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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rinta Pelle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Justin Herald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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276 lbs
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281 lbs
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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
15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rinta Pelle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Justin Herald!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Paulo Santos and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pelle blocks a head kick by Herald.
Pelle connects with a body shot.
Pelle throws a right and a left that Herald avoids nicely.
Pelle takes one to the side of the head.
Pelle slips a jab and a cross from Herald.
Pelle scores with a one two! Herald had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Pelle fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Herald manages to avoid it.
Herald misses with a wild body shot.
Herald throws a lazy right hand but Pelle sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pelle thuds a left hand into Herald's body.
Pelle feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Herald's calf.
Pelle takes the fight into the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Pelle lands a body shot in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pelle.
Pelle misses with some punches.
Pelle blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pelle creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Herald's defenses.
Pelle stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Herald blocks a body shot from Pelle.
Herald breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A slapping leg kick lands for Herald.
Pelle lands with a right hand.
Pelle fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Herald on the side of the head.
A nice combination there by Pelle.
Herald throws an overhand right that lands on Pelle's shoulder, as Pelle tries to avoid the shot.
Herald displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pelle throws out the jab.
Herald swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Herald takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Herald gets cracked there but stands up to it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pelle throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pelle gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Herald blocks an elbow strike.
Herald trying to stall but Pelle improves his position.
Pelle misses with an elbow strike.
Pelle misses with a punch on the inside.
Pelle struggles to land a body shot inside as Herald controls his hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Pelle swings wildly with an uppercut but Herald uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pelle with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Pelle tries to work over Herald's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pelle.
Herald is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Pelle will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Herald up against the cage.
Herald misses with a punch to the body.
Pelle effectively controlling the action here.
Herald dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Pelle manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Herald is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Pelle is keeping busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pelle.
Pelle is working Herald over against the cage.
Pelle misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Herald wants to stall.
Herald blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pelle throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Pelle misses with a punch to the body.
Herald breaks the clinch.
Left hook, right uppercut from Pelle.
Herald throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A slow jab from Pelle misses its intended target.
Herald throws a head kick that misses.
Pelle pushes Herald up against the cage in a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pelle tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Herald is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Herald misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Herald stalling against the cage.
Pelle trying to control the position but instead, Herald has worked for underhooks and has pushed Pelle into the cage.
Pelle tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Herald's elbow.
Herald is trying to break the clinch but Pelle has him pressed against the cage.
Nice body punch from Pelle.
Pelle displaying some good clinch control by pressing Herald up against the cage.
Pelle is looking to control Herald's arms but Herald gets an underhook and turns him. Now Pelle has his back to the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pelle misses with a body punch.
Herald being controlled against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rinta Pelle dominated that round.
That's time! Pelle's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Pelle scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Pelle connects with a jab.
Pelle clinches with his opponent.
Pelle misses with the head strike.
Pelle tries to work over Herald's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Herald has Pelle pushed against the cage.
Herald pushes Pelle back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Herald breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A jab from Pelle misses.
Pelle on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Rinta Pelle seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Herald checks the leg kick.
Pelle moves into range and connects with a jab.
Pelle throws an overhand right that lands on Herald's shoulder, as Herald tries to avoid the shot.
Herald is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pelle.
Pelle misses the jab.
Pelle works the jab nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Herald throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Herald throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Rinta Pelle is winning the standup battle so far.
Herald ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pelle moves away.
Danga de danga de dang - Pelle scores with a four punch combination!
Herald keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pelle uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Herald.
A jab from Herald misses.
Herald throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pelle throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Herald tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pelle was well out of range. Poor timing from Herald.
Pelle stuns Herald with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Pelle connects with a nice looking jab.
Herald waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Pelle.
Pelle cracks Herald with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Pelle blocks a low kick nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pelle. Herald does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pelle bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Herald's head.
Rinta Pelle is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pelle throws a hook to the side of Herald's head but Herald sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pelle lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Herald avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Herald misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pelle.
Some wild striking there from Herald.
A combination from Pelle does no damage.
Herald checks a low kick from Pelle.
Herald dodges the punch combination from Pelle.
Pelle checks a low kick from Herald.
Pelle tries to close the distance and clinch but Herald swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pelle avoids a kick to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Herald. Pelle does a little dance to reset his feet.
Herald misses with a double jab.
Herald misses with an uppercut. Pelle saw that one coming.
Herald takes one on the button.
Herald showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pelle.
Pelle swings for the body but Herald moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pelle throws a nice looking combination but Herald bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pelle misses with a double jab
and Herald counters with a stiff right hand.
Herald tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pelle was well out of range. Poor timing from Herald.
Pelle throws a lazy right hand but Herald sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Herald uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pelle.
Pelle cracks Herald with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Herald throws a low kick but it's checked well by Pelle.
Pelle tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Herald manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Pelle lands a two punch combo.
Herald avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Herald misses with a looping left.
Herald throws a body punch but Pelle moves out of range.
Herald misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pelle drives through and clinches with Herald against the cage.
Herald doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pelle tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Herald breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pelle tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Herald manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Herald throws a series of punches but Pelle avoids them all with ease.
Pelle misses the shot to the body.
Herald throws a hook but Pelle avoids it easily.
Herald throws a hook but Pelle avoids it easily.
Herald on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Pelle ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Herald moves away.
Herald has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Pelle finds it's way round the side to connect with Herald's head.
Pelle avoids the head kick by Herald.
Herald slips a jab from Pelle.
Pelle misses with a straight right.
Pelle swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A head kick misses from Herald.
Pelle clinches up with Herald and pushes him back against the cage.
Pelle is looking to control Herald's arms but Herald gets an underhook and turns him. Now Pelle has his back to the cage.
Pelle controlling the action here for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rinta Pelle dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Pelle lands a right hook to the body.
Herald waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Pelle.
Pelle wants to clinch up but Herald keeps it at a distance.
Pelle fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Herald on the side of the head.
Pelle swings for the body but Herald moves out of range.
Pelle is looking to clinch but Herald is avoiding it.
Herald has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Pelle lands a nice hook to Herald's body. Herald takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Pelle slips a jab from Herald.
Pelle scores with a punch to the head.
Pelle moves away from the strike by Herald.
Pelle throws a hook to the side of Herald's head but Herald sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Herald throws a looping overhand right but Pelle ducks down to avoid it.
Pelle looks to throw the jab but Herald is out of range.
Pelle scores with a body shot.
Herald tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pelle was well out of range. Poor timing from Herald.
Herald fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Herald swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pelle has managed to clinch.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Herald in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Herald avoiding damage as Pelle throws knees to the body.
Herald effectively controlling the action here.
Herald on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Herald as Pelle tries to tie him up.
Pelle avoiding damage.
Pelle working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Pelle gets through Herald's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Herald wants to break free but Pelle has control.
Pelle gets through Herald's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Pelle misses with a punch on the inside.
Herald takes a shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pelle trying to control the position but instead, Herald has worked for underhooks and has pushed Pelle into the cage.
The referee calls for Pelle to work.
A head punch on the inside from Pelle fails to land.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Herald throws a head punch that misses.
Herald misses with a hook from the clinch.
Herald working hard to break the clinch.
Herald is trying to stall.
Pelle lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Herald backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pelle stalling against the cage.
Justin Herald has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Pelle.
Pelle lands a hook that snaps the head of Herald backwards.
Pelle keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Herald's efforts to push away.
Herald's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Herald gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Pelle.
Pelle slips a straight right by Herald.
Herald misses with an uppercut
and Pelle counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Herald checks a leg kick.
Pelle tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Herald was well out of range. Poor timing from Pelle.
Pelle throws out a loose jab but Herald uses good head movement to avoid it.
Herald has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Pelle is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Herald can do to turn this around?
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Herald cracks Pelle with an open hand slap.
Herald scores with a sloppy right hand. Pelle should have avoided that one.
Rinta Pelle is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Herald uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pelle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pelle ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Pelle throws a leg kick but Herald moved away.
Pelle scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Pelle just misses with a punch to the body.
Pelle swinging wildly here.
Pelle misses with a few strikes there.
Pelle throws a nice looking combination but Herald bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pelle smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Herald avoids the body shot from Pelle.
Pelle misses with a looping left.
Pelle walks into a left hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pelle lands with a hook. Herald tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Pelle's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Pelle duly obliges.
Herald throws a hook to the side of Pelle's head but Pelle sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Herald misses with an uppercut.
Herald misses with a head kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rinta Pelle showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Pelle 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight for Rinta Pelle!
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight for Rinta Pelle!
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight for Rinta Pelle!
Rinta Pelle wins by unanimous decision!
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RATING
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