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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between joey cox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and chico keldosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). chico keldosa acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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185 lbs
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193 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, joey cox!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, chico keldosa!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Frank Dennis and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
keldosa looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
cox thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
keldosa wants to control from the top but cox keeps moving.
keldosa drops back looking for a leg! cox is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and cox manages to kick keldosa off! keldosa jumps back into cox's guard.
cox keeping moving, preventing keldosa from controlling successfully.
cox strikes from his own guard.
keldosa won't allow cox to sweep him here.
cox is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and keldosa defends well.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
cox moves into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
keldosa is looking to break free of the clinch but cox has double underhooks.
cox jumps guard.
keldosa passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
keldosa is looking for a kimura here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
keldosa is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
keldosa works his way into side control.
keldosa looks gassed!
cox misses with a strike from the bottom.
cox knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for keldosa on the ground.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
keldosa throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
keldosa avoids the strikes from the bottom by cox.
cox is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, keldosa asserts his dominance and retains side control.
keldosa sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but cox is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
cox strikes from the bottom but keldosa takes advantage and advances to full mount!
cox is in all sorts of trouble here.
cox is in a horrible position here. keldosa smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
cox swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
keldosa looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
keldosa avoids the attempt from cox to control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
cox sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
cox is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but keldosa pulls his head out easily.
keldosa not landing any meaningful shots this time.
cox works his way to full guard. Good work.
cox looking to hit a scissor sweep but keldosa is one step ahead there.
cox throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
cox working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. keldosa doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. keldosa manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
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.
cox doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
cox is striking off his back. keldosa thinks nothing of it though and passes easily into half guard.
keldosa seems to be looking for submissions.
cox is staying active underneath keldosa, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
cox missing with punches from the bottom.
keldosa performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
cox wants to control but keldosa is keeping busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
chico keldosa dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
cox with a poor takedown
and keldosa counters with a nice double leg into side control. cox won't be happy with that.
cox tries to improve position but can't.
cox is trying to work for a sweep but keldosa has mounted him!
cox is trying to escape the mount.
cox defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from keldosa.
keldosa putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
keldosa is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
keldosa prevents cox from getting the reversal.
cox is in a horrible position here. keldosa smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
cox is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's one minute gone in the round.
BOOM! keldosa connects with a massive shot to the dome!
cox flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
keldosa wants to control the pace but cox is squirming around nicely.
keldosa lands a big elbow.
cox keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
keldosa scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish cox?
A nice elbow there by keldosa.
cox regains half guard.
keldosa has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can cox defend it? keldosa steps over the head and cranks it - cox is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for keldosa!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). chico keldosa!
chico keldosa is the new middleweight champion!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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