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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Cody Harlow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Toby Chapelle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Toby Chapelle will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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BJJ Purple Belt
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BJJ White Belt
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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
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Cody Harlow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Toby Chapelle!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Seu Braga and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harlow closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Harlow lands in his opponent's guard.
Chapelle really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Harlow. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Harlow lands a couple of elbows.
Harlow tries to free his leg and advance position but Chapelle is retaining full guard.
Chapelle trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Harlow stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Chapelle swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Harlow looking to sit in guard and control but Chapelle gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Harlow throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harlow had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Chapelle is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Harlow Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Chapelle's back instead.
Harlow misses with a punch to the head.
Chapelle tries to escape the position.
Chapelle covering up well under a barage of strikes.
Harlow has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Harlow doesn't have the hooks in and Chapelle manages to turn into his guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harlow is looking for a triangle but Chapelle pushes his legs off easily.
Harlow throws his legs up looking for a submission but Chapelle uses it to pass to side control.
Harlow is breathing heavily.
Chapelle gets to mount! Harlow was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Chapelle wants to control the pace but Harlow is squirming around nicely.
Harlow is trying to escape the mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harlow slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Harlow moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Harlow looking to control.
Harlow working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Chapelle doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Chapelle manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Chapelle gets to his feet - Harlow follows without any prompting.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
No luck for Harlow with that takedown attempt.
Harlow shoots in and drives through. Chapelle sprawls well.
Harlow takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Harlow shoots in for a takedown but Chapelle shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cody Harlow. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Chapelle stuns Harlow with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Chapelle connects with a body shot.
Harlow fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Harlow shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Chapelle takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harlow looking to control but Chapelle is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Harlow looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harlow has hold of Chapelle's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Chapelle manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cody Harlow dominated that round.
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.
Chapelle looks to land a combination. Harlow sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Chapelle scores with a nice right hand.
Harlow fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Harlow wants to clinch.
Harlow on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Harlow tries to close the distance and clinch up but Chapelle swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Chapelle tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
No luck for Harlow with that takedown attempt.
Harlow is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Chapelle.
Chapelle wants to clinch
and Harlow counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harlow is tying to control. Chapelle wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Chapelle kicks off Harlow and gets to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Chapelle as he connects with a hook.
Chapelle jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Chapelle lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Harlow is rocked!
Cody Harlow is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Chapelle lands with a right and another and another! Harlow is in big trouble! Chapelle lands again and this time it's lights out for Harlow! A quality knockout there for Chapelle.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Toby Chapelle!
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
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