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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Edson Ferreira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Christopher Pyle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Pyle's choice of entrance music: Bate Pesadão. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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190 cm
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195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
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181 cm
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186 lbs
4 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Determined |
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Edson Ferreira! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Christopher Pyle! The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Leandro Rodrigues and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Pyle takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it. Ferreira throws a right and a left that Pyle avoids nicely. Ferreira throws a left that rocks Pyle and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! Ferreira dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Pyle regain composure!
It looks like Christopher Pyle has been cut. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet. Ferreira controlling from side mount. Ferreira'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. Ferreira has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Pyle!
That's one minute gone in the round. Ferreira sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment. Ferreira with good strikes from the mount here! Pyle looks winded! Ferreira looking to control and managing it successfully. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Ferreira has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Ferreira lands a nice shot to the head. Ferreira looking to control and managing it successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Ferreira is in the full mount, landing strikes. Ferreira controlling from mount. Ferreira is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Pyle has managed to escape the submission attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Ferreira controlling the pace for now. Ferreira is in the full mount, landing strikes. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Ferreira punishing his opponent with strikes. 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! Ferreira landing punches. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Edson Ferreira dominated that round. The cut man is working on Christopher Pyle's cut. 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.
Ferreira lands a big shot that drops Pyle! Can he finish him?
Ferreira is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pyle can do to turn this around? 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! Ferreira's corner is telling him to maintain position. The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up. Ferreira stands and steps away. Pyle gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game. Pyle is breathing heavily. Ferreira lands the left hand. Ferreira feints and then cracks Pyle's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Pyle down. Ferreira rushes Pyle and presses him up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round. Ferreira has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head and Pyle goes down! Ferreira dives on top of him - Pyle manages to get guard.
Pyle is rocked! Ferreira seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up. Pyle is still in real trouble! Can Ferreira finish him? Ferreira with a flurry of punches that miss. Pyle seems to have recovered his senses. Ferreira passes Pyle's right leg, so he's now in half guard. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Ferreira works his way into full mount! Ferreira controlling the pace for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Ferreira punishing his opponent with strikes. Ferreira landing strikes, looking to finish! Ferreira tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position. Ferreira with good strikes from the mount here!
That's three minutes gone in the round. Ferreira controlling from the full mount. Ferreira is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Pyle can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Ferreira postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Pyle in real trouble here! The ref calls for Pyle to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Edson Ferreira!
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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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