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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kent Powell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and carlos miguel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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197 lbs
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185 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kent Powell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, carlos miguel!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Paulo Santos and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Powell dodges the punch combination from miguel.
miguel closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Powell to the mat! Powell manages to get full guard.
miguel won't allow Powell to sweep him here.
miguel throwing strikes but missing.
miguel works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Powell on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Powell tries to get out of the position.
Powell trying to hold on to miguel's head to control him but miguel postures up.
Powell blocking the ground and pound attempt from miguel.
Powell blocking the ground and pound attempt from miguel.
Powell gets back to full guard.
miguel forces his way into half guard.
miguel is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
miguel throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
miguel passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Powell!
miguel unloads with some shots from mount but Powell bucks and avoids them well.
Powell wants to control but miguel is having none of it.
miguel looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
miguel thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
miguel unloads with some shots from mount but Powell bucks and avoids them well.
miguel punching from mount but Powell doing a good job of avoiding damage.
miguel lands with some strikes.
miguel looks gassed!
miguel thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
miguel misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Powell tries to lock up and control but miguel gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
miguel throws some wild stikes that Powell manages to avoid easily.
miguel has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Powell is desperately trying to improve his position but miguel has a good base and remains in mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Powell gets back to half guard.
Powell works his way to full guard. Good work.
Powell tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Powell has miguel pulled in close to control his posture.
Powell wants to sweep here but miguel controlling him for the moment.
Powell preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Powell controlling miguel's posture.
miguel preventing the sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Powell working a defensive guard here.
That's three 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.
miguel throws a series of punches but Powell avoids them all with ease.
miguel throws a series of punches but Powell moves out of range.
miguel stalks Powell and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Powell's face. Powell staggers backwards, shaken.
miguel keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Powell.
Powell drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
miguel manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Powell bucks miguel off and manages to get back to his feet!
Excellent takedown into side control there by Powell.
miguel is looking for a sweep.
Powell creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Powell taking a breather here.
miguel is not content to let Powell control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
miguel tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Powell scoring with punches from side control.
Powell is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
miguel is trying to improve his position.
Powell working the ground and pound.
miguel manages to get back to half guard.
miguel wants to get back to full guard.
Powell tries to pass the half guard into mount. miguel knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
miguel missing with punches from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Kent Powell will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
miguel fails to land with a series of punches.
Powell jabbing away but nothing is landing.
miguel fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
miguel uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Powell.
miguel misses with a two punch combination.
Powell throws a hook to the side of miguel's head but miguel sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
miguel swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
miguel swinging wilding here.
miguel fails with the takedown
and Powell counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
miguel is trying to get back to full guard.
miguel looking for submissions off his back.
Powell wants to pass to mount but miguel is defending the position.
miguel wants to improve his position but Powell is controlling well.
miguel is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Powell is looking to take a break and control but miguel is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
miguel wants to get back to full guard.
Powell looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks miguel with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
miguel is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Powell scores with a couple of nice shots.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
miguel defending well as Powell loads up on a big left hand.
A punch combination from miguel misses.
Powell shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Well, if Powell is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
miguel regains full guard. Nicely done.
Powell is looking to work some ground and pound but miguel has wrist control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Powell trying to control but miguel is working from the bottom.
Powell missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
miguel looking for a sweep. Not yet miguel, not yet.
Powell lands a couple of decent looking shots.
miguel bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Powell's guard.
Powell manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
miguel in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
miguel is trying to escape the mount.
Powell working the ground and pound effectively.
miguel is trying desperately to improve position.
miguel in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Powell lands a nice shot to the head.
Powell landing punches.
Powell content just to control the position here.
Powell has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
miguel is squirming around, avoiding Powell's attempts to control the action.
Powell controlling the position easily from mount.
miguel is in all sorts of trouble here.
Powell sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
miguel taking shots to the head.
miguel is wriggling around trying to escape.
Powell with a couple of short strikes.
Powell trying to control but miguel is having none of it.
miguel is in all sorts of trouble here.
Powell scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish miguel?
miguel is desperately trying to improve his position but Powell has a good base and remains in mount.
miguel is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kent Powell dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
miguel keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
miguel throws a left and a right that both miss
so Powell counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Powell trying to control but miguel is working from the bottom.
miguel had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Powell is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. miguel Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Powell's back instead.
miguel throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Powell preventing the rear naked choke attempt from miguel.
You can see the frustration on Powell's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
miguel looking for the choke but no joy.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
miguel is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Powell has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
miguel takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Powell covering up well and avoiding damage.
Powell trying to control the position but miguel manages to sink in the hooks.
Powell fending off the submission attempt from miguel.
Powell tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Powell is working to get back to half guard.
miguel sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
miguel with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Powell wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by miguel.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
miguel throws some shoulder strikes here and then postures up. Oh, he's gone for an armbar! Powell has his hands clasped together but miguel breaks the hold and Powell is forced to tap! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over! That was lightning fast by miguel!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). carlos miguel!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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