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C341: Dorado vs Babcock II PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rodrigo Duterte (ranked 2092 p4p, 2056 weight class) and Theros Ironfeld (ranked 237 p4p, 235 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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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 9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rodrigo Duterte!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Theros Ironfeld!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Matheus Silva and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duterte fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ironfeld manages to avoid it.
The fighters circling - Duterte throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ironfeld doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Ironfeld scores with a sloppy right hand. Duterte should have avoided that one.
 It looks like Rodrigo Duterte has been cut.
Duterte cracks Ironfeld with a good jab.
 It looks like Theros Ironfeld has been cut.
A jab lands there for Ironfeld.
Ironfeld fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Duterte avoids it really well and circles away.
Ironfeld misses with a combination
and Duterte counters with a nice low kick that buckles Ironfeld's knee momentarily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oooh a lovely combination from Duterte sends Ironfeld down but not out. Duterte dives into side control looking to finish.
 Ironfeld is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Duterte wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Ironfeld, who protects the arm well.
Ironfeld is trying to improve his position.
Duterte is trying to get an arm triangle but Ironfeld is defending well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Duterte is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Ironfeld is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
The ground and pound from Duterte seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Ironfeld is looking for a sweep.
Duterte tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Ironfeld is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Duterte's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Duterte is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Ironfeld is just riding it out for now. Duterte eventually gives up the hold.
Duterte thows a huge punch but Ironfeld dodges it nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duterte tries to pass the half guard into mount. Ironfeld knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Duterte is working for a submission of some sort.
Ironfeld gets full guard.
Duterte wants to pass the guard but Ironfeld is keeping the position.
Ironfeld can't keep his opponent in guard - Duterte advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Duterte seems to be working for a kimura but Ironfeld defends the submission attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ironfeld is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Ironfeld gets back to full guard.
Duterte is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Duterte postures up.
Ironfeld keeping moving, preventing Duterte from controlling successfully.
Ironfeld looking for a sweep. Not yet Ironfeld, not yet.
Duterte trying to control the position from guard on top but Ironfeld is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ironfeld is trying to control the position from the bottom.
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.
Ironfeld pulls Duterte in to control the position.
Duterte missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Ironfeld controls Duterte momentarily but Duterte frees himself.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Ironfeld throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Duterte misses with a hook
and Ironfeld connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Duterte throws a series of punches but Ironfeld avoids them all with ease.
Ironfeld throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ironfeld connects with a crisp jab.
A left and a right from Ironfeld both land. Nice combination.
Ironfeld is trying hard to land a takedown here. Duterte sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Ironfeld misses with a takedown
enabling Duterte to counter with a crisp jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Rodrigo Duterte dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Ironfeld is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Duterte.
As Ironfeld looks to move away, Duterte throws a big counter combo but Ironfeld just gets out of the way.
Duterte moves into range and throws a big uppercut. OH! Ironfeld goes down! Can Duterte finish him!?
Duterte wants to control from the top but Ironfeld keeps moving.
Ironfeld pulls Duterte in to control the position.
Duterte forces his way into half guard.
Ironfeld is trying to maintain the position but Duterte is very close to passing his half guard.
Duterte is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Ironfeld has managed to free his arm - good work.
Duterte thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Ironfeld's head.
Duterte wants to work for an arm triangle but Ironfeld is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ironfeld is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Duterte is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Ironfeld doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Duterte.
Duterte seems to be working for a kimura but Ironfeld defends the submission attempt.
Duterte is looking to stall here but Ironfeld recovers full guard.
Duterte looking to sit in guard and control but Ironfeld gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Ironfeld postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duterte wants to sweep but no luck.
Duterte isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Ironfeld stacks Duterte on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Ironfeld!
Duterte tries to bench press Ironfeld off him but Ironfeld keeps the position.
Ironfeld in side control lands a decent elbow.
Ironfeld connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Duterte some visible discomfort.
Duterte is looking for a sweep.
Ironfeld has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Ironfeld wants to control the pace but Duterte is squirming around nicely.
Duterte in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Ironfeld with shots to the head and body - Duterte looks very uncomfortable down there.
Ironfeld looking to control but Duterte is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Ironfeld with the ground and pound from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ironfeld trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Ironfeld postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Duterte looks a forlorn figure.
Duterte is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Ironfeld working the ground and pound effectively.
Ironfeld landing strikes from the mount and Duterte is in trouble!
Ironfeld can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Duterte is looking to escape.
Duterte keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Ironfeld wants to control the pace but Duterte is squirming around nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ironfeld tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Duterte tries to lock up and control but Ironfeld gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Ironfeld trying to control but Duterte is having none of it.
Duterte tries to reverse the position but Ironfeld maintains control.
Duterte slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Ironfeld is looking to stall here but Duterte recovers full guard.
Ironfeld is looking to work some ground and pound but Duterte has wrist control.
Ironfeld seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Duterte is looking for a triangle but Ironfeld pushes his legs off easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Theros Ironfeld will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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!
Ironfeld shoots for a takedown but Duterte saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Ironfeld misses with a takedown attempt - Duterte sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Duterte feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Ironfeld is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Duterte's half guard.
Ironfeld takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Ironfeld looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Duterte actively working from the bottom here.
Duterte is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Ironfeld pulls his head out easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ironfeld working Duterte over with strikes.
Duterte is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Sydney Top Team, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Duterte actively working from the bottom here.
Duterte wants to control but Ironfeld is keeping busy and won't allow it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ironfeld working Duterte over with strikes.
Ironfeld drops an elbow to the side of Duterte's head.
Ironfeld lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Ironfeld not doing much here.
Duterte won't allow Ironfeld to pass to mount.
Duterte is staying active underneath Ironfeld, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Duterte with the active half guard here but Ironfeld passes nicely into side control.
Duterte regains half guard.
Duterte is trying to maintain the position but Ironfeld is very close to passing his half guard.
Duterte is refusing to be controlled, as Ironfeld sits in half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duterte tries to get to full guard but Ironfeld has control of the leg.
Ironfeld trying to control the pace.
Duterte looking for submissions off his back.
Ironfeld drops an elbow to the side of Duterte's head.
Duterte is not content to let Ironfeld control the position.
Duterte is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Duterte regains full guard. Nicely done.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duterte is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Ironfeld defends well.
Ironfeld stands and throws Duterte's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Duterte tries to bench press Ironfeld off him but Ironfeld keeps the position.
Theros Ironfeld has got the better of the ground game so far.
Ironfeld moves into full mount!
Duterte in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Ironfeld scoring with strikes but Duterte is staying in there.
Ironfeld is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Duterte can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Ironfeld looking to finish Duterte with some ground and pound. This is bad for Duterte!
Ironfeld is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Ironfeld controlling from mount.
Ironfeld raining down hammerfists from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ironfeld lands a heavy elbow.
Duterte is desperately trying to improve his position but Ironfeld has a good base and remains in mount.
BOOM! Ironfeld connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Duterte sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
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!
Duterte trying to control here.
Nice strikes from Ironfeld there.
Ironfeld wants to pass to mount but Duterte is defending the position.
Duterte is refusing to be controlled, as Ironfeld sits in half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Duterte flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Ironfeld looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Duterte with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Ironfeld wants to free his trapped foot but Duterte is holding on for dear life with his legs.
And that's the end of the fight!
Theros Ironfeld comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Ironfeld has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 28:29
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 28:29
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Theros Ironfeld!
After winning the bout, Theros Ironfeld thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
Rodrigo Duterte spoke after the fight, saying 'Don't worry I will be back!!'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ranger Alderidge (ranked 1050 p4p, 1431 weight class) and Francis Oosthuizen (ranked 111 p4p, 147 weight class). Alderidge comes into the arena with Portland, Oregon blaring out of the sound system. 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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World class boxer
Very quick |
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Excellent MT
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 32 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ranger Alderidge!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Francis Oosthuizen !
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Matheus Silva and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alderidge sizes up Oosthuizen with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Oosthuizen misses the jab.
Oosthuizen slips under a jab from Alderidge.
Oosthuizen darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
It looks like Ranger Alderidge has been cut.
Oosthuizen throws a lazy right hand but Alderidge sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Alderidge throwing a counter right hand but Oosthuizen manages to avoid it.
Oosthuizen throws a series of punches but Alderidge moves out of range.
Oosthuizen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Alderidge.
Alderidge moves away from the strike by Oosthuizen .
Oosthuizen takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Alderidge throws an overhand right that lands on Oosthuizen 's shoulder, as Oosthuizen tries to avoid the shot.
Oosthuizen lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Oosthuizen moves away from the strike by Alderidge.
Oosthuizen looks to land a left hand but Alderidge moved out of range nicely.
Alderidge swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Oosthuizen lands with a straight right. Alderidge didn't see that one coming.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Alderidge connects with a looping right hand.
It looks like Francis Oosthuizen has been cut.
Alderidge has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Alderidge uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Oosthuizen .
Alderidge explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Alderidge uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Oosthuizen .
Alderidge slips under a jab.
Oosthuizen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Oosthuizen sizes up Alderidge with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oosthuizen blocks a head kick by Alderidge.
Oosthuizen might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
A decent looking cross lands there for Alderidge.
Alderidge throws a push kick but Oosthuizen slaps the foot to one side.
Oosthuizen stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Alderidge.
Francis Oosthuizen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Oosthuizen tries to move into range but Alderidge moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Nice shot by Alderidge.
Alderidge pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Alderidge misses with a body shot.
Alderidge thows a left - swing and a miss!
Oosthuizen blocks a head kick by Alderidge.
Alderidge scores with a hook.
Oosthuizen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Alderidge loads up on a big right hand but Oosthuizen slips the punch.
Alderidge moves forwards but Oosthuizen connects with a nice, crisp jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Oosthuizen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Oosthuizen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Alderidge with a nice calf kick.
Alderidge uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Oosthuizen .
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oosthuizen throws the left hand but Alderidge avoids the punch easily.
It appears Alderidge was looking to counter with a kick there.
Nice defenses there by Oosthuizen .
Alderidge takes one on the button.
Oosthuizen blocks a jab.
Oosthuizen avoids a kick to the body.
Oosthuizen takes a swing at Alderidge's ribcage but misses.
Alderidge swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Alderidge takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Alderidge slips a straight right by Oosthuizen .
Alderidge dodges the punch combination from Oosthuizen .
An attempted straight right counter from Alderidge misses the target.
Oosthuizen throws a lazy right hand but Alderidge sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Alderidge lands a leg kick that knocks Oosthuizen off balance momentarily.
Alderidge punishes Oosthuizen 's body with a nice straight punch.
Oosthuizen misses with a hook. Alderidge ducked under it nicely.
Alderidge throws a hook but Oosthuizen blocks it.
Oosthuizen misses with a hook to the body
and Alderidge counters with a right hand to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alderidge throws an overhand right that lands on Oosthuizen 's shoulder, as Oosthuizen tries to avoid the shot.
Oosthuizen throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Alderidge counters with a straight right hand.
Oosthuizen throws an off balance right hand
and Alderidge cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Oosthuizen connects with a good right hand that stumbles Alderidge. Alderidge circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A swing and a miss from Oosthuizen .
Oosthuizen loads up on a big right hand but Alderidge slips the punch.
Oosthuizen walks forward, straight into a front kick from Alderidge.
Alderidge connects with a body shot that sends Oosthuizen 's belly button to the back.
Oosthuizen looks winded!
Oosthuizen just misses with a punch to the body.
Oosthuizen blocks a jab.
Alderidge takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Oosthuizen is rocked!
Alderidge fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Oosthuizen looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Alderidge bobbing and weaving well here. And he's unloaded with a massive right hand that drops Oosthuizen ! He dives into his guard looking to finish!
Oosthuizen is still in real trouble! Can Alderidge finish him?
Alderidge throws a big right hand that misses.
Alderidge controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Alderidge accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Oosthuizen seems to have recovered his senses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alderidge missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Alderidge is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Oosthuizen keeping moving, preventing Alderidge from controlling successfully.
Alderidge with a flurry of punches that miss.
Alderidge with a flurry of punches that miss.
Alderidge wants to pass the guard but Oosthuizen is keeping the position.
Alderidge throwing strikes from guard but Oosthuizen blocks nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Oosthuizen keeping moving, preventing Alderidge from controlling successfully.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ranger Alderidge dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!
Oosthuizen misses with a body shot.
Oosthuizen misses with an uppercut
and Alderidge cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Alderidge lands a right hook to the body.
Alderidge tests Oosthuizen 's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Oosthuizen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Alderidge.
Alderidge misses with a head kick.
Alderidge dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Oosthuizen looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Oosthuizen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Alderidge.
Alderidge scores with a jab to the body.
Oosthuizen looks to throw the jab but Alderidge is out of range.
Oosthuizen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Alderidge lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
That has opened up Francis Oosthuizen 's cut even more.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A big head kick from Alderidge and Oosthuizen is sent sprawling to the canvas!
Alderidge lands a couple of digs.
Alderidge has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Oosthuizen preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alderidge trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Alderidge throws a big elbow that misses.
Alderidge throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Alderidge is looking to work some ground and pound but Oosthuizen has wrist control.
Alderidge trying to control the position from guard on top but Oosthuizen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Alderidge postures up in Oosthuizen 's guard and throws a big left but Oosthuizen blocks it.
Oosthuizen keeping moving, preventing Alderidge from controlling successfully.
Alderidge in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Alderidge lands a couple of decent looking shots.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Alderidge accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alderidge not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Alderidge preventing the sweep.
Oosthuizen preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Alderidge throws a big elbow that misses.
Alderidge distracts Oosthuizen with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Alderidge throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Oosthuizen works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Alderidge trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Alderidge content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Oosthuizen keeping moving, preventing Alderidge from controlling successfully.
Alderidge throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Oosthuizen works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alderidge loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Alderidge in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Alderidge is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Alderidge postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Alderidge throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Oosthuizen works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Alderidge's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Alderidge loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Oosthuizen is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Oosthuizen is breathing heavily.
Oosthuizen lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Oosthuizen .
Nice body kick there by Alderidge.
Alderidge scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A right-left combo lands from Alderidge.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alderidge swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Oosthuizen .
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Oosthuizen ducks straight into an uppercut from Alderidge and tumbles to the canvas! It’s a flash knockdown though - Oosthuizen manages to regain guard straight away.
The cut above Francis Oosthuizen 's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Alderidge throwing strikes but missing.
Alderidge in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Alderidge throwing strikes from guard but Oosthuizen blocks nicely.
Oosthuizen trying to control the position.
Alderidge throwing strikes but missing.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Alderidge accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ranger Alderidge dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Alderidge connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Francis Oosthuizen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Oosthuizen avoids the head kick by Alderidge.
Oosthuizen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Alderidge.
Oosthuizen needs to keep his hands up - Alderidge had a free shot at his head there.
Oosthuizen throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Alderidge cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Alderidge throws a body shot but no joy.
Oosthuizen takes a jab right on the kisser.
Alderidge scores with a push kick.
Alderidge takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Alderidge uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Oosthuizen .
Oosthuizen throws a poor cross that misses
and Alderidge connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Decent striking displayed by Oosthuizen there.
Oosthuizen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Alderidge is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Alderidge pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Oosthuizen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Oosthuizen throws a jab when Alderidge was well out of range.
Oosthuizen gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Alderidge gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Oosthuizen is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ranger Alderidge!
A relieved looking Ranger Alderidge thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bernard Krakowski (ranked 1456 p4p, 1701 weight class) and Andrei Averyanov (ranked 202 p4p, 231 weight class). Krakowski comes to the cage accompanied by Netherfell - Mokosz. Averyanov is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Drago's Entrance Theme. Andrei Averyanov has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bernard Krakowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Andrei Averyanov!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Leandro Rodrigues and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Krakowski looks to score with a jab to the body but Averyanov is just out of range.
Averyanov lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Krakowski swings away with a body shot that misses
letting Averyanov counter with a right hand.
Krakowski waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Averyanov.
Krakowski looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Krakowski scores with a decent looking hook.
Averyanov lands a lovely overhand right.
Krakowski fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Averyanov misses with an attempted mid kick.
Krakowski throws a poor cross that misses
letting Averyanov counter with a right hand.
Averyanov moves out of range of the strikes.
Averyanov has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Averyanov keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Krakowski.
Averyanov is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Krakowski gets cracked there but stands up to it.
It looks like Bernard Krakowski has been cut.
Averyanov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Krakowski misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Averyanov counters with a left and a right that stings Krakowski.
Krakowski throws a poor cross that misses
and Averyanov counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Krakowski throws a jab but it's blocked by Averyanov.
A left and a right from Averyanov both land. Nice combination.
 Krakowski is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Krakowski tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Averyanov was well out of range. Poor timing from Krakowski.
Averyanov scores with a decent looking hook.
Oh Krakowski is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A right-left combo lands from Averyanov.
Krakowski misses with a wild body shot.
A little jabbing left from Averyanov on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A punch lands to the side of Averyanov 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Krakowski seems to have got his legs back now.
Averyanov staying out of range there.
Krakowski throws a jab but it's blocked by Averyanov.
Krakowski ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Averyanov moves away.
Averyanov lands a nice leg kick that just misses Krakowski's sensitive parts.
Averyanov is looking to clinch but Krakowski is avoiding it.
The fighters circling - Krakowski throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
It seemed like Averyanov was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Averyanov goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Krakowski lands a nice hook to Averyanov's body. Averyanov takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Krakowski scores with a jab. Averyanov acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Averyanov slips under a jab from Krakowski.
The fight stays on the outside here - Averyanov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Krakowski half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Krakowski misses with a looping left.
Krakowski connects with a jab.
Krakowski throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Averyanov sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Averyanov has managed to clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Averyanov - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Krakowski throws a punch but it's blocked by Averyanov.
Averyanov blocking some punches.
Krakowski tries to stall but Averyanov uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Krakowski lands a hook that snaps the head of Averyanov backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krakowski lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Krakowski stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Krakowski breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Averyanov scores with a head kick.
Krakowski tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Averyanov was well out of range. Poor timing from Krakowski.
Averyanov throws out a counter right but Krakowski avoids it with no problem.
Averyanov misses with a double jab.
Averyanov clinches with his opponent.
A head punch on the inside from Krakowski fails to land.
Averyanov has had enough of the clinch but Krakowski keeps him there for the moment.
Krakowski can't find room to land a body shot as Averyanov controls the action.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Krakowski goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Averyanov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Krakowski waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Averyanov.
Averyanov looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Krakowski pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krakowski looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A jab from Krakowski misses.
Krakowski swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Averyanov.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Averyanov on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Averyanov displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Averyanov throws the kick towards the body but Krakowski avoids it.
Krakowski takes a swing at Averyanov's ribcage but misses.
Averyanov lands a nice hook to Krakowski's body. Krakowski takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Krakowski looks to land a right hand but Averyanov moved out of range.
Nice straight punches there by Averyanov. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Averyanov.
Averyanov connects with a looping right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Averyanov throws a quick inside leg kick.
Averyanov tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Krakowski manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Averyanov on the wrong end of a nice jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Andrei Averyanov will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Bernard Krakowski's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Krakowski throws a hook but Averyanov avoids it easily.
Krakowski 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.
Averyanov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bernard Krakowski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Averyanov connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Krakowski throws a hook but Averyanov avoids it easily.
Averyanov looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Averyanov throws a right and a left that both miss.
Averyanov moves out of range of the strikes.
As Krakowski backs off Averyanov throws a huge counter combo but Krakowski manages to avoid it all.
Averyanov lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Bernard Krakowski's cut is getting worse.
Averyanov throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Averyanov lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Krakowski circles away quickly and effectively.
Krakowski takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Krakowski looks to land a right hand but Averyanov moved out of range.
Krakowski misses with an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Krakowski throws a jab when Averyanov was well out of range.
Averyanov is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Averyanov misses with a few strikes there.
Andrei Averyanov seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Averyanov ducks right into an uppercut from Krakowski.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Krakowski misses with a hook.
Despite the aggression on Averyanov's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Krakowski throws a body punch but Averyanov moves out of range.
Krakowski throws out a loose jab but Averyanov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Averyanov uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Krakowski.
Averyanov fails in his attempt to clinch.
Krakowski loads up on a big right hand but Averyanov slips the punch.
Averyanov displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Krakowski throws out the jab.
Krakowski looks to land a left hand but Averyanov moved out of range nicely.
Averyanov avoids the body shot from Krakowski.
Krakowski keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Krakowski misses with a hook. Averyanov ducked under it nicely.
Krakowski swings widly with a right hand
and Averyanov counters with a stiff right hand.
A nice combination there by Averyanov.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krakowski has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Krakowski there as he acknowledges the shot.
Averyanov moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A big right from Krakowski misses.
Averyanov connects with a crisp jab.
Krakowski rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Averyanov connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A low kick from Averyanov is predictable there
and Krakowski counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Averyanov pulls Krakowski in to control the position.
Krakowski is working Averyanov over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Averyanov working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Krakowski.
Krakowski forces his way into half guard.
Krakowski wants to take a breather but Averyanov is having none of it.
Krakowski thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krakowski stands up from half guard.
Averyanov swings for the body but Krakowski moves out of range.
Averyanov drives through and clinches with Krakowski against the cage.
Krakowski tries to work over Averyanov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Averyanov is pushing Krakowski up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Averyanov holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Averyanov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Krakowski pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Krakowski looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Krakowski throws a shot from downtown. Averyanov moves away and avoids it.
Averyanov lands with a slapping head kick.
Averyanov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krakowski lunges at Averyanov with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Averyanov's hand.
Averyanov ducks under a wild hook from Krakowski.
Krakowski misses with an uppercut.
A slow jab from Krakowski misses its intended target.
Averyanov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Krakowski misses the body punch
and Averyanov counters with a leg kick.
Krakowski throws a hook but Averyanov blocks it.
Averyanov raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Krakowski swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Averyanov counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Bernard Krakowski's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Averyanov fails in his attempt to clinch.
Krakowski fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Averyanov looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Krakowski misses with a looping left.
Krakowski bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Averyanov throws a big shot that misses.
Krakowski clobbers Averyanov with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Bernard Krakowski will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Bernard Krakowski's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Krakowski fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Averyanov swings widly with a right hand
and Krakowski decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Averyanov's guard.
Krakowski is standing up over Averyanov. Averyanov looks to escape but Krakowski dives into side control.
Krakowski in side control, throwing shots but Averyanov defends.
Krakowski stands up.
Krakowski darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Krakowski misses the jab.
Averyanov uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Krakowski.
Krakowski chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Averyanov can pounce on him.
Averyanov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Krakowski.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Krakowski just misses with a punch to the body.
Krakowski misses with a wild body shot.
Averyanov lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Krakowski backs up against the cage.
Averyanov takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Krakowski dodges the punch combination from Averyanov.
Averyanov moves out of range of the strikes.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Averyanov! But no joy.
Krakowski misses with a looping left.
Averyanov throws a front kick aimed at Krakowski's knee but Krakowski avoids it well.
Krakowski lands a body shot.
Krakowski misses with a right hand
and Averyanov counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Averyanov misses with a few strikes there.
Krakowski looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krakowski misses with a straight left.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Krakowski swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Krakowski throws an overhand right that lands on Averyanov's shoulder, as Averyanov tries to avoid the shot.
Averyanov ducks under a wild hook from Krakowski.
Krakowski throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Krakowski misses the shot to the body.
Krakowski throws a body shot but no joy.
Krakowski throws a body punch but Averyanov moves out of range.
Averyanov throws out a counter right but Krakowski avoids it with no problem.
Krakowski misses with a left hand
and Averyanov counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Krakowski misses with a straight right.
Averyanov blocks a jab.
Averyanov takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Averyanov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Averyanov lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krakowski throws a hook but Averyanov avoids it easily.
Krakowski looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Averyanov scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Krakowski fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Averyanov manages to avoid it.
Krakowski misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Averyanov.
Krakowski connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Averyanov's hands.
Krakowski misses with a wild body shot.
Averyanov throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Krakowski throws a shot from downtown. Averyanov moves away and avoids it.
Averyanov uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Krakowski.
Averyanov is looking for the big counter here.
Averyanov connects with a good right hand that stumbles Krakowski. Krakowski circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Averyanov misses with a right hand
and Krakowski counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Averyanov!
Averyanov bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Krakowski misses with a wild body shot.
Krakowski throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Averyanov counters with a thumping low kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Averyanov scores with a decent looking hook.
Averyanov takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Krakowski throws an off balance right hand
and Averyanov counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Krakowski misses with a left hand
letting Averyanov counter with a right hand.
Krakowski connects with the punch.
Krakowski throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Krakowski lands with an overhand left.
Krakowski misses with a lunging right hand
and Averyanov cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Krakowski on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Krakowski lands a nice shot that snaps Averyanov's head back.
Krakowski looks to throw the jab but Averyanov is out of range.
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 Bernard Krakowski.
I think Krakowski has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 27:30
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 29:28
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Andrei Averyanov!
Andrei Averyanov seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Santiago Santos (ranked 737 p4p, 649 weight class) and Wanderlei Rua (ranked 91 p4p, 81 weight class). Wanderlei Rua struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 266.6lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. This should be a great matchup!
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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 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Santiago Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wanderlei Rua!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Paulo Santos and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rua misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Santos counters with a stiff right hand.
It looks like Wanderlei Rua has been cut.
Rua misses with a lunging right hand
letting Santos counter with a right hand.
Rua throws a leg kick that is checked
and Santos counters with a crisp right hand that drops Rua! Santos lets Rua back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Rua is rocked!
Rua misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Santos counters with a right hand to the body.
Rua is still on wobbly legs! Can Santos finish him?
Rua looks winded!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rua throws a sloppy body shot
and Santos counters with a nice body kick.
Rua seems to have recovered his senses.
Santos throws a quick head kick that knocks Rua silly! This fight is all over! What a finish! Santos is up on the cage, taking in the applause from the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Santiago Santos!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roberto Fabinho (ranked 744 p4p, 742 weight class) and Adams Menday (ranked 102 p4p, 101 weight class). Fabinho kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Glowed Up - Kaytranada. Adams Menday has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 29 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Roberto Fabinho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Adams Menday!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Luis Engracia and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fabinho jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Menday misses with an uppercut. Fabinho saw that one coming.
Fabinho swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Menday throws a jab when Fabinho was well out of range.
Fabinho fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Fabinho looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Nice uppercut there from Fabinho.
Fabinho throws a right hand that misses
and Menday counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Fabinho lands a jab to Menday's midsection.
Fabinho scores with a jab. Menday acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Menday moves out of range as Fabinho strikes.
A jab lands there for Fabinho.
Fabinho keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Menday throws a jab but it's blocked by Fabinho.
Fabinho shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Menday pulls Fabinho in close to prevent any damage.
Fabinho throws a big right hand that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Menday 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.
Fabinho looking to pass the guard.
Fabinho keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Menday's head.
Fabinho trying to control the position from guard on top but Menday is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Fabinho got a little sloppy there for a moment and Menday has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Fabinho has managed to get both his arms back between Menday's legs - danger averted.
Fabinho won't allow Menday to sweep him here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Fabinho is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Menday keeping moving, preventing Fabinho from controlling successfully.
Menday manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Fabinho manages to get himself to full guard.
Fabinho wants to sweep here but Menday controlling him for the moment.
Menday trying to control but Fabinho is working from the bottom.
Fabinho not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Menday is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Menday postures up in Fabinho's guard and throws a big left but Fabinho blocks it.
Fabinho pulls Menday in close to prevent any damage.
Fabinho is trying to keep Menday in close.
Menday keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Fabinho's head.
Menday stopping the sweep attempt from Fabinho.
Fabinho is trying to keep Menday in close.
Menday sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Fabinho scores with a takedown into Menday's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Menday looking for a sweep. Not yet Menday, not yet.
Fabinho throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Fabinho postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Fabinho wants to control from the top but Menday keeps moving.
Menday trying to keep a closed guard but Fabinho is proving a slippery customer.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Fabinho controlling from the top position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Roberto Fabinho dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Fabinho looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Menday!
Menday takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Fabinho working the head and body with strikes.
Menday is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Fabinho off and has taken his back!
Menday lands with a hammerfist to the side of Fabinho's head.
You can see the frustration on Fabinho's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
The referee is taking a good look at Fabinho as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Menday!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Menday throws strikes from the back but Fabinho rolls nicely and manages to end up in full guard. Nice work by Fabinho.
Fabinho is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Menday throwing strikes but missing.
Fabinho is trying to control the position but Menday postures up.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Fabinho here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Menday with a flurry of punches that miss.
Menday scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Menday not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Menday in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Menday trying to control but Fabinho is working from the bottom.
Fabinho wants to sweep but no luck.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Menday postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Menday not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Fabinho can't keep his opponent in guard - Menday advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Ground and pound from Menday.
Menday takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Fabinho moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Menday is stalling in the full guard.
Fabinho is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Menday works over Fabinho with some ground and pound from guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Menday preventing the sweep.
Menday trying to control the position from guard on top but Fabinho is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Menday is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Menday is working Fabinho over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Fabinho manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Menday manages to get himself to full guard.
Fabinho is in close to Menday's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Fabinho landing with the ground and pound.
Fabinho got a little sloppy there for a moment and Menday has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Fabinho has managed to get both his arms back between Menday's legs - danger averted.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Menday keeping full guard, as Fabinho tries to pass.
Fabinho preventing the sweep.
Fabinho wants to control from the top but Menday keeps moving.
Fabinho makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Menday has Fabinho pulled in close to control his posture.
Menday looking to control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Roberto Fabinho will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Menday tries to score a power double leg takedown but Fabinho sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Menday somewhat.
Menday takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Fabinho throws a hook but Menday blocks it.
Menday connects with a right hand. Fabinho shakes it off.
Menday misses with a looping right.
Fabinho misses with a low kick.
Menday throws an overhand right that lands on Fabinho's shoulder, as Fabinho tries to avoid the shot.
Fabinho tries to close the distance and clinch up but Menday swats him away and circles back towards the center.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice straight punches there by Fabinho. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Fabinho.
A leg kick checked by Menday.
Menday swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fabinho fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Fabinho throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fabinho shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Menday defends it nicely.
Menday tests Fabinho's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Fabinho cracks Menday with an open hand slap.
Menday jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Fabinho bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Donk. Fabinho catches Menday right on the button with a cross.
Fabinho swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Menday uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fabinho.
Fabinho swings for the body but Menday moves out of range.
A nice side step and Menday releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Fabinho connects with a right hand. Menday shakes it off.
Fabinho looking to score a takedown here. Menday is defending well but Fabinho drives through and ends up in Menday's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Menday has his hands on Fabinho's head, controlling the position.
Menday working a defensive guard here.
Menday 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.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Menday not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Fabinho scoring with punches to the head and body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fabinho stopping the sweep attempt from Menday.
Menday controls Fabinho momentarily but Fabinho frees himself.
Our spies down at at CHECMATE PRIME MMA inform us that Menday has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Menday preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
A jab from Fabinho finds it's way through Menday's defenses.
Roberto Fabinho is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Fabinho swings for the body but Menday moves out of range.
Menday might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Fabinho shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Menday tries to roll over but Fabinho keeps him under control.
Menday looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Menday is looking for a sweep. Fabinho is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Fabinho seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Menday is looking for a sweep. Fabinho is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Menday is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Fabinho jumps into side control!
Menday tries to bench press Fabinho off him but Fabinho keeps the position.
Adams Menday has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Menday is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Roberto Fabinho showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Fabinho 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 Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:27
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roberto Fabinho!
A very excited looking Roberto Fabinho made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Julian Avila (ranked 221 p4p, 275 weight class) and D.C. Benny (ranked 32 p4p, 44 weight class). Benny comes into a darkened arena with his song building. D.C. Benny - Unagi Standup Bit kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! 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 welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Julian Avila!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 26 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, D.C. Benny!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Edson Gomes and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Avila misses with an attempted mid kick.
Benny doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Benny loads up on a big right hand but Avila slips the punch.
Avila tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Avila keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Benny!
Benny sizes up Avila with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Benny cracks Avila with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Benny throws a jab but it's blocked by Avila.
A jab lands there for Avila.
Avila dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Benny. That did some damage!
Avila takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
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!
A good leg kick by Avila.
Benny misses with the combination.
Avila tries to counter by clinching up but Benny breaks away and moves out of range.
We've been told by Avila's head coaches at Patskun tappelukoulu that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good shot there by Benny.
Avila takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Benny swings for the body but Avila moves out of range.
It appears Avila was looking to counter with a kick there.
Avila defending well as Benny loads up on a big left hand.
Avila wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Benny has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Nice shot lands for Benny.
Benny 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.
Benny lands with a shot to the body.
Benny throws a body shot but no joy.
Benny has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Benny. Avila shrugs it off though.
Benny misses with a straight left.
Avila throws a quick counter head kick but Benny was just out of range.
Avila dips to his left and cracks Benny with an uppercut!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benny pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Avila was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Avila lets loose with a powerful body kick. Benny will feel that in the morning.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Benny throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A telegraphed right hand from Benny misses the target.
It looked like Avila wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
D.C. Benny seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Benny digs a good body shot into Avila's ribs.
Benny lands a nice shot to the body.
Avila closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Benny connects with a body shot.
Benny swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Avila counters with a three punch combo that has Benny backing up. Benny nods at Avila to acknowledge the strikes.
Avila fails with an attempt to clinch.
Avila looks to land a body kick but Benny moved away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Avila keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Benny.
Benny fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Avila manages to avoid it.
As Benny tries to get set, Avila tries to push him back and clinch up but Benny manages to avoid the attempt.
Benny scores with a sloppy right hand. Avila should have avoided that one.
An inside leg kick from Benny misses.
Benny stuns Avila with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Benny rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Avila counters with a straight right hand.
Avila lands a glancing blow to the side of Benny's head.
Benny ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Avila moves away.
Benny swings and misses with a hook to the body.
As Benny looks to move away, Avila throws a big counter combo but Benny just gets out of the way.
Benny scores with a hook to the body. Avila takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Avila just misses with a punch to the body.
Avila moves out of range as Benny strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Avila wants to clinch
and Benny counters with a straight right hand.
Benny darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Avila scoring well with a low kick there.
Avila has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Avila there as he acknowledges the shot.
Benny showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Avila.
Benny's corner calls for a 1-2. Benny obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Avila works the jab nicely.
A decent looking cross lands there for Benny.
A combination from Benny does no damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
D.C. Benny dominated that round.
That's time! Avila's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Benny throws a good cross that connects.
Benny throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Avila sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Avila lands a nice looking body shot.
Avila just misses with a punch to the body.
A good leg kick by Avila.
Avila is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Benny scores with a decent looking hook.
Benny connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Benny has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Avila cracks a nice hook into Benny's ribs.
Benny throws a jab when Avila was well out of range.
Benny scores with a three punch combo!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Benny is looking to chop away at Avila's legs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Avila misses with a wild body shot.
Benny throws a poor cross that misses
and Avila counters with a crisp one two that drops Benny! Avila thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Benny to his feet! Benny is in big trouble!
Benny is rocked!
Avila clinches up with Benny and pushes him back against the cage.
Avila lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Avila lands a knee to the body.
Benny tries a body shot but Avila blocks it.
Avila tries to land knees in the clinch but Benny avoids the damage to the body.
Avila scores with a shoulder strike.
Avila crunches a lovely knee into Benny's ribcage.
Benny is breathing heavily.
Benny misses with a hook from the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Benny misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Benny tries to throw a body punch but Avila avoids it by throwing Benny back against the cage.
Avila lands a body punch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Avila.
Avila lands a right hand that snaps the head of Benny backwards.
Avila lands a body shot.
A short right from Avila on the inside.
Avila lands a good knee to the midsection. Benny won't want to take too many of those.
Avila lands a knee to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Avila lands a body shot.
Avila lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Benny backwards.
Avila softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Avila lands a knee to the body.
Avila softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Avila is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Benny tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Avila prevents a body shot from Benny.
Avila working Benny over with knees to the body.
Avila stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Avila obliges.
Benny's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Avila lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Knees to the body from Avila.
Avila pushes Benny back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Avila is leaning against Benny and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Avila blocks a body shot from Benny.
Avila scores with a shot to the side of Benny's head.
Benny working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Avila lands a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Avila lands a left hand that snaps the head of Benny backwards.
Benny throws a head punch that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Avila creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Avila pushes Benny back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Benny takes a knee to the side of the body.
Avila lands a hook to the side of the head.
Avila putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Benny in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Avila.
Avila scores with a shoulder strike.
Avila lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Benny is still on wobbly legs! Can Avila finish him?
Avila blocks a body shot from Benny.
Benny seems to have recovered his senses.
Avila digs a right hand into Benny's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Benny's gas tank.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Avila is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Avila works on Benny's body with a couple of short punches.
Avila lands a knee to the body.
Avila softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Avila lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Avila with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Avila working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Avila obliges.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Avila.
A short right from Avila.
Avila lands a nice uppercut.
Avila lands with a right to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Avila obliges.
Avila lands a right hand.
Avila lands a good knee to the midsection. Benny won't want to take too many of those.
A short right from Avila.
A body shot lands from Avila.
Avila unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Benny! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Avila is unloading with more strikes now! Benny drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Julian Avila!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Diego Lacasa (ranked 516 p4p, 278 weight class) and Miles O Brien (ranked 60 p4p, 33 weight class). Lacasa kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is DIEGO LACASA (OFFICIAL THEME). O Brien has chosen Sweet Leaf as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Diego Lacasa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Miles O Brien!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Luis Engracia and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
O Brien uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lacasa.
A combination from Lacasa does no damage.
O Brien takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Lacasa tests O Brien's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lacasa throws a combination. O Brien tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
O Brien slips under a jab.
We've been told by Lacasa's head coaches at Alpha Brasil that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Lacasa shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. O Brien eats them both and turns towards Lacasa to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
O Brien misses with a straight left.
O Brien misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lacasa.
A big right from Lacasa misses.
Lacasa throws a series of punches but O Brien moves out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
O Brien misses with a looping left.
Lacasa scores with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Lacasa misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from O Brien! But no joy.
Lacasa throws a shot to the body.
Lacasa misses with a looping left.
Lacasa lands a slapping body shot.
Lacasa thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lacasa lands with an overhand left.
Lacasa misses with a left hand
and O Brien counters with a right hand to the body.
O Brien steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lacasa.
O Brien misses the shot to the body.
O Brien throws a lazy head kick
and Lacasa counters with a straight right hand.
Lacasa throws out a powerful jab.
Lacasa misses with an uppercut
and O Brien counters with a straight right hand.
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!
Lacasa misses with a jab, cross combination.
O Brien tries to move into range but Lacasa moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Brien moves out of range of the strikes.
Lacasa lands a jab to the head.
Lacasa cracks O Brien with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Lacasa loads up on a big right hand but O Brien slips the punch.
O Brien throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lacasa sees it coming and avoids it easily.
O Brien uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lacasa.
Lacasa jabbing away but nothing is landing.
It seemed like O Brien was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Diego Lacasa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lacasa looks to land a left hand but O Brien moved out of range nicely.
O Brien throws a counter combo.
Lacasa is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Lacasa slips under a jab from O Brien.
Lacasa throws a good cross that connects.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lacasa. O Brien does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lacasa misses with a combination
and O Brien counters with a head kick that drops Lacasa to the mat! Lacasa scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
Lacasa is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lacasa misses with an uppercut
and O Brien counters with a solid body kick.
Lacasa is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Lacasa is breathing heavily.
Nice defenses there by O Brien.
O Brien thinks about the counter body kick.
Lacasa throws a predictable looking body shot
and O Brien makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
O Brien scoring well with a low kick there.
O Brien throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
O Brien throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lacasa's hands are dropping dangerously low here and O Brien connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Lacasa scrambles back to his feet.
Oh Lacasa is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Both fighters circling slowly here as the pace drops. Hopefully one of them does someth.. OOOHHHH!!!! O Brien throws an absolute beast of a head kick! Lacasa is done! He's out cold, twisted and contorted up against the cage! Wow!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Miles O Brien!
Miles O Brien seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hiroshima Nagasaki (ranked 336 p4p, 417 weight class) and Musa Vitalik (ranked 44 p4p, 53 weight class). Nagasaki's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Ground Zero (MOP). Vitalik is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Planet Purge - Midnight Tyrannosaurus & Ehide. Hiroshima Nagasaki could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Musa Vitalik's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Hiroshima Nagasaki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Musa Vitalik!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Thiago Cunha and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vitalik tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nagasaki was well out of range. Poor timing from Vitalik.
Nagasaki lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Musa Vitalik seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vitalik bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Nagasaki's head.
Vitalik fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Vitalik throws a right hand that misses
and Nagasaki connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Vitalik cracks Nagasaki with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A leg kick checked by Vitalik.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Vitalik has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Nagasaki ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vitalik moves away.
Vitalik tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Vitalik throws out a powerful jab.
Vitalik lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Vitalik keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Nagasaki throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Vitalik counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Vitalik throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Nagasaki to regain full guard.
Vitalik passes Nagasaki's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Vitalik landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nagasaki keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Vitalik with the ground and pound but Nagasaki uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Vitalik throwing strikes from guard but Nagasaki blocks nicely.
Vitalik distracts Nagasaki with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Vitalik missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Vitalik looking to pass the guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Vitalik accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Vitalik trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Vitalik passes Nagasaki's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Nagasaki knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Vitalik on the ground.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vitalik lands strikes from half guard.
Vitalik has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Vitalik landing strikes, looking to finish!
Vitalik throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Nagasaki really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Nagasaki tries to hold on but Vitalik pushes him away.
Nagasaki avoids a series of strikes thrown by Vitalik.
Nagasaki tries to reverse the position but Vitalik maintains control.
Vitalik with a couple of short strikes.
It looks like Hiroshima Nagasaki has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vitalik throws some wild stikes that Nagasaki manages to avoid easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vitalik in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Vitalik lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Hiroshima Nagasaki's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Hiroshima Nagasaki's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Musa Vitalik!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Charles Eric Cheese (ranked 5 p4p, 100 weight class) and Pablo De Geno (ranked 2 p4p, 7 weight class). Cheese's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, The Midnight NAMBLA. De Geno has chosen DE MEXICO SONG as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!
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Abu Dhabi Champ
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Charles Eric Cheese!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 37 - 11 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pablo De Geno!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Daniel Cesar and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cheese ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
De Geno fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
De Geno missing with a left hand there. Cheese was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cheese ducks under a wild hook from De Geno.
Cheese scores with a nice body kick.
Cheese chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Cheese misses with a looping left.
Cheese ducks under a wild hook from De Geno.
Cheese clinches with his opponent.
De Geno misses with a body punch.
Cheese keeps the fight in the clinch, despite De Geno's efforts to push away.
Cheese really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
De Geno misses with a punch on the inside.
Cheese misses with a hook from the clinch.
De Geno tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cheese pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
De Geno takes a body punch but keeps moving.
De Geno displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cheese throws out the jab.
Cheese throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
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!
De Geno moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
De Geno scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Cheese tries to bum rush De Geno with a series of wild strikes but De Geno uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as De Geno checks a leg kick.
De Geno blocks a low kick nicely.
De Geno on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Cheese takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Cheese throws a solid leg kick but De Geno takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Cheese.
We've been told by Cheese's head coaches at Tosen's Home for Lost Boys that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
De Geno throws a body punch but Cheese moves out of range.
Cheese swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
De Geno misses with a wild body shot.
De Geno tries to move into range but Cheese moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
De Geno thumps Cheese with a low kick.
A slow jab from De Geno misses its intended target.
De Geno stuns Cheese with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Cheese with a nice cross.
Cheese walks into a jab.
De Geno lands with a nice body punch.
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!
A slow jab from De Geno misses its intended target.
Cheese seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Cheese tries a head kick but it misses.
De Geno tests Cheese's chin there with a solid looking shot.
De Geno looks to land a body kick but Cheese moved away.
Cheese was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Cheese cracks a nice hook into De Geno's ribs.
De Geno swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cheese fires out a quick counter leg kick but De Geno just manages to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Geno throws a leg kick which misses Cheese's front leg but catches the back leg as Cheese tries to avoid it.
De Geno throws a jab but it's blocked by Cheese.
De Geno connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
De Geno moves away from the strike by Cheese.
A little jabbing left from De Geno on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Cheese takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
De Geno blocks the body kick.
Cheese checks the leg kick nicely there.
As De Geno backs away, Cheese returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Cheese looks for the body kick but De Geno saw that one coming.
De Geno waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cheese.
De Geno just misses with a punch to the body.
De Geno thows a left - swing and a miss!
Some bone on bone action there as Cheese checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A lazy left from De Geno finds it's target.
De Geno throws out a loose jab but Cheese uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cheese throws a body shot but no joy.
Cheese drops De Geno with a beautiful combination! De Geno stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Cheese is looking for the KO!
De Geno throws a jab but it's blocked by Cheese.
De Geno moves out of range of the body kick from Cheese.
De Geno digs a good hook to Cheese's body.
De Geno on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Cheese. Cheese obviously looking to wear him down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Geno scores with a body shot.
Cheese walks into a stiff left hand from De Geno.
De Geno throws a leg kick which misses Cheese's front leg but catches the back leg as Cheese tries to avoid it.
Cheese throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cheese avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
De Geno lands a nice looking body shot.
Cheese fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches De Geno on the side of the head.
De Geno misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cheese.
As De Geno tries to get set, Cheese tries to push him back and clinch up but De Geno manages to avoid the attempt.
De Geno lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Jab, jab by De Geno - just one landing.
De Geno ducks under a wild hook from Cheese.
Cheese shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Cheese on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Cheese lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and De Geno has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from De Geno and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
De Geno throws a nice inside leg kick.
De Geno is looking to slow Cheese down with leg kicks.
A nice leg kick from Cheese, right into the meat of the thigh.
De Geno uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cheese.
Pablo De Geno seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Geno swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cheese lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Cheese moves out of range of the strikes.
De Geno misses with a looping left.
De Geno lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Cheese takes a shot right to the bread basket.
De Geno dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
De Geno looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Cheese steps to the side to avoid the strikes from De Geno.
Cheese feints and then cracks De Geno's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow De Geno down.
Cheese moves out of range of the body kick from De Geno.
Cheese takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
De Geno fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
De Geno throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cheese moves out of range of the strikes.
De Geno listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cheese takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
De Geno scoring well with a low kick there.
Cheese rushes De Geno and presses him up against the cage.
De Geno struggles to land a body shot inside as Cheese controls his hands.
De Geno has a couple of punches blocked by Cheese.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Pablo De Geno will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
De Geno ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cheese moves away.
Cheese throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Cheese blocks a low kick nicely.
No joy there for De Geno, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A bone on bone clash there as De Geno blocks the leg kick.
De Geno lands with a nice body punch.
De Geno throws a hook but Cheese blocks it.
De Geno keeps the fight on the outside.
De Geno swings and misses with a hook to the body.
De Geno is looking to slow Cheese down with leg kicks.
Cheese throws a wild body kick that De Geno sees coming a mile off.
Cheese moves into range and clinches up with De Geno.
A right handed body shot lands from Cheese.
De Geno scores with a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head punch on the inside from De Geno fails to land.
De Geno pushes Cheese back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
De Geno struggles to land a body shot inside as Cheese controls his hands.
De Geno fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cheese scores with a nice hook to the head.
Cheese doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cheese lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of De Geno backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Geno lands a shoulder strike.
De Geno doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
De Geno lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Cheese swings wildly with an uppercut but De Geno uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cheese has De Geno pushed against the cage.
Cheese lands a right hand.
De Geno lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cheese backwards.
Cheese prevents a body shot from De Geno.
A right handed body shot lands from De Geno.
De Geno works on Cheese's body with a couple of short punches.
De Geno manages to break the clinch.
A decent looking body kick lands there for De Geno.
De Geno uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cheese.
De Geno stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Cheese.
Cheese on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by De Geno. De Geno obviously looking to wear him down.
De Geno moves out of range of the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De Geno blocks a jab.
Cheese backing away here, and De Geno unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
De Geno lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
De Geno with a nice calf kick.
Cheese takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
De Geno throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
De Geno uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cheese.
De Geno scoring well with a low kick there.
De Geno swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Cheese.
De Geno throws out a leg kick but Cheese moves out of range and De Geno only half commits.
Cheese avoids the head kick by De Geno.
Nice defenses there by Cheese.
Cheese is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cheese on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Cheese moves into the clinch.
Cheese working some nice short punches in the clinch.
De Geno doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
De Geno tries to throw a body punch but Cheese avoids it by throwing De Geno back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cheese lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of De Geno backwards.
De Geno lands a left hand.
De Geno lands a right hand.
De Geno tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A quick uppercut on the inside from De Geno.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cheese.
Cheese is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
De Geno misses with a body punch.
Cheese stalling against the cage.
Good body shot from De Geno.
De Geno misses with a punch on the inside.
De Geno escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cheese throws a shot from downtown. De Geno moves away and avoids it.
Cheese thuds a left hand into De Geno's body.
Cheese fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cheese pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Cheese takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Cheese takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cheese takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
De Geno misses with a body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Geno tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cheese swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cheese jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Cheese lands with a shot to the body.
Cheese misses with a low kick.
De Geno throws a sloppy body shot
and Cheese makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
De Geno just misses with a punch to the body.
Cheese is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
De Geno takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Cheese takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
De Geno lands a nice looking body shot.
De Geno throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cheese keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cheese keeps De Geno at a distance using the push kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
De Geno throws a hook to the side of Cheese's head but Cheese sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cheese connects with an inside leg kick.
Cheese misses with a low kick as De Geno jumps back.
De Geno throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Pablo De Geno showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
De Geno looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
De Geno is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cheese.
De Geno thuds a left hand into Cheese's body.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Cheese crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from De Geno - the referee stops the clock and Cheese gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says De Geno. Cheese manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Cheese getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Cheese connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A telegraphed right hand from De Geno misses the target.
Cheese staying out of range there.
De Geno misses with a low kick.
Cheese moves out of range as De Geno strikes.
De Geno uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cheese.
Cheese's corner calls for a 1-2. Cheese obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
De Geno uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cheese.
De Geno connects with a leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Cheese.
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!
A slow jab from Cheese misses its intended target.
De Geno scores with a body shot.
That kick from Cheese tenderised De Geno's leg. De Geno is trying to keep his angry face on.
De Geno with a body punch. A glancing blow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Geno will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nice defenses there by De Geno.
De Geno connects with an inside leg kick.
Cheese uses good head movement to avoid the hook from De Geno.
Cheese is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Cheese tries to land a front kick but De Geno steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
De Geno throws out a loose jab but Cheese uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cheese swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Cheese tries to close the distance and clinch up but De Geno swats him away and circles back towards the center.
De Geno scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Cheese steps to the side to avoid the strikes from De Geno.
Cheese takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Cheese staying out of range there.
De Geno pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
De Geno ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
De Geno misses with a hook.
De Geno throws the left hand but Cheese avoids the punch easily.
Cheese thinks about countering with a body kick.
Cheese throws a leg kick but De Geno moved away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cheese takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
De Geno slips under a jab from Cheese.
Cheese connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Cheese ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That kick from De Geno tenderised Cheese's leg. Cheese is trying to keep his angry face on.
No joy there for De Geno, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cheese blocks a jab.
De Geno fails to land with a series of punches.
Cheese ducks under a wild hook from De Geno.
De Geno attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Cheese tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but De Geno was well out of range. Poor timing from Cheese.
De Geno misses with an uppercut.
Cheese throws a hook but De Geno avoids it easily.
Pablo De Geno seems to be getting the better of the standup.
De Geno connects with a body shot that sends Cheese's belly button to the back.
Cheese dodges the punch combination from De Geno.
De Geno attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Cheese tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. De Geno manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
De Geno closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Geno fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Cheese slips a straight right by De Geno.
Cheese misses with a leg kick.
De Geno misses with a lunging right hand
and Cheese counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Cheese lands a body shot.
De Geno takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Cheese.
De Geno struggles to land a body shot inside as Cheese controls his hands.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cheese.
Cheese tries to throw a body punch but De Geno avoids it by throwing Cheese back against the cage.
Cheese working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Charles Eric Cheese has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Cheese digs a right hand into De Geno's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on De Geno's gas tank.
Cheese goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
De Geno tries to throw a body punch but Cheese avoids it by throwing De Geno back against the cage.
Cheese lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of De Geno backwards.
Good body shot from Cheese.
Cheese lands a shot to the body.
Cheese lands with a short shot to the head.
Cheese working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cheese creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Cheese working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Cheese lands a hook that snaps the head of De Geno backwards.
Cheese is trying to maintain a safe position but De Geno gets an underhook and turns Cheese into the cage.
A short body shot lands from De Geno as the two fighters clinch.
Cheese blocks an uppercut.
De Geno pushes Cheese back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cheese lands a hook to the side of the head.
Come on Cheese - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
De Geno scores with a hook to the body.
Cheese presses De Geno against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
De Geno tries a body shot but Cheese blocks it.
A body shot lands from Cheese.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cheese prevents a body shot from De Geno.
Cheese lands with a right to the head.
De Geno prevents a body shot from Cheese.
A nice left hand lands by Cheese.
A left hand lands to the body for Cheese.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Charles Eric Cheese did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
De Geno just misses with a punch to the body.
De Geno misses with a looping left.
Cheese ducks under a wild hook from De Geno.
Cheese throws the kick towards the body but De Geno avoids it.
De Geno swings for the body but Cheese moves out of range.
De Geno takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Cheese tries to close the distance and clinch up but De Geno swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cheese looks to land a left hand but De Geno moved out of range nicely.
A nice leg kick from Cheese, right into the meat of the thigh.
De Geno fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Cheese tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
De Geno changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
De Geno digs a good hook to Cheese's body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cheese tries to clinch there but De Geno circles away.
Cheese takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
De Geno throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cheese sees it coming and avoids it easily.
De Geno moves away from the strike by Cheese.
De Geno bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Geno tries to land a front kick but Cheese steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Cheese scores with a hook to the body. De Geno takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Cheese is looking to clinch but De Geno is avoiding it.
A slow jab from De Geno misses its intended target.
De Geno lands with a good body shot.
Cheese throws a big shot that misses.
Cheese throws out a loose jab but De Geno uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cheese lands a nice looking kick to the body. De Geno takes a step back to recover.
Cheese has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from De Geno.
De Geno looks to throw the jab but Cheese is out of range.
De Geno slips a jab from Cheese.
De Geno scores with a hook.
De Geno goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Cheese tries to land a leg kick but De Geno saw it coming and moves away.
De Geno misses with a low kick.
Good leg kick by Cheese.
De Geno on the wrong end of a nice jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cheese is looking to land body kicks.
Cheese takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Cheese takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Cheese slips a straight right by De Geno.
De Geno throws a looping overhand right but Cheese ducks down to avoid it.
De Geno throws a shot from downtown. Cheese moves away and avoids it.
De Geno pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
De Geno throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
De Geno moves out of range of the leg kick from Cheese.
Cheese ducks right into an uppercut from De Geno.
Cheese scores with a nice head shot.
A slow jab from De Geno misses its intended target.
De Geno steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cheese.
Cheese has taken the fight to the clinch.
De Geno working aggressively here.
Cheese lands a hook that snaps the head of De Geno backwards.
De Geno throws a punch but it's blocked by Cheese.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cheese throws a head punch that misses.
De Geno blocks an uppercut.
Cheese lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of De Geno backwards.
Good body shot from Cheese.
Cheese presses De Geno against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
De Geno is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
De Geno lands with a short punch from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cheese.
Cheese is working De Geno over against the cage.
De Geno blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cheese working aggressively here.
Cheese swings wildly with an uppercut but De Geno uses good head movement to avoid it.
De Geno struggles to land a body shot inside as Cheese controls his hands.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Cheese.
De Geno misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cheese.
Cheese prevents a body shot from De Geno.
A short right from Cheese.
Cheese misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cheese lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short right from De Geno on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cheese misses with a shot to the kidneys.
De Geno swings away with an uppercut that misses.
De Geno misses with a hook from the clinch.
De Geno swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cheese struggles to land a body shot inside as De Geno controls his hands.
Cheese tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cheese keeps the fight in the clinch, despite De Geno's efforts to push away.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cheese.
Cheese lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Cheese working aggressively here.
De Geno tries to work over Cheese's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch on the inside from Cheese fails to land.
De Geno misses with some punches.
De Geno blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cheese.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Charles Eric Cheese will probably get the nod.
That's time! Cheese's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Cheese misses with a low kick.
De Geno jabs at Cheese's body.
Cheese throws a lazy right hand but De Geno sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
De Geno scores with a shot to the body.
De Geno turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
De Geno throws a shot from downtown. Cheese moves away and avoids it.
De Geno looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
De Geno ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cheese moves away.
De Geno slips under a jab from Cheese.
De Geno throws a big shot that misses.
De Geno checks a leg kick nicely.
De Geno now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
A telegraphed right hand from De Geno misses the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Geno slips a jab from Cheese.
It seemed like De Geno was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Cheese takes one on the button.
Good shot there by De Geno.
Cheese jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
De Geno feints and then cracks Cheese's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Cheese down.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cheese ducks under a wild hook from De Geno.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cheese throws the kick towards the body but De Geno avoids it.
De Geno scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Cheese on the wrong end of a nice hook.
De Geno lands with a nice body punch.
De Geno jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cheese steps to the side to avoid the strikes from De Geno.
De Geno misses with a right hand
and Cheese counters with a nice uppercut.
Cheese has managed to clinch.
Cheese lands a hook that snaps the head of De Geno backwards.
De Geno misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cheese misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from Cheese fails to land.
De Geno lands a body punch in the clinch.
Cheese misses with a hook to the ribs.
De Geno tries a body shot but Cheese blocks it.
Cheese blocking some punches.
De Geno throws a punch but it's blocked by Cheese.
De Geno swings wildly with an uppercut but Cheese uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Cheese.
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!
De Geno lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Cheese can't find room to land a body shot as De Geno controls the action.
Cheese lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down De Geno.
De Geno blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
De Geno misses with a punch on the inside.
De Geno misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cheese lands on the inside with an uppercut.
De Geno lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A left hand lands to the body for Cheese.
Cheese blocks an uppercut.
De Geno tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cheese's elbow.
De Geno throws a head punch that misses.
Cheese misses with a body punch.
Cheese pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
De Geno takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Cheese lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as De Geno backs up against the cage.
Cheese looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Geno has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cheese.
De Geno connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
De Geno is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
De Geno uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cheese.
Cheese fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but De Geno is out of range.
De Geno fails with an attempt to clinch.
De Geno thows a left - swing and a miss!
An attempted straight right counter from Cheese misses the target.
Cheese slips a straight right by De Geno.
Cheese was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Cheese. De Geno shrugs it off though.
De Geno throws a quick inside leg kick.
Cheese defending well as De Geno loads up on a big left hand.
De Geno misses with a hook.
Cheese slips under a jab from De Geno.
Cheese throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
De Geno waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cheese.
De Geno checks the leg kick.
Cheese staying out of range there.
De Geno scores with a kick to the midsection.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cheese doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cheese checks the leg kick nicely there.
De Geno lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Cheese at a distance.
De Geno throws the kick towards the body but Cheese avoids it.
Cheese swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A bone on bone clash there as De Geno blocks the leg kick.
A jab from De Geno does it's job there.
De Geno takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
De Geno throws a jab but it's blocked by Cheese.
A little feinted left hand from Cheese on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
De Geno jabs at Cheese's body.
That kick from Cheese tenderised De Geno's leg. De Geno is trying to keep his angry face on.
Cheese misses with a wild body shot.
De Geno throws a body shot but no joy.
An attempted straight right counter from Cheese misses the target.
Cheese missing with a left hand there. De Geno was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cheese will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A good leg kick by De Geno.
Cheese takes a shot to the body in his stride.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Pablo De Geno.
I think De Geno has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 47:48
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 47:48
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pablo De Geno!
Pablo De Geno is the new bantamweight champion!
A victorious Pablo De Geno thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Elrey Dorado (ranked 7 p4p, 47 weight class) and Jim Babcock (ranked 2 p4p, 8 weight class). Dorado comes into the arena with MY STORY blaring out of the sound system. Babcock has chosen Raiders Attack Vault City as his entrance music. 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 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Elrey Dorado!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jim Babcock!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Matheus Silva and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dorado lands the left hand.
Babcock takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Babcock fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dorado manages to avoid it.
Babcock throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Dorado throws a body punch but Babcock moves out of range.
Good leg kick by Babcock.
Babcock misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dorado.
Jim Babcock seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dorado dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A jab lands there for Dorado.
Babcock uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Dorado throws out a powerful jab.
Dorado ducks under a wild hook from Babcock.
Dorado throws a body punch but Babcock moves out of range.
Babcock has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Babcock there as he acknowledges the shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dorado fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Babcock manages to avoid it.
Babcock throws a head kick but Dorado moves out of range.
Dorado appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
We've been hearing reports that Dorado has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Babcock misses with a leg kick
and Dorado counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dorado drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Babcock dives on top into guard.
Dorado is trying to control the position but Babcock postures up.
Babcock pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Dorado is keeping the position for now.
Dorado wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Dorado is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Babcock passes into half guard.
Babcock trying to pass the guard but Dorado defending well.
Dorado trying to control but Babcock postures up.
Dorado is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Babcock's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Babcock's back!
Babcock is trying to break free.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dorado is trying to stick to Babcock's back but Babcock is turning into Dorado. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Dorado's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Babcock.
Babcock trying to control but Dorado is working from the bottom.
Babcock wants to pass the guard but Dorado is keeping the position.
Babcock must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Babcock preventing the sweep.
Dorado escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Babcock gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dorado tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Babcock advances to half guard.
Babcock is looking to advance position but Dorado won't allow it.
Babcock missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Babcock wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dorado keeps working.
Dorado wants to get back to full guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Elrey Dorado will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Dorado checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Dorado listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Elrey Dorado is winning the standup battle so far.
Dorado throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dorado avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dorado scoring well with a low kick there.
Babcock throws a low kick but Dorado avoids it.
Dorado misses with an uppercut.
And Babcock responds with a good body kick, but Dorado manages to step out the way in time.
Babcock closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Babcock misses with a low kick.
Babcock throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dorado misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Babcock.
Dorado moves out of range of the leg kick from Babcock.
A quick step to the side and Dorado tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Babcock throws a leg kick
and Dorado counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Dorado looking to pass the guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Babcock wants to hit a sweep here but Dorado passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Babcock there!
Dorado can't control as he wanted to and Babcock manages to get the fight back to his half guard.
Dorado frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Babcock is squirming around, avoiding Dorado's attempts to control the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dorado is really struggling to control Babcock but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Elrey Dorado overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Babcock is trying to escape the mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Babcock regains half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dorado is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Babcock wants to control but Dorado is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Babcock actively working from the bottom here.
Dorado uses his free foot to push down on Babcock's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Babcock.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Babcock is squirming around, avoiding Dorado's attempts to control the action.
Babcock can't escape the position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Dorado controlling from the full mount.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Elrey Dorado dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Babcock fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Dorado is out of range.
Babcock lands a really nice looking cross but Dorado seems unphased.
Dorado connects with a jab.
Babcock slips a straight right by Dorado.
Babcock checks a low kick from Dorado.
A low kick from Babcock misses
and Dorado counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dorado misses with an uppercut.
Dorado throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dorado staying out of range there.
Dorado throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dorado lands a nice shot that snaps Babcock's head back.
Babcock attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Babcock throws a nice head kick!
Dorado is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Babcock can do to turn this around?
Babcock throws a body punch but Dorado moves out of range.
Dorado blocks a low kick nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Babcock attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Dorado lands a nice leg kick that just misses Babcock's sensitive parts.
Babcock tries to move into range but Dorado moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Babcock takes a swing at Dorado's ribcage but misses.
Babcock misses the jab.
Dorado drops down looking for a counter takedown but Babcock sprawls and moves away.
Dorado throws a predictable looking body shot
and Dorado takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Babcock throws a lazy right hand but Dorado sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Dorado connects with an inside leg kick.
Dorado is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Dorado smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Babcock checks a low kick from Dorado.
Babcock drops his hands momentarily and Dorado takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Dorado checks a leg kick.
Dorado drops down looking for a counter takedown but Babcock sprawls and moves away.
Babcock misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Dorado counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dorado with a nice calf kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dorado misses with a hook. Babcock ducked under it nicely.
Babcock looks to score with a jab to the body but Dorado is just out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dorado checks the leg kick nicely there.
Babcock throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Babcock throws a leg kick that is checked
and Dorado counters with a takedown into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dorado goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Babcock rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Dorado's guard! Nice work there by Babcock!
Dorado is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Babcock has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Dorado is working away from the top position though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dorado is working for a submission of some sort.
Dorado wants to take a breather but Babcock is having none of it.
Babcock wants to control but Dorado is keeping busy.
Dorado is keen to just control but Babcock is a slippery customer.
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.
Dorado wants to pass to mount but Babcock is defending the position.
Babcock tries to get to full guard but Dorado has control of the leg.
Dorado keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Elrey Dorado clearly takes that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Babcock misses with a leg kick
and Dorado counters with a single leg into guard. Babcock didn't expect that.
Dorado looking to sit in guard and control but Babcock gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Dorado seems keen to control Babcock's posture.
Babcock trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dorado wants to sweep but no luck.
Babcock sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Dorado's guard.
Dorado wants to get back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dorado is in trouble now - Babcock has advanced to mount!
Dorado slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Dorado works his way to full guard. Good work.
Dorado keeping moving, preventing Babcock from controlling successfully.
Babcock wants to pass the guard but Dorado is keeping the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dorado wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Dorado trying to keep a closed guard but Babcock is proving a slippery customer.
Babcock trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Dorado looking for a sweep. Not yet Dorado, not yet.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Dorado staying out of range there.
Dorado is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dorado checks the leg kick.
Babcock throws a leg kick
and Dorado counters with a single leg into guard. Babcock didn't expect that.
Babcock is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Dorado defends well.
Babcock looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Dorado puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Babcock is looking to improve his position.
Babcock manages to get to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Babcock has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Dorado is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Babcock.
Dorado advances to full mount.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Dorado working for a submission but Babcock is keeping him at bay.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Elrey Dorado had his way with Jim Babcock in that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
A low kick from Babcock is predictable there
and Dorado counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Jim Babcock has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Our spies down at at Marquis Training Center inform us that Babcock has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Babcock is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Babcock looking to hit a scissor sweep but Dorado is one step ahead there.
Babcock keeping moving, preventing Dorado from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Babcock controlling the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Babcock looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Dorado trying to control the position from guard on top but Babcock is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Dorado misses with a straight right.
Dorado fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Babcock has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Babcock fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dorado manages to avoid it.
A lazy body kick from Babcock
enabling Dorado to counter with a crisp jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Babcock throws a nice inside leg kick.
Dorado scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Dorado slips a jab from Babcock.
Dorado throwing a counter right hand but Babcock manages to avoid it.
Dorado jabs Babcock to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Babcock moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Dorado misses with a low kick.
A jab from Dorado finds it's way through Babcock's defenses.
Babcock takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Babcock chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Babcock throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Dorado on the side of the head.
Dorado keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dorado connects with a single shot there.
Dorado lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dorado wants to slow Babcock down by chopping away at his legs.
Dorado throws a body shot but no joy.
Babcock throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dorado moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Babcock throws a push kick but Dorado slaps the foot to one side.
Dorado lands a head kick!
Babcock connects with a solid leg kick.
Babcock throws a big shot that misses.
Dorado lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Babcock circles away quickly and effectively.
Babcock misses with the body kick
and Dorado counters with a single leg into guard. Babcock didn't expect that.
Dorado controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dorado trying to control the position from guard on top but Babcock is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dorado stopping the sweep attempt from Babcock.
Babcock is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Dorado avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Elrey Dorado showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Dorado 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 50:45
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 50:45
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Elrey Dorado!
Elrey Dorado retains his welterweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Elrey Dorado thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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