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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Darnielle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gustavo Guerrero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Guerrero's choice of entrance music: Borracho Te Recuerdo. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, John Darnielle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gustavo Guerrero!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Mauricio Rocha and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A leg kick checked by Guerrero.
Guerrero chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Darnielle can pounce on him.
Guerrero digs a good body shot into Darnielle's ribs.
A swing and a miss from Guerrero.
Darnielle circles away from the clinch attempt.
Darnielle tried to score with a low kick but Guerrero checks it.
Darnielle does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
The fight stays on the outside here - Guerrero looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Darnielle is looking to score with low kicks.
Guerrero moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Darnielle defending well as Guerrero loads up on a big left hand.
Guerrero scores with a sloppy right hand. Darnielle should have avoided that one.
Decent striking displayed by Guerrero there.
Darnielle keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Darnielle throws a leg kick that misses.
Darnielle takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Guerrero swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Guerrero tries to clinch up but Darnielle circles away and keeps his distance.
Guerrero takes a swing at Darnielle's ribcage but misses.
Guerrero misses with a looping right.
Guerrero scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Guerrero looks to land a left hand but Darnielle moved out of range nicely.
Darnielle takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Guerrero. Darnielle does a little dance to reset his feet.
Guerrero lands a nice shot that snaps Darnielle's head back.
Darnielle tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Guerrero lands with a straight right. Darnielle didn't see that one coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guerrero lands with a hook. Darnielle tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Guerrero checks a leg kick nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Guerrero looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Guerrero is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Guerrero takes a swing at Darnielle's ribcage but misses.
Guerrero swings for the body but Darnielle moves out of range.
Guerrero lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Darnielle at a distance.
Darnielle scores with a leg kick.
Guerrero thows a body shot but no joy.
Darnielle lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Guerrero is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Darnielle rather than just go for the knockout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darnielle throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Darnielle does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Darnielle takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Guerrero moves out of range of the body kick from Darnielle.
Darnielle throws a nice inside leg kick.
Darnielle defending well as Guerrero loads up on a big left hand.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Darnielle lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Guerrero has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Guerrero and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Guerrero fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Darnielle manages to avoid it.
Guerrero wants to clinch.
Darnielle throws a low kick, looking for Guerrero's leg but Guerrero calmly moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guerrero has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Darnielle.
Guerrero is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Darnielle.
Guerrero misses with a wild body shot.
Guerrero closes the distance and clinches.
Darnielle missing with knees to the body.
Guerrero misses with a short punch on the inside.
Guerrero struggles to land a body shot inside as Darnielle controls his hands.
Darnielle blocks a body shot from Guerrero.
Guerrero lands a body shot.
Darnielle prevents a body shot from Guerrero.
Darnielle leaning against his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Guerrero tries to throw a body punch but Darnielle avoids it by throwing Guerrero back against the cage.
Darnielle is stalling here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gustavo Guerrero dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Guerrero drives through and clinches with Darnielle against the cage.
Guerrero lands a nice shot to the body.
Guerrero gets through Darnielle's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Darnielle looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Darnielle is trying to stall.
Guerrero goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short body shot lands from Guerrero as the two fighters clinch.
Darnielle stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Good body shot from Guerrero.
Guerrero misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Guerrero avoids the elbow strike from Darnielle, against the cage.
Darnielle is trying to maintain a safe position but Guerrero gets an underhook and turns Darnielle into the cage.
Darnielle slowing the pace effectively.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Guerrero misses with a hook from the clinch.
Darnielle displaying some good clinch control by pressing Guerrero up against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by John Darnielle.
Darnielle slips a jab from Guerrero.
Guerrero takes a swing at Darnielle's ribcage but misses.
Darnielle keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Guerrero lands the left hand.
Guerrero throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Darnielle sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Guerrero looks to score with a jab to the body but Darnielle is just out of range.
Guerrero thows a left - swing and a miss!
Guerrero scores with a decent looking hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guerrero wants to clinch up but Darnielle keeps it at a distance.
Gustavo Guerrero seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Darnielle slips a jab from Guerrero.
Guerrero ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Darnielle moves away.
Guerrero doesn't manage to clinch there - Darnielle circles away.
Guerrero throws a lazy right hand but Darnielle sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Darnielle misses with a low kick.
Darnielle throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Gustavo Guerrero seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Darnielle bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Darnielle walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Darnielle cracks the inside of Guerrero's front leg.
Guerrero looks to score with a jab to the body but Darnielle is just out of range.
Darnielle tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Guerrero is able to avoid easily.
Guerrero will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guerrero swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Guerrero tries to clinch but Darnielle is having none of it.
Darnielle misses the shot to the body.
Darnielle keeps the fight on the outside.
Darnielle throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Darnielle bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Guerrero misses with a few strikes there.
Guerrero throws a right and a left that both miss.
Darnielle bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Darnielle throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Darnielle displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Guerrero throws out the jab.
That's four 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.
Darnielle does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A chopping leg kick lands by Darnielle.
Good leg kick by Darnielle there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Guerrero is breathing heavily.
Guerrero dips to his left and cracks Darnielle with an uppercut!
Guerrero throws a hook but Darnielle avoids it easily.
Darnielle connects with an inside leg kick.
Guerrero avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Guerrero throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Darnielle motions for Guerrero to come forward. Darnielle throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Darnielle scores with a kick to the body.
Darnielle fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Guerrero checks it well.
Guerrero doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Darnielle 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!
Darnielle fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Guerrero is out of range.
Darnielle wants to land a leg kick but Guerrero is out of range.
Guerrero checks a leg kick nicely.
Guerrero blocks a head kick by Darnielle.
Guerrero's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Darnielle fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Guerrero is out of range.
Guerrero takes a kick to the side of the head.
Guerrero swings away with a body shot that misses
and Darnielle counters with a head kick. That will keep Guerrero thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Guerrero tries to clinch up.
Darnielle attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Darnielle scoring well with a low kick there.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Guerrero checks a leg kick.
Darnielle throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Guerrero.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Darnielle throws a head kick that misses.
Guerrero is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Darnielle.
Guerrero tries to close the distance and clinch up but Darnielle swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Guerrero missing with a left hand there. Darnielle was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Guerrero wants to clinch but Darnielle slips to the side
and Darnielle counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Guerrero thinking.
Darnielle keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Darnielle takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Guerrero moves out of range of the body kick.
Guerrero misses with a straight left.
Darnielle tried to score with a low kick but Guerrero checks it.
Guerrero misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Darnielle counters with a head kick. That will keep Guerrero thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Guerrero tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Darnielle paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darnielle misses with a head kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Darnielle lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Guerrero has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Guerrero and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Guerrero throws a hook but Darnielle avoids it easily.
A swing and a miss from Guerrero.
Darnielle avoids the body shot from Guerrero.
Guerrero fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Darnielle on the side of the head.
Guerrero moves into range and clinches up with Darnielle.
Guerrero wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Darnielle has him pressed against the cage.
Darnielle prevents a body shot from Guerrero.
The referee calls for Darnielle to work.
Guerrero misses with a body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guerrero stalling.
Guerrero tries to work over Darnielle's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Darnielle lands a knee to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Darnielle.
Darnielle keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Guerrero's efforts to push away.
Guerrero wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Darnielle has him pressed against the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Guerrero pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Darnielle shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Darnielle uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Guerrero.
Darnielle moves out of range as Guerrero strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Darnielle ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Guerrero moves away.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Guerrero checks a leg kick.
Darnielle avoids the body shot from Guerrero.
Darnielle pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Darnielle takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Darnielle slips under a jab.
Guerrero sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Guerrero punishes Darnielle's body with a nice straight punch.
Darnielle misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Guerrero fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Darnielle on the side of the head.
Guerrero throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Guerrero avoids a kick to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
John Darnielle showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Darnielle has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Darnielle!
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