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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jose Pontes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Viko Maafala (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maafala has chosen Fight as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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279 lbs
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195 cm
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282 lbs
16 - 12 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jose Pontes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Viko Maafala!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Edson Gomes and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maafala has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
It looks like Viko Maafala has been cut.
Maafala will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Maafala fails to land the takedown.
Maafala tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Pontes swivels and escapes.
Jose Pontes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Viko Maafala.
Pontes lands a right hook to the body.
Pontes throws a good cross that connects.
Pontes moves into the clinch successfully.
Maafala drags the fight down to the ground.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Pontes throwing strikes from guard but Maafala blocks nicely.
Maafala doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Pontes has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pontes throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Maafala keeping moving, preventing Pontes from controlling successfully.
Maafala looking to control.
Pontes working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Pontes forces his way into half guard.
Maafala keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pontes throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Pontes thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Maafala's head.
Pontes throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Pontes working over Maafala with some ground and pound. Maafala looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Maafala is trying to get back to full guard.
Pontes tries to pass the half guard into mount. Maafala knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Maafala is trying to control but can't.
Pontes prevents Maafala from standing back up.
Pontes thows a huge punch but Maafala dodges it nicely.
Maafala wants to get back to full guard.
Pontes is trying to control. Maafala wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Maafala avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Pontes.
Maafala wants to control but Pontes is keeping busy and won't allow it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pontes thows a huge punch but Maafala dodges it nicely.
Maafala works his way to full guard. Good work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Maafala preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Pontes preventing the sweep.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Maafala escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Pontes gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Pontes throwing strikes from guard but Maafala blocks nicely.
Maafala striking off his back.
Pontes throws an elbow that misses. Maafala uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Pontes's guard. Nice move by Maafala!
Maafala trying to control but Pontes is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pontes looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pontes is looking to stand up but Maafala isn't so interested in that idea.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Maafala accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Maafala won't allow Pontes to sweep him here.
Maafala gets to his feet - Pontes follows without any prompting.
Maafala darts in trying to clinch
and Pontes counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Maafala thinking.
Maafala takes the fight into the clinch.
Pontes throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Pontes pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Maafala pulls Pontes into guard.
Pontes postures up in Maafala's guard and throws a big left but Maafala blocks it.
Pontes throws a big elbow that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pontes trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Maafala looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Maafala throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pontes with a flurry of punches that miss.
Maafala lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Pontes!
Maafala avoids the attempt from Pontes to control.
Pontes is wriggling around trying to escape.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pontes holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Maafala tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Pontes tries to hold on but Maafala postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jose Pontes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Viko Maafala's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Pontes cracks Maafala with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Pontes wants to clinch up but Maafala keeps it at a distance.
Maafala takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Pontes tries to clinch up.
Maafala avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Maafala circles away from the clinch attempt
and Maafala counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Maafala scoring with punches to the head and body.
Pontes on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Pontes tries to get out of the position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pontes looking to hit a scissor sweep but Maafala is one step ahead there.
Pontes trying to control the position.
Maafala preventing the sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pontes keeping moving, preventing Maafala from controlling successfully.
Maafala engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Pontes can't keep his opponent in guard - Maafala advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Maafala landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Pontes is looking for a sweep. Maafala is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Pontes gets back to full guard.
Pontes has control of Maafala's left arm, preventing Maafala from doing any damage.
Maafala trying to control the position from guard on top but Pontes is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pontes wants to stand but Maafala is controlling the position.
Pontes knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Maafala on the ground.
Maafala trying to control the position from guard on top but Pontes is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Maafala tries to free his leg and advance position but Pontes is retaining full guard.
Maafala stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Pontes wants to clinch
and Maafala counters with a nice double leg into side control. Pontes won't be happy with that.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pontes isn't going anywhere.
Pontes wants to control but Maafala postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pontes wants to get back to his feet but Maafala drags him back down.
Maafala sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Pontes is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Pontes is looking to reverse the position.
Maafala decides to stand up, so the ref orders Pontes to his feet.
Pontes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Maafala drives through with a takedown into guard.
Pontes preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Pontes preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Maafala in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Maafala forces his way into half guard.
Maafala thows a huge punch but Pontes dodges it nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maafala is trying to work for a kimura but Pontes is defending well.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pontes avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Maafala.
Pontes is trying to stand up here but Maafala is controlling him well.
Maafala looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Maafala seems to be looking for submissions.
Maafala keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Maafala has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pontes wants to control but Maafala is keeping busy.
Maafala sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Pontes defending well though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Viko Maafala showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Viko Maafala's cut.
That's time! Pontes's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
The fight stays on the outside here - Pontes looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pontes's corner calls for a 1-2. Pontes obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Maafala misses with a takedown
and Pontes counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Pontes is looking to control Maafala's arms but Maafala gets an underhook and turns him. Now Pontes has his back to the cage.
Maafala is trying to pull guard but Pontes turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Maafala's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Maafala throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
It looks like Jose Pontes has been cut.
Maafala explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Maafala showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pontes.
Pontes lands a nice shot to the body.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Maafala.
Jose Pontes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Viko Maafala.
Maafala looks for a takedown but Pontes sprawls well.
Maafala takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pontes swats away the attempt to clinch by Maafala.
Pontes doesn't manage to clinch there - Maafala circles away.
Pontes stuffs the takedown.
Pontes moves into range and clinches up with Maafala.
Maafala fails to pull guard.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Pontes just misses with a elbow thrown towards Maafala's brow.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Maafala has clasped his hands together around Pontes's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Maafala working away.
Pontes is trying to get back to his feet.
Maafala working the ground and pound from side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maafala working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Pontes can't do much from the bottom here.
Maafala throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Viko Maafala has got the better of the ground game so far.
Pontes tries to bench press Maafala off him but Maafala keeps the position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Maafala sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Pontes is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Maafala tries to score with some ground and pound. Pontes controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Pontes is not content to let Maafala control the position.
Pontes wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maafala is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Pontes is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Pontes is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Pontes takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Maafala trying to control the position but Pontes is working away.
Pontes is looking for a sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maafala swings around for an armbar but Pontes sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Maafala's guard.
Pontes advances to half guard.
Pontes seems to be working for a kimura but Maafala defends the submission attempt.
Pontes throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Maafala is trying to stand up here but Pontes is controlling him well.
Pontes is looking to stall here but Maafala recovers full guard.
Maafala looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Maafala is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Maafala looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
And that's the end of the fight!
Viko Maafala comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Maafala has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 28:29
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 28:29
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Viko Maafala!
Viko Maafala decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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