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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Guy Lightening (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fabio Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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150 cm
23
128 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
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167 cm
19
152 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin |
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Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight 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, Guy Lightening! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fabio Souza! The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Matheus Silva and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Lightening misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lightening throws a wild combination but nothing lands. Lightening scores with a slapping inside leg kick. Lightening fails to land with a series of punches.
Some wild striking there from Lightening.
Lightening swinging wildly here.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Lightening is defended easily by Souza. Lightening misses with a head kick.
Souza misses with a double jab.
Souza avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lightening throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Souza. Lightening misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's one minute gone in the round. Lightening tries to clinch there but Souza circles away.
Lightening fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Souza thows a leg kick but Lightening checks it and Lightening counters with an outside leg kick.
Lightening misses with a double jab.
A clash of legs there as Lightening blocks the low kick. Lightening stuns Souza with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range. Lightening checks a low kick from Souza. Lightening swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Guy Lightening seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Lightening swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Danga de danga de dang - Lightening scores with a four punch combination! Souza tries a low kick but Lightening avoids it. Lightening throws a right and a left that Souza avoids nicely. Danga de danga de dang - Lightening scores with a four punch combination! Lightening rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Souza moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Souza looks to throw the jab but Lightening is out of range. Lightening checks a low kick from Souza. Souza does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy. A combination from Lightening does no damage. Lightening rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Souza moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Lightening is breathing heavily. Souza darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard. Lightening looks like he's trying to stand up.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Souza missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Souza controlling the action here. Souza missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Souza not throwing his punches with enough precision this time. Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Souza in particular looking to stall.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Fabio Souza wasn't active enough on the ground. Lightening throws a series of punches but Souza avoids them all with ease. Lightening throws a wild combination but nothing lands. Lightening will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Souza misses with a low kick.
Lightening throws a wild body kick that Souza sees coming a mile off. The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. Souza tries to work over Lightening's front leg with a kick but Lightening checks it. Lightening tries to land a front kick but Souza steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed. Lightening checks a leg kick nicely. Lightening throws a right and a left that Souza avoids nicely. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Guy Lightening will probably get the nod. The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Lightening swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lightening looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. Souza gets a double leg takedown into Lightening's guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult. Lightening isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Souza stacks Lightening on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Souza! Souza advances to mount. Lightening might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground. Souza unloads with some shots from mount but Lightening bucks and avoids them well.
Lightening swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing. Souza breaks from Lightening's wrist control and lands an elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round. Souza is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Lightening is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Lightening flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Souza anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Lightening and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Souza slips an arm under Lightening chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Souza has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Souza is squeezing on Lightening like an anaconda would it's prey. Lightening fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Fabio Souza! A very excited looking Fabio Souza made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
59% |
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