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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Paul Walker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Max Nobriga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Walker comes to the cage accompanied by Unholy Confessions by Avenged Sevenfold. Nobriga has chosen Queen's We Will Rock You as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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175 lbs
13 - 2 - 1 |
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183 cm
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180 lbs
9 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paul Walker!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Max Nobriga!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Mauricio Rocha and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Walker doesn't manage to clinch there - Nobriga circles away.
Nobriga misses with a lunging right hand
and Walker counters with a shoot takedown. Nobriga fights it but they end up in guard.
Nobriga is looking to stand back up but Walker counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Nobriga.
Walker wants to stand but Nobriga has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Walker stalling away here and it's allowed Nobriga to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Walker in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Nobriga is looking to stand up but Walker isn't so interested in that idea.
Walker looking to sit in guard and control but Nobriga gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nobriga throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Walker works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Walker keeping moving, preventing Nobriga from controlling successfully.
Walker wants to sweep but no luck.
Walker is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Walker throwing shots but Nobriga is blocking nicely.
Nobriga is trying to stand back up but Walker is controlling him
Walker is trying to control. Nobriga wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
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.
Nobriga wants to get back to his feet.
Walker stalling away here and it's allowed Nobriga to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Nobriga wants to stand but Walker is controlling the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Walker trying to control but Nobriga is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker postures up in Nobriga's guard and throws a big left but Nobriga blocks it.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Nobriga wants to stand but Walker is controlling the position.
Walker wants to control from the top but Nobriga keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
We're going to have a standup here because Paul Walker wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Nobriga throws a sloppy body shot
and Walker counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Nobriga swings away with a body shot that misses
and Walker counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nobriga throws an off balance right hand
and Walker counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Nobriga thinking.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Walker bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Nobriga's head backwards.
Walker tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nobriga swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nobriga throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Walker counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Walker.
A short right from Walker on the inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Walker as Nobriga tries to tie him up.
A short uppercut from Walker.
A right handed body shot lands from Walker.
Nobriga takes a shot to the head.
Walker lands a right hand that snaps the head of Nobriga backwards.
Walker is struggling to control the position.
Walker lands a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paul Walker dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Nice uppercut there from Nobriga.
Nobriga avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nobriga comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Nobriga swings widly with a right hand
and Walker counters with a takedown into side control.
Nobriga prevents Walker from improving position.
Nobriga is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Walker 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 Nobriga's shoulder. That is not cool.
Nobriga is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Walker has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Nobriga is trying to stand and escape here. He's got onto all fours but that's just let Walker take his back! Uh oh - Walker has got a rear naked choke here! Nobriga is forced to tap! It's all over! One monent is all it takes in this sport!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Paul Walker!
Paul Walker retains his welterweight title!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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