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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bum Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Batista de Guia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). de Guia is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by "Quilombo" by Soulfly. Bum Love has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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154 lbs
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150 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
KO power |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bum Love!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Batista de Guia!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Felipe Paraventi and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
de Guia rushes Love and presses him up against the ropes.
de Guia lands a body shot.
de Guia successfully pulls guard.
de Guia preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Love trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Love being controlled here momentarily.
de Guia looking to control.
Love drops back looking for a leg! de Guia is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and de Guia manages to kick Love off! Love jumps back into de Guia's guard.
Love drops back looking for a leg! de Guia is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and de Guia manages to kick Love off! Love jumps back into de Guia's guard.
de Guia is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Love is aware though and is defending well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
de Guia controlling the position.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
de Guia changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Love tries to avoid it but de Guia manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Love to the ground. Love escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
de Guia wants to clinch.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from de Guia, right into the meat.
de Guia pushes Love up against the ropes in a clinch.
Love jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as de Guia walks away with a smile on his face. Love gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
de Guia has managed to clinch.
Love takes a knee to the side of the body.
de Guia breaks from the clinch.
de Guia is looking to clinch.
de Guia moves into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
de Guia tightens his grip and picks Love up, before dumping him to the ground. Love manages to land in guard.
Love keeping moving, preventing de Guia from controlling successfully.
Love preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Love trying to strike off his back.
Love looking to control but de Guia passes into half guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Love is looking to improve his position.
Love slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
de Guia pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Love is keeping the position for now.
Love keeping moving, preventing de Guia from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
de Guia wants to pass the guard but Love is keeping the position.
de Guia is in close to Love's body, working some short punches and elbows.
de Guia wants to get up but he can't break Love's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
de Guia gets to his feet. Love looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
de Guia tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
de Guia throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Love's waist but Love gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing de Guia off to one side.
de Guia wants to clinch up but Love keeps it at a distance.
de Guia shoots for a takedown but Love saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Bum Love has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Batista de Guia.
de Guia tries a head kick but it misses.
de Guia looks gassed!
Love gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
de Guia must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Love working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. de Guia doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. de Guia manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
de Guia passes easily into side control. Nice work.
de Guia throws a strike aimed at the side of Love's head but Love avoids it well.
Love tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but de Guia wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
de Guia goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Love has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for de Guia but great work by Love.
de Guia is looking for a sweep.
de Guia sneaks back into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Batista de Guia dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
de Guia tries to close the distance and clinch up but Love swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Love swings for the body but de Guia moves out of range.
de Guia fails with a takedown attempt.
Batista de Guia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Love fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Love is defended easily by de Guia.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
de Guia gets the takedown into side control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
de Guia wants to control but Love is keeping him busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
de Guia looks up at the clock and then as Love takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, de Guia smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
de Guia postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Love is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
de Guia trying to control the action but Love is working from the bottom.
de Guia has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Love!
de Guia tries to control but Love wriggling away.
de Guia lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
de Guia stands up from mount. Strange move.
de Guia tries to clinch up.
de Guia closes the distance and pushes Love back into the ropes.
de Guia pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
de Guia tries to score a power double leg takedown but Love sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten de Guia somewhat.
Love wants to clinch but de Guia slips to the side
and de Guia counters with a head kick. That will keep Love thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
de Guia is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
de Guia has managed to clinch.
de Guia lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
de Guia lands an elbow inside.
de Guia lands with a short head shot on the inside.
de Guia with a knee to the head.
de Guia landing knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
de Guia with a knee to the head.
Love takes a knee right on the jaw!
de Guia with a knee to the head.
Love is trying to break the clinch but de Guia is controlling him.
de Guia breaks from the clinch.
Love defends well against a solid takedown attempt from de Guia.
Bum Love has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Batista de Guia.
de Guia tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Love shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says de Guia as he avoids it easily.
de Guia rushes Love and presses him up against the ropes.
de Guia with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
de Guia scores with a knee to the head.
de Guia looking for a takedown.
Love misses with a punch to the body.
de Guia connects with a knee to the head.
Love swings wildly with an uppercut but de Guia uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
de Guia lands a good knee to the midsection. Love won't want to take too many of those.
Love wants to break free but de Guia has control.
de Guia lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Love tries to pull guard but de Guia won't allow it.
de Guia with a knee to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Love's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Love tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
de Guia lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
de Guia is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
de Guia manages to break the clinch.
Love fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Bum Love is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
de Guia forces Love back against the ropes and clinches.
de Guia lands a nice knee to the body.
Love jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as de Guia walks away with a smile on his face. Love gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
de Guia moves in looking to clinch but Love pushes him off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Batista de Guia showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Love stuffs the takedown.
de Guia wants to clinch up but Love keeps it at a distance.
de Guia wants to clinch up but Love keeps it at a distance.
de Guia is looking to clinch.
de Guia tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Love paws at him with a jab and circles away.
de Guia throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Love looks to clinch
and de Guia counters by moving into the clinch.
de Guia landing knees to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
de Guia pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
de Guia closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Love is trying to force a seperation but de Guia has the dominant position.
de Guia unloads a knee to the mid-section. Love lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
de Guia lands an elbow inside.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Love fails to pull the fight into his guard.
de Guia lands a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
de Guia pulls guard effortlessly.
de Guia is trying to keep Love in close.
Love throwing strikes but missing.
Love trying to control but de Guia is working from the bottom.
Batista de Guia has got the better of the ground game so far.
de Guia wants to stand and escape but Love is having none of it.
Love is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Love got a little sloppy there for a moment and de Guia has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Love has managed to get both his arms back between de Guia's legs - danger averted.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
de Guia shoots in looking for a takedown. Love tries to sprawl out of it but de Guia keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Love manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
de Guia tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Love paws at him with a jab and circles away.
de Guia looks to clinch
and Love counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in de Guia's guard now.
de Guia is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Love defends well.
Love trying to control the position from guard on top but de Guia is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love is really struggling to control de Guia but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Love being controlled here momentarily.
de Guia looking to control.
Love wants to pass the guard but de Guia is keeping the position.
Love postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
de Guia controlling Love's posture.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
de Guia is looking to clinch but Love is avoiding it.
de Guia drives through and clinches with Love against the ropes.
Bum Love has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
de Guia lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
de Guia lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Bum Love has been cut.
de Guia utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
de Guia crunches a lovely knee into Love's ribcage.
Batista de Guia is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
de Guia breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
de Guia tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
de Guia closes the distance and pushes Love back into the ropes.
Love takes a knee right on the jaw!
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Batista de Guia.
Well de Guia has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 27:30
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Batista de Guia!
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