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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sandro Poletto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roger Howlingate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ White Belt
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Excellent boxer
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sandro Poletto!
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, Roger Howlingate!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Felipe Paraventi and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Poletto is looking to clinch.
Poletto is looking to clinch but Howlingate is avoiding it.
Poletto fails with an attempt to clinch.
A low kick from Howlingate misses
and Poletto counters with a head kick.
Howlingate fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Poletto is looking to clinch.
Poletto tries to clinch there but Howlingate circles away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Poletto moves in looking to clinch but Howlingate pushes him off.
Poletto is looking to clinch.
Howlingate works over Poletto's head and body with a nice combination.
Poletto tries to clinch but Howlingate moves out of range.
Poletto fails with an attempt to clinch.
Poletto tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Poletto avoids the body shot from Howlingate.
Poletto forces Howlingate back against the ropes and clinches.
Poletto misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Howlingate.
Poletto is trying to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Poletto lands a knee to the body.
Poletto has Howlingate pressed against the ropes, preventing Howlingate from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Poletto misses with a knee to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Poletto dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Sandro Poletto.
Poletto avoids a punch combination nicely.
Howlingate fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Poletto wants to clinch.
Howlingate missing with a left hand there. Poletto was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sandro Poletto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poletto tries to clinch there but Howlingate circles away.
Poletto is looking to clinch but Howlingate is avoiding it.
Howlingate lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Poletto clinches up against the ropes.
Poletto landing knees to the body.
Howlingate looks winded!
Poletto trying to stall but Howlingate improves his position.
Poletto tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Howlingate has had enough of the clinch but Poletto keeps him there for the moment.
Poletto is trying to stall.
Howlingate is trying to break free.
Poletto keeps control of Howlingate as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Poletto lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Poletto trying to stall but Howlingate improves his position.
Poletto lands a nice knee to the body.
Poletto leaning his opponent against the ropes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Poletto for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Poletto lands an elbow inside.
It looks like Roger Howlingate has been cut.
Poletto putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Howlingate in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Poletto landing knees to the head.
Poletto using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Poletto lands a good knee to the midsection. Howlingate won't want to take too many of those.
Poletto lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Poletto creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Howlingate's defenses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Poletto.
Poletto landing knees to the head.
Poletto pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Poletto is looking to control Howlingate's arms but Howlingate gets an underhook and turns him. Now Poletto has his back to the ropes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poletto stalling.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Sandro Poletto.
Poletto tries to clinch there but Howlingate circles away.
Poletto is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Poletto tries to clinch up but Howlingate circles away and keeps his distance.
Howlingate lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Poletto clinches up against the ropes.
Howlingate has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Poletto pulls guard successfully.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Poletto wants to get back to his feet but Howlingate is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sandro Poletto dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Roger Howlingate's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Poletto moves in looking to clinch but Howlingate pushes him off.
Howlingate thuds a left hand into Poletto's body.
Poletto wants to clinch.
Poletto is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Poletto is looking to clinch.
Howlingate works over Poletto's head and body with a nice combination.
It looks like Sandro Poletto has been cut.
Roger Howlingate seems to be getting the better of the standup.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Poletto has Howlingate up against the ropes in a clinch.
Poletto looking to slow down the pace here.
Poletto with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Poletto using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Howlingate has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Howlingate wants to get back to striking at distance but Poletto won't allow it.
Howlingate wants to break free but Poletto has control.
Howlingate wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Howlingate looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Poletto with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Howlingate takes an elbow to the temple.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Poletto stalling in the clinch but Howlingate improves position.
Poletto lands an elbow just above Howlingate 's eye.
Howlingate is breathing heavily.
Howlingate can't break the clinch.
Poletto has Howlingate pressed against the ropes, preventing Howlingate from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Poletto lands a damaging elbow.
Poletto lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sandro Poletto has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Poletto slows down the pace here.
Howlingate looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The referee calls for Poletto to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Howlingate has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Howlingate takes an elbow to the temple.
Poletto trying to control the position but instead, Howlingate has worked for underhooks and has pushed Poletto into the ropes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Sandro Poletto.
Poletto tries to clinch up.
Poletto checks the leg kick.
Poletto wants to clinch up but Howlingate keeps it at a distance.
Sandro Poletto is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Poletto tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Howlingate manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Howlingate throws a nice looking combination but Poletto bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Poletto fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poletto wants to clinch up but Howlingate keeps it at a distance.
Poletto tries to clinch but Howlingate moves out of range.
Poletto tries to clinch but Howlingate moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Poletto looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Poletto gets a clinch.
Poletto gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Knees to the body from Poletto.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Poletto stalling in the clinch but Howlingate improves position.
Poletto will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Howlingate up against the ropes.
Poletto is looking to control Howlingate's arms but Howlingate gets an underhook and turns him. Now Poletto has his back to the ropes.
Howlingate takes an elbow to the forehead.
Poletto tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Poletto taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poletto looking to slow down the pace here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Sandro Poletto.
Poletto tries to clinch but Howlingate moves out of range.
Howlingate circles away from the clinch attempt.
Poletto fails in his attempt to clinch.
Poletto fails in his attempt to clinch.
Poletto clinches up against the ropes.
Poletto is trying to maintain a safe position but Howlingate gets an underhook and turns Poletto into the ropes.
Poletto lands a nice elbow.
Poletto lands a nice knee to the body.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Poletto stalling in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sandro Poletto dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Poletto tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Howlingate paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Poletto fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Howlingate, pushing him back against the ropes.
Howlingate tries to break free but Poletto pushes him back against the ropes.
Poletto has Howlingate pressed against the ropes, preventing Howlingate from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Poletto trying to stall but Howlingate improves his position.
Poletto lands an elbow inside.
Poletto leaning his opponent against the ropes.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Sandro Poletto.
Howlingate throws a looping overhand right but Poletto ducks down to avoid it.
Poletto is looking to clinch.
Howlingate throws a leg kick
and Poletto counters with a big head kick but Howlingate shrugs it off.
Howlingate takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
No joy there for Howlingate, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Howlingate keeps the fight on the outside.
Poletto tries to clinch up.
Poletto tries to clinch there but Howlingate circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Poletto is looking to clinch.
Howlingate gets tackled into the ropes by Poletto. Poletto maintains the clinch.
Poletto with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Poletto trying to control the position but instead, Howlingate has worked for underhooks and has pushed Poletto into the ropes.
Poletto lands a nice elbow.
Howlingate letting Poletto take a breather here.
Poletto lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Poletto using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Howlingate has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A knee to the head by Poletto.
Poletto tries to stall but Howlingate uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Sandro Poletto.
Poletto tries to clinch up but Howlingate circles away and keeps his distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Poletto looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Howlingate avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Poletto fails with an attempt to clinch.
Howlingate fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Poletto gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Poletto lands an elbow that stopped Howlingate in his tracks for a moment.
Howlingate letting Poletto take a breather here.
Poletto lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Howlingate being controlled against the ropes.
Poletto gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Howlingate as Poletto tries to tie him up.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Sandro Poletto.
Poletto tries to clinch up.
Poletto clinches up against the ropes.
Poletto looking to stall.
Poletto lands an elbow inside.
Poletto gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Poletto controlling the action here for a moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Poletto lands an elbow inside.
Poletto lands an elbow just above Howlingate 's eye.
Poletto is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Howlingate can do to turn this around?
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Sandro Poletto.
Howlingate swats away the attempt to clinch by Poletto.
Poletto tries to clinch up but Howlingate circles away and keeps his distance.
Poletto wants to clinch up but Howlingate keeps it at a distance.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Poletto tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Poletto tries to clinch but Howlingate moves out of range.
Roger Howlingate has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sandro Poletto is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Poletto fails in his attempt to clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sandro Poletto showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Poletto 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sandro Poletto!
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FIGHT
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