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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tevok Norat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonio de Assis Moreira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tevok Norat!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Antonio de Assis Moreira!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Mauricio Rocha and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Norat fails to land the takedown.
Norat gets a takedown into half guard.
de Assis Moreira is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Norat pulls his head out easily.
de Assis Moreira moves into full guard.
de Assis Moreira wants to sweep here but Norat controlling him for the moment.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
de Assis Moreira is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Norat has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Norat wants to stand but de Assis Moreira is controlling his posture from full guard.
de Assis Moreira is trying to keep Norat in close.
Norat gets to his feet - de Assis Moreira follows without any prompting.
Norat has a takedown stuffed.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Norat looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tevok Norat. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Norat misses with a takedown attempt - de Assis Moreira sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Norat shoots in but no luck this time.
Norat closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Norat really is a fat lump.
Norat on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
de Assis Moreira blocks the elbow strike.
Norat throws an elbow that misses.
de Assis Moreira blocks the elbow strike.
de Assis Moreira dodges an elbow strike from Norat.
Norat can't break the clinch.
de Assis Moreira fails to pull the fight into his guard.
de Assis Moreira avoids a wild elbow strike from Norat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Norat is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Norat throws an elbow but it misses.
Norat lands a damaging elbow.
Norat is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
de Assis Moreira ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. de Assis Moreira no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Norat wants to stand but de Assis Moreira has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
de Assis Moreira wants to sweep here but Norat controlling him for the moment.
Norat has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of de Assis Moreira is proving hard to escape from.
de Assis Moreira trying to control the position.
de Assis Moreira looking for a guillotine here but Norat defends easily.
Norat wanted to stand there but de Assis Moreira had control of the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
de Assis Moreira manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Norat really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Norat is working hard here to advance position.
Norat tries to buck de Assis Moreira off but he can't manage it.
de Assis Moreira looking to secure an arm triangle but Norat defends it well.
de Assis Moreira working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
de Assis Moreira looks gassed!
Norat can't escape the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Norat tries to hold on but de Assis Moreira pushes him away.
Norat is desperately trying to improve his position but de Assis Moreira has a good base and remains in mount.
A nice elbow there by de Assis Moreira.
de Assis Moreira is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Norat is surviving well by controlling de Assis Moreira's body position as best he can.
de Assis Moreira working for a guillotine from mount but Norat is in no mood to give up.
Norat is trying to escape the mount.
de Assis Moreira looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Norat is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Antonio de Assis Moreira 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.
Norat fails with an attempt to clinch.
de Assis Moreira shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than de Assis Moreira was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Norat is looking to get to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
de Assis Moreira looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Norat knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for de Assis Moreira on the ground.
Norat can't escape the position.
Norat manages to regain half guard. Good work.
de Assis Moreira is breathing heavily.
Norat is trying to get back to full guard.
de Assis Moreira is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Norat pushes de Assis Moreira off looking to stand but de Assis Moreira dives back in and keeps control.
de Assis Moreira is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Norat doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time de Assis Moreira.
de Assis Moreira prevents Norat from improving his position.
Norat looks like he's trying to stand up.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for de Assis Moreira. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
de Assis Moreira is working for a submission of some sort.
Norat wants to get back to his feet.
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.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
de Assis Moreira gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Norat to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Norat working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of de Assis Moreira's head.
de Assis Moreira utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Norat is looking to stand up but de Assis Moreira won't let him.
de Assis Moreira looking to hit a scissor sweep but Norat is one step ahead there.
de Assis Moreira is working an open guard so Norat takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
de Assis Moreira shoots in for a takedown but Norat shows good takedown defense.
Norat changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. de Assis Moreira looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Norat stands up and beckons de Assis Moreira to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Norat gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and de Assis Moreira counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Norat wants to get back to his feet.
de Assis Moreira is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Norat tries to kick de Assis Moreira off but de Assis Moreira keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Norat is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of de Assis Moreira's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take de Assis Moreira's back!
de Assis Moreira tries to escape the position.
Norat throwing damaging strikes from the back! de Assis Moreira could be in trouble here!
Norat is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. de Assis Moreira is defending well though. Norat let's go of the attempt for now.
Norat is trying to stick to de Assis Moreira's back but de Assis Moreira is turning into Norat. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Norat's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by de Assis Moreira.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
de Assis Moreira trying to control the position from guard on top but Norat is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Norat wants to stand but de Assis Moreira is controlling the position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Norat closes the distance looking to clinch
and de Assis Moreira counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by de Assis Moreira.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
de Assis Moreira drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Norat manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now de Assis Moreira has Norat in his guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Norat wants to control from the top but de Assis Moreira keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Antonio de Assis Moreira showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Norat wants to clinch
and de Assis Moreira counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
de Assis Moreira working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
de Assis Moreira advances position into side control!
Norat tries to escape but de Assis Moreira is in control.
Norat is looking for a sweep.
de Assis Moreira thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
de Assis Moreira looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Norat tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but de Assis Moreira wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
de Assis Moreira working away.
de Assis Moreira tries for a kimura but Norat is defending well.
de Assis Moreira takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Norat tries to escape but de Assis Moreira is in control.
de Assis Moreira swings around for an armbar but Norat sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into de Assis Moreira's guard.
de Assis Moreira has a closed guard, preventing Norat from standing up.
Norat wants to stand and escape but instead de Assis Moreira has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
de Assis Moreira drops back looking for a leg! Norat is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Norat manages to kick de Assis Moreira off! de Assis Moreira jumps back into Norat's guard.
de Assis Moreira thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Norat wants to stand up but de Assis Moreira is controlling him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Norat looking for a sweep. Not yet Norat, not yet.
de Assis Moreira tries to free his leg and advance position but Norat is retaining full guard.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
de Assis Moreira gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Norat lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Norat effectively controlling the action here.
Norat misses with a short punch on the inside.
Norat creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Norat creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through de Assis Moreira's defenses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Norat looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Norat misses with an elbow strike.
Norat gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Norat fails to pull guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Norat looking to throw knees to the head but de Assis Moreira is blocking nicely.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Norat.
de Assis Moreira ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. de Assis Moreira no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Norat has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of de Assis Moreira is proving hard to escape from.
de Assis Moreira 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.
Norat throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
de Assis Moreira wants to sweep but no luck.
Norat wants to stand but de Assis Moreira is controlling his posture from full guard.
Tevok Norat has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Norat decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on de Assis Moreira, up you get!
de Assis Moreira circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Norat shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and de Assis Moreira counters with a nice double leg into guard.
de Assis Moreira gets to his feet. Norat looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Norat misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Norat tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and de Assis Moreira counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Norat!
Norat is desperately trying to improve his position but de Assis Moreira has a good base and remains in mount.
BOOM! de Assis Moreira connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Antonio de Assis Moreira is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Norat defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from de Assis Moreira.
Antonio de Assis Moreira has got the better of the ground game so far.
de Assis Moreira looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
And that's the end of the fight!
Antonio de Assis Moreira comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got de Assis Moreira 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 27:30
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 27:30
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Antonio de Assis Moreira!
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FIGHT
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