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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eric Idle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arnold Braan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Idle's entrance music is Always Look on the Bright Side of Life. A fine choice. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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206 lbs
7 - 1 - 1 |
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221 lbs
7 - 10 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine |
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Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Eric Idle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Arnold Braan!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Matheus Silva and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Idle throws a hook but Braan avoids it easily.
Braan slips a straight right by Idle.
Idle needs to keep his hands up - Braan had a free shot at his head there.
Idle throws an overhand right that lands on Braan's shoulder, as Braan tries to avoid the shot.
Braan avoids the body shot from Idle.
Idle wants to clinch up but Braan keeps it at a distance.
Braan tries to bum rush Idle with a series of wild strikes but Idle uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Braan scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Idle is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Braan scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Idle throws a hook but Braan blocks it.
Idle moves in looking to clinch but Braan pushes him off.
Idle darts in trying to clinch
and Braan counters with a nice uppercut.
Nice sprawl there from Braan as Idle shoots in.
Idle tries to clinch up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Idle misses with a wild body shot.
Idle tries to clinch but Braan moves out of range.
Braan throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Idle pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Braan misses with a double jab.
Braan misses with the combination.
Idle throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Good standup being displayed there by Braan as he connects with a hook.
Braan is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Braan throws a right and a left that both miss.
A combination from Idle does no damage.
Braan throws a right and a left that both miss.
Idle misses with a takedown attempt - Braan sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Braan shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Idle eats them both and turns towards Braan to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Arnold Braan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Idle throws a lazy right hand but Braan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Idle takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Braan misses with the combination.
Braan misses with a wild combination.
Braan ducks under a wild hook from Idle.
Idle moves into the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Idle lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Braan.
Stalling in the clinch from Idle.
Idle keeps control of Braan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Idle misses with some punches.
Idle stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Idle lands a left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Braan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Idle lands a left hand.
Idle stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Idle misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Idle.
Idle swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Braan.
Idle throws a head punch that misses.
Braan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Idle pushes Braan back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Idle keeps control of Braan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Idle working aggressively here.
Braan breaks the clinch.
Braan lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Braan gets tackled into the cage by Idle. Idle maintains the clinch.
Idle doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Braan blocks an uppercut.
Braan wants to break the clinch but can't.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Idle.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Idle.
Braan tries to break free but Idle pushes him back against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Braan tries to break the clinch but Idle is controlling the position.
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!
Braan can't break the clinch.
Idle misses with the head strike.
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 Eric Idle will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Idle darts in and clinches Braan up against the cage.
Braan is trying to break the clinch but Idle is controlling him.
Idle working aggressively here.
Idle working aggressively here.
Idle misses with the head strike.
The referee is keeping an eye on Idle - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Idle misses with a hook from the clinch.
Idle is stalling here.
Idle scores with a nice hook to the head.
A shot in the inside from Idle.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Idle lands a hook that snaps the head of Braan backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Idle misses with a hook from the clinch.
Braan tries to break free but Idle pushes him back against the cage.
Idle misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Idle.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Braan.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Idle misses with a short punch on the inside.
Braan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A head punch on the inside from Idle fails to land.
Braan is trying to break free.
Idle lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Idle pushes Braan back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
It looks like Arnold Braan has been cut.
Idle is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Braan's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Braan.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Braan.
Idle throws a head punch that misses.
Idle is struggling to control the position.
Idle prevents Braan from breaking the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Braan.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Idle.
Idle leaning against his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Idle has a couple of punches blocked by Braan.
A frustrated look appears on Braan's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Idle.
Braan is trying to push Idle away but Idle has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Braan looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A hook to the body from Idle.
Braan tries to break free but Idle pushes him back against the cage.
Braan blocking some punches.
Braan letting Idle take a breather here.
Braan blocking some punches.
A short right from Idle on the inside.
Idle misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Idle effectively controlling the action here.
Idle lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Idle lands a left hand.
Idle effectively controlling the action here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Idle misses with some punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Braan.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Braan.
Idle tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Braan's elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eric Idle dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Arnold Braan's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Idle misses the shot to the body.
Idle moves in looking to clinch but Braan pushes him off.
The fighters circling - Idle throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Idle closes the distance and clinches.
Idle lands a right hand that snaps the head of Braan backwards.
Idle misses with some punches.
Idle lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Braan is trying to break the clinch but Idle has him pressed against the cage.
Idle swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Idle fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Idle scores with a shot to the side of Braan's head.
A short right from Idle on the inside.
Idle throws a head punch that misses.
Braan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Idle doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Braan blocks an uppercut.
Braan working hard to break the clinch.
Idle lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Idle digs a right hand underneath Braan's ribcage. Braan let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Idle misses with a punch on the inside.
Idle has a couple of punches blocked by Braan.
Idle holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Idle lands a nice uppercut.
Idle lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Braan backwards.
Braan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Idle lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Braan is rocked!
Idle misses with some punches.
Idle throws a head punch that misses.
Idle misses with some punches.
Idle misses with the head strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Idle creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Idle lands a hook to the side of the head.
Idle working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Braan is still on wobbly legs! Can Idle finish him?
Idle scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Eric Idle has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Idle creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Braan's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Braan drops to his knees and Idle pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eric Idle!
Eric Idle took some time post fight to say the following; 'Your wife...is she a go-er, eh?'.
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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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