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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Obasi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andre Luiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Luiz is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Mc hudson 22 - Guerreiro Robbin Hood. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, John Obasi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Andre Luiz!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Seu Braga and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Luiz scores with a jab. Obasi acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A big right from Luiz misses.
Luiz swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Obasi goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Obasi looks to score with a jab to the body but Luiz is just out of range.
Luiz rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Obasi moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Obasi clinches with his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Luiz breaks the clinch.
Obasi throws a sloppy head kick and Luiz moves out of range easily.
Luiz throws a right and a left that Obasi avoids nicely.
Andre Luiz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Obasi thuds his shin into the meat of Luiz's side.
Luiz misses with a right hand
and Obasi counters with a head kick.
Luiz misses with a series of wild punches.
Obasi lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Luiz misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Obasi. Luiz shrugs it off though.
Obasi scores with a jab to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luiz throws out a powerful jab.
Obasi fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Luiz, pushing him back against the cage.
Obasi stalls.
Obasi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A knee to the head by Obasi.
Obasi has Luiz pushed against the cage.
Obasi is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Luiz is keeping busy.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by John Obasi.
Luiz swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Obasi counters with a good low kick that Luiz was not able to check.
Obasi throws out a loose jab but Luiz uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Luiz.
Luiz misses the jab.
Obasi showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Luiz.
Luiz swings for the body but Obasi moves out of range.
A jab from Luiz finds it's way through Obasi's defenses.
Obasi lands a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Luiz swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Obasi.
A solid body kick from Obasi.
Obasi lands a two punch combo.
Obasi takes the fight into the clinch.
Obasi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Luiz works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Obasi looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Luiz slips a jab and a cross from Obasi.
Obasi connects with a body shot that sends Luiz's belly button to the back.
Luiz lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Luiz misses with a body shot.
Obasi tries to close the distance and clinch but Luiz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Luiz misses with a few strikes there.
Luiz ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Obasi moves away.
Obasi moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Some wild striking there from Luiz.
Luiz looks winded!
Nice straight punches there by Obasi. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Obasi.
Obasi lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Luiz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Luiz misses the body punch
and Obasi finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Obasi doesn't manage to clinch there - Luiz circles away.
Obasi tries to clinch there but Luiz circles away.
Obasi has taken the fight to the clinch.
Obasi using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Obasi - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Luiz tries to break the clinch but Obasi is controlling the position.
Obasi avoiding damage.
Obasi lands an elbow inside that Luiz shrugs off.
Obasi effectively controlling the action here.
Obasi tries to stall but Luiz uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Obasi prevents Luiz from breaking the clinch.
Obasi breaks the clinch.
Obasi wants to clinch up but Luiz keeps it at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Obasi dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Luiz misses with a wild combination.
Luiz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Luiz on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Obasi moves into the clinch.
Obasi gets through Luiz's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Luiz is trying to force a seperation but Obasi has the dominant position.
Obasi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Obasi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Both fighters circling a little - Obasi finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Obasi rushes Luiz and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Luiz wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Obasi is trying to stall.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Obasi.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luiz is trying to break the clinch but Obasi has him pressed against the cage.
Obasi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Obasi moves into the clinch.
Obasi displaying some good clinch control by pressing Luiz up against the cage.
Obasi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Obasi landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Obasi slowing the pace effectively.
Obasi throws an elbow that misses.
Luiz is trying to break the clinch but Obasi is controlling him.
Luiz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Luiz is looking to break free of the clinch but Obasi has double underhooks.
Obasi lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Obasi lands a nice knee to the body.
Luiz wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luiz is trying to break free.
Obasi misses with a knee to the head.
Luiz takes an elbow to the temple.
Obasi looking to slow down the pace here.
Obasi's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Luiz is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Luiz looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Obasi lands a good knee to the midsection. Luiz won't want to take too many of those.
Obasi content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Obasi keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Luiz's efforts to push away.
Luiz takes an elbow to the forehead.
Obasi looking to throw knees to the head but Luiz is blocking nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Obasi taking a breather.
Obasi lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Luiz backwards.
Obasi with a knee to the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Obasi.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by John Obasi.
Obasi throws a big shot that misses.
Obasi blocks a jab.
Luiz with a nice cross.
Obasi instigates a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Luiz's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Obasi is trying to maintain a safe position but Luiz gets an underhook and turns Obasi into the cage.
Obasi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Obasi misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Obasi is stalling here.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Obasi for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Luiz tries to break free but Obasi pushes him back against the cage.
Obasi keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Luiz's efforts to push away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Obasi misses with a knee to the head.
Obasi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Obasi creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Luiz's defenses.
Luiz has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Obasi.
Obasi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Obasi throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Obasi moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Obasi clinches up with Luiz and pushes him back against the cage.
Luiz takes a knee right on the jaw!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Obasi dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Luiz misses with a body shot.
Luiz walks into a left hand.
Obasi is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Luiz.
Luiz scores with a nice head shot.
Obasi is rocked!
Luiz fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Obasi looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Oh Obasi is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Obasi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Luiz manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Obasi wants to clinch up but Luiz keeps it at a distance.
Luiz throws a jab but it's blocked by Obasi.
Obasi ducks under a wild hook from Luiz.
Luiz misses with a wild body shot.
Obasi goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Luiz circles away from the clinch attempt.
Obasi seems to have got his legs back now.
The fight stays on the outside here - Obasi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
John Obasi is winning the standup battle so far.
Luiz misses with a double jab.
Obasi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Luiz paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Obasi scores with a head kick. Luiz tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Some wild striking there from Luiz.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Obasi getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Obasi throws a hook to the side of Luiz's head but Luiz sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Luiz misses with a few strikes there.
Obasi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Luiz swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Obasi counters with a slapping leg kick.
Luiz takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Obasi lands a nice looking kick to the body. Luiz takes a step back to recover.
Obasi lands a front kick.
Obasi delivers a nice body kick.
Obasi throws a front kick that sends Luiz stumbling back into the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice body kick from Obasi.
Luiz takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Obasi lands with a nice body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Obasi fails with an attempt to clinch.
Obasi closes the distance and pushes Luiz back into the cage.
Obasi connects with a nasty looking knee right to Luiz's face.
Obasi slows down the pace here.
Obasi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Luiz can do to turn this around?
Obasi with a knee to the head.
Obasi looking to throw knees to the head but Luiz is blocking nicely.
Obasi tries to stall but Luiz uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Luiz is trying to force a seperation but Obasi has the dominant position.
Obasi leaning his opponent against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Obasi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Obasi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Obasi takes one on the button.
Luiz lands a nice looking body shot.
Luiz swats away the attempt to clinch by Obasi.
Obasi throws a hook but Luiz avoids it easily.
Obasi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Luiz lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Luiz takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Luiz throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luiz misses with a double jab.
Obasi connects with a body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Luiz misses with an uppercut
and Obasi counters with a thumping low kick.
Crunch! Obasi slams his shin into Luiz's torso.
Obasi closes the distance and pushes Luiz back into the cage.
John Obasi has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Obasi lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Obasi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Luiz throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Obasi lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Andre Luiz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Obasi moves into the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Obasi landing knees to the body.
Obasi utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Andre Luiz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Obasi landing knees to the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
John Obasi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Obasi has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Obasi!
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