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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gabriel Saraiva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nova Uniao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nova Uniao told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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220 lbs
15 - 4 - 0 |
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210 lbs
17 - 7 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
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Good kicks
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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
15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gabriel Saraiva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nova Uniao!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Gregory Folan and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Uniao closes the distance and pushes Saraiva back into the cage.
Saraiva lands an elbow inside that Uniao shrugs off.
It looks like Nova Uniao has been cut.
Saraiva working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Uniao fails to pull guard.
Saraiva softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Saraiva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Saraiva.
Uniao tries to work over Saraiva's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Saraiva lands with a right to the head.
Uniao makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Uniao misses with a body punch.
Saraiva throws an elbow that misses.
Uniao blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Saraiva has a couple of punches blocked by Uniao.
Uniao lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Saraiva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Saraiva.
Saraiva breaks from the clinch.
A nice leg kick lands there from Uniao.
Uniao closes the distance and pushes Saraiva back into the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saraiva creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Uniao drops down looking for an ankle pick but Saraiva pulls his leg out and moves away.
Uniao is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Saraiva.
Uniao feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Saraiva's calf.
Uniao lands a nice looking body shot.
Uniao uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Saraiva.
Saraiva ducks under a wild hook from Uniao.
Saraiva has closed the distance and engaged Uniao in a clinch.
Uniao misses with a hook to the ribs.
Uniao misses with a punch to the body.
Uniao is trying to pull guard but Saraiva has him pressed against the cage.
Gabriel Saraiva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nova Uniao.
Saraiva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Uniao tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Uniao avoids a wild elbow strike from Saraiva.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Saraiva.
Saraiva lands an elbow inside.
A body shot lands from Saraiva.
Uniao looks winded!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Uniao misses with a hook to the ribs.
Uniao misses with a hook from the clinch.
Uniao wants a takedown but no success here.
Saraiva lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short body shot lands from Saraiva as the two fighters clinch.
Saraiva lands a right hand.
Saraiva lands an uppercut.
Uniao lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Saraiva.
Saraiva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Saraiva lands an elbow just above Uniao 's eye.
That has opened up Nova Uniao's cut even more.
A short left from Saraiva.
Saraiva lands a vicious elbow to the side of Uniao's head that scrambles his senses and sends him wobbling down to the canvas! Saraiva tries to finish him with strikes but Uniao still seems able to defend himself so Saraiva steps back and lets Uniao get back to his feet - he wants no part of the ground game.
Uniao is rocked!
Saraiva has taken the fight to the clinch.
Uniao is still on wobbly legs! Can Saraiva finish him?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saraiva lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Uniao to his knees! Saraiva keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gabriel Saraiva!
A very excited looking Gabriel Saraiva made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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hype
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pop
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