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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paulo Carioca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Liam Dennehy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dennehy has chosen The Homeland as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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215 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
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216 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paulo Carioca!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Liam Dennehy!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Mauricio Rocha and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dennehy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Carioca paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Carioca buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Carioca circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dennehy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Carioca swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dennehy wants to clinch.
Dennehy darts in and clinches Carioca up against the cage.
Carioca tries to break the clinch but Dennehy is controlling the position.
Dennehy lands a knee to the body.
Dennehy lands an elbow that stopped Carioca in his tracks for a moment.
A frustrated look appears on Carioca's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Carioca is looking to break free of the clinch but Dennehy has double underhooks.
Dennehy tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dennehy lands an elbow that stopped Carioca in his tracks for a moment.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dennehy creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Carioca's defenses.
Carioca takes an elbow to the forehead.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Dennehy trying to land knees to the body.
Dennehy lands an elbow inside that Carioca shrugs off.
Carioca is trying to force a seperation but Dennehy has the dominant position.
Dennehy landing some nice looking knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dennehy with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dennehy scores with a knee to the head.
Carioca avoids a wild elbow strike from Dennehy.
Carioca takes a knee to the side of the body.
Dennehy lands an elbow just above Carioca 's eye.
Carioca tries to break the clinch but Dennehy is controlling the position.
Dennehy trying to land knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Dennehy.
Dennehy pushes off an throws an elbow but Carioca leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Dennehy landing knees to the head.
Carioca is looking to control Dennehy's arms but Dennehy gets an underhook and turns him. Now Carioca has his back to the cage.
Dennehy lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Dennehy landing some nice looking knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dennehy obliges.
Carioca is breathing heavily.
Nice elbow from Dennehy.
Dennehy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Dennehy lands a damaging elbow.
Dennehy lands a knee to the head.
Dennehy creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Carioca's defenses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dennehy lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Dennehy creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Carioca's defenses.
Dennehy gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Carioca wants to stall.
Dennehy comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Dennehy misses with an elbow strike.
Carioca avoiding damage as Dennehy throws knees to the body.
Dennehy tries to land knees in the clinch but Carioca avoids the damage to the body.
Dennehy pushes off an throws an elbow but Carioca leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Dennehy tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dennehy throws an elbow but misses.
Dennehy gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Dennehy tries to land knees in the clinch but Carioca avoids the damage to the body.
Carioca has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Carioca wants to break the clinch but can't.
Carioca blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Carioca tries to circle away but Dennehy has him pinned against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carioca takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nice elbow from Dennehy.
Dennehy keeps control of Carioca as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Dennehy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Carioca blocks it with crossed arms.
Carioca is trying to break free.
Dennehy creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Carioca breaks the clinch.
Dennehy takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Dennehy moves into range and clinches up with Carioca.
Dennehy has Carioca pressed against the cage, preventing Carioca from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Carioca avoiding damage as Dennehy throws knees to the body.
Dennehy tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dennehy throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Dennehy keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Carioca's efforts to push away.
Carioca tries to break the clinch but Dennehy is controlling the position.
Carioca tries to circle away but Dennehy has him pinned against the cage.
Carioca trying to stall but Dennehy improves his position.
Carioca is trying to break the clinch but Dennehy is controlling him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carioca tries to circle away but Dennehy has him pinned against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Dennehy as Carioca tries to tie him up.
Dennehy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dennehy lands a damaging elbow.
Dennehy connects with a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Carioca tries to circle away but Dennehy has him pinned against the cage.
Dennehy keeps control of Carioca as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Dennehy creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Dennehy throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Dennehy landing knees to the head.
Dennehy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Carioca blocks it with crossed arms.
Dennehy using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Dennehy tries to land a knee to the head but Carioca blocks with his arms.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dennehy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Carioca blocks it with crossed arms.
Dennehy misses with an elbow over the top.
Carioca is trying to break the clinch but Dennehy has him pressed against the cage.
Carioca tries to break the clinch but Dennehy is controlling the position.
Dennehy leaning his opponent against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Liam Dennehy dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Carioca thuds his shin into the meat of Dennehy's side.
Carioca circles away from the clinch attempt.
Carioca lands with a kick to the ribs.
Dennehy has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Carioca.
Dennehy blocks a head kick by Carioca.
Carioca feints and then cracks Dennehy's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Dennehy down.
Carioca avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Carioca throws a head kick that half lands.
Carioca throws a series of strikes that have Dennehy backpedaling.
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!
A thudding body kick lands there by Carioca!
Dennehy tries to clinch up.
Paulo Carioca is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dennehy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Carioca avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dennehy is breathing heavily.
Carioca fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Dennehy has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Dennehy darts in trying to clinch
and Carioca cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carioca throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Carioca misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Paulo Carioca is winning the standup battle so far.
Carioca lands a left and a right that send Dennehy crashing to the mat, dazed. Carioca thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Dennehy is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Carioca feints a jab and as Dennehy dips his head, Carioca unleashes a brutal head kick that catches Dennehy right on the jaw! Timbeeer! Dennehy falls backwards in slow motion, only propped up by the cage! Carioca smiles a psychotic smile as he stares down his unconscious opponent. That is a scary man.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Paulo Carioca!
Paulo Carioca was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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