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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rocky Balboa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pedro Ricci (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Balboa comes to the cage accompanied by Linkin Park - Papercut. Rocky Balboa could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Pedro Ricci's chin.
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215 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
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182 cm
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200 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut |
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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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rocky Balboa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pedro Ricci!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Matheus Silva and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balboa tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ricci swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Balboa fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Balboa throws a series of punches but Ricci moves out of range.
No luck for Balboa with that takedown attempt.
Balboa misses with a double jab.
Ricci lands a head kick. Balboa smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Balboa fails with an attempt to clinch.
Balboa fails to land with a series of punches.
Balboa looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Ricci stuffs the takedown attempt from Balboa. Balboa gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rocky Balboa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The fight stays on the outside here - Balboa looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Balboa tries to close the distance and clinch but Ricci swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Balboa jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Balboa misses with the combination.
Balboa is looking to clinch but Ricci is avoiding it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Balboa is looking to clinch but Ricci is avoiding it.
Balboa throws a leg kick but Ricci sees it coming and checks it nicely.
No joy there for Balboa, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Balboa wants to clinch up but Ricci keeps it at a distance.
Ricci bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Balboa is breathing heavily.
Ricci darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Balboa is not content to let Ricci control the position.
Ricci is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Ricci looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Ricci wants to control but Balboa is keeping him busy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ricci is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ricci performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Balboa knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ricci on the ground.
Ricci tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Ricci is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Balboa defends it well.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
A jab lands there for Balboa.
It looks like Pedro Ricci has been cut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balboa misses with the combination.
Ricci tries to keep at a distance but Balboa has taken the fight into the clinch.
Ricci is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Balboa breaks from the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Balboa looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ricci gets a takedown into half guard.
Ricci prevents Balboa from standing back up.
Ricci wants to lay and pray for a moment but Balboa keeps working.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balboa tries to kick Ricci off but Ricci keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Ricci wants to pass the guard but Balboa is defending well.
Ricci throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Balboa is staying active underneath Ricci, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Ricci wants to free his trapped foot but Balboa is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Balboa throws a right and a left that Ricci avoids nicely.
Balboa tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ricci lands a jab to the nose.
Ricci scores with a takedown into Balboa's guard.
Ricci stands up from Balboa's guard - Ricci perhaps looking for a knockout.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pedro Ricci dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pedro Ricci's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Balboa tries to clinch but Ricci is having none of it.
Balboa just misses with a punch to the body.
Ricci shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Ricci showed some decent athleticism there.
Ricci is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Ricci wants to control but Balboa is keeping him busy.
Ricci wants to pass the guard but Balboa is defending well.
Ricci missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Ricci is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Balboa doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Ricci.
Ricci is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Balboa wants to get back to his feet.
Ricci seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Balboa does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Ricci might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Balboa kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Some wild striking there from Balboa.
Ricci fails with a takedown attempt.
Balboa fails in his attempt to clinch.
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.
Balboa tries to close the distance and clinch but Ricci swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Balboa misses with a two punch combination.
Balboa has Ricci up against the cage in a clinch.
Balboa wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ricci has him pressed against the cage.
Balboa has had enough of the clinch but Ricci keeps him there for the moment.
Balboa trying to land knees to the body.
Balboa stops a takedown attempt from Ricci.
Ricci keeps control of Balboa as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Balboa gets through Ricci's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Balboa lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ricci prevents Balboa from breaking the clinch.
Balboa wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Nice body punch from Balboa - that landed with a thud.
Balboa lands a shot to the body.
Balboa stalling against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balboa wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Balboa is trying to break the clinch but Ricci has him pressed against the cage.
Balboa scores with a nice hook to the head.
Balboa wants to get back to striking at distance but Ricci won't allow it.
Balboa lands an uppercut.
Ricci wants a takedown but no success here.
Rocky Balboa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pedro Ricci.
Ricci changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Balboa fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Balboa throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Balboa tries to clinch but Ricci moves out of range.
Ricci drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Ricci thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Ricci tries for a kimura but Balboa is defending well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The strikes coming from Ricci are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Ricci prevents Balboa from escaping the position.
Ricci is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Balboa knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Ricci stands up and we're back to a striking position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pedro Ricci showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Pedro Ricci's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Ricci gets the takedown into side control.
Ricci lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Balboa down.
Ricci trying to control the position but Balboa is working away.
Ricci stands up and beckons Balboa to his feet.
Balboa fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rocky Balboa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Balboa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Balboa tries to clinch up but Ricci circles away and keeps his distance.
Balboa throws a right hand that Ricci ducks under and follows up with a left that Ricci also avoids with ease.
Ricci fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Balboa fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Balboa throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ricci fails to land the takedown.
Balboa tries to clinch up.
Balboa is looking to clinch but Ricci is avoiding it.
A left lands for Balboa.
Balboa tries to close the distance and clinch but Ricci swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Balboa moves in looking to clinch but Ricci pushes him off.
No joy there for Balboa, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Balboa throws out a leg kick but Ricci moves out of range and Balboa only half commits.
Ricci gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Balboa can't break the clinch.
Ricci looking for a takedown.
Rocky Balboa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pedro Ricci.
Ricci fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Ricci tries to score a body lock takedown but Balboa shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Balboa has had enough of the clinch but Ricci keeps him there for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ricci has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Balboa avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Ricci looking for a takedown.
Ricci drops down looking for an ankle pick but Balboa pulls his leg out and moves away.
Balboa lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Ricci shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Balboa tries to hold on but Ricci postures up.
Balboa holds on to Ricci as tight as he can, avoiding damage.
Balboa trying desperately to get to his feet.
Balboa keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
You get the feeling that Balboa really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Ricci wants to control the pace but Balboa is squirming around nicely.
Balboa on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Balboa tries to get out of the position.
Ricci gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
Balboa clinches but Ricci breaks the clinch
and Ricci counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Balboa!
Rocky Balboa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ricci can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Balboa is looking to escape.
Ricci looking to finish with strikes here!
Ricci landing strikes from the mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balboa wants to try and get back to his feet.
Ricci throwing strikes here but Balboa is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Ricci controlling the pace for now.
Balboa holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Ricci tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Ricci looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Ricci throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Balboa because Ricci loaded up on that one.
You get the feeling that Balboa really doesn't like being in this position too much.
And that's the end of the fight!
Pedro Ricci comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Ricci winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 27:30
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 27:30
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pedro Ricci!
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energy
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