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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Christian Courage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cristiano Ronaldo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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207 lbs
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200 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
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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 Hilo, Christian Courage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Cristiano Ronaldo!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Courage tries to land a leg kick but Ronaldo saw it coming and moves away.
Courage tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Courage clinches up against the cage.
Ronaldo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Courage misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ronaldo crunches a lovely knee into Courage's ribcage.
Courage pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Ronaldo tries to land a knee to the head but Courage blocks with his arms.
Ronaldo tries a knee to the head but Courage blocks it.
Courage breaks from the clinch.
Courage fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Ronaldo, pushing him back against the cage.
Courage content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Ronaldo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Courage tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Courage pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Courage tries to clinch but Ronaldo is having none of it.
Courage tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ronaldo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ronaldo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ronaldo throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Ronaldo lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ronaldo darts in trying to clinch
and Courage counters with a left and a right that stings Ronaldo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ronaldo lands a head kick. Courage smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Courage tries to clinch but Ronaldo moves out of range.
Ronaldo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Courage circles away from the clinch attempt
and Courage counters with a nice double leg into side control. Ronaldo won't be happy with that.
Courage is breathing heavily.
Ronaldo is trying to get back to half guard.
Ronaldo manages to get back to half guard.
Ronaldo has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Courage is working away from the top position though.
Ronaldo tries to kick Courage off but Courage keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Ronaldo tries to get to full guard but Courage has control of the leg.
Ronaldo trying to control here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Courage tries to pass to full mount but Ronaldo defends it.
Ronaldo is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Courage's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Courage's back!
Ronaldo not allowing Courage to control his hands.
Ronaldo is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Courage knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Courage for a finish.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Courage preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Ronaldo.
Courage trying to control the position but Ronaldo manages to sink in the hooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Courage is really stuck here.
Courage holding on to Ronaldo's left wrist, preventing the choke.
Ronaldo throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Ronaldo has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Courage breaks Ronaldo's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Ronaldo is looking for a triangle but Courage pushes his legs off easily.
Ronaldo has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Courage is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Ronaldo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ronaldo manages to get back to half guard.
Courage wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ronaldo keeps working.
Ronaldo is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Courage pulls his head out easily.
Ronaldo is defending against the submission attempts here by Courage.
Ronaldo tries to roll over but Courage keeps him under control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cristiano Ronaldo dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Courage shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Ronaldo is trying to defend but Courage finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Courage is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Ronaldo looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Ronaldo trying to control here.
Ronaldo is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Courage is staying active.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ronaldo wants to improve his position but Courage is controlling well.
Courage is trying to control. Ronaldo wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Courage is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Courage takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Courage is looking to clinch but Ronaldo is avoiding it.
Courage clinches up against the cage.
Ronaldo tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Courage wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ronaldo drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ronaldo lands a knee to the head.
Courage takes a knee right on the jaw!
With the fighters up against the cage, Ronaldo throws an elbow but misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ronaldo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Courage dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Ronaldo managing to block the knees to the body from Courage.
Courage lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ronaldo backwards.
Ronaldo misses with a knee to the head.
Courage trying to land knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Ronaldo's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Ronaldo scores with a knee to the head.
Courage's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Ronaldo as Courage tries to tie him up.
Ronaldo connects with a knee to the head.
Courage tries to land knees in the clinch but Ronaldo avoids the damage to the body.
Ronaldo with a knee to the head.
Ronaldo misses with a knee to the head.
Ronaldo has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Courage is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Christian Courage has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cristiano Ronaldo.
Courage's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Courage shoots in and bounces Ronaldo off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ronaldo not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Ronaldo is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Ronaldo is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Courage defends well.
Courage sitting in guard here, content to control.
Ronaldo looking for a guillotine here but Courage defends easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Courage passes into half guard.
Courage decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Ronaldo tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Courage counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Courage is trying to control the action in half guard but Ronaldo is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Courage content to control rather than advance.
Ronaldo actively working from the bottom here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Christian Courage dominated that second round.
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!
Ronaldo throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Ronaldo wants to clinch but Courage slips to the side
and Courage counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Ronaldo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Christian Courage has been cut.
Courage keeps control of Ronaldo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ronaldo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Courage drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ronaldo looking to throw knees to the head but Courage is blocking nicely.
Ronaldo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ronaldo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ronaldo lands a nice knee to the body.
Ronaldo with a knee to the head.
Ronaldo connects with a nasty looking knee right to Courage's face.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Courage's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ronaldo lands with a thumping leg kick.
Christian Courage is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Courage tries to clinch
and Ronaldo counters with a head kick.
Cristiano Ronaldo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Courage moves into range and clinches up with Ronaldo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Courage keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ronaldo's efforts to push away.
Courage pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Courage breaks the clinch.
Ronaldo tries to keep at a distance but Courage has taken the fight into the clinch.
Courage works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Ronaldo has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Courage doesn't defend quickly enough and Ronaldo has managed to lock this one up! Can Courage escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Ronaldo on a fantastic submission victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Cristiano Ronaldo!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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