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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Juan Gonzalez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Faoa Sunia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gonzalez's entrance music is Entre Dos Aguas. A fine choice. Juan Gonzalez could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Faoa Sunia's chin.
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155 lbs
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154 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Juan Gonzalez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Faoa Sunia!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Seu Braga and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gonzalez tries to clinch up but Sunia circles away and keeps his distance.
Sunia scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Gonzalez throws out a loose jab but Sunia uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gonzalez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sunia.
Gonzalez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sunia.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Gonzalez tries to break the clinch but Sunia is controlling the position.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gonzalez obliges.
Gonzalez breaks the clinch.
Sunia shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Gonzalez is refusing to be controlled, as Sunia sits in half guard.
Sunia missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Gonzalez keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Sunia thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Gonzalez wants to get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sunia wants to control but Gonzalez is keeping him busy.
Sunia frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Gonzalez is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
A nice elbow there by Sunia.
Gonzalez takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Gonzalez squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Gonzalez is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Sunia throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Sunia thowing shots but they're missing.
Gonzalez is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Sunia lands with some strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sunia throws some wild stikes that Gonzalez manages to avoid easily.
Gonzalez tries to buck Sunia off but he can't manage it.
Sunia with the ground and pound from mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Sunia cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
You get the feeling that Gonzalez really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Sunia looking to ground and pound but Gonzalez is blocking nicely.
Gonzalez wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Gonzalez is breathing heavily.
Sunia postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Gonzalez looks a forlorn figure.
Gonzalez is rocked!
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sunia raining down shots from the mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Faoa Sunia dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Gonzalez moves out of range of the strikes.
Gonzalez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gonzalez gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Sunia tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sunia stalling in the clinch but Gonzalez improves position.
Sunia scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Gonzalez lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gonzalez can't break the clinch.
Sunia on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gonzalez lands an elbow inside.
Sunia takes an elbow to the temple.
Gonzalez prevents a body shot from Sunia.
Sunia breaks from the clinch.
Gonzalez ducks under a wild hook from Sunia.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sunia misses the shot to the body.
Gonzalez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sunia has taken the fight to the clinch.
Gonzalez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sunia managing to block the knees to the body from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Gonzalez landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzalez throws an elbow but it misses.
Gonzalez letting Sunia take a breather here.
Gonzalez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sunia is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Gonzalez gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Gonzalez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gonzalez missing with knees to the body.
Gonzalez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gonzalez tries to circle away but Sunia has him pinned against the cage.
Gonzalez blocks an uppercut.
Sunia drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Gonzalez gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Sunia misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sunia trying to land knees to the body.
Gonzalez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sunia decides to pull guard.
Gonzalez wants to stand but Sunia has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Sunia has control of Gonzalez's left arm, preventing Gonzalez from doing any damage.
Sunia looking to hit a scissor sweep but Gonzalez is one step ahead there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Gonzalez trying to stand up but can't free himself from Sunia's guard.
Sunia pulls Gonzalez in close to prevent any damage.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Gonzalez tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Sunia connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sunia takes a swing at Gonzalez's ribcage but misses.
Juan Gonzalez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gonzalez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sunia.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Gonzalez throws a big shot that misses.
The fighters circle momentarily. Sunia darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Sunia moves out of range of the body kick from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Juan Gonzalez will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Gonzalez moves out of range of the strikes.
Gonzalez gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Gonzalez blocks a body shot from Sunia.
Sunia tries a body shot but Gonzalez blocks it.
Gonzalez is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Gonzalez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sunia's defenses.
Gonzalez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gonzalez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gonzalez trying to land knees to the body.
Sunia tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gonzalez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sunia.
Gonzalez tries to land a knee to the head but Sunia blocks with his arms.
Gonzalez tries to land a knee to the head but Sunia blocks with his arms.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Gonzalez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sunia's brow.
Gonzalez lands a body shot in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gonzalez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gonzalez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sunia dodges an elbow strike from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez prevents a body shot from Sunia.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sunia.
Sunia misses with a body punch.
Sunia blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gonzalez missing with knees to the body.
Sunia misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sunia misses with a body punch.
Sunia throws a head punch that misses.
Sunia tries a body shot but Gonzalez blocks it.
Sunia tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Gonzalez just stands there and leans against the cage.
Gonzalez tries to land knees in the clinch but Sunia avoids the damage to the body.
A hook to the body from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez prevents a takedown attempt there.
Sunia misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sunia breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sunia tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gonzalez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nice shot by Sunia.
Gonzalez slips a jab from Sunia.
Sunia missing with a left hand there. Gonzalez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A nice inside leg kick there by Gonzalez. That's going to slow Sunia down.
Gonzalez tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Sunia counters with a single leg into guard. Gonzalez didn't expect that.
Gonzalez uses the cage to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez closes the distance but Sunia moves to the side
enabling Sunia to counter with a crisp jab.
Gonzalez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sunia misses with a straight right.
A jab from Sunia misses.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Sunia checks a leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Gonzalez.
Gonzalez misses with a body punch
and Sunia counters with a takedown into side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sunia tries to advance position but instead Gonzalez slips a leg back in to half guard.
Gonzalez kicks Sunia off and gets back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sunia swings for the body but Gonzalez moves out of range.
Gonzalez tries to land a front kick but Sunia steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Sunia misses with an uppercut. Gonzalez saw that one coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Faoa Sunia really dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Gonzalez lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Juan Gonzalez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sunia looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Sunia is looking to work some ground and pound but Gonzalez has wrist control.
Sunia passes Gonzalez's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Sunia is pressing down on Gonzalez's thigh, looking to free his foot. Gonzalez is holding on for now.
Gonzalez wants to get back to his feet.
Gonzalez regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Sunia.
Sunia stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Gonzalez swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sunia is pushing down on Gonzalez's leg trying to pass to half guard. Gonzalez is fighting to maintain full guard but Sunia has managed to sneak the leg through.
Sunia prevents Gonzalez from standing back up.
Sunia not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Gonzalez keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Faoa Sunia has got the better of the ground game so far.
Sunia is pressing down on Gonzalez's thigh, looking to free his foot. Gonzalez is holding on for now.
Ground and pound from Sunia.
Sunia thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Gonzalez's head.
Gonzalez is trying to stand back up but Sunia is controlling him
Sunia thows a huge punch but Gonzalez dodges it nicely.
Sunia works his way into side control.
Sunia misses with the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ground and pound from Sunia seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Sunia postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Gonzalez is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Gonzalez is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Sunia is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Gonzalez's shoulder. That is not cool.
Sunia works to advance to full mount. Gonzalez defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Gonzalez blocking the ground and pound.
Sunia connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Gonzalez is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Gonzalez in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Oh Gonzalez is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sunia lands a big elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Faoa Sunia dominated that fourth round.
That's time! Gonzalez's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Sunia misses the jab.
Sunia lands an overhand right.
Sunia lands the left hand.
A big right from Sunia misses.
Sunia throws a body punch but Gonzalez moves out of range.
Sunia loads up on a big right hand but Gonzalez slips the punch.
Gonzalez tries to clinch up.
Gonzalez seems to have got his legs back now.
Gonzalez fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Sunia shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Sunia showed some decent athleticism there.
Gonzalez tries to kick Sunia off but Sunia keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Gonzalez makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Gonzalez ducks under a wild hook from Sunia.
Sunia sizes up Gonzalez with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzalez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sunia throws out the jab.
Sunia thows a left - swing and a miss!
A looping hook to the body misses from Sunia. Gonzalez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gonzalez misses with a wild body shot.
A swing and a miss from Sunia.
Gonzalez slips under a jab.
Sunia is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gonzalez.
Sunia throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Gonzalez counters with a nice body shot.
Gonzalez is looking to wear down Sunia with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Sunia pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sunia misses with a looping right.
Gonzalez tries a low kick but Sunia avoids it.
Gonzalez tries to clinch
and Sunia holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Sunia takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sunia drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Gonzalez gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Sunia has Gonzalez pressed against the cage, preventing Gonzalez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Sunia's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gonzalez gets tackled into the cage by Sunia. Sunia maintains the clinch.
Gonzalez tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sunia avoids it.
Gonzalez pushes Sunia back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Sunia tries to stall but Gonzalez uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Stalling in the clinch from Gonzalez.
Sunia throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gonzalezs head.
Gonzalez throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Gonzalez tries to land a knee to the head but Sunia blocks with his arms.
Gonzalez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sunia blocks it with crossed arms.
Sunia tries to land knees in the clinch but Gonzalez avoids the damage to the body.
Sunia is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Faoa Sunia is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Gonzalez lands a knee to the body.
Sunia tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gonzalez's elbow.
Gonzalez missing with knees to the body.
Come on Gonzalez - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Gonzalez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Gonzalez tries to break free but Sunia pushes him back against the cage.
Sunia tries to throw a body punch but Gonzalez avoids it by throwing Sunia back against the cage.
Juan Gonzalez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sunia blocks a body shot from Gonzalez.
A right handed body shot lands from Sunia.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Faoa Sunia.
I think Sunia has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 46:49
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 46:49
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 46:49
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Faoa Sunia!
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