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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Braulio Maia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dale Ray White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Maia might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Johnny Cash - God's Gonna Cut You Down. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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201 cm
24
300 lbs
5 - 3 - 0 |
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205 cm
23
295 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Knockout power |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Braulio Maia! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dale Ray White! The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Maia avoids a punch combination nicely.
White throws a hook to the side of Maia's head but Maia sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. Nice takedown defense from White. No joy for Maia on that attempt. Maia fails with the takedown. White swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
White lands a jab to the nose. Maia moves in looking to clinch but White pushes him off. White misses with a series of wild punches.
Maia closes this distance looking for a takedown but White circles away. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Braulio Maia. That's going to take a lot out of him. Maia looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for White! White keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
White is persisting with the attempt to improve his position. Both fighters really going for it on the ground here! Maia fails to take his opponent's back. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. White working to try and regain half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round. White wants to control but Maia is having none of it. White is looking to get to half guard. Maia is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. White can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
White is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Maia controlling the pace for now. White can't escape the position.
Maia avoids the attempt from White to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round. The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight. White is working to get back to half guard.
Maia avoids the attempt from White to control. We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if White can do anything to dispel that myth. Maia landing strikes from the mount. White tries to get back to half guard but can't. White looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back! Maia is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but White has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here. Maia working for the rear naked choke here. He's got one arm under but White is defending well. A couple of punches soften him up though and Maia has tightened the hold! This one could be all over! It is! White taps out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Braulio Maia!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
52% |
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