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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Felipe Ferreira-Alves (ranked 3420 p4p, 5440 weight class) and Javier Pinales (ranked 437 p4p, 581 weight class). Ferreira-Alves comes to the cage accompanied by The Mountain - Jucifer. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 14 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Felipe Ferreira-Alves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Javier Pinales!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Atkins and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ferreira-Alves shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Pinales napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Ferreira-Alves wants to control but Pinales is keeping him busy.
Pinales takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Ferreira-Alves creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Ferreira-Alves lands some shots froms side control.
Ferreira-Alves landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Ferreira-Alves lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Pinales down.
Ferreira-Alves takes a little break here. Pinales wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Pinales tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Ferreira-Alves wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Ferreira-Alves trying to control the action but Pinales is working from the bottom.
Ferreira-Alves working the ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ferreira-Alves trying to control the action but Pinales is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ferreira-Alves is chipping away with strikes.
Pinales is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pinales manages to get back to half guard.
Well, if Ferreira-Alves is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Ferreira-Alves wants to control but Pinales is keeping him busy.
We've been hearing good reports from Ferreira-Alves's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Pinales is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Ferreira-Alves pulls his head out easily.
Pinales is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Ferreira-Alves pulls his head out easily.
Ground and pound from Ferreira-Alves.
Ferreira-Alves is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Ferreira-Alves passes to side control.
Ferreira-Alves working the head with strikes.
Ferreira-Alves cracks Pinales with a big right hand but Pinales just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira-Alves looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Pinales is looking to regain half guard here but Ferreira-Alves keeps moving and retains side control.
Pinales is still trying to improve position.
Ferreira-Alves working the body and head with strikes.
Ferreira-Alves lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Ferreira-Alves lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Pinales down.
Ferreira-Alves lands some shots froms side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pinales on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Pinales tries to buck Ferreira-Alves off but Ferreira-Alves is having none of it.
Pinales manages to get back to half guard.
Pinales is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Ferreira-Alves pulls his head out easily.
Pinales actively working from the bottom here.
Ferreira-Alves is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Pinales is just riding it out for now. Ferreira-Alves eventually gives up the hold.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira-Alves working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Ferreira-Alves lands a nice short elbow.
Pinales looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Pinales on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Ferreira-Alves seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Ferreira-Alves seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Ferreira-Alves scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Ferreira-Alves lands strikes from half guard.
Ferreira-Alves lands with a punch from half guard.
Nice strikes from Ferreira-Alves there.
Ferreira-Alves sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Pinales is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Ferreira-Alves pulls his head out easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pinales looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Ground and pound from Ferreira-Alves.
Ferreira-Alves seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Pinales does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ground and pound from Ferreira-Alves.
Ferreira-Alves seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pinales is refusing to be controlled, as Ferreira-Alves sits in half guard.
Pinales has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Ferreira-Alves escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Ferreira-Alves!
Ferreira-Alves is chipping away with strikes.
Pinales is not content to let Ferreira-Alves control the position.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Ferreira-Alves lands a few punches from side control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Felipe Ferreira-Alves dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Pinales looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Ferreira-Alves dives in and scores a takedown into Pinales's guard.
Ferreira-Alves postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Pinales throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Ferreira-Alves postures up and lands a big shot to Pinales's brow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ferreira-Alves slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Pinales looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Ferreira-Alves scoring with some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferreira-Alves postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Ferreira-Alves lands a couple of elbows.
Pinales is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Ferreira-Alves defends well.
Ferreira-Alves is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Ferreira-Alves lands a couple of digs.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Ferreira-Alves's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Pinales is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Ferreira-Alves has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Ferreira-Alves lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Pinales looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Ferreira-Alves slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Ferreira-Alves working the head with strikes.
Pinales taking punishment in the form of punches.
Ferreira-Alves lands a decent elbow from side control.
Pinales is rocked!
Ferreira-Alves is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Pinales will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pinales takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Ferreira-Alves trying to control the position but Pinales is working away.
Ferreira-Alves is chipping away with strikes.
Ferreira-Alves is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pinales can do to turn this around?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ferreira-Alves trying to control the position but Pinales is working away.
Ferreira-Alves working the ground and pound.
Pinales is still in real trouble! Can Ferreira-Alves finish him?
Ferreira-Alves scores with punches from side control.
Pinales gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Pinales has hold of Ferreira-Alves's hands but Ferreira-Alves slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Ferreira-Alves takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Ferreira-Alves is nestled in close to Pinales, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Ferreira-Alves passes to side control.
Ferreira-Alves cracks Pinales with a big right hand but Pinales just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pinales is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Pinales seems to have recovered his senses.
Pinales takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Pinales is trying to improve his position.
Ferreira-Alves working the body and head with strikes.
Ferreira-Alves cracks Pinales with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Ferreira-Alves has hold of Pinales's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Pinales tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Ferreira-Alves cranks the arm and Pinales screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Pinales, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Felipe Ferreira-Alves!
Our winner, Felipe Ferreira-Alves, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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