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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Rico (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dennis Wise (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Dennis Wise was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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275 lbs
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275 lbs
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Good takedowns
Brawler
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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
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Johnny Rico!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dennis Wise!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Thiago Cunha and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rico dives in and grabs Wise's left leg, looking for a takedown. Wise pushes down on Rico's head and hops out.
Rico fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Wise avoids it really well and circles away.
Rico shoots in but Wise avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johnny Rico. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wise looks to land a combination but Rico avoids it well.
Rico misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Wise throws out a loose jab but Rico uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wise closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rico striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rico gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Rico throwing hammer fists to the chest of Wise. What's that going to do exactly?
Wise lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Rico hang on?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wise trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Wise goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Rico is on top in guard.
Rico postures up.
Rico works over Wise with some ground and pound from guard.
Rico postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Rico with a nice head shot there.
Rico pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Wise is keeping the position for now.
Rico makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Rico stands up over Wise, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Wise bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Rico's guard.
Wise working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Wise working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wise trying to control the position from guard on top but Rico is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wise throwing strikes from guard but Rico blocks nicely.
Rico trying to keep a closed guard but Wise is proving a slippery customer.
Wise preventing the sweep.
Wise postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Wise trying to control but Rico is working from the bottom.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Wise looks to score with a jab to the body but Rico is just out of range.
Rico looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wise is trying to control the position but Rico postures up.
Wise tries to strike from the bottom.
Rico throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Wise works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Rico landing with the ground and pound.
Wise is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Wise looks gassed!
Rico makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Rico landing some decent shots from guard.
Wise thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Rico content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Rico chips away with some ground and pound.
Rico lands a couple of elbows.
Rico pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Wise is keeping the position for now.
Rico throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rico postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Rico is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Rico with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Rico trying to control but Wise is working from the bottom.
Rico landing some decent shots from guard.
Rico trying to control the position from guard on top but Wise is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Rico showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Rico with a flurry of punches that miss.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wise utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Rico is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wise is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johnny Rico dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Rico tries for a takedown but Wise circles away easily
so Wise counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Wise pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Rico is keeping the position for now.
Rico thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Johnny Rico overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Rico looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Rico utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Connects with an elbow from the bottom, proving to the judges that he's still active off his back.
Wise throws a big right hand that misses.
Wiseis looking to pass into half guard but Rico pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Rico is in guard.
Wise is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Wise is breathing heavily.
Rico works over Wise with some ground and pound from guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wise is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Wise keeping moving, preventing Rico from controlling successfully.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Rico's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Rico content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Rico with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Wise looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Wise throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Rico lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Rico with a nice head shot there.
Rico postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Rico connects with a couple of short punches.
Rico with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Rico keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Wise's head.
Rico lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rico postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Rico working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Wise's head.
Wise looking for a sweep. Not yet Wise, not yet.
Rico postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rico scoring with punches to the head and body.
Wise tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Rico sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Wise trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Rico lands a couple of digs.
Rico distracts Wise with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Rico scoring with punches to the head and body.
Rico with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Rico's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Rico connects with a couple of short punches.
Rico works over Wise with some ground and pound from guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rico landing some decent shots from guard.
Wise has momentary wrist control but Rico slips an elbow through the middle.
Rico landing some decent shots from guard.
Rico throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Rico is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Rico lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Wise wants to stand but Rico is controlling the position.
Rico slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Rico cracks Wise with a big right hand but Wise just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Rico working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Wise is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Wise takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rico working the ground and pound from side control.
Rico creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Wise is looking for a sweep.
Wise is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Rico lands a decent elbow from side control.
Rico landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rico just content to control the position.
Rico has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Rico cracks Wise with a big right hand but Wise just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Rico cracks Wise with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Wise is looking to reverse the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rico scoring with punches from side control.
Wise takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Rico lands some shots froms side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johnny Rico dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Rico doesn't succeed with the takedown
letting Wise counter with a right hand.
Johnny Rico seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Horrible takedown by Rico or perhaps it was just good defense by Wise which made him look bad.
Rico doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Wise counters with a takedown into side control.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johnny Rico. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rico is trying to get back to half guard.
Wise creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Rico wants to control but Wise postures up.
Rico misses with an elbow from the bottom.
Rico takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Rico is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Wise is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wise content just to control the position here.
Wise breaks from Rico's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Rico 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.
Rico tries to get to full guard but Wise has control of the leg.
Rico is not content to let Wise control the position.
Wise sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Rico defending well though.
Dennis Wise has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rico gets full guard.
Rico lands a decent punch to the body there.
Rico trying to control the position.
Rico will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Rico throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Wise fails with a takedown attempt.
Rico has his takedown stuffed
and Wise counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Rico's guard now.
Rico looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Rico trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rico lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Wise!
Wise tries to reverse the position but Rico maintains control.
Rico in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The referee warns Wise that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Rico postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Wise looks a forlorn figure.
BOOM! Rico connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Rico breaks from Wise's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Rico working the ground and pound effectively.
Rico lands with some strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wise wants to try and get back to his feet.
Rico lands a big elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wise in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Wise is trying desperately to improve position.
Rico working Wise over with strikes here.
Rico fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Rico is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Rico is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Rico with shots to the head and body - Wise looks very uncomfortable down there.
Rico is landing with some decent strikes but Wise is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Rico landing strikes, looking to finish!
Rico with shots to the head and body - Wise looks very uncomfortable down there.
Rico looking to finish Wise with some ground and pound. This is bad for Wise!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rico with shots to the head and body - Wise looks very uncomfortable down there.
Rico lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Wise is trying to escape the mount.
Rico punishing his opponent with strikes.
And that's the end of the fight!
Johnny Rico showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Rico, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:27
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johnny Rico!
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hype
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