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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pierre Gomes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wanderson Marua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pierre Gomes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wanderson Marua!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Edson Gomes and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gomes pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gomes tries to keep at a distance but Marua has taken the fight into the clinch.
Gomes wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gomes is trying to break free.
Gomes wants a takedown.
Gomes drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Marua gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Marua throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gomess head.
Gomes wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gomes looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Marua fails to pull guard.
Gomes is trying to break free.
Marua on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gomes misses with a hook to the ribs.
Marua displaying some good clinch control by pressing Gomes up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marua lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Gomes tries to pull guard but Marua won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pierre Gomes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gomes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Marua.
Gomes tries to break the clinch but Marua is controlling the position.
Gomes manages to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marua scores a takedown into full mount!
Gomes gets back to half guard.
Gomes has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Marua is working away from the top position though.
Marua is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Marua postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Gomes to stand up.
Marua keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Marua closes the distance and clinches.
Gomes wants to break free but Marua has control.
Marua escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gomes lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Marua circles away quickly and effectively.
Marua has closed the distance and engaged Gomes in a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomes trying to land knees to the body.
Marua slows down the pace here.
Gomes misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gomes wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gomes is trying to break the clinch but Marua has him pressed against the cage.
A knee to the head by Marua.
It looks like Pierre Gomes has been cut.
Marua blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A bit of stalling here from Marua.
Gomes wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Marua has him pressed against the cage.
Marua comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Marua gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Marua manages to break the clinch.
Marua moves into the clinch.
Gomes wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gomes tries to land knees in the clinch but Marua avoids the damage to the body.
Gomes stops a takedown attempt from Marua.
Gomes wants to break free but Marua has control.
Marua comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marua lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Gomes is looking to break free of the clinch but Marua has double underhooks.
Gomes wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gomes missing with knees to the body.
Marua tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Marua managing to block the knees to the body from Gomes.
Gomes is breathing heavily.
Marua breaks from the clinch.
Gomes misses with a straight right.
Pierre Gomes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Marua is looking to slow Gomes down with leg kicks.
Marua scores with a takedown into Gomes's guard.
Gomes wants to sweep but no luck.
Marua gets to his feet. Gomes looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Marua rushes Gomes and presses him up against the cage.
Marua on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gomes is trying to break free.
Marua lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marua connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gomes's face.
Marua landing knees to the head.
Marua scores with a shoulder strike.
Gomes missing with knees to the body.
Marua makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Gomes is rocked!
Knees to the body from Marua.
Marua with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Marua lands an elbow just above Gomes 's eye.
Oh Gomes is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gomes wants to break free but Marua has control.
Gomes is looking to break free of the clinch but Marua has double underhooks.
Gomes seems to have got his legs back now.
Marua content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Gomes takes an elbow to the forehead.
Marua lands an elbow inside that Gomes shrugs off.
Gomes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Marua.
Marua stalls.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Gomes is looking to control Marua's arms but Marua gets an underhook and turns him. Now Gomes has his back to the cage.
Marua breaks the clinch.
Marua throws a nice head kick!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wanderson Marua dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pierre Gomes's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Marua uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gomes.
Gomes misses with the combination.
Marua scores with a takedown into Gomes's guard.
Gomes wants to sweep but no luck.
Marua is stalling in the full guard.
Marua stands up and waves to Gomes to follow him.
Marua gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marua keeps control of Gomes as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Marua landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Marua prevents Gomes from breaking the clinch.
Marua has Gomes pushed against the cage.
Marua tries to land a knee to the head but Gomes blocks with his arms.
Marua prevents Gomes from breaking the clinch.
Marua avoiding damage as Gomes throws knees to the body.
Gomes is looking to break free of the clinch but Marua has double underhooks.
Gomes tries to land knees in the clinch but Marua avoids the damage to the body.
Gomes goes for a takedown in the clinch but Marua prevents it.
Marua connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gomes's face.
Marua gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Pierre Gomes's cut is getting worse.
Marua lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gomes takes an elbow to the forehead.
Marua has the Thai plumb, controlling the head nicely. He loads up with a big knee to the head and Gomes goes down! Marua pounces into side control - this one could be over soon!
Marua decides to stand back up.
Marua lands with a slapping head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marua lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Marua closes the distance and pushes Gomes back into the cage.
Gomes wants to get back to striking at distance but Marua won't allow it.
Marua fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Marua comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Marua with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Marua stalling in the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Marua scores with a nice short uppercut.
Marua's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gomes takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Marua changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Gomes looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Marua decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Pierre Gomes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Marua drives through with a takedown into 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!
Marua slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from Gomes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Marua with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomes wants to get back to full guard but Marua has passed into side control.
Marua controlling the pace for now.
Marua lands with some strikes.
Marua gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
Gomes fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
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.
Marua has taken the fight to the clinch.
Marua drops down looking for an ankle pick but Gomes pulls his leg out and moves away.
Gomes throws a right and a left that both miss.
Marua moves into the clinch.
Marua on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Marua escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Marua looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Marua performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wanderson Marua showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Pierre Gomes's cut.
That's time! Gomes's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Gomes misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gomes tries to bum rush Marua with a series of wild strikes but Marua uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Marua looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Marua postures up.
Gomes wants to sweep here but Marua controlling him for the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gomes has his foot on Marua's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Marua works his way back into a safe position though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marua gets to his feet. Gomes looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Marua clinches up with Gomes and pushes him back against the cage.
Marua pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Marua tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gomes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gomes jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Marua throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Marua moves into range and clinches up with Gomes.
Marua lands an elbow inside.
Marua goes for a takedown attempt but Gomes pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Gomes takes an elbow to the forehead.
Marua managing to block the knees to the body from Gomes.
Marua turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Wanderson Marua has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marua decides to stand back up. Marua steps back and let's Gomes get back to his feet.
Marua gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Marua on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Marua landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Marua lands a nice elbow.
Marua lands an elbow just above Gomes 's eye.
Gomes is fighting off a takedown attempt but Marua is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Gomes to the mat. Gomes regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gomes 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.
Marua stands up and waves to Gomes to follow him.
Marua throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Marua has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick by Gomes misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Marua looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Marua stands up and waves to Gomes to follow him.
Marua closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Gomes has had enough of the clinch but Marua keeps him there for the moment.
Marua lands a damaging elbow.
Marua slowing the pace effectively.
Gomes wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Marua has him pressed against the cage.
Marua lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Marua with a knee to the head.
Gomes can't break the clinch.
Gomes wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marua landing knees to the body.
Marua holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Wanderson Marua is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Marua gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Gomes.
Marua breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Marua lands a jab-cross combination.
Pierre Gomes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Marua closes the distance and clinches.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gomes can't break the clinch.
Marua manages to break the clinch.
Gomes on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Marua darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Wanderson Marua comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Marua has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 25:30
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 25:30
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 25:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wanderson Marua!
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