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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Goaf Avelino (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Avelino is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Ela sai de saia de bicicletinha. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Daniel Love!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Goaf Avelino!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Daniel Cesar and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Avelino moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
It looks like Daniel Love has been cut.
Avelino will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Avelino swinging wildly here.
Love with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Love misses with a head kick.
Avelino throws a series of punches but Love avoids them all with ease.
Goaf Avelino seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Avelino swinging wildly here.
Love tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Love slips a straight right by Avelino.
Love wants to clinch up but Avelino keeps it at a distance.
A solid body kick from Love.
Avelino looks gassed!
Love throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Love tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Avelino takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Love misses with a two punch combination.
Love moves into the clinch.
Love pulls guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Avelino postures up.
Love wants to stand but Avelino is controlling the position.
Love trying to control the position.
Love looking for a sweep. Not yet Love, not yet.
Love is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Avelino keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Love's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Love is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
A jab from Avelino finds it's way through Love's defenses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Avelino cracks Love with a good jab.
Love moves into the clinch.
Love's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Love closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Avelino tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Love manages to move to mount!
Love stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Love takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Love throws a head kick that Avelino semi-blocks.
Avelino misses with a straight right.
Love rushes Avelino and presses him up against the cage.
Avelino is trying to break the clinch but Love has him pressed against the cage.
Love ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Love no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Avelino postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Avelino postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Love holds on and takes a little breather.
Love kicks Avelino off and gets to his feet.
Love throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The fight stays on the outside here - Love looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Avelino scores with a nice head shot.
Avelino avoids the head kick by Love.
Goaf Avelino is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Avelino avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Avelino catches Love with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Avelino tries to keep at a distance but Love has taken the fight into the clinch.
Love gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Avelino regains guard.
Avelino keeping moving, preventing Love from controlling successfully.
Love gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body kick there by Love.
Love uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Avelino.
Love tries a head kick but it misses.
Love tries to clinch there but Avelino circles away.
Avelino misses with a combination
and Love holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Love - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Love tries to pull guard but Avelino holds him up against the cage and eventually Love drops back down to his feet.
Avelino wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Love will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Avelino up against the cage.
Love breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Love closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Love gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Avelino's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Love tries to score a body lock takedown but Avelino shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Daniel Love dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Daniel Love's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Love clinches up with Avelino and pushes him back against the cage.
Avelino has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Avelino is trying to break the clinch but Love is controlling him.
Avelino is pressed up against the cage. Love has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Avelino down to the mat. Avelino avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Avelino lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Avelino connects with a single shot there.
Love takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Love moves into the clinch successfully.
Avelino has had enough of the clinch but Love keeps him there for the moment.
Avelino is fighting off a takedown attempt but Love is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Avelino to the mat. Avelino regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Love has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Avelino is proving hard to escape from.
Avelino kicks Love off and gets to his feet.
Love throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Avelino.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Avelino dips to his left and cracks Love with an uppercut!
Avelino looks to land a combination but Love avoids it well.
Love clinches.
Love jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Avelino walks away with a smile on his face. Love gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Love has closed the distance and engaged Avelino in a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Avelino wants to break free but Love has control.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Avelino is trying to force a seperation but Love has the dominant position.
Love scores with a shoulder strike.
Love throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Avelino blocks it with crossed arms.
Avelino tries to circle away but Love has him pinned against the cage.
Love tries for a takedown but Avelino manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Daniel Love. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Avelino working hard to break the clinch.
Love pulls guard effortlessly.
Avelino in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Avelino cracks Love with a solid left hand.
Avelino wants to stand but Love is controlling his posture from full guard.
Love preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Love pulls Avelino in to control the position.
Love is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Avelino is trying to escape back to his feet but Love uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Avelino takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Love in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Love decides to stand back up. Love steps back and let's Avelino get back to his feet.
Avelino misses with a two punch combination.
Avelino throws a looping overhand right but Love ducks down to avoid it.
Love thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Avelino if he has to take too many more of those.
Avelino circles away from the clinch attempt.
Love forces Avelino back against the cage and clinches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Avelino misses with a combination
and Love counters by moving into the clinch.
Avelino tries to break free but Love pushes him back against the cage.
Avelino stops a takedown attempt from Love.
Love comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Love breaks the clinch.
Love wants to clinch.
Avelino cracks Love with an open hand slap.
Love is looking to clinch.
Love feints and as Avelino raises his hands in defense, Love changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Avelino wants to stand up but Love is controlling him.
Love stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Love is looking to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Love misses with a head kick.
A head kick misses from Love.
Avelino will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A head kick from Love lands but Avelino takes it in his stride.
Love fails with an attempt to clinch.
Avelino misses with a shot to the body
and Love counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Avelino thows a left - swing and a miss!
Love takes the fight into the clinch.
Avelino is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Love keeps control of Avelino as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Avelino has had enough of the clinch but Love keeps him there for the moment.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Love connects with a nasty looking knee right to Avelino's face.
Love lands a good knee to the midsection. Avelino won't want to take too many of those.
Avelino is trying to force a seperation but Love has the dominant position.
Love has Avelino pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Avelino manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Love fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Love is trying to drag Avelino to the mat but Avelino just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Daniel Love dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Daniel Love's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Avelino throws a series of punches but Love avoids them all with ease.
A head kick misses from Love.
Love throws a one two combo.
Avelino scores with a nice right hand.
Avelino keeps the fight on the outside.
Love gets a clinch.
Avelino wants to break free but Love has control.
Avelino wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Love is trying to drag Avelino to the mat but Avelino just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Avelino wants to break the clinch but can't.
Love's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Love looking for a takedown.
Love tightens his grip and picks Avelino up, before dumping him to the ground. Avelino manages to land in guard.
Avelino is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Love trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Avelino is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Love is pushing Avelino up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Avelino tries to break free but Love pushes him back against the cage.
Avelino wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Love has Avelino pressed against the cage, preventing Avelino from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Love breaks from the clinch.
Avelino tries to keep at a distance but Love has taken the fight into the clinch.
Avelino is trying to break free.
Avelino stops a takedown attempt from Love.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Daniel Love. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Avelino working hard to break the clinch.
Love drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Avelino gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Goaf Avelino has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Love closes the distance and pushes Avelino back into the cage.
Love just leaning against Avelino, taking a breather.
Avelino wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Avelino wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Avelino wants to get back to striking at distance but Love won't allow it.
Love has picked Avelino up - he's going for a ride! Love dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Avelino punching from the bottom.
Avelino is trying to stand.
Avelino manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Love fails in his attempt to clinch.
Love gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Avelino takes a knee right on the jaw!
Love lands a knee to the head.
Love breaks the clinch.
Love takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Daniel Love is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Avelino scores with a punch to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danga de danga de dang - Love scores with a four punch combination!
The fight stays on the outside here - Love looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Love clinches up against the cage.
Love breaks the clinch.
Donk. Avelino catches Love right on the button with a cross.
Love fails to land the takedown.
Love shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Avelino's guard.
Avelino isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Love stacks Avelino on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Love!
Avelino wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Love taking a breather here.
Love stands up.
Love connects with a high kick.
Avelino misses the body punch
and Love counters with a good, hard body kick but Avelino shrugs it off.
Avelino misses with a hook. Love ducked under it nicely.
Daniel Love is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Avelino throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Love counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Avelino!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Avelino swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
And that's the end of the fight!
Daniel Love showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Love has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Daniel Love!
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