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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alex Pereira (ranked 5320 p4p, 4888 weight class) and Cipriano Echeverria (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cipriano Echeverria will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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168 cm 18 205 0 - 1 - 0 |
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195 cm 18 214 0 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt Solid Muay Thai Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt Excellent boxer Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Alex Pereira! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Cipriano Echeverria! The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, John Mangel and Topper Green.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Echeverria uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pereira.
Pereira pushes Echeverria up against the cage in a clinch. Echeverria struggles to land a body shot inside as Pereira controls his hands.
Echeverria looks to throw an elbow but misses. Echeverria lands a nice uppercut. Echeverria works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Echeverria lands with a short head shot on the inside. Echeverria lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Pereira backwards. Echeverria misses with an elbow strike.
Pereira breaks the clinch.
Pereira really is a fat lump. Echeverria avoids the head kick by Pereira.
Echeverria doesn't manage to clinch there - Pereira circles away.
Echeverria tries to keep at a distance but Pereira has taken the fight into the clinch.
Pereira manages to break the clinch.
Pereira takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
 It looks like Alex Pereira has been cut. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Echeverria paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Echeverria gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here. Echeverria pushes off an throws an elbow but Pereira leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Pereira has Echeverria pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Echeverria manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing. A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors. A left hand lands to the body for Echeverria.
A hook to the body from Echeverria.
Pereira is breathing heavily. A left hand lands to the body for Echeverria.
Echeverria scores with a nice hook to the head. Echeverria pushes Pereira back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head. Echeverria pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage. Echeverria throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Echeverria lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage. Echeverria throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pereiras head. Echeverria working some nice short punches in the clinch.
 Pereira is rocked! Nice body punch from Echeverria. Echeverria lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage. Echeverria lands with a short head shot on the inside. Oh Pereira is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Good body shot from Echeverria.
Echeverria throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pereiras head. With the fighters up against the cage, Echeverria throws an elbow but misses. Pereira dodges an elbow strike from Echeverria.
Pereira seems to have got his legs back now.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Echeverria cracks Pereira with a nice body shot. Echeverria lands with a light punch inside. Echeverria lands a left hand.
Echeverria lands with a short head shot on the inside. An uppercut to the body lands inside from Echeverria. Pereira blocks an elbow strike. Echeverria digs a right hand into Pereira's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Pereira's gas tank. A body shot lands from Echeverria.
Echeverria lands a body punch. Echeverria lands with a right to the head. Echeverria misses with an elbow over the top. Echeverria makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut. With the fighters clinched against the cage, Echeverria creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut. Echeverria lands a body shot in the clinch.
Echeverria lands a left hand that snaps the head of Pereira backwards. Echeverria scores with an uppercut up the middle. Echeverria lands a nice shot to the body. A short right from Echeverria on the inside.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. A hook to the body from Echeverria.
Echeverria throws an elbow but it misses.
Echeverria lands a left hand that snaps the head of Pereira backwards. Good body shot from Echeverria.
Echeverria works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A nice left hand lands by Echeverria.
A right hand to the body from Echeverria.
Echeverria unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Pereira! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Echeverria is unloading with more strikes now! Pereira drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cipriano Echeverria! Cipriano Echeverria very nearly forgot to thank Squirrel Sports Nutrition 🐿️ amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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