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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Andres Bautista (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lorenzo Da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bautista comes into the arena with Pain Killer blaring out of the sound system. Da Silva has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Andres Bautista!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lorenzo Da Silva!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Edson Gomes and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bautista fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bautista dives in and scores a takedown into Da Silva's guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Bautista passes Da Silva's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Da Silva looks gassed!
Bautista is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Bautista takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Bautista is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bautista lands with a punch from half guard.
Bautista sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Da Silva defending well though.
Well, if Bautista is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Andres Bautista wasn't doing enough on the ground.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Da Silva misses with a knee strike.
Bautista manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Bautista lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Da Silva!
Bautista controlling from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bautista working for a submission but Da Silva is keeping him at bay.
Bautista tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Bautista working the ground and pound effectively.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bautista raining down hammerfists from mount.
Bautista controlling from mount.
Bautista is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Da Silva can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andres Bautista dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lorenzo Da Silva's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Bautista shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Bautista controlling the pace for now.
Da Silva is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Andres Bautista just wasn't active enough.
Bautista feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bautista passes into half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bautista seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Bautista is looking for a kimura but Da Silva is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Bautista to get the leverage.
Bautista is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Bautista looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bautista works his foot free and advances to mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bautista controlling the position easily from mount.
Bautista seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Da Silva for as long as he can get away with.
Bautista lands a big shot there that rocks Da Silva but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bautista content just to control the position here.
Bautista with a couple of short strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andres Bautista dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Lorenzo Da Silva's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Bautista drives through and clinches with Da Silva against the cage.
Bautista lands a takedown into guard.
Bautista sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Da Silva's guard.
Da Silva looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Bautista stands up and beckons Da Silva to join him on the feet.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Da Silva enables Bautista to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Da Silva manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Bautista is looking to work some ground and pound but Da Silva has wrist control.
Da Silva takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bautista missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bautista scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Bautista looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Andres Bautista has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Da Silva gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Bautista to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Bautista postures up in Da Silva's guard and throws a big left but Da Silva blocks it.
Bautista advances position into side control!
Da Silva being controlled for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Check out the look on Bautista's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Bautista decides to stand back up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Bautista gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Bautista drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Bautista wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Da Silva, who protects the arm well.
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bautista is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Da Silva's shoulder. That is not cool.
And that's the end of the fight!
Andres Bautista showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bautista has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:24
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:24
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:24
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Andres Bautista!
A very excited looking Andres Bautista 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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mgr
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RATING
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