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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Drake Macon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wanderlei Rodriguez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Macon comes to the cage accompanied by Rock You Like a Hurricane. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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220 lbs
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193 cm
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267 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Drake Macon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Wanderlei Rodriguez!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Trevor Gratis and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rodriguez drops Macon with a nice combination! Rodriguez dives into Macon's guard, looking to finish!
Macon is rocked!
It looks like Drake Macon has been cut.
Macon keeping moving, preventing Rodriguez from controlling successfully.
Oh Macon is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Macon working a defensive guard here.
Macon seems to have got his legs back now.
Rodriguez 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.
Rodriguez wants to pass the guard but Macon is keeping the position.
Macon working for a triangle but Rodriguez defends it easily.
Rodriguez trying to control but Macon is working from the bottom.
Rodriguez stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Macon swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Rodriguez scores a takedown into full mount!
Macon really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Rodriguez fails to take his opponent's back.
Rodriguez jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Macon manages to avoid the submission attempt.
You can see the frustration on Macon's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Rodriguez wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Macon, who protects the arm well.
Rodriguez looks gassed!
Macon can't do much from the bottom here.
Macon is trying to improve his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Macon throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Macon with a poor takedown
so Rodriguez counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Macon keeping moving, preventing Rodriguez from controlling successfully.
Macon is trying to control the position but Rodriguez postures up.
Rodriguez wants to pass the guard but Macon is keeping the position.
Rodriguez postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Rodriguez pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Macon is keeping the position for now.
Rodriguez wants to control from the top but Macon keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rodriguez controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Rodriguez lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends Macon sprawling to the canvas. Rodriguez follows him down, looking for the kill. Can Macon hang on?
Rodriguez is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Macon trying to hold on to Rodriguez's head to control him but Rodriguez postures up.
Rodriguez lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Macon gets full guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Rodriguez thows a big elbow that misses.
Rodriguez pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Macon is keeping the position for now.
Macon has his foot on Rodriguez's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Rodriguez works his way back into a safe position though.
Macon tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Macon not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Macon wants to control but Rodriguez passes easily into half guard.
Macon is looking to improve his position.
Rodriguez is tying to control. Macon wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Rodriguez looks to land a combination but Macon avoids it well.
Rodriguez throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Macon misses with a takedown attempt
and Rodriguez counters with a two punch combo.
Macon connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Rodriguez takes a swing at Macon's ribcage but misses.
Macon scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Macon wants to lay and pray for a moment but Rodriguez keeps working.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rodriguez gets full guard.
Rodriguez looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Rodriguez controls Macon momentarily but Macon frees himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wanderlei Rodriguez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Drake Macon's cut.
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.
Rodriguez shoots and misses
and Macon decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Rodriguez's guard.
Macon wants to stand but Rodriguez is controlling his posture from full guard.
Rodriguez controls Macon momentarily but Macon frees himself.
Macon trying to control but Rodriguez is working from the bottom.
Rodriguez is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Rodriguez punching from the bottom.
Macon avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Macon wants to control from the top but Rodriguez keeps moving.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Macon preventing the sweep.
Rodriguez throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Wanderlei Rodriguez has got the better of the ground game so far.
Rodriguez being controlled here, momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Macon preventing the sweep.
Macon sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Rodriguez is trying to control the position from the bottom.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Rodriguez is on top in guard.
Macon keeping full guard, as Rodriguez tries to pass.
Rodriguez makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Rodriguez stands up over Macon, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Macon working for a triangle but Rodriguez defends it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Rodriguez won't allow Macon to sweep him here.
Rodriguez throwing strikes from guard but Macon blocks nicely.
Rodriguez works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Macon slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Macon trying to keep a closed guard but Rodriguez is proving a slippery customer.
Macon keeping moving, preventing Rodriguez from controlling successfully.
Macon bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Rodriguez's guard.
Rodriguez keeping moving, preventing Macon from controlling successfully.
Macon won't allow Rodriguez to sweep him here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Macon tries to free his leg and advance position but Rodriguez is retaining full guard.
Macon not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Macon stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Rodriguez swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Macon is working hard here to advance position.
Rodriguez keeping moving, preventing Macon from controlling successfully.
Rodriguez had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Macon is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Rodriguez Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Macon's back instead.
Macon turns into Rodriguez and is now in his guard.
Rodriguez looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Rodriguez looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Rodriguez looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Macon has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Macon is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Macon trying to control the position from guard on top but Rodriguez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rodriguez is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Macon actively working from the bottom here.
Macon taking some punishment here, with Rodriguez in his half guard.
Macon tries to get to full guard but Rodriguez has control of the leg.
Rodriguez is looking to advance position but Macon won't allow it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rodriguez is thwarting Macon's attempts to control the position.
Macon is defending against the submission attempts here by Rodriguez.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wanderlei Rodriguez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Drake Macon's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Macon bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Macon trying to control the position but Rodriguez is working away.
Macon is really struggling to control Rodriguez but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Rodriguez is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Macon trying to control the action but Rodriguez is working from the bottom.
Rodriguez is looking to reverse the position.
Macon advances to full mount.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rodriguez is squirming around, avoiding Macon's attempts to control the action.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodriguez is trying to escape the mount.
Macon wants to control the pace but Rodriguez is squirming around nicely.
Macon gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
Macon fails with the takedown
and Rodriguez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rodriguez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rodriguez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rodriguez throws a jab but it's blocked by Macon.
Rodriguez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Macon gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Rodriguez keeps the fight on the outside.
Macon misses with a takedown attempt
and Rodriguez counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Macon is looking to control Rodriguez's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Macon avoid being mounted?
Rodriguez passes to side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Macon is avoiding damage well.
Rodriguez is trying to ground and pound but Macon uses the momentary lack of control by Rodriguez to regain half guard.
Rodriguez tries to pass to full mount but Macon defends it.
Macon gets full guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Macon is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Macon prevents Rodriguez from improving his position.
Macon trying to control the action but Rodriguez is working from the bottom.
Rodriguez is looking to improve his position.
Rodriguez gets full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Macon is posturing up here but Rodriguez has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Macon tries to roll out but it's too tight and Macon has to tap! Slick submission there by Rodriguez!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Wanderlei Rodriguez!
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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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