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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between JC Denton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eric Praline (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Denton comes into the arena with A bomb! blaring out of the sound system. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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282 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
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195 cm
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289 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Solid chin |
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, JC Denton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Eric Praline!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Thiago Cunha and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Denton misses with a looping left.
Denton scores with a shot to the body.
Praline gets the takedown into side control.
Denton takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Praline misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Denton tries to bench press Praline off him but Praline keeps the position.
Denton wants to control but Praline postures up.
Praline landing strikes.
Praline trying to control the position but Denton is working away.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Denton is looking to regain half guard here but Praline keeps moving and retains side control.
Praline goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Denton rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Praline's guard! Nice work there by Denton!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Praline working a defensive guard here.
Praline throws his legs up looking for a submission but Denton uses it to pass to side control.
Praline manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Praline missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Denton wants to control but Praline is keeping busy and won't allow 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 winds up and cracks Denton with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Praline throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Praline trying to control from half guard but Denton is working away.
Denton keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Praline sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Denton defending well though.
Denton trying to control from the bottom.
Denton is trying to get back to full guard.
Praline is nestled in close to Denton, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Praline trying to control from half guard but Denton is working away.
Praline has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Denton won't allow Praline to pass to mount.
Praline trying to control from Denton's half guard. Denton has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Denton is trying to control the position but Praline postures up.
Praline throws a strike but Denton rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Praline is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Denton defends well.
Praline wants to sweep here but Denton controlling him for the moment.
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 tries to stand but Praline is controlling from the bottom.
Praline is trying to keep Denton in close.
Praline 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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eric Praline dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Praline doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Praline darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Denton blocking the ground and pound attempt from Praline.
Praline throwing shots but Denton is blocking nicely.
Praline working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Praline throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Denton blocking the ground and pound attempt from Praline.
Praline missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Denton keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Praline not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Denton wants to improve his position but Praline is controlling well.
Praline is trying to control the action in half guard but Denton is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Praline throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Praline looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Praline not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Denton preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Praline throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Praline thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Denton's head.
Praline missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Praline thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Denton to regain full guard.
Praline working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Denton is trying to control the position but Praline postures up.
Praline trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Praline looking to pass the guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Praline thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Praline loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Praline trying to control but Denton is working from the bottom.
Praline passes easily into side control. Nice work.
An elbow from Praline crashes against the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Praline connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Denton some visible discomfort.
Praline looks up at the clock and then as Denton takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Praline smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Praline working the strikes but Denton uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Praline is looking to take a break and control but Denton is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Praline throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Praline takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Praline thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Denton's head.
Praline looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Praline takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eric Praline showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Praline uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Denton.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Denton enables Praline to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Denton manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Denton looking to hit a scissor sweep but Praline is one step ahead there.
Praline with a flurry of punches that miss.
Praline landing some decent shots from guard.
Praline thows a big elbow that misses.
Denton working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Praline.
Praline throws a big right hand that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
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.
Denton preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Eric Praline has got the better of the ground game so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Denton avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Praline drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Denton dives on top into guard.
Praline looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Praline working a defensive guard here.
Praline looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
JC Denton has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Denton thows a big elbow that misses.
Denton preventing the sweep.
Praline controls Denton momentarily but Denton frees himself.
Praline pulls Denton in to control the position.
Praline is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Praline trying to control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Praline has an active guard here but Denton has managed to pass into half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Praline manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Praline has a closed guard, preventing Denton from standing up.
Denton trying to control the position from guard on top but Praline is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Praline is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
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 working for a triangle but Denton defends it easily.
Praline looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Praline looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Denton has picked Praline up and slammed him! Praline can't keep hold of the triangle and Denton manages to pass to side control!
Denton working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
And that's the end of the fight!
Eric Praline comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Praline winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 27:30
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 27:30
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eric Praline!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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