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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Juliano Hafele (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dave Muldoon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Hafele might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Charlie Brown Jr. - No passo a passo. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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169 lbs
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170 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
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
0 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Juliano Hafele!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dave Muldoon!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Paulo Santos and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hafele connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Muldoon's hands.
Muldoon defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Hafele.
Muldoon shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Muldoon was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Muldoon is going olschool here, as he tries to force Hafele to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Hafele shrugs it off.
Muldoon wants to finish this one by submission but Hafele is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Muldoon.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hafele is squirming around, avoiding Muldoon's attempts to control the action.
Hafele wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Muldoon.
Hafele is in all sorts of trouble here.
Hafele is working hard here to advance position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Muldoon jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Hafele is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Hafele and Muldoon has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Muldoon looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Hafele wants to get back to his feet.
Muldoon in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Muldoon working the ground and pound but Hafele is defending the strikes.
You can see the frustration on Hafele's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Muldoon is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Hafele has escaped the position, nice work there.
Muldoon has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Hafele is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Muldoon is controlling him well.
Muldoon has knee on belly momentarily but Hafele bucks him off and regains half guard.
Hafele is staying active underneath Muldoon, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Muldoon fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Hafele jabs Muldoon right on the nose. Muldoon blinks but takes it well.
Hafele shoots and misses
and Muldoon counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Muldoon looks gassed!
Hafele gets back to full guard.
Muldoon stopping the sweep attempt from Hafele.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hafele had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Muldoon defends it easily.
Muldoon drops back, looking for a kneebar! Hafele looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Hafele looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Hafele!
Hafele tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Hafele has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Hafele works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Hafele tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Juliano Hafele will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Muldoon fails to land the takedown.
Hafele misses with a series of wild punches.
Hafele misses with a takedown
so Muldoon counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Hafele looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Muldoon trying to control the position from guard on top but Hafele is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hafele avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Muldoon trying to control but Hafele is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Muldoon wants to pass the guard but Hafele is keeping the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hafele is working an open guard so Muldoon takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Hafele throws a series of punches but Muldoon moves out of range.
Juliano Hafele is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Muldoon slaps away a takedown attempt from Hafele, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Hafele stuffs the takedown.
Hafele with a lazy takedown attempt
and Muldoon decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Hafele's guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Juliano Hafele. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Muldoon missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hafele wants to control but Muldoon passes easily into half guard.
Hafele avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Muldoon.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muldoon thows a huge punch but Hafele dodges it nicely.
Hafele looks like he's trying to stand up.
Muldoon seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Hafele does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Hafele is looking to control Muldoon's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Hafele avoid being mounted?
Muldoon thows a huge punch but Hafele dodges it nicely.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Muldoon drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Muldoon has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Hafele is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Muldoon yanks on the arm and Hafele is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Muldoon.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Dave Muldoon!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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