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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Julio Gutierrez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pablo Rodrigo Kim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kim has chosen Ai Se Eu Te Pego as his entrance music. Julio Gutierrez has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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185 cm
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185 lbs
4 - 4 - 0 |
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180 cm
20
185 lbs
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Good takedowns
Solid boxing
Experienced |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world! Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Julio Gutierrez! And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pablo Rodrigo Kim! The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Mauricio Rocha and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Kim manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Gutierrez on his heels. He'll look to pass Gutierrez's guard now, I'm sure. Gutierrez is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Gutierrez wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now. Gutierrez is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Julio Gutierrez has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet. Kim scores a takedown into full mount! Kim tries to control but Gutierrez wriggling away. Gutierrez is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Gutierrez is working hard here to advance position. Kim looking to control but Gutierrez is working nicely, looking to advance position himself. Kim throwing strikes but Gutierrez bucks up and reverses the position. He's now in guard on top. Gutierrez works a leg free and moves into half guard. Kim is defending against the submission attempts here by Gutierrez.
Gutierrez is working for a submission of some sort.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Gutierrez is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Kim makes his way to full guard, as Gutierrez worked for a kimura.
Gutierrez thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Gutierrez thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position. Gutierrez drops back looking for a leg! Kim is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Kim manages to kick Gutierrez off! Gutierrez jumps back into Kim's guard. Gutierrez is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there. Gutierrez thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Julio Gutierrez 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.
Kim scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground. Julio Gutierrez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far. Kim controlling the pace. Kim sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Gutierrez defending well though. Kim with a momentary lay and pray from half guard. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Pablo Rodrigo Kim wasn't active enough on the ground. Kim closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard. Kim sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Gutierrez defending well though. Gutierrez is trying to stand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Kim wants to lay and pray for a moment but Gutierrez keeps working. It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup. Gutierrez blocking the ground and pound attempt from Kim.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Pablo Rodrigo Kim wasn't active enough on the ground. Kim shoots in and gets a takedown into Gutierrez's guard. Kim throws a strike but Gutierrez rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top. Gutierrez avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Gutierrez drops back looking for a leg! Kim is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Kim manages to kick Gutierrez off! Gutierrez jumps back into Kim's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Gutierrez drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Gutierrez jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position. Gutierrez looking to pass the guard. Kim thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage. Gutierrez drops back looking for a leg! Kim is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Kim manages to kick Gutierrez off! Gutierrez jumps back into Kim's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Gutierrez drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Gutierrez jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position. Gutierrez is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there. Gutierrez pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Kim is keeping the position for now. Gutierrez thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position. Gutierrez drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Gutierrez jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pablo Rodrigo Kim showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards. The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Kim closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Gutierrez's guard. Kim content to stall in guard here. It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup. Kim throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up. Kim shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away. Gutierrez tries to hold on but Kim pushes him away. The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Kim cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Kim looking to ground and pound but Gutierrez is blocking nicely. The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Kim cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Kim throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Kim landing strikes from the mount. Kim throwing shots from mount but they're not landing. Gutierrez tries to hold on but Kim postures up. Kim controlling the position easily from mount. BOOM! Kim connects with a massive shot to the dome!
That's three minutes gone in the round. Gutierrez working to try and regain half guard.
Kim thowing shots but they're missing. Kim is stalling here but it's allowed Gutierrez to get half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Gutierrez wants to improve his position but Kim is controlling well.
Kim is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position. Gutierrez is looking to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pablo Rodrigo Kim really dominated that round. The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Kim tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Kim dives in and scores a takedown into Gutierrez's guard. Kim postures up.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace. Kim looking to sit in guard and control but Gutierrez gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. Gutierrez thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
That's one minute gone in the round. Gutierrez drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Gutierrez jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position. Kim throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Kim looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Gutierrez passes Kim's left leg - he's now in half guard. Gutierrez is working for a submission of some sort.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Gutierrez is working for a kimura but Kim is defending it quite comfortably.
Kim trying to control but Gutierrez postures up.
Gutierrez is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Kim is defending against the submission attempts here by Gutierrez.
Gutierrez is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Kim is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 4, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Julio Gutierrez! Julio Gutierrez is the new middleweight champion! A very excited looking Julio Gutierrez rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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