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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cristian Lage de Araujo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kimbs Slash (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lage de Araujo comes into the arena with Cry Little Sister by Gerard McMann (aka) G Tom Mac blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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230 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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240 lbs
1 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Cristian Lage de Araujo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kimbs Slash!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Paulo Santos and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lage de Araujo closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Slash swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Slash prevents a takedown attempt there.
Lage de Araujo changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Slash fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Lage de Araujo drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Slash is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
A lull in the action here.
Lage de Araujo misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Lage de Araujo tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Slash is trying to buck Lage de Araujo off.
Lage de Araujo taking a breather here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Slash is trying to get back to his feet.
Lage de Araujo controls the position.
Lage de Araujo stands up and beckons Slash to his feet.
Lage de Araujo scores a takedown into full mount!
Lage de Araujo is landing with some decent strikes but Slash is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lage de Araujo looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Lage de Araujo takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
You get the feeling that Slash really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Slash looks gassed!
Lage de Araujo controlling from mount.
Lage de Araujo has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
You get the feeling that Slash really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Lage de Araujo landing punches.
Lage de Araujo with the ground and pound from mount.
Slash is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Lage de Araujo controlling the position easily from mount.
Lage de Araujo looking to finish with strikes here!
Lage de Araujo working away from the top, dropping strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lage de Araujo looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Lage de Araujo looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Lage de Araujo content just to control the position here.
Slash is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Lage de Araujo controlling his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cristian Lage de Araujo dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Lage de Araujo changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Slash tries to avoid it but Lage de Araujo manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Slash to the ground. Slash escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Slash wants to clinch but Lage de Araujo slips to the side
and Lage de Araujo counters with a nice double leg into side control. Slash won't be happy with that.
Slash is trying to escape the position but Lage de Araujo is controlling the position.
Lage de Araujo knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Slash on the ground.
Slash is not content to let Lage de Araujo control the position.
Slash wants to get back to his feet but Lage de Araujo drags him back down.
Lage de Araujo content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Cristian Lage de Araujo just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Slash tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lage de Araujo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lage de Araujo is looking to land body kicks.
Lage de Araujo shoots in but Slash avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Lage de Araujo looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cristian Lage de Araujo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Slash wants to clinch
and Lage de Araujo counters with a body kick.
Slash tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lage de Araujo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lage de Araujo walks into a stiff left hand from Slash.
It looks like Cristian Lage de Araujo has been cut.
Nice takedown defense from Slash. No joy for Lage de Araujo on that attempt.
Slash rushes Lage de Araujo and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slash is trying to break the clinch but Lage de Araujo has him pressed against the cage.
Lage de Araujo prevents Slash from breaking the clinch.
Slash missing with knees to the body.
Slash has had enough of the clinch but Lage de Araujo keeps him there for the moment.
Slash can't break the clinch.
Lage de Araujo dodges an elbow strike from Slash.
Lage de Araujo is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Lage de Araujo blocks an elbow strike.
Slash lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Lage de Araujo tries to pull guard but Slash holds him up against the cage and eventually Lage de Araujo drops back down to his feet.
Slash is looking to break free of the clinch but Lage de Araujo has double underhooks.
Lage de Araujo has had enough of the clinch but Slash keeps him there for the moment.
Lage de Araujo is working for takedown but Slash is calmly controlling the position for now.
Slash breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lage de Araujo takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Slash tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lage de Araujo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lage de Araujo shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Slash but Slash pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Slash tries to clinch but Lage de Araujo moves out of range.
Lage de Araujo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Slash.
Lage de Araujo gets the takedown into side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slash wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Lage de Araujo moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Lage de Araujo wants to control but Slash is keeping him busy.
Lage de Araujo cracks Slash with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Lage de Araujo with the ground and pound but Slash regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lage de Araujo not doing much here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Lage de Araujo not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Lage de Araujo in particular looking to stall.
Lage de Araujo looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Slash with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Slash is looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cristian Lage de Araujo dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Cristian Lage de Araujo's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Lage de Araujo gets the takedown into side control.
Lage de Araujo is looking to take a break and control but Slash is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Lage de Araujo controls the position from side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lage de Araujo in side control, throwing shots but Slash defends.
You can see the frustration on Slash's face as Lage de Araujo controls the position.
Slash is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Lage de Araujo is controlling him well.
Lage de Araujo scores with punches from side control.
Lage de Araujo throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Slash works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Lage de Araujo content to control rather than advance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Cristian Lage de Araujo just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Lage de Araujo scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Slash kicks off Lage de Araujo and gets to his feet.
Lage de Araujo changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Slash looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Lage de Araujo controlling the position from side mount.
Slash wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lage de Araujo landing a few strikes.
Slash is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
The ground and pound from Lage de Araujo seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Slash managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Lage de Araujo.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Lage de Araujo has taken the fight to the clinch.
Lage de Araujo has hold of one of Slash's legs. Slash is fighting the takedown attempt but Lage de Araujo gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Lage de Araujo trying to control the position from guard on top but Slash is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Slash has his feet on Lage de Araujo's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lage de Araujo looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Slash!
Lage de Araujo content just to control the position here.
Lage de Araujo pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Cristian Lage de Araujo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Lage de Araujo controlling from the full mount.
Kimbs Slash has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lage de Araujo trying to control but he's not successful this time.
And that's the end of the fight!
Cristian Lage de Araujo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Lage de Araujo, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cristian Lage de Araujo!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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