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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Murilo Ninja (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marco Rua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rua has chosen IF YOU WANT BLOOD YOU GOT IT!!! as his entrance music. Marco Rua acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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221 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
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185 cm
24
223 lbs
8 - 7 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Murilo Ninja!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marco Rua!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Felipe Paraventi and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rua bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ninja misses with a right hand
and Rua counters with a nice leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rua.
Ninja moves into the clinch.
Rua pulls guard.
Ninja wants to control from the top but Rua keeps moving.
Rua is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Rua is looking to advance position but Ninja won't allow it.
Rua trying to control the pace.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Rua cracks Ninja with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Rua raining down hammerfists from mount.
Rua working the ground and pound effectively.
Rua raining down shots from the mount!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rua with the ground and pound from mount.
Ninja knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Rua on the ground.
Ninja gets back to half guard.
Ninja wants to get back to full guard.
Ninja is trying to stand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rua throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Ninja tries to roll over but Rua keeps him under control.
Ninja is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Rua scores with a couple of nice shots.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rua scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Rua throwing shots but Ninja is blocking nicely.
Rua is looking to take a break and control but Ninja is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Rua thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Ninja's head.
Rua thows a huge punch but Ninja dodges it nicely.
Rua frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rua dominating with strikes here.
Rua cracks Ninja with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The referee warns Ninja that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The referee warns Ninja that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice elbow there by Rua.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rua working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Ninja is rocked!
It looks like Murilo Ninja has been cut.
Ninja is breathing heavily.
Ninja is bucking up trying to escape but Rua cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marco Rua dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Murilo Ninja's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Rua lands the left hand.
Ninja clinches up with Rua and pushes him back against the cage.
Rua lands with a light punch inside.
Rua comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rua is struggling to control the position.
Ninja tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rua avoids it.
Ninja wants to get back to striking at distance but Rua won't allow it.
A nice left hand lands by Ninja.
Ninja successfully pulls guard.
Rua with a nice head shot there.
Rua loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Rua missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Ninja keeping moving, preventing Rua from controlling successfully.
Rua slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua controls the position.
Rua has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Rua works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Rua connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Ninja some visible discomfort.
Rua in side control lands a decent elbow.
Rua cracks Ninja with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Murilo Ninja's cut is getting worse.
Rua tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rua cracks Ninja with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Rua is looking to take a break and control but Ninja is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Rua controlling from side mount.
The ground and pound from Rua seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rua in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Rua lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Ninja down.
Rua working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Ninja tries to bench press Rua off him but Rua keeps the position.
Ninja takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Rua lands a decent elbow from side control.
Rua working the head with strikes.
Rua has knee on belly and moves into mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rua fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Rua landing strikes from the mount and Ninja is in trouble!
Murilo Ninja's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Murilo Ninja's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Marco Rua!
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hype
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pop
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