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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Edwina Wu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pedro Mantiega (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mantiega is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Gimme Shelter. Pedro Mantiega has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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240 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
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210 cm
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265 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Big heart |
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Good takedowns
Counter striker
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Edwina Wu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pedro Mantiega!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Luis Engracia and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wu throws out a loose jab but Mantiega uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wu scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Wu fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mantiega misses with a wild body shot.
Wu throws a series of punches but Mantiega moves out of range.
Mantiega avoids a punch combination nicely.
Wu throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mantiega.
Wu wants to clinch.
Wu misses with a two punch combination.
Edwina Wu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mantiega dodges the punch combination from Wu.
Wu will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wu rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mantiega moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Wu lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mantiega circles away quickly and effectively.
Wu misses with a jab, cross combination.
Wu throws a lazy right hand but Mantiega sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Wu misses with the combination.
Wu misses with a two punch combination.
Wu swings for the body but Mantiega moves out of range.
Wu tries to clinch but Mantiega is having none of it.
Wu throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Wu swinging wilding here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Mantiega circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wu pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Wu tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Good standup being displayed there by Mantiega as he connects with a hook.
Mantiega closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Mantiega is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Wu is trying to escape and Mantiega transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Wu is forced to tap! Nice work there by Mantiega! Very nice indeed!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Pedro Mantiega!
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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
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