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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Quim Bastos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raul Esteves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bastos comes to the cage accompanied by No More Mr. Nice Guy. Esteves comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Cherry Cherry kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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211 lbs
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219 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Quim Bastos!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Raul Esteves!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Felipe Paraventi and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bastos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A swing and a miss from Esteves.
Nice defenses there by Bastos.
Bastos walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Esteves checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Esteves misses with a hook.
Bastos jabs at Esteves's body.
Bastos moves away from the strike by Esteves.
Esteves throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bastos sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bastos throws a front kick that sends Esteves stumbling back into the cage.
Bastos throws a leg kick but Esteves moved away.
Bastos tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bastos delivers a nice body kick.
Bastos lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Esteves lands a head shot.
A good leg kick by Bastos.
Esteves looks gassed!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bastos scores with a decent looking hook.
It looks like Raul Esteves has been cut.
Bastos throws the kick towards the body but Esteves avoids it.
Bastos misses with a series of wild punches.
Bastos jabs at Esteves's body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Bastos.
Esteves on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Bastos. Bastos obviously looking to wear him down.
Bastos moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Bastos lands with a kick to the ribs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bastos keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Bastos wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Bastos moves into range and connects with a jab.
Esteves drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Quim Bastos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice body kick from Bastos.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bastos. That's going to slow Esteves down.
Bastos lands a nice looking body shot.
Good leg kick by Bastos there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Bastos slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Bastos thuds a left hand into Esteves's body.
Bastos scores with a crisp jab that stopped Esteves in his tracks.
Esteves takes one on the chin but seems OK.
That has opened up Raul Esteves's cut even more.
Esteves takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Esteves stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bastos.
Bastos lands an overhand right.
A decent looking cross lands there for Bastos.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Bastos.
Bastos is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Bastos throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Bastos chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Quim Bastos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Esteves takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Bastos throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Bastos scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Bastos tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bastos throws a front kick that sends Esteves stumbling back into the cage.
Bastos scores with a crisp jab that stopped Esteves in his tracks.
Esteves takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bastos.
Esteves's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Esteves sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Bastos lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
The cut above Raul Esteves's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Esteves throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Bastos counters with a low kick, right behind Esteves 's knee.
Bastos throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Bastos throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Esteves sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Bastos scores with a jab to the body.
Bastos connects with an inside leg kick.
That kick from Bastos tenderised Esteves's leg. Esteves is trying to keep his angry face on.
Bastos lands a nice looking kick to the body. Esteves takes a step back to recover.
Esteves takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Bastos throws a quick inside leg kick.
Esteves takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice body kick there by Bastos.
An inside leg kick lands from Bastos.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bastos. That's going to slow Esteves down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Esteves takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Bastos connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bastos scoring well with a low kick there.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bastos. That's going to slow Esteves down.
Esteves sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Both fighters circling a little - Bastos finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Bastos is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Esteves crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Bastos - the referee stops the clock and Esteves gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Bastos. Esteves manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Bastos - that will leave a mark!
Bastos lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bastos turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bastos. That's going to slow Esteves down.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Esteves chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Bastos can pounce on him.
Bastos tests Esteves's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd cheers as Bastos lands an impressive looking overhand right. Esteves doesn't seem phased though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Quim Bastos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Raul Esteves's cut.
That's time! Bastos's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Esteves takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Esteves fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Bastos scores with a nice body kick.
Esteves takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Bastos scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Bastos.
Esteves on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Bastos is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Esteves can do to turn this around?
A chopping leg kick lands by Bastos.
Esteves takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Quim Bastos is winning the standup battle so far.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bastos scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Bastos lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The fighters circle momentarily. Bastos darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Bastos throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Bastos lands with a thumping leg kick.
Bastos moves into range and connects with a jab.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bastos scores with a kick to the midsection.
Bastos moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Bastos misses with a body kick.
Bastos throws a quick inside leg kick.
A good leg kick by Bastos.
Esteves is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Bastos throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Bastos lands a front kick.
Bastos throws a nice outside leg kick.
Bastos connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Bastos lands with a cross.
Bastos throws a nice outside leg kick.
Bastos throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Esteves stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Esteves chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Bastos can pounce on him.
Bastos scores with a decent looking hook.
Bastos scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bastos paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Bastos dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Esteves. That did some damage!
Bastos lands with a nice body kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Bastos.
Bastos keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Esteves has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Bastos.
Esteves takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Bastos lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Esteves dodges the punch combination from Bastos.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Bastos.
Bastos with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Esteves takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Bastos scores with a spinning back kick!
Bastos lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Bastos lands a leg kick that knocks Esteves off balance momentarily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bastos connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bastos thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Esteves if he has to take too many more of those.
Esteves ducks right into an uppercut from Bastos.
Esteves takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Bastos lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Bastos is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Bastos thumps Esteves with a low kick.
Bastos throws a quick inside leg kick.
Esteves has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Bastos lands a glancing blow to the side of Esteves's head.
Bastos dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Esteves. That did some damage!
Bastos moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Bastos digs a good body shot into Esteves's ribs.
A slapping body kick lands there for Bastos.
Bastos cracks the inside of Esteves's front leg.
Bastos lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Esteves blocks a head kick by Bastos.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bastos connects with an inside leg kick.
Bastos feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Esteves's calf.
Esteves takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
An inside leg kick lands from Bastos.
Bastos scores with a head kick.
Esteves takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bastos throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Esteves stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Bastos lands a leg kick that knocks Esteves off balance momentarily.
That kick from Bastos tenderised Esteves's leg. Esteves is trying to keep his angry face on.
Jab from Bastos.
Esteves chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Bastos can pounce on him.
Jab by Bastos.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bastos will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Bastos wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Bastos throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Quim Bastos dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Raul Esteves's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Bastos.
Esteves takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Bastos steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Esteves.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Esteves might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Bastos has got the better of the exchanges.
Esteves misses with a hook to the body
and Bastos counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Esteves thinking.
Bastos feints and then cracks Esteves's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Esteves down.
Bastos throws a nice head kick!
Bastos fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Esteves has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A thudding body kick lands there by Bastos!
Bastos punishes Esteves's body with a nice straight punch.
Bastos lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Bastos turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bastos, right into the meat.
Bastos fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Esteves looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bastos lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Bastos.
Bastos keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Esteves.
Bastos dips to his left and cracks Esteves with an uppercut!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Esteves takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Esteves crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Bastos - the referee stops the clock and Esteves gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Bastos. Esteves manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Bastos lands a right hook to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Bastos.
A nice leg kick lands there from Bastos.
Esteves steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Bastos. That one must have hurt.
Bastos catches Esteves with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Bastos thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Esteves if he has to take too many more of those.
Nice jab there from Bastos.
Esteves takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Bastos lands with a nice body kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bastos misses with a series of wild punches.
Esteves has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bastos.
Esteves looks to land a right hand but Bastos moved out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bastos fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Esteves.
Bastos throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Bastos thumps Esteves with a low kick.
Esteves has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Bastos.
Bastos dips to his left and cracks Esteves with an uppercut!
Good leg kick by Bastos there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Bastos feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Esteves's calf.
Esteves tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Esteves on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Bastos. Bastos obviously looking to wear him down.
Bastos scores with a leg kick.
Bastos throws a quick inside leg kick.
Bastos scores with a spinning back kick!
Bastos connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Bastos lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
A head kick misses from Bastos.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Esteves throws a jab when Bastos was well out of range.
Esteves takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Bastos bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Raul Esteves's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Bastos lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Esteves takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Bastos lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Bastos.
Bastos lands a nice hook to Esteves's body. Esteves takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Esteves on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Bastos scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Bastos scores with a leg kick.
Bastos turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Bastos throws a good cross that connects.
Bastos moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Bastos with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bastos lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bastos with a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bastos connects with a single shot there.
Bastos moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Bastos lunges at Esteves with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Esteves's hand.
Bastos connects with a solid leg kick.
Bastos turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Esteves takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bastos lands with a straight right. Esteves didn't see that one coming.
Bastos throws a quick inside leg kick.
Bastos dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Esteves. That did some damage!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bastos throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Esteves.
Bastos connects with a solid leg kick.
Bastos thuds his right hand into Esteves's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Raul Esteves's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Quim Bastos!
Quim Bastos retains his light heavyweight title!
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