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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Renato Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Prince Vasquel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alves comes to the cage accompanied by Ultimate Victory. Vasquel comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Halo-Street Fighter kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Prince Vasquel struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 171.2lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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180 lbs
12 - 7 - 0 |
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180 cm
25
187 lbs
11 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Very strong |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power |
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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
12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Renato Alves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Prince Vasquel!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Alexandre Firmino and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Excellent takedown into side control there by Vasquel.
Alves gets back to half guard.
Alves trying to hold on to Vasquel's head to control him but Vasquel postures up.
Alves is looking to improve his position.
Vasquel not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Alves is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Alves trying to control but Vasquel postures up.
Alves makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Alves.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Vasquel accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Vasquel keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Alves's head.
Vasquel throwing strikes from guard but Alves blocks nicely.
Vasquel with a flurry of punches that miss.
Alves has his foot on Vasquel's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Vasquel works his way back into a safe position though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves keeping full guard, as Vasquel tries to pass.
Vasquel stands and throws Alves's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Vasquel working the ground and pound but Alves is defending the strikes.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Alves tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Alves manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Alves moves into full guard.
Vasquel stopping the sweep attempt from Alves.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Vasquel trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Alves is on top in guard.
Vasquel keeping moving, preventing Alves from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vasquel preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Alves working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Vasquel's head.
Vasquel bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Alves's guard.
Alves looking for a sweep. Not yet Alves, not yet.
Vasquel throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Alves works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Alves trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Alves is on top in guard.
Alves tries to free his leg and advance position but Vasquel is retaining full guard.
Vasquel had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Alves defends it easily.
Vasquel looking for a guillotine here but Alves defends easily.
Vasquel looks gassed!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Alves wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Vasquel, who protects the arm well.
Alves is trying to get an arm triangle but Vasquel is defending well.
Vasquel wants to control but Alves postures up.
Alves throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Alves is trying to get an arm triangle but Vasquel is defending well.
Alves tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Alves has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vasquel wants to control but Alves postures up.
Vasquel is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Vasquel looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Alves wants to pass to mount but Vasquel is defending the position.
Alves wants to lay and pray for a moment but Vasquel keeps working.
Alves throwing shots but Vasquel is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Renato Alves will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Alves tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vasquel was well out of range. Poor timing from Alves.
Vasquel moves out of range of the strikes.
Alves scores with a leg kick.
Alves tries to close the distance and clinch but Vasquel swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Alves throws out a loose jab but Vasquel uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vasquel will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
No luck for Alves with that takedown attempt.
Alves fails to land with a series of punches.
Alves looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Alves lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Vasquel takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Alves lands with an uppercut that bounces Vasquel off the cage and back into rage.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Vasquel shoots in for a double leg but Alves sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
A punch combination from Vasquel misses.
Alves misses with a double jab.
Vasquel shoots in but Alves avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Renato Alves has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Prince Vasquel.
Vasquel thows a left - swing and a miss!
Vasquel keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Vasquel slips a jab from Alves.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vasquel keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Alves.
Vasquel is breathing heavily.
Alves avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Alves rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Vasquel moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Alves connects with a crisp jab.
Vasquel moves in looking to clinch but Alves pushes him off.
Alves swinging wildly here.
Alves misses with an uppercut. Vasquel saw that one coming.
Alves lands a with a good body shot.
Vasquel doesn't manage to clinch there - Alves circles away.
Alves misses with a looping left.
Vasquel fails with an attempt to clinch.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Alves.
Alves swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Vasquel looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Alves misses with a two punch combination.
Alves misses with a wild body shot.
Alves lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Alves.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Alves.
Vasquel is rocked!
Alves throws a monster overhand right that drops Vasquel! Alves follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Renato Alves!
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energy
A | B |
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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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