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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Francisco Guillerdo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Jungle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Guillerdo's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, AZ -- The Format. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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147 lbs
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140 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Francisco Guillerdo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Steve Jungle!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Thiago Cunha and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jungle shoots and misses
and Guillerdo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jungle is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
A big left from Guillerdo misses.
Guillerdo with a nice cross.
Guillerdo punishes Jungle's body with a nice straight punch.
Jungle shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Jungle takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jungle tries to pass to full mount but Guillerdo defends it.
Jungle not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Jungle not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Jungle lands strikes from half guard.
Jungle wants to pass to mount but Guillerdo is defending the position.
Guillerdo wants to get back to full guard.
Jungle not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Guillerdo is holding on to half guard well.
Jungle with the ground and pound but Guillerdo uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Jungle is working Guillerdo over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Jungle postures up in Guillerdo's guard and throws a big left but Guillerdo blocks it.
Jungle throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Guillerdo wants to stand up but Jungle is controlling him.
Jungle is fighting to break Guillerdo's control of his arms but Guillerdo is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Guillerdo looking to control.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Guillerdo pulls Jungle in close to prevent any damage.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Francisco Guillerdo just wasn't active enough.
Jungle has his takedown stuffed
and Guillerdo counters with a straight right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jungle misses with a takedown attempt
enabling Guillerdo to counter with a crisp jab.
Francisco Guillerdo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Steve Jungle.
Jungle with a lazy takedown attempt
and Guillerdo makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Jungle looks gassed!
Jungle fails with the takedown
and Guillerdo counters with a three punch combo that has Jungle backing up. Jungle nods at Guillerdo to acknowledge the strikes.
Guillerdo is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jungle shoots and misses
and Guillerdo counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Guillerdo lands a left and a right that send Jungle crashing to the mat, dazed. Guillerdo thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Jungle is rocked!
Jungle takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Guillerdo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jungle is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Guillerdo.
Jungle is still on wobbly legs! Can Guillerdo finish him?
Guillerdo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jungle seems to have recovered his senses.
Jungle misses with a takedown attempt
and Guillerdo counters with a stiff right hand.
Guillerdo's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Guillerdo duly obliges.
Guillerdo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jungle moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guillerdo misses with a body shot.
Guillerdo throws a hook to the side of Jungle's head but Jungle sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jungle tries for a takedown but Guillerdo circles away easily
and Guillerdo counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Guillerdo throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Jungle stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Steve Jungle seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Guillerdo scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Jungle with a poor takedown
and Guillerdo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Guillerdo throws out a loose jab but Jungle uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jungle misses with a takedown
and Guillerdo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Guillerdo is working the combinations to good effect here.
Guillerdo connects with a single shot there.
Jungle takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Jungle walks into a straight right hand from Guillerdo.
Jungle misses with a takedown
and Guillerdo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jungle uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Guillerdo.
Guillerdo scores with a sloppy right hand. Jungle should have avoided that one.
Guillerdo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jungle with a poor takedown
and Guillerdo counters with a left to the body.
Guillerdo lands a jab to Jungle's midsection.
Guillerdo scores with a three punch combo!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Guillerdo lands a nice hook to Jungle's body. Jungle takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Guillerdo lands with a right hand.
Guillerdo misses with a wild body shot.
Jungle misses with a takedown
and Guillerdo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Guillerdo lands with a nice combination. Jungle backs away looking to recover.
Jungle slips a jab from Guillerdo.
Jungle with a lazy takedown attempt
and Guillerdo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Francisco Guillerdo dominated that round.
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.
Guillerdo throws a series of punches but Jungle moves out of range.
Guillerdo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jungle can do to turn this around?
Jungle misses with a takedown
and Guillerdo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jungle has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Guillerdo swinging wildly here.
Jungle shoots and misses
and Guillerdo counters with a straight right hand.
Jungle has his takedown stuffed
and Guillerdo counters with a two punch combo.
Francisco Guillerdo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Steve Jungle.
Jungle with a poor takedown
and Guillerdo counters with a three punch combo that has Jungle backing up. Jungle nods at Guillerdo to acknowledge the strikes.
Guillerdo throws a nice looking combination but Jungle bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Francisco Guillerdo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jungle misses with a takedown
and Guillerdo counters with a nice body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Guillerdo lands the left hand.
Jungle with a lazy takedown attempt
and Guillerdo counters with a left to the body.
Guillerdo throws an overhand right that lands on Jungle's shoulder, as Jungle tries to avoid the shot.
Guillerdo lands with a nice combination. Jungle backs away looking to recover.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jungle gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Guillerdo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jungle shoots and misses
and Guillerdo counters with a series of strikes. Jungle will be more careful next time no doubt.
Guillerdo throws a looping overhand right but Jungle ducks down to avoid it.
Jungle throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Guillerdo was covering up waiting for the punch and Jungle finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Jungle throws a big right hand that misses.
Guillerdo working a defensive guard here.
Guillerdo wants to sweep here but Jungle controlling him for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jungle stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Guillerdo swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Jungle is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Jungle is looking to work some ground and pound but Guillerdo has wrist control.
Jungle missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Jungle stopping the sweep attempt from Guillerdo.
Guillerdo working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Jungle.
Jungle throws and elbow that misses. Guillerdo uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Jungle's guard. Nice move by Guillerdo!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jungle will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Guillerdo trying to control but Jungle is working from the bottom.
Guillerdo is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Jungle is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Jungle 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.
Jungle being controlled here, momentarily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Jungle is on top in guard.
Jungle missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
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.
Jungle working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Jungle in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Jungle in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Jungle with a nice head shot there.
Jungle working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jungle accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Jungle throwing strikes from guard but Guillerdo blocks nicely.
Jungle postures up in Guillerdo's guard and throws a big left but Guillerdo blocks it.
Jungle won't allow Guillerdo to sweep him here.
Jungle throwing strikes from guard but Guillerdo blocks nicely.
Jungle postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Francisco Guillerdo dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Jungle doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Jungle takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jungle misses with a takedown
and Guillerdo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jungle gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Guillerdo counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Jungle thinking.
Francisco Guillerdo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Steve Jungle.
Jungle shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Guillerdo counters with a series of strikes. Jungle will be more careful next time no doubt.
Guillerdo throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Guillerdo misses the shot to the body.
A decent looking cross lands there for Guillerdo.
Guillerdo moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Jungle fails with the takedown
letting Guillerdo counter with a right hand.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Guillerdo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jungle with a poor takedown
and Guillerdo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jungle with a poor takedown
and Guillerdo counters with a two punch combo.
Guillerdo connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Jungle tries for a takedown but Guillerdo circles away easily
and Guillerdo counters with a straight right hand.
Guillerdo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jungle shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Jungle was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Jungle working Guillerdo over with strikes here.
Jungle is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Guillerdo manages to control the position for a moment.
Jungle throws some wild stikes that Guillerdo manages to avoid easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jungle throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Guillerdo because Jungle loaded up on that one.
Guillerdo gets back to half guard.
Jungle thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Jungle sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Guillerdo defending well though.
Jungle wants to take a breather but Guillerdo is having none of it.
Guillerdo moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jungle accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Jungle throws a strike but Guillerdo rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Jungle wants to improve his position but instead Guillerdo has moved into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guillerdo content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Guillerdo seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Jungle wants to get back to full guard.
Guillerdo blocks the strikes from Jungle.
Jungle has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Guillerdo looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Steve Jungle has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jungle tries to get to full guard but Guillerdo has control of the leg.
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.
Jungle tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Jungle has a hand on Guillerdo's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Guillerdo takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Jungle throwing hammer fists to the chest of Guillerdo. What's that going to do exactly?
Guillerdo controlling from the full mount.
Jungle is trying desperately to improve position.
Guillerdo looking to control and managing it successfully.
And that's the end of the fight!
Francisco Guillerdo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Guillerdo, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Francisco Guillerdo!
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hype
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