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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rocko Graney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alviero Gonalves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gonalves is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Tema dos Guerreiros-Pregador Luo. Alviero Gonalves struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 267.5lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rocko Graney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alviero Gonalves!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Leandro Rodrigues and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gonalves misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gonalves looks to land a combination but Graney avoids it well.
Alviero Gonalves seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Graney shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Gonalves as he avoids it easily.
Gonalves throws out a loose jab but Graney uses good head movement to avoid it.
Graney feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Graney pushes down on Gonalves's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Graney missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Gonalves wants to improve his position but Graney is controlling well.
Graney has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Gonalves looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Graney seems to be looking for submissions.
Graney is trying to work for a kimura but Gonalves is defending well.
Graney moves into full mount! Gonalves won't be happy about that!
Graney jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Gonalves manages to avoid the submission attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Graney working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Graney is breathing heavily.
Graney trying to control the position but Gonalves is working away.
Graney is really struggling to control Gonalves but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Graney tries to score with some ground and pound. Gonalves controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Gonalves tries to bench press Graney off him but Graney keeps the position.
Graney wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Gonalves, who protects the arm well.
Gonalves tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Graney wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Graney avoids the head kick by Gonalves.
Gonalves throws a head kick that misses.
Graney shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Gonalves but Gonalves pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Gonalves displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonalves throws a head kick but Graney moves out of range.
Graney scores a takedown into full mount!
Gonalves manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Graney not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Graney is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Gonalves has managed to free his arm - good work.
Gonalves is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Graney's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Graney's back!
Gonalves scores with punches and elbows.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Graney tries to break free.
Graney preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Gonalves.
Graney turns into Gonalves and is now in his guard.
Graney forces his way into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gonalves wants to get back to full guard.
Gonalves is defending against the submission attempts here by Graney.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonalves tries to get to full guard but Graney has control of the leg.
Gonalves is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Graney passes to full mount!
Graney has hold of Gonalves's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Gonalves manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Graney lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Graney looking to finish Gonalves with some ground and pound. This is bad for Gonalves!
Gonalves is wriggling around trying to escape.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Graney with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Graney wants to take Gonalves's back here but Gonalves is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.
Graney wants to finish this one by submission but Gonalves is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Graney.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gonalves can't escape the position.
Graney looking for a guillotine from mount but Gonalves is having none of it.
Graney looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Graney works his way to his opponent's back.
Gonalves can't escape the position.
Graney is landing big shots and Gonalves is squirming looking to escape! He can't escape though and the ref jumps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rocko Graney!
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hype
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FIGHT
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