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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Arona (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Branden Rivers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ricardo Arona!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Branden Rivers!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Thiago Cunha and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rivers takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Arona looks to land a combination. Rivers sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Arona throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rivers.
Arona swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Arona tries to bum rush Rivers with a series of wild strikes but Rivers uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Arona scores with a three punch combo!
Arona fails to land with a series of punches.
Arona moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Rivers shoots in for a double leg but Arona sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
A combination from Arona does no damage.
Arona lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Arona.
Rivers fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Arona cracks a nice hook into Rivers's ribs.
Rivers takes a jab right on the kisser.
Rivers will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Ricardo Arona has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Branden Rivers.
Arona throws a right and a left that both miss.
Arona tries to bum rush Rivers with a series of wild strikes but Rivers uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A decent looking cross lands there for Arona.
Arona lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rivers circles away quickly and effectively.
The crowd cheers as Arona lands an impressive looking overhand right. Rivers doesn't seem phased though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Arona throws a nice looking combination but Rivers bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A combination from Arona does no damage.
Rivers fails with an attempt to clinch.
A combination from Arona does no damage.
Arona throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Rivers shoots in for a double leg but Arona sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Rivers decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Arona wants to get back to his feet.
Rivers wants to lay and pray for a moment but Arona keeps working.
Rivers is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Arona is just riding it out for now. Rivers eventually gives up the hold.
Rivers looks gassed!
Arona pushes Rivers off but Rivers dives into side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arona is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Nice shot by Arona.
Arona looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rivers is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Arona.
A left and a right from Arona both land. Nice combination.
Arona lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Rivers throws a hook to the side of Arona's head but Arona sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Arona throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rivers.
A jab from Arona does it's job there.
Rivers fails with a takedown attempt.
Ricardo Arona is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Arona throws a right and a left that Rivers avoids nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arona throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rivers.
Arona looks to land a combination but Rivers avoids it well.
Arona will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Arona stuns Rivers with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Arona looks to land a combination. Rivers sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Arona throws a right and a left that Rivers avoids nicely.
Arona moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Rivers shoots in for a takedown but Arona shows good takedown defense.
Arona with a jab.
Rivers looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Arona is fending him off so far but Rivers persists. Nope, Arona circles away and we're back to standing.
Rivers takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Arona swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Arona misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Arona works Rivers's body with a nice hook.
Arona tries to bum rush Rivers with a series of wild strikes but Rivers uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Rivers takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Arona lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Rivers showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Arona.
Arona slaps away a takedown attempt from Rivers, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Rivers dodges the punch combination from Arona.
Ricardo Arona seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rivers shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Arona as he jumps to the side.
Rivers takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Rivers takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Arona digs a good body shot into Rivers's ribs.
Arona lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Rivers has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Arona misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rivers fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ricardo Arona dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Arona lands a two punch combo.
Rivers shoots in and drives through. Arona sprawls well.
Arona leaves Rivers with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Good shot there by Arona.
Arona scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Arona tries to bum rush Rivers with a series of wild strikes but Rivers uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rivers looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Arona is fending him off so far but Rivers persists. Nope, Arona circles away and we're back to standing.
Ricardo Arona has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Branden Rivers.
Left hook, right uppercut from Arona.
Arona's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Arona duly obliges.
Danga de danga de dang - Arona scores with a four punch combination!
Arona lands a slapping body shot.
Arona throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Rivers is breathing heavily.
Rivers avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rivers takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A left and a right from Arona both land. Nice combination.
Arona misses with a series of wild punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Arona scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Arona lands a with a good body shot.
Rivers throws a head kick but Arona moves out of range.
Rivers moves forwards but Arona connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Arona tries to bum rush Rivers with a series of wild strikes but Rivers uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Arona misses with a double jab.
Arona scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Arona lands a nice looking body shot.
Arona lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Arona throws a one two combo.
Arona swinging wilding here.
Arona moves into range and connects with a jab.
Rivers closes the distance and clinches up with Arona, looking for a takedown. Rivers pushes Arona against the cage but Arona circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Arona sizes up Rivers with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Arona lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivers shoots in looking for a takedown. Arona tries to sprawl out of it but Rivers keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Arona manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Arona scores with a jab to the jaw.
Arona lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Nice uppercut there from Arona.
Rivers tries to clinch up.
Arona throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rivers.
Arona throws a combination. Rivers tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Arona lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Arona lands a glancing blow to the side of Rivers's head.
Rivers closes this distance looking for a takedown but Arona circles away.
Rivers fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rivers closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Arona throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Arona throws a nice looking combination but Rivers bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rivers closes the distance and clinches up with Arona, looking for a takedown. Rivers pushes Arona against the cage but Arona circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Rivers tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Arona was well out of range. Poor timing from Rivers.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right-left combo lands from Arona.
Arona fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Arona lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rivers circles away quickly and effectively.
Arona with a hook.
Arona lands with a nice combination. Rivers backs away looking to recover.
Arona connects with a right hand. Rivers shakes it off.
Arona throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rivers.
Arona scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Rivers doesn't seem bothered though.
Rivers is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Arona.
Nice sprawl there from Arona as Rivers shoots in.
Arona lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Arona fails to land with a series of punches.
Arona lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Rivers backs up against the cage.
Arona changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Rivers slips a jab and a cross from Arona.
Arona scores with a jab to the jaw.
Arona lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arona throws a series of strikes that have Rivers backpedaling.
Ricardo Arona is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Arona digs a good body shot into Rivers's ribs.
Arona fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Arona jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Arona lands with an uppercut that bounces Rivers off the cage and back into rage.
Arona throws a combination. Rivers tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Arona lands a two punch combo.
Rivers takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Arona throws a nice looking combination but Rivers bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Arona scores with a three punch combo!
Rivers fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Rivers gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Arona.
Rivers shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Arona pinned against the cage. Arona gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Decent striking displayed by Arona there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ricardo Arona 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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Arona throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rivers shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Arona sprawls well. Arona wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Rivers gets slowly back to his feet.
Arona throws a right hand that Rivers ducks under and follows up with a left that Rivers also avoids with ease.
Arona lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Arona throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rivers.
A combination from Arona does no damage.
Rivers closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Rivers shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Arona displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Danga de danga de dang - Arona scores with a four punch combination!
Arona is working the combinations to good effect here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rivers doesn't manage to clinch there - Arona circles away.
Arona lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Left hook, right uppercut from Arona.
Arona stalks Rivers and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Rivers's face. Rivers staggers backwards, shaken.
Arona lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Arona.
Arona moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivers fails to land the takedown.
Ricardo Arona has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Branden Rivers.
Arona throws a combination. Rivers tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Arona's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Arona duly obliges.
Arona scores with a three punch combo!
Arona misses with a double jab.
Arona lands with a hook. Rivers tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Ricardo Arona is winning the standup battle so far.
Arona fails to land with a series of punches.
Arona scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Arona lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rivers circles away quickly and effectively.
Arona misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Arona scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Arona misses with the combination.
Rivers fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Arona moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Arona will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rivers shoots for a takedown but Arona saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Arona lands a two punch combo.
Arona connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Arona stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Arona wants it to stay on the feet.
Rivers takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Arona swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Good standup being displayed there by Arona as he connects with a hook.
Rivers tries to clinch but Arona moves out of range.
Arona moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Arona misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rivers takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Rivers dodges the punch combination from Arona.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rivers shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Arona sprawls well. Arona wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Rivers gets slowly back to his feet.
Rivers avoids a punch combination nicely.
Arona lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Arona tries to bum rush Rivers with a series of wild strikes but Rivers uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rivers looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Arona looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Arona throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Arona lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Arona throws a series of strikes that have Rivers backpedaling.
Rivers tries to close the distance and clinch but Arona swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rivers shoots in but no luck this time.
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.
Arona lands with an overhand left.
Arona throws a right and a left that Rivers avoids nicely.
Arona comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Good shot there by Arona.
Arona's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Arona duly obliges.
Arona throws a nice looking combination but Rivers bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rivers takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Arona's corner calls for a 1-2. Arona obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Rivers slips a jab and a cross from Arona.
Branden Rivers has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Arona misses with a two punch combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rivers looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Arona tries to bum rush Rivers with a series of wild strikes but Rivers uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Arona lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Arona leaves Rivers with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Ricardo Arona is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Arona connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Rivers's hands.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ricardo Arona showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Arona, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:26
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ricardo Arona!
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hype
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RATING
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