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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Arnold Devan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manuel Loco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Loco has chosen IM & GMS - Arabian Knights On Mescaline as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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254 lbs
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265 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
KO power |
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Dangerous GnP
Decent boxing
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Arnold Devan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Manuel Loco!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Edson Gomes and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Devan throws a hook but Loco avoids it easily.
Loco dives in and grabs Devan's left leg, looking for a takedown. Devan pushes down on Loco's head and hops out.
Loco closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Devan to the mat! Devan manages to get full guard.
Loco working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Devan's head.
Loco pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Devan is keeping the position for now.
Loco trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Devan utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Loco throwing strikes from guard but Devan blocks nicely.
Loco tries to free his leg and advance position but Devan is retaining full guard.
Loco trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Loco throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Loco is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Devan knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Loco on the ground.
Loco trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Devan closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Loco did well to prevent Devan getting side control.
Loco wants to control but Devan is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Devan is trying to control the action in half guard but Loco is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Loco tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Devan has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Loco has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Loco can't escape the position.
Loco is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Devan controlling the position easily from mount.
Devan trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Loco tries to hold on but Devan pushes him away.
Loco is in all sorts of trouble here.
Devan cracks Loco with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Loco is in a horrible position here. Devan smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Devan controlling from the full mount.
Devan lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Devan avoids the attempt from Loco to control.
Loco wants to try and get back to his feet.
Loco tries to hold on but Devan postures up.
Loco is working to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Loco is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Devan lands a big shot there that rocks Loco but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Devan cracks Loco 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.
Devan punishing his opponent with strikes.
Loco is trying to escape the mount.
Loco sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Devan working over Loco with some ground and pound. Loco looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Loco trying to control from the bottom.
Devan sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Devan prevents Loco from improving his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Devan controlling the action here.
Devan seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Loco does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Devan controlling the pace.
Loco keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Devan wants to pass the guard but Loco is defending well.
Devan seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Loco does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Loco avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Devan.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Loco has his takedown stuffed
and Devan counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arnold Devan dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Loco wants to clinch
and Devan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Loco tries for a takedown but Devan circles away easily
and Devan counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Devan connects with a couple of short punches.
Devan throwing strikes from guard but Loco blocks nicely.
Loco trying to keep a closed guard but Devan is proving a slippery customer.
Devan's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Loco is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Devan is refusing to be controlled, as Loco sits in half guard.
Devan trying to control from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Devan wants to get back to full guard.
Loco landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Loco wants to take a breather but Devan is having none of it.
Loco content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Loco missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Loco is trying to control. Devan wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Devan on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Devan tries to get out of the position.
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.
Loco trying to mount his opponent but Devan defends it.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Loco closes the distance but Devan moves to the side
and Devan counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Loco is breathing heavily.
Loco has momentary wrist control but Devan slips an elbow through the middle.
Devan missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Loco keeping moving, preventing Devan from controlling successfully.
Loco 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.
Devan postures up in Loco's guard and throws a big left but Loco blocks it.
Devan trying to control but Loco is working from the bottom.
Devan scoring with some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Devan cracks Loco with a solid left hand.
Devan missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Loco looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Devan taking some punishment here, with Loco in his half guard.
Loco throwing shots but Devan is blocking nicely.
Arnold Devan overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Loco looks to land a strike but Devan avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Devan bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Loco's guard.
Devan stands up over Loco, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Loco throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Loco keeping moving, preventing Devan from controlling successfully.
Loco working a defensive guard here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Loco looking for a sweep. Not yet Loco, not yet.
Loco looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Loco looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Devan tries to free his leg and advance position but Loco is retaining full guard.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Loco tries to close the distance and clinch but Devan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Devan misses with a hook. Loco ducked under it nicely.
Loco slips a jab and a cross from Devan.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Loco shoots and misses
so Devan counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Devan controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Devan working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arnold Devan dominated that second 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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Nice defenses there by Loco.
Loco clinches but Devan breaks the clinch
and Devan counters with a single leg into guard. Loco didn't expect that.
Devan wants to pass the guard but Loco is keeping the position.
Loco trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Loco trying to control the position.
Devan is looking to work some ground and pound but Loco has wrist control.
Loco keeping moving, preventing Devan from controlling successfully.
Loco working a defensive guard here.
Devan trying to control but Loco is working from the bottom.
Loco controls Devan momentarily but Devan frees himself.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Loco misses with a takedown
and Devan counters with a takedown into side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A lull in the action here as Devan stalls from top position.
Loco is trying to improve his position.
Devan trying to control the action but Loco is working from the bottom.
Loco is letting Devan control him for a moment.
Devan tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Devan in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Loco manages to work his way to half guard, despite Devan's best efforts.
Devan missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Devan sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Loco defending well though.
Loco is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Loco is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Devan's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Devan's back!
Devan defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Devan rolls, trying to escape but Loco keeps control of the position.
Devan covering up well and avoiding damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Loco gets his hands free as Devan looks to control.
Devan looking to control the position.
Even with his hooks in, Loco manages to miss with strikes from the back.
Loco is looking to control Devan but Devan is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Loco softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Loco wants to control the position but Devan frees himself and scrambles - Loco manages to regain control in side control.
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.
Devan sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Loco trying to control from Devan's half guard. Devan has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Loco missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Manuel Loco has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Devan not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Loco works over Devan with some ground and pound from guard.
Loco's corner is telling him to maintain position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Devan is on top in guard.
Devan slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Arnold Devan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Devan has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:27
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Arnold Devan!
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hype
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