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Contenders - Make it Rain PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dirk Pitt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Davison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pitt comes to the cage accompanied by Dancing in the Dark. The crowd seem to be enjoying Davison's choice of entrance music: Indestructible. 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 heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dirk Pitt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Chris Davison!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Emerson Jorge and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pitt misses with a body shot.
Pitt displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Davison.
Davison missing with a left hand there. Pitt was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Pitt throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Davison is defended easily by Pitt.
Davison pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Davison throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pitt sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Davison throws a looping overhand right but Pitt ducks down to avoid it.
Pitt misses with a looping left.
A chopping leg kick lands by Davison.
Pitt slaps away a takedown attempt from Davison, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Dirk Pitt has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chris Davison.
Pitt avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pitt takes a kick to the side of the head.
It looks like Dirk Pitt has been cut.
Davison misses with a looping left.
Davison throws a leg kick which misses Pitt's front leg but catches the back leg as Pitt tries to avoid it.
A big left from Pitt misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pitt misses with a wild body shot.
Pitt slips under a jab.
Pitt drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Davison shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Pitt as he jumps to the side.
Chris Davison seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pitt thuds a left hand into Davison's body.
Pitt scores with a sloppy right hand. Davison should have avoided that one.
It looks like Chris Davison has been cut.
Davison is trying hard to land a takedown here. Pitt sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Dirk Pitt is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Davison scores with a nice head shot.
Pitt misses with a body shot.
Pitt throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Davison on the side of the head.
Davison tries to score with a low kick but Pitt moves his leg out of the way.
Pitt throws a nice looking combination but Davison bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pitt avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pitt scores with a nice right hand.
Davison uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Pitt walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pitt works Davison's body with a nice hook.
Davison looks gassed!
A looping hook to the body misses from Pitt. Davison does a little dance to reset his feet.
Davison dodges the punch combination from Pitt.
Davison throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Pitt scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Pitt lands a body shot.
Davison closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Some wild striking there from Pitt.
Pitt bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Davison's head.
That has opened up Chris Davison's cut even more.
Pitt throws a series of punches but Davison moves out of range.
Pitt swings for the body but Davison moves out of range.
Davison defending well as Pitt loads up on a big left hand.
Pitt misses with a wild body shot.
Davison throws a wild body kick that Pitt sees coming a mile off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A cross from Davison lands.
Davison fails with the takedown.
Pitt ducks under a wild hook from Davison.
Davison looks for a takedown but Pitt sprawls well.
Pitt works over Davison's head and body with a nice combination.
Pitt fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pitt connects with a jab.
Chris Davison's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Chris Davison's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Dirk Pitt!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Turkka Haanpaa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anderson Rua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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196 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Turkka Haanpaa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Anderson Rua!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Leandro Rodrigues and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rua tries to close the distance and clinch but Haanpaa swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Haanpaa throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Rua pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rua throws a lazy right hand but Haanpaa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rua wants to clinch.
Haanpaa just misses with a punch to the body.
Haanpaa avoids the head kick by Rua.
Haanpaa fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Haanpaa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Haanpaa lands a nice hook to Rua's body. Rua takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Rua throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Rua on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Haanpaa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rua was well out of range. Poor timing from Haanpaa.
Haanpaa lands with a good body shot.
Haanpaa scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Haanpaa scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
A looping hook to the body misses from Haanpaa. Rua does a little dance to reset his feet.
Haanpaa ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Haanpaa 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.
Haanpaa is looking to wear down Rua with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Haanpaa throws a low kick, looking for Rua's leg but Rua calmly moves out of range.
Rua takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Haanpaa throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Haanpaa lands a body shot.
Rua looks gassed!
Haanpaa looks to score with a jab to the body but Rua is just out of range.
Turkka Haanpaa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Haanpaa works Rua's body with a nice hook.
Haanpaa catches Rua with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Haanpaa is looking to land body kicks.
Haanpaa scores with a hook to the body. Rua takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Haanpaa tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Haanpaa lands a body shot.
Haanpaa catches Rua with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Haanpaa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rua uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Haanpaa.
Haanpaa just misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rua fails with an attempt to clinch.
Haanpaa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Haanpaa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rua throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Haanpaa lands a jab to Rua's midsection.
Haanpaa lands a head shot.
Turkka Haanpaa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Haanpaa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Haanpaa takes a swing at Rua's ribcage but misses.
Haanpaa moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Haanpaa lands a nice looking body shot.
Rua takes one to the chin there.
Haanpaa throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Haanpaa fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Haanpaa comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Haanpaa lands with an overhand left.
Haanpaa punishes Rua's body with a nice straight punch.
Rua moves out of range of the body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haanpaa lands a nice looking body shot.
Haanpaa dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Haanpaa lands a right hook to the body.
Haanpaa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Haanpaa scores with a jab to the jaw.
Haanpaa scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Haanpaa fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Rua looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Haanpaa connects with a looping right hand.
Haanpaa 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.
Haanpaa just misses with a punch to the body.
Haanpaa lands a slapping body shot.
Haanpaa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rua was well out of range. Poor timing from Haanpaa.
Haanpaa just misses with a punch to the body.
Haanpaa scores with a jab to the body.
Rua pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rua takes a shot right to the bread basket.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rua looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Haanpaa throws a body punch but Rua moves out of range.
Haanpaa misses the shot to the body.
Haanpaa misses the shot to the body.
Haanpaa connects with a body shot.
Haanpaa looks to score with a jab to the body but Rua is just out of range.
Haanpaa slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Haanpaa is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Haanpaa scores with a hook to the body. Rua takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Haanpaa lands a nice looking body shot.
Good standup being displayed there by Haanpaa as he connects with a hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Haanpaa. Rua does a little dance to reset his feet.
Haanpaa listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rua uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Haanpaa.
Haanpaa scores with a body shot.
Haanpaa lands a body shot.
Haanpaa fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Rua is out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Turkka Haanpaa dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Rua walks into a stiff left hand from Haanpaa.
Haanpaa looks to score with a jab to the body but Rua is just out of range.
Haanpaa scores with a shot to the body.
Haanpaa stuns Rua with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Rua keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Haanpaa scores with a jab to the body.
Haanpaa throws out a powerful jab.
Haanpaa fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Rua has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Rua throws a right hand that Haanpaa ducks under and follows up with a left that Haanpaa also avoids with ease.
Haanpaa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rua was well out of range. Poor timing from Haanpaa.
Haanpaa swats away the attempt to clinch by Rua.
Haanpaa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rua moves away.
Rua is breathing heavily.
Rua uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Haanpaa.
Rua avoids the body shot from Haanpaa.
A looping hook to the body misses from Haanpaa. Rua does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haanpaa lands with a shot to the body.
Haanpaa misses with a series of wild punches.
Haanpaa is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rua can do to turn this around?
Rua takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Haanpaa fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Haanpaa lands a body shot.
Haanpaa wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Haanpaa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rua tries to clinch up but Haanpaa circles away and keeps his distance.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Haanpaa.
Haanpaa fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Haanpaa dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Haanpaa stuns Rua with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Haanpaa scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Haanpaa misses the shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haanpaa ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Haanpaa misses with a wild body shot.
Haanpaa ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Rua might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Haanpaa has got the better of the exchanges.
Haanpaa lands a nice shot to the body.
Haanpaa lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Haanpaa scores with a shot to the body.
Haanpaa lands a right hook to the body.
Haanpaa lands with a good body shot.
Haanpaa thows a body shot but no joy.
Haanpaa misses the shot to the body.
Rua doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Haanpaa lands a slapping body shot.
Haanpaa lands a jab to Rua's midsection.
Haanpaa thows a body shot but no joy.
Haanpaa lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Rua takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Turkka Haanpaa is winning the standup battle so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rua doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Haanpaa connects with a jab.
Haanpaa lands a nice shot to the body.
Haanpaa takes a swing at Rua's ribcage but misses.
Haanpaa lands with a good body shot.
Rua doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Haanpaa dips to his left and cracks Rua with an uppercut!
Haanpaa scores with a jab to the body.
Haanpaa lands a slapping body shot.
Haanpaa fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Rua takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Haanpaa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rua.
Haanpaa fails to land with a series of punches.
Haanpaa scores with a body shot.
Rua takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haanpaa works the jab nicely.
Anderson Rua is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Haanpaa comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Haanpaa lands a nice hook to Rua's body. Rua takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Rua has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Haanpaa throws a body punch but Rua moves out of range.
Haanpaa thuds a left hand into Rua's body.
Haanpaa looks to score with a jab to the body but Rua is just out of range.
Haanpaa jabs at Rua's body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Haanpaa lands a right hook to the body.
Haanpaa cracks a nice hook into Rua's ribs.
Rua takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Haanpaa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rua moves away.
Haanpaa takes a swing at Rua's ribcage but misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Haanpaa lands a nice shot to the body.
Haanpaa cracks a nice hook into Rua's ribs.
Rua gets cracked there but stands up to it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Turkka Haanpaa dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. And we move into the final round!
A right-left combo lands from Haanpaa.
Haanpaa takes a swing at Rua's ribcage but misses.
Haanpaa jabs Rua right on the nose. Rua blinks but takes it well.
Rua avoids a kick to the body.
Haanpaa comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Rua takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rua looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Haanpaa jabs at Rua's body.
Rua takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Haanpaa wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Haanpaa digs a good body shot into Rua's ribs.
Haanpaa misses with a double jab.
Rua takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Haanpaa thows a body shot but no joy.
Haanpaa will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Haanpaa avoids the head kick by Rua.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haanpaa takes a swing at Rua's ribcage but misses.
Rua walks into a jab.
Haanpaa takes a swing at Rua's ribcage but misses.
A lazy left from Haanpaa finds it's target.
Haanpaa swings for the body but Rua moves out of range.
Haanpaa goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Haanpaa stalks Rua and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Rua's face. Rua staggers backwards, shaken.
A punch lands to the side of Rua 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Rua doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Haanpaa lands with a right hand.
Rua takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Haanpaa swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Rua.
Rua misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Haanpaa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rua manages to avoid it.
Haanpaa digs a good body shot into Rua's ribs.
Anderson Rua has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Haanpaa. Beautiful body shot.
Haanpaa lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Rua at a distance.
Haanpaa's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Haanpaa duly obliges.
Haanpaa fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Haanpaa lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Haanpaa.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Haanpaa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rua moves away.
Rua takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Haanpaa swings for the body but Rua moves out of range.
Haanpaa connects with a body shot.
Rua takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Haanpaa lands a jab to Rua's midsection.
Haanpaa fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Rua looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Haanpaa tries to land a front kick but Rua steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Haanpaa lands a body shot.
Haanpaa swings for the body but Rua moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rua on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Haanpaa lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
No joy there for Haanpaa, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Haanpaa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Haanpaa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rua moves away.
Haanpaa lands with a shot to the body.
Haanpaa stuns Rua with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A jab from Haanpaa finds it's way through Rua's defenses.
Haanpaa scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Haanpaa works Rua's body with a nice hook.
Haanpaa thuds a left hand into Rua's body.
Haanpaa works Rua's body with a nice hook.
Haanpaa lands a nice looking body shot.
Haanpaa lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Haanpaa scores with a jab. Rua acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haanpaa swinging wildly here.
Haanpaa lands a slapping body shot.
Haanpaa scores with a jab to the body.
Haanpaa just misses with a punch to the body.
Rua drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Haanpaa swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Rua.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice cross by Haanpaa.
Haanpaa wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Haanpaa avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Haanpaa fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Haanpaa lands with a good body shot.
Haanpaa with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Rua takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Haanpaa bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Rua's head backwards.
And that's the end of the fight!
Turkka Haanpaa showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Haanpaa has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:24
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:24
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:24
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Turkka Haanpaa!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Royston McDonald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Tate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McDonald comes to the cage accompanied by Nicole - By Ash. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Royston McDonald!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, David Tate!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Thiago Cunha and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McDonald throws a shot from downtown. Tate moves away and avoids it.
Tate misses with the combination.
A combination from Tate does no damage.
Tate lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
McDonald blocks a jab.
McDonald pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A telegraphed right hand from McDonald misses the target.
Tate walks forward, straight into a front kick from McDonald.
McDonald swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The fighters circling - Tate throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tate takes a swing at McDonald's ribcage but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McDonald plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
McDonald dodges the punch combination from Tate.
McDonald shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than McDonald was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
McDonald controlling from mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tate wants to hold on but McDonald pushes him away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
McDonald lands a heavy elbow.
McDonald wants to control the pace but Tate is squirming around nicely.
McDonald avoids the attempt from Tate to control.
Tate avoids a series of strikes thrown by McDonald.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McDonald punching from mount but Tate doing a good job of avoiding damage.
McDonald punching from mount but Tate doing a good job of avoiding damage.
McDonald throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Tate because McDonald loaded up on that one.
That's four 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.
McDonald throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Tate takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Tate is looking to get to half guard.
McDonald wants to control the pace but Tate is squirming around nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Royston McDonald dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
McDonald avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tate misses with a straight left.
McDonald keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McDonald tries to land a front kick but Tate steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
McDonald throws a low kick, looking for Tate's leg but Tate calmly moves out of range.
McDonald throws a body kick that misses.
Tate throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tate misses with a two punch combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tate throws an uppercut from half a mile away. McDonald sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tate uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from McDonald.
McDonald keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tate checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
McDonald wants to land a leg kick but Tate is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tate blocks a head kick by McDonald.
McDonald uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Tate has time to react.
Tate slips a jab from McDonald.
Tate misses the shot to the body.
McDonald closes the distance and clinches.
Tate misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from McDonald.
McDonald swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Still in the clinch, McDonald scores with a nice short uppercut.
McDonald gets through Tate's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
McDonald escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
McDonald scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
David Tate is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tate misses with a wild body shot.
McDonald pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Tate throws a sloppy body shot
and McDonald counters with a nice body shot.
Tate is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down McDonald rather than just go for the knockout.
Tate shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by McDonald.
McDonald looks to land a left hand but Tate moved out of range nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tate misses with a shot to the body
and McDonald counters with a nice low kick that buckles Tate's knee momentarily.
McDonald changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Tate misses with a combination
and Tate takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
McDonald scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Tate falls off balance throwing a combination
and McDonald counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Tate throws a big shot that misses.
Tate throws a looping overhand right but McDonald ducks down to avoid it.
Tate swings for the body but McDonald moves out of range.
McDonald throws a nice outside leg kick.
McDonald cracks Tate with a good jab.
McDonald tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tate walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tate swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and McDonald counters with a right hand to the body.
Tate is breathing heavily.
A swing and a miss from Tate.
Tate falls off balance throwing a combination
and McDonald counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
McDonald misses with a series of wild punches.
Tate takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
McDonald lands a nice shot to the body.
Tate misses with a hook to the body
and McDonald counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
McDonald fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tate manages to avoid it.
McDonald lands a nice looking body kick.
The crowd cheers as McDonald lands an impressive looking overhand right. Tate doesn't seem phased though.
McDonald scores with a shot to the body.
McDonald connects with a right hand. Tate shakes it off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McDonald lands a nice leg kick that just misses Tate's sensitive parts.
McDonald stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Tate takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McDonald lands a really nice looking cross but Tate seems unphased.
Royston McDonald is winning the standup battle so far.
Tate takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
McDonald cracks Tate with a right hand to the side of the head.
McDonald lands with a shot to the body.
McDonald stuns Tate with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by McDonald!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by McDonald!
McDonald with a body punch. A glancing blow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
McDonald pushes Tate up against the cage in a clinch.
McDonald softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
McDonald lands with a short shot to the head.
Good body shot from McDonald.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Royston McDonald dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
A looping hook to the body misses from McDonald. Tate does a little dance to reset his feet.
McDonald scores with a nice head shot.
Tate throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and McDonald counters with a leg kick.
Tate takes a body punch but keeps moving.
McDonald connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
McDonald works Tate's body with a nice hook.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from McDonald, right into the meat.
Tate takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A nice inside leg kick there by McDonald. That's going to slow Tate down.
A nice leg kick lands there from McDonald.
Tate takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
McDonald dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
McDonald bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Tate's head backwards.
Tate takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Tate walks into a straight right hand from McDonald.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tate on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by McDonald. McDonald obviously looking to wear him down.
Tate walks into a stiff left hand from McDonald.
Tate ducks right into an uppercut from McDonald.
McDonald lands with a nice combination. Tate backs away looking to recover.
Tate has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
McDonald rushes Tate and presses him up against the cage.
McDonald's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
McDonald is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tate can do to turn this around?
Tate tries to keep at a distance but McDonald has taken the fight into the clinch.
McDonald lands with a short punch from the clinch.
McDonald softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
McDonald lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Tate is rocked!
Tate's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from McDonald.
Tate is still on wobbly legs! Can McDonald finish him?
McDonald breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tate seems to have recovered his senses.
A decent looking cross lands there for McDonald.
McDonald stuns Tate with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
McDonald feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Tate's calf.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McDonald cracks the inside of Tate's front leg.
McDonald clinches with his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A short right from McDonald.
A short right from McDonald.
McDonald breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
McDonald ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tate moves away.
McDonald moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
McDonald lands with a kick to the ribs.
McDonald connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
McDonald scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
McDonald connects with a nice looking jab.
Tate takes a shot to the body in his stride.
The fighters circle momentarily. McDonald darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tate takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
McDonald moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Tate misses the jab.
Tate misses with a double jab
and McDonald counters with a left to the body.
David Tate seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tate misses with a combination
and McDonald counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Royston McDonald is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
McDonald throws a nice outside leg kick.
McDonald ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tate throws a looping overhand right but McDonald ducks down to avoid it.
McDonald dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
McDonald lands a slapping body shot.
Tate swings and misses with a shot to the body
and McDonald counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McDonald misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tate takes a jab right on the kisser.
McDonald scores with a body shot.
McDonald cracks Tate with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
McDonald works the jab nicely.
Tate avoids the body shot from McDonald.
A good leg kick by McDonald.
Tate tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
McDonald dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Tate. That did some damage!
Tate takes a jab right on the kisser.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
McDonald 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.
McDonald jabs at Tate's body.
David Tate has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
McDonald smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
And that's the end of the fight!
Royston McDonald showed his dominance in that final round.
Well McDonald has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:25
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:25
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Royston McDonald!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hitmon Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eduardo Pallas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Eduardo Pallas acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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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, Hitmon Lee!
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, Eduardo Pallas!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Felipe Paraventi and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lee keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pallas.
Lee misses with the combination.
Lee connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Hitmon Lee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lee staying out of range there.
Pallas tries to bum rush Lee with a series of wild strikes but Lee uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Pallas looks to land a left hand but Lee moved out of range nicely.
Pallas tries to close the distance and clinch but Lee swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lee takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Pallas misses with a straight right.
Pallas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lee digs a good body shot into Pallas's ribs.
Lee cracks Pallas with a good jab.
Pallas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pallas takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Pallas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pallas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lee.
Lee uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pallas.
Pallas takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee throws a combination that misses
and Pallas counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Lee ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Lee bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Pallas's head backwards.
Pallas on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Lee is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Lee connects with a jab.
Pallas ducks under a wild hook from Lee.
Some wild striking there from Pallas.
Lee walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Pallas looks gassed!
Pallas misses with a hook.
Lee throws a hook to the side of Pallas's head but Pallas sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lee throws a shot from downtown. Pallas moves away and avoids it.
Pallas throws a right and a left that both miss.
Pallas gets caught flat footed, as Lee shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Lee has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Pallas has momentary wrist control but Lee slips an elbow through the middle.
Lee postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Pallas keeping moving, preventing Lee from controlling successfully.
Pallas looking for a sweep. Not yet Pallas, not yet.
Lee lands a couple of digs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lee with a flurry of punches that miss.
Lee working some strikes from top position.
Lee lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Pallas looking to hit a scissor sweep but Lee is one step ahead there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pallas working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Lee.
Lee thows a big elbow that misses.
Lee works over Pallas with some ground and pound from guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pallas wants to stand and escape but Lee is having none of it.
Lee cracks Pallas with a solid left hand.
Lee trying to control the position from guard on top but Pallas is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lee throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Lee working some strikes from top position.
Pallas keeping full guard, as Lee tries to pass.
Lee distracts Pallas with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Pallas keeping moving, preventing Lee from controlling successfully.
Lee stopping the sweep attempt from Pallas.
Lee content to stall in guard here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee is looking to work some ground and pound but Pallas has wrist control.
Pallas keeping moving, preventing Lee from controlling successfully.
Lee is in close to Pallas's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Lee pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Pallas is keeping the position for now.
Lee distracts Pallas with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Pallas is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lee is pressing down on Pallas's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Lee working a defensive guard here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hitmon Lee dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Lee keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Pallas throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pallas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lee swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lee lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Pallas backs up against the cage.
Lee cracks a nice hook into Pallas's ribs.
Pallas looks to land a right hand but Lee moved out of range.
Lee lands with an uppercut that bounces Pallas off the cage and back into rage.
Pallas throws a right hand that Lee ducks under and follows up with a left that Lee also avoids with ease.
Lee will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Lee, as that shot connected.
Pallas is breathing heavily.
Lee misses with a two punch combination.
Pallas moves out of range of the body kick from Lee.
Lee tries to land a leg kick but Pallas saw it coming and moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee fails with a takedown attempt.
Lee bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Pallas's head.
Lee dips to his left and cracks Pallas with an uppercut!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Lee is defended easily by Pallas.
Pallas with a hook.
Pallas takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Nice shot lands for Lee.
A left lands for Lee.
Lee lands with a nice body punch.
Lee scores with a hook to the body. Pallas takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Eduardo Pallas is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pallas takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Pallas takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pallas ducks right into an uppercut from Lee.
Lee uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Lee throws a good cross that connects.
Lee rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pallas moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lee scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Pallas drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Pallas stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hitmon Lee. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lee scores with a sloppy right hand. Pallas should have avoided that one.
Pallas on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Lee lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Pallas moves forwards but Lee connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Lee scores with a jab to the jaw.
Lee lands a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee stuns Pallas with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A shot to the liver by Lee. Beautiful body shot.
Pallas on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Lee shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Pallas manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Pallas preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Lee makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Lee working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Lee chips away with some ground and pound.
Pallas working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Lee doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Lee manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Lee is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pallas can do to turn this around?
Lee postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee won't allow Pallas to sweep him here.
Lee is working Pallas over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Lee trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Lee cracks Pallas with a solid left hand.
Pallas 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.
Lee thows a big elbow that misses.
Lee trying to control but Pallas is working from the bottom.
Pallas tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pallas is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Lee defends well.
Lee postures up in Pallas's guard and throws a big left but Pallas blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hitmon Lee dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Lee smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Lee throws a looping overhand right but Pallas ducks down to avoid it.
Lee scores with a jab to the head.
Lee slips a jab and a cross from Pallas.
Lee connects with a right hand. Pallas shakes it off.
Hitmon Lee is winning the standup battle so far.
Pallas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pallas misses with a double jab
and Lee counters with a left and a right that stings Pallas.
Lee lands the left hand.
A left and a right from Lee both land. Nice combination.
Pallas takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Pallas swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Lee counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Pallas thinking.
Pallas moves away from the strike by Lee.
Lee scores with the left hand. Pallas knows he should have avoided that one.
Lee fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Pallas at a distance.
Lee connects with a nice looking jab.
Lee lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pallas circles away quickly and effectively.
Lee moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Lee with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Lee scores with a jab to the head.
Lee scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Lee shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Lee wants to control the pace but Pallas is squirming around nicely.
Pallas is looking to improve his position but Lee isn't that keen on the idea.
Pallas is squirming around, avoiding Lee's attempts to control the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pallas is bucking up trying to escape but Lee cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Lee lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Lee trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Lee landing strikes, looking to finish!
Lee landing strikes from the mount.
Lee fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Pallas is in all sorts of trouble here.
Lee dominating with strikes here.
Pallas is trying to escape the mount.
The referee warns Pallas that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pallas takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Pallas tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Lee working the ground and pound effectively.
Lee with the ground and pound from mount.
Pallas really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Hitmon Lee overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Lee lands a big shot there that rocks Pallas but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Lee working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Lee is landing with some decent strikes but Pallas is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Pallas really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Lee lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee unloading with bombs!
Pallas is looking to improve his position but Lee isn't that keen on the idea.
Eduardo Pallas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lee breaks from Pallas's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Lee looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Lee scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Pallas?
Hitmon Lee is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Pallas regains half guard.
Lee prevents Pallas from standing back up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lee winds up and cracks Pallas with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Lee moves nicely into side control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Hitmon Lee showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Lee has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:25
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hitmon Lee!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Enrico Genetia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mata Leon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Leon has chosen Bodies as his entrance music. Enrico Genetia has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Enrico Genetia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mata Leon!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Matheus Silva and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leon slips under a jab.
Genetia lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
It looks like Mata Leon has been cut.
Genetia slips a straight right by Leon.
A swing and a miss from Genetia.
Genetia misses with a body shot.
Leon finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Genetia waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Leon.
Leon scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Leon throws a head kick that misses.
Leon lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Nice jab there from Leon.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Genetia lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Leon circles away quickly and effectively.
A head kick misses from Genetia.
Leon misses with a wild body shot.
Genetia tests Leon's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Leon is rocked!
No joy there for Genetia, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Leon is still on wobbly legs! Can Genetia finish him?
A combination from Genetia does no damage.
Genetia tries to bum rush Leon with a series of wild strikes but Leon uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Genetia misses the jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Genetia throws a jab when Leon was well out of range.
Genetia throws a lazy right hand but Leon sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Genetia throws a looping overhand right but Leon ducks down to avoid it.
Genetia throws a hook but Leon blocks it.
Genetia throws a jab when Leon was well out of range.
Genetia misses with an uppercut.
Genetia throws a nice looking combination but Leon bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Genetia tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Leon defending well as Genetia loads up on a big left hand.
Genetia is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Genetia swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A jab from Genetia misses.
Leon avoids the head kick by Genetia.
Genetia misses with a looping right.
Genetia throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Genetia will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Leon blocks a jab.
Leon moves away from the strike by Genetia.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Leon slips under a jab.
Genetia throws a lazy right hand but Leon sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Genetia is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Leon.
Genetia looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Leon staying out of range there.
Genetia throws a jab when Leon was well out of range.
Genetia misses with a looping left.
Genetia throws a lazy right hand but Leon sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Genetia throws a jab when Leon was well out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Enrico Genetia dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mata Leon's cut.
That's time! Genetia's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Leon gets the takedown into side control.
Genetia tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Genetia is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Leon's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Leon thows a huge punch but Genetia dodges it nicely.
Leon is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Genetia regains full guard. Nicely done.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Genetia manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Leon manages to get himself to full guard.
Genetia stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Genetia drops Leon with a big left hand! Leon is injured, injured bad! Genetia jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Enrico Genetia!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Amanda Hugandkiss (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alberto Andrade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Andrade has chosen 3oh!3 - I'm not your boyfriend baby as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!
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21
155 lbs
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151 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Amanda Hugandkiss!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alberto Andrade!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Mauricio Rocha and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Andrade misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Andrade uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hugandkiss.
Andrade fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Hugandkiss scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Hugandkiss darts in and clinches Andrade up against the cage.
Hugandkiss landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Andrade wants a takedown but no success here.
Amanda Hugandkiss has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alberto Andrade.
Hugandkiss cracks Andrade with a nice body shot.
Andrade tries to circle away but Hugandkiss has him pinned against the cage.
Andrade's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hugandkiss lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Andrade taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Andrade misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hugandkiss gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Andrade.
Andrade is trying to break free.
Hugandkiss gets underhooks to prevent Andrade's takedown attempt.
Andrade is trying to drag Hugandkiss to the mat but Hugandkiss just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Hugandkiss lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Andrade tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hugandkiss's elbow.
Andrade's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Andrade has picked Hugandkiss up - he's going for a ride! Andrade dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Hugandkiss tries to kick Andrade off but Andrade keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Andrade throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Andrade thows a huge punch but Hugandkiss dodges it nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hugandkiss has one foot on Andrade's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Andrade shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Hugandkiss pinned against the cage. Hugandkiss gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Hugandkiss closes the distance and clinches.
Andrade lands a shot to the body.
Andrade has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Hugandkiss is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Andrade can't find room to land a body shot as Hugandkiss controls the action.
Hugandkiss digs a right hand into Andrade's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Andrade's gas tank.
Hugandkiss leaning against his opponent.
Stalling in the clinch from Andrade.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Hugandkiss.
A short left from Hugandkiss.
Still in the clinch, Hugandkiss scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hugandkiss has Andrade pressed against the cage.
Andrade wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hugandkiss lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hugandkiss's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
A shot in the inside from Hugandkiss.
Andrade misses with a punch to the body.
Andrade is trying to break the clinch but Hugandkiss has him pressed against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Hugandkiss.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Andrade looking to stall.
That's four 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.
Andrade pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hugandkiss connects with a right hand. Andrade shakes it off.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Hugandkiss, as that shot connected.
Hugandkiss looks to land a left hand but Andrade moved out of range nicely.
Hugandkiss ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Andrade moves away.
Hugandkiss swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hugandkiss lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Andrade circles away quickly and effectively.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Andrade moves in looking to clinch but Hugandkiss pushes him off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Amanda Hugandkiss dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Andrade falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Hugandkiss counter with a right hand.
Andrade fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Hugandkiss sprawls well initially but Andrade persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Andrade prevents Hugandkiss from standing back up.
Andrade throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Andrade trying to control from half guard but Hugandkiss is working away.
Well, if Andrade is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Andrade trying to control from half guard but Hugandkiss is working away.
Andrade has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Andrade stops Hugandkiss from getting back to his feet.
Andrade tries to pass to full mount but Hugandkiss defends it.
Andrade is looking to take a break and control but Hugandkiss is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Andrade is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Some wild striking there from Hugandkiss.
Hugandkiss throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Andrade slips a jab and a cross from Hugandkiss.
Hugandkiss slips a straight right by Andrade.
Andrade throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hugandkiss counters with a two punch combo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hugandkiss is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Andrade.
Hugandkiss throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Andrade stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Andrade swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hugandkiss throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hugandkiss connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Hugandkiss misses with a combination
and Andrade counters with a single leg into guard. Hugandkiss didn't expect that.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Andrade trying to control but Hugandkiss is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hugandkiss wants to stand up but Andrade is controlling him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Amanda Hugandkiss will probably get the nod.
That's time! Hugandkiss's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Hugandkiss jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Amanda Hugandkiss is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Andrade shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Hugandkiss is trying to defend but Andrade finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Andrade is trying to control the action in half guard but Hugandkiss is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Andrade thows a huge punch but Hugandkiss dodges it nicely.
Andrade thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hugandkiss's head.
Andrade is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Andrade passes to side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Andrade trying to control the position but Hugandkiss is working away.
Andrade looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Hugandkiss regains half guard, as Andrade was trying to land strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Andrade wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hugandkiss keeps working.
Hugandkiss is looking to escape.
Hugandkiss is staying active underneath Andrade, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Hugandkiss has one foot on Andrade's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hugandkiss stuffs the takedown.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Andrade.
Andrade looks to land a right hand but Hugandkiss moved out of range.
Andrade shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Hugandkiss pinned against the cage. Hugandkiss gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Andrade fails to land the takedown.
Amanda Hugandkiss has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alberto Andrade.
Andrade takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
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.
Hugandkiss swats away the attempt to clinch by Andrade.
Alberto Andrade has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Andrade misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Hugandkiss.
Andrade bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Hugandkiss forces Andrade back against the cage and clinches.
Andrade tries to score a body lock takedown but Hugandkiss shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Andrade tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hugandkiss's elbow.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Amanda Hugandkiss.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Hugandkiss, 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Amanda Hugandkiss!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Hernan Cortes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jorge Matheus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Hernan Cortes has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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21
146 lbs
5 - 3 - 0 |
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25
143 lbs
5 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hernan Cortes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jorge Matheus!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Daniel Cesar and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cortes tries to land a leg kick but Matheus saw it coming and moves away.
Cortes throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
A clash of legs there as Matheus blocks the low kick.
Matheus shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Cortes sprawls well. Cortes wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Matheus gets slowly back to his feet.
Cortes lands a nice hook to Matheus's body. Matheus takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Cortes works Matheus's body with a nice hook.
Matheus has a takedown stuffed.
Cortes's corner calls for a 1-2. Cortes obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Cortes looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A cross from Cortes lands.
Matheus looks for a takedown but Cortes sprawls well.
Hernan Cortes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jorge Matheus.
A head kick from Cortes lands but Matheus takes it in his stride.
Cortes fails to land with a series of punches.
Cortes throws a nice outside leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Cortes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cortes scoring well with a low kick there.
Matheus looks gassed!
Cortes lands a head shot.
Matheus stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Cortes.
Cortes scores with a body shot.
Cortes cracks a nice hook into Matheus's ribs.
Matheus takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Cortes is looking to wear down Matheus with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Cortes jabs at Matheus's body.
Matheus looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Cortes moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cortes cracks Matheus on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Matheus falls backwards against the cage. Cortes follows up with more strikes that drop Matheus to his knees. Cortes keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Matheus! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hernan Cortes!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Junior Aveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kiyah Matsumoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Junior Aveira has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Junior Aveira seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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24
155 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
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26
150 lbs
10 - 1 - 0 |
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Solid boxing
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Decent boxing
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Junior Aveira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kiyah Matsumoto!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Emerson Jorge and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aveira looks to land a combination but Matsumoto avoids it well.
Aveira throws a hook to the side of Matsumoto's head but Matsumoto sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Aveira throws a series of punches but Matsumoto avoids them all with ease.
Aveira fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Matsumoto checks it well.
Aveira throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Matsumoto lands a nice shot to the body.
Aveira throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Matsumoto.
Matsumoto lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Matsumoto shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Aveira's guard.
Matsumoto loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Matsumoto 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.
Matsumoto postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Matsumoto sitting in guard here, content to control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aveira seems keen to control Matsumoto's posture.
Matsumoto throws a big right hand that misses.
Matsumoto trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Matsumoto sitting in guard here, content to control.
Aveira can't keep his opponent in guard - Matsumoto advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
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.
Matsumoto sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Matsumoto has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Matsumoto lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Matsumoto is looking to take a break and control but Aveira is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Matsumoto uses his free foot to push down on Aveira's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Aveira.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matsumoto looking to ground and pound but Aveira is blocking nicely.
Matsumoto 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.
Matsumoto throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Matsumoto throwing strikes here but Aveira is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Matsumoto goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Aveira is on top in guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Matsumoto has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Aveira can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Matsumoto keeping full guard, as Aveira tries to pass.
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.
Aveira wants to control from the top but Matsumoto keeps moving.
Matsumoto is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Aveira stands up over Matsumoto, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Matsumoto not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Aveira trying to move into half guard but instead Matsumoto has managed to sweep!
Matsumoto sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Matsumoto prevents Aveira from getting back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kiyah Matsumoto dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Aveira tries to bum rush Matsumoto with a series of wild strikes but Matsumoto uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Aveira misses with a two punch combination.
Aveira avoids the body shot from Matsumoto.
A right-left combo lands from Aveira.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Matsumoto is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Aveira pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Matsumoto lands a shot to the body.
Matsumoto lands a body shot in the clinch.
Matsumoto ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Matsumoto no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Matsumoto manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Aveira manages to get himself to full guard.
Matsumoto throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Aveira works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Aveira knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Matsumoto on the ground.
Matsumoto wants to pass the guard but Aveira is keeping the position.
Aveira looking to control.
Aveira on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Aveira tries to get out of the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matsumoto loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Matsumoto works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Matsumoto throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Aveira is not content to let Matsumoto control the position.
Matsumoto lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Matsumoto throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Matsumoto seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Aveira does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Aveira keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Aveira blocking the ground and pound attempt from Matsumoto.
Aveira avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Matsumoto.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Matsumoto with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Aveira lands a jab to the nose.
Aveira throws a low kick but Matsumoto avoids it.
Aveira throws a nice looking combination but Matsumoto bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Aveira misses with the combination.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Aveira throws a series of punches but Matsumoto avoids them all with ease.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matsumoto dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Aveira misses with a series of wild punches.
Matsumoto connects with a jab.
Aveira takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Aveira will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Matsumoto takes the fight into the clinch.
Matsumoto controlling the action here for a moment.
Matsumoto lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Aveira.
Matsumoto leaning his opponent against the cage.
Aveira taking a breather.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matsumoto lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Matsumoto has Aveira pressed against the cage.
Matsumoto receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Aveira blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Matsumoto tries for a takedown. No joy.
Aveira wants to get back to striking at distance but Matsumoto won't allow it.
Matsumoto presses Aveira against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Matsumoto wants a takedown.
Junior Aveira has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kiyah Matsumoto.
Stalling in the clinch from Matsumoto.
Matsumoto working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Aveira tries to break free but Matsumoto pushes him back against the cage.
Matsumoto goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kiyah Matsumoto showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!
Matsumoto has taken the fight to the clinch.
Aveira prevents a body shot from Matsumoto.
Matsumoto looking to slow down the pace here.
Matsumoto lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Matsumoto tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Matsumoto lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Matsumoto wants to lay and pray for a moment but Aveira keeps working.
Matsumoto seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Matsumoto is trying to control the action in half guard but Aveira is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Aveira keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aveira blocking the ground and pound attempt from Matsumoto.
Aveira avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Matsumoto.
Matsumoto thows a huge punch but Aveira dodges it nicely.
Matsumoto is looking for a kimura here.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Matsumoto fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Matsumoto misses with a hook.
Matsumoto misses with a body shot.
Aveira throws a series of punches but Matsumoto avoids them all with ease.
Some bone on bone action there as Matsumoto checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Matsumoto rushes Aveira and presses him up against the cage.
Junior Aveira has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two 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.
Matsumoto digs a right hand into Aveira's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Aveira's gas tank.
Matsumoto tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Matsumoto goes for a takedown attempt but Aveira pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Aveira drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Aveira throws a series of punches but Matsumoto moves out of range.
Matsumoto uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Aveira.
Aveira misses with a jab, cross combination.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Aveira lands a jab to the head.
Matsumoto throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A combination from Aveira does no damage.
Matsumoto is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Aveira rather than just go for the knockout.
Aveira loads up on a big right hand but Matsumoto slips the punch.
Matsumoto shoots in but no luck this time.
Junior Aveira has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kiyah Matsumoto.
Matsumoto has Aveira up against the cage in a clinch.
Aveira is looking to control Matsumoto's arms but Matsumoto gets an underhook and turns him. Now Aveira has his back to the cage.
Aveira gets underhooks to prevent Matsumoto's takedown attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aveira blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Aveira manages to break the clinch.
Aveira throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Matsumoto moves in looking to clinch but Aveira pushes him off.
A bone on bone clash there as Matsumoto blocks the leg kick.
Matsumoto looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Matsumoto is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Aveira is staying active underneath Matsumoto, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Matsumoto is looking for a kimura but Aveira is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Matsumoto to get the leverage.
Aveira wants to stand back up but Matsumoto manages to pass into side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aveira is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Matsumoto takes a little break here. Aveira wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Kiyah Matsumoto has got the better of the ground game so far.
Matsumoto sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Aveira is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Matsumoto looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Kiyah Matsumoto is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Matsumoto happy to just control the position for now.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kiyah Matsumoto comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Matsumoto winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 27:30
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kiyah Matsumoto!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Raoul Duke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jerry Cristo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys are coming into the fight with injuries so let's see if that has a bearing on the fight. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Raoul Duke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jerry Cristo!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Daniel Cesar and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duke tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cristo was well out of range. Poor timing from Duke.
Duke is breathing heavily.
Duke misses the shot to the body.
Cristo avoids the body shot from Duke.
Cristo throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Duke's head.
Cristo is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Cristo feints and then cracks Duke's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Duke down.
Cristo throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Duke's head.
Duke could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Duke takes a kick to the side of the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Duke. Cristo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Duke looks to score with a jab to the body but Cristo is just out of range.
A head kick from Cristo lands but Duke takes it in his stride.
Duke throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Duke tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cristo was well out of range. Poor timing from Duke.
Cristo lands a head kick. Duke smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Cristo.
Cristo throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Duke's head.
Nice body kick from Cristo.
A looping hook to the body misses from Duke. Cristo does a little dance to reset his feet.
A solid body kick from Cristo.
Duke takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Duke takes a swing at Cristo's ribcage but misses.
Cristo goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cristo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Duke.
Cristo scores with a spinning back kick!
A slapping body kick lands there for Cristo.
Duke takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Duke misses with a body shot.
Duke thows a body shot but no joy.
Cristo connects with a high kick.
Cristo throws a quick inside leg kick.
Duke looks to score with a jab to the body but Cristo is just out of range.
Duke takes a swing at Cristo's ribcage but misses.
Cristo plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
A looping hook to the body misses from Duke. Cristo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cristo scores with a head kick.
Cristo lands a head kick. Duke smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Duke looks to score with a jab to the body but Cristo is just out of range.
A slapping body kick lands there for Cristo.
Cristo throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Duke's head.
Duke throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duke takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Cristo scores with a kick to the body.
Duke takes a swing at Cristo's ribcage but misses.
Duke misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cristo.
Duke misses with a body shot.
Cristo throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Duke.
Cristo throws a head kick that Duke semi-blocks.
Cristo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Duke misses with a body shot.
Duke is looking to wear down Cristo with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A looping hook to the body misses from Duke. Cristo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Duke on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Cristo. Cristo obviously looking to wear him down.
Duke looks to score with a jab to the body but Cristo is just out of range.
Duke takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Duke throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Duke takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Cristo lands with a kick to the temple. Duke shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Duke fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cristo manages to avoid it.
Cristo throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Cristo moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duke fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cristo manages to avoid it.
Cristo throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Cristo connects with a high kick.
Duke throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cristo fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Duke.
Cristo lands with a slapping head kick.
Duke looks to score with a jab to the body but Cristo is just out of range.
Cristo scoring well with a low kick there.
Duke misses the shot to the body.
Cristo thows a body kick. Duke tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Duke swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cristo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Duke misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cristo.
Duke throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Duke has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Cristo.
Duke throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cristo scores with a head kick.
Duke ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cristo moves away.
Duke will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Cristo throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Duke's head.
That's four 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.
Cristo cracks the inside of Duke's front leg.
Duke thows a body shot but no joy.
Cristo lands a nice leg kick that just misses Duke's sensitive parts.
Duke tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cristo was well out of range. Poor timing from Duke.
Cristo lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Cristo lands a high kick!
Cristo scores with a head kick.
Cristo avoids the body shot from Duke.
Cristo throws a nice head kick!
Duke takes a swing at Cristo's ribcage but misses.
Cristo lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Cristo throws a head kick that half lands.
Duke throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Duke thows a body shot but no joy.
Duke is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Duke throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cristo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Duke.
Cristo throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Duke throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Duke has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Cristo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jerry Cristo dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Duke misses with a wild body shot.
Cristo lands with a slapping head kick.
Cristo feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Duke's calf.
Duke throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Duke tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cristo was well out of range. Poor timing from Duke.
Cristo thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Duke if he has to take too many more of those.
Jerry Cristo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Duke looks to score with a jab to the body but Cristo is just out of range.
Duke misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cristo.
Duke misses the shot to the body.
Cristo throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Cristo lands a high kick!
Cristo connects with a high kick.
Raoul Duke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A head kick from Cristo lands but Duke takes it in his stride.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duke just misses with a punch to the body.
Duke has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Cristo lands with a slapping head kick.
Duke misses the shot to the body.
Cristo throws a head kick that Duke semi-blocks.
Cristo throws a head kick that half lands.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Duke just misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cristo lands with a kick to the temple. Duke shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Duke tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cristo was well out of range. Poor timing from Duke.
Cristo throws a nice inside leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Duke. Cristo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cristo avoids the body shot from Duke.
Cristo throws a nice head kick!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Cristo, right into the meat.
Duke looks to score with a jab to the body but Cristo is just out of range.
Cristo lands a head kick!
Duke takes a swing at Cristo's ribcage but misses.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Cristo thuds his shin into the meat of Duke's side.
Duke takes a kick to the side of the head.
Cristo throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Cristo lands a front kick.
Cristo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Duke looks to score with a jab to the body but Cristo is just out of range.
Cristo throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Duke.
Cristo throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cristo scores with a nice body kick.
Cristo dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Duke. That did some damage!
Cristo avoids the body shot from Duke.
Duke throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cristo lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Duke takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Cristo scores with a kick to the body.
Duke tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cristo was well out of range. Poor timing from Duke.
Duke tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cristo was well out of range. Poor timing from Duke.
A solid body kick from Cristo.
Duke takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Cristo throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Cristo - that will leave a mark!
Duke takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Duke misses with a wild body shot.
Duke tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cristo was well out of range. Poor timing from Duke.
Cristo connects with a high kick.
Duke misses the shot to the body.
Cristo lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cristo thumps Duke with a low kick.
Cristo throws a head kick that half lands.
Duke takes a swing at Cristo's ribcage but misses.
Cristo lands a head kick. Duke smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
A slapping leg kick lands for Cristo.
Duke misses with a wild body shot.
Cristo thumps Duke with a low kick.
Cristo throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Duke takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Duke thows a body shot but no joy.
Duke ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cristo moves away.
Cristo lands a high kick!
Cristo fakes the leg kick and cracks Duke in the body.
Duke takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Cristo lands a front kick.
Duke swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Duke takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
An inside leg kick lands from Cristo.
Duke misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cristo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cristo explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Jerry Cristo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cristo throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Duke tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cristo was well out of range. Poor timing from Duke.
Cristo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Duke throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cristo turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Cristo bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Duke throws a body punch but Cristo moves out of range.
Cristo goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Cristo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A head kick from Cristo lands but Duke takes it in his stride.
Cristo avoids the body shot from Duke.
Cristo throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Duke throws a body punch but Cristo moves out of range.
Cristo lands with a kick to the temple. Duke shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Cristo lands with a slapping head kick.
Cristo moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Cristo plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Cristo lands a head kick. Duke smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jerry Cristo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Duke misses with a wild body shot.
Cristo thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Duke if he has to take too many more of those.
Duke fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cristo manages to avoid it.
Cristo throws a head kick that half lands.
Duke throws a body punch but Cristo moves out of range.
Duke misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cristo.
Cristo bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Cristo throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Duke throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Duke. Cristo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Duke takes a kick to the side of the head.
Duke misses with a body shot.
Duke just misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cristo throws a head kick that Duke semi-blocks.
Cristo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cristo scoring well with a low kick there.
Cristo throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Cristo looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Duke throws a body punch but Cristo moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Duke just misses with a punch to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Cristo.
Cristo lands with a kick to the temple. Duke shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Duke tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cristo was well out of range. Poor timing from Duke.
Cristo lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Duke throws a body punch but Cristo moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Duke. Cristo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Crunch! Cristo slams his shin into Duke's torso.
Duke throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cristo lands a head kick!
Cristo throws a nice inside leg kick.
Duke fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cristo manages to avoid it.
Duke misses with a wild body shot.
Cristo throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Cristo lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Duke misses with a wild body shot.
Cristo pushes Duke away with a front kick.
Cristo lands a head kick. Duke smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duke ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cristo moves away.
Cristo scores with a spinning back kick!
Duke swings for the body but Cristo moves out of range.
Cristo throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Duke's head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Duke. Cristo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Duke misses with a body shot.
Duke has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Cristo.
Duke throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cristo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cristo throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Duke.
Duke takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Duke swings for the body but Cristo moves out of range.
Cristo throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Duke's head.
Cristo lands a nice looking kick to the body. Duke takes a step back to recover.
Cristo lands with a slapping head kick.
Cristo avoids the body shot from Duke.
Cristo dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Duke. That did some damage!
Cristo throws a nice head kick!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Duke. Cristo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Duke ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cristo moves away.
Cristo lands a nice looking kick to the body. Duke takes a step back to recover.
Duke just misses with a punch to the body.
Cristo throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Cristo scores with a kick to the midsection.
Cristo lands with a kick to the temple. Duke shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Cristo throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Duke fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cristo manages to avoid it.
Cristo connects with a high kick.
Cristo connects with a solid leg kick.
Duke misses with a body shot.
A good leg kick by Cristo.
Cristo goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Duke takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Cristo connects with a high kick.
Cristo throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Duke looks to score with a jab to the body but Cristo is just out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cristo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cristo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Duke.
Cristo connects with a high kick.
Duke misses the shot to the body.
Duke swings for the body but Cristo moves out of range.
Duke just misses with a punch to the body.
Duke misses with a body shot.
Duke misses with a body shot.
Duke fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cristo manages to avoid it.
Cristo lands with a kick to the ribs.
Cristo scores with a kick to the body.
Cristo lands with a slapping head kick.
Cristo cracks the inside of Duke's front leg.
Duke throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Cristo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Duke takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Duke on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Cristo. Cristo obviously looking to wear him down.
Raoul Duke has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jerry Cristo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Cristo lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Cristo, right into the meat.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jerry Cristo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Cristo 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 Luis Engracia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 27:30
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jerry Cristo!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Roman Grant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marco Noriega (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Roman Grant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marco Noriega!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Daniel Cesar and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circle momentarily. Noriega darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Noriega looks for the body kick but Grant saw that one coming.
Grant takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Good shot there by Grant.
Grant connects with a looping right hand.
Noriega clobbers Grant with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Nice defenses there by Noriega.
Noriega 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.
Grant fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Noriega looks to score with a jab to the body but Grant is just out of range.
Noriega scores with a jab to the head.
Noriega pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Grant.
Grant uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Noriega.
Grant tries to land a front kick but Noriega steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Good exchange - Noriega coming out on top.
Noriega misses with a body punch
and Grant counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
It looks like Marco Noriega has been cut.
Grant lands a head shot.
Noriega works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Grant avoids the body shot from Noriega.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A shot to the liver by Grant. Beautiful body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice takedown defense from Grant. No joy for Noriega on that attempt.
Noriega misses the jab.
Noriega closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Grant to the mat! Grant manages to get full guard.
Noriega trying to control but Grant is working from the bottom.
Grant knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Noriega on the ground.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grant is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Noriega trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Grant being controlled here, momentarily.
Noriega trying to control but Grant is working from the bottom.
Grant is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Noriega is controlling him.
Noriega throwing strikes but missing.
Grant is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Grant avoids the body shot from Noriega.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Noriega throws a shot to the body.
Good shot there by Noriega.
Nice shot by Noriega.
Noriega throws a jab but it's blocked by Grant.
Noriega misses with a body punch
and Grant counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Noriega thinking.
Grant is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Noriega.
Grant takes a jab right on the kisser.
Noriega tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Grant was well out of range. Poor timing from Noriega.
Noriega lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Noriega throws a jab but it's blocked by Grant.
Nice body punch from Grant.
Noriega is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Grant had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
A jab from Noriega does it's job there.
Noriega moves into range and clinches up with Grant.
Grant's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Grant walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Good standup being displayed there by Noriega as he connects with a hook.
No joy there for Noriega, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Noriega fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Grant looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Grant is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Noriega steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Grant.
Noriega works Grant's body with a nice hook.
Grant keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Noriega dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Noriega takes a swing at Grant's ribcage but misses.
Nice takedown defense from Grant. No joy for Noriega on that attempt.
A jab from Grant misses.
Noriega cracks Grant with a good jab.
Noriega fails in his attempt to clinch.
A punch lands to the side of Grant 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Grant throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Noriega stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Grant.
Grant misses with a jab, cross combination.
Noriega just misses with a punch to the body.
Grant doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Grant defending well as Noriega loads up on a big left hand.
Marco Noriega seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Grant looks to throw the jab but Noriega is out of range.
Grant swinging wildly here.
Grant closes the distance and clinches.
Noriega fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Grant lands a body shot in the clinch.
Noriega is working Grant over against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grant breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Grant finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Grant connects with a solid leg kick.
Noriega throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Noriega connects with a right hand. Grant shakes it off.
Noriega throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Grant swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Grant keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Noriega misses with a straight right.
Grant pivots, looking for a leg kick but Noriega is out of range and Grant settles back down.
Grant moves into range and clinches up with Noriega.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A head punch on the inside from Grant fails to land.
A left hand lands to the body for Noriega.
A right hand to the body from Noriega.
Noriega jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Grant walks away with a smile on his face. Noriega gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Roman Grant has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marco Noriega.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Noriega throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Noriega misses the jab.
Noriega scores with a nice right hand.
Noriega throws a predictable looking body shot
letting Grant counter with a right hand.
Noriega throws a nice looking combination but Grant bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marco Noriega dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marco Noriega'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.
Noriega misses with an uppercut. Grant saw that one coming.
Noriega fails with an attempt to clinch.
Noriega throws a looping overhand right but Grant ducks down to avoid it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Grant.
Grant misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Noriega.
Noriega just misses with a punch to the body.
Noriega throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Noriega takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Marco Noriega seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Noriega fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Noriega throws a big shot that misses.
Noriega lands with a nice body punch.
Noriega just misses with a punch to the body.
Grant closes the distance and pushes Noriega back into the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Noriega fails to land.
Noriega tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Grant lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Noriega lands with a right to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Grant fails to land.
Grant lands a left hand.
Grant throws a head punch that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grant misses with a short punch on the inside.
Grant doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Noriega misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Noriega lands a shot to the body.
Grant misses with some punches.
Noriega breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Noriega thows a body shot but no joy.
Noriega uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Grant.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Grant.
Noriega throws a sloppy body shot
and Grant counters with a straight right hand.
Grant takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Grant slips under a jab from Noriega.
Grant misses with a body shot.
Grant takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Noriega misses with an uppercut. Grant saw that one coming.
Noriega lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Noriega thuds his right hand into Grant's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Roman Grant is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Grant tries to close the distance and clinch up but Noriega swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Grant fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Noriega manages to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grant misses with a straight right.
Noriega swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Grant darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Noriega paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Noriega uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Grant.
Noriega fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Grant manages to avoid it.
Noriega throws a body punch but Grant moves out of range.
Noriega misses the shot to the body.
Grant takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A looping hook to the body misses from Noriega. Grant does a little dance to reset his feet.
Grant misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Noriega counters with a nice uppercut.
A jab lands there for Noriega.
Noriega ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Noriega steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Grant.
Noriega cracks Grant with an open hand slap.
Noriega misses the jab.
Grant scores with a jab to the jaw.
Grant moves out of range of the strikes.
Grant lands a nice shot that snaps Noriega's head back.
Grant lands a jab to Noriega's midsection.
Grant stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Noriega misses with a looping left.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grant bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Noriega displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Grant throws out the jab.
Grant misses with a hook. Noriega ducked under it nicely.
Noriega lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Noriega misses with a wild body shot.
Noriega throws a lazy right hand but Grant sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Grant cracks Noriega with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Noriega fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Noriega takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Noriega thuds his right hand into Grant's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Noriega fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Noriega pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Noriega thows a body shot but no joy.
Noriega lands a right hook to the body.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Noriega. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Noriega misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Grant.
Grant lands the left hand.
Grant tries to clinch there but Noriega circles away.
Grant pushes Noriega up against the cage in a clinch.
Noriega misses with a hook from the clinch.
Grant throws a head punch that misses.
Grant blocking some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Noriega lands a right hand that snaps the head of Grant backwards.
Noriega lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Noriega blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Noriega goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Grant scores with a shot to the side of Noriega's head.
Noriega blocking some punches.
Grant misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Noriega working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Noriega works on Grant's body with a couple of short punches.
Grant tries to circle away but Noriega has him pinned against the cage.
Noriega throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A right handed body shot lands from Grant.
Grant goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Grant throws a head punch that misses.
Noriega stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marco Noriega showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Marco Noriega's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Noriega staying out of range there.
Noriega takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Noriega scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Noriega misses with a wild body shot.
Grant misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Noriega.
Noriega getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Good exchange - Noriega coming out on top.
Noriega slips a jab from Grant.
Noriega thows a body shot but no joy.
Grant slips a straight right by Noriega.
Noriega throws an overhand right that lands on Grant's shoulder, as Grant tries to avoid the shot.
Grant connects with a crisp jab.
Noriega shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Grant pinned against the cage. Grant gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Noriega misses the shot to the body.
Grant looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Noriega lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Grant lands an overhand right.
Noriega thows a body shot but no joy.
Noriega throws a looping overhand right but Grant ducks down to avoid it.
Grant dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Noriega. That did some damage!
A jab from Grant finds it's way through Noriega's defenses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Noriega misses with a shot to the body
and Grant counters with a right hand to the body.
Noriega misses with a shot to the body
and Grant makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Grant throws a looping overhand right but Noriega ducks down to avoid it.
Noriega takes a swing at Grant's ribcage but misses.
Grant slips a jab from Noriega.
Grant moves forwards but Noriega connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Noriega checks a low kick from Grant.
Noriega misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Grant.
Noriega missing with a left hand there. Grant was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Noriega pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Noriega throws a jab when Grant was well out of range.
Grant uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Noriega.
Grant tries to score with a low kick but Noriega moves his leg out of the way.
Grant connects with a body shot.
Grant tests Noriega's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Noriega connects with a nice looking jab.
Grant fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Noriega manages to avoid it.
Noriega ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Grant moves away.
Noriega darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Grant stuns Noriega with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Roman Grant has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Noriega defending well as Grant loads up on a big left hand.
Grant misses with a low kick as Noriega jumps back.
Noriega connects with a looping right hand.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Grant!
Grant works Noriega's body with a nice hook.
Grant punishes Noriega's body with a nice straight punch.
Noriega lands a jab to the head.
Grant throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Noriega staying out of range there.
Noriega throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Grant counters with an outside leg kick.
Noriega gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
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!
Noriega throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Grant stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Noriega lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Grant circles away quickly and effectively.
Noriega throws out a powerful jab.
Noriega shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Noriega listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Noriega scores with a body shot.
Grant wants to clinch up but Noriega keeps it at a distance.
Noriega scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Noriega ducks under a wild hook from Grant.
Noriega misses with a body shot
and Grant counters with a left and a right that stings Noriega.
A looping hook to the body misses from Noriega. Grant does a little dance to reset his feet.
Noriega misses with an uppercut.
Noriega ducks under a wild hook from Grant.
Noriega misses the shot to the body.
Grant cracks Noriega with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A jab from Grant misses.
Grant tried to score with a low kick but Noriega checks it.
Grant throws a jab when Noriega was well out of range.
Noriega paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Marco Noriega is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A bone on bone clash there as Noriega blocks the leg kick.
Noriega thows a body shot but no joy.
Grant lands with a hook. Noriega tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Noriega scores with a jab to the jaw.
Noriega scores with a shot to the body.
Grant fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Noriega looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A slapping leg kick lands for Grant.
Noriega dodges the punch combination from Grant.
Grant looks to land a right hand but Noriega moved out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Noriega looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Noriega moves nicely into side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The referee asks Noriega politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Noriega prefers to stall for the moment though.
Grant tries to improve position but can't.
Noriega trying to control the action but Grant is working from the bottom.
Noriega slows the pace down.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Noriega wants to lay and pray for a moment but Grant keeps working.
Noriega moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Roman Grant.
Well Noriega 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 28:29
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marco Noriega!
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