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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Maurizio Pekkarinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafael Cordeiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cordeiro has chosen Perry Mason as his entrance music. Maurizio Pekkarinen has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight 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, Maurizio Pekkarinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rafael Cordeiro!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Leandro Rodrigues and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Pekkarinen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cordeiro is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Pekkarinen's half guard.
Cordeiro prevents Pekkarinen from improving his position.
Pekkarinen wants to control but Cordeiro is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Cordeiro throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Cordeiro is trying to control. Pekkarinen wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Cordeiro thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Pekkarinen's head.
Cordeiro is thwarting Pekkarinen's attempts to control the position.
Cordeiro passes to full mount!
Pekkarinen tries to hold on but Cordeiro postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pekkarinen takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Cordeiro tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Pekkarinen really wants to buck Cordeiro off and get back to his feet.
Cordeiro tries to control but Pekkarinen wriggling away.
Cordeiro is going olschool here, as he tries to force Pekkarinen to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Pekkarinen shrugs it off.
Pekkarinen is desperately trying to improve his position but Cordeiro has a good base and remains in mount.
Pekkarinen wants to control but Cordeiro is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cordeiro trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Pekkarinen is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Cordeiro content just to control the position here.
Cordeiro looks gassed!
Cordeiro is working for a guillotine from mount but Pekkarinen frees his head quite easily.
Pekkarinen is trying to escape the mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pekkarinen bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Pekkarinen is pushing down on Cordeiro's leg trying to pass to half guard. Cordeiro is fighting to maintain full guard but Pekkarinen has managed to sneak the leg through.
Pekkarinen is trying to control. Cordeiro wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Cordeiro on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Cordeiro works his way to full guard. Good work.
Cordeiro not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Pekkarinen looking to sit in guard and control but Cordeiro gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Pekkarinen keeping moving, preventing Cordeiro from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cordeiro postures up.
Cordeiro content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Pekkarinen looking for a guillotine here but Cordeiro defends easily.
Cordeiro stands up and waves to Pekkarinen to follow him.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Pekkarinen.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rafael Cordeiro dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Pekkarinen moves in looking to clinch but Cordeiro pushes him off.
Cordeiro on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Pekkarinen. Pekkarinen obviously looking to wear him down.
No luck for Cordeiro with that takedown attempt.
Cordeiro takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Rafael Cordeiro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pekkarinen feints and as Cordeiro raises his hands in defense, Pekkarinen changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Pekkarinen tries to free his leg and advance position but Cordeiro is retaining full guard.
Pekkarinen trying to control the position from guard on top but Cordeiro is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cordeiro will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pekkarinen stands and steps away. Cordeiro gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pekkarinen lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Cordeiro gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Pekkarinen counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Cordeiro keeping moving, preventing Pekkarinen from controlling successfully.
Pekkarinen preventing the sweep.
Pekkarinen trying to control but Cordeiro is working from the bottom.
Pekkarinen preventing the sweep.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cordeiro not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Pekkarinen decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Cordeiro, up you get!
Pekkarinen drives through and clinches with Cordeiro against the cage.
Cordeiro is trying to drag Pekkarinen to the mat but Pekkarinen just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Maurizio Pekkarinen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rafael Cordeiro.
Cordeiro blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cordeiro is pressed up against the cage. Pekkarinen has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Cordeiro down to the mat. Cordeiro avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Cordeiro has closed the distance and engaged Pekkarinen in a clinch.
Pekkarinen tries to pull guard but Cordeiro holds him up against the cage and eventually Pekkarinen drops back down to his feet.
Cordeiro breaks the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pekkarinen fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Cordeiro fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cordeiro closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Pekkarinen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Pekkarinen stalling against the cage.
Cordeiro breaks from the clinch.
Cordeiro shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Pekkarinen defends it nicely.
Cordeiro shoots in and drives through. Pekkarinen sprawls well.
Cordeiro shoots in but Pekkarinen avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pekkarinen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cordeiro.
Pekkarinen lands a nice shot to the body.
Pekkarinen moves into the clinch.
Cordeiro breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pekkarinen scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Cordeiro wants to control but Pekkarinen is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Cordeiro has his hands clasped together around Pekkarinen's back. He's all about the action.
Pekkarinen has decided to stand back up but his arm is trapped. Whilst he's worrying about his arm, Cordeiro works to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Maurizio Pekkarinen dominated that second round.
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!
Cordeiro closes the distance looking to clinch
and Pekkarinen counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Cordeiro is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Cordeiro shoots and misses
and Pekkarinen counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Pekkarinen.
Cordeiro wants to stand but Pekkarinen is controlling the position.
Pekkarinen stands and throws Cordeiro's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Pekkarinen trying to control the action but Cordeiro is working from the bottom.
Pekkarinen decides to stand up, so the ref orders Cordeiro to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cordeiro has his takedown stuffed
and Pekkarinen counters with a straight right hand.
Pekkarinen closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Pekkarinen lands in his opponent's guard.
Cordeiro working for submissions but it's allowed Pekkarinen to get to half guard.
Pekkarinen tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Cordeiro.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cordeiro is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Pekkarinen's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Pekkarinen's back!
Cordeiro is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
Cordeiro trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Pekkarinen doesn't escape.
Pekkarinen trying to control the action but Cordeiro just sinks the hooks in.
Pekkarinen preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Cordeiro.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cordeiro lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Pekkarinen.
Pekkarinen holding both Cordeiro 's hands and preventing any damage.
Can Pekkarinen hold on?! Cordeiro is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Pekkarinen prevents Cordeiro from getting a body triangle.
Pekkarinen looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Cordeiro is landing with strikes from the back.
Pekkarinen fending off the submission attempt from Cordeiro.
Pekkarinen is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Pekkarinen trying to control but not successfully.
Cordeiro is riding his opponent, not letting Pekkarinen buck him off.
Pekkarinen controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Maurizio Pekkarinen showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Pekkarinen has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Maurizio Pekkarinen!
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energy
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hype
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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