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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Marcos Dias (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edgar Rodrigues (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dias comes to the cage accompanied by Prefácio. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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157 lbs
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145 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcos Dias!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Edgar Rodrigues!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Thiago Cunha and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rodrigues shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Rodrigues showed some decent athleticism there.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Rodrigues working the head and body with strikes.
Rodrigues wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dias keeps working.
Dias is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Rodrigues pulls his head out easily.
Rodrigues is trying to control the action in half guard but Dias is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Dias is looking to get back to full guard here but Rodrigues has managed to pass to side control instead.
Dias is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Rodrigues looks up at the clock and then as Dias takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Rodrigues smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dias tries to buck Rodrigues off but Rodrigues is having none of it.
Rodrigues working away.
Rodrigues trying to control the position but Dias is working away.
Rodrigues throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Dias wants to control but Rodrigues postures up.
Rodrigues wants to stand but Dias is controlling his arm.
Dias can't do much from the bottom here.
Dias is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Rodrigues off and has taken his back!
Rodrigues tries to escape the position.
Dias looking for the choke from the back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dias is trying to stick to Rodrigues's back but Rodrigues is turning into Dias. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Dias's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Rodrigues.
Rodrigues wanted to stand there but Dias had control of the position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dias isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Rodrigues stacks Dias 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 Rodrigues!
Dias tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Dias struggling a bit here.
Rodrigues trying to control the position but Dias is working away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dias is looking to regain half guard here but Rodrigues keeps moving and retains side control.
Dias knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Rodrigues on the ground.
Dias is trying to control Rodrigues's posture but Rodrigues avoids it.
Dias sneaks back into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dias works his way to full guard. Good work.
Dias is looking for a triangle but Rodrigues pushes his legs off easily.
Dias has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Rodrigues is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Dias.
Rodrigues stands up and beckons Dias to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dias lands a nice hook to Rodrigues's body. Rodrigues takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Rodrigues bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dias scores with a nice head shot.
Dias lands with a good body shot.
Rodrigues looks winded!
Rodrigues takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Rodrigues dodges the punch combination from Dias.
Marcos Dias seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rodrigues takes one to the chin there.
Jab, jab by Dias - just one landing.
Rodrigues is rocked!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dias lands a brutal uppercut that launches Rodrigues off his feet! Rodrigues tumbles to the floor, barely conscious - the referee jumps in to save him from a beating! Wow, what an ending!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Marcos Dias!
Our winner, Marcos Dias, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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