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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Nomor Gai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Batista de Guia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). de Guia is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: "Quilombo" by Soulfly. Batista de Guia is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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176 cm
20
153 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
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180 cm
25
150 lbs
8 - 5 - 1 |
Good wrestling
Brawler
Very quick |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful |
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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
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Nomor Gai! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
8 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Batista de Guia! The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Matheus Silva and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Gai avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
de Guia throws a lazy right hand but Gai sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily. de Guia gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard. Gai with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal. de Guia is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Gai is controlling him. Gai throws and elbow that misses. de Guia uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Gai's guard. Nice move by de Guia! Gai keeping moving, preventing de Guia from controlling successfully. Gai wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
That's one minute gone in the round. Gai keeping moving, preventing de Guia from controlling successfully. de Guia pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Gai is keeping the position for now. Gai has his hands on de Guia's head, controlling the position.
Nomor Gai has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet. Gai scores with a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Gai fakes a head shot and lands one to the body. de Guia looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. A jab from de Guia misses. de Guia tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. Gai throws an off balance right hand
and de Guia counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. de Guia misses with a double jab.
Gai scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Gai throwing strikes but de Guia manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control! Gai is not content to let de Guia control the position. Gai on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Gai tries to get out of the position. Gai is looking for a sweep.
That's three minutes gone in the round. de Guia trying to control the action but Gai is working from the bottom. de Guia stands up and we're back to a striking position.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Good shot there by Gai. de Guia cracks Gai with a right hand to the side of the head. Nomor Gai seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. de Guia throws a sloppy head kick and Gai moves out of range easily. Gai fails to land the takedown. Gai ducks down and throws a hook to the body. Gai just misses with a punch to the body.
Gai fails to land the takedown. de Guia darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. de Guia is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount! And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Nomor Gai will probably get the nod. The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
de Guia pushes Gai up against the cage in a clinch. de Guia is looking to control Gai's arms but Gai gets an underhook and turns him. Now de Guia has his back to the cage. de Guia gets control of Gai's arms and successfully pulls guard. de Guia will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back. Gai postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Gai throws and elbow that misses. de Guia uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Gai's guard. Nice move by de Guia! Gai is looking to sweep but instead, de Guia has passed into half guard.
de Guia is pressing down on Gai's thigh, looking to free his foot. Gai is holding on for now. Gai trying to control from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round. de Guia tries to pass the half guard into mount. Gai knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt. de Guia is persisting with the attempt to improve his position. Gai is looking to control de Guia's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Gai avoid being mounted? The fighters are battling for position here. Gai manages to regain full guard. Nice work. Batista de Guia has got the better of the ground game so far. Gai is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Gai's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Nomor Gai just wasn't active enough. de Guia connects with a leg kick. Gai looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it. Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Gai, as that shot connected.
Gai with a jab. de Guia avoids the body shot from Gai.
de Guia scores with a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round. de Guia scores with a one two! Gai had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes. Gai looks for a takedown but de Guia sprawls well. Gai takes a swing at de Guia's ribcage but misses. Gai avoids the head kick by de Guia.
Gai uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by de Guia.
Gai waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract de Guia. Gai misses with a wild body shot. This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Gai.
de Guia is rocked! Gai shoots in for a takedown. Oh, that's a huge slam! de Guia is on queer street and Gai is pounding down on him with a barage of strikes. The ref is forced to step in and stop the fight. Great finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Slam). Nomor Gai!
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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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