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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Leandro Podogo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Murilo Lopes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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180 lbs
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179 cm
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169 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
KO power |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Leandro Podogo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Murilo Lopes!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Sergei Dronov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lopes throws the kick towards the body but Podogo avoids it.
Podogo shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Lopes throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Podogo drops back looking for a leg! Lopes is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Lopes manages to kick Podogo off! Podogo jumps back into Lopes's guard.
Podogo forces his way into half guard.
Lopes wants to control but Podogo is keeping busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopes is looking for a sweep. Podogo is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Lopes is looking to escape.
Lopes moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Podogo not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Lopes is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Podogo defends well.
Lopes looks gassed!
Podogo trying to control but Lopes is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Podogo pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Lopes is keeping the position for now.
Podogo passes into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lopes tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Podogo has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Podogo sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Podogo controlling the pace for now.
That's four 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.
Podogo throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Lopes because Podogo loaded up on that one.
Podogo sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Lopes is looking to get to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Leandro Podogo dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Lopes tries to clinch up.
Podogo throws a body kick that misses.
Podogo fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Lopes throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lopes tries to clinch up but Podogo circles away and keeps his distance.
Podogo looks to score with a jab to the body but Lopes is just out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lopes fails with an attempt to clinch.
Podogo lands a slapping body shot.
Podogo lands a lovely overhand right.
Podogo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lopes is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Lopes checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Jab, jab by Podogo - just one landing.
Podogo misses with a wild body shot.
Podogo misses with a wild body shot.
Podogo scores with a body shot.
Podogo shoots in and bounces Lopes off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Podogo is pushing down on Lopes's leg trying to pass to half guard. Lopes is fighting to maintain full guard but Podogo has managed to sneak the leg through.
Lopes wants to get back to full guard but Podogo has passed into side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Podogo throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Podogo controlling his opponent.
Lopes avoids a series of strikes thrown by Podogo.
Podogo sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Podogo scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Podogo looking to secure an arm triangle but Lopes defends it well.
Lopes tries to reverse the position but Podogo maintains control.
Podogo controlling from the full mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Podogo'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.
Podogo misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Lopes tries to hold on but Podogo pushes him away.
Podogo sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Podogo has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Lopes is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Leandro Podogo!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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