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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Robert Sylvia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hector DuMaine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). DuMaine has chosen Trapt-Headstrong as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Robert Sylvia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Hector DuMaine!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Mauricio Rocha and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sylvia throws an ugly left hook that misses
and DuMaine counters with a nice body kick.
Sylvia tries a head kick but it misses.
A swing and a miss from Sylvia.
DuMaine clinches with his opponent.
Nice elbow from DuMaine.
Sylvia is looking to break free of the clinch but DuMaine has double underhooks.
DuMaine working Sylvia over with knees to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from DuMaine.
Sylvia breaks the clinch.
Sylvia throws a sloppy head kick and DuMaine moves out of range easily.
DuMaine lands with a kick to the ribs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sylvia chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before DuMaine can pounce on him.
Sylvia on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
DuMaine scores with a nice body kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from DuMaine.
Robert Sylvia is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sylvia looks to land a left hand but DuMaine moved out of range nicely.
A slapping leg kick lands for DuMaine.
Sylvia misses the shot to the body.
Robert Sylvia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
DuMaine with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
DuMaine lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
DuMaine lands with a slapping head kick.
Sylvia misses with a body shot
and DuMaine counters with a slapping leg kick.
DuMaine instigates a clinch.
DuMaine stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
DuMaine lands a knee to the body.
Sylvia blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sylvia tries a body shot but DuMaine blocks it.
A frustrated look appears on Sylvia's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sylvia blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
DuMaine lands a nice knee to the body.
DuMaine landing knees to the body.
Sylvia is breathing heavily.
DuMaine prevents Sylvia from breaking the clinch.
Sylvia blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
DuMaine missing with knees to the body.
Sylvia tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
DuMaine is struggling to control the position.
Sylvia takes an elbow to the temple.
Sylvia scores with a hook to the body.
DuMaine landing knees to the body.
Sylvia tries a body shot but DuMaine blocks it.
DuMaine slows down the pace here.
Knees in the clinch landing for DuMaine.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
DuMaine is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Sylvia is trying to push DuMaine away but DuMaine has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
DuMaine lands a nice knee to the body.
DuMaine trying to land knees to the body.
Sylvia managing to block the knees to the body from DuMaine.
DuMaine using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sylvia scores with a hook to the body.
DuMaine unloads a knee to the mid-section.
DuMaine connects with a knee to the head.
It looks like Robert Sylvia has been cut.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
DuMaine gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sylvia has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sylvia can't find room to land a body shot as DuMaine controls the action.
DuMaine lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
DuMaine trying to land knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
DuMaine working Sylvia over with knees to the body.
DuMaine lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
DuMaine lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sylvia tries to circle away but DuMaine has him pinned against the cage.
Sylvia wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
DuMaine keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sylvia's efforts to push away.
DuMaine putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Sylvia in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
DuMaine stalling in the clinch.
DuMaine creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sylvia's defenses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as DuMaine takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Sylvia has had enough of the clinch but DuMaine keeps him there for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hector DuMaine dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Robert Sylvia's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by DuMaine.
Sylvia is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
DuMaine connects with a leg kick. Sylvia looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A head kick misses from Sylvia.
Robert Sylvia is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sylvia on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
DuMaine throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
DuMaine is looking to slow Sylvia down with leg kicks.
DuMaine forces Sylvia back against the cage and clinches.
Sylvia tries to break free but DuMaine pushes him back against the cage.
Sylvia wants to break free but DuMaine has control.
Hector DuMaine seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
DuMaine unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sylvia lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
DuMaine using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sylvia is trying to break the clinch but DuMaine is controlling him.
DuMaine breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
DuMaine tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
DuMaine uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sylvia.
DuMaine has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
DuMaine decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Sylvia taking some punishment here, with DuMaine in his half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Sylvia wants to get back to his feet.
Nice strikes from DuMaine there.
DuMaine scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Sylvia is trying to stand back up but DuMaine is controlling him
DuMaine is looking to advance position but Sylvia won't allow it.
DuMaine seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Sylvia does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Sylvia manages to escape and get back to his feet!
A decent looking body kick lands there for DuMaine.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sylvia stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from DuMaine.
A head kick misses from DuMaine.
Hector DuMaine seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sylvia on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
DuMaine moves into the clinch successfully.
DuMaine pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
DuMaine clinches up against the cage.
Sylvia's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
DuMaine instigates a clinch.
DuMaine landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
DuMaine working Sylvia over with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for DuMaine.
DuMaine tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sylvia avoids it.
DuMaine lands a nice knee to the body.
Sylvia tries to break the clinch but DuMaine is controlling the position.
DuMaine lands a good knee to the midsection. Sylvia won't want to take too many of those.
Sylvia wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but DuMaine has him pressed against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for DuMaine.
DuMaine pulls guard successfully.
DuMaine trying to control the position here.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Robert Sylvia just wasn't active enough.
Sylvia stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from DuMaine.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for DuMaine.
Sylvia looks to land a combination. DuMaine sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
DuMaine moves away from the strike by Sylvia.
DuMaine moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
DuMaine fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Sylvia, pushing him back against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. DuMaine obliges.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sylvia wants to break free but DuMaine has control.
Sylvia tries to break the clinch but DuMaine is controlling the position.
Sylvia tries to break the clinch but DuMaine is controlling the position.
Sylvia is trying to force a seperation but DuMaine has the dominant position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sylvia blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
DuMaine lands a damaging elbow.
DuMaine lands an elbow inside.
Sylvia tries to break the clinch but DuMaine is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hector DuMaine showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Robert Sylvia's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Sylvia missing with a left hand there. DuMaine was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Knees in the clinch landing for DuMaine.
DuMaine stalling in the clinch.
DuMaine prevents Sylvia from breaking the clinch.
DuMaine is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Sylvia is trying to break free.
DuMaine breaks the clinch.
Sylvia stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from DuMaine.
A head kick from DuMaine lands but Sylvia takes it in his stride.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head kick from DuMaine lands but Sylvia takes it in his stride.
DuMaine lands a nice looking body kick.
Sylvia takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
DuMaine is looking to slow Sylvia down with leg kicks.
DuMaine closes the distance and clinches.
Sylvia misses with a hook to the ribs.
DuMaine is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
DuMaine breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
DuMaine connects with an inside leg kick.
DuMaine moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Sylvia takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
DuMaine clinches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
DuMaine working Sylvia over with knees to the body.
DuMaine creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sylvia's defenses.
DuMaine crunches a lovely knee into Sylvia's ribcage.
DuMaine landing some nice looking knees to the body.
DuMaine landing some nice looking knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
DuMaine pulls Sylvia into guard.
DuMaine looking for a sweep. Not yet DuMaine, not yet.
DuMaine has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Robert Sylvia has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
DuMaine throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Sylvia scores with a sloppy right hand. DuMaine should have avoided that one.
Sylvia will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
DuMaine has Sylvia up against the cage in a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for DuMaine.
DuMaine is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sylvia is defending well for now.
Sylvia takes an elbow to the temple.
DuMaine scores a nice knee to the body.
DuMaine breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
DuMaine throws a leg kick which misses Sylvia's front leg but catches the back leg as Sylvia tries to avoid it.
Sylvia throws a left and a right that both miss
and DuMaine counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
DuMaine crunches a lovely knee into Sylvia's ribcage.
DuMaine tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sylvia wants to get back to striking at distance but DuMaine won't allow it.
DuMaine lands a good knee to the midsection. Sylvia won't want to take too many of those.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
DuMaine is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Sylvia has had enough of the clinch but DuMaine keeps him there for the moment.
Robert Sylvia has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for DuMaine.
Sylvia is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sylvia tries to break the clinch but DuMaine is controlling the position.
Sylvia is trying to break free.
Sylvia blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sylvia wants to get back to striking at distance but DuMaine won't allow it.
Sylvia tried to land a shot to the body but connects with DuMaine's elbow.
DuMaine putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Sylvia in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
DuMaine pulls guard effortlessly.
Sylvia has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of DuMaine is proving hard to escape from.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sylvia wants to stand and escape but instead DuMaine has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Hector DuMaine comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well DuMaine 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 Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 27:30
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hector DuMaine!
Hector DuMaine decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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energy
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hype
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