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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Cerebrinho Da Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Drake Wright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cerebrinho Da Souza!
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, Drake Wright!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Robert Twigg and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Da Souza fails with the takedown.
Da Souza shoots in for a takedown but Wright shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Nice sprawl there from Wright as Da Souza shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cerebrinho Da Souza. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A combination from Wright does no damage.
Wright slaps away a takedown attempt from Da Souza, before circling back to the center of the mat.
A head kick from Da Souza lands but Wright takes it in his stride.
Wright is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Da Souza's half guard.
Wright is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Wright wants to free his trapped foot but Da Souza is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Wright looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Da Souza with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Wright seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wright trying to control the action but Da Souza is working from the bottom.
Da Souza punching from the bottom.
Wright is nestled in close to Da Souza, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Wright blocks the strikes from Da Souza.
Wright slips a nice elbow through Da Souza's hands, connecting with Da Souza's forehead.
Wright drops an elbow to the side of Da Souza's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Da Souza misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Ground and pound from Wright.
Da Souza flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Wright slips a nice elbow through Da Souza's hands, connecting with Da Souza's forehead.
Da Souza has hold of Wright's hands but Wright slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Wright takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Da Souza flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Da Souza landing small, sideways elbows.
Wright seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Da Souza is trying to stand up here but Wright is controlling him well.
Wright has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Nice strikes from Wright there.
Da Souza missing with punches from the bottom.
Wright takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Wright seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Wright slips a nice elbow through Da Souza's hands, connecting with Da Souza's forehead.
Da Souza on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Wright winds up and cracks Da Souza with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wright stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Wright looks gassed!
Wright dives in and grabs Da Souza's left leg, looking for a takedown. Da Souza pushes down on Wright's head and hops out.
Wright fails with the takedown.
Da Souza clinches up against the cage.
Da Souza's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wright shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Wright showed some decent athleticism there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Da Souza is defending against the submission attempts here by Wright.
Wright thows a huge punch but Da Souza dodges it nicely.
Wright is nestled in close to Da Souza, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Wright blocks the strikes from Da Souza.
Wright is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Da Souza defends it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wright thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Da Souza throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Da Souza is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Wright pulls his head out easily.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Wright is looking to clinch.
Da Souza takes the fight into the clinch.
Wright wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Da Souza has him pressed against the cage.
Da Souza lands a shoulder strike.
Wright escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Da Souza is trying hard to land a takedown here. Wright sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Wright looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Da Souza!
Wright postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Da Souza looks a forlorn figure.
Da Souza taking shots to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wright working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Da Souza is desperately trying to improve his position but Wright has a good base and remains in mount.
Wright landing strikes, looking to finish!
Wright lands with some strikes.
Da Souza throws some wild strikes from the bottom.
Wright has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Da Souza's face.
Wright is landing with some decent strikes but Da Souza is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Wright blocks Da Souza's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Da Souza throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Da Souza is looking to improve his position but Wright isn't that keen on the idea.
Da Souza taking shots to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Da Souza really wants to buck Wright off and get back to his feet.
Wright working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Wright scoring with strikes but Da Souza is staying in there.
Da Souza is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Drake Wright dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Da Souza pushes Wright up against the cage in a clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Wright wants to break free but Da Souza has control.
Da Souza is pressed up against the cage. Wright has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Da Souza down to the mat. Da Souza avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Da Souza looks for a takedown but Wright sprawls well.
Da Souza shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Wright's guard.
Wright looking to control.
Wright thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Wright bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Da Souza's guard.
Wright prevents Da Souza from getting back to his feet.
Wright with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Wright with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Wright is working Da Souza over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Wright makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Wright missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Da Souza has momentary wrist control but Wright slips an elbow through the middle.
Da Souza working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Wright.
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.
Da Souza moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Da Souza with a poor takedown
and Wright counters with a single leg into guard. Da Souza didn't expect that.
Wright prevents Da Souza from getting back to his feet.
Wright lands a couple of digs.
Wright postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Da Souza pushes Wright off and scrambles back to his feet.
Da Souza moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Da Souza clinches up against the cage.
Wright has Da Souza pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Da Souza manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Da Souza has Wright pressed against the cage, preventing Wright from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Da Souza breaks from the clinch.
Cerebrinho Da Souza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Da Souza throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Da Souza tries to move into range but Wright moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Da Souza tries to clinch up but Wright circles away and keeps his distance.
Wright fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Da Souza sprawls well initially but Wright persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Da Souza gets full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wright scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Wright in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Wright preventing the sweep.
Wright working some strikes from top position.
Wright passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Wright connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Da Souza some visible discomfort.
Da Souza regains half guard.
Drake Wright has got the better of the ground game so far.
Wright is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Da Souza misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Wright landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Wright looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Da Souza with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Wright throwing shots but Da Souza is blocking nicely.
Ground and pound from Wright.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Da Souza shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wright pushes Da Souza off looking to stand but Da Souza dives back in and keeps control.
Da Souza scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Wright pushes Da Souza off looking to stand but Da Souza dives back in and keeps control.
Wright is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Wright has one foot on Da Souza's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Da Souza clinches up with Wright and pushes him back against the cage.
Wright changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Da Souza fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Cerebrinho Da Souza has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Drake Wright.
Da Souza feints and as Wright raises his hands in defense, Da Souza changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Da Souza keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Wright's head.
Wright throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Wright lands with a heel strike from the guard.
Wright will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Da Souza content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Da Souza throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Wright doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Wright wants to stand but Da Souza is controlling the position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Da Souza scores with a three punch combo!
Wright shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Da Souza as he jumps to the side.
Wright swats away the attempt to clinch by Da Souza.
Da Souza takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Da Souza moves into the clinch.
Wright breaks from the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wright throws a head kick but Da Souza moves out of range.
Da Souza has his takedown stuffed
and Wright counters with a left and a right that stings Da Souza.
Da Souza closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Wright to the mat! Wright manages to get full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Cerebrinho Da Souza will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Wright misses with a takedown attempt - Da Souza sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Da Souza with a lazy takedown attempt
and Wright decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Da Souza's guard.
Wright loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Wright tries to stand but Da Souza is controlling from the bottom.
Wright drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Wright jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Da Souza looking for a guillotine here but Wright defends easily.
Wright working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Da Souza striking from the bottom here.
Wright postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Da Souza trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wright works over Da Souza with some ground and pound from guard.
Wright is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wright works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Wright looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Wright looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Da Souza with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Wright prevents Da Souza from standing back up.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Da Souza showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wright.
Da Souza circles away from the clinch attempt.
Da Souza defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Wright.
Da Souza looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Wright is fending him off so far but Da Souza persists. Nope, Wright circles away and we're back to standing.
Wright closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Da Souza to the mat! Da Souza manages to get full guard.
Wright is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Wright scoring with punches to the head and body.
Da Souza throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Da Souza trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Wright cracks Da Souza with a solid left hand.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Wright's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wright gets to his feet. Da Souza looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Wright rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Da Souza moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Wright fails to land the takedown.
Cerebrinho Da Souza has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Drake Wright.
Da Souza moves into the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Wright's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Da Souza stalling in the clinch but Wright improves position.
Wright drops down looking for an ankle pick but Da Souza pulls his leg out and moves away.
Da Souza avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wright scores a takedown into full mount!
Wright scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Wright with the ground and pound from mount.
A nice elbow there by Wright.
Da Souza throwing punches despite being mounted.
Wright punishing his opponent with strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wright raining down shots from the mount!
Wright scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Da Souza?
Da Souza taking shots to the head.
Wright lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Da Souza hang on?
Wright putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Wright in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Wright lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Wright throws some wild stikes that Da Souza manages to avoid easily.
Da Souza throwing hammer fists to the chest of Wright. What's that going to do exactly?
Wright is landing with some decent strikes but Da Souza is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Da Souza's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Da Souza taking shots to the head.
Wright landing strikes from the mount.
Wright landing strikes from the mount and Da Souza is in trouble!
Wright landing strikes from the mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Wright landing punches.
Da Souza is looking to improve his position but Wright isn't that keen on the idea.
Wright working the ground and pound effectively.
Wright working Da Souza over with strikes here.
Wright cracks Da Souza with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Da Souza throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Wright working the ground and pound effectively.
Da Souza swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Wright is landing with some decent strikes but Da Souza is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Da Souza keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Da Souza flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Wright landing punches.
And that's the end of the fight!
Drake Wright comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Wright 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 28:29
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 28:29
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Drake Wright!
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