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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Morgado (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Romo da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). da Silva has chosen Aijeke by Wyrd as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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200 lbs
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214 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
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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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Daniel Morgado!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Romo da Silva!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Daniel Cesar and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
da Silva takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The crowd cheers as Morgado lands an impressive looking overhand right. da Silva doesn't seem phased though.
da Silva is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Morgado pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Morgado lands a jab.
Morgado throws an overhand right that lands on da Silva's shoulder, as da Silva tries to avoid the shot.
Morgado circles away from the clinch attempt.
Morgado looks to land a right hand but da Silva moved out of range.
Morgado connects with a right hand. da Silva shakes it off.
da Silva looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
da Silva slips under a jab.
da Silva slips under a jab.
Morgado lands a nice looking body shot.
Morgado misses with an uppercut. da Silva saw that one coming.
da Silva has Morgado up against the cage in a clinch.
da Silva tries to pull guard but Morgado holds him up against the cage and eventually da Silva drops back down to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgado pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Morgado misses with a straight right.
Morgado throws a hook but da Silva avoids it easily.
A jab from Morgado misses.
Daniel Morgado seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
da Silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
da Silva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Morgado misses the jab.
da Silva attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Morgado pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Morgado scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Morgado.
Morgado throws a looping overhand right but da Silva ducks down to avoid it.
Morgado fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
da Silva moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Morgado is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Morgado swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgado throws a head kick but da Silva moves out of range.
da Silva uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Morgado.
Morgado throws a looping overhand right but da Silva ducks down to avoid it.
Morgado jabs da Silva right on the nose. da Silva blinks but takes it well.
Daniel Morgado is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Morgado scores with a hook to the body. da Silva takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Morgado throws a lazy right hand but da Silva sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Morgado misses with a straight right.
Donk. Morgado catches da Silva right on the button with a cross.
Morgado misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from da Silva.
Morgado drops his hands momentarily and da Silva takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Morgado scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Morgado is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Horrible takedown by da Silva or perhaps it was just good defense by Morgado which made him look bad.
Morgado lands a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgado misses with an uppercut.
Morgado looks to land a right hand but da Silva moved out of range.
Morgado connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Morgado throws out a loose jab but da Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Morgado waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract da Silva.
Morgado misses with a straight right.
da Silva falls off balance throwing a combination
and Morgado cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
da Silva blocks a head kick by Morgado.
da Silva steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Morgado.
Morgado throws an overhand right that lands on da Silva's shoulder, as da Silva tries to avoid the shot.
da Silva slips under a jab.
Morgado throws out a loose jab but da Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
A big left from Morgado misses.
da Silva staying out of range there.
Morgado lands with a right hand.
Morgado dips to his left and cracks da Silva with an uppercut!
da Silva attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
da Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.
da Silva ducks under a wild hook from Morgado.
da Silva avoids the head kick by Morgado.
da Silva uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Morgado.
Morgado moves into range and connects with a jab.
da Silva walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Morgado misses with a hook. da Silva ducked under it nicely.
Morgado misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Morgado pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Daniel Morgado dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
da Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Morgado lands with a straight right. da Silva didn't see that one coming.
Morgado lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
da Silva has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Morgado throws a hook to the side of da Silva's head but da Silva sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Morgado lands a jab to da Silva's midsection.
da Silva slips under a jab.
Morgado misses with a looping left.
da Silva tries to clinch up.
Morgado slips under a jab from da Silva.
Morgado lands a nice shot to the body.
A jab from Morgado misses.
Morgado is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by da Silva.
da Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Morgado swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Morgado lands the left hand.
da Silva forces Morgado back against the cage and clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgado pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
da Silva tries to clinch up.
da Silva swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
da Silva slips under a jab.
Morgado lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Morgado misses with a hook.
Daniel Morgado is winning the standup battle so far.
da Silva shoots in for a takedown but Morgado shows good takedown defense.
Morgado connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Good shot there by Morgado.
da Silva closes the distance looking to clinch
and Morgado cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
da Silva ducks right into an uppercut from Morgado.
Morgado lands with an overhand left.
da Silva will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Morgado, as that shot connected.
Morgado misses with a hook.
Good shot there by Morgado.
Morgado missing with a left hand there. da Silva was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Morgado circles away from the clinch attempt.
da Silva darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
da Silva uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Morgado.
da Silva uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Morgado.
da Silva avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A punch lands to the side of da Silva 's head but he takes it in his stride.
da Silva misses with a hook to the body
and Morgado counters with a lovely straight right hand!
da Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
da Silva shoots in for a takedown but Morgado shows good takedown defense.
Daniel Morgado has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Romo da Silva.
Nice defenses there by da Silva.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgado lands a with a good body shot.
Morgado misses with a telegraphed body shot
and da Silva counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Morgado!
Morgado tries to hold on but da Silva postures up.
da Silva trying to control but Morgado is having none of it.
Morgado tries to lock up and control but da Silva gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
da Silva takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
da Silva looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Morgado wants to control but da Silva is having none of it.
da Silva can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Morgado is looking to escape.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgado really wants to buck da Silva off and get back to his feet.
da Silva trying to control but he's not successful this time.
da Silva controlling his opponent.
Morgado knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for da Silva on the ground.
Morgado tries to lock up and control but da Silva gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Morgado is trying to stand up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Daniel Morgado dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Morgado is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by da Silva.
Morgado throws a big shot that misses.
Morgado lands with a hook. da Silva tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Morgado misses with a looping left.
da Silva lands a jab to the nose.
Morgado throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
da Silva closes the distance but Morgado moves to the side
and Morgado makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Romo da Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Morgado swinging wilding here.
da Silva on the wrong end of a nice hook.
da Silva fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
da Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Morgado swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's one minute gone in the round.
da Silva uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Morgado.
Morgado tests da Silva's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Morgado throws a big shot that misses.
Morgado misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Morgado scores with a hook to the body. da Silva takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Morgado lands a nice leg kick that just misses da Silva's sensitive parts.
Morgado blocks a jab.
Good shot there by Morgado.
da Silva looks to clinch
and Morgado counters with a straight right hand.
Morgado missing with a left hand there. da Silva was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
da Silva shoots in but no luck this time.
Morgado connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
da Silva pushes Morgado up against the cage in a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgado gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from da Silva.
Daniel Morgado has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Romo da Silva.
Morgado pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
da Silva gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Morgado throws a lazy right hand but da Silva sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Morgado throws a shot from downtown. da Silva moves away and avoids it.
Morgado scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Morgado just misses with a punch to the body.
Morgado pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nice uppercut lands for Morgado. That snapped da Silva's head back.
Morgado throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Morgado throws a one two combo.
Morgado avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Morgado misses with a straight left.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgado misses with a double jab
and da Silva moves into the clinch.
Morgado tries to break the clinch but da Silva is controlling the position.
Morgado gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from da Silva.
da Silva wants a takedown but no success here.
Morgado breaks the clinch.
A telegraphed right hand from Morgado misses the target.
Morgado loads up on a big right hand but da Silva slips the punch.
Morgado looks to land a right hand but da Silva moved out of range.
Morgado lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Nice uppercut lands for Morgado. That snapped da Silva's head back.
da Silva slips a straight right by Morgado.
Morgado lands with a slapping head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgado jabbing away but nothing is landing.
da Silva moves out of range as Morgado strikes.
Morgado throws an uppercut from half a mile away. da Silva sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nice body punch from Morgado.
Morgado throws a shot to the body.
Morgado lands the left hand.
Morgado throws a jab but it's blocked by da Silva.
Morgado just misses with a punch to the body.
Romo da Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Morgado swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
da Silva bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
da Silva tries to clinch but Morgado is having none of it.
Morgado misses with an uppercut.
Morgado throws out a loose jab but da Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Daniel Morgado is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
da Silva lands with a kick to the temple. Morgado shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
And that's the end of the fight!
Daniel Morgado showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Morgado, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Daniel Morgado!
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