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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jofus Towanda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rakishi Fatu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fatu has a pretty significant injury - he really shouldn't be fighting right now but he's a warrior and he's here none the less! Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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300 lbs
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Good takedowns
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight 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, Jofus Towanda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rakishi Fatu!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Luis Engracia and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fatu closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Fatu looks gassed!
Towanda is looking to reverse the position.
Towanda really is a fat lump.
Towanda is trying to buck Fatu off.
Towanda struggling a bit here.
Towanda manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Towanda is positioning himself well to prevent Fatu advancing to mount.
Towanda wants to get back to his feet.
Towanda desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Towanda has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Towanda is trying to maintain the position but Fatu is very close to passing his half guard.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Jofus Towanda just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Towanda scores with a takedown into Fatu's guard.
Towanda slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Towanda stands up from guard. Let's bang!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Towanda is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Fatu's half guard.
Towanda not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Towanda slows the pace down in half guard.
Fatu wants to control but Towanda passes into side.
Towanda working the body and head with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Towanda stands up and beckons Fatu to his feet.
Towanda shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Fatu manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Towanda controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Towanda got a little sloppy there for a moment and Fatu has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Towanda has managed to get both his arms back between Fatu's legs - danger averted.
Towanda stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Towanda is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Towanda looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Fatu working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Towanda doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Towanda manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Fatu throws his legs up looking for a submission but Towanda uses it to pass to side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fatu is looking to regain half guard here but Towanda keeps moving and retains side control.
Towanda decides to stand back up.
Towanda scores with a takedown into Fatu's guard.
Towanda looking to sit in guard and control but Fatu gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Towanda is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jofus Towanda 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.
Fatu 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.
Towanda working a defensive guard here.
Towanda has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Towanda looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Towanda manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Fatu manages to get himself to full guard.
Towanda stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Fatu swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Towanda would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fatu has his foot on Towanda's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Towanda works his way back into a safe position though.
Fatu working a defensive guard here.
Towanda is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Fatu has his foot on Towanda's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Towanda works his way back into a safe position though.
Towanda is looking to stand up but Fatu won't let him.
Fatu is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Towanda is aware though and is defending well.
Towanda has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Fatu to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Towanda is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Fatu pulls down on the head and he's put Towanda to sleep! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Rakishi Fatu!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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