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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Gabriel Braganca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Nuterro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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164 lbs
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165 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gabriel Braganca!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ivan Nuterro!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Emerson Jorge and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nuterro thows a body shot but no joy.
Nuterro misses with the combination.
Nuterro swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Braganca dodges the punch combination from Nuterro.
No joy there for Nuterro, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
No joy there for Nuterro, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nuterro gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Braganca to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Braganca passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Braganca tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Braganca has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Braganca works to advance to full mount. Nuterro defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nuterro really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Poor strikes thrown by Braganca there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Nuterro is trying to escape the mount.
Braganca wants to finish this one by submission but Nuterro is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Braganca.
Braganca moves to the back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nuterro is keeping busy.
Braganca is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Nuterro is defending well though. Braganca let's go of the attempt for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nuterro tries to escape the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Braganca looking to break Nuterro's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Nuterro remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Braganca will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
Nuterro rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Braganca prevents Nuterro from improving his position.
Braganca is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Nuterro is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Braganca pulls his head out easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nuterro kicks Braganca off and gets back to his feet.
Ivan Nuterro is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Braganca avoids a punch combination nicely.
Braganca uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Nuterro.
Braganca closes the distance and clinches up with Nuterro, looking for a takedown. Braganca pushes Nuterro against the cage but Nuterro circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Braganca lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Braganca.
Nuterro misses with a body shot.
Nuterro gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Braganca slips nicely into half guard.
Braganca slips a nice elbow through Nuterro's hands, connecting with Nuterro's forehead.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nuterro gets full guard.
Braganca trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Braganca trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Nuterro is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Nuterro 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.
Nuterro looks gassed!
Nuterro is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Braganca is aware though and is defending well.
Nuterro keeping moving, preventing Braganca from controlling successfully.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Nuterro swings for the body but Braganca moves out of range.
Braganca forces Nuterro back against the cage and clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gabriel Braganca dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Nuterro throws a left and a right that both miss
and Braganca counters with a series of strikes. Nuterro will be more careful next time no doubt.
Nuterro fails to land with a series of punches.
Braganca uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nuterro.
Nuterro swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nuterro connects with a looping right hand.
Nuterro misses the body punch
and Braganca counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Braganca throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Nuterro was covering up waiting for the punch and Braganca finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Braganca preventing the sweep.
Nuterro is breathing heavily.
Braganca slips nicely into half guard.
Braganca prevents Nuterro from improving his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Braganca passes to full mount!
Nuterro is squirming around, avoiding Braganca's attempts to control the action.
Nuterro prevents Braganca from taking his back.
Braganca goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Nuterro is on top in guard.
Braganca looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Nuterro wants to control from the top but Braganca keeps moving.
Braganca working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Nuterro doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Nuterro manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Braganca keeping moving, preventing Nuterro from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nuterro is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Nuterro won't allow Braganca to sweep him here.
Nuterro controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Nuterro trying to control but Braganca is working from the bottom.
Nuterro passes Braganca's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Nuterro misses with a head shot. Braganca uses the momentum to regain guard.
Braganca is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Gabriel Braganca overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Nuterro wants to stand but Braganca is controlling his posture from full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nuterro postures up.
Nuterro controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Nuterro tries to free his leg and advance position but Braganca is retaining full guard.
Nuterro trying to control the position from guard on top but Braganca is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nuterro won't allow Braganca to sweep him here.
Braganca looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Braganca working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Nuterro doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Nuterro manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Nuterro would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
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.
Nuterro wants to control from the top but Braganca keeps moving.
Braganca looking to hit a scissor sweep but Nuterro is one step ahead there.
Braganca is working hard here to advance position.
Braganca had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Nuterro defends it easily.
Braganca has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Nuterro can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Nuterro is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Braganca keeping moving, preventing Nuterro from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gabriel Braganca dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Braganca shoots in for a double leg but Nuterro sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Braganca throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Nuterro's waist but Nuterro gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Braganca off to one side.
Braganca slips a straight right by Nuterro.
Nuterro misses the body punch
and Braganca counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Braganca.
Nuterro 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.
Nuterro takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nuterro is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Braganca trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Braganca moves away from the strike by Nuterro.
Nuterro throws an overhand right that lands on Braganca's shoulder, as Braganca tries to avoid the shot.
Braganca uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nuterro.
Braganca shoots in for a takedown but Nuterro shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gabriel Braganca. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Braganca shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Braganca wants to control from the top but Nuterro keeps moving.
Nuterro looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Braganca passes into half guard.
Braganca passes the guard and advances to mount!
Braganca looking for a guillotine from mount but Nuterro is having none of it.
Braganca is trying to take his opponent's back.
Nuterro holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Braganca tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Braganca scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Nuterro?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Braganca wants to control the pace but Nuterro is squirming around nicely.
Nuterro working to try and regain half guard.
BOOM! Braganca connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Braganca jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Nuterro is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Nuterro and Braganca has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Nuterro manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Nuterro controlling the pace.
Nuterro stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Braganca to get to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Braganca tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Braganca scores a takedown into full mount!
Nuterro working to try and regain half guard.
Ivan Nuterro has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nuterro swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Braganca lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Nuterro hang on?
Nuterro is looking to get to half guard.
Braganca jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Nuterro manages to avoid the submission attempt.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gabriel Braganca showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Braganca 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 Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:27
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gabriel Braganca!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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