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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rogerio Nunes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lucas Faria (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lucas Faria is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rogerio Nunes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lucas Faria!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Leandro Rodrigues and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nunes connects with the punch.
Faria throws a right hand that Nunes ducks under and follows up with a left that Nunes also avoids with ease.
Faria lands with a kick to the ribs.
Faria shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Nunes defends it nicely.
Faria swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Nunes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nunes connects with a right hand. Faria shakes it off.
Nunes defending well as Faria loads up on a big left hand.
Nunes lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Nunes.
Faria misses with a combination
letting Nunes counter with a right hand.
Faria throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nunes lands a nice looking body shot.
Nunes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Faria moves away.
Faria gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Faria just misses with a punch to the body.
Faria shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Nunes defends it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Faria misses with a double jab
and Faria takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Faria swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nunes takes a kick to the side of the head.
It looks like Rogerio Nunes has been cut.
Nunes works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Nunes moves into range and connects with a jab.
Faria misses with a double jab
and Nunes counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Nunes is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Faria looks gassed!
Faria misses with a combination
and Nunes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nunes avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nunes throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Faria on the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Faria falls off balance throwing a combination
and Nunes counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Faria does no damage.
Faria falls off balance throwing a combination
and Nunes connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nunes uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Faria has time to react.
Faria throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Nunes counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Faria thinking.
Rogerio Nunes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nunes lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Faria circles away quickly and effectively.
Faria drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Nunes wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Faria takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Nunes dips to his left and cracks Faria with an uppercut!
Nunes lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Faria at a distance.
Faria misses with a combination
enabling Nunes to counter with a crisp jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nunes dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nunes dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice uppercut lands for Nunes. That snapped Faria's head back.
Faria walks into a straight right hand from Nunes.
Nunes listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
The fighters circle momentarily. Nunes darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Nunes thuds his right hand into Faria's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Faria misses with a leg kick.
Faria walks into a straight right hand from Nunes.
Faria falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Nunes counter with a right hand.
Nunes displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nunes's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Nunes duly obliges.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Faria falls off balance throwing a combination
and Nunes counters with a right hand to the body.
Nunes moves into range and connects with a jab.
Faria misses with a combination
and Nunes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nunes lands the left hand.
A punch combination from Faria misses.
Nunes lands a jab to the head.
Nunes scores with a one two! Faria had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Faria takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Faria's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Nunes connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Faria scrambles back to his feet.
Nunes fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The fighters circle momentarily. Nunes darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rogerio Nunes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rogerio Nunes's cut.
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.
Faria misses with a double jab
and Nunes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sloppy strikes from Faria. Those never looked like landing.
Faria moves out of range as Nunes strikes.
Faria throws a right and a left that both miss.
Faria swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Nunes counters with a nice body shot.
Faria shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Faria misses with a left hand
letting Nunes counter with a right hand.
Lucas Faria is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nunes cracks Faria with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Faria gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Faria takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Faria throws a left and a right that both miss
and Nunes connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nunes throws a good cross that connects.
Faria takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Faria is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Faria misses with a combination
and Nunes counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Faria thinking.
Nunes connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Faria falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Nunes counter with a right hand.
Nunes lands with an overhand left.
Faria with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Nunes to score with a decent uppercut.
Nunes lands an overhand right.
Faria throws a right and a left that Nunes avoids nicely.
Nunes works Faria's body with a nice hook.
Nunes digs a good body shot into Faria's ribs.
Faria takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Nunes fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Faria looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nunes fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
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!
Nice body punch from Nunes.
Nunes digs a good body shot into Faria's ribs.
Nunes scores with a decent looking hook.
Nunes digs a good body shot into Faria's ribs.
Nunes connects with a crisp jab.
Rogerio Nunes is winning the standup battle so far.
A shot to the liver by Nunes. Beautiful body shot.
A cross from Nunes lands.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Faria might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Nunes has got the better of the exchanges.
Faria's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Nunes connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Faria scrambles back to his feet.
Faria swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Nunes counters with a one-two to the body.
Nunes is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Faria can do to turn this around?
Nunes changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Faria gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Nunes.
Nunes digs a good body shot into Faria's ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Faria walks into a straight right hand from Nunes.
Faria falls off balance throwing a combination
and Nunes counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Faria takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Lucas Faria seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Faria falls off balance throwing a combination
and Nunes counters with a stiff right hand.
Nunes lands a really nice looking cross but Faria seems unphased.
Faria takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Nunes throws out a powerful jab.
Nunes getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Nunes throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Faria stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Faria swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Faria takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nunes thuds a left hand into Faria's body.
Faria swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Nunes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nunes paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Nunes throws a shot 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!
Faria misses with a double jab
and Nunes counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nice shot by Nunes.
Nunes lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Faria backs up against the cage.
Nunes connects with a single shot there.
Faria throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Nunes counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Faria thinking.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nunes displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Nunes throws a shot to the body.
Nunes lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rogerio Nunes dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Rogerio Nunes's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Nunes cracks Faria with a right hand to the side of the head.
Nunes closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Faria swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Nunes counters with a stiff right hand.
Nunes connects with a nice looking jab.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Nunes!
Faria falls off balance throwing a combination
and Nunes counters with a stiff right hand.
Nunes with a nice cross.
Faria takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Faria misses with a head kick.
Faria takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nunes throws a good cross that connects.
Faria fails with a takedown attempt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nunes with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Faria misses with a combination
and Nunes counters with a nice body shot.
Nunes works over Faria's head and body with a nice combination.
Nunes checks a leg kick.
Nice jab there from Nunes.
Faria misses with a combination
and Nunes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nunes with a jab.
Faria throws a left and a right that both miss
and Nunes counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nunes digs a good hook to Faria's body.
Faria takes one to the chin there.
Faria on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nunes feints a jab promting Faria to slip. Nunes then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Faria slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Nunes ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Nunes connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Faria throws a combination that misses
and Nunes connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Faria takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Faria falls off balance throwing a combination
and Nunes counters with a stiff right hand.
Nunes scores with a nice right hand.
Nunes lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Faria backs up against the cage.
Nunes scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Faria misses with a double jab
and Nunes counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Faria thinking.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nunes getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Nunes lands a jab to the nose.
Nunes works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Faria closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Nunes lands a body shot.
Faria throws a head kick that misses.
Nunes scores with a hook.
Faria swings away with a body shot that misses
letting Nunes counter with a right hand.
Nunes lands with a shot to the body.
Nunes scores with a jab.
Faria swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Nunes cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nunes throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Faria on the side of the head.
Nunes throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Faria on the side of the head.
Nunes lands a right hook to the body.
Faria has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Faria throws a combination that misses
and Nunes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nunes bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nunes scores with a punch to the head.
Nunes throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The crowd cheers as Nunes lands an impressive looking overhand right. Faria doesn't seem phased though.
Faria misses with a combination
and Nunes makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Lucas Faria has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Faria takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Rogerio Nunes is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nunes is working the combinations to good effect here.
Faria gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rogerio Nunes showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Nunes 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight for Rogerio Nunes!
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight for Rogerio Nunes!
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight for Rogerio Nunes!
Rogerio Nunes wins by unanimous decision!
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