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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between DeeJay Dawkins (ranked 540 p4p, 393 weight class) and Jorlan Vieira (ranked 83 p4p, 63 weight class). Jorlan Vieira has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with DeeJay Dawkins's chin.
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Excellent MT
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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 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, DeeJay Dawkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jorlan Vieira!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Daniel Bishop and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab by Vieira.
Dawkins avoids the body shot from Vieira.
Dawkins feinted with a counter takedown.
Vieira scores with a jab.
Vieira lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Dawkins at a distance.
Dawkins uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Vieira.
Dawkins appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Vieira misses with an uppercut.
Dawkins takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Vieira throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Dawkins stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Vieira misses with a body shot.
Vieira is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Dawkins rather than just go for the knockout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dawkins looks for a takedown but Vieira sprawls well.
Vieira swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Vieira does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Dawkins looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vieira fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dawkins circles away from the clinch attempt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Vieira. Dawkins does a little dance to reset his feet.
Vieira lands with a hook. Dawkins tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Vieira misses with a right hand
and Dawkins counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Dawkins works over Vieira with some ground and pound from guard.
Dawkins throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Dawkins stays in close to Vieira's body and controls the position.
Dawkins content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Vieira utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Dawkins loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Dawkins content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dawkins with a flurry of punches that miss.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dawkins postures up in Vieira's guard and throws a big left but Vieira blocks it.
Dawkins trying to control the position from guard on top but Vieira is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dawkins throws a big elbow that misses.
Vieira is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dawkins loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Dawkins throws an elbow that misses. Vieira uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Dawkins's guard. Nice move by Vieira!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vieira advances to half guard.
Dawkins is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Vieira's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Vieira's back!
Vieira is really stuck here.
Dawkins missing with punches from the back.
Dawkins throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Even with his hooks in, Dawkins manages to miss with strikes from the back.
Dawkins throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Dawkins missing with strikes from the back.
Vieira manages to escape to a better position under a series of strikes. Dawkins is now in side control.
The ground and pound from Dawkins seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Dawkins throws a strike aimed at the side of Vieira's head but Vieira avoids it well.
Vieira wants to control but Dawkins postures up.
Vieira tries to improve position but can't.
Vieira taking a bit of punishment here - Dawkins scoring with strikes.
The strikes coming from Dawkins are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Dawkins wants to control but Vieira is keeping him busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vieira defending against the ground and pound.
Dawkins scores with punches from side control.
Dawkins is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Dawkins scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Vieira to see if he's OK.
Dawkins misses with the ground and pound.
Vieira is not content to let Dawkins control the position.
Dawkins landing strikes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that DeeJay Dawkins will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
A jab from Vieira misses.
Dawkins attempts a counter takedown but Vieira avoids it well and moves away.
Dawkins ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jab, jab by Dawkins - just one landing.
Dawkins is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Vieira.
Dawkins fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Vieira avoids it really well and circles away.
Vieira uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dawkins.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vieira throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Dawkins takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Dawkins moves out of range of the strikes.
Dawkins misses with a straight right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dawkins shoots in and drives through. Vieira sprawls well.
Vieira avoids the body shot from Dawkins.
Vieira throws a shot from downtown. Dawkins moves away and avoids it.
Vieira lands a left and a right that send Dawkins crashing to the mat, dazed. Vieira thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Dawkins misses the jab.
Vieira uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dawkins.
A looping hook to the body misses from Vieira. Dawkins does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dawkins drops down looking for a counter takedown but Vieira sprawls and moves away.
Vieira swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dawkins blocks a jab.
Dawkins feinted with a counter takedown.
Dawkins slips a jab from Vieira.
Dawkins feinted with a counter takedown.
Vieira misses with a body shot.
Dawkins drops down looking for a counter takedown but Vieira sprawls and moves away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dawkins tries for a takedown but Vieira sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for DeeJay Dawkins. That's going to take a lot out of him.
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!
Dawkins throws an off balance right hand
and Vieira counters with a left to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Vieira. Dawkins does a little dance to reset his feet.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Dawkins.
Vieira now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Vieira has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Dawkins throws a hook to the side of Vieira's head but Vieira sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Vieira moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Dawkins avoids a punch combination nicely.
Vieira throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vieira throws a predictable looking body shot
and Dawkins cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dawkins misses with a body punch
and Vieira cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The fighters circling - Dawkins throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Vieira appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Dawkins slips under a jab from Vieira.
Jorlan Vieira seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nice straight punches there by Vieira. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Vieira.
Dawkins is rocked!
You can follow us on Twitter at...Ooooooh Dawkins got wobbled bad by a big combination! Vieira presses forward with punches and knees until Dawkins stumbles to the ground! The ref watches Dawkins closely before deciding to step in and end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jorlan Vieira!
Jorlan Vieira decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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hype
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