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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joao Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Filipe Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alves kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Carl Orff - Carmina Burana - André Rieu's version. Joao Alves is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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200 lbs
12 - 14 - 0 |
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192 lbs
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Joao Alves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Filipe Souza!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Felipe Paraventi and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alves closes the distance and clinches.
Alves escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Souza misses with the combination.
Alves punishes Souza's body with a nice straight punch.
Alves lands with a cross.
Alves throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Alves tried to score with a low kick but Souza checks it.
Souza is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Alves.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Alves scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Alves darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Alves looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Alves is looking for a kimura here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Alves trying to control the action but Souza is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Alves is really struggling to control Souza but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Alves is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Souza looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Alves trying to control from half guard but Souza is working away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souza works his way to full guard. Good work.
Alves controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Souza isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Alves stacks Souza on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Alves!
Alves working away.
Alves wants to lay and pray for a moment but Souza keeps working.
Souza tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Alves is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Souza has escaped the position, nice work there.
Alves controlling the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Souza manages to work his way to half guard, despite Alves's best efforts.
Souza tries to roll over but Alves keeps him under control.
Alves is trying to work for a kimura but Souza is defending well.
Souza misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Souza wants to improve his position but Alves is controlling well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Souza is looking to improve his position.
Alves is trying to control. Souza wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Alves works his way into full mount!
Souza really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Souza tries to hold on but Alves postures up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Alves wants to control the pace but Souza is squirming around nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joao Alves dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Souza clinches up with Alves and pushes him back against the cage.
Souza fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Alves manages to break the clinch.
Alves scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Alves scores with a nice body kick.
Souza looks to land a combination but Alves avoids it well.
Joao Alves seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Alves goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Alves throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Souza misses with a wild combination.
Souza's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Alves connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Souza scrambles back to his feet.
Alves lands with a kick to the temple. Souza shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Souza has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Alves.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza misses the shot to the body.
Alves throws the kick towards the body but Souza avoids it.
Souza loads up on a big right hand but Alves slips the punch.
Souza misses with a hook.
Souza takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Souza walks forward, straight into a front kick from Alves.
Souza is breathing heavily.
Souza gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Alves.
Alves throws a head kick that misses.
Souza gets tackled into the cage by Alves. Alves maintains the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alves breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Alves lands with an uppercut that bounces Souza off the cage and back into range.
Alves throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves throws a nice head kick!
Alves is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Souza can do to turn this around?
Alves cracks a nice hook into Souza's ribs.
Alves throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Souza gets tackled into the cage by Alves. Alves maintains the clinch.
Alves pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Alves clinches with his opponent.
Alves breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A nice inside leg kick there by Alves. That's going to slow Souza down.
Both fighters circling a little - Alves finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Alves, right into the meat.
A combination from Alves does no damage.
Alves throws a head kick but Souza moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves scores with a kick to the midsection.
Alves lands a two punch combo.
Jab, jab by Alves - just one landing.
Alves looks to land a combination but Souza avoids it well.
Alves lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Joao Alves is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Alves tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Souza uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Alves.
A big right from Alves misses.
Both fighters circling a little - Alves finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Souza staying out of range there.
Souza takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A thudding body kick lands there by Alves!
Souza lands a glancing blow to the side of Alves's head.
Souza scores with the left hand. Alves knows he should have avoided that one.
Souza jabbing away but nothing is landing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Alves scores with a leg kick.
Alves connects with a looping right hand.
Alves is looking to clinch.
Souza's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Souza throws a hook to the side of Alves's head but Alves sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Souza on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Alves works the jab nicely.
Alves throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Souza has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Alves.
Alves fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Souza manages to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joao Alves dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
A telegraphed right hand from Souza misses the target.
Souza throws out a loose jab but Alves uses good head movement to avoid it.
Alves throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Souza pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The crowd cheers as Alves lands an impressive looking overhand right. Souza doesn't seem phased though.
Souza dodges the punch combination from Alves.
Alves connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Alves fails to land with a series of punches.
Souza throws a jab but it's blocked by Alves.
Alves misses with a two punch combination.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Souza throws a series of punches but Alves avoids them all with ease.
Alves throws a right hand that Souza ducks under and follows up with a left that Souza also avoids with ease.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza blocks a head kick by Alves.
Souza bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Alves pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Alves scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Alves slips a jab and a cross from Souza.
Good shot there by Alves.
Alves plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Souza throws a wild body kick that Alves sees coming a mile off.
Souza thows a body shot but no joy.
Alves scores with a nice head shot.
Souza throws a hook to the side of Alves's head but Alves sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Souza misses with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves scores with a decent looking hook.
Alves keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Souza.
Alves avoids the body shot from Souza.
Alves misses with a double jab.
Alves misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Alves does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Souza shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Souza pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Alves is keeping the position for now.
Souza is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Alves keeping moving, preventing Souza from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Souza pushing down on Alves's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Alves is looking for a sweep. Souza is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Souza wants to free his trapped foot but Alves is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Souza trying to control from Alves's half guard. Alves has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Souza makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Souza pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Alves is keeping the position for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Alves has Souza pulled in close to control his posture.
Alves keeping full guard, as Souza tries to pass.
Souza wants to control from the top but Alves keeps moving.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Filipe Souza.
I think Alves 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight for Joao Alves!
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight for Joao Alves!
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight for Joao Alves!
Joao Alves wins by unanimous decision!
Joao Alves decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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