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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Ribeiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diego Barou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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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 Rio de Janeiro, Daniel Ribeiro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Diego Barou!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Felipe Paraventi and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barou throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Ribeiro tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Barou is in Ribeiro's guard.
Ribeiro might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Ribeiro trying to control the position.
Ribeiro controlling Barou's posture.
Ribeiro wants to sweep but no luck.
Ribeiro keeping moving, preventing Barou from controlling successfully.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Diego Barou hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Barou closes the distance and clinches.
Ribeiro tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Barou smiles and moves away.
Ribeiro gets a takedown into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ribeiro is keen to just control but Barou is a slippery customer.
Barou keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Ribeiro is thwarting Barou's attempts to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Barou is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Barou missing with punches from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ribeiro is looking to stall here but Barou recovers full guard.
Barou not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Ribeiro postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Ribeiro trying to control but Barou is working from the bottom.
Barou wants to sweep but no luck.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Barou tries to clinch up but Ribeiro circles away and keeps his distance.
Ribeiro has managed to clinch.
Ribeiro is pressed up against the cage. Barou has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Ribeiro down to the mat. Ribeiro avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Barou is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Ribeiro throws a sloppy head kick and Barou moves out of range easily.
A punch lands to the side of Ribeiro 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Ribeiro drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Barou tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Ribeiro wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Ribeiro throws an elbow but Barou slips to the side and avoids it well.
Ribeiro decides to take the fight back to the feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barou misses with a series of wild punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ribeiro clinches.
Ribeiro breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Barou shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Ribeiro pinned against the cage. Ribeiro gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Ribeiro gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ribeiro leaning against his opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ribeiro lands a good knee to the midsection. Barou won't want to take too many of those.
Ribeiro breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ribeiro dives in and grabs Barou's left leg, looking for a takedown. Barou pushes down on Ribeiro's head and hops out.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Daniel Ribeiro dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Barou scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Barou tries to clinch up.
Ribeiro fails with a takedown attempt.
Ribeiro clinches.
Ribeiro tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Barou avoids it.
Ribeiro pulls guard.
Barou trying to control but Ribeiro is working from the bottom.
Ribeiro will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Ribeiro is looking to sweep but instead, Barou has passed into half guard.
Barou looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Daniel Ribeiro overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ribeiro is not content to let Barou control the position.
Barou seems to be working for a kimura but Ribeiro defends the submission attempt.
Barou wants to pass to mount but Ribeiro is defending the position.
Ribeiro wants to control the action here but instead Barou manages to pass to full mount!
Barou lands a nice shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barou controlling from the full mount.
Barou looking to control but Ribeiro is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Barou in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Ribeiro wants to hold on but Barou pushes him away.
Barou tries to control but Ribeiro wriggling away.
Ribeiro really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The referee warns Ribeiro that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barou avoids the attempt from Ribeiro to control.
Ribeiro is bucking up trying to escape but Barou cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Barou looking for a guillotine from mount but Ribeiro is having none of it.
Ribeiro is just holding on here. Barou manages to take his back.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ribeiro trying to control the hands but Barou won't let him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ribeiro wants to escape the position.
Will Barou go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
Barou controlling from the back.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Barou is not going to allow Ribeiro to sit and survive in this position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Diego Barou showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Ribeiro keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Horrible takedown by Barou or perhaps it was just good defense by Ribeiro which made him look bad.
Ribeiro shoots in for a takedown but Barou shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Ribeiro avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Barou fails with the takedown.
Daniel Ribeiro has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Diego Barou.
Barou is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ribeiro shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Ribeiro wants to stand but Barou has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ribeiro is in close to Barou's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Ribeiro postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Ribeiro sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Barou's guard.
Barou is staying active underneath Ribeiro, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Barou wants to get back to his feet.
Ribeiro seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Barou does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Ribeiro is stalling here. Barou is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Ribeiro seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Barou has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Ribeiro is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Barou off and has taken his back!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barou rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Ribeiro is trying to control the action in half guard but Barou is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Ribeiro throwing shots but Barou is blocking nicely.
Barou trying to control here.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Ribeiro in particular looking to stall.
Barou tries to get to full guard but Ribeiro has control of the leg.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Ribeiro prevents Barou from standing back up.
Ribeiro keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
We're going to have a standup here because Daniel Ribeiro wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Ribeiro scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Ribeiro is just content to waste time from the top position. Barou takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Ribeiro throwing strikes from guard but Barou blocks nicely.
Barou keeping moving, preventing Ribeiro from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Barou is on top in guard.
Ribeiro looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Barou passes into side control.
Barou has control of an arm but Ribeiro manages to advance to Barou's back!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ribeiro trying to control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
And that's the end of the fight!
Daniel Ribeiro showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Ribeiro has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 29:28
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Daniel Ribeiro!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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