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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between stomp me (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevin Courageous (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). stomp me has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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240 lbs
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240 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, stomp me!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kevin Courageous!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Mauricio Rocha and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
me fails with an attempt to clinch.
me tries a head kick but it misses.
me misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
me swinging wilding here.
me bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
me fails with an attempt to clinch.
Courageous rushes me and presses him up against the cage.
me fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
me wants to break the clinch but can't.
Courageous stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
me wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Courageous prevents me from breaking the clinch.
me crunches a lovely knee into Courageous's ribcage.
me wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
me looking to slow down the pace here.
me wants to break the clinch but can't.
me stalling.
me using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Courageous has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
me is trying to break the clinch but Courageous has him pressed against the cage.
me scores with a knee to the head.
It looks like Kevin Courageous has been cut.
Courageous tries to score a body lock takedown but me shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
me can't break the clinch.
me wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
me wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Courageous has him pressed against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Courageous managing to block the knees to the body from me.
me wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Courageous managing to block the knees to the body from me.
me is breathing heavily.
Courageous has me pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. me manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Courageous blocks an elbow strike.
Courageous breaks the clinch.
Courageous shoots in looking for a takedown. me tries to sprawl out of it but Courageous keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. me manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
stomp me has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kevin Courageous.
me darts in trying to clinch
and Courageous holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
me wants to break free but Courageous has control.
me is pressed up against the cage. Courageous has hold of a leg and is looking to drag me down to the mat. me avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
stomp me seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
me tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Courageous counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for me!
me keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Courageous controlling from mount.
me takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Courageous sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
me reaches up to try and control the position but Courageous seems to have an arm triangle now! Uh oh! me rolls and tries to escape and now Courageous has his back!
You can see the frustration on me's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
me tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
me tries to hold on but Courageous postures up.
Courageous with good strikes from the mount here!
me swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
me is looking to improve his position but Courageous isn't that keen on the idea.
me slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
me trying to control but Courageous postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
me punching from the bottom.
me is trying to get back to full guard.
me gets full guard.
me will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
me throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
me looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Courageous is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
me wants to sweep here but Courageous controlling him for the moment.
me looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
me will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Courageous lands a couple of digs.
Courageous stays in close to me's body and controls the position.
me keeping moving, preventing Courageous from controlling successfully.
me throws his legs up looking for a submission but Courageous uses it to pass to side control.
me is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Courageous cracks me with a big elbow.
me sneaks back into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Kevin Courageous will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Kevin Courageous's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
me goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
The fight stays on the outside here - me looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
me lands with a cross.
me gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Courageous tries to work over me's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Courageous dodges an elbow strike from me.
me misses with a hook to the ribs.
me wants to break free but Courageous has control.
Courageous on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
me has had enough of the clinch but Courageous keeps him there for the moment.
Courageous prevents me from breaking the clinch.
Courageous tries to pull guard but me holds him up against the cage and eventually Courageous drops back down to his feet.
me tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
me breaks the clinch.
me misses with a head kick.
me clinches.
me breaks the clinch.
Courageous tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but me paws at him with a jab and circles away.
me throws a right hand that Courageous ducks under and follows up with a left that Courageous also avoids with ease.
me pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Courageous shoots in and bounces me off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
me doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
me is trying to control the position but Courageous postures up.
me is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
me not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
me thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
me trying to mount his opponent but Courageous defends it.
Courageous slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Courageous is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Courageous has an active guard here but me has managed to pass into half guard.
Courageous is looking to control me's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Courageous avoid being mounted?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
me not landing any meaningful shots this time.
me with the ground and pound but Courageous uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Courageous managing to control the position.
Courageous is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Courageous should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
me moves into full guard.
me wants to sweep but no luck.
me is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
me tries to strike from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
me trying to control the position.
Courageous stopping the sweep attempt from me.
me looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Courageous passes into half guard.
me looking for subs from the bottom but Courageous mounts him!
Courageous prevents me from getting the reversal.
me is trying to reverse the position but instead Courageous has taken his back - oops!
Courageous has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of me's body.
Courageous doesn't have the hooks in and me manages to turn into his guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
me cracks Courageous with a solid left hand.
me trying to control the position from guard on top but Courageous is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
me throwing strikes but missing.
Kevin Courageous has got the better of the ground game so far.
me trying to control but Courageous is working from the bottom.
Courageous escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. me gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
me looking to pass the guard.
Courageous tries to land a sweep but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
stomp me dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kevin Courageous's cut.
That's time! me's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Courageous scores with a takedown into me's guard.
Courageous sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Courageous passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
Courageous seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
me trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
me 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.
me tries to hold on but Courageous postures up.
me really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Courageous controlling from mount.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
me is squirming around, avoiding Courageous's attempts to control the action.
me keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
me throwing hammer fists to the chest of Courageous. What's that going to do exactly?
Courageous takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
me is looking to improve his position but Courageous isn't that keen on the idea.
Courageous controlling from mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Courageous pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.
Courageous controlling the position easily from mount.
Courageous's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
me working to try and regain half guard.
Courageous controlling from mount.
Despite being in the dominant position, Kevin Courageous just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
me throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Courageous shoots in for a takedown but me shows good takedown defense.
me scores with a nice body kick.
Courageous has managed to clinch.
Courageous tries to pull guard but me won't allow it.
me tries a knee to the head but Courageous blocks it.
Courageous is working for takedown but me is calmly controlling the position for now.
stomp me has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kevin Courageous.
me is trying to stall.
me landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Courageous tries for a takedown but me manages to get underhooks.
me has had enough of the clinch but Courageous keeps him there for the moment.
me breaks from the clinch.
me tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
me lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Courageous at a distance.
me goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
me wants to clinch
and Courageous counters by clinching up.
me misses with a punch to the body.
Courageous blocking some punches.
me wants to get back to striking at distance but Courageous won't allow it.
me is looking to break free of the clinch but Courageous has double underhooks.
me tries to break the clinch but Courageous is controlling the position.
me wants to break free but Courageous has control.
me manages to break the clinch.
A head kick misses from me.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Courageous scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Courageous takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
me is looking to improve his position.
Courageous is looking for a kimura but me is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Courageous to get the leverage.
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!
me punching from the bottom.
me gets full guard.
me wants to sweep here but Courageous controlling him for the moment.
me manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Courageous manages to get himself to full guard.
me stands and throws Courageous's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Courageous is trying to control me's posture but me avoids it.
Courageous manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Kevin Courageous.
I think Courageous has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 28:29
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 29:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Kevin Courageous!
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