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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Adriano Cassimiro Andrade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rolando Souto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Andrade comes to the cage accompanied by Baauer - Harlem Shake. Souto has chosen Jorge Quintero - 300 violin orchestra as his entrance music. Rolando Souto has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Adriano Cassimiro Andrade's chin.
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185 lbs
8 - 2 - 0 |
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184 cm
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185 lbs
18 - 10 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
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Good wrestler
Good kicks
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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
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Adriano Cassimiro Andrade!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rolando Souto!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Steve Montenegro and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Souto throws a right and a left that Andrade avoids nicely.
Andrade lands a jab to the head.
Souto closes the distance and pushes Andrade back into the cage.
Souto connects with a nasty looking knee right to Andrade's face.
It looks like Adriano Cassimiro Andrade has been cut.
Andrade stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Andrade is looking for a takedown.
Andrade doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Knees in the clinch landing for Souto.
Andrade lands a body punch.
Andrade stalling.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Souto using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Andrade has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Souto blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Souto will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Andrade up against the cage.
Souto tries a knee to the head but Andrade blocks it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Andrade is trying to break the clinch but Souto is controlling him.
Souto looking to throw knees to the head but Andrade is blocking nicely.
Souto with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Souto with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Souto lands a knee to the head.
Souto using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Andrade has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Souto with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Andrade's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Souto, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Andrade throws a big shot that misses.
Andrade misses with a leg kick.
Souto fakes the leg kick and cracks Andrade in the body.
Andrade staying out of range there.
Souto misses with a wild combination.
Andrade has taken the fight to the clinch.
Souto tries to land knees in the clinch but Andrade avoids the damage to the body.
Andrade lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Souto backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Souto landing knees to the head.
Souto tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Souto effectively controlling the action here.
Andrade wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Souto lands a good knee to the midsection. Andrade won't want to take too many of those.
Andrade lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Souto backwards.
Souto throws a knee to the head but misses.
Souto connects with a nasty looking knee right to Andrade's face.
Souto with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Souto tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Souto tries to land a knee to the head but Andrade blocks with his arms.
Souto tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Andrade content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Souto throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souto tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Souto scores with a knee to the head.
Andrade displaying some good clinch control by pressing Souto up against the cage.
Souto tries to land a knee to the head but Andrade blocks with his arms.
Andrade breaks the clinch.
Souto connects with an inside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Andrade keeps the fight on the outside.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Souto uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Andrade.
Souto wants to clinch.
Souto throws a head kick that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rolando Souto dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Adriano Cassimiro Andrade's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Andrade throws a series of punches but Souto avoids them all with ease.
Souto lands with a kick to the temple. Andrade shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Souto tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Andrade counters with a nice leg kick.
Souto throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Souto fails to land with a series of punches.
A telegraphed right hand from Souto misses the target.
Andrade swinging wildly here.
Andrade lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Souto misses with a jab, cross combination.
Andrade scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Souto throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Andrade.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Souto.
Souto tries to clinch up.
Andrade dodges the punch combination from Souto.
Andrade keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Souto.
Souto misses with an attempted mid kick.
Souto fails in his attempt to clinch.
Souto tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Andrade manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Andrade has Souto up against the cage in a clinch.
Andrade misses with a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souto with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Souto lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Adriano Cassimiro Andrade's cut is getting worse.
Souto misses with a knee to the head.
Rolando Souto seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
The referee is keeping an eye on Souto - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Andrade tries to break free but Souto pushes him back against the cage.
Souto trying to land knees to the body.
Souto blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Souto tries to land a knee to the head but Andrade blocks with his arms.
Souto is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Andrade is defending well for now.
A bit of stalling here from Souto.
Souto looking to throw knees to the head but Andrade is blocking nicely.
Andrade managing to block the knees to the body from Souto.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Souto with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Souto with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Souto with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Souto misses with a knee strike.
Souto tries to land a knee to the head but Andrade blocks with his arms.
Andrade blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Andrade takes a knee right on the jaw!
Andrade lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Souto with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Andrade manages to break the clinch.
Souto tries to clinch there but Andrade circles away.
Souto looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souto throws a poor cross that misses
and Souto takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Souto is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Andrade.
Andrade is looking to clinch but Souto is avoiding it.
Andrade throws a right and a left that Souto avoids nicely.
Souto is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Adriano Cassimiro Andrade is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Souto clinches with his opponent.
Souto with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Souto misses with a knee strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Souto.
A short left from Andrade.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Souto with an attempt at a knee that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rolando Souto showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Adriano Cassimiro Andrade'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. This is the final round!
Andrade keeps the fight on the outside.
Souto takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Souto tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Andrade manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Souto is looking to clinch but Andrade is avoiding it.
Andrade throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Souto throws a push kick but Andrade slaps the foot to one side.
Souto tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Andrade counters with a left and a right that stings Souto.
Souto moves away from the strike by Andrade.
Andrade misses with a jab to the body
and Souto counters with a good low kick that Andrade was not able to check.
Souto throws a head kick but Andrade moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Andrade uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Souto.
Souto tries to clinch up
and Andrade counters with a straight right hand.
The fighters circling - Souto throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Souto misses with a wild combination.
Souto slips a straight right by Andrade.
The fight stays on the outside here - Souto looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Andrade throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Andrade misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Andrade fails in his attempt to clinch.
Andrade chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Souto can pounce on him.
Andrade swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Souto tries to close the distance and clinch but Andrade swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Souto keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rolando Souto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Andrade moves out of range of the body kick from Souto.
Souto clinches.
Souto misses with a knee to the head.
Andrade is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Souto with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Souto tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Souto tries to land a knee to the head but Andrade blocks with his arms.
Adriano Cassimiro Andrade has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Souto tries a knee to the head but Andrade blocks it.
Souto with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Souto with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Souto takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Andrade is working Souto over against the cage.
Souto is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Andrade gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Andrade throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Souto works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souto working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Andrade.
Souto is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Rolando Souto.
Andrade avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Andrade moves out of range of the strikes.
Andrade moves in looking to clinch but Souto pushes him off.
That kick from Souto tenderised Andrade's leg. Andrade is trying to keep his angry face on.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Rolando Souto.
I've got Souto winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 John Kavanagh scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 27:30
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rolando Souto!
Rolando Souto thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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