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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tom Morello (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Renzo Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morello comes to the cage accompanied by Tubthumping - i Get Knocked Down. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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183 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
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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
3 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tom Morello!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Renzo Alves!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Mauricio Rocha and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morello throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Morello is looking to clinch but Alves is avoiding it.
Morello is looking to clinch.
Morello misses with a two punch combination.
Alves is trying hard to land a takedown here. Morello sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Alves swats away the attempt to clinch by Morello.
Morello wants to clinch.
Alves fails with a takedown attempt.
A combination from Morello does no damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morello doesn't manage to clinch there - Alves circles away.
Alves avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Morello tries to close the distance and clinch but Alves swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Morello keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Tom Morello has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Renzo Alves.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Morello.
It looks like Renzo Alves has been cut.
Morello tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Alves paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Morello tries to clinch up.
Morello drops Alves with a beautiful combination! Alves stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Morello is looking for the KO!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morello tries to clinch up but Alves circles away and keeps his distance.
Morello fails with an attempt to clinch.
Morello moves in looking to clinch but Alves pushes him off.
Alves shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Morello sprawls well. Morello wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Alves gets slowly back to his feet.
Morello is looking to clinch.
Morello displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Alves is trying desperately to land a takedown but Morello is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Alves.
Morello wants to clinch up but Alves keeps it at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morello throws a nice looking combination but Alves bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Morello tries to close the distance and clinch but Alves swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Morello throws a right hand that Alves ducks under and follows up with a left that Alves also avoids with ease.
Morello tries to clinch up but Alves circles away and keeps his distance.
Alves swats away the attempt to clinch by Morello.
Tom Morello is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Alves avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Morello works over Alves's head and body with a nice combination.
Morello is breathing heavily.
Alves circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tom Morello seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morello wants to clinch.
Morello tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Alves paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Morello fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves shoots in but Morello avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Morello stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Morello wants it to stay on the feet.
Alves looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Morello is fending him off so far but Alves persists. Nope, Morello circles away and we're back to standing.
Alves shoots in and drives through. Morello sprawls well.
Morello tries to close the distance and clinch but Alves swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Morello looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Morello tries to clinch but Alves is having none of it.
Morello tries to clinch but Alves moves out of range.
Morello tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Alves paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Morello moves in looking to clinch but Alves pushes him off.
Morello stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Morello wants it to stay on the feet.
Morello tries to clinch there but Alves circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Morello misses with a jab, cross combination.
Alves has a takedown stuffed.
Alves 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.
Alves drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Morello dives on top into guard.
Alves is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Alves looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Morello passes into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tom Morello dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Renzo Alves's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Morello tries to clinch but Alves moves out of range.
Morello tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Alves fails with a takedown attempt.
Morello throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Alves.
Morello doesn't manage to clinch there - Alves circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morello misses with a few strikes there.
Alves shoots in for a takedown but Morello shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Alves has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Alves avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morello moves in looking to clinch but Alves pushes him off.
Morello lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Alves circles away quickly and effectively.
Alves circles away from the clinch attempt.
Alves has a takedown stuffed.
Tom Morello has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Renzo Alves.
Morello is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Alves dodges the punch combination from Morello.
Morello fails with an attempt to clinch.
Alves looks for a takedown but Morello sprawls well.
Alves avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Morello fails with an attempt to clinch.
Morello throws a nice looking combination but Alves bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Alves shoots in looking for a takedown. Morello tries to sprawl out of it but Alves keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Morello manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Alves keeps the fight on the outside.
Alves keeps the fight on the outside.
The fight stays on the outside here - Morello looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Alves circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tom Morello is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Morello tries to clinch up but Alves circles away and keeps his distance.
Morello fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves shoots for a double leg takedown but Morello sprawls well. He's pushed Alves's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Alves swats away the attempt to clinch by Morello.
Morello tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Alves paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tom Morello is winning the standup battle so far.
Morello tries to clinch up.
Morello is looking to clinch.
Morello looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Morello throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Alves.
Alves dodges the punch combination from Morello.
Alves shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Morello as he jumps to the side.
Alves shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Morello sprawls well. Morello wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Alves gets slowly back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Morello fails in his attempt to clinch.
Morello tries to clinch up.
Morello is looking to clinch.
Morello tries to clinch there but Alves circles away.
Morello tries to clinch up but Alves circles away and keeps his distance.
Morello tries to bum rush Alves with a series of wild strikes but Alves uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Alves shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Morello defends it nicely.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Alves throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Morello's waist but Morello gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Alves off to one side.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tom Morello dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Renzo Alves's cut.
That's time! Morello's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Morello tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Alves paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Alves swats away the attempt to clinch by Morello.
Morello is looking to clinch but Alves is avoiding it.
Alves misses with a takedown attempt - Morello sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Morello tries to clinch there but Alves circles away.
Alves looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Morello!
Alves keeps the fight on the outside.
Morello tries to clinch there but Alves circles away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Morello throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Alves.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morello tries to clinch but Alves is having none of it.
Morello looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Alves dives in and grabs Morello's left leg, looking for a takedown. Morello pushes down on Alves's head and hops out.
Tom Morello has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Renzo Alves.
Alves looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Morello is fending him off so far but Alves persists. Nope, Morello circles away and we're back to standing.
Morello looks to land a combination. Alves sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
That has opened up Renzo Alves's cut even more.
Morello tries to clinch there but Alves circles away.
Morello wants to clinch.
Alves fails to land the takedown.
Alves shoots for a double leg takedown but Morello sprawls well. He's pushed Alves's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morello tries to clinch there but Alves circles away.
Morello moves in looking to clinch but Alves pushes him off.
Alves slips a jab and a cross from Morello.
Alves dives in and grabs Morello's left leg, looking for a takedown. Morello pushes down on Alves's head and hops out.
Morello misses with a few strikes there.
Alves looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Morello looks to land a combination but Alves avoids it well.
Alves keeps the fight on the outside.
Morello wants to clinch up but Alves keeps it at a distance.
Morello tries to clinch but Alves moves out of range.
Morello throws a series of punches but Alves moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Morello misses.
Alves has a takedown stuffed.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Alves.
Morello is looking to clinch.
Morello fails with an attempt to clinch.
Morello tries to clinch but Alves is having none of it.
Morello misses with a series of wild punches.
Alves shoots in looking for a takedown. Morello tries to sprawl out of it but Alves keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Morello manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
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.
Morello throws a nice looking combination but Alves bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Alves throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Morello's waist but Morello gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Alves off to one side.
Morello tries to clinch but Alves moves out of range.
Morello displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Alves.
A right-left combo lands from Morello.
Alves shoots in looking for a takedown. Morello tries to sprawl out of it but Alves keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Morello manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Alves circles away from the clinch attempt.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tom Morello showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Morello, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tom Morello!
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energy
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hype
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