepaczka has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bone looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Klepaczka is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bone lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Klepaczka hang on?
Klepaczka is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Bone scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Klepaczka?
Klepaczka is trying to stand up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bone is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Klepaczka has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Bone won't let Klepaczka get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Bone has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Klepaczka's face.
It looks like Arkadiusz Klepaczka has been cut.
Bone landing strikes from the mount.
Klepaczka is rocked!
Arkadiusz Klepaczka's cut is getting worse.
A big strike lands for Bone! That's really hurt Klepaczka and he's turned his back - Bone keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Bone jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tee Bone!
Tee Bone thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Drew Pinksy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Pope (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Pope's choice of entrance music: For Whom The Bell Tolls. Michael Pope acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
51 - 38 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Drew Pinksy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Michael Pope!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Felipe Paraventi and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pinksy thows a body kick. Pope tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Pinksy misses with a straight left.
Pope closes the distance and pushes Pinksy back into the cage.
Pope trying to land knees to the body.
Pope keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pinksy's efforts to push away.
Pope pushes Pinksy back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pope lands with a light punch inside.
Pinksy scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Pinksy is trying to break the clinch but Pope is controlling him.
Pinksy can't break the clinch.
Pinksy letting Pope take a breather here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A frustrated look appears on Pinksy's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Pope has Pinksy pressed against the cage, preventing Pinksy from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Pinksy wants to get back to striking at distance but Pope won't allow it.
Pope makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pinksy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Pinksy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Pinksy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Pinksy working hard to break the clinch.
Pope keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pinksy's efforts to push away.
Pope told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Pinksy tries to circle away but Pope has him pinned against the cage.
Pinksy tries to break free but Pope pushes him back against the cage.
Pope lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pinksy can't break the clinch.
Pope misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pope keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pinksy's efforts to push away.
Pope tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pinksy avoids it.
Pinksy is trying to break the clinch but Pope has him pressed against the cage.
Pinksy pushes Pope back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Pinksy fails to land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pinksy wants to break the clinch but can't.
Pinksy has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Pinksy tries to break free but Pope pushes him back against the cage.
Pinksy is trying to break free.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
A short right from Pinksy on the inside.
Pinksy dodges an elbow strike from Pope.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Pope.
A nice left hand lands by Pope.
A frustrated look appears on Pinksy's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Pope keeps control of Pinksy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Pinksy tries to throw a body punch but Pope avoids it by throwing Pinksy back against the cage.
Pope has Pinksy pushed against the cage.
Pinksy breaks the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pinksy throws a low kick but Pope moves out of range easily.
Pinksy clobbers Pope with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Pinksy pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Drew Pinksy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pinksy feints and then cracks Pope's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Pope down.
Pope dives in for a single leg takedown but Pinksy sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
The fighters circling - Pinksy throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pinksy throws a wild body kick that Pope sees coming a mile off.
Pope feints the counter takedown.
Pinksy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Pope lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Pinksy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pope.
Pinksy misses with a body punch
and Pope counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Pope takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Pope moves into the clinch.
Pope keeps control of Pinksy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pinksy is looking to break free of the clinch but Pope has double underhooks.
Pinksy working aggressively here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pinksy tries to circle away but Pope has him pinned against the cage.
Pinksy is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Pinksy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Pinksy is trying to break free.
Pinksy is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Pope is keeping busy.
Pinksy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Pope lands a shoulder strike.
Pinksy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fighters circling - Pinksy throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pope is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Pinksy misses with an attempted mid kick.
Pope lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Pinksy gets tackled into the cage by Pope. Pope maintains the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Michael Pope will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Pope moves into range and clinches up with Pinksy.
Pope keeps control of Pinksy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Pinksy letting Pope take a breather here.
Pinksy tries to break the clinch but Pope is controlling the position.
Pinksy is trying to push Pope away but Pope has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Pinksy is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Pinksy throws a head punch that misses.
Pinksy wants to break free but Pope has control.
Pinksy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pope has him pressed against the cage.
Pinksy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pope lands a body punch.
Pope trying to land knees to the body.
Pope looking to throw knees to the head but Pinksy is blocking nicely.
Pinksy wants to break the clinch but can't.
Pinksy can't break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pinksy manages to break the clinch.
Pope decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Pinksy is looking for a sweep. Pope is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Pinksy pushes Pope off and gets back to his feet.
Pope moves into the clinch.
Pope prevents a body shot from Pinksy.
A short right from Pinksy.
Pinksy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Pope tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pinksy avoids it.
Pinksy looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Pinksy tries to work over Pope's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pope lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pinksy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pinksy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pinksy lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Pinksy connects with a high kick.
Pope rushes Pinksy and presses him up against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Pinksy's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Pope is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pinksy is defending well for now.
Pope tries to land knees in the clinch but Pinksy avoids the damage to the body.
Pinksy working hard to break the clinch.
Pope lands a knee to the body.
Pinksy tries to circle away but Pope has him pinned against the cage.
Pinksy tries to break the clinch but Pope is controlling the position.
Pope tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pinksy avoids the elbow strike from Pope, against the cage.
Pope prevents Pinksy from breaking the clinch.
Pope blocks an uppercut.
Pope prevents Pinksy from breaking the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pinksy tries a body shot but Pope blocks it.
Pope is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pinksy is defending well for now.
A right hook to the body lands for Pope.
Pope lands a nice shot to the body.
Pope unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Pinksy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pope has Pinksy pressed against the cage, preventing Pinksy from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Pope scores with a shot to the side of Pinksy's head.
Pinksy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Pinksy tries to circle away but Pope has him pinned against the cage.
Pinksy wants to get back to striking at distance but Pope won't allow it.
Pinksy has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Pope landing knees to the body.
Pinksy can't break the clinch.
Pinksy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pope has him pressed against the cage.
Pope wants to stall.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pope keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pinksy's efforts to push away.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Pope. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Pinksy wants to get back to striking at distance but Pope won't allow it.
Pope has Pinksy pressed against the cage, preventing Pinksy from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Pope trying to land knees to the body.
Pinksy is trying to force a seperation but Pope has the dominant position.
Pinksy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pinksy is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Pinksy looks to land a body kick but Pope moved away.
Pinksy misses with a body shot
enabling Pope to counter with a crisp jab.
Pope closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Pope is looking to control Pinksy's arms but Pinksy gets an underhook and turns him. Now Pope has his back to the cage.
Pinksy can't break the clinch.
Pope is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pinksy is defending well for now.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pope.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Pope showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Pope ducks under a wild hook from Pinksy.
Pinksy throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Pope counters with a nice body shot.
Pope gets a clinch.
Michael Pope seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Pinksy tries to circle away but Pope has him pinned against the cage.
Pinksy working hard to break the clinch.
Pope taking a breather.
Pinksy is trying to force a seperation but Pope has the dominant position.
Pope makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Pope lands a nice shot to the body.
Pope stalling in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pinksy throws a punch but it's blocked by Pope.
Pope lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Pope lands with a right to the head.
Pinksy is looking to break free of the clinch but Pope has double underhooks.
Pinksy wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pinksy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Pope has Pinksy pushed against the cage.
Pope lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Pope prevents Pinksy from breaking the clinch.
Pinksy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Pinksy is trying to break free.
Pinksy has had enough of the clinch but Pope keeps him there for the moment.
Pope misses with an elbow over the top.
Pope landing knees to the body.
Pinksy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Pinksy's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Pinksy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Pinksy looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Knees in the clinch landing for Pope.
Drew Pinksy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pope with a knee to the head.
Pope is pushing Pinksy up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Pinksy is trying to break the clinch but Pope is controlling him.
Pope cracks Pinksy with a nice body shot.
Pinksy blocks an elbow strike.
Pope prevents a body shot from Pinksy.
Pinksy is looking to break free of the clinch but Pope has double underhooks.
Pope blocking some punches.
Pinksy wants to break free but Pope has control.
Pinksy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pope tries to clinch there but Pinksy circles away.
A jab lands there for Pinksy.
Pope avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pinksy swings for the body but Pope moves out of range.
Pope moves into range and clinches up with Pinksy.
Pope gets through Pinksy's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Pinksy is rocked!
Pope lands a hook to the side of the head.
Oh Pinksy is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Pope lands a good knee to the midsection. Pinksy won't want to take too many of those.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Pope obliges.
Pope dips a shoulder and cracks Pinksy with a mighty uppercut! Pinksy falls back against the cage and Pope unloads with a barrage of strikes! Pinksy is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Pope screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Michael Pope!
Michael Pope spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Maximus Meridius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ross Maxwell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maxwell comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Sonne - Rammstein kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
26 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Maximus Meridius!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
30 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ross Maxwell!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Alexandre Firmino and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Meridius throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Maxwell connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Meridius misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Meridius lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Maxwell circles away quickly and effectively.
Meridius throws a leg kick that misses.
Maxwell tries to land a leg kick but Meridius saw it coming and moves away.
Maxwell drops Meridius with a left right combo! Maxwell follows him down to the ground into side control.
Meridius is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Meridius is trying to control Maxwell's posture but Maxwell avoids it.
Maxwell looks up at the clock and then as Meridius takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Maxwell smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Oh Meridius is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Maxwell in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Meridius looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Maxwell turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ross Maxwell!
After winning the bout, Ross Maxwell 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 lightweight MMA rules bout between Tom Cirus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lee Wilson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cirus comes to the cage accompanied by Lonely Boy - The Black Keys. Tom Cirus had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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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
16 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tom Cirus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lee Wilson!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Luis Engracia and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cirus shoots in looking for a takedown but Wilson manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Cirus's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Cirus closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Cirus missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Wilson is looking to improve his position.
Wilson slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Cirus looking to sit in guard and control but Wilson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Wilson won't allow Cirus to get back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wilson controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilson trying to control but Cirus is working from the bottom.
I've been told that Wilson has been drilling his wrestling of late, which has already helped him take this fight to the mat. Let's see how much of an impact it has on the outcome of the ground game.
Wilson prevents Cirus from getting back to his feet.
Wilson showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Cirus is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Cirus shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Cirus slips a jab and a cross from Wilson.
Cirus throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Wilson's waist but Wilson gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Cirus off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tom Cirus. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wilson does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Cirus chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Wilson can pounce on him.
Wilson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Cirus shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Wilson as he jumps to the side.
Cirus will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Cirus looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Wilson finds it's way through Cirus's defenses.
Wilson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cirus moves away.
Wilson throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Cirus slips a straight right by Wilson.
Wilson throws a leg kick but Cirus sees it coming and moves out of range.
Nice body punch from Wilson.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wilson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cirus manages to avoid it.
Wilson bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Cirus looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Wilson is fending him off so far but Cirus persists. Nope, Wilson circles away and we're back to standing.
Wilson lands a really nice looking cross but Cirus seems unphased.
Wilson feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Ciruss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Cirus is rocked!
Wilson pounces like a tiger and cracks Cirus with a vicious hook! Cirus is down but not out! Wilson follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Lee Wilson!
Lee Wilson decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Nuriel Leonard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Bourque (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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147 lbs
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156 lbs
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
35 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Nuriel Leonard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
50 - 26 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paul Bourque!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Thiago Cunha and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bourque throws a nice looking combination but Leonard bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bourque is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Leonard tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bourque was well out of range. Poor timing from Leonard.
A nice side step and Bourque releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Bourque has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Leonard misses with a straight right.
Bourque throws a nice looking combination but Leonard bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Leonard misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bourque.
Leonard throws a big shot that misses.
Leonard slips a straight right by Bourque.
Bourque misses with a looping left.
Leonard connects with the punch.
Leonard has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Leonard looks to land a left hand but Bourque moved out of range nicely.
Bourque pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Leonard lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bourque at a distance.
Leonard closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Bourque did well to prevent Leonard getting side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Leonard not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Bourque won't allow Leonard to pass to mount.
Bourque avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Leonard.
Leonard thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Bourque's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bourque is looking to control Leonard's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Bourque avoid being mounted?
Leonard missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Leonard sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Bourque defending well though.
Leonard throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Leonard is just content to waste time from the top position. Bourque takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Leonard works over Bourque with some ground and pound from guard.
Leonard trying to control but Bourque is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Leonard not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Leonard uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bourque.
Leonard throws a jab when Bourque was well out of range.
Bourque lands with a cross.
Paul Bourque is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bourque waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Leonard.
A big right from Leonard misses.
Leonard misses with a hook.
Leonard throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bourque wants to clinch.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Leonard.
Bourque looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A cross from Leonard lands.
Bourque bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Leonard's head backwards.
Bourque jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nice defenses there by Bourque.
Bourque misses with a hook.
Leonard connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Bourque's hands.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Bourque needs to keep his hands up - Leonard had a free shot at his head there.
Bourque fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bourque lands a jab.
Bourque thows a left - swing and a miss!
Leonard was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Leonard showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bourque.
Leonard misses with a body punch
and Bourque counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bourque might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Leonard throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bourque sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A combination from Leonard does no damage.
Bourque blocks a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bourque keeps the fight on the outside.
Leonard forces Bourque back against the cage and clinches.
Leonard avoiding damage.
Leonard misses with a hook from the clinch.
Leonard stalling against the cage.
Nice body punch from Leonard.
Leonard tries to score a body lock takedown but Bourque shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
A frustrated look appears on Bourque's face as he tries to break the clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Bourque prevents a body shot from Leonard.
Leonard goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nuriel Leonard dominated that round.
That's time! Leonard's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Good shot there by Bourque.
Leonard lands a jab to the nose.
Leonard tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bourque was well out of range. Poor timing from Leonard.
Leonard scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Bourque tries to bum rush Leonard with a series of wild strikes but Leonard uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Leonard here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Bourque takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Bourque scores with a crisp jab that stopped Leonard in his tracks.
Bourque throws an overhand right that lands on Leonard's shoulder, as Leonard tries to avoid the shot.
Leonard throws a shot from downtown. Bourque moves away and avoids it.
Bourque swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Leonard tries to counter with a takedown but Bourque is quick to defend against it.
Bourque lands the left hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Leonard. Bourque does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bourque misses with a few strikes there.
It looked like Leonard was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Leonard circles away from the clinch attempt.
Paul Bourque is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Leonard closes the distance and clinches.
Leonard using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Leonard throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leonard connects with a knee to the head.
Leonard landing knees to the head.
Leonard missing with knees to the body.
Bourque wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bourque tries to circle away but Leonard has him pinned against the cage.
Leonard throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bourque is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Bourque's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Leonard has Bourque pressed against the cage, preventing Bourque from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bourque is trying to break the clinch but Leonard is controlling him.
Leonard is pushing Bourque up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Bourque letting Leonard take a breather here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leonard utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Leonard lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Paul Bourque has been cut.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Bourque wants to get back to striking at distance but Leonard won't allow it.
Leonard holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Bourque blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bourque has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A short uppercut from Leonard.
Leonard slows down the pace here.
A head punch on the inside from Leonard fails to land.
Leonard stalls.
Leonard throws a knee to the head but misses.
The referee calls for Leonard to work.
Leonard using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bourque has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leonard stalling the fight.
Leonard tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Leonard taking a breather.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Nuriel Leonard.
Leonard throws a looping overhand right but Bourque ducks down to avoid it.
Bourque takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Bourque tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Leonard was well out of range. Poor timing from Bourque.
Leonard moves out of range of the strikes.
Bourque keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Leonard.
Bourque unleashes a big counter combination but Leonard bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Leonard takes a jab right on the kisser.
Bourque swings for the body but Leonard moves out of range.
Leonard appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Leonard walks into a left hand.
Bourque ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Leonard moves away.
Bourque throws a hook to the side of Leonard's head but Leonard sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bourque ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Leonard ducks under a wild hook from Bourque.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nuriel Leonard dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Paul Bourque's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Bourque uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Leonard.
Leonard throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bourque looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Bourque misses with a looping right.
It looked like Leonard wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Leonard connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Bourque's hands.
A jab from Leonard does it's job there.
Leonard is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bourque can do to turn this around?
Nice straight punches there by Bourque. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Bourque.
Bourque steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Leonard.
Bourque is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Leonard tries to score a power double leg takedown but Bourque sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Leonard somewhat.
Leonard throws the left hand but Bourque avoids the punch easily.
Bourque comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Leonard misses with a straight left.
Bourque blocks a jab.
The fighters circling - Bourque throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bourque pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Leonard back to the cage. Bourque follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bourque misses with a two punch combination.
Bourque throws a hook but Leonard avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leonard misses with a straight right.
Leonard cracks Bourque with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Bourque tries to bum rush Leonard with a series of wild strikes but Leonard uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Leonard clinches up with Bourque and pushes him back against the cage.
Leonard will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Bourque up against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Leonard.
Bourque is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Leonard misses with a knee to the head.
Leonard pressing his opponent against the cage.
Leonard tries a knee to the head but Bourque blocks it.
Paul Bourque has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nuriel Leonard is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leonard throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bourque blocks it with crossed arms.
Leonard missing with knees to the body.
Leonard effectively controlling the action here.
Leonard has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Bourque avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Bourque tries to break free but Leonard pushes him back against the cage.
Bourque tries to break free but Leonard pushes him back against the cage.
Leonard has Bourque pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Bourque manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nuriel Leonard. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bourque wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Leonard throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bourque blocks it with crossed arms.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bourque tries to break the clinch but Leonard is controlling the position.
Leonard with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Leonard stalling against the cage.
Leonard goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bourque takes a shot to the head.
A short left from Leonard.
A frustrated look appears on Bourque's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Leonard with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Leonard lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bourque backwards.
Leonard misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bourque.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bourque wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Leonard has him pressed against the cage.
Leonard using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bourque has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Leonard stalling.
Leonard stalling.
Bourque tries to break free but Leonard pushes him back against the cage.
Leonard tries to land a knee to the head but Bourque blocks with his arms.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Leonard obliges.
Leonard is stalling here.
Bourque blocks an uppercut.
Bourque is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nuriel Leonard showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Leonard, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:27
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nuriel Leonard!
Nuriel Leonard got down on his knees post fight and begged the management for a title shot. 'Please, I want that title shot so bad! Give it to me!'
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Nylerhotep Constantine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeffson Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Cliff Richard - Summer Holiday. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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28
170 lbs
11 - 5 - 0 |
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42
155 lbs
34 - 30 - 2 |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Nylerhotep Constantine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
34 - 30 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jeffson Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Mauricio Rocha and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Constantine misses with a hook. Gracie ducked under it nicely.
Constantine connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Gracie's hands.
Constantine throws a series of punches but Gracie moves out of range.
Constantine throws a looping overhand right but Gracie ducks down to avoid it.
And Gracie tries to counter it with a takedown but Constantine pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Constantine throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gracie avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gracie uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Constantine.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Gracie! But no joy.
Nice straight punches there by Constantine. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Constantine.
Constantine throws out a powerful jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gracie misses with a right hand
so Constantine counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Constantine 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.
Constantine won't allow Gracie to sweep him here.
Constantine trying to control the position from guard on top but Gracie is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Constantine trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Constantine working some strikes from top position.
Gracie working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Constantine.
Constantine has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Gracie escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Constantine gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Gracie trying to keep a closed guard but Constantine is proving a slippery customer.
Constantine preventing the sweep.
Constantine will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Gracie keeping moving, preventing Constantine from controlling successfully.
Gracie is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Constantine is looking to escape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie trying to mount his opponent but Constantine defends it.
Gracie wants to work for an arm triangle but Constantine is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Constantine controlling the position well.
Gracie misses with a head shot. Constantine uses the momentum to regain guard.
Constantine is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Constantine pulls Gracie in to control the position.
Gracie looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Constantine working a defensive guard here.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Constantine misses with a right hand
and Gracie counters with a straight right hand.
Constantine lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Constantine scores with a crisp jab that stopped Gracie in his tracks.
Constantine throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gracie.
Constantine throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gracie.
Gracie shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Constantine pinned against the cage. Constantine gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Constantine cracks Gracie with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Constantine is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Gracie scores with a one two! Constantine had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
It looks like Nylerhotep Constantine has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Constantine with a hook.
Nylerhotep Constantine seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Constantine fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gracie slips a straight right by Constantine.
Gracie doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nylerhotep Constantine dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nylerhotep Constantine's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Constantine forces Gracie back against the cage and clinches.
Gracie has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Constantine after a bit of a struggle.
Gracie lands a good knee to the midsection. Constantine won't want to take too many of those.
Gracie throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Constantine blocks it with crossed arms.
Gracie jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Constantine walks away with a smile on his face. Gracie gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Constantine tries to clinch up
and Gracie counters with a stiff right hand.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Constantine.
Constantine throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Gracie counters with a straight right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gracie avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gracie throws out a counter right but Constantine avoids it with no problem.
Constantine has taken the fight to the clinch.
Gracie gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gracie would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Constantine controls Gracie momentarily but Gracie frees himself.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Constantine wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Gracie passes into half guard.
Gracie is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Constantine is trying to get back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Constantine avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Gracie.
Constantine is looking to improve his position.
Gracie wants to control but Constantine is keeping him busy.
Gracie works his way into side control.
Constantine wants to control but Gracie postures up.
Constantine stops Gracie from passing to mount.
Constantine is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is just content to waste time from the top position. Constantine takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Gracie forces his way into half guard.
Gracie is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Gracie missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Gracie is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Constantine sees it coming and defends easily.
Gracie wants to take a breather but Constantine is having none of it.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Constantine looks like he's trying to stand up.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Gracie looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Constantine stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Constantine wants it to stay on the feet.
Nylerhotep Constantine has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jeffson Gracie.
Constantine fails with an attempt to clinch.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Constantine.
A punch combination from Constantine misses.
Gracie throws a right hand that Constantine ducks under and follows up with a left that Constantine also avoids with ease.
Constantine scores with the left hand. Gracie knows he should have avoided that one.
Gracie avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Constantine displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gracie throws out the jab.
Nylerhotep Constantine is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Constantine misses with a straight left.
Constantine moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Jeffson Gracie will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Nylerhotep Constantine's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Constantine throws a big shot that misses.
Constantine scores with a hook.
Constantine is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gracie can do to turn this around?
Constantine takes the fight into the clinch.
Gracie tries to pull guard but Constantine holds him up against the cage and eventually Gracie drops back down to his feet.
Constantine misses with a knee to the head.
Gracie tries to pull guard but Constantine forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Constantine misses with an elbow strike.
Constantine keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gracie's efforts to push away.
Constantine trying to stall but Gracie improves his position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gracie's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nylerhotep Constantine is winning the standup battle so far.
A combination from Constantine does no damage.
Constantine misses with a double jab.
Constantine feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Gracies jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Constantine misses with the combination.
Gracie let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Constantine with a nice cross.
Constantine lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Constantine lands with an overhand left.
Constantine throws a lazy uppercut
and Gracie counters with a nice uppercut.
Constantine throws a nice looking combination but Gracie bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Gracie doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Gracie ducks under a wild hook from Constantine.
Constantine swinging wildly here.
Constantine tries to clinch up but Gracie circles away and keeps his distance.
Gracie looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Constantine is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Constantine throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gracie sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Constantine is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Gracie shoots in looking for a takedown but Constantine manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Gracie's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Nylerhotep Constantine has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jeffson Gracie.
Constantine throws a series of punches but Gracie avoids them all with ease.
Gracie swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Constantine lands a lovely overhand right.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Constantine lands a head shot.
Constantine moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Constantine swings widly with a right hand
and Gracie counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Constantine throws a looping overhand right but Gracie ducks down to avoid it.
Gracie changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Constantine tries to avoid it but Gracie manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Constantine to the ground. Constantine escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Gracie swats away the attempt to clinch by Constantine.
Gracie swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Constantine lunges at Gracie with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Gracie's hand.
Constantine misses the body punch
and Constantine takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A telegraphed right hand from Constantine misses the target.
Gracie ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gracie feints the counter takedown.
Gracie circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gracie with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Constantine to score with a decent uppercut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gracie. Constantine does a little dance to reset his feet.
Good standup being displayed there by Constantine as he connects with a hook.
Gracie gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Gracie lands a lovely overhand right.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Constantine finds it's way through Gracie's defenses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gracie pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gracie misses with a takedown
and Constantine decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Gracie's guard.
Constantine has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Constantine looking to pass the guard.
Gracie trying to control the position.
Constantine has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Gracie is proving hard to escape from.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nylerhotep Constantine showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Constantine has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 29:28
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 29:28
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nylerhotep Constantine!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Javier Gattuso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henrique Tavares (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gattuso comes to the cage accompanied by WAR-Low Rider. Tavares has chosen Devour the Day - Get Out of My Way as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
39 - 23 - 3, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Javier Gattuso!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Henrique Tavares!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Luis Engracia and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gattuso lands a head kick!
Gattuso scores with the left hand. Tavares knows he should have avoided that one.
Tavares uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gattuso.
Tavares tries to bum rush Gattuso with a series of wild strikes but Gattuso uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tavares takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Tavares uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Gattuso has time to react.
Gattuso tries a head kick but it misses.
Tavares scores with a sloppy right hand. Gattuso should have avoided that one.
Sloppy strikes from Tavares. Those never looked like landing.
Gattuso feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Tavares misses with a few strikes there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gattuso slips a straight right by Tavares.
Gattuso just misses with a punch to the body.
Gattuso wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Gattuso moves away from the strike by Tavares.
Tavares misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gattuso thumps Tavares with a low kick.
Henrique Tavares seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tavares swinging wildly here.
Gattuso seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Tavares throws a jab but it's blocked by Gattuso.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gattuso throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Tavares misses with a wild combination.
Some wild striking there from Tavares.
Tavares lands a jab-cross combination.
Gattuso throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Tavares misses with a straight left.
Tavares walks into a jab.
Tavares missing with a left hand there. Gattuso was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
No joy there for Tavares, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gattuso lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Gattuso misses with an attempted mid kick.
A combination from Tavares does no damage.
Gattuso has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Oh, that's a big right hand from Gattuso and Tavares goes tumbling to the canvas! Gattuso follows him to the ground and looks to finish from half guard.
Tavares is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gattuso trying to control the pace.
Tavares is still in real trouble! Can Gattuso finish him?
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Gattuso has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Gattuso content just to control the position here.
Tavares is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. Gattuso locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! Tavares is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Javier Gattuso!
Javier Gattuso retains his light heavyweight title!
A victorious Javier Gattuso thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between John Equinox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julio Sobral (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). John Equinox could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Julio Sobral's chin.
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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
59 - 30 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, John Equinox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
31 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Julio Sobral!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Felipe Paraventi and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Equinox takes one to the side of the head.
Sobral throws an off balance right hand
and Equinox cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sobral misses with a jab, cross combination.
Equinox is looking to clinch.
Equinox tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sobral swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sobral tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Equinox was well out of range. Poor timing from Sobral.
Equinox thinks about countering with a body kick.
Equinox slips a straight right by Sobral.
Equinox throws a head kick that misses.
Sobral throws a series of strikes that have Equinox backpedaling.
Equinox fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Sobral on the side of the head.
Decent striking displayed by Sobral there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Equinox moves in looking to clinch but Sobral pushes him off.
Sobral drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Equinox defends it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Equinox avoids a punch combination nicely.
Equinox gets caught flat footed, as Sobral shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Equinox looking for a sweep. Not yet Equinox, not yet.
Sobral postures up in Equinox's guard and throws a big left but Equinox blocks it.
Sobral postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Sobral wants to control from the top but Equinox keeps moving.
Sobral is looking to advance position but Equinox has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Equinox tries to stand up but he's trapped just for the moment.
Sobral sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Equinox looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Sobral has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Sobral tries to roll over but Equinox keeps him under control.
Equinox tries to stand and escape but Sobral is controlling the position.
Sobral gets back to full guard.
Sobral is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sobral lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Sobral passes Equinox's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Sobral wants to lay and pray for a moment but Equinox keeps working.
Sobral throwing shots but Equinox is blocking nicely.
Sobral is looking to take a break and control but Equinox is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Equinox makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Equinox.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Equinox tries to land a sweep but no joy.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Equinox is on top in guard.
Equinox is looking to stand up but Sobral won't let him.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sobral is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Sobral is looking for a triangle but Equinox pushes his legs off easily.
Equinox preventing the sweep.
Sobral manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Equinox manages to get himself to full guard.
Sobral looking to pass the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Julio Sobral dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Equinox lands a jab to Sobral's midsection.
Equinox cracks Sobral with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Sobral misses with a takedown
and Equinox moves into the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Equinox.
Sobral blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Equinox misses with the head strike.
Equinox throws a punch but it's blocked by Sobral.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sobral pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sobral dives in and grabs Equinox's left leg, looking for a takedown. Equinox pushes down on Sobral's head and hops out.
Equinox throwing a counter right hand but Sobral manages to avoid it.
Sobral fails with the takedown.
John Equinox has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Julio Sobral.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Equinox.
Sobral misses with a body shot
and Equinox counters with a straight right hand.
Sobral looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Sobral misses with a jab to the body
and Equinox counters with a stiff right hand.
Equinox misses with a two punch combination.
Sobral with a lazy takedown attempt
and Equinox cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Equinox throws the left hand but Sobral avoids the punch easily.
Sobral ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Equinox moves away.
John Equinox is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sobral throws a right hand that misses
and Equinox counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sobral is rocked!
Equinox ducks right into an uppercut from Sobral.
A left lands for Equinox.
Sobral is still on wobbly legs! Can Equinox finish him?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Equinox punishes Sobral's body with a nice straight punch.
Equinox throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sobral.
Sobral throws a hook but Equinox blocks it.
A little feinted left hand from Equinox on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Sobral seems to have recovered his senses.
Sobral throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sobral throws an overhand right that lands on Equinox's shoulder, as Equinox tries to avoid the shot.
Sobral shoots in for a takedown but Equinox shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
As Sobral tries to get set, Equinox tries to push him back and clinch up but Sobral manages to avoid the attempt.
Sobral bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sobral is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
John Equinox is winning the standup battle so far.
Equinox throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Equinox.
Equinox is looking for a counter combo.
Sobral throws a series of punches but Equinox avoids them all with ease.
Sobral misses with a straight right.
Sobral swings widly with a right hand
and Equinox connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Julio Sobral seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sobral swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Equinox counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sobral shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Equinox as he avoids it easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Equinox misses the target.
Sobral swings widly with a right hand
and Equinox counters with a nice uppercut.
Sobral throws a poor cross that misses
and Equinox counters with a right hand to the body.
Equinox fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Equinox throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sobral gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Equinox gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:06 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Equinox!
A relieved looking John Equinox thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Tyson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Boris Kharitonov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tyson comes into the arena with Mary had a little lamb blaring out of the sound system. Boris Kharitonov has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Mike Tyson's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
25 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mike Tyson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
41 - 27 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Boris Kharitonov!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Luis Engracia and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kharitonov throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tyson throws a hook but Kharitonov blocks it.
Kharitonov throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tyson throws a poor cross that misses
and Kharitonov counters with a left to the body.
Tyson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kharitonov manages to avoid it.
Kharitonov now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Tyson works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
No joy there for Kharitonov, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tyson swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Kharitonov counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Tyson takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Tyson scores with a body shot.
Tyson blocks a head kick by Kharitonov.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The fighters circle momentarily. Kharitonov darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
A jab from Tyson misses.
Tyson looks to land a right hand but Kharitonov moved out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Kharitonov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tyson misses with a looping right.
Kharitonov looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Tyson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mike Tyson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kharitonov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tyson.
Tyson connects with a crisp jab.
It looks like Boris Kharitonov has been cut.
Tyson cracks Kharitonov with a good jab.
Kharitonov jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kharitonov throws a poor cross that misses
and Tyson counters with a nice right hand that sends Kharitonov toppling to the canvas! Kharitonov scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Tyson finish him?!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
BOOM! Tyson lands a beautiful left hook that drops Kharitonov. Kharitonov tries to recover but Tyson is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Kharitonov lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mike Tyson!
Mike Tyson very nearly forgot to thank Bad Man Clothing (Nothing Over $40) amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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