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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Eder Albuquerque (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyson Gibson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gibson has chosen We Aint Never Scared as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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196 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
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185 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
KO power |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
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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
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eder Albuquerque!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tyson Gibson!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Gwen Towbar and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Albuquerque defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Gibson.
Gibson scores with a nice head shot.
Gibson throws a leg kick that misses.
Gibson shoots for a takedown but Albuquerque saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
A head kick misses from Gibson.
Gibson misses with a few strikes there.
Nice defenses there by Albuquerque.
Gibson throws a nice looking combination but Albuquerque bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Albuquerque is defended easily by Gibson.
Gibson tries to bum rush Albuquerque with a series of wild strikes but Albuquerque uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gibson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Gibson.
Albuquerque tries for a takedown but Gibson sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gibson tries for a takedown but Albuquerque circles away easily
and Albuquerque counters with a takedown into side control.
Eder Albuquerque has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tyson Gibson.
Gibson looks gassed!
Albuquerque tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Albuquerque moves into full mount!
Albuquerque avoids the attempt from Gibson to control.
Albuquerque goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Gibson is on top in guard.
Albuquerque has momentary wrist control but Gibson slips an elbow through the middle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gibson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Gibson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Gibson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Albuquerque works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Gibson scoring with punches to the head and body.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Gibson's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Gibson landing with the ground and pound.
Gibson gets to his feet. Albuquerque looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gibson stalks Albuquerque and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Albuquerque's face. Albuquerque staggers backwards, shaken.
Albuquerque walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Gibson drops Albuquerque with a left and a right! Oh, Albuquerque is hurt - Gibson dives into side control looking to finish!
Albuquerque is rocked!
Gibson in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Oh Albuquerque is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Albuquerque taking punishment in the form of punches.
Gibson creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Albuquerque seems to have got his legs back now.
Albuquerque can't do much from the bottom here.
Gibson controls the position.
Gibson is chipping away with strikes.
Albuquerque tries to bench press Gibson off him but Gibson keeps the position.
Gibson scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Albuquerque to see if he's OK.
Gibson is trying to get an arm triangle but Albuquerque is defending well.
Gibson looks up at the clock and then as Albuquerque takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Gibson smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Gibson is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Albuquerque has escaped the position, nice work there.
Gibson is chipping away with strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gibson is looking to take a break and control but Albuquerque is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Albuquerque struggling a bit here.
Albuquerque on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Albuquerque takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Albuquerque is looking to regain half guard here but Gibson keeps moving and retains side control.
Albuquerque taking a bit of punishment here - Gibson scoring with strikes.
Gibson is putting a hurting on Albuquerque here, landing some big shots from side control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Albuquerque is trying to get back to half guard.
Gibson lands a nice forearm strike.
Albuquerque tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Gibson presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tyson Gibson 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.
A good leg kick by Gibson.
Gibson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gibson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Albuquerque takes a swing at Gibson's ribcage but misses.
Gibson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Albuquerque takes one on the button.
Gibson changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Albuquerque looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Gibson is looking to take a break and control but Albuquerque is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gibson is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Albuquerque's shoulder. That is not cool.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gibson is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Albuquerque has escaped the position, nice work there.
Gibson lands a few punches from side control.
Albuquerque tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Gibson wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Gibson working the body and head with strikes.
Albuquerque takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Albuquerque is trying to control Gibson's posture but Gibson avoids it.
Gibson working the head with strikes.
Gibson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Albuquerque keeps working.
Gibson landing a few strikes.
Gibson working the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gibson working the ground and pound.
Gibson trying to control the position but Albuquerque is working away.
Albuquerque regains half guard.
Albuquerque is looking to control Gibson's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Albuquerque avoid being mounted?
Albuquerque taking some punishment here, with Gibson in his half guard.
Gibson working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Albuquerque is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Albuquerque has hold of Gibson's hands but Gibson slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Gibson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Albuquerque with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Gibson seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Albuquerque looking for subs from the bottom but Gibson mounts him!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gibson lands a nice shot to the head.
Gibson with good strikes from the mount here!
Albuquerque is in all sorts of trouble here.
Albuquerque takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Gibson is landing with some decent strikes but Albuquerque is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Albuquerque is in all sorts of trouble here.
Gibson landing strikes from the mount and Albuquerque is in trouble!
Albuquerque is desperately trying to improve his position but Gibson has a good base and remains in mount.
Gibson scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Gibson cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
BOOM! Gibson connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Gibson trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Albuquerque is in a horrible position here. Gibson smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Gibson cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Albuquerque is wriggling around trying to escape.
Gibson avoids the attempt from Albuquerque to control.
Gibson fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Gibson cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Albuquerque really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Gibson with the ground and pound from mount.
Albuquerque can't escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tyson Gibson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Gibson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Gibson thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Gibson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Albuquerque is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Gibson postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Gibson works over Albuquerque with some ground and pound from guard.
Albuquerque has momentary wrist control but Gibson slips an elbow through the middle.
Gibson scoring with punches to the head and body.
Gibson working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Albuquerque working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Gibson doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Gibson manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Gibson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Tyson Gibson has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gibson avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gibson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Albuquerque looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Gibson is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Gibson makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Albuquerque looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Gibson stands and throws Albuquerque's legs to the side, diving into side control.
You can see the frustration on Albuquerque's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Gibson connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Albuquerque some visible discomfort.
Tyson Gibson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Albuquerque tries to buck Gibson off but Gibson is having none of it.
Albuquerque is trying to escape the position but Gibson is controlling the position.
Gibson is working Albuquerque over with some ground and pound from side control.
Albuquerque is trying to improve his position.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Gibson looks to land a combination. Albuquerque sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Gibson scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Gibson shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Albuquerque is trying to defend but Gibson finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Gibson is keen to just control but Albuquerque is a slippery customer.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Albuquerque looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Gibson wants to control but Albuquerque is keeping him busy.
Gibson is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Albuquerque actively working from the bottom here.
Eder Albuquerque has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gibson is pressing down on Albuquerque's thigh, looking to free his foot. Albuquerque is holding on for now.
Gibson performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Albuquerque is trying to maintain the position but Gibson is very close to passing his half guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Gibson lands a two punch combo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Gibson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Albuquerque on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Nice body punch from Gibson.
Gibson lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Gibson lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Gibson.
Gibson throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Gibson throws a combination. Albuquerque tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Gibson throws a head kick but Albuquerque moves out of range.
Tyson Gibson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gibson lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Albuquerque backs up against the cage.
Gibson lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Gibson.
Gibson lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Gibson.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tyson Gibson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Gibson 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 27:30
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tyson Gibson!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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