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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Charles Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tarmugi Hassan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hassan has chosen No more sorrow-Linkin park as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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140 lbs
5 - 0 - 0 |
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170 cm
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131 lbs
1 - 7 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Charles Oliveira!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tarmugi Hassan!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Frank Dennis and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oliveira is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Hassan's half guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Oliveira thows a huge punch but Hassan dodges it nicely.
Oliveira slows the pace down in half guard.
Oliveira really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Oliveira is pressing down on Hassan's thigh, looking to free his foot. Hassan is holding on for now.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Charles Oliveira just wasn't active enough.
Oliveira is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hassan throws a half hearted mid kick.
Hassan keeps the fight on the outside.
Oliveira closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Hassan did well to prevent Oliveira getting side control.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Oliveira connects with a nice short shot to Hassan's temple.
Oliveira is controlling the pace.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Charles Oliveira.
Hassan misses the shot to the body.
Hassan tries to land a body kick
and Oliveira counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Hassan's guard now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Oliveira wants to stand but Hassan is controlling his posture from full guard.
Oliveira forces his way into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira decides to stand up.
Oliveira shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Hassan defends it nicely.
Hassan swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Oliveira counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Oliveira.
Hassan looks winded!
Hassan is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Hassan really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Oliveira. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Oliveira looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Oliveira has a takedown stuffed.
Oliveira lands a high kick!
Hassan is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Oliveira looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Hassan is still in real trouble! Can Oliveira finish him?
Oliveira with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Oliveira connects with a nice short shot to Hassan's temple.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Oliveira with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charles Oliveira dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Oliveira avoids the body shot from Hassan.
Oliveira changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Hassan looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Hassan parries the strikes from Oliveira easily there. Oliveira is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Hassan to escape.
Hassan is not content to let Oliveira control the position.
Oliveira taking a breather here.
Hassan seems to have recovered his senses.
Hassan is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Charles Oliveira.
Hassan misses with a wild body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Oliveira looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hassan looks to score with a jab to the body but Oliveira is just out of range.
Oliveira throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Hassan's waist but Hassan gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Oliveira off to one side.
Hassan misses with a body kick.
Charles Oliveira is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hassan misses with a shot to the body
and Hassan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hassan.
Oliveira misses with a takedown attempt - Hassan sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Hassan looks to land a body kick but Oliveira moved away.
Oliveira keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Oliveira shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Oliveira showed some decent athleticism there.
Oliveira keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Oliveira throwing shots but Hassan is blocking nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira is figuring out what he wants to do next.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Charles Oliveira wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Oliveira misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Charles Oliveira. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Oliveira scores with a takedown into Hassan's guard.
Oliveira tries to free his leg and advance position but Hassan is retaining full guard.
Oliveira controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Charles Oliveira just wasn't active enough.
Hassan fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Oliveira stands up and waves to Hassan to follow him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Oliveira shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Hassan as he avoids it easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Oliveira shoots for a double leg takedown but Hassan sprawls well. He's pushed Oliveira's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Hassan misses with a wild body shot.
Hassan punishes Oliveira's body with a nice straight punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charles Oliveira dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Hassan takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Oliveira on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Hassan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Oliveira.
Hassan misses the shot to the body.
Hassan takes a swing at Oliveira's ribcage but misses.
Oliveira tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hassan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Oliveira moves into range and clinches up with Hassan.
Hassan is looking to break free of the clinch but Oliveira has double underhooks.
Hassan looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Oliveira manages to pull guard.
Hassan wants to stand but Oliveira has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Oliveira looking for a guillotine here but Hassan defends easily.
Charles Oliveira overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hassan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Hassan is aware though and is defending well.
Hassan is looking to stand up but Oliveira won't let him.
Oliveira throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Hassan got a little sloppy there for a moment and Oliveira has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Hassan has managed to get both his arms back between Oliveira's legs - danger averted.
Tarmugi Hassan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Oliveira throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Oliveira had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Hassan defends it easily.
Oliveira trying to keep a closed guard but Hassan is proving a slippery customer.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Hassan stacks Oliveira 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 Hassan!
Sloppy strikes there by Hassan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Oliveira can't do much from the bottom here.
Oliveira gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Oliveira desperately trying to maintain half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that's the end of the fight!
Charles Oliveira showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Oliveira 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Charles Oliveira!
Charles Oliveira retains his bantamweight title!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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