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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ryoto Sagat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rufus Constantine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ryoto Sagat!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rufus Constantine!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Alexandre Firmino and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sagat clinches up with Constantine and pushes him back against the cage.
Constantine is trying to break free.
Constantine misses with a hook from the clinch.
Constantine goes for a takedown attempt but Sagat pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Sagat keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Constantine.
Sagat ducks under a wild hook from Constantine.
Constantine pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sagat moves forwards but Constantine connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Rufus Constantine seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sagat closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Sagat lands in his opponent's guard.
Constantine tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Constantine trying to strike off his back.
Constantine bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Sagat's guard.
Constantine slips nicely into half guard.
Constantine throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Constantine lands strikes from half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sagat blocking the ground and pound attempt from Constantine.
Constantine missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sagat is doing well to control the position and prevent Constantine from advancing to side control.
Sagat wants to get back to full guard.
Sagat tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Constantine thows a huge punch but Sagat dodges it nicely.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Constantine throws out a loose jab but Sagat uses good head movement to avoid it.
Constantine looks to score with a jab to the body but Sagat is just out of range.
Constantine throws a looping overhand right but Sagat ducks down to avoid it.
An inside leg kick lands from Sagat.
Constantine misses the shot to the body.
Constantine misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sagat.
Constantine throws a hook to the side of Sagat's head but Sagat sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sagat scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Sagat is breathing heavily.
Constantine wants to get back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Constantine makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Constantine.
Constantine bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Sagat's guard.
Constantine slips nicely into half guard.
Constantine has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Constantine tries to pass to full mount but Sagat defends it.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Constantine lands a nice short elbow.
Sagat keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Sagat keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Constantine missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Constantine wants to free his trapped foot but Sagat is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Constantine sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Sagat defending well though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Constantine not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Constantine missing with a left hand there. Sagat was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A big left from Constantine misses.
Constantine thows a body shot but no joy.
Sagat keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sagat slips a jab and a cross from Constantine.
Constantine lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Constantine scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Sagat feints and as Constantine raises his hands in defense, Sagat changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Constantine tries to strike from the bottom.
Constantine has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Sagat can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Sagat won't allow Constantine to sweep him here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Constantine doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Constantine is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Sagat knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Constantine on the ground.
Sagat won't allow Constantine to pass to mount.
Sagat avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Constantine.
Constantine thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Constantine frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Constantine looking to ground and pound but Sagat is blocking nicely.
Sagat is trying desperately to improve position.
Constantine unloads with some shots from mount but Sagat bucks and avoids them well.
Sagat is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Constantine misses with a head shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Rufus Constantine will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Constantine throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ryoto Sagat is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sagat keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sagat throws a right and a left that both miss.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sagat.
Constantine throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sagat.
Sagat darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Sagat is keen to just control but Constantine is a slippery customer.
Constantine tries to roll over but Sagat keeps him under control.
Constantine gets full guard.
Constantine trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Constantine wants to sweep here but Sagat controlling him for the moment.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Constantine lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Sagat!
Sagat avoids a series of strikes thrown by Constantine.
Sagat blocking the ground and pound.
Sagat is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Sagat tries to hold on but Constantine pushes him away.
Constantine sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Constantine unloads with some shots from mount but Sagat bucks and avoids them well.
Constantine with the ground and pound from mount.
Constantine looking to ground and pound but Sagat is blocking nicely.
Sagat holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Constantine tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Sagat is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Sagat holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Constantine tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Constantine unloading with bombs!
Constantine thowing shots but they're missing.
Constantine thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Rufus Constantine has got the better of the ground game so far.
Sagat holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Constantine tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Constantine throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Sagat because Constantine loaded up on that one.
Constantine with good strikes from the mount here!
Constantine throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Sagat because Constantine loaded up on that one.
Constantine thowing shots but they're missing.
Constantine thowing shots but they're missing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Constantine looking to finish with strikes here!
Constantine throwing strikes here but Sagat is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Constantine unloads with some shots from mount but Sagat bucks and avoids them well.
Sagat holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Constantine tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Constantine unloads with some shots from mount but Sagat bucks and avoids them well.
Constantine thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Constantine unloads with some shots from mount but Sagat bucks and avoids them well.
Constantine throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Sagat is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Sagat is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Sagat holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Constantine tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Constantine throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Constantine avoids the attempt from Sagat to control.
Sagat sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Sagat is pressing down on Constantine's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Constantine in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Constantine preventing the sweep.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sagat avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Sagat is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Sagat is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryoto Sagat dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Constantine uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Sagat has time to react.
Sagat uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Constantine.
Constantine blocks a head kick by Sagat.
Sagat with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Constantine throws a jab when Sagat was well out of range.
Constantine looks to land a left hand but Sagat moved out of range nicely.
Constantine thows a body shot but no joy.
Sagat avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sagat uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Constantine.
Constantine cracks Sagat with a good jab.
Sagat takes one to the chin there.
Constantine is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sagat.
Constantine misses with a wild body shot.
Sagat instigates a clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Constantine is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Sagat gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Sagat with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Sagat pulls guard successfully.
Constantine trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Constantine trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Sagat preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Constantine slips nicely into half guard.
Constantine thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Sagat's head.
Sagat gets back to full guard.
Constantine postures up in Sagat's guard and throws a big left but Sagat blocks it.
Constantine pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sagat is keeping the position for now.
Constantine throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Sagat works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Sagat working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Constantine.
Constantine throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Constantine loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Sagat slips under a jab.
Sagat slips under a jab from Constantine.
Constantine scores with a punch to the head.
Constantine bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Sagat's head backwards.
Constantine just misses with a punch to the body.
A shot to de liver by Constantine. Beautiful body shot.
Constantine loads up on a big right hand but Sagat slips the punch.
Sagat fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Sagat takes one to the side of the head.
Sagat bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sagat closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Sagat lands in his opponent's guard.
Sagat won't allow Constantine to sweep him here.
Constantine trying to strike off his back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sagat trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Constantine throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Constantine looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Sagat puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Sagat wants to control but Constantine is keeping him busy.
Constantine wants to improve his position but Sagat is controlling well.
Constantine missing with punches from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Sagat pushes Constantine up against the cage in a clinch.
Sagat breaks from the clinch.
Constantine is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sagat.
Constantine misses with a double jab
and Sagat counters with a head kick.
Sagat throws a head kick that half lands.
Constantine falls off balance throwing a combination
and Sagat counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sagat working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Constantine thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Constantine manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Constantine punching from mount but Sagat doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Sagat avoids a series of strikes thrown by Constantine.
Sagat is looking to get to half guard.
Sagat wants to control but Constantine is having none of it.
Sagat wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Constantine.
Constantine misses with a head shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ryoto Sagat showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Sagat has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 29:28
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ryoto Sagat!
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FIGHT
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