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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gustavo Safra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Don Fernando de Guzman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). de Guzman has chosen Ram Jam - Black Betty as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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276 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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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
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gustavo Safra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Don Fernando de Guzman!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Thiago Cunha and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Safra fails with the takedown.
de Guzman stuffs the takedown.
Safra looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for de Guzman!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Safra dominating with strikes here.
Safra could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
de Guzman throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
de Guzman taking shots to the head.
Safra lands a heavy elbow.
de Guzman taking shots to the head.
de Guzman is rocked!
Safra working for a guillotine from mount but de Guzman is in no mood to give up.
de Guzman is still in real trouble! Can Safra finish him?
Safra lands with some vicious ground and pound - can de Guzman hang on?
de Guzman is trying to escape the mount.
de Guzman seems to have recovered his senses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Safra lands a big shot there that rocks de Guzman but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
de Guzman really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Safra will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
de Guzman looks gassed!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Safra wants to control the pace but de Guzman is squirming around nicely.
de Guzman is desperately trying to improve his position but Safra has a good base and remains in mount.
Safra is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Safra lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Safra fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Safra working the ground and pound effectively.
de Guzman tries to reverse the position but Safra maintains control.
Safra fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Safra landing strikes from the mount.
Safra is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. de Guzman can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Safra prevents de Guzman from getting the reversal.
Safra wants to control the pace but de Guzman is squirming around nicely.
de Guzman keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if de Guzman can do anything to dispel that myth.
de Guzman taking shots to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
de Guzman is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Safra is in the full mount, landing strikes.
de Guzman tries to reverse the position but Safra maintains control.
de Guzman is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
de Guzman flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Safra has hold of de Guzman's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and de Guzman manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
de Guzman working to try and regain half guard.
Safra is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. de Guzman can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
de Guzman really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Safra. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
de Guzman tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Safra putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
de Guzman manages to regain half guard. Good work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
de Guzman wants to control but Safra is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Safra takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Safra working de Guzman over with strikes.
Ground and pound from Safra.
de Guzman wants to improve his position but Safra is controlling well.
de Guzman moves into full guard.
Safra with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Safra trying to control but de Guzman is working from the bottom.
Safra is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Safra stands up and waves to de Guzman to follow him.
Safra throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around de Guzman's waist but de Guzman gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Safra off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gustavo Safra. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Safra wants to clinch.
Safra uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from de Guzman.
Safra misses with a takedown attempt - de Guzman sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
de Guzman misses with a wild combination.
de Guzman throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Safra.
Safra shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Safra cracks de Guzman with a solid left hand.
Safra is working de Guzman over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Safra trying to control but de Guzman is working from the bottom.
Safra working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gustavo Safra dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Nice sprawl there from de Guzman as Safra shoots in.
Gustavo Safra seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A combination from de Guzman does no damage.
de Guzman throws a right and a left that both miss.
de Guzman throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Safra looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
de Guzman is looking to sweep but instead, Safra has passed into half guard.
de Guzman on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Safra controlling the pace.
Safra is pressing down on de Guzman's thigh, looking to free his foot. de Guzman is holding on for now.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
de Guzman misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Safra working over de Guzman with some ground and pound. de Guzman looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Safra wants to lay and pray for a moment but de Guzman keeps working.
de Guzman wants to improve his position but Safra is controlling well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Safra is trying to control the action in half guard but de Guzman is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
de Guzman misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
de Guzman scores with a three punch combo!
de Guzman drives through with a takedown into guard.
de Guzman slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Safra manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Safra is looking to control de Guzman's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Safra avoid being mounted?
Safra makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Safra.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Safra is on top in guard.
Safra postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Safra stands up from de Guzman's guard - Safra perhaps looking for a knockout.
Safra with a lazy takedown attempt
and de Guzman counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Safra gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and de Guzman counters with a two punch combo.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gustavo Safra. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Safra decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Safra is looking for a kimura but de Guzman is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Safra to get the leverage.
de Guzman is staying active underneath Safra, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
de Guzman taking some punishment here, with Safra in his half guard.
de Guzman gets back to full guard.
Safra postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Safra has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Safra trying to control the position from guard on top but de Guzman is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Safra controls from within his opponent's guard.
Safra stands up and waves to de Guzman to follow him.
Safra doesn't succeed with the takedown
and de Guzman counters with a lovely shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
de Guzman throws a hook to the side of Safra's head but Safra sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Safra closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming de Guzman to the mat! de Guzman manages to get full guard.
Safra trying to control but de Guzman is working from the bottom.
de Guzman wants to sweep here but Safra controlling him for the moment.
de Guzman striking off his back but it's not causing Safra any problems.
Safra stands and throws de Guzman's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Safra in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
de Guzman gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Safra is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but de Guzman is surviving well by controlling Safra's body position as best he can.
de Guzman is in all sorts of trouble here.
Safra looking to control but de Guzman is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Safra punishing his opponent with strikes.
de Guzman is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Safra working de Guzman over with strikes here.
Safra is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But de Guzman has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from de Guzman!
de Guzman lands a couple of digs.
Safra will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Safra looking for a guillotine here but de Guzman defends easily.
Safra looking to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gustavo Safra dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Safra misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Safra changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. de Guzman tries to avoid it but Safra manages to keep hold of a leg and drag de Guzman to the ground. de Guzman escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Safra looks for a takedown but de Guzman sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gustavo Safra. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Safra fails to land the takedown.
Safra shoots in looking for a takedown. de Guzman tries to sprawl out of it but Safra keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. de Guzman manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Safra shoots in but no luck this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Safra shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has de Guzman pinned against the cage. de Guzman gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
de Guzman throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
de Guzman misses with a wild combination.
de Guzman will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Safra shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Safra was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Safra throwing strikes here but de Guzman is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
de Guzman taking shots to the head.
Safra has control of de Guzman's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and de Guzman regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Safra tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Safra unloading with bombs!
Safra controlling the position easily from mount.
Safra unloading with bombs!
Safra can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as de Guzman is looking to escape.
Safra with shots to the head and body - de Guzman looks very uncomfortable down there.
Safra breaks from de Guzman's wrist control and lands an elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
de Guzman bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Safra looking for a sweep. Not yet Safra, not yet.
Safra working for a triangle but de Guzman defends it easily.
de Guzman postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as de Guzman accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
de Guzman postures up.
Safra wants to sweep but no luck.
de Guzman slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
de Guzman scores with punches from side control.
Safra is trying to control de Guzman's posture but de Guzman avoids it.
de Guzman lands a nice forearm strike.
Gustavo Safra overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Safra tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
Safra throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.
Safra is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on de Guzman's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
The fighters are battling for position here. Safra manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Safra is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
de Guzman must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Safra is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
de Guzman regains full guard. Nicely done.
Safra stands up over de Guzman, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Safra landing some decent shots from guard.
de Guzman is looking to stand up but Safra isn't so interested in that idea.
de Guzman has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Safra has passed into side control.
Safra connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused de Guzman some visible discomfort.
Safra working away.
Don Fernando de Guzman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Safra working the head and body with strikes.
Safra has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Safra controlling the position easily from mount.
de Guzman tries to reverse the position but Safra maintains control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
de Guzman sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
de Guzman flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gustavo Safra showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Safra, 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 Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gustavo Safra!
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