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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gilberto Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ricardo Gracie has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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153 lbs
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146 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight 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, Ricardo Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gilberto Souza!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Emerson Jorge and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie has a takedown stuffed.
Gracie shoots in and bounces Souza off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Gracie thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Gracie is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Souza trying to strike off his back.
Souza doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Gracie stops Souza from standing up.
Gracie drops back looking for a leg! Souza is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Souza manages to kick Gracie off! Gracie jumps back into Souza's guard.
Souza wants to sweep here but Gracie controlling him for the moment.
Gracie is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Souza throws a right and a left that Gracie avoids nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Souza.
Souza feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Gracie is breathing heavily.
Gracie working for a triangle but Souza defends it easily.
Souza stands up over Gracie, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Gracie utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Gracie keeping moving, preventing Souza from controlling successfully.
Souza with a flurry of punches that miss.
Souza in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Souza is in close to Gracie's body, working some short punches and elbows.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souza has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Gracie is proving hard to escape from.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Souza tries to bum rush Gracie with a series of wild strikes but Gracie uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Souza misses with a wild body shot.
Souza closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Souza lands in his opponent's guard.
Souza wants to control from the top but Gracie keeps moving.
Gracie is looking for a triangle but Souza pushes his legs off easily.
Souza throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Souza throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Souza accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Souza postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Souza looking to pass the guard.
Souza has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Gracie is proving hard to escape from.
Souza pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Gracie is keeping the position for now.
Gracie is looking for a triangle but Souza pushes his legs off easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Souza trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Souza swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Souza misses with a body shot.
Souza swings for the body but Gracie moves out of range.
Souza throws a nice inside leg kick.
Decent striking displayed by Souza there.
Souza shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Souza was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza trying to control but Gracie is having none of it.
Souza with the ground and pound from mount.
Gracie is in all sorts of trouble here.
Souza with shots to the head and body - Gracie looks very uncomfortable down there.
Souza scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Gracie is in all sorts of trouble here.
Souza pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gilberto Souza 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.
Gracie tries to clinch up.
Souza looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Gracie!
Gracie sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Souza not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Gracie is refusing to be controlled, as Souza sits in half guard.
Gracie looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Souza takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Souza lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gracie looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Souza working over Gracie with some ground and pound. Gracie looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Souza thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Gracie's head.
Gracie looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Souza wants to stand up but Gracie is controlling the position.
Souza throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Souza but Souza pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Souza gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Souza throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gracies head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Souza's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gracie has his takedown stuffed
and Souza counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Souza shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Gracie is working to get back to half guard.
Gracie taking shots to the head.
Gracie is working to get back to half guard.
Souza lands with some strikes.
Gracie is desperately trying to improve his position but Souza has a good base and remains in mount.
Souza with a couple of short strikes.
Souza really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Gracie. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Gracie is wriggling around trying to escape.
Souza punishing his opponent with strikes.
Souza unloading with bombs!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Souza lands a nice shot to the head.
Gracie is desperately trying to improve his position but Souza has a good base and remains in mount.
Souza lands a big elbow.
Souza lands a big shot there that rocks Gracie but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Souza lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Souza lands a heavy elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Souza prevents Gracie from getting the reversal.
Souza has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Gracie's face.
Gracie is in all sorts of trouble here.
Souza looking to finish Gracie with some ground and pound. This is bad for Gracie!
Souza with a couple of short strikes.
Gracie is trying to escape the mount.
Souza is going olschool here, as he tries to force Gracie to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Gracie shrugs it off.
Gilberto Souza has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Gracie is trying desperately to improve position.
Gracie is working hard here to advance position.
Souza postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Gracie looks a forlorn figure.
A nice elbow there by Souza.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Souza cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Souza lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Gracie hang on?
Gracie is looking to get to half guard.
The referee warns Gracie that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gilberto Souza showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - 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.
Souza misses the shot to the body.
Gracie doesn't succeed with the takedown
so Souza counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Souza avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Souza not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Souza scoring with punches to the head and body.
Souza works over Gracie with some ground and pound from guard.
Souza in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Souza stands up over Gracie, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Souza keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Gracie's head.
Gracie avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gracie keeping moving, preventing Souza from controlling successfully.
Souza must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Gracie shoots and misses
and Souza counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Gracie!
Gracie is looking to improve his position but Souza isn't that keen on the idea.
Souza scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Souza breaks from Gracie's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Souza trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Gracie is looking to improve his position but Souza isn't that keen on the idea.
Souza with good strikes from the mount here!
Gracie can't escape the position.
Gracie taking shots to the head.
Gracie is working to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souza with shots to the head and body - Gracie looks very uncomfortable down there.
Souza lands a big elbow.
Souza prevents Gracie from getting the reversal.
Gracie regains half guard.
Gracie blocking the ground and pound attempt from Souza.
Gracie actively working from the bottom here.
Gracie looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Souza throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Souza missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Gracie is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Souza pulls his head out easily.
Gracie blocking the ground and pound attempt from Souza.
Gracie taking some punishment here, with Souza in his half guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Souza will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Gilberto Souza is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Souza is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Gracie rather than just go for the knockout.
Gracie tries to clinch up.
Souza looks to score with a jab to the body but Gracie is just out of range.
Souza clinches up with Gracie and pushes him back against the cage.
Souza gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Souza controlling the action here.
Let's hope that Souza has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Gracie actively working from the bottom here.
Gracie looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Souza content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Ricardo Gracie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Souza is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gilberto Souza comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Souza 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 27:30
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 27:30
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gilberto Souza!
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