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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between War Tank (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiago Tavares (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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265 lbs
9 - 6 - 0 |
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270 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Brawler
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BJJ Brown Belt
Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, War Tank!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thiago Tavares!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Felipe Paraventi and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tank fails with a takedown attempt.
Tank with a poor takedown
and Tavares counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Tank is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Tavares misses with a head kick.
Tavares drops Tank with a left right combo! Tavares follows him down to the ground into side control.
It looks like War Tank has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Tavares tries to move to mount but Tank blocks the move with his legs.
Tank avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Tavares.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tank is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Tavares in side control, throwing shots but Tank defends.
Tank is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Tavares tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Tavares has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Tavares scores with punches from side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tavares has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Tank wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Tavares unloads with some shots from mount but Tank bucks and avoids them well.
Tavares working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Tavares looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Tavares has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Tavares can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Tank is looking to escape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tavares has hold of Tank's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Tank manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Tank trying desperately to get to his feet.
Tavares punching from mount but Tank doing a good job of avoiding damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tavares quickly switches position and commits to an armbar! It's a big risk for Tavares but it's paid off an Tank is forced to tap! Nice work by Tavares.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Thiago Tavares!
Our winner, Thiago Tavares, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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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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