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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mikhael Yuri De Guzman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matheus Ruas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Matheus Ruas told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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160 lbs
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165 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mikhael Yuri De Guzman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Matheus Ruas!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Leandro Rodrigues and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ruas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from De Guzman.
Ruas misses with a wild body shot.
Ruas closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming De Guzman to the mat! De Guzman manages to get full guard.
Ruas trying to control the position from guard on top but De Guzman is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ruas with a flurry of punches that miss.
Ruas trying to control but De Guzman is working from the bottom.
De Guzman knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ruas on the ground.
Ruas in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ruas throwing strikes but missing.
De Guzman wants to stand and escape but Ruas is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruas is looking to work some ground and pound but De Guzman has wrist control.
De Guzman is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Ruas is controlling him.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Ruas takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ruas shoots in for a takedown but De Guzman shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
De Guzman misses with a looping left.
Ruas uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from De Guzman.
Ruas shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says De Guzman as he avoids it easily.
De Guzman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
De Guzman misses with a wild body shot.
Ruas fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Mikhael Yuri De Guzman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matheus Ruas.
De Guzman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ruas moves away.
Matheus Ruas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Guzman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ruas.
Ruas shoots in for a takedown but De Guzman shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Ruas fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
De Guzman displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Ruas.
De Guzman fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Ruas looks gassed!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruas scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Ruas is keen to just control but De Guzman is a slippery customer.
Ruas not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Ruas missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Ruas thows a huge punch but De Guzman dodges it nicely.
De Guzman kicks off Ruas and gets to his feet.
De Guzman comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Ruas will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
De Guzman throws a predictable looking body shot
and Ruas counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Guzman wants to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruas trying to control from De Guzman's half guard. De Guzman has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
De Guzman is looking to stand up but Ruas isn't so interested in that idea.
Ruas is looking to work some ground and pound but De Guzman has wrist control.
Ruas won't allow De Guzman to get back to his feet.
Ruas postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Ruas trying to control but De Guzman is working from the bottom.
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.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
De Guzman scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
De Guzman misses the shot to the body.
De Guzman scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
De Guzman smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Ruas is trying hard to land a takedown here. De Guzman sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Ruas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by De Guzman.
Ruas shoots in but no luck this time.
Jab, jab by De Guzman - just one landing.
De Guzman changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
De Guzman lands a with a good body shot.
De Guzman misses with a body shot.
De Guzman misses with a body shot.
Ruas throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around De Guzman's waist but De Guzman gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Ruas off to one side.
De Guzman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
De Guzman scores with a jab to the jaw.
Ruas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by De Guzman.
De Guzman tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ruas was well out of range. Poor timing from De Guzman.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mikhael Yuri De Guzman dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
De Guzman throws a body punch but Ruas moves out of range.
Ruas fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
De Guzman misses the body punch
and Ruas counters with a takedown into side control.
Ruas misses with the ground and pound.
Ruas in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
De Guzman pushes Ruas away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Ruas gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Ruas trying to control the action but De Guzman is working from the bottom.
Ruas prevents De Guzman from escaping the position.
Ruas is breathing heavily.
Ruas fails to land a wild elbow strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruas trying to control the action but De Guzman 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.
De Guzman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
De Guzman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ruas moves away.
Ruas takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
De Guzman takes a swing at Ruas's ribcage but misses.
Ruas gets cracked with a nice right hand there by De Guzman.
Ruas shoots in and drives through. De Guzman sprawls well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
De Guzman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
De Guzman misses with a wild body shot.
De Guzman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
De Guzman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
De Guzman misses with a wild body shot.
De Guzman scores with a shot to the body.
De Guzman misses the shot to the body.
De Guzman changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Ruas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ruas shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts De Guzman as he jumps to the side.
Mikhael Yuri De Guzman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matheus Ruas.
De Guzman misses with a wild body shot.
Ruas on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
De Guzman lands a lovely overhand right.
Nice uppercut there from De Guzman.
De Guzman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
De Guzman tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ruas was well out of range. Poor timing from De Guzman.
De Guzman misses the shot to the body.
De Guzman thuds his right hand into Ruas's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by De Guzman.
Mikhael Yuri De Guzman is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruas shoots in and drives through. De Guzman sprawls well.
De Guzman is looking to wear down Ruas with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
De Guzman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ruas moves away.
De Guzman scores with a shot to the body.
De Guzman thows a body shot but no joy.
De Guzman misses with a wild body shot.
Ruas on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
De Guzman misses the shot to the body.
De Guzman dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
De Guzman lands a right hook to the body.
De Guzman punishes Ruas's body with a nice straight punch.
De Guzman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ruas moves away.
De Guzman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
De Guzman misses with a wild body shot.
De Guzman swings for the body but Ruas moves out of range.
De Guzman just misses with a punch to the body.
Ruas takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ruas moves forwards but De Guzman connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Ruas avoids the body shot from De Guzman.
De Guzman lands a nice looking body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Guzman misses with a body shot.
Ruas avoids the body shot from De Guzman.
De Guzman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
De Guzman digs a good hook to Ruas's body.
Mikhael Yuri De Guzman is winning the standup battle so far.
De Guzman thows a body shot but no joy.
Decent striking displayed by De Guzman there.
De Guzman misses with a body shot.
Ruas shoots in looking for a takedown. De Guzman tries to sprawl out of it but Ruas keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. De Guzman manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
De Guzman scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Ruas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ruas takes a shot right to the bread basket.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ruas walks into a left hand.
Ruas drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A looping hook to the body misses from De Guzman. Ruas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ruas throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ruas shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has De Guzman pinned against the cage. De Guzman gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
De Guzman scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mikhael Yuri De Guzman dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
De Guzman misses with a wild body shot.
Ruas fails with a takedown attempt.
De Guzman scores with a body shot.
De Guzman lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Ruas at a distance.
Ruas misses with a jab, cross combination.
De Guzman just misses with a punch to the body.
De Guzman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
De Guzman misses the body punch
and Ruas counters with a takedown into side control.
De Guzman is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Ruas has just dragged him back down to the mat.
De Guzman managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Ruas.
Ruas looking to punish the body of his opponent here but De Guzman is avoiding damage well.
De Guzman is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Ruas takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Guzman trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Ruas throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Ruas creates some space and throws a big elbow, but De Guzman sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
De Guzman thows a body shot but no joy.
De Guzman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
De Guzman throws a jab when Ruas was well out of range.
De Guzman just misses with a punch to the body.
De Guzman tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ruas was well out of range. Poor timing from De Guzman.
De Guzman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ruas moves away.
De Guzman just misses with a punch to the body.
De Guzman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ruas.
De Guzman throws a body punch but Ruas moves out of range.
De Guzman swings for the body but Ruas moves out of range.
De Guzman misses with a wild body shot.
Ruas shoots in but De Guzman avoids the takedown attempt easily.
De Guzman throws a body punch but Ruas moves out of range.
De Guzman looks to score with a jab to the body but Ruas is just out of range.
De Guzman misses with a body shot.
De Guzman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ruas.
De Guzman fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ruas manages to avoid it.
De Guzman keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Ruas throws a predictable looking body shot
and De Guzman counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruas fails with the takedown.
Mikhael Yuri De Guzman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matheus Ruas.
De Guzman misses with a body shot.
De Guzman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ruas.
Ruas shoots in for a takedown but De Guzman shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from De Guzman. Ruas does a little dance to reset his feet.
De Guzman stuns Ruas with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ruas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by De Guzman.
De Guzman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
De Guzman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
De Guzman scores with a punch to the head.
De Guzman lands a nice shot to the body.
Matheus Ruas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
De Guzman fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ruas manages to avoid it.
De Guzman misses with a wild body shot.
De Guzman cracks a nice hook into Ruas's ribs.
De Guzman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ruas moves away.
De Guzman just misses with a punch to the body.
De Guzman connects with a good right hand that stumbles Ruas. Ruas circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Ruas tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but De Guzman swivels and escapes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by De Guzman.
De Guzman tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ruas was well out of range. Poor timing from De Guzman.
De Guzman misses with a body shot.
Ruas will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A looping hook to the body misses from De Guzman. Ruas does a little dance to reset his feet.
De Guzman with a body punch. A glancing blow.
De Guzman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
De Guzman lands a right hook to the body.
De Guzman connects with a nice looking jab.
De Guzman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ruas moves away.
De Guzman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ruas.
A punch lands to the side of Ruas 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Ruas misses with a takedown attempt
and De Guzman counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
De Guzman swings for the body but Ruas moves out of range.
De Guzman tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ruas was well out of range. Poor timing from De Guzman.
De Guzman lands a body shot.
De Guzman scores with a shot to the body.
De Guzman digs a good hook to Ruas's body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mikhael Yuri De Guzman showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for De Guzman, 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 Luis Engracia scores the fight for Mikhael Yuri De Guzman!
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight for Mikhael Yuri De Guzman!
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight for Mikhael Yuri De Guzman!
Mikhael Yuri De Guzman wins by unanimous decision!
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hype
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