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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rafael Soares de Sousa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and decio aquino (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Soares de Sousa has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. decio aquino is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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185 cm
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205 lbs
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200 cm
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200 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Experienced |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent |
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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 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rafael Soares de Sousa! 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, decio aquino! The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Felipe Paraventi and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! aquino shoots for a takedown but Soares de Sousa saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily. Soares de Sousa is breathing heavily. A really sloppy takedown attempt there from aquino. Soares de Sousa tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but aquino paws at him with a jab and circles away. aquino shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Soares de Sousa sprawls well. Soares de Sousa wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. aquino gets slowly back to his feet. Rafael Soares de Sousa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of decio aquino. aquino looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily. aquino fails miserably with a takedown attempt. aquino throws a right and a left that Soares de Sousa avoids nicely. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. aquino feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position. Soares de Sousa looking to hit a scissor sweep but aquino is one step ahead there. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. aquino slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
That's one minute gone in the round. aquino tries to move into full mount but can't pass Soares de Sousa's legs. aquino looks up at the clock and then as Soares de Sousa takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, aquino smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
aquino tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily. aquino is putting a hurting on Soares de Sousa here, landing some big shots from side control. aquino wants to control but Soares de Sousa is keeping him busy. aquino decides to take the fight back to the feet. aquino shoots in for a double leg but Soares de Sousa sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy. aquino is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round. aquino tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Soares de Sousa swivels and escapes. aquino looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Soares de Sousa is fending him off so far but aquino persists. Nope, Soares de Sousa circles away and we're back to standing. aquino shoots in for a double leg but Soares de Sousa sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy. aquino shoots in and drives through. Soares de Sousa sprawls well. aquino fails to land the takedown. aquino tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Soares de Sousa swivels and escapes. aquino wants to clinch and Soares de Sousa counters with a single leg into guard. aquino didn't expect that. Soares de Sousa stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. aquino swivels though and keeps the full guard. aquino is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's three minutes gone in the round. aquino wants to pass to mount but Soares de Sousa is defending the position. aquino is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Soares de Sousa doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time aquino. Soares de Sousa is looking to get back to is feet but aquino passes into side control.
aquino thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead. aquino wants to stand but Soares de Sousa has his arm trapped.
That's four minutes gone in the round. aquino is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Soares de Sousa has escaped the position, nice work there. aquino cracks Soares de Sousa with a big right hand but Soares de Sousa just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
aquino is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Soares de Sousa has escaped the position, nice work there. Soares de Sousa is looking for a sweep. The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. aquino is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Soares de Sousa knows the correct defense though, so he's OK. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
decio aquino dominated that round. 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.
aquino fails with a takedown attempt. aquino has his takedown stuffed and Soares de Sousa counters with a shoot takedown into half guard. aquino trying to control here.
aquino gets full guard. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. Soares de Sousa tries to free his leg and advance position but aquino is retaining full guard. Soares de Sousa got a little sloppy there for a moment and aquino has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Soares de Sousa has managed to get both his arms back between aquino's legs - danger averted. Soares de Sousa trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round. Soares de Sousa working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage. aquino is looking to sinch up a triangle. Soares de Sousa throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to aquino's body to avoid the submission. aquino has instead reached around Soares de Sousa's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! aquino arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). decio aquino!
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hype
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