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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Gianfranco Zola (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Estacio da Fonseca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zola comes to the cage accompanied by Balls to the Wall. da Fonseca is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by "Chokechain" - 3oh!3. Gianfranco Zola has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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170 cm
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140 lbs
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Good takedowns
Brawler
Good chin |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gianfranco Zola!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Estacio da Fonseca!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Felipe Paraventi and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zola gets a clinch.
Zola manages to pull guard.
da Fonseca postures up in Zola's guard and throws a big left but Zola blocks it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
da Fonseca throwing strikes but missing.
da Fonseca lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
da Fonseca is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Zola is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Zola has escaped and now he's on top!
Zola pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. da Fonseca is keeping the position for now.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now da Fonseca is on top in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
da Fonseca avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
da Fonseca is in close to Zola's body, working some short punches and elbows.
That's one minute gone in the round.
da Fonseca with a flurry of punches that miss.
da Fonseca drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Zola dives on top into guard.
da Fonseca is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Zola moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
da Fonseca drops back, looking for a kneebar! Zola looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Zola looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Zola!
da Fonseca is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
da Fonseca wants to control but Zola postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
da Fonseca tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Zola presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
da Fonseca looks gassed!
Zola is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! da Fonseca is forced to tap! Great finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Gianfranco Zola!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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