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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Michael Sewell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and babalu santana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Michael Sewell has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Michael Sewell seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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205 lbs
5 - 4 - 0 |
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185 cm
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205 lbs
4 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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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
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Michael Sewell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, babalu santana!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Felipe Paraventi and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sewell dodges the punch combination from santana.
Sewell fails with an attempt to clinch.
santana fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
santana shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Sewell manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Sewell has a closed guard, preventing santana from standing up.
Sewell tries to strike from the bottom.
santana trying to stand up but can't free himself from Sewell's guard.
santana gets to his feet - Sewell follows without any prompting.
santana lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Sewell tries to close the distance and clinch up but santana swats him away and circles back towards the center.
santana dodges the punch combination from Sewell.
santana moves into the clinch.
santana breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
santana defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Sewell.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sewell has a takedown stuffed.
Sewell is breathing heavily.
santana bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Sewell throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
santana has knee on belly and moves into mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
santana stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
santana shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Sewell's guard.
santana decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
santana is looking to clinch but Sewell is avoiding it.
santana closes the distance and clinches.
santana escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sewell tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but santana paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
santana wants to clinch.
Sewell has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
santana rushes Sewell and presses him up against the cage.
santana comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
It looks like Michael Sewell has been cut.
santana breaks from the clinch.
santana closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Sewell to the mat! Sewell manages to get full guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
santana is looking to stand up but Sewell won't let him.
santana gets to his feet. Sewell looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
santana lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
The fight stays on the outside here - santana looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
santana closes the distance and lands a one-two.
santana shoots in and bounces Sewell off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
santana stands and steps away. Sewell gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sewell circles away from the clinch attempt.
santana tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sewell paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sewell gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows santana to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Sewell has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
santana stands up from guard. Let's bang!
santana closes the distance and clinches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
santana looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sewell tries to score a body lock takedown but santana shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Michael Sewell. That's going to take a lot out of him.
santana gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sewell avoids a wild elbow strike from santana.
Sewell tries to pull guard but santana holds him up against the cage and eventually Sewell drops back down to his feet.
santana pulls guard effortlessly.
Sewell has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
santana manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
santana tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
santana can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Sewell is looking to escape.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
santana get's back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
babalu santana dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Michael Sewell's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
santana tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Sewell counters with a nice double leg into side control. santana won't be happy with that.
santana explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
santana moves into the clinch.
santana throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nice elbow from santana.
santana lands an elbow just above Sewell 's eye.
santana lands an elbow inside that Sewell shrugs off.
santana tries for a takedown but Sewell manages to get underhooks.
Sewell avoids a wild elbow strike from santana.
santana has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Sewell avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
santana breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
No joy there for santana, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sewell avoids the head kick by santana.
santana takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Sewell throws a sloppy head kick and santana moves out of range easily.
santana looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
santana wants to stand but Sewell has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
That's one minute gone in the round.
santana landing some decent shots from guard.
santana stands up and waves to Sewell to follow him.
santana avoids a kick to the body.
santana tries to clinch but Sewell moves out of range.
santana drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
santana stands up over his opponent, looking to dive in with a big punch. Here he comes, superman style! Oh, the punch misses and Sewell has got him in a triangle choke for good measure! Oh no! santana manages to get his head free but now Sewell has transitioned to an armbar! santana grimaces and is forced to tap! Beautiful Jiu Jitsu from Sewell! I'd be surprised if that didn't end up as submission of the night!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Michael Sewell!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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