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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mark Avreli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henderson Braga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mark Avreli had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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275 lbs
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187 cm
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281 lbs
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Great wrestler
Solid boxing
Very quick |
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ADCC Champion
Basic striking
Knockout power |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mark Avreli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Henderson Braga!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Braga shoots for a takedown but Avreli saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Braga swings widly with a right hand
and Avreli counters with a straight right hand.
Avreli shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Braga is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Braga working for a triangle but Avreli defends it easily.
Avreli scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Braga looking to control.
Avreli got a little sloppy there for a moment and Braga has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Avreli has managed to get both his arms back between Braga's legs - danger averted.
Avreli throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Braga works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Braga avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Braga had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Avreli defends it easily.
Braga utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Avreli cracks Braga with a solid left hand.
Avreli in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Avreli stands up over Braga, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Avreli with a nice head shot there.
Avreli wants to control from the top but Braga keeps moving.
Avreli content to stall in guard here.
Avreli won't allow Braga to sweep him here.
Avreli keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Braga's head.
Avreli working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Braga manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Avreli is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Avreli is working to get back to half guard.
Braga is stalling here but it's allowed Avreli to get half guard.
Avreli is looking for a sweep. Braga is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Avreli keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Braga is looking to pass Avreli's guard but actually Avreli recovers to full guard.
Braga won't allow Avreli to sweep him here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Braga trying to control but Avreli is working from the bottom.
Avreli has Braga pulled in close to control his posture.
Braga passes Avreli's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Braga seems to be looking for submissions.
Avreli is refusing to be controlled, as Braga sits in half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Avreli manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Braga throwing strikes from guard but Avreli blocks nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Braga wants to pass the guard but Avreli is keeping the position.
Braga is pushing down on Avreli's leg trying to pass to half guard. Avreli is fighting to maintain full guard but Braga has managed to sneak the leg through.
Avreli is refusing to be controlled, as Braga sits in half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Avreli manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Avreli utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Avreli is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Avreli bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Braga's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Avreli trying to control the position from guard on top but Braga is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Braga trying to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mark Avreli dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Braga throws a sloppy body shot
letting Avreli counter with a right hand.
Avreli lands a really nice looking cross but Braga seems unphased.
Braga looks to score with a jab to the body but Avreli is just out of range.
Braga misses with a jab to the body
and Avreli counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Avreli shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Avreli passes Braga's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Avreli takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Avreli thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Avreli controlling the pace.
Braga trying to hold on to Avreli's head to control him but Avreli postures up.
Braga taking some punishment here, with Avreli in his half guard.
Braga wants to improve his position but Avreli is controlling well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Avreli working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Avreli slows the pace down in half guard.
Avreli's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Braga moves into full guard.
Braga tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Braga working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Avreli doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Avreli manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Avreli wants to control from the top but Braga keeps moving.
Avreli lands a couple of digs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Braga tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Avreli chips away with some ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Avreli throwing strikes from guard but Braga blocks nicely.
Avreli is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Avreli in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Braga is looking for a triangle but Avreli pushes his legs off easily.
Avreli won't allow Braga to sweep him here.
Avreli controlling from the top position.
Avreli throws a big right hand that misses.
Avreli throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Braga works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Mark Avreli overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Avreli trying to control but Braga is working from the bottom.
Avreli keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Braga's head.
Avreli controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Braga tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Braga trying to control the position.
Avreli content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Avreli forces his way into half guard.
Avreli lands with a punch from half guard.
Braga wants to get back to full guard but Avreli has passed into side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Avreli is looking to take a break and control but Braga is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Check out the look on Avreli's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Avreli is putting a hurting on Braga here, landing some big shots from side control.
Braga is looking to reverse the position.
Avreli in side control lands a decent elbow.
Braga takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Braga tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Avreli wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Braga can't do much from the bottom here.
Avreli lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Avreli lands an elbow.
Avreli staying calm.
Avreli works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mark Avreli dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
Avreli manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Braga on his heels. He'll look to pass Braga's guard now, I'm sure.
Braga is trying to control the position but Avreli postures up.
Avreli postures up and lands a big shot to Braga's brow.
Braga isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Avreli stacks Braga on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Avreli!
Avreli lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Braga takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Avreli cracks Braga with a big elbow.
Avreli in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Braga looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Avreli turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mark Avreli!
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hype
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RATING
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