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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Raphael Paiva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tiger Bear (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Paiva comes to the cage accompanied by AC DC: Thuderstruck . Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Tiger Bear enters the cage!
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid 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
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Raphael Paiva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tiger Bear!
The judges for this bout are , and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bear keeps the fight on the outside.
Bear cracks the inside of Paiva's front leg.
Paiva looks for a takedown but Bear sprawls well.
Paiva tries to clinch up but Bear circles away and keeps his distance.
Bear scores with a crisp jab that stopped Paiva in his tracks.
Paiva pushes Bear up against the cage in a clinch.
Paiva throws an elbow that misses.
Bear lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Paiva.
Paiva changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Bear fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Bear gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Bear lands a knee to the body.
Bear unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Paiva is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Paiva wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Raphael Paiva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Paiva takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bear lands a right hand.
Knees to the body from Bear.
Bear lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bear working Paiva over with knees to the body.
Bear lands with a light punch inside.
Bear lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bear lands a good knee to the midsection. Paiva won't want to take too many of those.
Bear lands an elbow just above Paiva 's eye.
Bear misses with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Bear - that landed with a thud.
Paiva takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bear lands with a right to the head.
Paiva takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bear lands an elbow just above Paiva 's eye.
Bear stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Bear scores a nice knee to the body.
Paiva goes for a takedown attempt but Bear pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Raphael Paiva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bear lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bear connects with a single shot there.
A jab from Paiva misses.
Paiva clinches but Bear breaks the clinch
and Bear counters with a stiff right hand.
Paiva looks to clinch
and Bear connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bear goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Bear looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bear lands a lovely overhand right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bear throws a nice outside leg kick.
Paiva misses with a takedown
letting Bear counter with a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bear connects with a looping right hand.
Paiva needs to keep his hands up - Bear had a free shot at his head there.
Bear circles away from the clinch attempt
and Bear counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Bear rushes Paiva and presses him up against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bear.
Bear scores with a hook to the body.
Bear scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bear scores a nice knee to the body.
A body shot lands from Bear.
A short uppercut from Bear.
A right handed body shot lands from Bear.
Bear lands with a light punch inside.
Bear lands an uppercut.
Bear gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bear putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Paiva in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bear with a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bear using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bear lands a nice knee to the body.
Bear lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bear working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Paiva's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Paiva throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Paiva tries to pull guard but Bear holds him up against the cage and eventually Paiva drops back down to his feet.
A left hand lands to the body for Bear.
Bear lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Paiva or not.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bear.
Paiva is working for takedown but Bear is calmly controlling the position for now.
Bear connects with a knee to the head.
Bear putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Paiva in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Bear.
A short right from Bear on the inside.
Bear lands a knee to the head.
A short body shot lands from Bear as the two fighters clinch.
Bear gets through Paiva's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bear creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Paiva's defenses.
Bear stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Bear utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A body shot lands from Bear.
Bear lands an elbow inside.
Bear with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Good body shot from Bear.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bear lands a body punch.
Bear lands with a left to the head.
Bear scores with a knee to the head.
Paiva takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bear throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Bear utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bear lands with a left to the head.
Paiva drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Bear gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Bear lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Paiva.
Bear utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bear throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bear is working Paiva over against the cage.
Bear tries to land a knee to the head but Paiva blocks with his arms.
Paiva avoiding damage as Bear throws knees to the body.
Paiva has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Bear avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bear lands a body shot in the clinch.
Bear utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A short body shot lands from Bear as the two fighters clinch.
Bear lands a body punch in the clinch.
Bear with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bear blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tiger Bear dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Bear lands with a thumping leg kick.
Paiva with a poor takedown
and Bear counters with a nice uppercut.
Raphael Paiva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Paiva shoots in for a takedown but Bear shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Paiva takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Bear moves into range and connects with a jab.
Bear has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bear slips a jab from Paiva.
Bear lands a nice looking kick to the body. Paiva takes a step back to recover.
Paiva tries to clinch but Bear moves away
and Bear cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Left hook, right uppercut from Bear.
Paiva closes the distance and clinches.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bear.
Tiger Bear seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Bear unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bear working Paiva over with knees to the body.
Bear lands a good knee to the midsection. Paiva won't want to take too many of those.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bear lands with a right to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bear lands a nice knee to the body.
Bear lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Paiva.
A shot in the inside from Bear.
Bear lands a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bear.
Bear lands a body punch.
Knees to the body from Bear.
Paiva takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bear lands an elbow that stopped Paiva in his tracks for a moment.
Nice body punch from Bear.
Nice elbow from Bear.
Bear lands a nice elbow.
Bear landing knees to the head.
Bear with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bear lands a knee to the body.
Paiva changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Bear fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Raphael Paiva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bear pushes Paiva up against the cage in a clinch.
Bear scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bear misses with a knee strike.
Paiva wants the takedown. Bear is fighting it off but Paiva persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Bear's guard against the cage.
Bear wants to get back to his feet but Paiva is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Paiva trying to control but Bear is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bear tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Bear lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Paiva!
Paiva tries to hold on but Bear pushes him away.
Paiva is looking to get to half guard.
Bear wants to control the pace but Paiva is squirming around nicely.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Bear content just to control the position here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Paiva gets back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bear tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Paiva.
Paiva holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Paiva trying to control but Bear postures up.
Bear missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Bear tries to stand but can't do so whilst Paiva controls his leg.
Paiva tries to roll over but Bear keeps him under control.
Bear postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Paiva to stand up.
Paiva darts in trying to clinch
and Bear counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Paiva thinking.
Bear rushes Paiva and presses him up against the cage.
Bear utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bear lands a left hand.
Bear tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Paiva tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Bear smiles and moves away.
Paiva tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Bear counters with a nice kick to the body.
Paiva darts in trying to clinch
and Bear counters with an inside leg kick.
Paiva looks to clinch
and Bear counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Paiva thinking.
Paiva throws a combination that misses
and Bear counters with a straight right hand.
Bear cracks the inside of Paiva's front leg.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bear wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Bear keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Paiva.
Bear digs a good body shot into Paiva's ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tiger Bear showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Paiva shoots and misses
and Bear holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Bear working Paiva over with knees to the body.
A short right from Bear on the inside.
Bear connects with a knee to the head.
Bear unloads a knee to the mid-section. Paiva lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bear lands a body punch.
Knees to the body from Bear.
Bear digs a right hand underneath Paiva's ribcage. Paiva let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short body shot lands from Bear as the two fighters clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Bear.
Bear cracks Paiva with a nice body shot.
Bear lands a good knee to the midsection. Paiva won't want to take too many of those.
A right handed body shot lands from Bear.
Bear lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Paiva backwards.
Paiva changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Bear fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Bear is looking to slow Paiva down with leg kicks.
Bear clinches.
Bear is leaning against Paiva and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A short right from Bear on the inside.
Bear trying to land knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Paiva is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Bear gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Raphael Paiva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Paiva takes an elbow to the temple.
A body shot lands from Bear.
Bear landing knees to the body.
Bear lands a left hand that snaps the head of Paiva backwards.
Paiva takes a knee to the side of the body.
A shot in the inside from Bear.
Bear is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bear connects with a knee to the head.
Bear lands with a right to the head.
Paiva pulls guard effortlessly.
Paiva utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Paiva manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Bear manages to get himself to full guard.
Bear keeping moving, preventing Paiva from controlling successfully.
Bear wants to stand and escape but Paiva is having none of it.
Paiva is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Paiva with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paiva tries to free his leg and advance position but Bear is retaining full guard.
Bear is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Bear can't keep his opponent in guard - Paiva advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Bear pushes Paiva off and gets back to his feet.
Paiva gets the takedown into side control.
Paiva throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Paiva creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Paiva is looking to take a break and control but Bear is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Paiva throws an elbow but Bear slips to the side and avoids it well.
Sloppy strikes there by Paiva.
Paiva prevents Bear from escaping the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paiva working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Bear tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Paiva clinches but Bear breaks the clinch
and Bear counters with a nice uppercut.
Bear scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Nice sprawl there from Bear as Paiva shoots in.
Nice body punch from Bear.
Bear turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Bear closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Paiva shoots in and drives through. Bear sprawls well.
Bear gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Bear landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bear gets through Paiva's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bear lands a left hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paiva takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bear connects with a knee to the head.
Bear lands a shot to the body.
Paiva goes for a takedown in the clinch but Bear prevents it.
Raphael Paiva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bear lands a knee to the head.
Paiva pushes off an throws an elbow but Bear leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bear creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Paiva's defenses.
Nice body punch from Bear.
Bear is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Paiva gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Bear is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Paiva lands a nice short elbow.
Paiva is trying to control the action in half guard but Bear is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Bear manages to get to full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Paiva lands a couple of elbows.
Bear has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Paiva off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tiger Bear comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Bear winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Suge Night scores the fight 26:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 26:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tiger Bear!
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