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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gabriel Nunes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tacio Marcos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tacio Marcos is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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185 cm
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200 lbs
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190 cm
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205 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid 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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gabriel Nunes! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tacio Marcos! The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Seu Braga and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Marcos shoots in and bounces Nunes off the cage to secure the takedown into guard. Nunes looking to hit a scissor sweep but Marcos is one step ahead there. Marcos stands up from guard. Let's bang! Nunes stuffs the takedown. Marcos scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice. Marcos stands up and we're back to a striking position. Nunes stuffs the takedown. Marcos looks gassed! Nunes doesn't manage to clinch there - Marcos circles away.
Nunes fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Marcos sprawls well initially but Nunes persists and gets the takedown into half guard. Marcos is not content to let Nunes control the position. Nunes is working for a submission of some sort.
Nunes perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
That's one minute gone in the round. Marcos is refusing to be controlled, as Nunes sits in half guard. Marcos looks like he's trying to stand up.
Nunes tries to pass to full mount but Marcos defends it. Marcos wants to get back to his feet. Nunes wants to take a breather but Marcos is having none of it.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up. Nunes lands a glancing blow to the side of Marcos's head. Marcos tries for a takedown but Nunes circles away easily and Nunes counters with a shoot takedown. Marcos fights it but they end up in guard. Gabriel Nunes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tacio Marcos. Nunes thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position. Nunes trying to control but Marcos is working from the bottom. Nunes lands a couple of digs. Marcos keeping moving, preventing Nunes from controlling successfully. Marcos wants to stand and escape but Nunes is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Nunes trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet. Nunes with a flurry of punches that miss.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up. Marcos throws a sloppy head kick and Nunes moves out of range easily. Marcos scores with a head kick.
Tacio Marcos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Nunes rushes Marcos and presses him up against the cage. Marcos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Nice sprawl there from Marcos as Nunes shoots in. Marcos drives through with a takedown into guard. Marcos tries to stand but Nunes is controlling from the bottom. Marcos decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow. Marcos shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Marcos showed some decent athleticism there.
That's three minutes gone in the round. The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now. Marcos tries to stand and escape but Nunes is controlling the position. Nunes looking to work for a kimura from the bottom. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Marcos prevents Nunes from improving his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round. The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up. Nunes avoids the head kick by Marcos.
Marcos throws a sloppy head kick and Nunes moves out of range easily. Nunes shoots in looking for a takedown. Marcos tries to sprawl out of it but Nunes keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Marcos manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing. Marcos throws a nice head kick!
Marcos drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Marcos decides to stand back up. The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. Nunes fails with the takedown. Nunes looking for a takedown here - he's got it. Nunes wants to stand but Marcos has a closed guard, so he can't escape. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tacio Marcos dominated that round. The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Marcos shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Marcos showed some decent athleticism there. Nunes gets full guard. Marcos trying to stand up but can't free himself from Nunes's guard. Nunes is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a tringle but Marcos frees his head nicely. Oh but Nunes has switched to an armbar! Marcos is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Gabriel Nunes!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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