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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sylvain Sauvage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robbie Alcatraz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alcatraz comes into a darkened arena with his song building. FIght Music kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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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 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sylvain Sauvage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Robbie Alcatraz!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Luis Engracia and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sauvage turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Alcatraz throws a sloppy head kick and Sauvage moves out of range easily.
Alcatraz moves out of range of the body kick.
Alcatraz avoids a kick to the body.
Sauvage moves out of range of the body kick.
Alcatraz goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
A head kick misses from Alcatraz.
Sauvage lands a nice looking kick to the body. Alcatraz takes a step back to recover.
Alcatraz throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Sauvage has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Sauvage there as he acknowledges the shot.
Sauvage scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Alcatraz throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
No joy there for Alcatraz, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Alcatraz scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Sauvage tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Alcatraz misses with a body kick.
Sauvage is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sauvage connects with a good right hand that stumbles Alcatraz. Alcatraz circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Alcatraz takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Sauvage tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Alcatraz manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alcatraz is looking to score with low kicks.
Sauvage thumps Alcatraz with a low kick.
Sauvage gets tackled into the cage by Alcatraz. Alcatraz maintains the clinch.
Sauvage'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.
Alcatraz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A low kick from Alcatraz misses
and Sauvage counters with a good low kick that Alcatraz was not able to check.
Alcatraz fakes the leg kick and cracks Sauvage in the body.
Alcatraz walks forward, straight into a front kick from Sauvage.
Sauvage feints and then cracks Alcatraz's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Alcatraz down.
Alcatraz sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Alcatraz takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sloppy strikes from Alcatraz. Those never looked like landing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Alcatraz moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Alcatraz connects with a solid leg kick.
Sauvage has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Sauvage there as he acknowledges the shot.
Robbie Alcatraz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sauvage waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Alcatraz.
Sauvage slips under a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alcatraz misses with a head kick.
Alcatraz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Alcatraz blocks a head kick by Sauvage.
Sauvage keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Alcatraz.
Sauvage moves into the clinch successfully.
Sauvage keeps control of Alcatraz as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sauvage has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Alcatraz after a bit of a struggle.
Alcatraz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sauvage is defending well for now.
Alcatraz working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short left from Sauvage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Sauvage obliges.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sauvage.
Alcatraz working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Alcatraz breaks the clinch.
Alcatraz lands with an overhand left.
Good work by Alcatraz as he checks the leg kick.
Alcatraz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sauvage paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Alcatraz scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Alcatraz throws a hook but Sauvage avoids it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alcatraz scores with a sloppy right hand. Sauvage should have avoided that one.
Sauvage is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Alcatraz throws a head kick but Sauvage moves out of range.
Alcatraz throws a right and a left that both miss.
Alcatraz moves out of range of the body kick.
Alcatraz scores with a jab to the head.
Sauvage tries to clinch up.
Sauvage tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Alcatraz tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Alcatraz tests Sauvage's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A head kick misses from Alcatraz.
Sauvage swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Alcatraz scores with a leg kick.
Alcatraz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sauvage tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sauvage takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Alcatraz has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Alcatraz there as he acknowledges the shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sauvage connects with an inside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sauvage tries to clinch but Alcatraz moves out of range.
Sauvage wants to clinch.
A solid body kick from Sauvage.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Alcatraz.
Alcatraz takes a swing at Sauvage's ribcage but misses.
Sauvage wants to clinch up but Alcatraz keeps it at a distance.
Sauvage tries to clinch up.
Good standup being displayed there by Alcatraz as he connects with a hook.
Sauvage tries to clinch there but Alcatraz circles away.
Alcatraz misses with the combination.
Alcatraz scores with a one two! Sauvage had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Sauvage is rocked!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sauvage on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Alcatraz. Alcatraz obviously looking to wear him down.
Oh Sauvage is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sauvage cracks Alcatraz with an open hand slap.
Sauvage looks to land a body kick but Alcatraz moved away.
Sauvage seems to have got his legs back now.
Sauvage tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Alcatraz manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Robbie Alcatraz dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Crunch! Sauvage slams his shin into Alcatraz's torso.
Alcatraz gets a clinch.
Sauvage goes for a takedown attempt but Alcatraz pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Sauvage gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sauvage keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Alcatraz's efforts to push away.
Sauvage misses with an elbow over the top.
Sauvage lands an elbow just above Alcatraz 's eye.
Sauvage is looking to control Alcatraz's arms but Alcatraz gets an underhook and turns him. Now Sauvage has his back to the cage.
Alcatraz is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sauvage.
Alcatraz can't break the clinch.
Sauvage gets through Alcatraz's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sauvage is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Alcatraz pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Sauvage has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Alcatraz is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sylvain Sauvage. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Alcatraz blocks the elbow strike.
Alcatraz breaks the clinch.
Alcatraz fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sauvage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sauvage tries to clinch up.
Alcatraz tests Sauvage's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Robbie Alcatraz seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Alcatraz throws a lazy uppercut
and Sauvage counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Sauvage.
Alcatraz working hard to break the clinch.
Alcatraz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sauvage avoids it.
Sauvage creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Alcatraz throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sauvage crunches a lovely knee into Alcatraz's ribcage.
Alcatraz is pressed up against the cage. Sauvage has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Alcatraz down to the mat. Alcatraz avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Sauvage tries to clinch up.
Alcatraz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Alcatraz attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Robbie Alcatraz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sauvage stuns Alcatraz with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Alcatraz moves into range and connects with a jab.
Sauvage tries to clinch there but Alcatraz circles away.
Alcatraz misses the jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Alcatraz keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Sauvage misses with an attempted mid kick.
Sauvage wants to clinch up but Alcatraz keeps it at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alcatraz scoring well with a low kick there.
Alcatraz throws a shot from downtown. Sauvage moves away and avoids it.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Sauvage trying to control the position but instead, Alcatraz has worked for underhooks and has pushed Sauvage into the cage.
Alcatraz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Alcatraz pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sauvage keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Alcatraz steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sauvage.
Sauvage lands with a kick to the temple. Alcatraz shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Sauvage dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Alcatraz. That did some damage!
Sauvage is looking to clinch.
Alcatraz scores with a jab.
Sauvage moves into range and clinches up with Alcatraz.
Alcatraz is trying to push Sauvage away but Sauvage has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Sauvage lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Alcatraz backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alcatraz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sauvage has him pressed against the cage.
Sauvage is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Alcatraz is keeping busy.
Sauvage has Alcatraz pressed against the cage, preventing Alcatraz from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sauvage stalls.
Sauvage throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Alcatraz wants to break the clinch but can't.
Alcatraz breaks the clinch.
Sauvage is looking to clinch.
Alcatraz throws a series of strikes that have Sauvage backpedaling.
Sauvage doesn't manage to clinch there - Alcatraz circles away.
Alcatraz moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Sauvage lands a nice looking kick to the body. Alcatraz takes a step back to recover.
Alcatraz throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sauvage defending well as Alcatraz loads up on a big left hand.
Alcatraz is looking to score with low kicks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alcatraz scores with a hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sauvage works Alcatraz's body with a nice hook.
Sauvage moves into the clinch.
Sauvage lands a nice elbow.
Sauvage throws an elbow but it misses.
Alcatraz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Alcatraz fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sauvage looks for the body kick but Alcatraz saw that one coming.
Sauvage tries to clinch there but Alcatraz circles away.
Alcatraz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sauvage walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Alcatraz scores with a shot to the body.
Sauvage misses with a kick to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A nice leg kick lands there from Alcatraz.
Sauvage moves out of range of the body kick from Alcatraz.
Alcatraz looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Alcatraz is breathing heavily.
Sauvage dodges the punch combination from Alcatraz.
Alcatraz swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Sylvain Sauvage will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Alcatraz swings for the body but Sauvage moves out of range.
A combination from Alcatraz does no damage.
Alcatraz checks the leg kick.
Sauvage fails in his attempt to clinch.
Alcatraz throws a wild body kick that Sauvage sees coming a mile off.
Sauvage walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Alcatraz checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Nice defenses there by Sauvage.
Sauvage misses with a body kick.
Sauvage circles away from the clinch attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sauvage looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nice shot lands for Alcatraz.
Sauvage takes the fight into the clinch.
Sauvage creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Alcatraz's defenses.
It looks like Robbie Alcatraz has been cut.
Sauvage creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Alcatraz's defenses.
Sylvain Sauvage has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Alcatraz is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sauvage lands a knee to the head.
Sauvage wants to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sauvage tries a body shot but Alcatraz blocks it.
Alcatraz wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Alcatraz.
Alcatraz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sauvage working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Alcatraz lands with a left to the head.
Alcatraz manages to break the clinch.
Sauvage avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sauvage feints and then cracks Alcatraz's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Alcatraz down.
Sauvage gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Alcatraz dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Alcatraz jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sauvage chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Sauvage clinches up with Alcatraz and pushes him back against the cage.
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!
Alcatraz is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sauvage pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Alcatraz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sauvage misses with a kick to the body.
Sauvage tries to close the distance and clinch up but Alcatraz swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Alcatraz moves out of range of the body kick from Sauvage.
Sauvage tries to close the distance and clinch but Alcatraz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sauvage thuds his shin into the meat of Alcatraz's side.
Alcatraz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Alcatraz scores with a nice right hand.
Sauvage tries to close the distance and clinch but Alcatraz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sauvage looks to land a body kick but Alcatraz moved away.
Sauvage moves in looking to clinch but Alcatraz pushes him off.
Sauvage fails in his attempt to clinch.
Alcatraz turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Sauvage swings for the body but Alcatraz moves out of range.
Sauvage moves in looking to clinch but Alcatraz pushes him off.
Alcatraz lands a slapping body shot.
A slapping body kick lands there for Sauvage.
Sauvage avoids the head kick by Alcatraz.
Alcatraz has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Sauvage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sauvage misses with a kick to the body.
Sauvage fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sauvage tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Alcatraz lands a lovely overhand right.
Alcatraz jabs Sauvage right on the nose. Sauvage blinks but takes it well.
Sauvage tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Alcatraz paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Alcatraz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sauvage wants to clinch.
Alcatraz misses the jab.
Alcatraz dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sauvage. That did some damage!
Sauvage thows a left - swing and a miss!
Alcatraz throws a right and a left that Sauvage avoids nicely.
Alcatraz tries to clinch up.
Good leg kick by Alcatraz there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Alcatraz throws a head kick that misses.
Alcatraz takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alcatraz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sauvage doesn't manage to clinch there - Alcatraz circles away.
Alcatraz tests Sauvage's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Sauvage avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sauvage rushes Alcatraz and presses him up against the cage.
Alcatraz has had enough of the clinch but Sauvage keeps him there for the moment.
Alcatraz avoids a wild elbow strike from Sauvage.
Alcatraz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sauvage presses Alcatraz against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Alcatraz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sauvage is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Alcatraz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sauvage rushes Alcatraz and presses him up against the cage.
Sauvage tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Alcatraz dodges an elbow strike from Sauvage.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Sylvain Sauvage.
I think Sauvage has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 29:29
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 29:28
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Sylvain Sauvage!
Sylvain Sauvage seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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