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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between George Mapompo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Renato Sobral (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Renato Sobral enters the ring!
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210 lbs
8 - 4 - 0 |
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205 lbs
11 - 8 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, George Mapompo!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Renato Sobral!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Thiago Cunha and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mapompo moves into range and clinches up with Sobral.
Mapompo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sobral looks for the body kick but Mapompo saw that one coming.
Mapompo scores with a decent looking hook.
It looks like Renato Sobral has been cut.
Mapompo with a nice cross.
Sobral throws a jab when Mapompo was well out of range.
Sobral's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Mapompo connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Sobral scrambles back to his feet.
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!
Sobral throws a sloppy head kick and Mapompo moves out of range easily.
Mapompo darts in and clinches Sobral up against the ropes.
Mapompo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sobral looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Mapompo closes the distance and clinches.
Mapompo lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sobral backwards.
Mapompo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sobral backwards.
Mapompo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sobral throws a right and a left that Mapompo avoids nicely.
George Mapompo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sobral takes one to the chin there.
Mapompo pushes Sobral up against the ropes in a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mapompo manages to break the clinch.
Sobral tries a head kick but it misses.
Mapompo has Sobral up against the ropes in a clinch.
Mapompo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sobral is looking to land body kicks.
Mapompo misses with a few strikes there.
Mapompo blocks a head kick by Sobral.
Mapompo lands a big head kick that sends Sobral tumbling to the mat! Mapompo takes a step backwards and waves Sobral back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Sobral is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mapompo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Mapompo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mapompo clinches.
A left hand lands to the body for Mapompo.
Mapompo works on Sobral's body with a couple of short punches.
Mapompo works on Sobral's body with a couple of short punches.
Sobral looks gassed!
Mapompo pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Sobral takes a shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mapompo content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Mapompo keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sobral's efforts to push away.
Mapompo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Both fighters circling a little - Mapompo finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Mapompo cracks a nice hook into Sobral's ribs.
Nice defenses there by Mapompo.
Mapompo rushes Sobral and presses him up against the ropes.
Mapompo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mapompo lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Mapompo lands the left hand.
That has opened up Renato Sobral's cut even more.
Mapompo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Mapompo.
Mapompo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sobral lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mapompo breaks from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mapompo scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Mapompo moves into the clinch.
Mapompo stalls.
Mapompo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sobral pivots, looking for a leg kick but Mapompo is out of range and Sobral settles back down.
Mapompo has managed to clinch.
Mapompo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mapompo drives through and clinches with Sobral against the ropes.
Mapompo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mapompo instigates a clinch.
Mapompo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The cut above Renato Sobral's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mapompo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sobral gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Mapompo.
Sobral misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mapompo moves into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sobral looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sobral wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A nice left hand lands by Mapompo.
Mapompo scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Renato Sobral's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Mapompo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mapompo has taken the fight to the clinch.
Sobral is trying to break the clinch but Mapompo is controlling him.
Mapompo leaning against his opponent.
Sobral wants to get back to striking at distance but Mapompo won't allow it.
Sobral tries to break the clinch but Mapompo is controlling the position.
Mapompo breaks the clinch.
Sobral tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mapompo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sobral.
Sobral throws a wild body kick that Mapompo sees coming a mile off.
Sobral tries to keep at a distance but Mapompo has taken the fight into the clinch.
Mapompo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sobrals head.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Sobral is trying to break the clinch but Mapompo is controlling him.
Mapompo pushes Sobral back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Renato Sobral's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). George Mapompo!
George Mapompo retains his light heavyweight title!
A very excited looking George Mapompo made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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