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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Billy Moore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodrigo da Cunha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Moore comes to the ring accompanied by Funeral Thirst. da Cunha has chosen Racionais MC's - Negro Drama as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!
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162 lbs
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150 lbs
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Dangerous GnP
Decent elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Billy Moore!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rodrigo da Cunha!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
da Cunha ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Moore moves away.
da Cunha tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Moore paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Moore.
Moore passes to full mount! That's big trouble for da Cunha!
Moore controlling his opponent.
da Cunha is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Moore with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
da Cunha is trying to escape the mount.
Moore controlling the pace for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moore's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Moore has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
da Cunha keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Moore looking to control and managing it successfully.
da Cunha is trying to escape the mount.
Moore looking to control and managing it successfully.
That's two 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.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Billy Moore just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Moore closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Moore seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
da Cunha avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Moore.
Moore not doing much here.
da Cunha tries to get to full guard but Moore has control of the leg.
Moore sitting and controlling from the half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moore seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down da Cunha for as long as he can get away with.
da Cunha is looking to improve his position.
Moore is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and da Cunha defends it well.
Moore is controlling the pace.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Moore landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Moore is controlling the pace.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Billy Moore just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
da Cunha tries to clinch but Moore moves out of range.
Moore moves into range and clinches up with da Cunha.
Moore is trying to drag da Cunha to the mat but da Cunha just about manages to keep his footing. He used the ropes to his advantage there.
da Cunha can't get the takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Billy Moore dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Moore closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming da Cunha to the mat! da Cunha manages to get full guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Moore is stalling in the full guard.
Moore pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. da Cunha is keeping the position for now.
Moore not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Moore looking to pass the guard.
Moore trying to control but da Cunha is working from the bottom.
Moore stands up over da Cunha, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
da Cunha working a defensive guard here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moore controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Moore trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Moore shoots in looking for a takedown. da Cunha tries to sprawl out of it but Moore keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. da Cunha manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Moore feints and as da Cunha raises his hands in defense, Moore changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Moore slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Moore stopping the sweep attempt from da Cunha.
Moore controlling from the top position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
da Cunha is trying to keep Moore in close.
Moore trying to control but da Cunha is working from the bottom.
Moore showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
da Cunha is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Moore content to stall in guard here.
da Cunha is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moore thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Moore's corner is telling him to maintain position.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Billy Moore just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
da Cunha leaves Moore with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Moore gets the takedown into side control.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Moore controlling the position from side mount.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
da Cunha can't do much from the bottom here.
Moore lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear da Cunha down.
Moore trying to control the action but da Cunha is working from the bottom.
Moore working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
You can see the frustration on da Cunha's face as Moore controls the position.
da Cunha takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
da Cunha is looking for a sweep.
Moore scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at da Cunha to see if he's OK.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Billy Moore dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Moore.
da Cunha shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than da Cunha was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Billy Moore overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
da Cunha moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Moore has worked his arm free - good work by Moore!
da Cunha trying to control the position but Moore is working away.
da Cunha thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
da Cunha takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
da Cunha throwing strikes but Moore manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
da Cunha really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Moore. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's one minute gone in the round.
da Cunha is being controlled here.
da Cunha can't do much from the bottom here.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
da Cunha is trying to improve his position.
Moore in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Moore in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Moore tries to move to mount but da Cunha blocks the move with his legs.
Moore controls the position from side control.
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.
da Cunha takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
da Cunha gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Moore landing punches.
Moore looking to control and managing it successfully.
da Cunha is looking to improve his position but Moore isn't that keen on the idea.
Moore landing strikes from the mount and da Cunha is in trouble!
Moore controlling the position easily from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moore landing strikes, looking to finish!
Moore controlling from the full mount.
BOOM! Moore connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Moore looking to control and managing it successfully.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Billy Moore just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Moore shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in da Cunha's guard.
Moore is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moore postures up.
da Cunha looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Moore showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Moore lands a couple of decent looking shots.
da Cunha not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
da Cunha looking to hit a scissor sweep but Moore is one step ahead there.
Moore controls from within his opponent's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Billy Moore clearly takes that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
da Cunha fails with the takedown
so Moore counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
da Cunha is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Moore is controlling him.
Moore looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Billy Moore just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Moore shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Moore was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
da Cunha is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Moore tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
da Cunha tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Moore looking to control and managing it successfully.
da Cunha is trying to escape the mount.
Moore sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Billy Moore just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Moore gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Moore ties up his opponent against the ropes and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Moore no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Moore is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. da Cunha is aware though and is defending well.
Moore keeping moving, preventing da Cunha from controlling successfully.
da Cunha must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
da Cunha throws a sloppy strike and Moore has hooked up an armbar on the loose arm! He's turned and extended fully! da Cunha is forced to tap! Great BJJ from Moore!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:02 of round 4, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Billy Moore!
Billy Moore is the new lightweight champion!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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