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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sami Salama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alberto Roberto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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219 lbs
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210 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sami Salama!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alberto Roberto!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Edson Gomes and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roberto fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Salama avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Salama uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Nice sprawl there from Salama as Roberto shoots in.
Salama moves into range and connects with a jab.
Salama connects with the punch.
Roberto walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Oh, that's a big right hand from Salama and Roberto goes tumbling to the canvas! Salama follows him to the ground and looks to finish from half guard.
Roberto is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Roberto wants to get back to his feet.
Roberto is still in real trouble! Can Salama finish him?
Roberto wants to improve his position but Salama is controlling well.
Roberto seems to have recovered his senses.
Salama missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Salama wants to lay and pray for a moment but Roberto keeps working.
Roberto has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Salama is working away from the top position though.
Salama missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Salama wants to take a breather but Roberto is having none of it.
Salama missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Salama stuffs the takedown attempt from Roberto. Roberto gets slowly back to his feet.
Sami Salama has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alberto Roberto.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roberto shoots in looking for a takedown. Salama tries to sprawl out of it but Roberto keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Salama manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Salama misses with a takedown attempt
and Roberto counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Salama's guard now.
Salama has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Roberto 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.
Roberto looks gassed!
Roberto postures up.
Salama throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Salama lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Roberto!
Roberto really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Salama cracks Roberto with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee warns Roberto that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Roberto is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Salama sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Salama throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Salama landing shots from mount.
Salama throws some wild stikes that Roberto manages to avoid easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salama unloads with some shots from mount but Roberto bucks and avoids them well.
Salama dominating with strikes here.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Roberto is trying to escape the mount.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Salama throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Roberto in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Roberto is looking to get to half guard.
Roberto is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Salama raining down shots from the mount!
Salama lands a nice shot to the head.
Salama breaks from Roberto's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Salama unloading with bombs!
Salama throwing strikes here but Roberto is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Roberto tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Salama cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Roberto is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salama avoids the attempt from Roberto to control.
Roberto is in all sorts of trouble here.
Roberto regains half guard.
Roberto looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Roberto looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Roberto gets back to full guard.
Salama avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Salama throwing strikes from guard but Roberto blocks nicely.
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.
Roberto looking to hit a scissor sweep but Salama is one step ahead there.
Salama postures up.
Roberto utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Salama throws a big right hand that misses.
Salama advances position into side control!
Roberto wants to control but Salama postures up.
Roberto is looking to reverse the position.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Salama misses with a looping left.
Roberto drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Roberto drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Roberto jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Roberto working some strikes from top position.
Salama wants to sweep but no luck.
Roberto scoring with punches to the head and body.
Roberto working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sami Salama dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Roberto shoots for a takedown but Salama saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Salama avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Salama works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Roberto fails to land the takedown.
Roberto drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Roberto has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Salama manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Salama moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Salama manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Roberto manages to get himself to full guard.
Roberto keeping moving, preventing Salama from controlling successfully.
Salama advances position into side control!
Roberto is breathing heavily.
Roberto is trying to work for a sweep but Salama has mounted him!
Salama tries to control but Roberto wriggling away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salama with good strikes from the mount here!
Salama landing punches.
Salama thowing shots but they're missing.
Salama putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Salama landing strikes from the mount and Roberto is in trouble!
Salama working Roberto over with strikes here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Roberto is in all sorts of trouble here.
Salama looking to control and managing it successfully.
Roberto regains half guard.
Roberto looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Roberto looking for submissions off his back.
Roberto looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roberto makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Sami Salama is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Roberto fails with the takedown
and Salama counters with a three punch combo that has Roberto backing up. Roberto nods at Salama to acknowledge the strikes.
Sami Salama has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alberto Roberto.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Roberto.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Salama manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Salama passes to side control.
Roberto tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Roberto regains half guard.
Salama throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Roberto looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Roberto looking for submissions off his back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roberto is refusing to be controlled, as Salama sits in half guard.
Salama prevents Roberto from improving his position.
Sami Salama overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Salama thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Roberto shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Salama as he avoids it easily.
Roberto shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Salama lands a nice shot that snaps Roberto's head back.
Nice uppercut there from Salama.
Salama scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Roberto doesn't seem bothered though.
Salama just misses with a punch to the body.
Salama throws a lazy uppercut
and Roberto counters with a nice double leg into side control. Salama won't be happy with that.
Roberto looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Roberto tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roberto has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Sami Salama is winning the standup battle so far.
Roberto shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Roberto is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Salama has managed to free his arm - good work.
Salama moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Roberto slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Salama gets back to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Roberto works his foot free and advances to mount.
Roberto working for a guillotine from mount but Salama is in no mood to give up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Sami Salama will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Roberto will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Salama fails to land with a series of punches.
Roberto shoots in for a takedown but Salama shows good takedown defense.
Salama connects with a crisp jab.
Roberto shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Roberto is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Roberto shoots in and drives through. Salama sprawls well.
Sami Salama has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alberto Roberto.
Roberto swings for the body but Salama moves out of range.
Roberto changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Salama looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Roberto is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Salama is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Roberto passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Salama!
Roberto looking for a guillotine from mount but Salama is having none of it.
Salama has given up his back.
Salama is trying to defend against the choke here but Roberto has an arm under his chin. This one might not last much longer. Roberto Tightens the hold and Salama taps out furiously! Roberto displays superior BJJ to win the fight.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:04 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Alberto Roberto!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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