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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Mann (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chad Herbstreit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Herbstreit comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Herb Alpert - Street Life kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Chad Herbstreit enters the cage!
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215 lbs
5 - 0 - 0 |
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190 cm
26
217 lbs
9 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily |
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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 light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, John Mann!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Chad Herbstreit!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Mauricio Rocha and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Herbstreit misses with a wild body shot.
Mann displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Herbstreit throws out the jab.
Mann shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Herbstreit wants to hold on but Mann pushes him away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mann postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Herbstreit looks a forlorn figure.
Herbstreit working to try and regain half guard.
Mann postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Herbstreit looks a forlorn figure.
Herbstreit working to try and regain half guard.
Mann with good strikes from the mount here!
Mann trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Mann cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mann breaks from Herbstreit's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Mann scoring with strikes but Herbstreit is staying in there.
Herbstreit wants to control but Mann is having none of it.
Mann lands a nice shot to the head.
Herbstreit tries to hold on but Mann pushes him away.
Mann sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Herbstreit really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Herbstreit is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Herbstreit is in all sorts of trouble here.
Herbstreit regains half guard.
Mann is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Mann prevents Herbstreit from improving his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Mann is keen to just control but Herbstreit is a slippery customer.
Mann is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Herbstreit can't escape the position.
Mann scoring with strikes but Herbstreit is staying in there.
Herbstreit taking shots to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Herbstreit is looking to improve his position but Mann isn't that keen on the idea.
Mann working Herbstreit over with strikes here.
Herbstreit is looking to get to half guard.
Mann looking to control but Herbstreit is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Mann lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Herbstreit sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Mann passes the guard and advances to mount!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mann trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Herbstreit tries to hold on but Mann pushes him away.
Herbstreit is squirming around, avoiding Mann's attempts to control the action.
Herbstreit is looking to improve his position but Mann isn't that keen on the idea.
Herbstreit gets back to half guard.
Herbstreit looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Mann frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Mann prevents Herbstreit from getting the reversal.
Herbstreit is squirming around, avoiding Mann's attempts to control the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Mann lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Mann is landing with some decent strikes but Herbstreit is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
BOOM! Mann connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Mann breaks from Herbstreit's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Mann scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Mann has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Herbstreit's face.
Mann pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Herbstreit is looking to improve his position but Mann isn't that keen on the idea.
Mann landing strikes, looking to finish!
Mann working Herbstreit over with strikes here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Herbstreit gets back to half guard.
Herbstreit moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Herbstreit has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Mann has passed into side control.
Herbstreit can't do much from the bottom here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Mann dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Herbstreit stuffs the takedown.
Herbstreit thows a body shot but no joy.
Mann shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Herbstreit but Herbstreit pushes him off and we're back to square one.
John Mann is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mann shoots in looking for a takedown. Herbstreit tries to sprawl out of it but Mann keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Herbstreit manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Mann. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Some wild striking there from Mann.
Mann takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
It looks like John Mann has been cut.
Herbstreit punishes Mann's body with a nice straight punch.
Mann looks for a takedown but Herbstreit sprawls well.
Herbstreit throws a combination that misses
and Mann counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Mann.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mann postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mann trying to control the position from guard on top but Herbstreit is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Herbstreit is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Herbstreit trying to control the position here.
Herbstreit looking to control.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Mann takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Herbstreit fails to land with a series of punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Herbstreit misses with a wild combination.
Herbstreit fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mann manages to avoid it.
Mann takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Herbstreit scores with a jab to the body.
Herbstreit throws a body punch but Mann moves out of range.
Herbstreit defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Mann.
Herbstreit misses with a double jab
and Mann counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Herbstreit looking to hit a scissor sweep but Mann is one step ahead there.
Herbstreit is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Mann throwing strikes from guard but Herbstreit blocks nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Mann accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Mann won't allow Herbstreit to sweep him here.
Mann would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Herbstreit is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a tringle but Mann frees his head nicely. Oh but Herbstreit has switched to an armbar! Mann is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Chad Herbstreit!
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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