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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Cerebrinho Da Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Bach (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Da Souza has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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150 lbs
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155 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cerebrinho Da Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Bach!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Gwen Towbar and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bach looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Da Souza!
Bach with good strikes from the mount here!
Bach working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Bach scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The referee warns Da Souza that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Bach with the ground and pound from mount.
Da Souza is breathing heavily.
Bach with good strikes from the mount here!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bach putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bach in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Bach in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Bach is going olschool here, as he tries to force Da Souza to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Da Souza shrugs it off.
Bach sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Bach putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bach landing strikes, looking to finish!
Da Souza taking shots to the head.
Bach is working for a guillotine from mount but Da Souza frees his head quite easily.
Bach cracks Da Souza with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Bach controlling from mount.
Bach looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Da Souza blocking the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Da Souza is desperately trying to improve his position but Bach has a good base and remains in mount.
Da Souza in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Bach tries to control but Da Souza wriggling away.
Bach has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Bach misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Da Souza throwing hammer fists to the chest of Bach. What's that going to do exactly?
Bach unloading with bombs!
Da Souza swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Da Souza throwing punches despite being mounted.
Bach scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Da Souza?
Da Souza throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Bach with shots to the head and body - Da Souza looks very uncomfortable down there.
Da Souza flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Da Souza knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Bach on the ground.
Bach controlling the position easily from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Bach cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Da Souza throwing hammer fists to the chest of Bach. What's that going to do exactly?
Bach raining down shots from the mount!
Bach lands a heavy elbow.
Da Souza taking shots to the head.
A nice elbow there by Bach.
Bach lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Bach controlling the pace for now.
Da Souza keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Bach in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Bach working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Bach trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Da Souza throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Da Souza can't escape the position.
Bach takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Bach is landing with some decent strikes but Da Souza is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Da Souza is in all sorts of trouble here.
Bach is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Da Souza is surviving well by controlling Bach's body position as best he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Bach dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Da Souza's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Da Souza duly obliges.
Bach feints and as Da Souza raises his hands in defense, Bach changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Bach slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Bach passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Bach working the ground and pound from side control.
Da Souza is looking for a sweep.
John Bach has got the better of the ground game so far.
Da Souza wants to get back to his feet.
Bach decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Bach shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Bach was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bach tries to control but Da Souza wriggling away.
Da Souza in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
A nice elbow there by Bach.
Bach breaks from Da Souza's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Da Souza working to try and regain half guard.
Bach lands a nice shot to the head.
Bach controlling from the full mount.
Bach looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Da Souza throwing hammer fists to the chest of Bach. What's that going to do exactly?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Bach postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Da Souza looks a forlorn figure.
Bach lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Da Souza is desperately trying to improve his position but Bach has a good base and remains in mount.
Bach looking to finish Da Souza with some ground and pound. This is bad for Da Souza!
Bach landing shots from mount.
Da Souza is bucking up trying to escape but Bach cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
A nice elbow there by Bach.
Bach is landing with some decent strikes but Da Souza is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Bach has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Da Souza's face.
A nice elbow there by Bach.
Da Souza wants to try and get back to his feet.
Bach prevents Da Souza from getting the reversal.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bach is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Da Souza can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Bach postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Da Souza looks a forlorn figure.
Bach lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Bach lands a big shot there that rocks Da Souza but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Bach raining down shots from the mount!
Da Souza throwing hammer fists to the chest of Bach. What's that going to do exactly?
Bach working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Da Souza is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Da Souza throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Bach scoring with strikes but Da Souza is staying in there.
Bach with the ground and pound from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
A nice elbow there by Bach.
Bach controlling his opponent.
Bach looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Bach landing strikes, looking to finish!
Da Souza throwing hammer fists to the chest of Bach. What's that going to do exactly?
Bach scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Bach prevents Da Souza from getting the reversal.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Da Souza swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Bach punishing his opponent with strikes.
Bach has hold of Da Souza's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Da Souza manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Da Souza throwing hammer fists to the chest of Bach. What's that going to do exactly?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Bach showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Bach closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Da Souza lands an uppercut.
Bach gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Bach lands with a punch from half guard.
Da Souza pushes Bach off looking to stand but Bach dives back in and keeps control.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Bach connects with a nice short shot to Da Souza's temple.
Bach is controlling the pace.
Bach working over Da Souza with some ground and pound. Da Souza looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Da Souza is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bach controlling the action here.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Bach dives in and grabs Da Souza's left leg, looking for a takedown. Da Souza pushes down on Bach's head and hops out.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bach clinches up with Da Souza and pushes him back against the cage.
Da Souza lands a body punch.
Da Souza drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Bach gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Bach drags the fight down to the ground.
Bach wants to sweep here but Da Souza controlling him for the moment.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Da Souza's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Bach lands an upkick as Da Souza stands over him.
Bach is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Bach manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Da Souza is looking to get to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bach with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Bach is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Bach cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Bach with shots to the head and body - Da Souza looks very uncomfortable down there.
Bach tries to control but Da Souza wriggling away.
Bach raining down shots from the mount!
Bach throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Bach looking to finish with strikes here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bach tries to control but Da Souza wriggling away.
Bach with good strikes from the mount here!
Bach looking to control but Da Souza is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Bach looking to ground and pound but Da Souza is blocking nicely.
Da Souza throwing hammer fists to the chest of Bach. What's that going to do exactly?
Bach raining down shots from the mount!
Da Souza is looking to improve his position but Bach isn't that keen on the idea.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Bach working Da Souza over with strikes here.
Bach cracks Da Souza with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Da Souza in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Bach postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Da Souza looks a forlorn figure.
Bach looking to control but Da Souza is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
BOOM! Bach connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Cerebrinho Da Souza has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
BOOM! Bach connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Bach putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bach looking to control and managing it successfully.
Da Souza is looking to improve his position but Bach isn't that keen on the idea.
And that's the end of the fight!
John Bach comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Bach winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 26:30
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 26:30
Judge George Francis scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Bach!
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energy
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hype
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