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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gabriel Francisco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luciano de Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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280 lbs
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282 lbs
9 - 3 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Counter striker
Granite chin |
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Decent wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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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
18 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Gabriel Francisco !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Luciano de Oliveira!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Colin Fray and Jeff Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
de Oliveira throws a nice inside leg kick.
de Oliveira tries to close the distance and clinch up but Francisco swats him away and circles back towards the center.
de Oliveira is looking to land body kicks.
Francisco avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
de Oliveira is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
de Oliveira is looking to clinch but Francisco is avoiding it.
Francisco fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
de Oliveira connects with an inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
de Oliveira stuffs the takedown.
de Oliveira tries to clinch there but Francisco circles away.
Crunch! de Oliveira slams his shin into Francisco 's torso.
de Oliveira moves into the clinch successfully.
de Oliveira scores with a knee to the head.
It looks like Gabriel Francisco has been cut.
de Oliveira lands an elbow inside.
de Oliveira lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Francisco drops down looking for an ankle pick but de Oliveira pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gabriel Francisco . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Francisco closes the distance and clinches up with de Oliveira, looking for a takedown. Francisco pushes de Oliveira against the cage but de Oliveira circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Francisco fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
de Oliveira stuffs the takedown attempt from Francisco . Francisco gets slowly back to his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
de Oliveira tries to clinch up but Francisco circles away and keeps his distance.
de Oliveira is looking to clinch but Francisco is avoiding it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
de Oliveira wants to clinch.
de Oliveira tries to clinch there but Francisco circles away.
de Oliveira pushes Francisco up against the cage in a clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from de Oliveira.
de Oliveira unloads a knee to the mid-section. Francisco lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Francisco is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
de Oliveira lands a good knee to the midsection. Francisco won't want to take too many of those.
de Oliveira lands an elbow that stopped Francisco in his tracks for a moment.
de Oliveira lands a nice elbow.
de Oliveira gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
de Oliveira gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
de Oliveira putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Francisco in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
de Oliveira lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
de Oliveira with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
de Oliveira landing some nice looking knees to the body.
de Oliveira lands a right hand.
de Oliveira putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Francisco in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by de Oliveira.
A nice glancing elbow lands by de Oliveira.
de Oliveira landing knees to the head.
de Oliveira stalling against the cage.
de Oliveira landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Francisco takes a knee to the side of the body.
de Oliveira connects with a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by de Oliveira.
de Oliveira lands an elbow inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Luciano de Oliveira dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gabriel Francisco 's cut.
That's time! Francisco 's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
de Oliveira tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Francisco shoots for a takedown but de Oliveira saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Francisco shoots in and drives through. de Oliveira sprawls well.
de Oliveira forces Francisco back against the cage and clinches.
Francisco really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Nice elbow from de Oliveira.
Francisco takes an elbow to the forehead.
Francisco goes for a takedown in the clinch but de Oliveira prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gabriel Francisco . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Francisco is trying to drag de Oliveira to the mat but de Oliveira just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
de Oliveira lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Francisco has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. de Oliveira avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
de Oliveira comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
de Oliveira lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
de Oliveira landing some nice looking knees to the body.
de Oliveira working Francisco over with knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
de Oliveira crunches a lovely knee into Francisco 's ribcage.
de Oliveira's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
de Oliveira lands a knee to the body.
de Oliveira lands a nice elbow.
Stalling in the clinch from de Oliveira.
de Oliveira has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
de Oliveira lands an elbow inside that Francisco shrugs off.
Knees in the clinch landing for de Oliveira.
de Oliveira lands a damaging elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by de Oliveira.
Francisco is rocked!
de Oliveira working the clinch nicely. Francisco is working for position but de Oliveira cracks him with a big knee to the head! Francisco crumples up against the cage and de Oliveira lands two more shots before the ref can save Francisco ! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee & Punches). Luciano de Oliveira!
An out of breath Luciano de Oliveira thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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