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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tycho Branco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ray Cappo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Branco comes to the cage accompanied by Feel Happiness. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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141 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
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180 cm
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140 lbs
7 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Powerful takedowns
Great elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tycho Branco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ray Cappo!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Viktor Lagutenko and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cappo is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Branco tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cappo tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Tycho Branco seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cappo is trying hard to land a takedown here. Branco sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Branco fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Cappo is out of range.
Cappo walks forward, straight into a front kick from Branco.
Branco misses with the combination.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Branco - that will leave a mark!
Branco connects with a looping right hand.
Branco lands a nice hook to Cappo's body. Cappo takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Branco swings for the body but Cappo moves out of range.
Branco lands a body shot.
Nice defenses there by Cappo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab by Branco.
Cappo has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Branco.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Branco.
A jab lands there for Branco.
Branco's corner calls for a 1-2. Branco obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Cappo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cappo moves out of range of the body kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Branco. Cappo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Branco lands a lovely overhand right.
Branco wants to clinch.
Branco takes a swing at Cappo's ribcage but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cappo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Branco swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Branco wants to clinch.
Branco misses with an uppercut
and Cappo counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Cappo takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A swing and a miss from Branco.
Cappo looks for a takedown but Branco sprawls well.
Branco lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Branco pushes Cappo up against the cage in a clinch.
Cappo is trying to pull guard but Branco turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Tycho Branco has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ray Cappo.
Cappo jumps guard.
Cappo looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Cappo wants to sweep but no luck.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cappo is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Branco is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Branco accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Branco got a little sloppy there for a moment and Cappo has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Branco has managed to get both his arms back between Cappo's legs - danger averted.
Branco has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Branco engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cappo is trying to control the position but Branco postures up.
Branco tries to free his leg and advance position but Cappo is retaining full guard.
Branco stops Cappo from standing up.
Cappo is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Cappo is controlling Branco's posture.
Cappo escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Branco gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Branco trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tycho Branco dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Branco throws a good cross that connects.
Branco jabs Cappo right on the nose. Cappo blinks but takes it well.
Tycho Branco is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Branco throws a head kick but Cappo moves out of range.
Cappo is looking to clinch but Branco is avoiding it.
Cappo closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Branco keeps the fight on the outside.
Cappo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cappo tries to clinch but Branco is having none of it.
Branco connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Branco keeps Cappo at a distance using the push kick.
Cappo throws a series of punches but Branco moves out of range.
A jab from Branco finds it's way through Cappo's defenses.
Branco throws a right and a left that Cappo avoids nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cappo takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Branco lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Cappo walks into a jab.
Branco fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Cappo circles away from the clinch attempt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Branco. Cappo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Branco scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Branco tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Branco throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Branco scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Branco scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Cappo is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Cappo walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Branco is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Branco misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cappo is looking to clinch.
Branco throws a leg kick but Cappo sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Cappo wants to clinch
and Branco connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A solid leg kick lands there for Branco.
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!
Cappo takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Branco throws out a loose jab but Cappo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cappo blocks a head kick by Branco.
Cappo takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Branco feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Cappo's calf.
Branco swinging wildly here.
Cappo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Branco swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cappo fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Branco, pushing him back against the cage.
Cappo is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Branco to keep the fight standing.
Branco scores with a shot to the side of Cappo's head.
Cappo avoiding damage as Branco throws knees to the body.
Branco blocks the elbow strike.
A frustrated look appears on Cappo's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Cappo can't break the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Branco.
Cappo fails to pull guard.
Cappo's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A short right from Branco on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Branco tries to land a knee to the head but Cappo blocks with his arms.
Cappo tries to land a knee to the head but Branco blocks with his arms.
Cappo tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Branco smiles and moves away.
Tycho Branco has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ray Cappo.
Cappo blocks a head kick by Branco.
Branco connects with a leg kick. Cappo looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Branco tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Cappo counters with a left and a right that stings Branco.
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!
Branco throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Branco misses with a hook.
Tycho Branco is winning the standup battle so far.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Branco fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cappo moves out of range as Branco throws a body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tycho Branco dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Branco lands with a shot to the body.
Branco throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sloppy strikes from Branco. Those never looked like landing.
Branco throws a lazy head kick
and Cappo makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Branco looks to score with a jab to the body but Cappo is just out of range.
Branco tries a head kick but it misses.
Cappo staying out of range there.
Branco scores with a jab. Cappo acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Cappo throws an overhand right that lands on Branco's shoulder, as Branco tries to avoid the shot.
An inside leg kick from Branco misses.
Branco lands a nice leg kick that just misses Cappo's sensitive parts.
Cappo walks forward, straight into a front kick from Branco.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cappo tries to clinch up.
Branco fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Branco throws a right hand that Cappo ducks under and follows up with a left that Cappo also avoids with ease.
Branco keeps the fight on the outside.
Branco misses with a double jab.
Cappo misses with an uppercut. Branco saw that one coming.
Cappo moves in looking to clinch but Branco pushes him off.
Branco closes the distance and pushes Cappo back into the cage.
Branco lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Branco misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cappo.
Cappo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cappo is trying to pull guard but Branco has him pressed against the cage.
Branco working Cappo over with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cappo breaks the clinch.
Cappo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Branco connects with a solid leg kick.
Branco connects with a looping right hand.
Cappo misses the shot to the body.
Branco fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Cappo, pushing him back against the cage.
Cappo jumps guard but Branco turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
With the fighters up against the cage, Branco throws an elbow but misses.
Cappo gets control of Branco's arms and successfully pulls guard. Cappo will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Cappo is striking from the bottom but Branco uses the opportunity to pass into half guard.
Cappo regains full guard. Nicely done.
Cappo is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Branco is fighting to break Cappo's control of his arms but Cappo is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Cappo looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cappo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Branco controls from within his opponent's guard.
Branco has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Cappo has his foot on Branco's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Branco works his way back into a safe position though.
Cappo keeping moving, preventing Branco from controlling successfully.
We're going to have a standup here because Tycho Branco wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Cappo crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Branco - the referee stops the clock and Cappo gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Branco. Cappo manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Branco paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Branco turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Branco misses with a shot to the body
letting Cappo counter with a right hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Branco dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Cappo. That did some damage!
Branco looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Ray Cappo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tycho Branco is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Branco scores with a head kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tycho Branco showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Branco, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:27
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tycho Branco!
Tycho Branco thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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