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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alessandro de Ferro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Renato Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). de Ferro comes to the cage accompanied by CMX - Ruoste. Alves comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Ultimate Victory kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Alessandro de Ferro could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Renato Alves's chin.
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172 lbs
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180 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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
8 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alessandro de Ferro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Renato Alves!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Paulo Santos and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alves blocks a head kick by de Ferro.
de Ferro lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Alves circles away quickly and effectively.
Alves scores with a nice strike.
de Ferro throws a leg kick which misses Alves's front leg but catches the back leg as Alves tries to avoid it.
Nice jab there from de Ferro.
A combination from Alves does no damage.
de Ferro throws a low kick but Alves avoids it.
Alves closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. de Ferro did well to prevent Alves getting side control.
Alves is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
de Ferro makes his way to full guard. A much better position for de Ferro.
de Ferro will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
de Ferro looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Alves accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
de Ferro avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Alves passes into half guard.
Alves throwing shots but de Ferro is blocking nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. de Ferro manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
de Ferro looking for a sweep. Not yet de Ferro, not yet.
Alves thows a big elbow that misses.
Alves throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Alves looking to pass the guard.
de Ferro is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Alves defends well.
de Ferro wants to sweep but no luck.
de Ferro is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from de Ferro.
Alves slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Alves tries to bum rush de Ferro with a series of wild strikes but de Ferro uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Alves closes the distance and clinches up with de Ferro, looking for a takedown. Alves pushes de Ferro against the cage but de Ferro circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Alves scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Alves misses with a body kick.
de Ferro gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
de Ferro had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Alves defends it easily.
Alves wants to control from the top but de Ferro keeps moving.
Alves thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Alves tries to free his leg and advance position but de Ferro is retaining full guard.
Alves passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Alves lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear de Ferro down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
de Ferro is looking to reverse the position.
Alves sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but de Ferro is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Alves fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Alves tries for a kimura but de Ferro is defending well.
Alves looks gassed!
de Ferro tries to bench press Alves off him but Alves keeps the position.
de Ferro manages to work his way to half guard, despite Alves's best efforts.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
de Ferro looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Alves trying to pass the guard but de Ferro defending well.
Alves missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's four 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.
de Ferro works his way to full guard. Good work.
de Ferro looking to control.
Alves stands and throws de Ferro's legs to the side, diving into side control.
de Ferro takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
de Ferro is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Alves off and has taken his back!
de Ferro doesn't have the hooks in and Alves manages to turn into his guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now de Ferro is on top in guard.
de Ferro is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
de Ferro looking to pass the guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Alves utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Renato Alves dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Alves tries to clinch there but de Ferro circles away.
A jab from de Ferro finds it's way through Alves's defenses.
de Ferro ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Nice jab there from Alves.
de Ferro misses with a jab, cross combination.
Alves looks to land a left hand but de Ferro moved out of range nicely.
de Ferro dodges the punch combination from Alves.
de Ferro tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A nice inside leg kick there by de Ferro. That's going to slow Alves down.
de Ferro tried to score with a low kick but Alves checks it.
de Ferro looks to throw the jab but Alves is out of range.
Some wild striking there from de Ferro.
A big right from Alves misses.
A left lands for Alves.
No joy there for Alves, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Alves misses with a shot to the body
and de Ferro counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Alves is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alves wants to sweep but no luck.
That's one minute gone in the round.
de Ferro thows a big elbow that misses.
de Ferro is working Alves over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Alves is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
de Ferro slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
de Ferro in side control lands a decent elbow.
Alves has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Alves is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
de Ferro working the ground and pound from side control.
Alves is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
de Ferro winds up and cracks Alves with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. de Ferro connects with a nice short shot to Alves's temple.
Alves wants to improve his position but de Ferro is controlling well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
de Ferro 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.
Alves gets full guard.
Alves controls de Ferro momentarily but de Ferro frees himself.
de Ferro working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Alves's head.
Alves has his foot on de Ferro's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. de Ferro works his way back into a safe position though.
Alves looking to hit a scissor sweep but de Ferro is one step ahead there.
de Ferro working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Alves's head.
de Ferro is in close to Alves's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Alessandro de Ferro overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
de Ferro advances position into side control!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but de Ferro wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
de Ferro lands a decent elbow from side control.
Alves tries to improve position but can't.
Alves manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
de Ferro scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. de Ferro connects with a nice short shot to Alves's temple.
Alves flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
de Ferro winds up and cracks Alves with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
de Ferro lands strikes from half guard.
Alves tries to roll over but de Ferro keeps him under control.
de Ferro wants to pass the guard but Alves is defending well.
de Ferro blocks the strikes from Alves.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
de Ferro lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
de Ferro is looking for a kimura here.
Alves is pressing down on de Ferro's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Alves looking for a guillotine here but de Ferro defends easily.
de Ferro is looking to stand up but Alves won't let him.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
de Ferro pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Alves is keeping the position for now.
Alves trying to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alessandro de Ferro dominated that second round.
That's time! de Ferro's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
de Ferro lands a nice hook to Alves's body. Alves takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Renato Alves is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Some wild striking there from de Ferro.
de Ferro feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Alves's calf.
de Ferro misses with a kick to the body.
Alves jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Alves rushes de Ferro and presses him up against the cage.
de Ferro unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Alves scores with a shoulder strike.
de Ferro keeps control of Alves as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
de Ferro throws a knee to the head but misses.
de Ferro connects with a knee to the head.
de Ferro avoiding damage.
Alves wants to break the clinch but can't.
de Ferro cracks Alves with a nice body shot.
A short uppercut from de Ferro.
de Ferro has Alves pressed against the cage, preventing Alves from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
de Ferro landing knees to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
de Ferro lands a good knee to the midsection. Alves won't want to take too many of those.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Alves being controlled against the cage.
A body shot lands from de Ferro.
de Ferro looking to throw knees to the head but Alves is blocking nicely.
de Ferro misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Alves.
Alves looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Alves can't break the clinch.
de Ferro lands a body shot.
de Ferro is leaning against Alves and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
de Ferro using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Alves has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, de Ferro creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
de Ferro works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
de Ferro gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
de Ferro pushes Alves back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
de Ferro connects with a knee to the head.
de Ferro missing with knees to the body.
de Ferro has Alves pressed against the cage, preventing Alves from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
de Ferro is working Alves over against the cage.
de Ferro tries to land a knee to the head but Alves blocks with his arms.
Alves blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
de Ferro putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Alves in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
de Ferro landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A body shot lands from de Ferro.
de Ferro holding his opponent close, against the cage.
de Ferro connects with a knee to the head.
A nice left hand lands by de Ferro.
Alves is trying to break free.
Nice elbow from de Ferro.
Alves managing to block the knees to the body from de Ferro.
de Ferro breaks from the clinch.
Nice takedown defense from de Ferro. No joy for Alves on that attempt.
de Ferro lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
de Ferro stuffs the takedown.
de Ferro closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
de Ferro landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Alves wants to break free but de Ferro has control.
de Ferro presses Alves against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
de Ferro lands a damaging elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
de Ferro lands an elbow just above Alves 's eye.
de Ferro lands a good knee to the midsection. Alves won't want to take too many of those.
de Ferro scores with a shoulder strike.
Alves tries to break the clinch but de Ferro is controlling the position.
de Ferro unloads a knee to the mid-section. Alves lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
de Ferro lands an uppercut.
de Ferro can't get the takedown.
de Ferro swings wildly with an uppercut but Alves uses good head movement to avoid it.
Alves is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
de Ferro stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Alves blocks an elbow strike from de Ferro.
de Ferro controlling the action here for a moment.
Alves on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Alves avoiding damage as de Ferro throws knees to the body.
de Ferro tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Alves pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Alves scores with a one two! de Ferro had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alves misses with the combination.
de Ferro looks to land a left hand but Alves moved out of range nicely.
de Ferro throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Alves throws a combination but it was largely blocked by de Ferro.
A big right from Alves misses.
de Ferro fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Alves manages to avoid it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Alves, right into the meat.
Alves gets a takedown into half guard.
de Ferro wants to get back to full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Alves not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Alves seems to be trying to get a kimura but instead de Ferro has recovered full guard.
de Ferro is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alessandro de Ferro showed his dominance in that final round.
Well de Ferro has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 29:28
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alessandro de Ferro!
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energy
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