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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anastacio Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brandon Vera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vera has chosen Cariño Brutal as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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208 lbs
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205 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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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
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Anastacio Souza!
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, Brandon Vera!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Matheus Silva and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Souza tries to keep at a distance but Vera has taken the fight into the clinch.
Souza fails to pull guard.
Vera has clasped his hands together around Souza's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
You can see the frustration on Souza's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Souza is looking for a sweep.
Vera throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Souza tries to bench press Vera off him but Vera keeps the position.
Souza is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Vera off and has taken his back!
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Souza's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Vera is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Vera is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Souza trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Vera tries to escape the position.
Vera tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza prevents Vera from getting the reversal.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Vera looks gassed!
Souza tries to control but Vera wriggling away.
Souza looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Vera tries to improve his position but instead Souza has taken his back!
Souza lands punches and elbows.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Souza misses with a punch to the head.
Vera prevents Souza from getting a body triangle.
Vera breaks Souza's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Vera chips away with some ground and pound.
Vera advances to half guard.
Souza looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Vera lands a nice short elbow.
Vera is nestled in close to Souza, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Nice strikes from Vera there.
Souza is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Vera connects with a nice short shot to Souza's temple.
Souza tries to roll over but Vera keeps him under control.
Vera scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Souza taking some punishment here, with Vera in his half guard.
Souza has hold of Vera's hands but Vera slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Vera landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Souza regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Vera.
Vera stands up over Souza, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Souza avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Vera accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Vera cracks Souza with a solid left hand.
Vera pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Souza is keeping the position for now.
Vera throws and elbow that misses. Souza uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Vera's guard. Nice move by Souza!
Vera tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Souza is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Vera has closed the distance and engaged Souza in a clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Souza gets underhooks to prevent Vera's takedown attempt.
Souza gets control of Vera's arms and successfully pulls guard. Souza will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Vera passes Souza's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Vera is nestled in close to Souza, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brandon Vera 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.
A left and a right from Vera both land. Nice combination.
Vera stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Vera wants it to stay on the feet.
Vera lands a really nice looking cross but Souza seems unphased.
Vera closes the distance and clinches.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Vera in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Vera decides to pull guard.
Vera looking to hit a scissor sweep but Souza is one step ahead there.
Vera manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Vera postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Souza looks a forlorn figure.
Vera with good strikes from the mount here!
Vera landing shots from mount.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vera looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Vera landing punches.
Souza is wriggling around trying to escape.
Souza is working hard here to advance position.
Vera lands a nice shot to the head.
Vera has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Vera unloading with bombs!
Souza is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Souza tries to hold on but Vera pushes him away.
Vera landing strikes from the mount.
Vera landing strikes from the mount and Souza is in trouble!
Vera landing strikes from the mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Vera with shots to the head and body - Souza looks very uncomfortable down there.
Souza is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Vera pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Vera dominating with strikes here.
Souza regains half guard.
Vera lands strikes from half guard.
Souza is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Vera scores with a couple of nice shots.
Souza on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Souza wants to control but Vera is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Souza on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Vera takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Souza tries to roll over but Vera keeps him under control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vera takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Vera winds up and cracks Souza with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Vera seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Vera looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Souza with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Vera landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Vera working Souza over with strikes.
Vera is nestled in close to Souza, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Vera working Souza over with strikes.
Vera scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Souza is looking to escape.
Souza trying to control but Vera postures up.
Vera working the head and body with strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Vera lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Vera misses with a head shot. Souza uses the momentum to regain guard.
Vera passes Souza's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Brandon Vera has got the better of the ground game so far.
Souza trying to control from the bottom.
Vera winds up and cracks Souza with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Vera not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Souza is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Souza has hold of Vera's hands but Vera slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Vera is thwarting Souza's attempts to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brandon Vera showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Souza tries to score a power double leg takedown but Vera sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Souza somewhat.
Vera closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Souza is pressed up against the cage. Vera has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Souza down to the mat. Souza avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Vera clinches up against the cage.
Vera decides to pull guard.
Vera is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Souza looking to pass the guard.
Souza drops back looking for a leg! Vera is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Vera manages to kick Souza off! Souza jumps back into Vera's guard.
Souza tries to free his leg and advance position but Vera is retaining full guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vera lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Souza!
Vera unloading with bombs!
Souza is working to get back to half guard.
Vera with good strikes from the mount here!
Souza is working to get back to half guard.
Vera pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Souza tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Vera lands a heavy elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Souza tries to lock up and control but Vera gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Vera raining down shots from the mount!
Vera looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Souza tries to hold on but Vera pushes him away.
A nice elbow there by Vera.
Vera looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Vera with a couple of short strikes.
Vera is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Souza can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Vera lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Souza hang on?
Souza is desperately trying to improve his position but Vera has a good base and remains in mount.
Vera dominating with strikes here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vera pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Souza is looking to get to half guard.
Vera connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Souza is trying desperately to improve position.
Vera dominating with strikes here.
Vera avoids the attempt from Souza to control.
Vera punishing his opponent with strikes.
Vera landing strikes from the mount.
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.
A nice elbow there by Vera.
Souza takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Souza is looking to improve his position but Vera isn't that keen on the idea.
Vera in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
A nice elbow there by Vera.
Souza takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Vera lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Vera lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Vera scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Anastacio Souza has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Souza is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Brandon Vera comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Vera has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 27:30
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brandon Vera!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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