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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bubba Rugowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiago Muerte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bubba Rugowski has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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300 lbs
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312 lbs
15 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Very quick |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bubba Rugowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thiago Muerte!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Thiago Cunha and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Muerte circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rugowski is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Muerte tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rugowski swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Muerte throws a poor cross that misses
and Rugowski connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rugowski takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
It looks like Bubba Rugowski has been cut.
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!
Rugowski tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rugowski throws out a loose jab but Muerte uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice jab there from Muerte.
Rugowski ducks right into an uppercut from Muerte.
Muerte throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Rugowski counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A jab from Muerte misses.
Muerte throws a looping overhand right but Rugowski ducks down to avoid it.
Rugowski is looking to clinch but Muerte is avoiding it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rugowski tries to clinch but Muerte moves out of range.
Muerte keeps the fight on the outside.
Rugowski is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A punch combination from Muerte misses.
Rugowski tries to clinch up.
Muerte throws a hook to the side of Rugowski's head but Rugowski sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Muerte swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Muerte misses the jab.
Muerte wants to clinch up but Rugowski keeps it at a distance.
Muerte lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends Rugowski sprawling to the canvas. Muerte follows him down, looking for the kill. Can Rugowski hang on?
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Muerte missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rugowski keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Rugowski works his way to full guard. Good work.
Muerte pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Rugowski is keeping the position for now.
Muerte postures up in Rugowski's guard and throws a big left but Rugowski blocks it.
Rugowski keeping moving, preventing Muerte from controlling successfully.
Muerte missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Muerte postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Muerte passes Rugowski's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Rugowski knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Muerte on the ground.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muerte throwing shots but Rugowski is blocking nicely.
Muerte working Rugowski over with strikes.
Bubba Rugowski's cut is getting worse.
Muerte looks to land a strike but Rugowski avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Rugowski looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Muerte tries to free his leg and advance position but Rugowski is retaining full guard.
Rugowski avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Muerte has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Rugowski keeping moving, preventing Muerte from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Muerte working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Muerte postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rugowski preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Muerte working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Muerte missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Rugowski is breathing heavily.
Muerte sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Muerte lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Muerte trying to control the position from guard on top but Rugowski is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thiago Muerte dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bubba Rugowski's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Muerte avoids a punch combination nicely.
Muerte changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Rugowski looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Muerte is trying to ground and pound but Rugowski uses the momentary lack of control by Muerte to regain half guard.
Rugowski avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Muerte.
Muerte is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Muerte misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Rugowski wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Muerte.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Muerte unloading with bombs!
Bubba Rugowski's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Bubba Rugowski's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Thiago Muerte!
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energy
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hype
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