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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Giba Negrao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jay Gonzales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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210 lbs
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Giba Negrao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Jay Gonzales!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Colin Fotheringham and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gonzales tries to clinch up.
Gonzales throws a head kick that Negrao semi-blocks.
Gonzales tries to clinch but Negrao moves out of range.
Gonzales moves into the clinch successfully.
Gonzales is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Negrao tries to land knees in the clinch but Gonzales avoids the damage to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Negrao goes for a takedown attempt but Gonzales pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Gonzales pushes Negrao away with a front kick.
A good leg kick by Gonzales.
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!
Gonzales is looking to clinch but Negrao is avoiding it.
Gonzales moves into range and clinches up with Negrao.
Gonzales landing knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Gonzales.
It looks like Giba Negrao has been cut.
Negrao is breathing heavily.
Gonzales tries to circle away but Negrao has him pinned against the cage.
Gonzales utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Gonzales is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Gonzales breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gonzales wants to clinch.
Gonzales tries to clinch but Negrao is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzales tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Negrao paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gonzales tries to clinch but Negrao moves out of range.
Gonzales connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Gonzales tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
A knee to the head by Gonzales.
Negrao takes a knee right on the jaw!
Gonzales keeps control of Negrao as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Negrao keeps control of Gonzales as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gonzales using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Gonzales putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Negrao in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Gonzales landing knees to the body.
Gonzales is looking to break free of the clinch but Negrao has double underhooks.
Gonzales lands an elbow inside that Negrao shrugs off.
Gonzales scores with a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gonzales wants to stall.
Gonzales with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Negrao keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gonzales's efforts to push away.
Gonzales is trying to force a seperation but Negrao has the dominant position.
Gonzales scores with a knee to the head.
Gonzales lands a good knee to the midsection. Negrao won't want to take too many of those.
Gonzales unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Gonzales lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Negrao has had enough of the clinch but Gonzales keeps him there for the moment.
Negrao can't get the takedown.
Gonzales fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gonzales lands a damaging elbow.
Gonzales lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gonzales with a knee to the head.
Gonzales landing knees to the body.
Negrao tries to pull guard but Gonzales holds him up against the cage and eventually Negrao drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Giba Negrao. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gonzales can't break the clinch.
Gonzales crunches a lovely knee into Negrao's ribcage.
Stalling in the clinch from Negrao.
Gonzales tries to break free but Negrao pushes him back against the cage.
Gonzales gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Negrao.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Negrao's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Gonzales lands an elbow that stopped Negrao in his tracks for a moment.
Negrao tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Negrao has Gonzales pressed against the cage, preventing Gonzales from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Gonzales working hard to break the clinch.
Negrao prevents Gonzales from breaking the clinch.
Gonzales pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Negrao tries to clinch there but Gonzales circles away.
Gonzales lands a head kick. Negrao smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Gonzales moves in looking to clinch but Negrao pushes him off.
Negrao throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Negrao keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gonzales.
Gonzales circles away from the clinch attempt.
A slapping body kick lands there for Gonzales.
Gonzales swats away the attempt to clinch by Negrao.
Gonzales darts in trying to clinch
so Negrao counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Negrao passes Gonzales's left leg - he's now in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Negrao stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Negrao goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Negrao drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Negrao controls the position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Negrao'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.
Gonzales really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Negrao. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jay Gonzales dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Giba Negrao's cut.
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.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Gonzales tries to clinch up.
Gonzales tries to clinch but Negrao moves out of range.
Gonzales tries to clinch up but Negrao circles away and keeps his distance.
Negrao misses with a takedown attempt - Gonzales sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Gonzales tries to clinch there but Negrao circles away.
Gonzales darts in trying to clinch
and Negrao decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Gonzales's guard.
Negrao slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Negrao decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Negrao looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Negrao gets to his feet - Gonzales follows without any prompting.
Gonzales closes the distance but Negrao moves to the side
and Negrao counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Gonzales's guard now.
Negrao is pushing down on Gonzales's leg trying to pass to half guard. Gonzales is fighting to maintain full guard but Negrao has managed to sneak the leg through.
Negrao is controlling the pace.
Gonzales looks like he's trying to stand up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Negrao is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Negrao is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Gonzales can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Negrao mounts Gonzales! Really nice guard pass there!
Gonzales taking shots to the head.
BOOM! Negrao connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Negrao controlling the position easily from mount.
Negrao takes Gonzales's back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Negrao just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
Gonzales is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Negrao is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Negrao gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Negrao gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Negrao apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Negrao is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Negrao tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Gonzales swivels and escapes.
Gonzales pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Giba Negrao is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A head kick misses from Negrao.
That's four 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.
Gonzales is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gonzales wants to clinch up but Negrao keeps it at a distance.
Negrao uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gonzales.
A low kick from Negrao is predictable there
and Gonzales counters with an outside leg kick.
Negrao displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Gonzales.
Negrao sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Negrao throws a right and a left that Gonzales avoids nicely.
Gonzales doesn't manage to clinch there - Negrao circles away.
Gonzales throws a head kick that Negrao semi-blocks.
Gonzales feints and then cracks Negrao's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Negrao down.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gonzales closes the distance looking to clinch
and Negrao decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Gonzales's guard.
Negrao prevents Gonzales from getting back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Giba Negrao dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Giba Negrao's cut.
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. And we move into the final round!
Negrao throws a head kick that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Negrao is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Gonzales's half guard.
Negrao is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Gonzales sees it coming and defends easily.
Giba Negrao overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Gonzales is trying to stand.
Gonzales is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Negrao not doing much here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Negrao lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Negrao keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Negrao escapes and gets back to his feet.
Negrao throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Gonzales's waist but Gonzales gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Negrao off to one side.
Negrao looks for a takedown but Gonzales sprawls well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzales tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gonzales fakes the leg kick and cracks Negrao in the body.
Gonzales tries to close the distance and clinch up but Negrao swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gonzales clinches but Negrao breaks the clinch
and Negrao counters with a takedown into side control.
Gonzales is trying to get back to his feet.
The referee asks Negrao politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Negrao prefers to stall for the moment though.
Gonzales wants to get back to his feet but Negrao drags him back down.
Negrao decides to take the fight back to the feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzales tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Negrao paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gonzales is looking to clinch.
Negrao scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Negrao slows the pace down.
Gonzales wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Negrao stands up and beckons Gonzales to his feet.
Negrao closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Negrao scoring with punches and elbows.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gonzales tries to escape but Negrao is in control.
Gonzales taking a bit of punishment here - Negrao scoring with strikes.
Gonzales being controlled for a moment.
Negrao has an Americana. Gonzales didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Negrao is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Negrao hooks up with any of them at the after show party.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:39 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Giba Negrao!
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