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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Orlando Jacobs (ranked 5137 p4p, 2757 weight class) and Brayan Duarte (ranked 240 p4p, 159 weight class). Orlando Jacobs has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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170 cm 18 140 1 - 2 - 0 |
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183 cm 18 135 0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt Solid boxing Intelligent |
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BJJ Blue Belt Good kicks Determined |
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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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Orlando Jacobs! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Brayan Duarte! The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Paulo Santos and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Duarte loads up on a big right hand but Jacobs slips the punch. Duarte thumps Jacobs with a low kick. Jacobs throws a right hand that Duarte ducks under and follows up with a left that Duarte also avoids with ease. Jacobs blocks a head kick by Duarte.
Jacobs lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
It looks like Brayan Duarte has been cut. Some wild striking there from Duarte.
Duarte showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jacobs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Jacobs moves into the clinch. Duarte throws a head punch that misses. Duarte doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round. Duarte's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Duarte fails with the takedown letting Jacobs counter with a right hand. Duarte rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jacobs moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Duarte misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Jacobs counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw. Duarte throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Jacobs counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Duarte is rocked! Duarte circles away from the clinch attempt.
Duarte changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt. Duarte tries to clinch up and Jacobs counters with a crisp one two that drops Duarte! Jacobs thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Duarte to his feet! Duarte is in big trouble! Duarte is still on wobbly legs! Can Jacobs finish him? Duarte slips a jab and a cross from Jacobs.
Duarte seems to have recovered his senses. Duarte closes this distance looking for a takedown but Jacobs circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Jacobs lands a two punch combo.
A big right from Duarte misses. Jacobs misses with a two punch combination.
Jacobs looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. Jacobs avoids the body shot from Duarte.
Jacobs throws a good cross that connects.
Jacobs moves into range and clinches up with Duarte. Jacobs has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Duarte uses from the top position. Jacobs keeping full guard, as Duarte tries to pass. Jacobs controls Duarte momentarily but Duarte frees himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Duarte stands up from Jacobs's guard - Duarte perhaps looking for a knockout. Duarte looks winded! Jacobs forces Duarte back against the cage and clinches. Duarte's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Jacobs wants to clinch up but Duarte keeps it at a distance. Jacobs misses with a double jab
and Duarte counters by clinching up. A body shot lands from Jacobs.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Duarte can't break the clinch.
Duarte working aggressively here.
Duarte looking for a takedown. Orlando Jacobs has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brayan Duarte. With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jacobs creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut. A nice left hand lands by Jacobs.
Jacobs is defending well against a takedown attempt. Duarte takes a shot to the head. Duarte is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two. Jacobs breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jacobs connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
That has opened up Brayan Duarte's cut even more. Jacobs looks to land a body kick but Duarte moved away. Jacobs is looking to clinch but Duarte is avoiding it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Sloppy strikes from Jacobs. Those never looked like landing. Jacobs moves into the clinch successfully.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Orlando Jacobs dominated that round. The cut man is working on Brayan Duarte's cut. OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Jacobs misses with a double jab.
Jacobs throws a wild body kick that Duarte sees coming a mile off. Duarte tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away. Duarte goes for a spinning back kick but it misses. Duarte fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jacobs misses with a series of wild punches.
Jacobs steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Duarte. That one must have hurt. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Duarte throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Jacobs's head. Jacobs fails with an attempt to clinch.
Duarte with a nice calf kick.
That's one minute gone in the round. Jacobs throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Duarte. Duarte lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected. Jacobs gets in close and instigates a clinch. Duarte misses with a punch on the inside.
Duarte is trying to pull guard but Jacobs turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch. Duarte is breathing heavily. Duarte has Jacobs pressed against the cage, preventing Jacobs from circling away and getting back to striking at range. Duarte breaks from the clinch.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Jacobs. Jacobs tries to clinch but Duarte moves out of range. Duarte fails to land with a series of punches.
Duarte is looking to clinch but Jacobs is avoiding it.
It looked like Jacobs was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit. Jacobs takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh. Jacobs is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Duarte can do to turn this around? Jacobs takes the fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Duarte stalling in the clinch but Jacobs improves position. Duarte wants to break free but Jacobs has control.
Jacobs's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Jacobs throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jacobs wants to clinch. A countering left hand to the body from Duarte misses. Duarte misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Orlando Jacobs is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Duarte misses with an uppercut
and Jacobs counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw. Jacobs has taken the fight to the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Jacobs wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jacobs lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. Jacobs pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Duarte takes one to the chin there. Jacobs has taken the fight to the clinch.
Duarte throws a knee to the head but misses.
Duarte tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Jacobs softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage. Jacobs working hard to break the clinch. Jacobs lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. Duarte keeps control of Jacobs as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks. Jacobs pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Nice jab there from Jacobs.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Duarte avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jacobs rushes Duarte and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch. Jacobs escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A lazy body kick from Duarte and Jacobs connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. Orlando Jacobs is winning the standup battle so far. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Jacobs scores with a three punch combo!
Jacobs ducks down and throws a hook to the body. Jacobs misses with a two punch combination.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky. Jacobs moves into the clinch. A short right hand to the side of the head by Jacobs. Jacobs breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Orlando Jacobs dominated that second round. The cut man is working on Brayan Duarte's cut. The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards. Duarte takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Jacobs dodges the punch combination from Duarte.
Duarte looks to land a combination but Jacobs avoids it well. Duarte throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Jacobs's waist but Jacobs gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Duarte off to one side. Jacobs throws a series of punches but Duarte moves out of range. Duarte lands with a good body shot. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Jacobs avoids the head kick by Duarte.
Jacobs lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Duarte at a distance.
Jacobs scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction. Oooooh!!! Jacobs has knocked Duarte down with a huge combo! Jacobs steps away and waves a wobbly Duarte back to his feet! This one might not go much longer! Duarte takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round. Duarte misses with the combination.
Jacobs misses with a two punch combination.
Duarte tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away. Jacobs fails in his attempt to clinch. Duarte throws a counter combo. Duarte seems to be squinting his left eye. Perhaps he got a poke in that previous exchange. Jacobs shows no mercy and swarms him with a barage of strikes! Duarte is backing up but Jacobs catches him with a final right hook that drops him! Duarte covers up and the referee steps in to end the fight! Jacobs Jumps to his feet and flashes his guns to the crowd. Oh yeah, baby! How'd you like them apples?!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Orlando Jacobs! In defeat, Brayan Duarte stepped up to the mic, saying 'Good Job To The Winner standing across from me but also fuck you motherfucker'.
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