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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Oliveira Mendez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Guilherme Cajueiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mendez comes to the cage accompanied by Rihanna - We Found Love ft. Calvin Harris. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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206 lbs
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210 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ricardo Oliveira Mendez!
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, Guilherme Cajueiro!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Paulo Santos and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cajueiro shoots in looking for a takedown. Mendez tries to sprawl out of it but Cajueiro keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Mendez manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Cajueiro is looking to clinch but Mendez is avoiding it.
Nice uppercut lands for Mendez. That snapped Cajueiro's head back.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Cajueiro.
Cajueiro keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mendez ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Cajueiro changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Mendez tries to avoid it but Cajueiro manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Mendez to the ground. Mendez escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Ricardo Oliveira Mendez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Guilherme Cajueiro.
Cajueiro changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Mendez tries to avoid it but Cajueiro manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Mendez to the ground. Mendez escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Mendez tries to clinch up.
Mendez closes the distance and clinches.
Cajueiro wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cajueiro fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cajueiro tries for a takedown. No joy.
Mendez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cajueiro wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Mendez breaks the clinch.
Cajueiro pushes Mendez up against the cage in a clinch.
Cajueiro blocks the elbow strike.
Cajueiro tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Cajueiro tries to pull guard but Mendez forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Mendez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cajueiro closes the distance and clinches up with Mendez, looking for a takedown. Cajueiro pushes Mendez against the cage but Mendez circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Cajueiro fails with a takedown attempt.
Mendez scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cajueiro looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Mendez is fending him off so far but Cajueiro persists. Nope, Mendez circles away and we're back to standing.
An inside leg kick lands from Mendez.
Cajueiro looks gassed!
Cajueiro throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Mendez's waist but Mendez gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Cajueiro off to one side.
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!
Mendez gets caught flat footed, as Cajueiro shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Mendez keeping moving, preventing Cajueiro from controlling successfully.
Cajueiro seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Guilherme Cajueiro.
Mendez connects with a crisp jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendez throws a nice looking combination but Cajueiro bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cajueiro uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mendez.
Mendez throws a nice outside leg kick.
Mendez feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Cajueiros jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Mendez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ricardo Oliveira Mendez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cajueiro tries to clinch but Mendez is having none of it.
Cajueiro will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Mendez closes the distance and clinches.
Mendez manages to break the clinch.
Cajueiro changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Mendez tries to avoid it but Cajueiro manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Mendez to the ground. Mendez escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Mendez lands with a good body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mendez clinches up against the cage.
Mendez breaks the clinch.
Mendez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mendez lands with a kick to the ribs.
Mendez is looking to wear down Cajueiro with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mendez tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Cajueiro manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cajueiro is looking to clinch.
Cajueiro blocks a head kick by Mendez.
A head kick misses from Mendez.
Mendez swats away the attempt to clinch by Cajueiro.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cajueiro darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Cajueiro is working for a kimura but Mendez is defending it quite comfortably.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ricardo Oliveira Mendez dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Cajueiro shoots for a double leg takedown but Mendez sprawls well. He's pushed Cajueiro's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Mendez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Horrible takedown by Cajueiro or perhaps it was just good defense by Mendez which made him look bad.
Cajueiro tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Mendez swivels and escapes.
Ricardo Oliveira Mendez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Guilherme Cajueiro.
Cajueiro tries to clinch up but Mendez circles away and keeps his distance.
Cajueiro shoots for a takedown but Mendez saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Mendez wants to clinch up but Cajueiro keeps it at a distance.
Cajueiro tries to close the distance and clinch but Mendez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cajueiro throws a sloppy head kick
and Mendez counters by moving into the clinch.
Mendez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mendez scores with a head kick.
Mendez tries to clinch there but Cajueiro circles away.
Cajueiro shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Cajueiro fails with the takedown.
Mendez stalks Cajueiro and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Cajueiro's face. Cajueiro staggers backwards, shaken.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cajueiro tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Mendez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mendez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cajueiro throws a head kick that misses
and Mendez counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Mendez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cajueiro walks into a left hand.
A punch lands to the side of Cajueiro 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Cajueiro moves into the clinch.
Mendez breaks the clinch.
A combination from Mendez does no damage.
Cajueiro gets a double leg takedown into Mendez's guard.
Cajueiro is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Guilherme Cajueiro hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Cajueiro shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Cajueiro is in the full mount, landing strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cajueiro is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
Cajueiro shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Mendez defends it nicely.
Cajueiro looks for a takedown but Mendez sprawls well.
Mendez stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Mendez wants it to stay on the feet.
Mendez checks a leg kick.
Cajueiro takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Mendez throws a sloppy head kick and Cajueiro moves out of range easily.
Cajueiro tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cajueiro tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ricardo Oliveira Mendez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cajueiro keeps the fight on the outside.
Cajueiro shoots in looking for a takedown. Mendez tries to sprawl out of it but Cajueiro keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Mendez manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Cajueiro dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Mendez. That did some damage!
Mendez lands with a slapping head kick.
Mendez clinches with his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mendez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Guilherme Cajueiro has been cut.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mendez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cajueiro pushes off an throws an elbow but Mendez leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A knee to the head by Mendez.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Ricardo Oliveira Mendez will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Guilherme Cajueiro's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Mendez leaves Cajueiro with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Mendez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cajueiro throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Mendez's waist but Mendez gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Cajueiro off to one side.
Mendez throws a head kick but Cajueiro moves out of range.
Cajueiro lands a body shot.
Mendez tries to clinch up but Cajueiro circles away and keeps his distance.
Cajueiro shoots in but Mendez avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Ricardo Oliveira Mendez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Guilherme Cajueiro.
Cajueiro scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Mendez knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Cajueiro on the ground.
Cajueiro slows the pace down in half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Guilherme Cajueiro hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Cajueiro closes the distance and pushes Mendez back into the cage.
Cajueiro wants to break free but Mendez has control.
A knee to the head by Mendez.
Cajueiro tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Mendez smiles and moves away.
Mendez throws a combination. Cajueiro tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cajueiro doesn't manage to clinch there - Mendez circles away.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Cajueiro.
Mendez has Cajueiro up against the cage in a clinch.
Mendez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mendez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cajueiro looks to clinch
and Mendez counters with a flying knee. Nice.
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!
Cajueiro changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Mendez looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Cajueiro landing a few strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cajueiro decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Cajueiro fails with a takedown attempt.
Mendez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Cajueiro shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Mendez is trying to defend but Cajueiro finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Cajueiro works his way into full mount!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cajueiro pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cajueiro takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Guilherme Cajueiro has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cajueiro throws some shoulder strikes here and then postures up. Oh, he's gone for an armbar! Mendez has his hands clasped together but Cajueiro breaks the hold and Mendez is forced to tap! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over! That was lightning fast by Cajueiro!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Guilherme Cajueiro!
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energy
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hype
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