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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between kolme erimakua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Branko Luiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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160 lbs
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156 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, kolme erimakua!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Branko Luiz!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Alan Glass and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
erimakua shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Luiz sprawls well. Luiz wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. erimakua gets slowly back to his feet.
Luiz tries to clinch up but erimakua circles away and keeps his distance.
Luiz keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Luiz fails with an attempt to clinch.
Luiz is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
erimakua fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for kolme erimakua. That's going to take a lot out of him.
erimakua fails to land the takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Luiz defends well against a solid takedown attempt from erimakua.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luiz tries to close the distance and clinch up but erimakua swats him away and circles back towards the center.
erimakua shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Luiz as he jumps to the side.
Luiz tries to close the distance and clinch up but erimakua swats him away and circles back towards the center.
erimakua throws a series of punches but Luiz moves out of range.
erimakua looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Luiz!
erimakua is trying to stand up but he's being controlled by his opponent.
Luiz is trying to stand.
Luiz is desperately trying to improve his position but erimakua has a good base and remains in mount.
Luiz controls the position.
Luiz tries to hold on but erimakua postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luiz is looking to get to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
erimakua gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
erimakua shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Luiz defends it nicely.
erimakua is breathing heavily.
Luiz moves into the clinch successfully.
Luiz has erimakua pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. erimakua manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Luiz lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
erimakua is trying to stand.
Luiz seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
erimakua might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luiz stops erimakua from getting back to his feet.
Luiz moves into full mount! erimakua won't be happy about that!
Luiz looking to control and managing it successfully.
erimakua tries to hold on but Luiz pushes him away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Luiz controlling his opponent.
erimakua wants to hold on but Luiz pushes him away.
Luiz is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
erimakua avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Luiz tries to clinch up but erimakua circles away and keeps his distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Branko Luiz dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
erimakua shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Luiz pinned against the cage. Luiz gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
erimakua cracks the inside of Luiz's front leg.
erimakua shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Luiz as he jumps to the side.
Luiz slaps away a takedown attempt from erimakua, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for kolme erimakua. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
erimakua tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Luiz swivels and escapes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luiz is looking to clinch but erimakua is avoiding it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Luiz doesn't manage to clinch there - erimakua circles away.
Luiz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Luiz tries to close the distance and clinch but erimakua swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Luiz tries to clinch but erimakua is having none of it.
erimakua tries to clinch but Luiz moves away
and Luiz counters by clinching up.
Luiz lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short uppercut from Luiz.
Luiz lands a damaging elbow.
Luiz content to slow the pace in the clinch.
erimakua blocks an elbow strike from Luiz.
A short right from Luiz.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
erimakua blocks the elbow strike.
Luiz lands an elbow that stopped erimakua in his tracks for a moment.
With the fighters up against the cage, Luiz throws an elbow but misses.
erimakua fails to pull guard.
erimakua is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Luiz pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Luiz lands an elbow inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Luiz just misses with a elbow thrown towards erimakua's brow.
Luiz lands an elbow inside that erimakua shrugs off.
Luiz scores with a shot to the side of erimakua's head.
erimakua is trying to force a seperation but Luiz has the dominant position.
erimakua is trying to break the clinch but Luiz is controlling him.
Luiz lands an elbow inside.
erimakua blocks the elbow strike.
Luiz lands an elbow inside that erimakua shrugs off.
Luiz lands an elbow inside that erimakua shrugs off.
Luiz changes levels and goes for a takedown here. erimakua fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Luiz takes the fight into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Luiz just misses with a elbow thrown towards erimakua's brow.
erimakua takes an elbow to the temple.
Luiz lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Luiz just misses with a elbow thrown towards erimakua's brow.
erimakua takes an elbow to the forehead.
erimakua has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Luiz scores with a knee to the head.
erimakua prevents the takedown attempt.
erimakua misses with a knee to the head.
Luiz lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Luiz lands a left hand that snaps the head of erimakua backwards.
erimakua blocks the elbow strike.
erimakua wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Luiz lands a nice elbow.
Luiz taking a breather.
Luiz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
erimakua shoots and misses
and Luiz counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Luiz lands an elbow inside.
Luiz throws an elbow that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Nice elbow from Luiz.
erimakua tries to stall but Luiz uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Luiz tries for a takedown. No joy.
erimakua breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Luiz takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Luiz fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with erimakua, pushing him back against the cage.
erimakua wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Luiz has him pressed against the cage.
Luiz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
kolme erimakua is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
erimakua doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Luiz counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Luiz.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Luiz lands a damaging elbow.
erimakua wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Luiz has him pressed against the cage.
Nice elbow from Luiz.
erimakua wants to get back to striking at distance but Luiz won't allow it.
Nice elbow from Luiz.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Branko Luiz showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!
Luiz is looking to clinch but erimakua is avoiding it.
erimakua wants to clinch
and Luiz moves into the clinch.
Luiz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
erimakua swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
erimakua fails with the takedown
and Luiz counters by moving into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
erimakua is looking to break free of the clinch but Luiz has double underhooks.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
erimakua tries to break the clinch but Luiz is controlling the position.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Luiz just misses with a elbow thrown towards erimakua's brow.
Luiz looks to throw an elbow but misses.
erimakua blocks an elbow strike.
erimakua is trying to break the clinch but Luiz has him pressed against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luiz working some nice short punches in the clinch.
erimakua working hard to break the clinch.
Luiz lands an elbow just above erimakua 's eye.
erimakua takes a knee to the side of the body.
Luiz lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
erimakua tries for a takedown. No joy.
Luiz unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Luiz lands an elbow just above erimakua 's eye.
Luiz lands an elbow inside that erimakua shrugs off.
erimakua is trying to force a seperation but Luiz has the dominant position.
Luiz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Luiz closes the distance looking to clinch
and erimakua counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Luiz works his way to full guard. Good work.
Luiz keeping moving, preventing erimakua from controlling successfully.
erimakua stops Luiz from standing up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
erimakua trying to control but Luiz is working from the bottom.
Luiz manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Luiz tries to clinch there but erimakua circles away.
Excellent takedown into side control there by erimakua.
erimakua is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Luiz knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Luiz struggling a bit here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
erimakua has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
erimakua with a lazy takedown attempt
and Luiz counters by clinching up.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for kolme erimakua. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Luiz has erimakua pressed against the cage, preventing erimakua from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Luiz lands a damaging elbow.
Luiz throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
erimakua tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Luiz just stands there and leans against the cage.
Luiz lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
erimakua wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Luiz has him pressed against the cage.
erimakua being controlled against the cage.
Luiz looks to throw an elbow but misses.
erimakua avoids a wild elbow strike from Luiz.
Luiz lands an elbow that stopped erimakua in his tracks for a moment.
Luiz keeps control of erimakua as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Luiz lands a hook that snaps the head of erimakua backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luiz throws an elbow that misses.
Luiz stalling.
erimakua tries to circle away but Luiz has him pinned against the cage.
erimakua tries to circle away but Luiz has him pinned against the cage.
Luiz throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Branko Luiz is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
erimakua tries to circle away but Luiz has him pinned against the cage.
Luiz pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Luiz.
Luiz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
erimakua has managed to clinch.
erimakua avoiding damage.
Luiz keeps control of erimakua as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
kolme erimakua has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The referee calls for Luiz to work.
And that's the end of the fight!
kolme erimakua showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Luiz has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Branko Luiz!
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FIGHT
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