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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Hughes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Murilo Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Murilo Souza is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ricardo Hughes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Murilo Souza!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Souza clobbers Hughes with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Hughes feints and as Souza raises his hands in defense, Hughes changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Hughes is looking to advance position but Souza has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Hughes wants to hold on but Souza pushes him away.
Hughes is trying to escape the mount.
Souza in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Hughes tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Souza putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Souza landing strikes from the mount and Hughes is in trouble!
Hughes tries to get back to half guard but can't.
A nice elbow there by Souza.
Hughes in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Hughes tries to hold on but Souza postures up.
Hughes really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Hughes knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Souza on the ground.
Hughes tries to hold on but Souza postures up.
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.
Souza unloading with bombs!
Souza with a couple of short strikes.
Hughes keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Souza lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Hughes is looking to get to half guard.
Souza punching from mount but Hughes doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Hughes takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hughes is looking to get to half guard.
Souza avoids the attempt from Hughes to control.
Hughes is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souza breaks from Hughes's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Souza landing shots from mount.
Hughes tries to reverse the position but Souza maintains control.
Souza has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The referee warns Hughes that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hughes is looking to get to half guard.
Hughes tries to lock up and control but Souza gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Souza lands with some strikes.
Hughes taking shots to the head.
The referee warns Hughes that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Hughes tries to hold on but Souza postures up.
Hughes is desperately trying to improve his position but Souza has a good base and remains in mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hughes bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Hughes scoring with some ground and pound.
Hughes stops Souza from standing up.
Hughes trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Hughes works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Souza blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hughes.
Souza is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Hughes scores with a couple of nice shots.
Hughes takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hughes working Souza over with strikes.
Souza tries to kick Hughes off but Hughes keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Hughes wants to pass the guard but Souza is defending well.
Hughes drops an elbow to the side of Souza's head.
Hughes not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Hughes thows a huge punch but Souza dodges it nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hughes is pressing down on Souza's thigh, looking to free his foot. Souza is holding on for now.
Hughes missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Murilo Souza dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Hughes shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Hughes was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Hughes punching from mount but Souza doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Hughes throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Souza because Hughes loaded up on that one.
BOOM! Hughes connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Souza blocking the ground and pound.
Murilo Souza has got the better of the ground game so far.
Souza holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Hughes tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
A nice elbow there by Hughes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hughes looking to finish with strikes here!
Souza avoids a series of strikes thrown by Hughes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes raining down shots from the mount!
Hughes fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Hughes with a couple of short strikes.
A nice elbow there by Hughes.
Hughes sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Hughes unloads with some shots from mount but Souza bucks and avoids them well.
BOOM! Hughes connects with a massive shot to the dome!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Souza that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Hughes postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Souza looks a forlorn figure.
Hughes lands a big elbow.
Souza is rocked!
Hughes with the ground and pound from mount.
Souza is still in real trouble! Can Hughes finish him?
Hughes lands with some strikes.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hughes landing strikes from the mount.
Hughes lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Hughes lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Souza hang on?
Oooooh, big shot lands for Hughes! Souza is hurt baaadly! Hughes is firing away with more strikes - Souza is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Ricardo Hughes!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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