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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Julio Chavez (ranked 2750 p4p, 2960 weight class) and Marco Battaglia (ranked 364 p4p, 385 weight class). The key to victory for Julio Chavez has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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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 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Julio Chavez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marco Battaglia!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Matheus Silva and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for Chavez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Battaglia takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Chavez misses with an uppercut.
Chavez throws a body punch but Battaglia moves out of range.
Chavez gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Battaglia wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Battaglia slips under a jab.
Chavez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Battaglia with the counter takedown but Chavez avoids it easily.
Chavez has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Battaglia moves out of range as Chavez strikes.
Chavez works Battaglia's body with a nice hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters circling - Battaglia throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A looping hook to the body misses from Chavez. Battaglia does a little dance to reset his feet.
Battaglia avoids a punch combination nicely.
Battaglia uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Chavez.
Battaglia tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chavez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Chavez looks to land a left hand but Battaglia moved out of range nicely.
Chavez stuffs the takedown.
Julio Chavez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chavez throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Battaglia stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Chavez jabs Battaglia to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Chavez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Battaglia.
Chavez stuns Battaglia with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Chavez looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Battaglia tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Battaglia keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Chavez misses with an uppercut. Battaglia saw that one coming.
Chavez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Battaglia.
Jab by Chavez.
Battaglia scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Battaglia working the head with strikes.
Battaglia lands a decent elbow from side control.
Battaglia lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Battaglia tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Battaglia scoring with punches and elbows.
Battaglia throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Chavez is trying to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Chavez looking for a sweep but Battaglia has passed into full mount! Oh no!
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Battaglia working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Chavez is in a horrible position here. Battaglia smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Chavez is in all sorts of trouble here.
Chavez tries to hold on but Battaglia postures up.
Chavez is looking to get to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Battaglia punishing his opponent with strikes.
Battaglia has hold of Chavez's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Chavez manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Battaglia working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Chavez is in a horrible position here. Battaglia smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Chavez tries to reverse the position but Battaglia maintains control.
Chavez might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Battaglia controlling the pace for now.
Chavez really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Battaglia is landing with some decent strikes but Chavez is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Chavez tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Chavez is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Chavez gets back to half guard.
Chavez knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Battaglia on the ground.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chavez taking some punishment here, with Battaglia in his half 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!
Battaglia working over Chavez with some ground and pound. Chavez looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Chavez gets full guard.
Chavez has Battaglia pulled in close to control his posture.
Chavez is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Chavez is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Battaglia stands up over Chavez, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Battaglia has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Battaglia lands a couple of digs.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Battaglia wants to pass the guard but Chavez is keeping the position.
Battaglia working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Battaglia postures up.
Battaglia postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Battaglia lands a couple of digs.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Marco Battaglia dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Battaglia swings for the body but Chavez moves out of range.
Battaglia takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Battaglia thows a leg kick but Chavez checks it
and Chavez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Julio Chavez is winning the standup battle so far.
Chavez takes a swing at Battaglia's ribcage but misses.
Chavez on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Chavez tests Battaglia's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Battaglia drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Chavez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Battaglia tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Chavez.
Battaglia throws a lazy right hand but Chavez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Chavez cracks Battaglia with a good jab.
Chavez lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chavez misses with a hook.
Chavez missing with a left hand there. Battaglia was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Battaglia changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Battaglia defending well as Chavez loads up on a big left hand.
Chavez with a jab.
Battaglia throws a looping overhand right but Chavez ducks down to avoid it.
Chavez throws a series of punches but Battaglia moves out of range.
Chavez misses with a straight left.
Chavez swings widly with a right hand
and Battaglia counters with a single leg into guard. Chavez didn't expect that.
Battaglia trying to control the position from guard on top but Chavez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Chavez looking for a sweep. Not yet Chavez, not yet.
Chavez looking to control.
Battaglia is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Battaglia not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Chavez working a defensive guard but Battaglia manages to pass into side control anyway.
Chavez takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chavez can't do much from the bottom here.
Chavez is trying to improve his position.
Battaglia looks up at the clock and then as Chavez takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Battaglia smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chavez is trying to improve his position.
Chavez can't do much from the bottom here.
Battaglia connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Chavez some visible discomfort.
Chavez is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Chavez is trying to control Battaglia's posture but Battaglia avoids it.
Battaglia working the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Battaglia wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Chavez, who protects the arm well.
Battaglia lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Chavez down.
Battaglia looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
You can see the frustration on Chavez's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Chavez on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Battaglia is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Chavez will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Battaglia is chipping away with strikes.
Battaglia tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Battaglia has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Battaglia landing strikes.
Chavez is trying to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Battaglia is putting a hurting on Chavez here, landing some big shots from side control.
Battaglia in side control lands a decent elbow.
Battaglia trying to control the action but Chavez is working from the bottom.
Chavez can't do much from the bottom here.
Chavez is looking for a sweep.
Chavez is working hard here to advance position.
You can see the frustration on Chavez's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Marco Battaglia has got the better of the ground game so far.
Battaglia lands an elbow.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Marco Battaglia 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! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Chavez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Chavez throws a looping overhand right but Battaglia ducks down to avoid it.
Battaglia is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Chavez just misses with a punch to the body.
Battaglia misses with a wild body shot.
Battaglia moves away from the strike by Chavez.
Battaglia with the counter takedown but Chavez avoids it easily.
Chavez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Battaglia looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Chavez is fending him off so far but Battaglia persists. Nope, Chavez circles away and we're back to standing.
Chavez drops down looking for a counter takedown but Battaglia sprawls and moves away.
Chavez misses with a hook.
Battaglia throws out a counter right but Chavez avoids it with no problem.
Battaglia keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Chavez throws a right and a left that both miss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chavez takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Battaglia is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Chavez's half guard.
Battaglia lands strikes from half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Battaglia drops an elbow to the side of Chavez's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chavez is looking to improve his position.
Battaglia wants to work for an arm triangle but Chavez is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Chavez wants to control but Battaglia is keeping busy.
Chavez wants to improve his position but Battaglia is controlling well.
Chavez on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Chavez wants to improve his position but Battaglia is controlling well.
Chavez on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Chavez is not content to let Battaglia control the position.
Chavez has hold of Battaglia's hands but Battaglia slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Battaglia scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chavez wants to get back to full guard.
Battaglia is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Chavez is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Battaglia scores with a couple of nice shots.
Battaglia is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Ground and pound from Battaglia.
Battaglia lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Battaglia wants to control but Chavez is keeping him busy.
Battaglia prevents Chavez from improving his position.
Battaglia takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Chavez wants to control but Battaglia is keeping busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Battaglia.
Battaglia working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Chavez tries to get to full guard but Battaglia has control of the leg.
Battaglia working Chavez over with strikes.
Battaglia looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Chavez with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Battaglia takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Chavez wants to improve his position but Battaglia is controlling well.
Battaglia works his way into full mount!
Chavez is in all sorts of trouble here.
Battaglia punishing his opponent with strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Battaglia raining down hammerfists from mount.
Chavez wants to hold on but Battaglia pushes him away.
The referee warns Chavez that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Battaglia unloading with bombs!
Chavez is rocked!
Battaglia content just to control the position here.
Oh Chavez is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Battaglia cracks Chavez with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marco Battaglia!
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