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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tyler Durdan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and charles oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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163 lbs
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140 lbs
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Good takedowns
Basic striking
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tyler Durdan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, charles oliveira!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Daniel Cesar and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
oliveira will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
oliveira is looking to clinch.
oliveira tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Durdan was well out of range. Poor timing from oliveira.
oliveira throws a right and a left that both miss.
Durdan drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Durdan lands a few punches from side control.
oliveira on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Durdan lands some shots froms side control.
Durdan working the ground and pound.
Check out the look on Durdan's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Durdan scores with a couple of short elbows.
Durdan lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear oliveira down.
oliveira on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
oliveira tries to buck Durdan off but Durdan is having none of it.
Check out the look on Durdan's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Durdan landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
oliveira takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
oliveira wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Durdan lands a nice forearm strike.
oliveira is working to avoid the ground and pound but Durdan connects with a decent elbow.
oliveira is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Durdan works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
oliveira taking punishment in the form of punches.
Durdan lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear oliveira down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Durdan is chipping away with strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
oliveira tries to improve position but can't.
Durdan landing strikes.
Durdan cracks oliveira with an elbow. That is naaassty.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
You can see the frustration on oliveira's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Durdan lands an elbow.
oliveira is trying to get back to half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Durdan working the ground and pound.
Durdan creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Durdan landing strikes.
Durdan working the ground and pound.
Durdan scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at oliveira to see if he's OK.
Durdan taking a break here but oliveira is having none of it and regains half guard.
Durdan is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Durdan winds up and cracks oliveira with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
oliveira taking some punishment here, with Durdan in his half guard.
Durdan looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks oliveira with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Durdan with the ground and pound but oliveira uses the opportunity to regain guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Durdan postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Durdan stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. oliveira swivels though and keeps the full guard.
oliveira working a defensive guard here.
Durdan postures up in oliveira's guard and throws a big left but oliveira blocks it.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Durdan accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Durdan postures up and lands a big shot to oliveira's brow.
Durdan has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Durdan makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
oliveira throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Durdan distracts oliveira with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tyler Durdan dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Durdan drives through with a takedown into guard.
Durdan seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Durdan lands a couple of digs.
Durdan working some strikes from top position.
Durdan with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Durdan postures up.
Durdan with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Durdan lands a couple of decent looking shots.
oliveira tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Durdan trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Durdan scoring with punches to the head and body.
oliveira tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Durdan lands a couple of elbows.
Durdan with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Durdan working some strikes from top position.
Durdan is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Durdan works over oliveira with some ground and pound from guard.
oliveira wants to stand and escape but Durdan is having none of it.
Durdan slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Durdan postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! oliveira is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Durdan, into his guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
oliveira preventing the sweep.
Durdan will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Durdan has his foot on oliveira's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. oliveira works his way back into a safe position though.
oliveira trying to control but Durdan is working from the bottom.
Durdan bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in oliveira's guard.
oliveira tries to land a sweep but no joy.
oliveira looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Durdan puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Durdan throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Still in half guard, Durdan seems content to control.
Durdan looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Durdan wants to take a breather but oliveira is having none of it.
Durdan working the head and body with strikes.
Durdan wants to take a breather but oliveira is having none of it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
oliveira has hold of Durdan's hands but Durdan slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Durdan scoring with strikes to the body and head.
oliveira trying to control from the bottom.
oliveira makes his way to full guard. A much better position for oliveira.
oliveira keeping moving, preventing Durdan from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
oliveira looking to control.
Durdan won't allow oliveira to get back to his feet.
oliveira looking for a guillotine here but Durdan defends easily.
oliveira throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Durdan content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Durdan throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as oliveira works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tyler Durdan dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
oliveira gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Durdan counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in oliveira's guard now.
Durdan sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Durdan pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. oliveira is keeping the position for now.
Durdan thows a big elbow that misses.
oliveira working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Durdan doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Durdan manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
oliveira is looking to stand up but Durdan isn't so interested in that idea.
oliveira takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Durdan postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Tyler Durdan overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Durdan sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed oliveira's guard.
oliveira has hold of Durdan's hands but Durdan slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
oliveira tries to get to full guard but Durdan has control of the leg.
oliveira is looking to escape.
oliveira on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
oliveira is defending against the submission attempts here by Durdan.
Durdan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that oliveira can do to turn this around?
Durdan looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Durdan trying to control from half guard but oliveira is working away.
oliveira trying to hold on to Durdan's head to control him but Durdan postures up.
oliveira is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Durdan pulls his head out easily.
Durdan moves into full mount! oliveira won't be happy about that!
oliveira working to try and regain half guard.
Durdan landing strikes from the mount and oliveira is in trouble!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Durdan connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Durdan pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Durdan trying to control but oliveira is having none of it.
Durdan with good strikes from the mount here!
BOOM! Durdan connects with a massive shot to the dome!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
oliveira can't escape the position.
Durdan looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Durdan raining down hammerfists from mount.
Durdan working oliveira over with strikes here.
oliveira is rocked!
oliveira can't escape the position.
Durdan lands a heavy elbow.
oliveira is still in real trouble! Can Durdan finish him?
Durdan lands with some strikes.
oliveira seems to have recovered his senses.
Durdan lands a nice shot to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
oliveira is desperately trying to improve his position but Durdan has a good base and remains in mount.
oliveira is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. Durdan locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! oliveira is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Tyler Durdan!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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