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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tex Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mata Leao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Williams comes to the cage accompanied by I'm A Man. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tex Williams!
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, Mata Leao!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Thiago Cunha and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leao shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Williams striking off his back but it's not causing Leao any problems.
Leao throwing strikes but missing.
Williams trying to keep a closed guard but Leao is proving a slippery customer.
Leao must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Leao prevents Williams from getting back to his feet.
Leao trying to control the position from guard on top but Williams is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Leao slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Williams working a defensive guard here.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Leao scores with a takedown into Williams's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leao cracks Williams with a solid left hand.
Williams looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Leao connects with a couple of short punches.
Williams throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Leao postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Williams is trying to control the position but Leao postures up.
Leao landing with the ground and pound.
Williams trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Williams striking off his back but it's not causing Leao any problems.
Williams wants to sweep but no luck.
Leao controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Leao postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leao is in close to Williams's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Leao trying to control the position from guard on top but Williams is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Williams is looking for a triangle but Leao pushes his legs off easily.
Williams is breathing heavily.
Williams wants to sweep here but Leao controlling him for the moment.
Leao landing some decent shots from guard.
Leao stays in close to Williams's body and controls the position.
Leao postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams being controlled here, momentarily.
Williams keeping full guard, as Leao tries to pass.
Williams is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Leao is working Williams over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Williams is looking for a triangle but Leao pushes his legs off easily.
Leao postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Williams is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Leao stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Williams swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Leao distracts Williams with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Leao looking to pass the guard.
Leao trying to control the position from guard on top but Williams 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.
Leao wants to pass the guard but Williams is keeping the position.
Leao landing some decent shots from guard.
Leao pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Williams is keeping the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mata Leao dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Leao closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Williams is not content to let Leao control the position.
Williams can't do much from the bottom here.
Leao lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Williams is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Leao asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Leao controlling from side mount.
Leao trying to control the action but Williams is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Leao really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Williams. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Leao trying to control the position but Williams is working away.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Williams pushes Leao up against the cage in a clinch.
Williams tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Leao has picked Williams up - he's going for a ride! Leao dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Leao controlling the pace.
Williams trying to control here.
Williams punching from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leao controlling the pace.
Leao scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Williams is looking to control Leao's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Williams avoid being mounted?
Leao trying to control from half guard but Williams is working away.
Williams throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Leao shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Leao wants to pass the guard but Williams is keeping the position.
Williams is trying to control the position but Leao postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leao distracts Williams with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Leao working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Williams's head.
Leao stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Williams swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Williams keeping moving, preventing Leao from controlling successfully.
Williams is trying to keep Leao in close.
Leao seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Williams keeping moving, preventing Leao from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leao's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Williams working a defensive guard here.
Leao is working Williams over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Leao keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Williams's head.
Williams looking to hit a scissor sweep but Leao is one step ahead there.
Leao is in close to Williams's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Leao's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Williams looking to hit a scissor sweep but Leao is one step ahead there.
Leao content to stall in guard here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mata Leao showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Leao looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Williams keeping full guard, as Leao tries to pass.
Leao distracts Williams with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Leao trying to control the position from guard on top but Williams is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Leao trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Leao working some strikes from top position.
Williams wants to sweep here but Leao controlling him for the moment.
Leao controlling from the top position.
Leao working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leao preventing the sweep.
Leao trying to control the position from guard on top but Williams is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Leao cracks Williams with a solid left hand.
Williams is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Leao scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Leao stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Williams swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Leao trying to control the position from guard on top but Williams is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Leao lands a couple of elbows.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams controls Leao momentarily but Leao frees himself.
Leao works over Williams with some ground and pound from guard.
Leao sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Leao postures up and lands a big shot to Williams's brow.
Leao scoring with some ground and pound.
Leao is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Leao working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Williams's head.
Leao scoring with some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Williams had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Leao is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Williams Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Leao's back instead.
Williams is hanging on to Leao's back as he tries to escape.
Leao is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Leao trying to control the action but Williams just sinks the hooks in.
Leao is keeping busy.
Leao is in bad spot here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Williams misses with an elbow to the head.
Williams controlling well, preventing Leao from escaping the position.
Williams avoiding Leao 's attempts to control his hands.
Leao tries to roll but Williams sticks to his back.
Williams working for a choke but Leao is defending well.
Williams avoiding Leao 's attempts to control his hands.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mata Leao comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Leao winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 27:30
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 27:30
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mata Leao!
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hype
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mgr
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FIGHT
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