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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Diego Rivera (ranked 4936 p4p, 4492 weight class) and Wayne Hart (ranked 486 p4p, 456 weight class). Wayne Hart is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Diego Rivera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wayne Hart!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Seu Braga and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hart shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Hart was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Rivera is looking for a sweep.
Rivera sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Rivera definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Rivera looking for submissions off his back.
Hart throwing shots but Rivera is blocking nicely.
Ground and pound from Hart.
Hart missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Rivera keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rivera trying to hold on to Hart's head to control him but Hart postures up.
Rivera gets back to full guard.
Hart is working Rivera over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hart postures up in Rivera's guard and throws a big left but Rivera blocks it.
Rivera preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Hart working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Rivera working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hart.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Hart lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Rivera avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Rivera looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hart forces his way into half guard.
Hart passes to side control.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Rivera is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hart scores with a couple of short elbows.
Hart is putting a hurting on Rivera here, landing some big shots from side control.
Rivera is trying to improve his position.
Hart cracks Rivera with a big elbow.
Rivera is working to avoid the ground and pound but Hart connects with a decent elbow.
Hart looks up at the clock and then as Rivera takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Hart smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
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!
Hart cracks Rivera with a big elbow.
Rivera tries to improve position but can't.
Hart working the ground and pound.
Hart lands a few punches from side control.
Hart is chipping away with strikes.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Hart working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
Hart cracks Rivera with a big right hand but Rivera just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Hart working the head with strikes.
Rivera is looking for a sweep.
Rivera takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hart scores with punches from side control.
Hart looks up at the clock and then as Rivera takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Hart smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Rivera wants to control but Hart postures up.
Rivera is looking to regain half guard here but Hart keeps moving and retains side control.
Rivera is trying to control Hart's posture but Hart avoids it.
Hart lands a few punches from side control.
Hart is chipping away with strikes.
Hart has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hart lands a decent elbow from side control.
Hart scoring with punches from side control.
Rivera can't do much from the bottom here.
Hart lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Rivera down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hart lands a decent elbow from side control.
Hart has knee on belly and moves into mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hart working Rivera over with strikes here.
Hart with shots to the head and body - Rivera looks very uncomfortable down there.
Rivera is rocked!
Hart fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Oh Rivera is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hart postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Rivera in real trouble here! The ref calls for Rivera to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Wayne Hart!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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