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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Joe Rafinan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcelo Menezes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marcelo Menezes has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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145 lbs
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155 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Joe Rafinan!
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, Marcelo Menezes!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Seu Braga and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rafinan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Menezes moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rafinan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Menezes tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Rafinan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Menezes darts in trying to clinch
and Rafinan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Menezes clinches.
Menezes misses with a body punch.
Menezes trying to control the position but instead, Rafinan has worked for underhooks and has pushed Menezes into the cage.
Rafinan utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Menezes wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rafinan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Menezes.
Rafinan taking a breather.
Rafinan fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Rafinan is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Menezes pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Menezes tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rafinan pulls guard effortlessly.
Rafinan wants to stand up but Menezes is controlling him.
Menezes trying to stand up but can't free himself from Rafinan's guard.
Menezes stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Marcelo Menezes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Menezes clinches.
Menezes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rafinan's elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Menezes tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Menezes displaying some good clinch control by pressing Rafinan up against the cage.
Rafinan wants to take the fight to the mat but Menezes manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joe Rafinan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rafinan tries to land knees in the clinch but Menezes avoids the damage to the body.
Rafinan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rafinan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Menezes.
Rafinan lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Menezes working hard to break the clinch.
Rafinan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Menezes avoids it.
Menezes stalls.
Menezes lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Menezes misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rafinan jumps guard but Menezes turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rafinan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Menezes lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Menezes is trying to maintain a safe position but Rafinan gets an underhook and turns Menezes into the cage.
Menezes misses with a punch to the body.
Menezes is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Menezes lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Rafinan.
Rafinan is breathing heavily.
Rafinan tries to work over Menezes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Menezes is looking to control Rafinan's arms but Rafinan gets an underhook and turns him. Now Menezes has his back to the cage.
Menezes misses with a hook to the ribs.
Menezes is working Rafinan over against the cage.
Rafinan tries to land knees in the clinch but Menezes avoids the damage to the body.
Rafinan jumps guard but Menezes stands there with Rafinan around his waist. Rafinan gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Menezes.
Menezes misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Menezes.
Menezes has Rafinan pushed against the cage.
Rafinan tries to land a knee to the head but Menezes blocks with his arms.
Menezes misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rafinan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A right hand to the body from Menezes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Menezes slows down the pace here.
Menezes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Menezes prevents a takedown attempt there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Menezes working aggressively here.
Menezes can't break the clinch.
Menezes is struggling to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcelo Menezes dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Menezes closes the distance and clinches.
Rafinan is trying to pull guard but Menezes has him pressed against the cage.
Rafinan pulls Menezes into guard.
Menezes won't allow Rafinan to sweep him here.
Rafinan throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Menezes stands up and waves to Rafinan to follow him.
Menezes tries to clinch there but Rafinan circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Menezes closes the distance but Rafinan moves to the side
and Menezes takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Menezes moves in looking to clinch but Rafinan pushes him off.
Menezes is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Menezes tries to clinch but Rafinan moves away
and Rafinan counters with an inside leg kick.
Rafinan keeps the fight on the outside.
Menezes tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Rafinan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Menezes fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Rafinan, pushing him back against the cage.
Menezes manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Menezes misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Menezes fails to land.
Menezes scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Menezes misses with the head strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Menezes misses with a punch on the inside.
Menezes looking to slow down the pace here.
Menezes just leaning against Rafinan, taking a breather.
Rafinan is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Menezes pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Menezes is looking to break free of the clinch but Rafinan has double underhooks.
Menezes lands a body shot.
Rafinan looking to stall.
Menezes is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Menezes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Menezes working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Menezes misses with a punch to the body.
Menezes holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Menezes has had enough of the clinch but Rafinan keeps him there for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Menezes softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Menezes stalling.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Marcelo Menezes.
Menezes is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Menezes takes the fight into the clinch.
Marcelo Menezes seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Menezes lands a body shot in the clinch.
A short uppercut from Menezes.
Menezes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The referee is keeping an eye on Menezes - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Menezes stalling in the clinch.
Menezes misses with a body punch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rafinan.
Menezes manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Menezes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rafinan's elbow.
Menezes is defending well against a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joe Rafinan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Menezes throws a head punch that misses.
Menezes has Rafinan pressed against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Menezes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Menezes avoiding damage as Rafinan throws knees to the body.
Menezes misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Menezes effectively controlling the action here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcelo Menezes showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Menezes tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Rafinan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Menezes bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Menezes tries to clinch
and Rafinan counters with a slapping leg kick.
Menezes closes the distance but Rafinan moves to the side
and Rafinan counters with a leg kick.
Menezes moves to clinch but Rafinan breaks away
and Rafinan makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Menezes tries to clinch up
and Rafinan counters with a slapping leg kick.
Menezes tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Rafinan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Menezes tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Rafinan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Menezes moves to clinch but Rafinan breaks away
and Rafinan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Menezes tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Rafinan counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Rafinan swats away the attempt to clinch by Menezes.
Menezes wants to clinch
and Rafinan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Menezes moves to clinch but Rafinan breaks away
and Rafinan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Menezes moves to clinch but Rafinan breaks away
and Rafinan counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Rafinan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Menezes has closed the distance and engaged Rafinan in a clinch.
Menezes tries to throw a body punch but Rafinan avoids it by throwing Menezes back against the cage.
Rafinan is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Menezes gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Menezes holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Menezes throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Rafinans head.
Menezes tries to circle away but Rafinan has him pinned against the cage.
Rafinan blocking some punches.
Menezes holding his opponent close, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Menezes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rafinan's elbow.
Menezes is leaning against Rafinan and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Menezes is pushing Rafinan up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Joe Rafinan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Menezes scores with a shoulder strike.
Menezes leaning against his opponent.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Marcelo Menezes.
Menezes tries to close the distance and clinch but Rafinan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rafinan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Menezes tries to clinch there but Rafinan circles away.
Menezes wants to clinch.
Marcelo Menezes seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Menezes is looking to clinch but Rafinan is avoiding it.
Menezes wants to clinch up but Rafinan keeps it at a distance.
Rafinan keeps the fight on the outside.
Rafinan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rafinan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Menezes's sensitive parts.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Menezes tries to clinch but Rafinan is having none of it.
Menezes showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rafinan.
Marcelo Menezes is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Menezes rushes Rafinan and presses him up against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marcelo Menezes comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Menezes 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 27:30
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 27:30
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marcelo Menezes!
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hype
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