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SA Fight 6: SHW Finals PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Juventa Arroyo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jesus Christ (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jesus Christ will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Juventa Arroyo!
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, Jesus Christ!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Daniel Cesar and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Arroyo drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Arroyo is looking to take a break and control but Christ is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Christ is trying to improve his position.
Christ manages to get back to half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Christ can do anything to dispel that myth.
Arroyo thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Christ's head.
Arroyo is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Arroyo scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Christ regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Arroyo.
Christ is pulling down on Arroyo's head. It's preventing any offense from Arroyo, at least for the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Arroyo preventing the sweep.
Christ working a defensive guard here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Christ keeping moving, preventing Arroyo from controlling successfully.
Arroyo is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Arroyo lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Arroyo wants to control from the top but Christ keeps moving.
Christ wants to sweep here but Arroyo controlling him for the moment.
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.
Arroyo throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Arroyo working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Christ utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Christ utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Christ is pulling down on Arroyo's head to control his posture.
Arroyo trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Arroyo looking to pass the guard.
Arroyo wants to control from the top but Christ keeps moving.
Christ will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Arroyo is in close to Christ's body, working some short punches and elbows.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christ being controlled here, momentarily.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Arroyo stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Christ swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Christ looking for a sweep. Not yet Christ, not yet.
Christ is controlling Arroyo's posture.
Arroyo pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Christ is keeping the position for now.
Arroyo controls from within his opponent's guard.
Christ has control of Arroyo's left arm, preventing Arroyo from doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Arroyo slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Arroyo working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Christ is looking for a sweep.
Arroyo in side control, throwing shots but Christ defends.
A lull in the action here.
Arroyo wants to lay and pray for a moment but Christ keeps working.
Arroyo working the strikes but Christ uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Christ wants to control but Arroyo is keeping busy.
Arroyo looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Juventa Arroyo dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Arroyo closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Christ is looking for a sweep.
Arroyo wants to control but Christ is keeping him busy.
Arroyo looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Christ is avoiding damage well.
Arroyo works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Christ is rocked!
Arroyo working the ground and pound.
Christ is still in real trouble! Can Arroyo finish him?
Arroyo gets to mount! Christ was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Arroyo looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Arroyo is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Christ taking shots to the head.
Arroyo dominating with strikes here.
Arroyo lands a heavy elbow.
Arroyo landing strikes, looking to finish!
Christ is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Christ in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Arroyo breaks from Christ's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Arroyo looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Arroyo cracks Christ with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Arroyo with good strikes from the mount here!
Arroyo pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Arroyo lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Arroyo lands a big elbow.
Arroyo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Christ can do to turn this around?
Arroyo is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Arroyo lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Arroyo working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Arroyo is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Arroyo lands with some strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Christ taking shots to the head.
Christ keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Arroyo working Christ over with strikes here.
Arroyo breaks from Christ's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Arroyo lands a nice shot to the head.
Christ tries to lock up and control but Arroyo gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Juventa Arroyo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Arroyo in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Arroyo is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Christ is desperately trying to improve his position but Arroyo has a good base and remains in mount.
Arroyo pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Arroyo unloading with bombs!
Christ tries to hold on but Arroyo postures up.
Arroyo with shots to the head and body - Christ looks very uncomfortable down there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arroyo dominating with strikes here.
Arroyo raining down shots from the mount!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Arroyo cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Arroyo lands a nice shot to the head.
Arroyo in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Arroyo fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Arroyo raining down shots from the mount!
Christ is in all sorts of trouble here.
Arroyo lands with some strikes.
The referee warns Christ that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Arroyo is in the full mount, landing strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Christ tries to reverse the position but Arroyo maintains control.
Arroyo lands with some strikes.
Christ taking shots to the head.
Arroyo looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Arroyo scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Christ?
Christ tries to hold on but Arroyo pushes him away.
Arroyo landing strikes, looking to finish!
A nice elbow there by Arroyo.
Christ wants to hold on but Arroyo pushes him away.
Arroyo landing shots from mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The referee warns Christ that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Arroyo lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Christ is trying to escape the mount.
Arroyo landing shots from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Juventa Arroyo dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Arroyo shoots in for a double leg but Christ sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Arroyo shoots for a double leg takedown but Christ sprawls well. He's pushed Arroyo's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Christ stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Juventa Arroyo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Arroyo has a takedown stuffed.
Arroyo tries for a takedown but Christ sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Arroyo throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Christ's waist but Christ gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Arroyo off to one side.
Arroyo throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Christ's waist but Christ gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Arroyo off to one side.
Arroyo fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Horrible takedown by Arroyo or perhaps it was just good defense by Christ which made him look bad.
Arroyo tries for a takedown but Christ sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Arroyo fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Nice sprawl there from Christ as Arroyo shoots in.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Arroyo fails to land the takedown.
Arroyo closes the distance and clinches up with Christ, looking for a takedown. Arroyo pushes Christ against the cage but Christ circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Arroyo or perhaps it was just good defense by Christ which made him look bad.
Arroyo shoots in for a double leg but Christ sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Arroyo fails with the takedown.
Arroyo shoots in looking for a takedown. Christ tries to sprawl out of it but Arroyo keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Christ manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Christ keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Arroyo shoots in for a double leg but Christ sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Arroyo closes this distance looking for a takedown but Christ circles away.
Juventa Arroyo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Arroyo shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Christ as he jumps to the side.
Arroyo looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Christ is fending him off so far but Arroyo persists. Nope, Christ circles away and we're back to standing.
Arroyo looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Christ is fending him off so far but Arroyo persists. Nope, Christ circles away and we're back to standing.
Arroyo shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Christ but Christ pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Arroyo will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arroyo shoots in for a double leg but Christ sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Arroyo fails with the takedown.
Arroyo shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Arroyo shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Christ as he avoids it easily.
Arroyo misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Arroyo closes this distance looking for a takedown but Christ circles away.
Arroyo shoots in for a double leg but Christ sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Arroyo shoots in looking for a takedown. Christ tries to sprawl out of it but Arroyo keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Christ manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Arroyo shoots in for a double leg but Christ sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Arroyo closes the distance and clinches up with Christ, looking for a takedown. Arroyo pushes Christ against the cage but Christ circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Arroyo shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Christ as he avoids it easily.
Arroyo shoots for a double leg takedown but Christ sprawls well. He's pushed Arroyo's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Arroyo fails with the takedown.
Arroyo looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Christ is fending him off so far but Arroyo persists. Nope, Christ circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arroyo shoots in but Christ avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Arroyo misses with a takedown attempt - Christ sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Arroyo looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Arroyo shoots in but Christ avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Arroyo looks for a takedown but Christ sprawls well.
Arroyo shoots in looking for a takedown. Christ tries to sprawl out of it but Arroyo keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Christ manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Arroyo shoots in for a double leg but Christ sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Arroyo shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Christ as he avoids it easily.
Arroyo shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Christ as he jumps to the side.
Arroyo shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Arroyo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Christ as Arroyo shoots in.
Christ stuffs the takedown attempt from Arroyo. Arroyo gets slowly back to his feet.
Arroyo misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Arroyo fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Horrible takedown by Arroyo or perhaps it was just good defense by Christ which made him look bad.
Arroyo misses with a takedown attempt - Christ sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Arroyo shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Christ as he avoids it easily.
Arroyo shoots for a takedown but Christ saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Arroyo misses with a takedown attempt - Christ sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Jesus Christ has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Arroyo looks for a takedown but Christ sprawls well.
Arroyo misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Arroyo.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jesus Christ comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Arroyo 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 28:27
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 28:27
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 28:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Juventa Arroyo!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Murphy McDonald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brit Heffron (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Murphy McDonald could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Brit Heffron's chin.
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154 lbs
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161 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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Brawler
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Murphy McDonald!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Brit Heffron!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Felipe Paraventi and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McDonald shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Heffron as he avoids it easily.
Heffron throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
McDonald scores with a takedown into Heffron's guard.
Heffron looking to hit a scissor sweep but McDonald is one step ahead there.
McDonald is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Heffron is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Heffron has escaped and now he's on top!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
McDonald not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
McDonald keeping moving, preventing Heffron from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Heffron sitting in guard doing not very much at all here. McDonald doesn't need a second invitation though! He's locked up a guillotine and he's squeezing tight! That is tiiiiiiiiight! Heffron paying the price for stalling here - he's pushing hard on the arm trying to free himself but it's no use! He's tapped! WOW, quick submission from McDonald - great work!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Murphy McDonald!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Stephaun Spanky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and iLike Turtles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Spanky kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genuis that is Point of No Return - Immortal Technique. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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Counter striker
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Stephaun Spanky!
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, iLike Turtles!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Paulo Santos and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spanky looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Turtles fails with an attempt to clinch.
Turtles lands a body shot.
Spanky is breathing heavily.
Turtles throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Spanky checks a low kick from Turtles.
Turtles swings for the body but Spanky moves out of range.
Turtles throws a jab but it's blocked by Spanky.
Turtles looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Spanky misses with a two punch combination.
Nice sprawl there from Turtles as Spanky shoots in.
Turtles tries to clinch there but Spanky circles away.
Turtles closes the distance and clinches up with Spanky, looking for a takedown. Turtles pushes Spanky against the cage but Spanky circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turtles throws a wild body kick that Spanky sees coming a mile off.
Spanky displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Turtles throws out the jab.
Turtles swinging wilding here.
Turtles looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Spanky!
Turtles fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Spanky really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Spanky regains half guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Spanky tries to roll over but Turtles keeps him under control.
Turtles passes to side control.
Turtles should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Spanky tries to improve position but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turtles trying to control the action but Spanky is working from the bottom.
Spanky tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Turtles lands a nice forearm strike.
You can see the frustration on Spanky's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Spanky takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Turtles has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Spanky is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Turtles off and has taken his back!
Spanky has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Spanky is persistently looking for the submission but Turtles is defending it well.
Spanky doesn't have the hooks in and Turtles manages to turn into his guard.
Spanky keeping full guard, as Turtles tries to pass.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turtles works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Turtles works his foot free and advances to mount.
Turtles working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Spanky is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Turtles misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Turtles misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Spanky bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Turtles wants to sweep here but Spanky controlling him for the moment.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Turtles is on top in guard.
Spanky looking for a guillotine here but Turtles defends easily.
Turtles working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turtles with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Turtles trying to control but Spanky is working from the bottom.
Turtles slips nicely into half guard.
Spanky taking some punishment here, with Turtles in his half guard.
Turtles wants to pass to mount but Spanky is defending the position.
Turtles wants to lay and pray for a moment but Spanky keeps working.
Turtles scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Spanky is looking to improve his position.
Turtles seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Spanky does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Spanky works his way to full guard. Good work.
Spanky avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Turtles is working Spanky over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Turtles trying to control the position from guard on top but Spanky is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
iLike Turtles dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Spanky tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Stephaun Spanky is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Turtles rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Spanky moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Turtles tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Spanky paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Spanky with a poor takedown
enabling Turtles to counter with a crisp jab.
Turtles throws a right and a left that Spanky avoids nicely.
Turtles misses with a straight left.
Turtles takes the fight into the clinch.
Turtles can't get the takedown.
Spanky drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Turtles gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Turtles tries to work over Spanky's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Turtles gets underhooks to prevent Spanky's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stephaun Spanky. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Spanky avoiding damage as Turtles throws knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Spanky.
Spanky prevents a body shot from Turtles.
Turtles lands a takedown into guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spanky lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Turtles!
Turtles is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Turtles is in all sorts of trouble here.
Turtles regains half guard.
Turtles works his way to full guard. Good work.
Turtles wants to sweep here but Spanky controlling him for the moment.
Spanky trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Turtles bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Spanky's guard.
Spanky is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
iLike Turtles has got the better of the ground game so far.
Spanky has momentary wrist control but Turtles slips an elbow through the middle.
Turtles keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Spanky's head.
Turtles slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Turtles works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Spanky taking punishment in the form of punches.
Turtles tries to advance to mount but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turtles scores with punches from side control.
Spanky is working to avoid the ground and pound but Turtles connects with a decent elbow.
Spanky tries to improve position but can't.
Turtles trying to control the position but Spanky is working away.
Spanky manages to get back to half guard.
Spanky is staying active underneath Turtles, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Spanky is trying to get back to full guard.
Turtles winds up and cracks Spanky with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Spanky is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Turtles is nestled in close to Spanky, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Oh Spanky is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Turtles not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Turtles throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Turtles missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Turtles thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Turtles missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Turtles is working for a submission of some sort.
Turtles throwing shots but Spanky is blocking nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Turtles rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Spanky moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Spanky avoids a punch combination nicely.
Spanky dodges the punch combination from Turtles.
Spanky keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Turtles.
Spanky seems to have got his legs back now.
Spanky gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Turtles makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Turtles fails in his attempt to clinch.
Turtles fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Spanky manages to avoid it.
Turtles throws a jab when Spanky was well out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turtles misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Spanky.
Spanky with a lazy takedown attempt
enabling Turtles to counter with a crisp jab.
Turtles looks for the body kick but Spanky saw that one coming.
Turtles looks to score with a jab to the body but Spanky is just out of range.
Turtles tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Spanky scores with the left hand. Turtles knows he should have avoided that one.
Nice sprawl there from Spanky as Turtles shoots in.
Spanky tries for a takedown but Turtles sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Spanky shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Turtles throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Turtles keeping full guard, as Spanky tries to pass.
Spanky wants to control from the top but Turtles keeps moving.
Spanky thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
iLike Turtles showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Turtles wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Turtles misses with a body shot.
Turtles pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Spanky shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Turtles counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Turtles misses with a takedown attempt
and Spanky counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Turtles!
Turtles is trying to escape the mount but Spanky keeps good control and instead manages to take Turtles's back.
Spanky doesn't have the hooks in and Turtles manages to turn into his guard.
Turtles sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Spanky's guard.
Turtles wants to pass the guard but Spanky is defending well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Spanky is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Turtles pulls his head out easily.
Turtles scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Turtles throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turtles drops an elbow to the side of Spanky's head.
Spanky wants to get back to full guard.
Turtles missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Spanky looking for submissions off his back.
Turtles is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Spanky tries to get back to half guard but can't.
A nice elbow there by Turtles.
Turtles landing strikes, looking to finish!
Spanky is in a horrible position here. Turtles smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Turtles landing punches.
Spanky keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Turtles working Spanky over with strikes here.
Spanky is trying desperately to improve position.
Spanky is bucking up trying to escape but Turtles cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turtles cracks Spanky with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Spanky is trying desperately to improve position.
Turtles scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Spanky?
Turtles prevents Spanky from getting the reversal.
Spanky taking shots to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Turtles pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Turtles punishing his opponent with strikes.
Turtles lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Spanky keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Spanky is in a horrible position here. Turtles smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Spanky is working to get back to half guard.
Spanky is working hard here to advance position.
Turtles looking to finish Spanky with some ground and pound. This is bad for Spanky!
The referee warns Spanky that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Turtles has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Spanky's face.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turtles lands a heavy elbow.
A nice elbow there by Turtles.
Spanky can't escape the position.
Spanky bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Turtles controls Spanky momentarily but Spanky frees himself.
Turtles keeping full guard, as Spanky tries to pass.
Turtles wants to sweep here but Spanky controlling him for the moment.
Turtles keeping moving, preventing Spanky from controlling successfully.
Spanky forces his way into half guard.
Spanky passes to full mount!
Spanky working for a guillotine from mount but Turtles is in no mood to give up.
Spanky working for a submission but Turtles is keeping him at bay.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turtles regains half guard.
Turtles is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Spanky is trying to control the action in half guard but Turtles is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Turtles throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Turtles gets back to full guard.
Stephaun Spanky has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Turtles looking for a guillotine here but Spanky defends easily.
Turtles lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Spanky!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Spanky is trying desperately to improve position.
Turtles has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Turtles lands with some strikes.
And that's the end of the fight!
iLike Turtles comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Turtles has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 27:30
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... iLike Turtles!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fred Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brock Steiner (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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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fred Thompson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Brock Steiner!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Alexandre Firmino and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Steiner.
Thompson scores with the left hand. Steiner knows he should have avoided that one.
Thompson scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Thompson throws a nice looking combination but Steiner bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Thompson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Steiner with a nice cross.
A head kick misses from Steiner.
Steiner pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Thompson scores with a hook.
Thompson throws a series of punches but Steiner avoids them all with ease.
Thompson wants to clinch.
Steiner thuds his right hand into Thompson's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Steiner lands a nice looking kick to the body. Thompson takes a step back to recover.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thompson scores with a jab.
Steiner swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Thompson avoids the head kick by Steiner.
Danga de danga de dang - Thompson scores with a four punch combination!
Thompson looks up at the clock. Bad move! Steiner lands a right hand from hell, dropping Thompson. Steiner pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brock Steiner!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jerry Orbach (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Cezo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ricardo Cezo has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Jerry Orbach's chin.
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jerry Orbach!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ricardo Cezo!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Edson Gomes and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cezo scores a takedown into full mount!
Orbach tries to lock up and control but Cezo gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Cezo pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.
Orbach is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Orbach tries to hold on but Cezo postures up.
Orbach tries to reverse the position but Cezo maintains control.
Cezo jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Orbach manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Orbach tries to clinch there but Cezo circles away.
Orbach lands a nice leg kick that just misses Cezo's sensitive parts.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Orbach closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Cezo to the mat! Cezo manages to get full guard.
Cezo is trying to keep Orbach in close.
Orbach avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Cezo looks gassed!
Orbach sitting in guard here, content to control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Orbach stands up from Cezo's guard - Orbach perhaps looking for a knockout.
Orbach takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Cezo swats away the attempt to clinch by Orbach.
Cezo avoids the head kick by Orbach.
Orbach tries to clinch there but Cezo circles away.
Cezo gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Orbach decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Cezo's guard.
Cezo wants to sweep but no luck.
Orbach is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Cezo wants to sweep but no luck.
Orbach slips nicely into half guard.
Orbach is taking a breather. Cezo says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Cezo wants to get back to his feet.
Cezo wants to get back to full guard.
Orbach is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Cezo looking for submissions off his back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cezo looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Orbach not doing much here.
Orbach prevents Cezo from improving his position.
Orbach content to control rather than advance.
Cezo is looking to improve his position.
Orbach is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Cezo makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Cezo.
Orbach drops back looking for a leg! Cezo is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Cezo manages to kick Orbach off! Orbach jumps back into Cezo's guard.
Cezo is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orbach passes into half guard.
Cezo taking some punishment here, with Orbach in his half guard.
Orbach wants to work for an arm triangle but Cezo is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Cezo looking for submissions off his back.
Orbach has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Cezo defend it? Orbach steps over the head and cranks it - Cezo is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Orbach!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jerry Orbach!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Ohko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Krzysztof Kieslowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ohko comes to the cage accompanied by They're Coming to Take Me Away. 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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tommy Ohko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Krzysztof Kieslowski!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Seu Braga and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A left lands for Ohko.
Ohko punishes Kieslowski's body with a nice straight punch.
Kieslowski throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ohko keeps the fight on the outside.
Jab, jab by Ohko - just one landing.
Ohko clinches with his opponent.
Kieslowski pressing his opponent against the cage.
Kieslowski fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kieslowski breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kieslowski misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kieslowski lands a jab to the head.
Ohko changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ohko connects with a crisp jab.
Kieslowski takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Kieslowski is rocked!
Ohko drops Kieslowski with a naaaaasty hook - Kieslowski is in real trouble here! Ohko dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tommy Ohko!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sven Svenbjorn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sam Waterston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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225 lbs
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Dangerous knees
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sven Svenbjorn!
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, Sam Waterston!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Felipe Paraventi and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Svenbjorn connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Svenbjorn misses with an attempted mid kick.
Waterston tries to clinch up but Svenbjorn circles away and keeps his distance.
Waterston throws a head kick that misses.
Svenbjorn misses with a body shot.
Svenbjorn throws a body kick that misses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Waterston lands with a kick to the temple. Svenbjorn shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Svenbjorn throws a hook but Waterston avoids it easily.
Svenbjorn throws a jab but it's blocked by Waterston.
Svenbjorn misses with a looping left.
Svenbjorn throws a jab when Waterston was well out of range.
Svenbjorn throws an overhand right that lands on Waterston's shoulder, as Waterston tries to avoid the shot.
Waterston throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Svenbjorn cracks Waterston with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Waterston tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Svenbjorn pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Waterston is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sven Svenbjorn!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nikolay Grigoriev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Lilja (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nikolay Grigoriev has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Nikolay Grigoriev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, David Lilja!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Edson Gomes and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lilja keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Grigoriev throws a body punch but Lilja moves out of range.
Grigoriev fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Lilja has a takedown stuffed.
Lilja shoots for a double leg takedown but Grigoriev sprawls well. He's pushed Lilja's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Grigoriev swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Grigoriev stuffs the takedown.
Nikolay Grigoriev has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of David Lilja.
Lilja tries for a takedown but Grigoriev sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Lilja shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Grigoriev as he avoids it easily.
Lilja looks gassed!
Grigoriev works Lilja's body with a nice hook.
Grigoriev is looking to wear down Lilja with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Lilja avoids a punch combination nicely.
Grigoriev lands a body shot.
Grigoriev misses the shot to the body.
Lilja looks for a takedown but Grigoriev sprawls well.
Lilja avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nice body punch from Grigoriev.
Lilja uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Grigoriev.
Grigoriev ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lilja moves away.
Grigoriev shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Grigoriev was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Grigoriev looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Lilja is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grigoriev lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Lilja hang on?
Lilja is still in real trouble! Can Grigoriev finish him?
Lilja keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Grigoriev scoring with strikes but Lilja is staying in there.
Grigoriev with shots to the head and body - Lilja looks very uncomfortable down there.
A nice elbow there by Grigoriev.
Grigoriev postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Lilja looks a forlorn figure.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Grigoriev with the ground and pound from mount.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice elbow there by Grigoriev.
BOOM! Grigoriev connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Grigoriev landing shots from mount.
Lilja tries to reverse the position but Grigoriev maintains control.
Grigoriev with good strikes from the mount here!
Lilja can't escape the position.
Grigoriev lands a heavy elbow.
Grigoriev working Lilja over with strikes here.
Grigoriev postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Lilja looks a forlorn figure.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lilja is bucking up trying to escape but Grigoriev cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
BOOM! Grigoriev connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Grigoriev looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Grigoriev fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Grigoriev lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Grigoriev has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Lilja's face.
Grigoriev with a couple of short strikes.
Lilja takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Lilja is trying desperately to improve position.
Grigoriev landing strikes from the mount and Lilja is in trouble!
BOOM! Grigoriev connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Grigoriev working away from the top, dropping strikes.
A nice elbow there by Grigoriev.
Grigoriev punishing his opponent with strikes.
Lilja is in a horrible position here. Grigoriev smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Grigoriev landing strikes from the mount.
Grigoriev working Lilja over with strikes here.
Lilja is trying to escape the mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grigoriev fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Grigoriev connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Lilja really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Grigoriev with shots to the head and body - Lilja looks very uncomfortable down there.
Grigoriev landing strikes from the mount and Lilja is in trouble!
Grigoriev landing strikes from the mount.
Lilja is bucking up trying to escape but Grigoriev cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Grigoriev working away from the top, dropping strikes.
BOOM! Grigoriev connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Grigoriev connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Grigoriev is landing with some decent strikes but Lilja is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Lilja really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Grigoriev with a couple of short strikes.
Lilja really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Grigoriev with good strikes from the mount here!
Grigoriev scoring with strikes but Lilja is staying in there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Grigoriev scores with a couple of good head shots there.
A nice elbow there by Grigoriev.
Lilja is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Grigoriev lands a heavy elbow.
Lilja takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Grigoriev in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Grigoriev lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Lilja is wriggling around trying to escape.
Grigoriev pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Grigoriev cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Grigoriev landing strikes, looking to finish!
Grigoriev lands a big shot there that rocks Lilja but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Grigoriev in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Grigoriev pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Grigoriev lands a big elbow.
Grigoriev unloading with bombs!
Grigoriev lands a nice shot to the head.
Grigoriev has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Lilja's face.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Grigoriev looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nikolay Grigoriev dominated that round.
That's time! Grigoriev's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Grigoriev shoots in and drives through. Lilja sprawls well.
Grigoriev shoots in but Lilja avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Grigoriev shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Lilja as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nikolay Grigoriev. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Grigoriev closes the distance and clinches up with Lilja, looking for a takedown. Grigoriev pushes Lilja against the cage but Lilja circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Lilja keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Lilja stuffs the takedown.
Grigoriev tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Lilja swivels and escapes.
Grigoriev shoots in and drives through. Lilja sprawls well.
Grigoriev fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Grigoriev shoots in but Lilja avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Grigoriev fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Nice sprawl there from Lilja as Grigoriev shoots in.
Grigoriev fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Grigoriev shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Lilja as he jumps to the side.
Grigoriev shoots in and drives through. Lilja sprawls well.
Grigoriev shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Grigoriev shoots in looking for a takedown. Lilja tries to sprawl out of it but Grigoriev keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Lilja manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Grigoriev has a takedown stuffed.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grigoriev shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Lilja as he avoids it easily.
Horrible takedown by Grigoriev or perhaps it was just good defense by Lilja which made him look bad.
Lilja stuffs the takedown.
Grigoriev shoots in for a double leg but Lilja sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Lilja stuffs the takedown.
David Lilja is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Grigoriev shoots for a takedown but Lilja saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Grigoriev changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Lilja tries to avoid it but Grigoriev manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Lilja to the ground. Lilja escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Grigoriev fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Grigoriev shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Lilja counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Grigoriev misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Lilja stuffs the takedown attempt from Grigoriev. Grigoriev gets slowly back to his feet.
Grigoriev shoots in looking for a takedown. Lilja tries to sprawl out of it but Grigoriev keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Lilja manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Grigoriev shoots in but no luck this time.
Grigoriev fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Grigoriev shoots for a double leg takedown but Lilja sprawls well. He's pushed Grigoriev's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Grigoriev is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lilja can do to turn this around?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lilja stuffs the takedown attempt from Grigoriev. Grigoriev gets slowly back to his feet.
Nice takedown defense from Lilja. No joy for Grigoriev on that attempt.
Grigoriev looks for a takedown but Lilja sprawls well.
Grigoriev fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Grigoriev shoots in and drives through. Lilja sprawls well.
Grigoriev fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Grigoriev shoots in and drives through. Lilja sprawls well.
Grigoriev will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Grigoriev shoots in and drives through. Lilja sprawls well.
Lilja keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Grigoriev closes the distance and clinches up with Lilja, looking for a takedown. Grigoriev pushes Lilja against the cage but Lilja circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Horrible takedown by Grigoriev or perhaps it was just good defense by Lilja which made him look bad.
Grigoriev shoots in but no luck this time.
Grigoriev looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Lilja keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Grigoriev looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Lilja is fending him off so far but Grigoriev persists. Nope, Lilja circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
No luck for Grigoriev with that takedown attempt.
Grigoriev closes the distance and clinches up with Lilja, looking for a takedown. Grigoriev pushes Lilja against the cage but Lilja circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Grigoriev looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Lilja is fending him off so far but Grigoriev persists. Nope, Lilja circles away and we're back to standing.
Grigoriev looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Horrible takedown by Grigoriev or perhaps it was just good defense by Lilja which made him look bad.
Grigoriev fails with the takedown.
Grigoriev tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Lilja swivels and escapes.
Grigoriev throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Lilja's waist but Lilja gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Grigoriev off to one side.
David Lilja seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Grigoriev has a takedown stuffed.
Grigoriev shoots for a double leg takedown but Lilja sprawls well. He's pushed Grigoriev's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Grigoriev fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Lilja stuffs the takedown.
Grigoriev fails with the takedown.
Grigoriev closes the distance and clinches up with Lilja, looking for a takedown. Grigoriev pushes Lilja against the cage but Lilja circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Grigoriev tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Lilja swivels and escapes.
Lilja stuffs the takedown.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Grigoriev.
Grigoriev looks for a takedown but Lilja sprawls well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grigoriev shoots for a double leg takedown but Lilja sprawls well. He's pushed Grigoriev's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Nice takedown defense from Lilja. No joy for Grigoriev on that attempt.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Grigoriev.
No luck for Grigoriev with that takedown attempt.
Grigoriev fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Grigoriev shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Lilja as he avoids it easily.
Nice sprawl there from Lilja as Grigoriev shoots in.
Grigoriev shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Lilja as he jumps to the side.
Grigoriev shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Lilja but Lilja pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Grigoriev has a takedown stuffed.
Grigoriev shoots in for a takedown but Lilja shows good takedown defense.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Grigoriev looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Grigoriev shoots for a takedown but Lilja saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Grigoriev misses with a takedown attempt - Lilja sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Grigoriev misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
David Lilja showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Grigoriev stuffs the takedown attempt from Lilja. Lilja gets slowly back to his feet.
Grigoriev thows a body shot but no joy.
Grigoriev bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Grigoriev wants to lay and pray for a moment but Lilja keeps working.
Grigoriev lands a decent elbow from side control.
Grigoriev landing strikes.
Grigoriev in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Grigoriev landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Lilja is looking to reverse the position.
Lilja gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Lilja on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Grigoriev prevents Lilja from improving his position.
Lilja is in trouble now - Grigoriev has advanced to mount!
Grigoriev with shots to the head and body - Lilja looks very uncomfortable down there.
Grigoriev lands a big elbow.
Lilja takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grigoriev punishing his opponent with strikes.
Grigoriev landing shots from mount.
Grigoriev lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Lilja hang on?
Grigoriev in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Lilja takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Grigoriev landing strikes from the mount and Lilja is in trouble!
Grigoriev landing shots from mount.
Grigoriev scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Lilja?
Lilja manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Lilja is trying to control but can't.
Grigoriev landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Lilja is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Grigoriev's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Grigoriev's back!
Grigoriev tries to roll but Lilja sticks to his back.
Lilja struggling to keep hold of the position.
Lilja looking for the choke from the back.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lilja not allowing Grigoriev to control his hands.
Lilja has the hooks in. Grigoriev is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Nikolay Grigoriev overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Lilja just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lilja is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Grigoriev is defending well though. Lilja let's go of the attempt for now.
Grigoriev tries to roll but Lilja sticks to his back.
Lilja tightening his grip on Grigoriev, looking for the choke.
Lilja is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Grigoriev knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Grigoriev for a finish.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Lilja's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Lilja sinks in the hooks and is looking for the choke. He's got it! Grigoriev taps out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:02 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). David Lilja!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bobcat Apocalypse (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Macho Mucho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bobcat Apocalypse has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bobcat Apocalypse!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Macho Mucho!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Felipe Paraventi and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Apocalypse doesn't manage to clinch there - Mucho circles away.
Apocalypse is looking to clinch.
Mucho works the jab nicely.
Mucho avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mucho will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Apocalypse tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mucho paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Apocalypse tries to clinch there but Mucho circles away.
Apocalypse avoids the head kick by Mucho.
Mucho throws a wild body kick that Apocalypse sees coming a mile off.
Mucho throws a head kick that misses.
Apocalypse chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Mucho can pounce on him.
Apocalypse tries to clinch but Mucho is having none of it.
Some wild striking there from Mucho.
Good standup being displayed there by Mucho as he connects with a hook.
Mucho lands a right hook to the body.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Mucho. Apocalypse shrugs it off though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Apocalypse keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mucho avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mucho motions for Apocalypse to come forward. Mucho throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A combination from Mucho does no damage.
Apocalypse rushes Mucho and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Apocalypse lands an elbow inside that Mucho shrugs off.
Mucho wants to break the clinch but can't.
Mucho has had enough of the clinch but Apocalypse keeps him there for the moment.
Mucho avoiding damage as Apocalypse throws knees to the body.
Mucho is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Apocalypse prevents Mucho from breaking the clinch.
Apocalypse trying to land knees to the body.
Mucho wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Apocalypse misses with a knee strike.
Apocalypse misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mucho.
Apocalypse tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mucho wants to get back to striking at distance but Apocalypse won't allow it.
Apocalypse connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mucho's face.
Apocalypse tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Apocalypse misses with an elbow over the top.
Apocalypse tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mucho wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Apocalypse is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Mucho is keeping busy.
Apocalypse is breathing heavily.
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.
Apocalypse landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Apocalypse crunches a lovely knee into Mucho's ribcage.
Mucho stops a takedown attempt from Apocalypse.
Apocalypse lands an elbow inside that Mucho shrugs off.
Mucho blocks the elbow strike.
Apocalypse keeps control of Mucho as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Mucho managing to block the knees to the body from Apocalypse.
Apocalypse misses with a knee to the head.
Mucho dodges an elbow strike from Apocalypse.
Mucho has had enough of the clinch but Apocalypse keeps him there for the moment.
Apocalypse looking to throw knees to the head but Mucho is blocking nicely.
Mucho wants to break free but Apocalypse has control.
Mucho tries to break the clinch but Apocalypse is controlling the position.
Apocalypse tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mucho breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mucho tries to bum rush Apocalypse with a series of wild strikes but Apocalypse uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Apocalypse tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mucho swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Apocalypse moves in looking to clinch but Mucho pushes him off.
Apocalypse rushes Mucho and presses him up against the cage.
Apocalypse lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Apocalypse manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Mucho blocks an elbow strike from Apocalypse.
Mucho wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Apocalypse lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Apocalypse landing knees to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Apocalypse.
Mucho is trying to break the clinch but Apocalypse has him pressed against the cage.
Apocalypse drags the fight down to the ground.
Apocalypse working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Mucho doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Mucho manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Mucho looking to sit in guard and control but Apocalypse gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Apocalypse has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Mucho utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Apocalypse missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Apocalypse looking to pass the guard.
Apocalypse throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Mucho works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Apocalypse wants to pass the guard but Mucho is keeping the position.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Mucho misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Macho Mucho seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Apocalypse tries to clinch up.
Mucho throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Apocalypse.
Apocalypse tries to clinch but Mucho moves out of range.
Mucho fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mucho digs a good body shot into Apocalypse's ribs.
A head kick misses from Mucho.
A combination from Mucho does no damage.
Macho Mucho is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Apocalypse tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mucho swats him away and circles back towards the center.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Bobcat Apocalypse will probably get the nod.
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.
Apocalypse fails in his attempt to clinch.
Apocalypse tries to clinch there but Mucho circles away.
Apocalypse wants to clinch up but Mucho keeps it at a distance.
Mucho with a hook.
Mucho throws a right and a left that both miss.
Macho Mucho is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
No joy there for Mucho, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Apocalypse tries to clinch there but Mucho circles away.
Apocalypse is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mucho chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Apocalypse wants to clinch.
Apocalypse avoids the head kick by Mucho.
Mucho is breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Apocalypse doesn't manage to clinch there - Mucho circles away.
Mucho throws a head kick that misses.
Apocalypse tries to close the distance and clinch but Mucho swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Apocalypse doesn't manage to clinch there - Mucho circles away.
Apocalypse wants to clinch.
Apocalypse tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Apocalypse is looking to clinch.
Apocalypse tries to clinch up but Mucho circles away and keeps his distance.
Apocalypse closes this distance looking for a takedown but Mucho circles away.
Mucho swats away the attempt to clinch by Apocalypse.
Apocalypse takes a swing at Mucho's ribcage but misses.
Mucho looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Apocalypse moves in looking to clinch but Mucho pushes him off.
Mucho avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mucho throws a one two combo.
Nice body punch from Mucho.
Apocalypse is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mucho lands a nice shot to the body.
Apocalypse doesn't manage to clinch there - Mucho circles away.
Apocalypse is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Mucho circles away from the clinch attempt.
Some wild striking there from Mucho.
Apocalypse tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mucho swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Apocalypse tries to clinch but Mucho moves out of range.
Mucho is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Apocalypse fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mucho tries to land a front kick but Apocalypse steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Apocalypse tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mucho paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mucho avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Apocalypse fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mucho is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Apocalypse rather than just go for the knockout.
Apocalypse has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mucho bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Mucho throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mucho throws a right and a left that Apocalypse avoids nicely.
Apocalypse fails with an attempt to clinch.
Apocalypse rushes Mucho and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Apocalypse.
Apocalypse taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Mucho breaks from the clinch.
Mucho lands a jab to the nose.
Apocalypse clinches.
With the fighters up against the cage, Apocalypse throws an elbow but misses.
Mucho wants to break the clinch but can't.
Apocalypse wants a takedown.
Mucho avoids the elbow strike from Apocalypse, against the cage.
Mucho takes an elbow to the temple.
Apocalypse creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Mucho wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Mucho blocks an elbow strike from Apocalypse.
Mucho is trying to break free.
Apocalypse leaning his opponent against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Apocalypse just misses with a elbow thrown towards Mucho's brow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Apocalypse tries to land a knee to the head but Mucho blocks with his arms.
Apocalypse scores a nice knee to the body.
Apocalypse landing knees to the head.
Mucho wants to break the clinch but can't.
Mucho escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mucho pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Apocalypse moves into range and clinches up with Mucho.
Mucho escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mucho lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Apocalypse tries to clinch up.
Apocalypse is looking to clinch but Mucho is avoiding it.
Apocalypse tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mucho ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Apocalypse moves away.
Apocalypse has closed the distance and engaged Mucho in a clinch.
Mucho wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Mucho avoids the elbow strike from Apocalypse, against the cage.
Apocalypse tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Apocalypse tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Macho Mucho showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Mucho throws a nice looking combination but Apocalypse bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Mucho scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Apocalypse doesn't seem bothered though.
Mucho fails to land with a series of punches.
Apocalypse tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mucho swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Apocalypse takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Mucho misses with a few strikes there.
Mucho misses with a wild combination.
Apocalypse fails in his attempt to clinch.
Good work by Apocalypse as he checks the leg kick.
Apocalypse is looking to clinch.
Mucho avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Apocalypse is looking to clinch.
Apocalypse tries to close the distance and clinch but Mucho swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Mucho 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.
Apocalypse tries to clinch there but Mucho circles away.
Apocalypse tries to clinch up but Mucho circles away and keeps his distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Apocalypse is looking to clinch.
Mucho changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Mucho lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Apocalypse tries to clinch up but Mucho circles away and keeps his distance.
Mucho tries to bum rush Apocalypse with a series of wild strikes but Apocalypse uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Mucho fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Apocalypse takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Apocalypse tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mucho stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Apocalypse tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mucho swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Apocalypse is looking to clinch but Mucho is avoiding it.
Mucho pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Apocalypse tries to clinch but Mucho is having none of it.
Apocalypse tries to clinch there but Mucho circles away.
Mucho lands with a kick to the temple. Apocalypse shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Mucho keeps the fight on the outside.
Mucho misses with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Apocalypse tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mucho paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mucho lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Apocalypse moves into the clinch.
Apocalypse has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Mucho clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Apocalypse scores with punches to the body.
Apocalypse throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
Apocalypse has Mucho flattened out and is raining down punches.
Apocalypse lands shots from the back.
Apocalypse patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
Mucho trying to control but not successfully.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Apocalypse.
Mucho is rocked!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Apocalypse loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Mucho hold on?
Mucho is still in real trouble! Can Apocalypse finish him?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Apocalypse working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Apocalypse has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Mucho has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Apocalypse throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Mucho seems to have recovered his senses.
Apocalypse missing with strikes.
Apocalypse missing with punches from the back.
Mucho looking to control the position.
Mucho looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Apocalypse thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Apocalypse lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Mucho hold on?!
Apocalypse misses with punches from the back.
Apocalypse is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Apocalypse gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Apocalypse gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Apocalypse apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Nice takedown defense from Mucho. No joy for Apocalypse on that attempt.
Apocalypse wants to clinch up but Mucho keeps it at a distance.
Good leg kick by Mucho there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Mucho throws a nice head kick!
Mucho throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Apocalypse on the side of the head.
Apocalypse wants to clinch up but Mucho keeps it at a distance.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Apocalypse takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Apocalypse closes the distance and clinches.
Mucho on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Apocalypse.
Apocalypse misses with an elbow strike.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bobcat Apocalypse showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Apocalypse has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 28:29
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Bobcat Apocalypse!
Bobcat Apocalypse is the new super heavyweight champion!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rory Shachner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Escro Maddox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rory Shachner has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rory Shachner!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Escro Maddox!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Matheus Silva and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shachner avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Shachner really is built like a bowling ball. I wonder if he'd roll if you pushed him down a hill...
Maddox tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Maddox dodges the punch combination from Shachner.
A leg kick checked by Maddox.
Maddox closes this distance looking for a takedown but Shachner circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Maddox misses with a combination
so Shachner counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Shachner might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Maddox not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maddox thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Shachner with a flurry of punches that miss.
Shachner wants to pass the guard but Maddox is keeping the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Maddox seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Maddox working for a triangle but Shachner defends it easily.
Maddox looks gassed!
Shachner drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Shachner jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Maddox keeping moving, preventing Shachner from controlling successfully.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Shachner closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Shachner trying to control from half guard but Maddox is working away.
Maddox trying to control but Shachner postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shachner seems to be working for a kimura but Maddox defends the submission attempt.
Maddox controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Maddox's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Shachner could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
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.
Maddox is refusing to be controlled, as Shachner sits in half guard.
Maddox is positioning himself well to prevent Shachner advancing to mount.
Shachner works his way into full mount!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Shachner pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rory Shachner dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Shachner is looking to chop away at Maddox's legs.
Maddox closes the distance but Shachner moves to the side
and Shachner counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Shachner has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Maddox defend it? Shachner steps over the head and cranks it - Maddox is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Shachner!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Rory Shachner!
Rory Shachner retains his lightweight title!
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