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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cain Velasquez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cain Velasquez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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238 lbs
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245 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Self confident |
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Granite chin |
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Cain Velasquez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Cain Velasquez!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Daniel Cesar and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cain Velasquez scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Cain Velasquez blocks the strikes from Cain Velasquez.
Cain Velasquez could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Cain Velasquez is working for a submission of some sort.
Cain Velasquez throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Cain Velasquez tries to kick Cain Velasquez off but Cain Velasquez keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Cain Velasquez is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Cain Velasquez working the head and body with strikes.
Cain Velasquez punching from the bottom.
Cain Velasquez looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Cain Velasquez frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Cain Velasquez is trying desperately to improve position.
Cain Velasquez throwing hammer fists to the chest of Cain Velasquez. What's that going to do exactly?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cain Velasquez really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cain Velasquez punishing his opponent with strikes.
Cain Velasquez slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Cain Velasquez has hold of Cain Velasquez's hands but Cain Velasquez slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Cain Velasquez is working for a submission of some sort.
Cain Velasquez landing rabbit punches to the side of Cain Velasquez's head. Not doing much damage but still scoring a few points.
Cain Velasquez is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Cain Velasquez doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Cain Velasquez.
Cain Velasquez looks gassed!
Cain Velasquez punching from the bottom.
Cain Velasquez connecting with a few gentle strikes.
Cain Velasquez prevents Cain Velasquez from improving his position.
Cain Velasquez lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cain Velasquez won't allow Cain Velasquez to pass to mount.
Cain Velasquez is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Cain Velasquez has managed to free his arm - good work.
Cain Velasquez punching from the bottom.
Cain Velasquez has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Cain Velasquez is pressing down on Cain Velasquez's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Cain Velasquez throwing short punches from the bottom.
Cain Velasquez lands a good elbow from the bottom.
Cain Velasquez with a flurry of punches that miss.
Cain Velasquez bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Cain Velasquez's guard.
Cain Velasquez has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Cain Velasquez works over Cain Velasquez with some ground and pound from guard.
Cain Velasquez working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Cain Velasquez's head.
Cain Velasquez will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Cain Velasquez looking to hit a scissor sweep but Cain Velasquez is one step ahead there.
Cain Velasquez is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cain Velasquez is looking for a triangle but Cain Velasquez pushes his legs off easily.
Cain Velasquez avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Cain Velasquez looking for a guillotine here but Cain Velasquez defends easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Cain Velasquez doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Cain Velasquez counters with a nice double leg into side control. Cain Velasquez won't be happy with that.
Cain Velasquez tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Cain Velasquez taking a bit of punishment here - Cain Velasquez scoring with strikes.
Cain Velasquez stops Cain Velasquez from passing to mount.
Cain Velasquez tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Cain Velasquez has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cain Velasquez is trying to get back to half guard.
Cain Velasquez regains half guard.
Cain Velasquez tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Cain Velasquez is working for a submission of some sort.
Cain Velasquez thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Cain Velasquez's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cain Velasquez misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Cain Velasquez is nestled in close to Cain Velasquez, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Cain Velasquez lands a nice short elbow.
Cain Velasquez punching from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cain Velasquez dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Cain Velasquez scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Cain Velasquez trying to pass the guard but Cain Velasquez defending well.
Cain Velasquez punching from the bottom.
Cain Velasquez is looking to control Cain Velasquez's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Cain Velasquez avoid being mounted?
Cain Velasquez tries to get to full guard but Cain Velasquez has control of the leg.
Cain Velasquez is looking for a kimura but Cain Velasquez is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Cain Velasquez to get the leverage.
Cain Velasquez missing with punches from the bottom.
Cain Velasquez moves into full guard.
Cain Velasquez has got the better of the ground game so far.
Cain Velasquez throwing strikes but missing.
Cain Velasquez stands and throws Cain Velasquez's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cain Velasquez misses with an elbow from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cain Velasquez tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Cain Velasquez has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Cain Velasquez throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
Cain Velasquez is looking to regain half guard here but Cain Velasquez keeps moving and retains side control.
Cain Velasquez tries to strike but it doesn't land.
Cain Velasquez tries for a kimura but Cain Velasquez is defending well.
Cain Velasquez wants to get back to his feet.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Cain Velasquez landing a few strikes.
Cain Velasquez can't do much from the bottom here.
Cain Velasquez on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cain Velasquez tries for a kimura but Cain Velasquez is defending well.
Cain Velasquez wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
Cain Velasquez manages to work his way to half guard, despite Cain Velasquez's best efforts.
Cain Velasquez wants to get back to full guard.
Cain Velasquez seems to be working for a kimura but Cain Velasquez defends the submission attempt.
Cain Velasquez looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Cain Velasquez is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Cain Velasquez doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Cain Velasquez.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cain Velasquez wants to improve his position but Cain Velasquez is controlling well.
Cain Velasquez punching from the bottom.
Cain Velasquez is trying to get back to full guard.
Cain Velasquez is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Cain Velasquez defends it well.
Cain Velasquez throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Cain Velasquez is looking to improve his position.
Cain Velasquez is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Cain Velasquez is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Cain Velasquez!
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