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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ultimate Hellbane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julio Sobral (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hellbane comes to the cage accompanied by Barkley, Shut Up And Jam: Gaiden theme. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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150 cm
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170 lbs
14 - 7 - 0 |
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181 cm
26
168 lbs
19 - 11 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ultimate Hellbane! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
19 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Julio Sobral! The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Leandro Rodrigues and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Hellbane misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hellbane shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Sobral sprawls well. Sobral wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Hellbane gets slowly back to his feet. Sobral throws out a powerful jab. Sobral uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hellbane has time to react. Sobral gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Hellbane. A punch lands to the side of Sobral 's head but he takes it in his stride. Hellbane ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sobral moves away. Hellbane shoots in and gets a takedown into Sobral's guard.
Sobral is rocked! We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Hellbane scoring with punches to the head and body. Sobral is still in real trouble! Can Hellbane finish him? Hellbane is working Sobral over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes. Sobral not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Sobral is looking for a triangle but Hellbane pushes his legs off easily.
Sobral keeping moving, preventing Hellbane from controlling successfully. Sobral is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive. Sobral seems to have recovered his senses.
That's one minute gone in the round. Sobral escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Hellbane gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance. Hellbane preventing the sweep. Hellbane throws a big right hand that misses. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Hellbane working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound. Sobral utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound. Hellbane wants to pass the guard but Sobral is keeping the position. Hellbane postures up in Sobral's guard and throws a big left but Sobral blocks it. Hellbane wants to control from the top but Sobral keeps moving. Hellbane preventing the sweep. Hellbane trying to control but Sobral is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Sobral is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent. Hellbane tries to free his leg and advance position but Sobral is retaining full guard. Sobral looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Ultimate Hellbane wasn't doing enough on the ground. Hellbane loads up on a big right hand but Sobral slips the punch. Sobral with a jab. This has been an exciting period of action! Sobral takes a swing at Hellbane's ribcage but misses. Hellbane works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance. Hellbane throws a lazy uppercut
and Sobral counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Hellbane! Sobral in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time. Hellbane tries to buck Sobral off but Sobral is having none of it. Sobral throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Hellbane works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure. Hellbane is trying to maintain the position but Sobral is very close to passing his half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Sobral seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense. Hellbane avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sobral. Hellbane has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Sobral is working away from the top position though. Sobral thows a huge punch but Hellbane dodges it nicely.
Hellbane is looking to control Sobral's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Hellbane avoid being mounted? Sobral is working for a kimura but Hellbane is defending it quite comfortably.
Sobral controlling the action here.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Sobral is trying to control the action in half guard but Hellbane is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard. Sobral tries to pass the half guard into mount. Hellbane knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt. Sobral drops an elbow to the side of Hellbane's head. Hellbane has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Sobral is working away from the top position though. Sobral lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt. Hellbane has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Sobral is working away from the top position though. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Sobral trying to control the action but Hellbane is working from the bottom. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Hellbane wants to get back to his feet. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Hellbane is trying to get back to full guard. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Ultimate Hellbane will probably get the nod. Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Hellbane throws a right hand that Sobral ducks under and follows up with a left that Sobral also avoids with ease. The crowd cheers as Sobral lands an impressive looking overhand right. Hellbane doesn't seem phased though. Hellbane ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sobral moves away. Hellbane closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Sobral did well to prevent Hellbane getting side control. Sobral is looking to improve his position.
Sobral manages to get to full guard.
Hellbane postures up and lands some nice ground and pound. Hellbane passes Sobral's right leg, so he's now in half guard. Hellbane is thwarting Sobral's attempts to control the position. Hellbane wants to pass to mount but Sobral is defending the position.
That's one minute gone in the round. Sobral regains full guard. Nicely done. Hellbane trying to control but Sobral is working from the bottom. Hellbane postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head. Hellbane tries to free his leg and advance position but Sobral is retaining full guard. Hellbane with a flurry of punches that miss. Hellbane postures up and lands a big shot to Sobral's brow. Hellbane working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Sobral's head. Hellbane wants to control from the top but Sobral keeps moving. A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hellbane accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand. Sobral is looking for a triangle but Hellbane pushes his legs off easily.
Hellbane really is built like a bowling ball. I wonder if he'd roll if you pushed him down a hill... Sobral is pulling down on Hellbane's head. It's preventing any offense from Hellbane, at least for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round. 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! Sobral is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive. Hellbane stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sobral swivels though and keeps the full guard. Sobral looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Sobral looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Sobral scores with a couple of body punches from the bottom.
Hellbane is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound. Hellbane preventing the sweep. Hellbane working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Sobral's head. Hellbane stands and throws Sobral's legs to the side, diving into side control. Hellbane lands a few punches from side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Sobral striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
Hellbane lands a nice forearm strike. Hellbane avoids the strikes from the bottom by Sobral. Sobral is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Hellbane's leg. He's managed it. Nice work. Sobral wants to get back to full guard. Hellbane throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage. Sobral wants to get back to full guard. Sobral works his way to full guard. Good work. Hellbane distracts Sobral with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm. Sobral is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Hellbane defends well. Hellbane loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Hellbane trying to control the position from guard on top but Sobral is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Sobral working for a triangle but Hellbane defends it easily.
Hellbane might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground. Sobral has his foot on Hellbane's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Hellbane works his way back into a safe position though. Hellbane throws a strike but Sobral rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top. Hellbane lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Sobral! The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Hellbane scores with a couple of good head shots there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ultimate Hellbane dominated that second round. The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Hellbane changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Sobral tries to avoid it but Hellbane manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Sobral to the ground. Sobral escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet. Hellbane throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. A looping hook to the body misses from Sobral. Hellbane does a little dance to reset his feet. Sloppy strikes from Hellbane. Those never looked like landing. Hellbane scores with a jab. Sobral acknowledges it with a nod of the head. Nice takedown defense from Sobral. No joy for Hellbane on that attempt. Hellbane throws an off balance right hand
and Sobral counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground. Sobral stopping the sweep attempt from Hellbane. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Sobral trying to control but Hellbane is working from the bottom. Hellbane looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sobral is one step ahead there. Hellbane manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Sobral manages to get himself to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round. Hellbane is looking to advance position but Sobral has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount! Hellbane is bucking up trying to escape but Sobral cracks him with another couple of good strikes. Hellbane is trying desperately to improve position. Sobral is in the full mount, landing strikes. Sobral dominating with strikes here. Hellbane takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position. Sobral scores with a couple of good head shots there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Sobral wants to control the pace but Hellbane is squirming around nicely. Sobral raining down shots from the mount! Hellbane is working to get back to half guard.
Ultimate Hellbane is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Sobral in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Sobral trying to control but Hellbane is having none of it. Hellbane holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Sobral tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Julio Sobral has got the better of the ground game so far. Sobral sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it! Hellbane slips a leg in and gets back to half guard. Hellbane has his hands clasped together around Sobral's back. He's all about the action. Hellbane avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sobral. Hellbane manages to get to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Sobral tries to free his leg and advance position but Hellbane is retaining full guard. Hellbane utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound. There's a bit of a scramble here and now Hellbane is on top in guard.
Hellbane wants to control from the top but Sobral keeps moving. Julio Sobral has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! Hellbane controls the pace of the fight for a moment. Hellbane'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.
We're going to have a standup here because Ultimate Hellbane wasn't active enough for the referee's liking. Hellbane takes a swing at Sobral's ribcage but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Hellbane misses with an uppercut. Sobral swings for the body but Hellbane moves out of range.
Sobral misses with a body shot.
Sobral throws a jab but it's blocked by Hellbane. Sobral bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. Hellbane feints and as Sobral raises his hands in defense, Hellbane changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard. Sobral looking for a guillotine here but Hellbane defends easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Hellbane content to stall in guard here.
And that's the end of the fight! Julio Sobral comfortably won the final round on my scorecard. Well Hellbane 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 28:29 Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 29:29 Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 29:28
The fight is ruled a draw!
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