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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jairo Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dolly Parton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Parton comes into a darkened arena with his song building. 9 to 5 by Dolly Parton kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The key to victory for Jairo Souza has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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182 lbs
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179 lbs
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Good takedowns
Counter striker
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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
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jairo Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dolly Parton!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Matheus Silva and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Parton drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Parton remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Souza stops Parton from passing to mount.
Souza tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Parton controlling from side mount.
Let's hope that Parton has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Souza is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Souza is being controlled here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza is trying to improve his position.
Parton taking a breather here.
You can see the frustration on Souza's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Souza is trying to escape the position but Parton is controlling the position.
Souza is looking to reverse the position.
A lull in the action here as Parton stalls from top position.
Souza is trying to control Parton's posture but Parton avoids it.
Parton tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
That's two 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.
Parton is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Souza is trying to get back to half guard.
Souza manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Parton can do anything to dispel that myth.
Souza is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Parton tries to kick Souza off but Souza keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Souza is looking for a kimura here.
Parton looks like he's trying to stand up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Parton changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Souza tries to avoid it but Parton manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Souza to the ground. Souza escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Parton looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Parton trying to control the position from guard on top but Souza is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Souza working for a triangle but Parton defends it easily.
Souza looking to hit a scissor sweep but Parton is one step ahead there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Parton showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Parton must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Parton stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Souza swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Souza punching to the body, from the bottom.
Souza wants to sweep but no luck.
Parton sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Parton trying to control but Souza is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dolly Parton dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Parton changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Souza tries to avoid it but Parton manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Souza to the ground. Souza escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Good exchange - Souza coming out on top.
Parton shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Souza pinned against the cage. Souza gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Parton misses with a takedown attempt - Souza sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Jairo Souza has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dolly Parton.
Parton fails with a takedown attempt.
Parton blocks the body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Souza stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Souza wants it to stay on the feet.
Parton changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Souza looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Souza misses with an elbow from the bottom.
Parton trying to control the position but Souza is working away.
Souza manages to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Parton drops an elbow to the side of Souza's head.
Parton takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Parton content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Souza won't allow Parton to pass to mount.
Parton seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Souza does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Parton is breathing heavily.
Souza is trying to get back to full guard.
Parton trying to control the pace.
Souza makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Souza.
Parton trying to control the position from guard on top but Souza is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parton is working Souza over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Souza had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Parton is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Souza Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Parton's back instead.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Parton controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
Parton looking very determined here, making life difficult for Souza.
Parton controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
Souza is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Parton defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Parton is trying to stand back up.
Parton is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Souza off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Souza is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Parton wants to get back to his feet.
Souza working for the choke.
Souza is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
Parton trying to get back to his feet but Souza is in full control for now.
That's four 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.
Parton is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Souza is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Parton knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Parton for a finish.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Parton holding both Souza 's hands and preventing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jairo Souza dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
Souza gets caught flat footed, as Parton shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Souza keeping moving, preventing Parton from controlling successfully.
Souza looking for a guillotine here but Parton defends easily.
Souza looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Souza looking for a guillotine here but Parton defends easily.
Souza is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Parton defends well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Parton sitting in guard, not really doing much.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza keeping full guard, as Parton tries to pass.
Parton controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Parton tries to free his leg and advance position but Souza is retaining full guard.
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.
Parton controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Souza is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Parton tries to free his leg and advance position but Souza is retaining full guard.
Parton is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Parton lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Parton pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Souza is keeping the position for now.
Parton slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Souza working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Parton doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Parton manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parton is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Souza looking for subs off his back but Parton has passed one foot through into half guard.
Parton not doing much here.
Dolly Parton has got the better of the ground game so far.
Souza wants to sweep but Parton has passed to side control!
A lull in the action here.
Despite being in the dominant position, Dolly Parton just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Parton gets the takedown into side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Parton moves into full mount!
Parton controlling the pace for now.
Souza sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Parton looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Parton working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Souza wants to improve his position but Parton is controlling well.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Parton in particular looking to stall.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dolly Parton comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Parton has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 28:29
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 28:29
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dolly Parton!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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