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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tim Robinson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Theo Rains (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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165 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tim Robinson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Theo Rains!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Thiago Cunha and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rains throws a hook to the side of Robinson's head but Robinson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rains lands a jab to Robinson's midsection.
Rains cracks Robinson with a right hand to the side of the head.
Rains is looking to clinch but Robinson is avoiding it.
Robinson throws a nice looking combination but Rains bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Theo Rains seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rains scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Rains scores with a takedown into Robinson's guard.
Rains got a little sloppy there for a moment and Robinson has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Rains has managed to get both his arms back between Robinson's legs - danger averted.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rains throwing strikes but missing.
Rains working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Rains drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Robinson dives on top into guard.
Robinson preventing the sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rains has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Robinson has passed into side control.
Rains is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Robinson is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Rains is arching his back trying to strike from the bottom but Robinson turns him over and now has his back.
Rains manages to reverse the position and now he's in Robinson's guard. Nice work there by Rains.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Rains postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Rains is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Robinson is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Robinson has escaped and now he's on top!
Rains thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Robinson trying to stand up but can't free himself from Rains's guard.
Rains is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rains is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Robinson misses with some punches.
Robinson throws an elbow that misses.
Robinson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rains misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rains tries to break the clinch but Robinson is controlling the position.
Rains fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Rains can't break the clinch.
Robinson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rains backwards.
Rains working hard to break the clinch.
Robinson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rains blocks it with crossed arms.
Robinson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Robinson tries to land a knee to the head but Rains blocks with his arms.
Robinson misses with an elbow strike.
Robinson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rains is trying to break free.
Rains wants to get back to striking at distance but Robinson won't allow it.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Rains wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Robinson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Rainss head.
Robinson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Robinson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Robinson looking to throw knees to the head but Rains is blocking nicely.
A body shot lands from Robinson.
Rains breaks the clinch.
Rains lands a nice shot that snaps Robinson's head back.
Rains throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rains looks to throw the jab but Robinson is out of range.
Rains tries to close the distance and clinch up but Robinson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rains tries to clinch up.
Robinson wants to clinch.
Rains stuns Robinson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Rains throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Robinson throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Rains on the side of the head.
Rains moves in looking to clinch but Robinson pushes him off.
Rains takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Robinson swinging wilding here.
Rains takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Robinson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rains fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Robinson manages to avoid it.
Rains throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Theo Rains dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Rains fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Rains cracks Robinson with an open hand slap.
Rains misses the shot to the body.
Rains ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Rains rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Robinson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Robinson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rains moves away.
Robinson stalks Rains and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Rains's face. Rains staggers backwards, shaken.
It looks like Theo Rains has been cut.
Rains throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Robinson on the side of the head.
Robinson moves into range and clinches up with Rains.
Robinson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rains breaks the clinch.
Robinson misses with a looping left.
Rains shoots in for a takedown but Robinson shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Robinson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rains sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rains takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Robinson fails to land with a series of punches.
Rains misses the body punch
and Robinson counters with a nice uppercut.
Jab by Rains.
Robinson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tim Robinson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rains fails with the takedown
and Robinson counters with a straight right hand.
Tim Robinson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Theo Rains.
Robinson takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Robinson clinches with his opponent.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Rains.
Rains's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rains tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Robinson counters with a nice leg kick.
Rains is breathing heavily.
Rains closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Robinson to the mat! Robinson manages to get full guard.
Robinson wants to stand and escape but Rains is having none of it.
Rains lands a couple of digs.
Rains cracks Robinson with a solid left hand.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Robinson is on top in guard.
Rains wants to get back to his feet but Robinson passes into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rains tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Robinson has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Rains is trying to escape the mount.
Robinson landing strikes from the mount and Rains is in trouble!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rains looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
Rains tries to escape the position.
Rains is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Rains tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Rains taking shots to the head.
Rains has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Robinson lands a big shot there that rocks Rains but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Rains is trying to reverse the position but instead Robinson has taken his back - oops!
Rains covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rains fending off the submission attempt from Robinson.
Rains manages to reverse the position and now he's in Robinson's guard. Nice work there by Rains.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tim Robinson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Theo Rains's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Nice jab there from Rains.
Rains tries to clinch but Robinson moves out of range.
Robinson throws a hook but Rains blocks it.
Robinson takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Rains swats away the attempt to clinch by Robinson.
Rains works Robinson's body with a nice hook.
Robinson tries to clinch up.
Rains takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Robinson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rains uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Robinson.
Rains throws a looping overhand right but Robinson ducks down to avoid it.
Rains misses the body punch
and Robinson counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
A knee to the head by Robinson.
A short body shot lands from Robinson as the two fighters clinch.
Rains breaks the clinch.
Rains takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Robinson slips a jab and a cross from Rains.
Rains takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rains throws a series of punches but Robinson moves out of range.
Robinson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rains.
Rains with a poor takedown
and Robinson counters with a nice body shot.
Rains takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Robinson closes the distance and clinches.
Rains blocks the elbow strike.
A frustrated look appears on Rains's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Robinson landing knees to the head.
Robinson tries a knee to the head but Rains blocks it.
Robinson lands a nice uppercut.
Rains is trying to break the clinch but Robinson is controlling him.
Robinson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rains wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Robinson has him pressed against the cage.
Rains wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Robinson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rains backwards.
A right hand to the body from Robinson.
Robinson lands an elbow inside that Rains shrugs off.
Robinson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rains blocks it with crossed arms.
Robinson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rains's defenses.
Rains breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Robinson takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Rains shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Robinson counters with a stiff right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rains ducks under a wild hook from Robinson.
Tim Robinson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rains misses with a jab to the body
and Robinson counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Robinson.
Rains manages to break the clinch.
Rains throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Rains looks to land a combination but Robinson avoids it well.
Robinson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rains.
Rains scores with a hook to the body. Robinson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Robinson misses with a kick to the body.
Robinson wants to clinch.
Rains misses with a takedown attempt
and Robinson counters with a one-two to the body.
Tim Robinson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Theo Rains.
Rains blocks a jab.
Rains lands a jab to Robinson's midsection.
Rains is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jab, jab by Robinson - just one landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rains misses with a shot to the body
and Robinson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Robinson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Rains throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Robinson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rains thuds a left hand into Robinson's body.
Rains closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Rains wants to work for an arm triangle but Robinson is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Tim Robinson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Rains missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Rains thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Robinson's head.
Rains is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Robinson doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Rains.
Rains working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Robinson's thigh. Robinson counters though and makes it back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rains got a little sloppy there for a moment and Robinson has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Rains has managed to get both his arms back between Robinson's legs - danger averted.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rains slips nicely into half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tim Robinson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Robinson has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 29:28
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 29:28
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tim Robinson!
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