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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tycho Branco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rey de Chocolate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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141 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
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147 lbs
11 - 9 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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Olympic wrestler
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tycho Branco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rey de Chocolate!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Viktor Lagutenko and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Branco looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? de Chocolate is fending him off so far but Branco persists. Nope, de Chocolate circles away and we're back to standing.
de Chocolate comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Branco shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has de Chocolate pinned against the ropes. de Chocolate gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Branco connects with a high kick.
Branco feints and then cracks de Chocolate's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow de Chocolate down.
Branco wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
de Chocolate misses with a body shot.
Branco closes this distance looking for a takedown but de Chocolate circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tycho Branco. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Branco tries to close the distance and clinch but de Chocolate swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
de Chocolate scores with a takedown into Branco's guard.
Branco on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Branco tries to get out of the position.
de Chocolate wants to pass the guard but Branco is keeping the position.
de Chocolate slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
The strikes coming from de Chocolate are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
de Chocolate tries to move to mount but Branco blocks the move with his legs.
de Chocolate trying to control the action but Branco is working from the bottom.
de Chocolate throws an elbow but Branco slips to the side and avoids it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
de Chocolate tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Branco parries the strikes from de Chocolate easily there. de Chocolate is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Branco to escape.
de Chocolate postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
de Chocolate wants to lay and pray for a moment but Branco keeps working.
Branco prevents de Chocolate from improving position.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Branco taking punishment in the form of punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
de Chocolate trying to control the position but Branco is working away.
Branco is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Branco dodges the ground and pound from de Chocolate.
de Chocolate wants to control for a moment but Branco uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
de Chocolate not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
de Chocolate throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
de Chocolate throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Branco tries to roll over but de Chocolate keeps him under control.
de Chocolate sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Branco defending well though.
Ground and pound from de Chocolate.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
de Chocolate missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
de Chocolate thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Branco's head.
de Chocolate with the ground and pound but Branco uses the opportunity to regain guard.
de Chocolate pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Branco is keeping the position for now.
Branco avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
de Chocolate is looking to work some ground and pound but Branco has wrist control.
de Chocolate throws a strike but Branco rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
de Chocolate is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Branco is controlling him.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rey de Chocolate dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Branco slaps away a takedown attempt from de Chocolate, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Branco scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
de Chocolate on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Branco smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Tycho Branco seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Branco throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around de Chocolate's waist but de Chocolate gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Branco off to one side.
Branco misses with a head kick.
de Chocolate shoots in and drives through. Branco sprawls well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Branco scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
de Chocolate takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Branco fails with a takedown attempt.
de Chocolate is looking to land body kicks.
Branco shoots for a takedown but de Chocolate saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tycho Branco. That's going to take a lot out of him.
de Chocolate stuffs the takedown attempt from Branco. Branco gets slowly back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
de Chocolate stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and de Chocolate wants it to stay on the feet.
Branco shoots for a takedown but de Chocolate saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Branco tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Branco looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? de Chocolate is fending him off so far but Branco persists. Nope, de Chocolate circles away and we're back to standing.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Branco shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as de Chocolate sprawls well. de Chocolate wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Branco gets slowly back to his feet.
Branco moves out of range of the body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Branco leaves de Chocolate with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
de Chocolate tries to score a power double leg takedown but Branco sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten de Chocolate somewhat.
de Chocolate looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Branco is fending him off so far but de Chocolate persists. Nope, Branco circles away and we're back to standing.
Branco shoots in for a takedown but de Chocolate shows good takedown defense.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Branco drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
de Chocolate pushes Branco off and gets back to his feet.
de Chocolate shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Branco as he jumps to the side.
de Chocolate shoots in looking for a takedown. Branco tries to sprawl out of it but de Chocolate keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Branco manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Branco fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tycho Branco dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
de Chocolate shoots for a takedown but Branco saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Branco doesn't succeed with the takedown
and de Chocolate makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Branco has his takedown stuffed
and de Chocolate counters with a left to the body.
de Chocolate just misses with a punch to the body.
de Chocolate throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Branco counters with a left and a right that stings de Chocolate.
That's one minute gone in the round.
de Chocolate shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
de Chocolate looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
de Chocolate on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Branco. Branco obviously looking to wear him down.
de Chocolate looks to throw a body kick
and Branco counters with a head kick. That will keep de Chocolate thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Branco gets a takedown into half guard.
de Chocolate manages to get to full guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as de Chocolate holds on and takes a little breather.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
de Chocolate is edging up against the ropes. He's using the ropes to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
This has been an exciting period of action!
de Chocolate is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Tycho Branco has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rey de Chocolate.
A right hand to the body from Branco.
Branco is pressed up against the ropes. de Chocolate has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Branco down to the mat. Branco avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
de Chocolate takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
de Chocolate bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Branco struggling a bit here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
de Chocolate throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Branco works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Branco keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
de Chocolate throwing shots but Branco is blocking nicely.
de Chocolate seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Branco does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
de Chocolate not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
de Chocolate is looking to take a break and control but Branco is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
de Chocolate lands with a punch from half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
de Chocolate tries to pass the half guard into mount. Branco knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
de Chocolate lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Branco blocking the ground and pound attempt from de Chocolate.
Branco blocking the ground and pound attempt from de Chocolate.
Branco is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
de Chocolate throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
de Chocolate is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
de Chocolate landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
de Chocolate is trying to control. Branco wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rey de Chocolate comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think de Chocolate 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 Sergei Dronov scores the fight for Rey de Chocolate!
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight for Rey de Chocolate!
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight for Rey de Chocolate!
Rey de Chocolate wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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