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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adilson Rodrigues (ranked 2328 p4p, 2618 weight class) and Justin Trudeau (ranked 285 p4p, 317 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Adilson Rodrigues!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Justin Trudeau!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Jonathan Paton and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trudeau uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rodrigues.
Trudeau fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rodrigues manages to avoid it.
Trudeau throws a jab but it's blocked by Rodrigues.
Rodrigues throws a lazy right hand but Trudeau sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Trudeau! But no joy.
Rodrigues swings for the body but Trudeau moves out of range.
Trudeau throws a big shot that misses.
Trudeau takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Trudeau closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Trudeau misses with an uppercut
and Rodrigues counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Trudeau throws out a loose jab but Rodrigues uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rodrigues closes the distance and clinches.
Rodrigues fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rodrigues swings wildly with an uppercut but Trudeau uses good head movement to avoid it.
Trudeau misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Trudeau is trying to force a seperation but Rodrigues has the dominant position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Trudeau tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rodrigues's elbow.
Trudeau blocks an uppercut.
Trudeau is trying to break the clinch but Rodrigues is controlling him.
Rodrigues has a couple of punches blocked by Trudeau.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Trudeau.
Trudeau throws a punch but it's blocked by Rodrigues.
Rodrigues working aggressively here.
Rodrigues digs a right hand into Trudeau's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Trudeau's gas tank.
Rodrigues misses with a punch on the inside.
Rodrigues lands a nice uppercut.
Trudeau lands a body punch.
Rodrigues is working Trudeau over against the cage.
Trudeau lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Trudeau lands an uppercut.
Trudeau wants to get back to striking at distance but Rodrigues won't allow it.
Rodrigues misses with the head strike.
Rodrigues blocking some punches.
Rodrigues works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trudeau wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rodrigues throws a punch but it's blocked by Trudeau.
Trudeau lands a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Trudeau misses with the head strike.
Rodrigues gets through Trudeau's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Trudeau misses with a short punch on the inside.
Trudeau blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Trudeau throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Rodriguess head.
Trudeau throws a head punch that misses.
Rodrigues has a couple of punches blocked by Trudeau.
A short uppercut from Rodrigues.
Trudeau misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rodrigues tries to work over Trudeau's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rodrigues lands with a short shot to the head.
Trudeau digs a right hand underneath Rodrigues's ribcage. Rodrigues let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Trudeau tries to break the clinch but Rodrigues is controlling the position.
Trudeau throws a punch but it's blocked by Rodrigues.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Adilson Rodrigues dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Trudeau with a hook.
Trudeau misses with an uppercut
and Rodrigues counters with a right hand to the body.
Trudeau takes a swing at Rodrigues's ribcage but misses.
Rodrigues connects with a good right hand that stumbles Trudeau. Trudeau circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Rodrigues looks to score with a jab to the body but Trudeau is just out of range.
Trudeau looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Rodrigues has managed to clinch.
Trudeau digs a right hand underneath Rodrigues's ribcage. Rodrigues let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Rodrigues is working Trudeau over against the cage.
Rodrigues softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
I was talking to Rodrigues's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Rodrigues blocks a punch to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Trudeau misses with some punches.
Trudeau is looking to break free of the clinch but Rodrigues has double underhooks.
Rodrigues working aggressively here.
Trudeau blocks a body shot from Rodrigues.
Trudeau misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rodrigues has a couple of punches blocked by Trudeau.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodrigues digs a right hand into Trudeau's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Trudeau's gas tank.
A right hook to the body lands for Rodrigues.
Trudeau has had enough of the clinch but Rodrigues keeps him there for the moment.
Trudeau tries to break the clinch but Rodrigues is controlling the position.
Rodrigues lands a body shot.
Rodrigues prevents Trudeau from breaking the clinch.
Rodrigues keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Trudeau's efforts to push away.
Trudeau misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rodrigues lands a nice uppercut.
Rodrigues tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Trudeau's elbow.
Rodrigues misses with the head strike.
Trudeau blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Trudeau pushes Rodrigues back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rodrigues throws a punch but it's blocked by Trudeau.
Rodrigues has a couple of punches blocked by Trudeau.
Rodrigues working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodrigues lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Trudeau backwards.
Trudeau breaks the clinch.
Rodrigues has managed to clinch.
Rodrigues is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Trudeau can do to turn this around?
Rodrigues working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rodrigues softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short right from Trudeau on the inside.
Rodrigues swings wildly with an uppercut but Trudeau uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rodrigues creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Trudeau lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Trudeau tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rodrigues's elbow.
Rodrigues goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Adilson Rodrigues has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Trudeau misses with a body punch.
Rodrigues lands a hook to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rodrigues creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Trudeau manages to break the clinch.
Trudeau uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rodrigues.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Adilson Rodrigues dominated that second round.
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.
Trudeau defending well as Rodrigues loads up on a big left hand.
Justin Trudeau has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Adilson Rodrigues is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Trudeau's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Rodrigues connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Trudeau scrambles back to his feet.
Rodrigues wants to clinch up but Trudeau keeps it at a distance.
Rodrigues rushes Trudeau and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rodrigues.
Rodrigues blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Trudeau misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rodrigues blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Trudeau.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short uppercut from Trudeau.
Trudeau tries a body shot but Rodrigues blocks it.
Trudeau lands a hook that snaps the head of Rodrigues backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Trudeau fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Trudeau tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Trudeau misses with a hook from the clinch.
Trudeau tries to work over Rodrigues's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Trudeau can't break the clinch.
Trudeau tries to break free but Rodrigues pushes him back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Trudeau fails to land.
Rodrigues blocks an uppercut.
Trudeau working hard to break the clinch.
Trudeau is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Rodrigues blocking some punches.
Trudeau is trying to force a seperation but Rodrigues has the dominant position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Trudeau is trying to force a seperation but Rodrigues has the dominant position.
Trudeau misses with a hook to the ribs.
Trudeau wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rodrigues has him pressed against the cage.
Rodrigues blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Trudeau struggles to land a body shot inside as Rodrigues controls his hands.
Rodrigues blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Trudeau goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Trudeau swings wildly with an uppercut but Rodrigues uses good head movement to avoid it.
Trudeau fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Trudeau tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Trudeau misses with a body punch.
Trudeau has a couple of punches blocked by Rodrigues.
And that's the end of the fight!
Justin Trudeau comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Rodrigues has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 John Roberts scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Adilson Rodrigues!
Adilson Rodrigues decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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mgr
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FIGHT
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