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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Andrei Shleifer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Augusto Pinochet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Andrei Shleifer had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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Dangerous knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Andrei Shleifer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Augusto Pinochet!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Matheus Silva and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shleifer moves into range and clinches up with Pinochet.
Shleifer tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pinochet avoids it.
Pinochet wants to take the fight to the mat but Shleifer manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Shleifer using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pinochet has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Shleifer using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Pinochet wants a takedown.
Shleifer throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pinochet blocks it with crossed arms.
Pinochet lands a takedown into guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Pinochet stands up from Shleifer's guard - Pinochet perhaps looking for a knockout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Shleifer fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pinochet changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Shleifer tries to avoid it but Pinochet manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Shleifer to the ground. Shleifer escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Andrei Shleifer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Augusto Pinochet.
Pinochet closes this distance looking for a takedown but Shleifer circles away.
Pinochet swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Shleifer moves in looking to clinch but Pinochet pushes him off.
Shleifer stuffs the takedown attempt from Pinochet. Pinochet gets slowly back to his feet.
Pinochet circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shleifer tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pinochet swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Shleifer really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Pinochet shoots in for a takedown but Shleifer shows good takedown defense.
Shleifer tries to clinch up.
Pinochet swats away the attempt to clinch by Shleifer.
Pinochet looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Shleifer is fending him off so far but Pinochet persists. Nope, Shleifer circles away and we're back to standing.
Pinochet throws a jab but it's blocked by Shleifer.
Shleifer tries to clinch up but Pinochet circles away and keeps his distance.
Shleifer moves out of range of the strikes.
Shleifer closes the distance and pushes Pinochet back into the cage.
Shleifer tries to land a knee to the head but Pinochet blocks with his arms.
Pinochet blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Shleifer connects with a knee to the head.
It looks like Augusto Pinochet has been cut.
Shleifer tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pinochet takes a knee right on the jaw!
Pinochet manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Shleifer wants to stand but Pinochet has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pinochet working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Shleifer.
Pinochet working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Shleifer.
Pinochet wants to sweep but no luck.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shleifer postures up in Pinochet's guard and throws a big left but Pinochet blocks it.
Pinochet seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Shleifer postures up in Pinochet's guard and throws a big left but Pinochet blocks it.
Shleifer throws a big right hand that misses.
Pinochet utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Pinochet has a closed guard, preventing Shleifer from standing up.
Shleifer throws an elbow that misses. Pinochet uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Shleifer's guard. Nice move by Pinochet!
Pinochet landing with the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pinochet is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Pinochet prevents Shleifer from getting back to his feet.
Pinochet wants to control from the top but Shleifer keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pinochet pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Shleifer is keeping the position for now.
Pinochet preventing the sweep.
Pinochet wants to control from the top but Shleifer keeps moving.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Augusto Pinochet wasn't active enough on the ground.
Shleifer scores with a head kick.
Pinochet shoots in for a takedown but Shleifer shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Shleifer gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Shleifer wants to stand but Pinochet is controlling the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shleifer is wriggling around but Pinochet manages to pass to half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Pinochet connects with a nice short shot to Shleifer's temple.
Shleifer looks like he's trying to stand up.
Well, if Pinochet 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.
Shleifer looks like he's trying to stand up.
Pinochet with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pinochet is working for a submission of some sort.
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 Andrei Shleifer will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Augusto Pinochet's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Pinochet drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Pinochet trying to control but Shleifer is working from the bottom.
Shleifer is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Pinochet is controlling him.
Shleifer trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Shleifer can't keep his opponent in guard - Pinochet advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Pinochet seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Shleifer does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Shleifer is trying to stand.
Shleifer is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Pinochet jumps into side control!
Shleifer is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Pinochet happy to just control the position for now.
Pinochet is chipping away with strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shleifer trying to remain calm as Pinochet controls from the top position.
Shleifer gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Pinochet controlling the pace for now.
Shleifer is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Shleifer is squirming around, avoiding Pinochet's attempts to control the action.
Shleifer is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Pinochet landing shots from mount.
Pinochet can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Shleifer is looking to escape.
Pinochet lands a nice shot to the head.
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.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shleifer is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Pinochet looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Pinochet putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Pinochet tries to control but Shleifer wriggling away.
Shleifer squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Shleifer is trying to escape the mount.
Pinochet is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Shleifer is surviving well by controlling Pinochet's body position as best he can.
Pinochet unloading with bombs!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shleifer is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Pinochet with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Augusto Pinochet has got the better of the ground game so far.
Pinochet won't let Shleifer get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Pinochet with the ground and pound from mount.
Pinochet can't control as he wanted to and Shleifer manages to get the fight back to his half guard.
Pinochet scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Shleifer wants to get back to his feet.
Pinochet perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Shleifer misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Pinochet trying to control from half guard but Shleifer is working away.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Pinochet is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shleifer tries to roll over but Pinochet keeps him under control.
Shleifer kicks off Pinochet and gets to his feet.
Shleifer keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Pinochet closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Shleifer to the mat! Shleifer manages to get full guard.
Shleifer wants to get back to his feet but Pinochet is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Pinochet postures up.
Pinochet content to stall in guard here.
Shleifer keeping moving, preventing Pinochet from controlling successfully.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Augusto Pinochet wasn't active enough on the ground.
Shleifer gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Pinochet to score an easy takedown into full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Augusto Pinochet showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Augusto Pinochet's cut.
That's time! Shleifer's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Shleifer misses with a head kick.
Pinochet fails with the takedown.
Pinochet staying out of range there.
Pinochet scores with a takedown into Shleifer's guard.
Shleifer wants to stand but Pinochet is controlling the position.
Pinochet wants to control from the top but Shleifer keeps moving.
Pinochet won't allow Shleifer to get back to his feet.
Shleifer keeping moving, preventing Pinochet from controlling successfully.
Shleifer is looking to stand up but Pinochet isn't so interested in that idea.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Augusto Pinochet.
Pinochet shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Shleifer as he avoids it easily.
Shleifer fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pinochet darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Pinochet works his way into side control.
Shleifer trying to remain calm as Pinochet controls from the top position.
Shleifer is trying to buck Pinochet off.
Shleifer tries to improve position but can't.
Pinochet trying to control the action but Shleifer is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Augusto Pinochet was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Pinochet shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Shleifer pushes Pinochet off looking to stand but Pinochet dives back in and keeps control.
Pinochet trying to control from half guard but Shleifer is working away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shleifer throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Shleifer looks like he's trying to stand up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pinochet winds up and cracks Shleifer with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Pinochet is working for a kimura but Shleifer is defending it quite comfortably.
Shleifer is refusing to be controlled, as Pinochet sits in half guard.
Shleifer kicks off Pinochet and gets to his feet.
Shleifer tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pinochet feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shleifer wants to stand and escape but Pinochet is having none of it.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Pinochet sitting in guard here, content to control.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Augusto Pinochet wasn't active enough on the ground.
Pinochet shoots for a takedown but Shleifer saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Andrei Shleifer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Augusto Pinochet.
Pinochet fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Shleifer is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pinochet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pinochet is trying hard to land a takedown here. Shleifer sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Pinochet misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Shleifer stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
And that's the end of the fight!
Augusto Pinochet comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Pinochet has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 28:30
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 28:29
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Augusto Pinochet!
Augusto Pinochet managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Charlie Wang's Tattered Rags & 95% Laundry, into his post fight interview.
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