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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Yergin (ranked 2405 p4p, 3736 weight class) and Afonso Mendes (ranked 258 p4p, 374 weight class). Daniel Yergin has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Powerful takedowns
Excellent MT
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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 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Daniel Yergin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Afonso Mendes!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Steve Smith and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mendes closes the distance and pushes Yergin back into the cage.
Yergin swings wildly with an uppercut but Mendes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yergin jumps guard and drags Mendes to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Yergin is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Mendes throwing strikes but missing.
Mendes slips nicely into half guard.
Yergin is looking for a sweep. Mendes is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Yergin is working hard here to advance position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yergin wants to get back to full guard but Mendes has passed into side control.
Mendes has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Yergin is looking to reverse the position.
Yergin wants to control but Mendes postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yergin tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Mendes wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mendes passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Yergin!
Mendes looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Yergin really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Mendes looking to control but Yergin is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Yergin is wriggling around trying to escape.
Yergin wants to control but Mendes is having none of it.
Yergin is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mendes throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Yergin can't escape the position.
Yergin swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Mendes trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Yergin suckers Mendes into throwing a sloppy strike and uses the momentum to reverse the position beautifully! Yergin is now in Mendes's guard!
Yergin postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Yergin is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Mendes is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yergin postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Yergin drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Yergin jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Mendes had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Yergin defends it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yergin cracks Mendes with a solid left hand.
Mendes is trying to control the position but Yergin postures up.
Yergin with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Yergin cracks Mendes with a solid left hand.
Yergin stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Mendes swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Yergin's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Mendes keeping moving, preventing Yergin from controlling successfully.
Yergin showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Yergin trying to control the position from guard on top but Mendes is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Yergin slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mendes struggling a bit here.
Mendes is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Yergin is working Mendes over with some ground and pound from side control.
Yergin is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Mendes has escaped the position, nice work there.
Mendes is looking to regain half guard here but Yergin keeps moving and retains side control.
You can see the frustration on Mendes's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Yergin lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Mendes tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Yergin wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Mendes struggling a bit here.
Mendes is working to avoid the ground and pound but Yergin connects with a decent elbow.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Daniel Yergin dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Mendes throws a leg kick
and Yergin decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Mendes's guard.
Yergin has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Mendes keeping moving, preventing Yergin from controlling successfully.
Yergin with a nice head shot there.
Yergin postures up and lands a big shot to Mendes's brow.
Yergin trying to control but Mendes is working from the bottom.
Yergin lands a couple of elbows.
Mendes throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mendes is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Yergin defends well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yergin working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Mendes's head.
Yergin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mendes can do to turn this around?
Yergin content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Yergin works a leg free and moves into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendes misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Yergin lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Mendes gets full guard.
Yergin landing with the ground and pound.
Yergin wants to control from the top but Mendes keeps moving.
Mendes wants to sweep here but Yergin controlling him for the moment.
Yergin with a nice head shot there.
Yergin makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Yergin advances to half guard.
Yergin looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Yergin working Mendes over with strikes.
Yergin wants to pass to mount but Mendes is defending the position.
Yergin trying to control from half guard but Mendes is working away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mendes wants to control but Yergin is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Mendes might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Yergin haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Daniel Yergin overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Yergin seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Mendes is in trouble now - Yergin has advanced to mount!
Yergin raining down hammerfists from mount.
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!
Yergin landing shots from mount.
Yergin with the ground and pound from mount.
Mendes can't escape the position.
Whack. That's a big, big shot from Yergin! Mendes is out cold! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Daniel Yergin!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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