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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ankinori Tawasaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edwin Nogueira Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nogueira Jr has chosen Californication-Red Hot Chili Peppers as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Ankinori Tawasaki could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Edwin Nogueira Jr's chin.
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192 lbs
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194 lbs
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Good takedowns
Basic striking
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ankinori Tawasaki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Edwin Nogueira Jr!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Luis Engracia and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tawasaki shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Tawasaki knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Nogueira Jr on the ground.
Tawasaki looks to land a strike but Nogueira Jr avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Tawasaki lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Tawasaki working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Nogueira Jr manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Tawasaki manages to get himself to full guard.
Tawasaki can't keep his opponent in guard - Nogueira Jr advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Nogueira Jr prevents Tawasaki from improving his position.
Nogueira Jr is trying to work for a kimura but Tawasaki is defending well.
Nogueira Jr trying to pass the guard but Tawasaki defending well.
Nogueira Jr takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Tawasaki might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Tawasaki scores with a few weak punches.
Tawasaki tries to roll over but Nogueira Jr keeps him under control.
Nogueira Jr seems to be looking for submissions.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tawasaki tries to roll over but Nogueira Jr keeps him under control.
Tawasaki is defending against the submission attempts here by Nogueira Jr.
Tawasaki is trying to get back to full guard.
Nogueira Jr on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Nogueira Jr tries to get out of the position.
Tawasaki tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Nogueira Jr is trying to work for a kimura but Tawasaki is defending well.
Nogueira Jr looks gassed!
Tawasaki tries to get to full guard but Nogueira Jr has control of the leg.
Nogueira Jr is nestled in close to Tawasaki, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Nogueira Jr lands with a punch from half guard.
Tawasaki tries to get to full guard but Nogueira Jr has control of the leg.
Tawasaki misses with some strikes from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tawasaki striking from half guard on the bottom.
Tawasaki strikes from the bottom but Nogueira Jr uses the opportunity to move to side control.
Tawasaki is looking to reverse the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Tawasaki drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Nogueira Jr has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Tawasaki doesn't defend quickly enough and Nogueira Jr has managed to lock this one up! Can Tawasaki escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Nogueira Jr on a fantastic submission victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Edwin Nogueira Jr!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
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