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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Thiago Pais (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomaz Turbando (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Turbando has chosen Boombastic - Shaggy as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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140 lbs
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight 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, Thiago Pais!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thomaz Turbando!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Leandro Rodrigues and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pais drives through with a takedown into guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Pais with a nice head shot there.
Turbando preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Pais scoring with some ground and pound.
Pais postures up.
Turbando working for a triangle but Pais defends it easily.
Pais throws an elbow that misses. Turbando uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Pais's guard. Nice move by Turbando!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Turbando won't allow Pais to sweep him here.
Turbando wants to get up but he can't break Pais's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Pais managing to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pais tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pais has Turbando pulled in close to control his posture.
Turbando tries to stand but Pais is controlling from the bottom.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Pais shoots in and gets a takedown into Turbando's guard.
Pais throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Turbando works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Pais postures up in Turbando's guard and throws a big left but Turbando blocks it.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Pais accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Pais stops Turbando from standing up.
Pais is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Pais scoring with punches to the head and body.
Turbando keeping full guard, as Pais tries to pass.
Pais is working Turbando over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turbando has momentary wrist control but Pais slips an elbow through the middle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Turbando will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Pais postures up in Turbando's guard and throws a big left but Turbando blocks it.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Pais accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Turbando avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Turbando preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Turbando looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Turbando looks gassed!
Pais makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Pais in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Pais postures up and lands a big shot to Turbando's brow.
Pais stands and throws Turbando's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Pais landing strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pais grinds an elbow into Turbando's temple.
Pais cracks Turbando with a big elbow.
Turbando taking punishment in the form of punches.
Pais working the head and body with strikes.
Turbando on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Turbando taking a bit of punishment here - Pais scoring with strikes.
Turbando is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Turbando taking punishment in the form of punches.
Turbando is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Pais looks up at the clock and then as Turbando takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Pais smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Pais looks up at the clock and then as Turbando takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Pais smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Turbando taking punishment in the form of punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turbando takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Pais working the ground and pound.
Pais is working Turbando over with some ground and pound from side control.
Turbando takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Turbando takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Turbando is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Pais is putting a hurting on Turbando here, landing some big shots from side control.
Pais working the head and body with strikes.
Pais landing strikes.
Pais lands a decent elbow from side control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Turbando takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Turbando is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Pais scores with a couple of short elbows.
Pais landing strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thiago Pais dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Turbando gets caught napping as Pais dives in and scores a takedown. Turbando manages to retain guard.
Pais passes Turbando's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Pais knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Turbando on the ground.
Pais working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Pais landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Pais looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Turbando with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Pais winds up and cracks Turbando with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Pais lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Pais is pressing down on Turbando's thigh, looking to free his foot. Turbando is holding on for now.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pais is nestled in close to Turbando, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Pais connects with a nice short shot to Turbando's temple.
Turbando is breathing heavily.
Pais is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pais throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Pais is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Turbando can do to turn this around?
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Pais lands a nice short elbow.
Pais landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Pais scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Pais seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Pais working the head and body with strikes.
Turbando on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Nice strikes from Pais there.
Thiago Pais overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Pais is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Turbando taking some punishment here, with Pais in his half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ground and pound from Pais.
Pais is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Pais connects with a nice short shot to Turbando's temple.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turbando taking some punishment here, with Pais in his half guard.
Pais lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Pais takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Pais slips a nice elbow through Turbando's hands, connecting with Turbando's forehead.
Pais is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Pais dominating with strikes here.
Pais unloading with bombs!
Pais lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Turbando hang on?
Pais lands a big elbow.
Pais landing strikes from the mount and Turbando is in trouble!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pais landing punches.
Pais is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Pais is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Turbando can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Pais breaks from Turbando's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Pais with a couple of short strikes.
Pais with the ground and pound from mount.
Pais lands a big shot there that rocks Turbando but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pais scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Turbando?
Turbando is rocked!
Pais punishing his opponent with strikes.
Turbando is still in real trouble! Can Pais finish him?
Pais landing strikes, looking to finish!
Pais cracks Turbando with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thiago Pais!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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