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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Arthur Menezes (ranked 1011 p4p, 926 weight class) and Gene Parmesan (ranked 134 p4p, 123 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Arthur Menezes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gene Parmesan!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yukihiro Shimada and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Menezes drives through and clinches with Parmesan against the cage.
Menezes jumps guard but Parmesan stands there with Menezes around his waist. Menezes gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Parmesan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Parmesan lands a body shot.
Parmesan can't find room to land a body shot as Menezes controls the action.
Parmesan tries a body shot but Menezes blocks it.
Parmesan is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Menezes fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Menezes fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Arthur Menezes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Menezes's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Menezes lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Parmesan backwards.
Menezes working aggressively here.
Menezes pulls guard.
Parmesan stands up over Menezes, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Menezes looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Parmesan postures up and lands a big shot to Menezes's brow.
Parmesan connects with a couple of short punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Menezes working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Parmesan.
Menezes working a defensive guard here.
Parmesan missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Menezes is trying to control the position but Parmesan postures up.
Parmesan throwing strikes from guard but Menezes blocks nicely.
Menezes looking to control but Parmesan passes into half guard.
Parmesan not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Parmesan misses with a head shot. Menezes uses the momentum to regain guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Menezes has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Parmesan can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Parmesan wants to control from the top but Menezes keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Parmesan with a flurry of punches that miss.
Parmesan postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Menezes escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Parmesan gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Parmesan with a flurry of punches that miss.
Parmesan throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Menezes works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Menezes preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Menezes scores with a hook to the body. Parmesan takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Menezes has managed to clinch.
Parmesan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A left hand lands to the body for Parmesan.
A nice right hand lands inside from Parmesan.
Menezes tries to pull guard but Parmesan forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Parmesan presses Menezes against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A short uppercut from Parmesan.
Menezes fails to pull guard.
Menezes works on Parmesan's body with a couple of short punches.
A short body shot lands from Parmesan as the two fighters clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Parmesan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Menezes tries to pull guard but Parmesan holds him up against the cage and eventually Menezes drops back down to his feet.
Menezes is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Parmesan stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Menezes misses with a hook to the ribs.
Parmesan tries for a takedown. No joy.
Menezes prevents a body shot from Parmesan.
Parmesan swings wildly with an uppercut but Menezes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Parmesan lands a shoulder strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Parmesan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Menezes throws a punch but it's blocked by Parmesan.
Parmesan blocks a body shot from Menezes.
Parmesan misses with a punch to the body.
A short body shot lands from Parmesan as the two fighters clinch.
Menezes's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Parmesan gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Parmesan is looking to stall here but Menezes recovers full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gene Parmesan dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Parmesan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Menezes.
Menezes closes the distance and clinches up with Parmesan, looking for a takedown. Menezes pushes Parmesan against the cage but Parmesan circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Menezes swings widly with a right hand
enabling Parmesan to counter with a crisp jab.
A jab lands there for Parmesan.
Menezes looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Menezes swings for the body but Parmesan moves out of range.
Menezes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Parmesan scores with a leg kick.
Menezes shoots in but Parmesan avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Horrible takedown attempt by Menezes or perhaps it was just good defense by Parmesan, which made it look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Arthur Menezes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Menezes gets caught flat footed, as Parmesan shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Parmesan got a little sloppy there for a moment and Menezes has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Parmesan has managed to get both his arms back between Menezes's legs - danger averted.
Parmesan is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Parmesan is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Parmesan won't allow Menezes to sweep him here.
Menezes is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Parmesan is aware though and is defending well.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Parmesan working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Menezes is looking for a triangle but Parmesan pushes his legs off easily.
Parmesan cracks Menezes with a solid left hand.
Menezes is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Menezes is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Parmesan has managed to free his arm - good work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parmesan trying to control but Menezes postures up.
Gene Parmesan has got the better of the ground game so far.
Parmesan is positioning himself well to prevent Menezes advancing to mount.
Parmesan tries to get to full guard but Menezes has control of the leg.
Menezes with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Parmesan manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Menezes wants to control from the top but Parmesan keeps moving.
Parmesan is trying to hold Menezes in close to prevent damage but Menezes has managed to pass into half guard.
Parmesan has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Menezes wants to lay and pray for a moment but Parmesan keeps working.
Menezes keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Parmesan is concentrating on defense, preventing Menezes from advancing position.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Parmesan is pressing down on Menezes's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Parmesan keeping full guard, as Menezes tries to pass.
Parmesan controls Menezes momentarily but Menezes frees himself.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Parmesan fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Menezes shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Parmesan sprawls well. Parmesan wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Menezes gets slowly back to his feet.
An inside leg kick from Parmesan misses.
Parmesan fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Menezes looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Menezes misses with a takedown attempt - Parmesan sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Parmesan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Menezes misses the body punch
and Parmesan counters with a stiff right hand.
Menezes throws a jab when Parmesan was well out of range.
Parmesan throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Parmesan enables Menezes to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Parmesan manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Menezes trying to control but Parmesan is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gene Parmesan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Menezes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Menezes closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Parmesan to the mat! Parmesan manages to get full guard.
Parmesan keeping full guard, as Menezes tries to pass.
Menezes controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Parmesan trying to control the position here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Parmesan keeping moving, preventing Menezes from controlling successfully.
Parmesan seems keen to control Menezes's posture.
That's one minute gone in the round.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Parmesan looking for a sweep. Not yet Parmesan, not yet.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Menezes looks to score with a jab to the body but Parmesan is just out of range.
Menezes lands with a nice body punch.
Menezes lands with a right hand.
Menezes bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Menezes lands a head shot.
Menezes slips under a jab.
Menezes attempts a counter takedown but Parmesan avoids it well and moves away.
Parmesan lands with a kick to the ribs.
Menezes steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Parmesan. That one must have hurt.
Parmesan throws a nice outside leg kick.
Menezes gets a takedown into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Parmesan is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Menezes is thwarting Parmesan's attempts to control the position.
Parmesan keeping control of the position.
Menezes is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Gene Parmesan is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Menezes stalling.
Menezes prevents Parmesan from improving his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parmesan makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Parmesan.
Parmesan seems keen to control Menezes's posture.
Parmesan wants to sweep but no luck.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Parmesan is trying to control the position from the bottom.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Parmesan wants to sweep but no luck.
Parmesan looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Menezes closes the distance and pushes Parmesan back into the cage.
Arthur Menezes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Menezes is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Parmesan is keeping busy.
Menezes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
A head punch on the inside from Menezes fails to land.
Parmesan lands a hook that snaps the head of Menezes backwards.
And that's the end of the fight!
Arthur Menezes showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Parmesan 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 Ren Mimura scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gene Parmesan!
Gene Parmesan decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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