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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nero Porto (ranked 2110 p4p, 2599 weight class) and Jay Read (ranked 285 p4p, 354 weight class). Porto comes to the cage accompanied by Ayumi Nakamura - Kaze Ni Nare. The crowd seem to be enjoying Read's choice of entrance music: Fight Music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Nero Porto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jay Read!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Richard Clark and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Read ducks under a wild hook from Porto.
Read looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A slow jab from Porto misses its intended target.
Jab by Porto.
It looks like Jay Read has been cut.
Read moves away from the strike by Porto.
Despite the aggression on Read's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Read doesn't manage to clinch there - Porto circles away.
Read drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Read lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Porto tries for a takedown but Read circles away easily
and Read counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Read has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Read tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Porto counters with a takedown into side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Porto tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Porto tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Read wants to get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Read takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Read is pushing Porto's head away, looking to escape. Porto manages to hold on to the position though.
Porto wants to lay and pray for a moment but Read keeps working.
Porto working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Read is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Porto has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Porto grinds an elbow into Read's temple.
Porto wants to control but Read is keeping him busy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Porto connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Read some visible discomfort.
Porto lands a nice forearm strike.
Read is trying to buck Porto off.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Porto works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Read takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Read is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Porto lands an elbow.
Porto cracks Read with a big right hand but Read just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Porto working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Porto lands a nice forearm strike.
Read is trying to get back to his feet.
Porto is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Porto throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
We've been informed that Read has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Read is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Porto is controlling him well.
Porto working the body and head with strikes.
Read is trying to get back to his feet.
Read tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Porto cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Porto cracks Read with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Porto lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Read hang on?
Read trying desperately to get to his feet.
Read takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Read takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Porto working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Read wants to get back to his feet.
Porto postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Read looks a forlorn figure.
Read is rocked!
Porto landing punches.
Read is still in real trouble! Can Porto finish him?
Read squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Nero Porto dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jay Read's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Porto throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Read seems to have recovered his senses.
Porto rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Read counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Read tests Porto's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Read throws a shot to the body.
Porto lands a jab to Read's midsection.
Porto misses with a lunging right hand
and Read makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Read tries to clinch there but Porto circles away.
Porto throws a predictable looking body shot
and Porto takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Read wants to clinch up but Porto keeps it at a distance.
Porto throwing a counter right hand but Read manages to avoid it.
Read slips under a jab.
Porto scores with a jab. Read acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Read slips a jab from Porto.
Porto scores with a hook to the body. Read takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
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!
Porto swats away the attempt to clinch by Read.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Porto circles away from the clinch attempt.
Porto misses with a straight left.
Porto looks to land a left hand but Read moved out of range nicely.
Porto throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Read sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jay Read is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Read closes the distance and clinches.
Porto misses with some punches.
Porto pulls Read into guard.
Porto had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Read defends it easily.
Read would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Porto looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Porto has his foot on Read's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Read works his way back into a safe position though.
Read wants to stand but Porto has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Porto 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.
Porto has his foot on Read's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Read works his way back into a safe position though.
Read has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Porto is proving hard to escape from.
Porto is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Read trying to stand up but can't free himself from Porto's guard.
Porto is trying to control the position but Read postures up.
Porto seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Read is looking to stand up but Porto won't let him.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Read rushes Porto and presses him up against the cage.
Read is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Porto manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Porto working for a triangle but Read defends it easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Read trying to stand up but can't free himself from Porto's guard.
Nero Porto overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Porto is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Read defends well.
Read wanted to stand there but Porto had control of the position.
Porto has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Read can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Porto working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Read doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Read manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Nero Porto dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jay Read's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Read is looking to clinch.
Read fails in his attempt to clinch.
It looked like Porto was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Read.
Porto misses with a lunging right hand
and Read counters with a stiff right hand.
Read is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Read tries to clinch but Porto moves out of range.
Read closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Porto lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Read or not.
Porto throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Reads head.
Porto ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Porto no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Read stands and steps away. Porto gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big left from Porto misses.
Porto throws a good cross that connects.
Read closes the distance and pushes Porto back into the cage.
Porto lands with a light punch inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Porto lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Read misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Porto.
Porto tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Read smiles and moves away.
Porto lands an overhand right.
Read moves into the clinch successfully.
Porto manages to break the clinch.
Read has taken the fight to the clinch.
Porto wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Read stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Porto manages to pull guard.
Porto is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Porto wants to lay and pray for a moment but Read keeps working.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Read is trying to stand back up but Porto is controlling him
Porto missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Read pushes Porto off but Porto dives into side control.
Porto working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Porto is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Read can do to turn this around?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Porto prevents Read from escaping the position.
Porto connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Read some visible discomfort.
Porto scoring with punches and elbows.
Read is trying to buck Porto off.
Read on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Read throws Porto to one side and escapes!
Read tries to clinch up but Porto circles away and keeps his distance.
Porto rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Read counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Porto throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Read sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Read! But no joy.
Read tries to close the distance and clinch up but Porto swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Porto throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Read displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Porto throws out the jab.
Read lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Read.
Read fails with an attempt to clinch.
A shot to the body from Porto misses
and Read connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Porto circles away from the clinch attempt
and Porto counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Read has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Porto finds it's way round the side to connect with Read's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Read throws a hook but Porto blocks it.
Read takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Nice defenses there by Read.
Read tries to close the distance and clinch up but Porto swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Porto listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Porto loads up on a big right hand but Read slips the punch.
Porto shoots in and drives through. Read sprawls well.
Porto with a hook.
A big right from Porto misses.
Read looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Read tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Porto paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Read steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Porto.
Read looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Porto misses with a lunging right hand
and Read counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Read tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Porto drops down looking for a counter takedown but Read sprawls and moves away.
Jay Read has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Porto lands a jab to the nose.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nero Porto showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Porto, 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nero Porto!
Our winner, Nero Porto, 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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hype
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