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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marco Polo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vacilly Romanoff jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marco Polo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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263 lbs
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265 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marco Polo!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Vacilly Romanoff jr!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Daniel Cesar and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Polo tries to clinch but Romanoff jr moves out of range.
Romanoff jr dives in and grabs Polo's left leg, looking for a takedown. Polo pushes down on Romanoff jr's head and hops out.
Romanoff jr shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Polo wants to control but Romanoff jr is keeping busy.
Romanoff jr should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Polo is trying to get back to full guard.
Romanoff jr wants to take a breather but Polo is having none of it.
Polo works his way to full guard. Good work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Polo looking to hit a scissor sweep but Romanoff jr is one step ahead there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Polo throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Polo manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Romanoff jr manages to get himself to full guard.
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.
Polo working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Romanoff jr has a closed guard, preventing Polo from standing up.
Polo stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Romanoff jr swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Romanoff jr is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Polo is controlling him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Polo trying to control the position from guard on top but Romanoff jr is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Romanoff jr swats away the attempt to clinch by Polo.
Romanoff jr gets a takedown into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romanoff jr is thwarting Polo's attempts to control the position.
Polo is looking for a sweep. Romanoff jr is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Romanoff jr stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Polo tries to clinch but Romanoff jr moves out of range.
Polo is looking to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vacilly Romanoff jr dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Romanoff jr tries to score a power double leg takedown but Polo sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Romanoff jr somewhat.
Marco Polo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Polo shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Romanoff jr napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Polo tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Polo has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Polo lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Romanoff jr parries the strikes from Polo easily there. Polo is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Romanoff jr to escape.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Romanoff jr parries the strikes from Polo easily there. Polo is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Romanoff jr to escape.
Romanoff jr really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Polo. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Polo has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Romanoff jr circles away from the clinch attempt.
Polo lands with a good body shot.
Polo is looking to clinch.
Polo tries to clinch but Romanoff jr moves out of range.
Polo wants to clinch.
Polo tries to close the distance and clinch but Romanoff jr swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Polo tries to clinch up.
That's two 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.
Polo tries to clinch up but Romanoff jr circles away and keeps his distance.
Polo is looking to clinch.
Polo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Romanoff jr bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Polo looks to move to half guard but instead Romanoff jr has passed into mount! Damn!
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Romanoff jr has eaten all the pies!
Romanoff jr controlling his opponent.
Polo tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Polo is working hard here to advance position.
Polo wants to hold on but Romanoff jr pushes him away.
Romanoff jr goes for an armbar but Polo turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Polo.
Romanoff jr is breathing heavily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Polo trying to control the position from guard on top but Romanoff jr is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Polo won't allow Romanoff jr to get back to his feet.
Romanoff jr keeping moving, preventing Polo from controlling successfully.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Romanoff jr preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marco Polo dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!
Polo lands a nice looking body shot.
Polo lands a really nice looking cross but Romanoff jr seems unphased.
Polo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Polo closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Polo tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Polo fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Polo is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Romanoff jr is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Polo goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Romanoff jr rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Polo's guard! Nice work there by Romanoff jr!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Polo looking for a sweep. Not yet Polo, not yet.
Romanoff jr stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Romanoff jr shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Polo sprawls well. Polo wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Romanoff jr gets slowly back to his feet.
A good leg kick by Polo.
Romanoff jr circles away from the clinch attempt.
Polo scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Polo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Polo moves in looking to clinch but Romanoff jr pushes him off.
Polo wants to clinch up but Romanoff jr keeps it at a distance.
Romanoff jr misses with a takedown
and Polo counters with a three punch combo that has Romanoff jr backing up. Romanoff jr nods at Polo to acknowledge the strikes.
Romanoff jr has his takedown stuffed
and Polo counters by moving into the clinch.
Marco Polo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vacilly Romanoff jr.
Polo decides to pull guard.
Polo seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Polo manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Polo throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Polo looking to ground and pound but Romanoff jr is blocking nicely.
Polo is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Romanoff jr is surviving well by controlling Polo's body position as best he can.
Romanoff jr wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Polo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Poor strikes thrown by Polo there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Romanoff jr's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Polo with good strikes from the mount here!
Polo throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Romanoff jr because Polo loaded up on that one.
Polo throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Romanoff jr because Polo loaded up on that one.
Polo lands a big elbow.
Polo thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marco Polo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Polo has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marco Polo!
Marco Polo retains his heavyweight title!
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energy
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hype
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mgr
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