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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Roberto Federici (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pedro Burgos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Federici comes to the cage accompanied by Con Te Partiro. Burgos has chosen Stronger as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Roberto Federici!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pedro Burgos!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Trevor Gratis and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Federici. Burgos does a little dance to reset his feet.
Federici throws a right and a left that Burgos avoids nicely.
Federici fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Burgos looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A looping hook to the body misses from Federici. Burgos does a little dance to reset his feet.
Federici throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Federici misses with a two punch combination.
Burgos closes this distance looking for a takedown but Federici circles away.
Burgos closes the distance and clinches up with Federici, looking for a takedown. Burgos pushes Federici against the cage but Federici circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Federici closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Burgos to the mat! Burgos manages to get full guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Burgos can do anything to dispel that myth.
Federici is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Federici stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Burgos swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Burgos is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Federici is aware though and is defending well.
Federici content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burgos tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Federici working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Federici forces his way into half guard.
Federici not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Federici missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Federici is looking to take a break and control but Burgos is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Federici is looking for a kimura but Burgos is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Federici to get the leverage.
Federici wants to work for an arm triangle but Burgos is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
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.
Burgos wants to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Burgos is trying to maintain the position but Federici is very close to passing his half guard.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Federici misses with a jab, cross combination.
Federici misses with a jab, cross combination.
Burgos with a lazy takedown attempt
and Federici cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Roberto Federici has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pedro Burgos.
Federici scores with the left hand. Burgos knows he should have avoided that one.
Burgos looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Federici!
Burgos prevents Federici from getting the reversal.
Federici is breathing heavily.
Burgos unloading with bombs!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burgos scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Federici?
Federici tries to hold on but Burgos pushes him away.
Burgos lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Federici is in all sorts of trouble here.
Burgos is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Burgos pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Burgos is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Federici is surviving well by controlling Burgos's body position as best he can.
Federici can't escape the position.
Burgos lands a big elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Burgos scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Federici?
Burgos is landing with some decent strikes but Federici is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Federici is looking to get to half guard.
Burgos lands a big shot there that rocks Federici but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burgos working the ground and pound effectively.
Burgos lands a nice shot to the head.
Burgos connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Burgos cracks Federici with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Burgos putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Burgos putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Federici is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Burgos lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Burgos connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Burgos scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Federici is in all sorts of trouble here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pedro Burgos dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Burgos throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Burgos shoots for a takedown but Federici saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Burgos fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Burgos has his takedown stuffed
and Federici counters with a three punch combo that has Burgos backing up. Burgos nods at Federici to acknowledge the strikes.
Roberto Federici has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pedro Burgos.
Burgos misses with a takedown attempt
and Federici counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Federici fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Burgos gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Burgos takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Federici throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Burgos shoots in for a double leg but Federici sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Federici lands a right hook to the body.
Federici gets in close and instigates a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Burgos takes a shot to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short left from Federici.
Federici working hard to break the clinch.
Burgos wants a takedown but no success here.
Federici gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Pedro Burgos has got the better of the ground game so far.
Federici throwing shots but Burgos is blocking nicely.
Burgos looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Federici is trying to control. Burgos wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Burgos is looking to improve his position.
The fighters are battling for position here. Burgos manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Federici wants to control from the top but Burgos keeps moving.
Federici stopping the sweep attempt from Burgos.
Burgos working for a triangle but Federici defends it easily.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Nice body punch from Federici.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burgos scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Federici makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Federici.
Burgos tries to free his leg and advance position but Federici is retaining full guard.
Burgos got a little sloppy there for a moment and Federici has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Burgos has managed to get both his arms back between Federici's legs - danger averted.
Burgos postures up and lands a big shot to Federici's brow.
Burgos with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Burgos lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Burgos won't allow Federici to sweep him here.
Burgos passes Federici's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Federici on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Burgos really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Federici. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Burgos working over Federici with some ground and pound. Federici looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burgos looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Federici with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Burgos prevents Federici from standing back up.
Federici wants to improve his position but Burgos is controlling well.
Burgos works his way into side control.
Federici is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Burgos working the head and body with strikes.
Burgos looks up at the clock and then as Federici takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Burgos smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Burgos scores with a couple of short elbows.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Burgos lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Burgos landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Burgos in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Federici is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Burgos is controlling him well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Roberto Federici dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Burgos lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Federici circles away quickly and effectively.
Burgos drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Burgos scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Federici to see if he's OK.
Burgos scoring with punches from side control.
Federici wants to get back to his feet but Burgos drags him back down.
Burgos tries to advance to mount but Federici denies him.
Federici is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Burgos is controlling him well.
Burgos scores with a couple of short elbows.
Burgos is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Federici knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Federici stops Burgos from passing to mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burgos tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Burgos has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Federici is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Burgos's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Federici misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Federici is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Burgos scores with a couple of nice shots.
Burgos passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Federici!
Burgos putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Burgos lands a nice shot to the head.
Federici is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Federici regains half guard.
Burgos working over Federici with some ground and pound. Federici looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Federici tries to get to full guard but Burgos has control of the leg.
Burgos seems to be working for a kimura but Federici defends the submission attempt.
Burgos is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Burgos is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Burgos postures up in Federici's guard and throws a big left but Federici blocks it.
Federici working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Burgos doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Burgos manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Federici looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Federici had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Burgos defends it easily.
Burgos stopping the sweep attempt from Federici.
Burgos lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Burgos advances position into side control!
Burgos looks up at the clock and then as Federici takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Burgos smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Federici on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Federici manages to work his way to half guard, despite Burgos's best efforts.
Burgos works his foot free and advances to mount.
Burgos scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Burgos working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Burgos landing shots from mount.
Burgos lands a big shot there that rocks Federici but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Burgos has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Federici's face.
Federici is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Burgos punishing his opponent with strikes.
Federici can't escape the position.
Burgos connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Federici is in a horrible position here. Burgos smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Burgos prevents Federici from getting the reversal.
And that's the end of the fight!
Pedro Burgos comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Burgos 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 28:29
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pedro Burgos!
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