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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Thiago Nascimento (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henrique Cardoso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Nascimento might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Remember The Name Remix. Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Henrique Cardoso enters the cage!
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170 lbs
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170 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
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Brawler
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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 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thiago Nascimento!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Henrique Cardoso!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Leandro Rodrigues and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cardoso tries to clinch up but Nascimento circles away and keeps his distance.
Nascimento closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Nascimento throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Cardoso trying to hold on to Nascimento's head to control him but Nascimento postures up.
Cardoso tries to get to full guard but Nascimento has control of the leg.
Nascimento missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Still in half guard, Nascimento seems content to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cardoso moves into full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cardoso trying to keep a closed guard but Nascimento is proving a slippery customer.
Cardoso wants to sweep here but Nascimento controlling him for the moment.
Cardoso looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Nascimento has picked Cardoso up and slammed him! Cardoso can't keep hold of the triangle and Nascimento manages to pass to side control!
Cardoso is looking for a sweep.
Cardoso prevents Nascimento from improving position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Cardoso struggling a bit here.
Nascimento landing a few strikes.
Cardoso manages to work his way to half guard, despite Nascimento's best efforts.
Nascimento trying to pass the guard but Cardoso defending well.
Cardoso regains full guard. Nicely done.
Nascimento is breathing heavily.
Nascimento trying to control the position from guard on top but Cardoso is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cardoso wants to stand up but Nascimento is controlling him.
Nascimento trying to stand up but can't free himself from Cardoso's guard.
Cardoso not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Cardoso pulls Nascimento in close to prevent any damage.
Cardoso lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Nascimento!
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.
Nascimento is in a horrible position here. Cardoso smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Cardoso is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Cardoso with shots to the head and body - Nascimento looks very uncomfortable down there.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nascimento tries to hold on but Cardoso pushes him away.
A nice elbow there by Cardoso.
Cardoso breaks from Nascimento's wrist control and lands an elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Henrique Cardoso dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Cardoso shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Nascimento is trying to defend but Cardoso finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Cardoso is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Cardoso looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Nascimento with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Nascimento is trying to stand up here but Cardoso is controlling him well.
Cardoso controlling the action here.
Cardoso looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Nascimento with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Cardoso landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Cardoso stands up from half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cardoso scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cardoso lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Cardoso has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Cardoso postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Nascimento looks a forlorn figure.
Henrique Cardoso has got the better of the ground game so far.
Cardoso looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Cardoso scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Nascimento?
Nascimento is trying to stand.
Cardoso working the ground and pound effectively.
Nascimento wants to control but Cardoso is having none of it.
BOOM! Cardoso connects with a massive shot to the dome!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cardoso lands a big elbow.
Nascimento is wriggling around trying to escape.
Cardoso with the ground and pound from mount.
Nascimento tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Cardoso with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Nascimento manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Nascimento tries to get to full guard but Cardoso has control of the leg.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nascimento wants to get back to his feet.
Cardoso takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Cardoso controlling the pace.
Nascimento wants to improve his position but Cardoso is controlling well.
Cardoso keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Cardoso missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Cardoso is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Cardoso thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Nascimento's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Cardoso drops an elbow to the side of Nascimento's head.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Cardoso in particular looking to stall.
Cardoso missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Cardoso scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Cardoso wants to take a breather but Nascimento is having none of it.
Cardoso is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Nascimento is just riding it out for now. Cardoso eventually gives up the hold.
Cardoso sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Nascimento defending well though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Henrique Cardoso showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Cardoso gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Cardoso lands a takedown into guard.
Cardoso trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Cardoso landing some decent shots from guard.
Cardoso looking to pass the guard.
Cardoso trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Cardoso accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Nascimento keeping moving, preventing Cardoso from controlling successfully.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nascimento is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Nascimento keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Henrique Cardoso seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Some wild striking there from Cardoso.
Nascimento with a lazy takedown attempt
and Cardoso counters with a shoot takedown. Nascimento fights it but they end up in guard.
Cardoso preventing the sweep.
Nascimento looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Cardoso thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Cardoso wants to pass the guard but Nascimento is keeping the position.
Cardoso controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nascimento working a defensive guard here.
Cardoso slips nicely into half guard.
Cardoso is nestled in close to Nascimento, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Cardoso working the head and body with strikes.
Nascimento is staying active underneath Cardoso, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Cardoso with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Nascimento looks like he's trying to stand up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nascimento is looking to improve his position.
Nascimento is looking to escape.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Nascimento throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Cardoso's waist but Cardoso gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Nascimento off to one side.
Cardoso feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Cardoso is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Cardoso must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Cardoso looking to pass the guard.
Nascimento working a defensive guard here.
Nascimento wants to sweep but no luck.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nascimento pushes Cardoso off and scrambles back to his feet.
Cardoso closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Nascimento regains half guard.
Cardoso trying to control from Nascimento's half guard. Nascimento has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Cardoso trying to control the position from guard on top but Nascimento is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nascimento wants to sweep but no luck.
Henrique Cardoso is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Cardoso advances position into side control!
Thiago Nascimento has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nascimento is trying to improve his position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Henrique Cardoso comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Cardoso has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 27:30
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 27:30
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Henrique Cardoso!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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