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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Apollo Need (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Silvano Assunicao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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195 lbs
6 - 5 - 0 |
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190 cm
25
215 lbs
11 - 10 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin |
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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
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Apollo Need!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Silvano Assunicao!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Felipe Paraventi and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Need misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Need tries to clinch up.
Need closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Assunicao is trying to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Assunicao manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Assunicao is trying to control. Need wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The fighters are battling for position here. Need manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Assunicao slips nicely into half guard.
Assunicao is looking to stall here but Need recovers full guard.
Need avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Need will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Need throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Need wants to sweep but no luck.
Need is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Assunicao defends well.
Need wants to sweep but no luck.
Need has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Assunicao can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Need manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Need prevents Assunicao from getting the reversal.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Need landing strikes from the mount.
Assunicao is squirming around, avoiding Need's attempts to control the action.
Need scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Need in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Need postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Assunicao looks a forlorn figure.
Need is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Need!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Apollo Need!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
45% |
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