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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Darnielle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruno Sotomayor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sotomayor has chosen Enter Sandman - Metallica as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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197 cm
19
192 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
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191 cm
20
201 lbs
8 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank |
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, John Darnielle! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bruno Sotomayor! The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Felipe Paraventi and Alexandre Firmino.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/round1.jpg) The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Sotomayor waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Darnielle. Sotomayor looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. Sotomayor tries to clinch but Darnielle is having none of it. Sotomayor steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Darnielle. That one must have hurt. Darnielle wants to clinch. Darnielle connects with a solid leg kick. Darnielle throws a nice outside leg kick. Sotomayor misses with a straight right. Darnielle takes a body punch but keeps moving. Sotomayor throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Darnielle. Darnielle bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. Darnielle lands a head kick. Sotomayor smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
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It looks like Bruno Sotomayor has been cut. Sotomayor fails in his attempt to clinch. Darnielle throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Darnielle doesn't manage to clinch there - Sotomayor circles away.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/1.gif) That's one minute gone in the round. Darnielle looks to score with a jab to the body but Sotomayor is just out of range. Sotomayor swings and misses with a shot to the body and Darnielle counters with a head kick. That will keep Sotomayor thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks! Sotomayor misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Darnielle.
Sotomayor darts in trying to clinch and Darnielle counters with a slapping leg kick. Sotomayor throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Darnielle sees it coming and avoids it easily. Sotomayor throws a sloppy body shot
and Darnielle counters with an outside leg kick.
Sotomayor throws a sloppy body shot
and Darnielle counters with a huge head kick that drops Sotomayor! The ref dives in to stop the fight and the crowd goes wild!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Darnielle!
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G |
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
64% |
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