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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Thiago Almeida (ranked 3959 p4p, 4761 weight class) and Gauge Hester (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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Good takedowns
Brawler
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BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thiago Almeida!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Gauge Hester!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Alexandre Firmino and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Almeida checks a leg kick.
Almeida dives in and scores a takedown into Hester's guard.
Hester is working an open guard so Almeida takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Almeida gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hester wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Almeida has him pressed against the cage.
Hester escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Almeida slips a jab and a cross from Hester.
Hester lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Hester wants to clinch up but Almeida keeps it at a distance.
Hester tries to clinch but Almeida is having none of it.
Hester fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Almeida has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Thiago Almeida seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hester lunges at Almeida with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Almeida's hand.
Almeida dives in and scores a takedown into Hester's guard.
Almeida wanted to stand there but Hester had control of the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Almeida is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Almeida is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Almeida passes into half guard.
Almeida works his way into side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hester is trying to buck Almeida off.
Almeida is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Hester's shoulder. That is not cool.
Hester is trying to buck Almeida off.
Almeida in side control lands a decent elbow.
Hester is pushing Almeida's head away, looking to escape. Almeida manages to hold on to the position though.
Almeida remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hester tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almeida has managed to slip his arm under Hester's chin. This could be all over... yep, Hester is tapping out! Submission win for Almeida.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Thiago Almeida!
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energy
A | B |
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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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