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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Conan obrien (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rajael Sobral (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Conan obrien looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.
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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
1 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Conan obrien!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rajael Sobral!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sobral moves into the clinch.
Sobral tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sobral prevents a takedown attempt there.
Sobral holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Sobral manages to break the clinch.
Sobral keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
The fight stays on the outside here - obrien looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sobral is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
obrien shoots in for a double leg but Sobral sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Conan obrien. That's going to take a lot out of him.
obrien tries for a takedown but Sobral sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
obrien is breathing heavily.
obrien shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Sobral as he jumps to the side.
Sobral is looking to clinch.
Sobral closes the distance and clinches.
obrien has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Sobral avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Sobral tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sobral taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Sobral scores with a knee to the head.
Sobral unloads a knee to the mid-section. obrien lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sobral scores a nice knee to the body.
Sobral looking to throw knees to the head but obrien is blocking nicely.
Sobral breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A head kick misses from obrien.
obrien shoots in looking for a takedown. Sobral tries to sprawl out of it but obrien keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Sobral manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
obrien swats away the attempt to clinch by Sobral.
obrien swats away the attempt to clinch by Sobral.
obrien moves in looking to clinch but Sobral pushes him off.
Sobral keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Sobral keeps the fight on the outside.
obrien fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Sobral drives through and clinches with obrien against the cage.
obrien using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sobral has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sobral with an attempt at a knee that misses.
obrien takes a knee right on the jaw!
Sobral slows down the pace here.
Sobral using the Thai plumb to throw knees but obrien has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sobral pulls guard effortlessly.
Sobral looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Sobral has his foot on obrien's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. obrien works his way back into a safe position though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
obrien throws a big right hand that misses.
obrien has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Sobral manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. obrien manages to get himself to full guard.
Sobral wants to pass the guard but obrien is keeping the position.
Sobral must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
obrien pushes Sobral off and gets back to his feet.
Sobral tries for a takedown but obrien sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
obrien shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Sobral working to try and regain half guard.
Sobral is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
obrien throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
obrien is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Sobral is surviving well by controlling obrien's body position as best he can.
Sobral avoids a series of strikes thrown by obrien.
Sobral is trying to escape the mount.
obrien avoids the attempt from Sobral to control.
Sobral slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Sobral controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
obrien is thwarting Sobral's attempts to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
obrien decides to return to a standing position.
obrien fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sobral clinches.
Sobral looking to throw knees to the head but obrien is blocking nicely.
Sobral landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Sobral landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Sobral misses with a knee to the head.
Sobral throws an elbow that misses.
obrien wants to break the clinch but can't.
A hook to the body from obrien.
obrien can't break the clinch.
obrien has Sobral pressed against the cage.
obrien blocks an elbow strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sobral tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
obrien managing to block the knees to the body from Sobral.
Sobral throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but obrien blocks it with crossed arms.
obrien looking to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rajael Sobral dominated that round.
That's time! obrien's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
A big right from obrien misses.
obrien misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sobral blocks a head kick by obrien.
Sobral gets in close and instigates a clinch.
obrien looking to slow down the pace here.
obrien has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Sobral avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
obrien misses with the head strike.
obrien manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Sobral is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Sobral wants to control from the top but obrien keeps moving.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sobral thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Sobral trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Sobral prevents obrien from getting back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
obrien looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sobral is one step ahead there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sobral decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
obrien swats away the attempt to clinch by Sobral.
Sobral wants to clinch.
Nice takedown defense from Sobral. No joy for obrien on that attempt.
obrien just misses with a punch to the body.
obrien lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Sobral tries to clinch but obrien moves away
and obrien moves into the clinch.
A knee to the head by Sobral.
Sobral misses with a knee strike.
Sobral trying to land knees to the body.
obrien wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
obrien has had enough of the clinch but Sobral keeps him there for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The is referee keeping an eye on Sobral - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
obrien tries to break the clinch but Sobral is controlling the position.
obrien is working for takedown but Sobral is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Conan obrien. That's going to take a lot out of him.
obrien letting Sobral take a breather here.
obrien looking to stall.
Sobral lands a knee to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for obrien.
Sobral stalling in the clinch but obrien improves position.
Sobral will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning obrien up against the cage.
Sobral keeps control of obrien as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sobral with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sobral prevents a takedown attempt there.
Sobral lands a knee to the body.
Sobral using the Thai plumb to throw knees but obrien has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
obrien takes a knee right on the jaw!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Sobral.
Sobral breaks the clinch.
Sobral fails in his attempt to clinch.
obrien shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Sobral as he avoids it easily.
obrien misses with a head kick.
Sobral closes this distance looking for a takedown but obrien circles away.
obrien closes the distance looking to clinch
and Sobral moves into the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sobral just misses with a elbow thrown towards obrien's brow.
A knee to the head by Sobral.
obrien drops down looking for an ankle pick but Sobral pulls his leg out and moves away.
obrien tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sobral swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sobral has taken the fight to the clinch.
obrien scores with a nice hook to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Sobral.
Sobral looking to throw knees to the head but obrien is blocking nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sobral throws a knee to the head but misses.
obrien has Sobral pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. obrien pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Sobral tumbling to the mat - obrien dives into Sobral's guard.
obrien tries to stand but Sobral is controlling from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
obrien looking to pass the guard.
obrien is working Sobral over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
obrien wants to pass the guard but Sobral is keeping the position.
obrien trying to control the position from guard on top but Sobral is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Sobral is on top in guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
obrien is looking for a triangle but Sobral pushes his legs off easily.
Sobral thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rajael Sobral showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
obrien fails in his attempt to clinch.
obrien pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sobral wants to clinch
letting obrien counter with a right hand.
obrien is looking to clinch but Sobral is avoiding it.
Sobral gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sobral throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but obrien blocks it with crossed arms.
obrien has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Sobral avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Sobral scores with a knee to the head.
obrien tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sobral looking to throw knees to the head but obrien is blocking nicely.
obrien is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Sobral is keeping busy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
obrien goes for a takedown attempt but Sobral pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
obrien closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Sobral to the mat! Sobral manages to get full guard.
obrien trying to control but Sobral is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sobral is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Sobral is looking for a triangle but obrien pushes his legs off easily.
Sobral is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Conan obrien overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
obrien pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sobral is keeping the position for now.
obrien avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Sobral escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. obrien gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
obrien controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sobral manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Sobral wants to finish this one by submission but obrien is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Sobral.
Sobral looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Sobral looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
obrien is trying to escape the mount.
obrien defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Sobral.
Sobral prevents obrien from getting the reversal.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sobral tries to control but obrien wriggling away.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Sobral cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
obrien gets back to half guard.
obrien has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Sobral is working away from the top position though.
obrien is looking to escape.
obrien is looking to improve his position.
Sobral throwing shots but obrien is blocking nicely.
Sobral wants to work for an arm triangle but obrien is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
obrien pushes Sobral off looking to stand but Sobral dives back in and keeps control.
Sobral seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Sobral is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. obrien doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Sobral.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Sobral tries to clinch
and obrien counters with a single leg into guard. Sobral didn't expect that.
Sobral striking off his back but it's not causing obrien any problems.
obrien passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Sobral sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Sobral is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Sobral moves into full guard.
obrien wants to control from the top but Sobral keeps moving.
Sobral working for a triangle but obrien defends it easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sobral keeping moving, preventing obrien from controlling successfully.
Conan obrien has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sobral has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but obrien can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Rajael Sobral.
Well Sobral 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 Suge Night scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rajael Sobral!
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