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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rogerio De Souza (ranked 496 p4p, 1284 weight class) and William Wallace (ranked 66 p4p, 166 weight class). William Wallace acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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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 17 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rogerio De Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, William Wallace!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Edson Gomes and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wallace misses with a looping left.
Wallace gets caught flat footed, as De Souza shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
De Souza trying to control the position from guard on top but Wallace is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wallace is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
De Souza is looking to improve his position.
De Souza looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
De Souza is trying to get back to full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wallace landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Wallace is looking to take a break and control but De Souza is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Wallace is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
De Souza is looking to get back to is feet but Wallace passes into side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Souza tries to bench press Wallace off him but Wallace keeps the position.
Wallace grinds an elbow into De Souza's temple.
De Souza is looking to regain half guard here but Wallace keeps moving and retains side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sloppy strikes there by Wallace.
Wallace lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear De Souza down.
The strikes coming from Wallace are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
De Souza is trying to get back to half guard.
Wallace scoring with punches from side control.
Wallace wants to lay and pray for a moment but De Souza keeps working.
De Souza is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wallace prevents De Souza from improving his position.
Wallace looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks De Souza with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
De Souza is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Wallace pulls his head out easily.
Wallace is keen to just control but De Souza is a slippery customer.
Wallace lands with a punch from half guard.
De Souza is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Wallace pulls his head out easily.
Wallace wants to pass the guard but De Souza is defending well.
De Souza is looking to improve his position.
Wallace wants to control but De Souza is keeping him busy.
Wallace slows the pace down in half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Souza slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Wallace stopping the sweep attempt from De Souza.
De Souza looking for subs off his back but Wallace has passed one foot through into half guard.
Wallace throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
De Souza looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Wallace pushes past his half guard into mount!
Wallace scores with a couple of good head shots there.
De Souza is squirming around, avoiding Wallace's attempts to control the action.
De Souza bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Wallace avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wallace looking to control.
De Souza postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Wallace keeping moving, preventing De Souza from controlling successfully.
De Souza pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Wallace is keeping the position for now.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
De Souza wants to control from the top but Wallace keeps moving.
Wallace trying to control the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
William Wallace dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
De Souza on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Wallace throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
De Souza drops down looking for a counter takedown but Wallace sprawls and moves away.
De Souza is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Wallace.
Wallace swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Wallace keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wallace looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
De Souza ducks under a wild hook from Wallace.
Wallace just misses with a punch to the body.
Wallace keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from De Souza.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wallace throws a right hand that misses
and De Souza counters with a two punch combo.
Wallace connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between De Souza's hands.
A slow jab from De Souza misses its intended target.
A punch combination from Wallace misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Souza takes one on the button.
A big left from Wallace misses.
Wallace misses with a looping right.
De Souza feinted with a counter takedown.
De Souza avoids the body shot from Wallace.
De Souza checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Nice takedown defense from Wallace. No joy for De Souza on that attempt.
De Souza looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Wallace throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wallace misses with a body shot.
De Souza connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Wallace throws the left hand but De Souza avoids the punch easily.
Wallace throws a hook but De Souza avoids it easily.
De Souza tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wallace was well out of range. Poor timing from De Souza.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Souza slips under a jab from Wallace.
De Souza missing with a left hand there. Wallace was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wallace has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Wallace throws a combination that misses
and De Souza counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Wallace!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De Souza tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
William Wallace has got the better of the ground game so far.
Wallace tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but De Souza wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Wallace struggling a bit here.
De Souza is looking to take a break and control but Wallace is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
De Souza is trying to get an arm triangle but Wallace is defending well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Souza lands an elbow.
De Souza working away.
De Souza goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Wallace has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for De Souza but great work by Wallace.
Wallace advances nicely into full mount.
Wallace looking to ground and pound but De Souza is blocking nicely.
Wallace is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. De Souza can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
De Souza is trying desperately to improve position.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Wallace cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Wallace connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Wallace trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Wallace lands a big shot there that rocks De Souza but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wallace breaks from De Souza's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Souza is trying desperately to improve position.
Wallace with the ground and pound from mount.
Wallace prevents De Souza from getting the reversal.
Wallace trying to control but De Souza is having none of it.
Wallace controlling from mount.
De Souza regains half guard.
De Souza controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
William Wallace showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
De Souza bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Wallace's head backwards.
Wallace scores with a jab. De Souza acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Wallace paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
It looks like Rogerio De Souza has been cut.
De Souza avoids the body shot from Wallace.
No joy there for De Souza, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Wallace scores with a jab to the head.
De Souza is rocked!
De Souza cracks Wallace with a right hand to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wallace misses with a body punch
and De Souza decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Wallace's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De Souza trying to control but Wallace is working from the bottom.
De Souza pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Wallace is keeping the position for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Souza missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Wallace keeping moving, preventing De Souza from controlling successfully.
De Souza working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Wallace manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. De Souza manages to get himself to full guard.
Wallace wants to control from the top but De Souza keeps moving.
De Souza keeping full guard, as Wallace tries to pass.
Wallace won't allow De Souza to sweep him here.
Wallace working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Souza escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Wallace gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Wallace lands a couple of elbows.
De Souza is trying to control the position but Wallace postures up.
Wallace landing with the ground and pound.
De Souza looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Wallace trying to control the position from guard on top but De Souza is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
De Souza had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Wallace defends it easily.
Wallace looking to pass the guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Souza escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Wallace gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Wallace working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
De Souza being controlled here, momentarily.
De Souza is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
William Wallace is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Rogerio De Souza has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
De Souza looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Wallace has picked De Souza up and slammed him! De Souza can't keep hold of the triangle and Wallace manages to pass to side control!
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
De Souza is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Souza is trying to get back to his feet.
De Souza being controlled for a moment.
De Souza is looking for a sweep.
Wallace is staying tight to De Souza's torso, preventing him from escaping.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
De Souza is trying to get back to half guard.
De Souza throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to William Wallace.
Well Wallace 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 Matheus Silva scores the fight 27:30
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... William Wallace!
William Wallace seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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