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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Andrew Hughes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Romulo Mendes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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195 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
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190 cm
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190 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Very confident |
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Andrew Hughes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Romulo Mendes!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Daniel Cesar and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mendes will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Mendes shoots in for a double leg but Hughes sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Mendes blocks a head kick by Hughes.
Hughes checks a low kick from Mendes.
Mendes circles away from the clinch attempt
and Mendes counters with a nice double leg into side control. Hughes won't be happy with that.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Mendes looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Mendes looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Hughes is avoiding damage well.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Mendes looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Hughes knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Mendes on the ground.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes dodges the ground and pound from Mendes.
Mendes is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Hughes has escaped the position, nice work there.
Mendes is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Hughes looks calm but he's in trouble here. Mendes gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Hughes is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Mendes lets go of the hold and Hughes can pop his arm back in it's socket.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Romulo Mendes!
A determined Romulo Mendes didn't want to dwell on this fight in his post fight interview. Instead he was more keen to state he wants a title shot. Let's see if he gets it!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
34% |
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