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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eric Praline (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and JC Denton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Denton's choice of entrance music: A bomb!. Eric Praline could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to JC Denton's chin.
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289 lbs
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195 cm
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282 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Eric Praline!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, JC Denton!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Matheus Silva and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Denton lands with a shot to the body.
Denton is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Praline.
Denton misses with a straight right.
Denton takes a swing at Praline's ribcage but misses.
Praline looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Denton keeping moving, preventing Praline from controlling successfully.
Denton trying to keep a closed guard but Praline is proving a slippery customer.
Praline postures up in Denton's guard and throws a big left but Denton blocks it.
Praline stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Denton swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Praline stopping the sweep attempt from Denton.
Praline content to stall in guard here.
Praline working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's two 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.
Denton preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Praline looking to sit in guard and control but Denton gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Denton trying to control the position from guard on top but Praline is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Praline is trying to keep Denton in close.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Praline looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Denton passes into half guard.
Praline keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
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.
Praline is trying to get back to full guard.
Denton is pressing down on Praline's thigh, looking to free his foot. Praline is holding on for now.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Praline is trying to maintain the position but Denton is very close to passing his half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but JC Denton will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Praline decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Praline is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Denton is trying to keep Praline in close.
Praline passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Denton sneaks back into half guard.
Praline perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Praline working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Denton's thigh. Denton counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Praline trying to control but Denton is working from the bottom.
Praline postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
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.
Praline scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Praline 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.
Praline trying to control the position from guard on top but Denton is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Praline tries to free his leg and advance position but Denton is retaining full guard.
Praline trying to control but Denton is working from the bottom.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Eric Praline wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Denton throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Denton looks to score with a jab to the body but Praline is just out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Praline ducks under a wild hook from Denton.
Denton stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Denton wants it to stay on the feet.
Praline ducks under a wild hook from Denton.
Denton throws a jab when Praline was well out of range.
Denton throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
JC Denton is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Denton throws a jab when Praline was well out of range.
Praline connects with a leg kick. Denton looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A combination from Denton does no damage.
Denton misses with the combination.
Denton misses with a double jab.
Praline throws a leg kick which misses Denton's front leg but catches the back leg as Denton tries to avoid it.
That's four 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.
Denton misses with a wild combination.
Praline closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Denton to the mat! Denton manages to get full guard.
Praline trying to control the position from guard on top but Denton is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Denton controls Praline momentarily but Praline frees himself.
Praline in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eric Praline dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Denton misses the shot to the body.
Denton ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Praline moves away.
Praline drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Praline 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.
Denton is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Praline throws and elbow that misses. Denton uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Praline's guard. Nice move by Denton!
Praline looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Denton passes into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Praline wants to control but Denton passes into side.
Praline is trying to control Denton's posture but Denton avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Praline is looking to regain half guard here but Denton keeps moving and retains side control.
Praline is trying to control Denton's posture but Denton avoids it.
Praline manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Denton tries to roll over but Praline keeps him under control.
Praline trying to control from Denton's half guard. Denton has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Praline drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Denton manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Praline has Denton in his guard.
Praline has an active guard here but Denton has managed to pass into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Praline is trying to control but can't.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to JC Denton.
I think Denton 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 28:29
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 28:29
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... JC Denton!
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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