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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Padeiro Chucro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Sotiropoulos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chucro comes into the arena with Nikolay Emelin - Rus blaring out of the sound system. Sotiropoulos has chosen The Humbling River as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. George Sotiropoulos acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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160 lbs
8 - 2 - 0 |
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162 lbs
10 - 2 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
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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
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Padeiro Chucro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, George Sotiropoulos!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Daniel Cesar and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sotiropoulos misses with a lunging right hand
and Chucro connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sotiropoulos swings widly with a right hand
and Chucro counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sotiropoulos takes one to the side of the head.
Chucro slips a jab and a cross from Sotiropoulos.
Sotiropoulos throws a low kick but Chucro avoids it.
Chucro lunges at Sotiropoulos with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Sotiropoulos's hand.
Sotiropoulos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A low kick from Sotiropoulos is predictable there
enabling Chucro to counter with a crisp jab.
Chucro walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Chucro throws an off balance right hand
and Sotiropoulos makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Donk. Chucro catches Sotiropoulos right on the button with a cross.
Sotiropoulos swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Chucro counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sotiropoulos scores with a nice right hand.
Chucro throws an off balance right hand
and Sotiropoulos counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sotiropoulos looks to land a left hand but Chucro moved out of range nicely.
Sotiropoulos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sotiropoulos rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Chucro counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Nice body punch from Chucro.
Sotiropoulos fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Chucro manages to avoid it.
Sotiropoulos looks to land a left hand but Chucro moved out of range nicely.
Sotiropoulos misses with an uppercut
and Chucro counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Chucro avoids a kick to the body.
Sotiropoulos scores with a sloppy right hand. Chucro should have avoided that one.
Chucro moves forwards but Sotiropoulos connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Sotiropoulos catches Chucro with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chucro has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Chucro there as he acknowledges the shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Chucro. Sotiropoulos does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sotiropoulos misses with a lunging right hand
and Chucro counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sotiropoulos throws a big shot that misses.
Nice body punch from Chucro.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sotiropoulos misses with a left hand
and Chucro counters with an outside leg kick.
Sotiropoulos misses with an uppercut
and Chucro counters with a left to the body.
Chucro throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Chucro lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Chucro ducks right into an uppercut from Sotiropoulos.
Sotiropoulos rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Sotiropoulos takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sotiropoulos.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chucro misses with a straight right.
Chucro checks the leg kick nicely there.
Sotiropoulos misses with a lunging right hand
and Chucro makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Chucro misses with a hook
and Chucro takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Chucro misses with a body shot
and Sotiropoulos counters with a nice leg kick.
Chucro fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Sotiropoulos is out of range.
Sotiropoulos connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Chucro's hands.
Sotiropoulos paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Sotiropoulos misses with an uppercut
and Chucro cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A nice leg kick lands there from Sotiropoulos.
Chucro misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sotiropoulos.
Chucro misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Chucro takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sotiropoulos connects with a single shot there.
Chucro finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Chucro misses with a body punch
letting Sotiropoulos counter with a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sotiropoulos's corner calls for a 1-2. Sotiropoulos obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
George Sotiropoulos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chucro throws a lazy right hand but Sotiropoulos sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Chucro swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sotiropoulos throws a jab when Chucro was well out of range.
Sotiropoulos lands a glancing blow to the side of Chucro's head.
Nice body punch from Chucro.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Chucro scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Chucro misses with a hook.
Sotiropoulos checks a low kick from Chucro.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but George Sotiropoulos will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Sotiropoulos throws a jab when Chucro was well out of range.
Chucro dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Chucro throws a lazy uppercut
and Sotiropoulos counters with a leg kick.
Sotiropoulos connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Sotiropoulos throws a lazy uppercut
and Chucro makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Chucro misses with a body shot
and Sotiropoulos counters with a slapping leg kick.
Sotiropoulos scores with a leg kick.
Sotiropoulos throws a poor cross that misses
letting Chucro counter with a right hand.
George Sotiropoulos seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sotiropoulos lands with a thumping leg kick.
Sotiropoulos with a hook.
Sotiropoulos throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Chucro counters with a left to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sotiropoulos lands a head shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sotiropoulos throws a chopping leg kick but Chucro manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Chucro misses with a hook. Sotiropoulos ducked under it nicely.
Chucro keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Chucro looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Chucro slips under a jab.
Sotiropoulos throws a combination that misses
and Chucro counters with a right hand to the body.
Sotiropoulos swings widly with a right hand
enabling Chucro to counter with a crisp jab.
Sotiropoulos's jab looks to have found its range, popping Chucro under the eye.
Chucro is rocked!
Sotiropoulos misses with an uppercut
and Chucro counters with a thumping low kick.
Chucro is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sotiropoulos, right into the meat.
Sotiropoulos swings widly with a right hand
and Chucro counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Sotiropoulos thinking.
Sotiropoulos lands with a shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sotiropoulos swings for the body but Chucro moves out of range.
Chucro misses with a wild body shot.
Sotiropoulos throws a jab but it's blocked by Chucro.
The fighters circling - Sotiropoulos throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sotiropoulos misses with a hook
and Chucro counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Sotiropoulos throws a looping overhand right but Chucro ducks down to avoid it.
Chucro looks to score with a jab to the body but Sotiropoulos is just out of range.
Sotiropoulos tries to work over Chucro's front leg with a kick but Chucro checks it.
Sotiropoulos throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Chucro counters with a right hand to the body.
Chucro is looking to wear down Sotiropoulos with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sotiropoulos throws an off balance right hand
and Chucro counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sotiropoulos staying out of range there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sotiropoulos looks to land a right hand but Chucro moved out of range.
Sotiropoulos on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Chucro pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Sotiropoulos throws an off balance right hand
and Chucro counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Good standup being displayed there by Sotiropoulos as he connects with a hook.
Chucro throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sotiropoulos misses with a lunging right hand
and Chucro counters with a stiff right hand.
Chucro misses with a hook. Sotiropoulos ducked under it nicely.
Sotiropoulos swings widly with a right hand
and Chucro cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sotiropoulos misses with a right hand
and Chucro cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sotiropoulos swings widly with a right hand
and Chucro counters with a one-two to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chucro scores with a nice body kick.
A low kick from Sotiropoulos misses
and Chucro counters with a thumping low kick.
Sotiropoulos is breathing heavily.
Chucro lands a slapping body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sotiropoulos takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sotiropoulos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Chucro misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sotiropoulos.
Chucro shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Sotiropoulos eats them both and turns towards Chucro to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Chucro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sotiropoulos moves away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Chucro avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Sotiropoulos throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Chucro counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Chucro looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Padeiro Chucro 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!
Sotiropoulos lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Nice shot by Sotiropoulos.
Sotiropoulos throws an off balance right hand
and Chucro counters with a right hand to the body.
Sotiropoulos slips a jab from Chucro.
Sotiropoulos has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Chucro throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sotiropoulos counters with an inside leg kick.
Sotiropoulos rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Chucro counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Chucro misses with a looping right.
Sotiropoulos throws a poor cross that misses
and Sotiropoulos takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Chucro throws a body punch but Sotiropoulos moves out of range.
Sotiropoulos misses with a hook. Chucro ducked under it nicely.
Chucro uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sotiropoulos.
Sotiropoulos throws a poor cross that misses
and Chucro counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sotiropoulos throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sotiropoulos takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Chucro connects with a body shot.
Sotiropoulos connects with a solid leg kick.
Sotiropoulos lands a glancing blow to the side of Chucro's head.
Sotiropoulos rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Sotiropoulos takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sotiropoulos throws an off balance right hand
and Chucro counters with a nice uppercut.
Chucro throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sotiropoulos avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sotiropoulos throws an off balance right hand
and Chucro counters with a stiff right hand.
Sotiropoulos works the jab nicely.
Sotiropoulos is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Chucro.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sotiropoulos misses with a lunging right hand
and Chucro counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Chucro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sotiropoulos moves away.
Sotiropoulos misses with a hook
and Chucro counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sotiropoulos swings widly with a right hand
and Chucro counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sotiropoulos throws a right hand that misses
and Chucro counters with a nice uppercut.
Chucro throws an off balance right hand
and Sotiropoulos counters with a slapping leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sotiropoulos throws a body punch but Chucro moves out of range.
Chucro takes a swing at Sotiropoulos's ribcage but misses.
Sotiropoulos throws a looping overhand right but Chucro ducks down to avoid it.
Sotiropoulos ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Chucro on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sotiropoulos. Sotiropoulos obviously looking to wear him down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chucro fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sotiropoulos manages to avoid it.
Chucro slips under a jab from Sotiropoulos.
Sotiropoulos misses with a hook
and Chucro counters with a stiff right hand.
Sotiropoulos misses with a left hand
and Chucro counters with a right hand to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Chucro. Sotiropoulos does a little dance to reset his feet.
Chucro avoids the head kick by Sotiropoulos.
Chucro lands with an overhand left.
Chucro fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Chucro throws a push kick but Sotiropoulos slaps the foot to one side.
Sotiropoulos throws a quick inside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chucro throws a body punch but Sotiropoulos moves out of range.
Jab by Sotiropoulos.
Sotiropoulos misses with a right hand
and Chucro counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Chucro throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sotiropoulos sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sotiropoulos rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Sotiropoulos takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A low kick from Chucro misses
and Sotiropoulos counters with a straight right hand.
Chucro slips a jab from Sotiropoulos.
Sotiropoulos misses with a hook
and Chucro counters with a three punch combo that has Sotiropoulos backing up. Sotiropoulos nods at Chucro to acknowledge the strikes.
Chucro throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Chucro takes a jab right on the kisser.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sotiropoulos cracks Chucro with a good jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
Padeiro Chucro showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Chucro has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Padeiro Chucro!
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