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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Robert Neville (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Neil Pargo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Neville has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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215 lbs
8 - 11 - 1 |
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205 lbs
1 - 0 - 1 |
BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin |
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Robert Neville!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Neil Pargo!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Emerson Jorge and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pargo swats away the attempt to clinch by Neville.
Pargo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pargo gets a clinch.
Pargo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pargo closes this distance looking for a takedown but Neville circles away.
Neville tries to clinch up.
Neville is breathing heavily.
Pargo clinches with his opponent.
Pargo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Pargo is trying to force a seperation but Neville has the dominant position.
Pargo tries a knee to the head but Neville blocks it.
Neville throws an elbow that misses.
Pargo has had enough of the clinch but Neville keeps him there for the moment.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Pargo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pargo tries a knee to the head but Neville blocks it.
Pargo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pargo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Neville has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Neville throws an elbow but misses.
Pargo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Neville blocks it with crossed arms.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Neville looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Pargo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Pargo.
Nice sprawl there from Neville as Pargo shoots in.
Robert Neville has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Neil Pargo.
Neville moves into the clinch successfully.
Pargo misses with a knee strike.
Pargo landing knees to the head.
Pargo wants to get back to striking at distance but Neville won't allow it.
Pargo takes an elbow to the forehead.
Pargo is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Pargo is trying to push Neville away but Neville has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Pargo can't break the clinch.
Neville keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pargo's efforts to push away.
Pargo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Neville blocks it with crossed arms.
Neville comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Pargo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Neville blocks it with crossed arms.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pargo tries to land a knee to the head but Neville blocks with his arms.
Neville has Pargo pressed against the cage, preventing Pargo from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Neville lands a nice elbow.
Pargo is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Pargo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pargo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Neville lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Neville taking a breather.
Nice elbow from Neville.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pargo takes an elbow to the temple.
Neville lands an elbow inside that Pargo shrugs off.
Neville tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Pargo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pargo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pargo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Neville blocks it with crossed arms.
Pargo has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Neville throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Pargo misses with a knee strike.
Pargo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Neville has him pressed against the cage.
Neville looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Neville lands an elbow inside.
Pargo blocks an elbow strike.
Pargo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Neville blocks it with crossed arms.
Pargo tries to circle away but Neville has him pinned against the cage.
Pargo looking to throw knees to the head but Neville is blocking nicely.
Pargo looking to throw knees to the head but Neville is blocking nicely.
Pargo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Neville has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pargo is looking to break free of the clinch but Neville has double underhooks.
Neville lands a damaging elbow.
Pargo throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pargo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pargo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Neville stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Pargo tries a knee to the head but Neville blocks it.
Neville lands an elbow that stopped Pargo in his tracks for a moment.
Neville lands a damaging elbow.
Pargo tries to land a knee to the head but Neville blocks with his arms.
Pargo tries a knee to the head but Neville blocks it.
Pargo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Neville has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pargo misses with a knee strike.
Neville lands an elbow inside that Pargo shrugs off.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Neville stalling against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice elbow from Neville.
Pargo is trying to break the clinch but Neville is controlling him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Neil Pargo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Robert Neville's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Neville is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pargo has Neville up against the cage in a clinch.
Pargo is trying to break the clinch but Neville has him pressed against the cage.
Pargo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Neville has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Neville is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Neil Pargo seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Pargo looking to throw knees to the head but Neville is blocking nicely.
Pargo misses with a knee to the head.
Pargo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Neville lands an elbow just above Pargo 's eye.
Pargo misses with a knee to the head.
Pargo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Neville has him pressed against the cage.
Pargo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pargo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pargo misses with a two punch combination.
Neville closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Neville is looking to control Pargo's arms but Pargo gets an underhook and turns him. Now Neville has his back to the cage.
Pargo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Neville creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Neville lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Pargo is trying to force a seperation but Neville has the dominant position.
Neville throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Neville pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Pargo breaks the clinch.
Neville tries to clinch but Pargo moves out of range.
Neville chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Neil Pargo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Neville throws a chopping leg kick but Pargo manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Neville keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Pargo.
Neville closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neville lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Pargo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Neville comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Pargo tries to land a knee to the head but Neville blocks with his arms.
Pargo tries a knee to the head but Neville blocks it.
Neville lands an elbow just above Pargo 's eye.
Pargo is trying to break the clinch but Neville is controlling him.
Neville comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Pargo tries to break the clinch but Neville is controlling the position.
Pargo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
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 elbow from Neville.
Neville is looking to control Pargo's arms but Pargo gets an underhook and turns him. Now Neville has his back to the cage.
Neville prevents Pargo from breaking the clinch.
Neville leaning against his opponent.
Pargo connects with a nasty looking knee right to Neville's face.
Pargo tries to circle away but Neville has him pinned against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pargo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Neville gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Pargo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Neville blocks it with crossed arms.
Pargo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Neville avoiding damage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Pargo is trying to break the clinch but Neville has him pressed against the cage.
Pargo looking to throw knees to the head but Neville is blocking nicely.
Pargo wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Neville throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pargo blocks it with crossed arms.
Pargo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Pargo has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Pargo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neville stalling.
Pargo tries to circle away but Neville has him pinned against the cage.
Pargo has had enough of the clinch but Neville keeps him there for the moment.
Pargo wants to break the clinch but can't.
Pargo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pargo closes this distance looking for a takedown but Neville circles away.
Robert Neville has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Neil Pargo.
Neville drives through and clinches with Pargo against the cage.
Neville taking a breather.
Pargo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pargo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Neville is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Neville pushes off an throws an elbow but Pargo leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pargo with a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pargo tries a knee to the head but Neville blocks it.
Neville creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Pargo's defenses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Neil Pargo will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Robert Neville's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Pargo shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Neville sprawls well. Neville wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Pargo gets slowly back to his feet.
Pargo closes the distance and clinches.
The referee calls for Neville to work.
Pargo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pargo is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Pargo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Pargo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Neville tries a knee to the head but Pargo blocks it.
Neville displaying some good clinch control by pressing Pargo up against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pargo has had enough of the clinch but Neville keeps him there for the moment.
Pargo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Pargo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Neville throws an elbow but misses.
Pargo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pargo throws a right and a left that both miss.
Pargo fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Neville, pushing him back against the cage.
Pargo blocks the elbow strike.
Neville keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pargo's efforts to push away.
Pargo breaks the clinch.
Pargo shoots in for a double leg but Neville sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Good work by Neville as he checks the leg kick.
Neville closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Neville looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Pargo is trying to break the clinch but Neville is controlling him.
Pargo tries to break the clinch but Neville is controlling the position.
Pargo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neville stuffs the takedown attempt from Pargo. Pargo gets slowly back to his feet.
Robert Neville has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Neil Pargo.
Pargo stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Neville.
Pargo gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Pargo looking to throw knees to the head but Neville is blocking nicely.
Neville pressing his opponent against the cage.
Pargo tries to land a knee to the head but Neville blocks with his arms.
Pargo takes an elbow to the temple.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pargo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Neville has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pargo looking to throw knees to the head but Neville is blocking nicely.
Neville will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Pargo up against the cage.
Pargo with a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pargo blocks an elbow strike from Neville.
Pargo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pargo has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Neville throws an elbow that misses.
Pargo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pargo is looking to break free of the clinch but Neville has double underhooks.
Pargo tries a knee to the head but Neville blocks it.
Pargo takes an elbow to the forehead.
Pargo is trying to break the clinch but Neville is controlling him.
Neville has Pargo pressed against the cage, preventing Pargo from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Pargo tries a knee to the head but Neville blocks it.
Neville keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pargo's efforts to push away.
Pargo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Neville blocks it with crossed arms.
Pargo takes an elbow to the forehead.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pargo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Neville lands an elbow inside.
Pargo takes an elbow to the temple.
Neville keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pargo's efforts to push away.
Pargo is trying to break free.
Neville lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Pargo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Neville blocks it with crossed arms.
Pargo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Neville blocks it with crossed arms.
Neville lands an elbow that stopped Pargo in his tracks for a moment.
Pargo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Neville stalls.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pargo tries a knee to the head but Neville blocks it.
Robert Neville has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Neil Pargo is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Neville lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Neil Pargo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Pargo has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Edson Gomes scores the fight 27:30
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 27:30
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Neil Pargo!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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