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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gaspar Saroa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Darwin Drascoe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Drascoe has chosen Pull Me Back To Earth as his entrance music. Darwin Drascoe will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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185 lbs
10 - 6 - 0 |
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179 lbs
6 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
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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
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gaspar Saroa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Darwin Drascoe!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Felipe Paraventi and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saroa avoids the head kick by Drascoe.
Saroa scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Saroa lands a few punches from side control.
Drascoe pushes Saroa away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Saroa gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Saroa wants to control for a moment but Drascoe uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Saroa missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Saroa is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Drascoe defends it well.
Saroa looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Drascoe with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Still in half guard, Saroa seems content to control.
Drascoe keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Saroa is trying to control. Drascoe wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Saroa is pressing down on Drascoe's thigh, looking to free his foot. Drascoe is holding on for now.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Saroa is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saroa is looking for a kimura here.
Saroa looks to land a strike but Drascoe avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Saroa pushing down on Drascoe's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Drascoe is not content to let Saroa control the position.
Saroa looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Saroa thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Drascoe's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saroa seems to be looking for submissions.
Drascoe is refusing to be controlled, as Saroa sits in half guard.
Saroa winds up and cracks Drascoe with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Saroa seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Drascoe does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Saroa wants to work for an arm triangle but Drascoe is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Saroa scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Saroa wants to lay and pray for a moment but Drascoe keeps working.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saroa is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Drascoe is just riding it out for now. Saroa eventually gives up the hold.
Drascoe is trying to stand back up but Saroa is controlling him
Saroa throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Drascoe trying to control here.
Saroa trying to control from half guard but Drascoe is working away.
Saroa takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Drascoe is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Saroa scores with a couple of nice shots.
Drascoe trying to control here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saroa has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Saroa looking to ground and pound but Drascoe is blocking nicely.
Drascoe is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Saroa scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Saroa is working for a guillotine from mount but Drascoe frees his head quite easily.
Drascoe is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Saroa is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Saroa lands a big elbow.
Drascoe taking shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gaspar Saroa dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Drascoe throws a head kick but Saroa moves out of range.
Drascoe misses with an uppercut. Saroa saw that one coming.
Drascoe stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Drascoe wants it to stay on the feet.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Drascoe.
Drascoe stuffs the takedown attempt from Saroa. Saroa gets slowly back to his feet.
Drascoe throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Drascoe stuffs the takedown attempt from Saroa. Saroa gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gaspar Saroa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Saroa manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Drascoe on his heels. He'll look to pass Drascoe's guard now, I'm sure.
Saroa throws a big right hand that misses.
Saroa pushing down on Drascoe's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Saroa missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Saroa scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Saroa trying to control from half guard but Drascoe is working away.
Saroa is thwarting Drascoe's attempts to control the position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Drascoe might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Saroa haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drascoe avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Saroa.
Drascoe is concentrating on defense, preventing Saroa from advancing position.
Saroa controlling the action here.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Darwin Drascoe wasn't active enough on the ground.
Saroa shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Drascoe looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Saroa shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Drascoe as he avoids it easily.
Saroa shoots in and gets a takedown into Drascoe's guard.
Drascoe has control of Saroa's left arm, preventing Saroa from doing any damage.
Saroa landing some decent shots from guard.
Saroa trying to control the position from guard on top but Drascoe is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Drascoe trying to keep a closed guard but Saroa is proving a slippery customer.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saroa lands a couple of digs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Saroa pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Drascoe is keeping the position for now.
Saroa trying to control but Drascoe is working from the bottom.
Saroa stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Drascoe swivels though and keeps the full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Saroa accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Saroa accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Saroa trying to control the position from guard on top but Drascoe is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Saroa with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drascoe working a defensive guard here.
Saroa is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Drascoe can do to turn this around?
Saroa throws a big elbow that misses.
Saroa throwing strikes but missing.
Saroa prevents Drascoe from getting back to his feet.
Drascoe is trying to keep Saroa in close.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Darwin Drascoe wasn't active enough on the ground.
Drascoe dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Drascoe takes a swing at Saroa's ribcage but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saroa thows a left - swing and a miss!
Saroa closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Drascoe quickly recovers to half guard.
Saroa content to control rather than advance.
Saroa is working for a submission of some sort.
Drascoe wants to get back to his feet.
Saroa thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Drascoe's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Saroa throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Drascoe regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Saroa.
Saroa postures up in Drascoe's guard and throws a big left but Drascoe blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gaspar Saroa dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Saroa shoots in but no luck this time.
Saroa shoots in for a takedown but Drascoe shows good takedown defense.
Drascoe keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gaspar Saroa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Saroa closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Drascoe's guard.
Saroa stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Drascoe swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Drascoe wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Saroa with a nice head shot there.
Saroa throws a big right hand that misses.
Drascoe is trying to control the position but Saroa postures up.
Drascoe is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Saroa throws a big elbow that misses.
Drascoe keeping full guard, as Saroa tries to pass.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saroa scoring with punches to the head and body.
Saroa is stalling in the full guard.
Gaspar Saroa overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Saroa postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Saroa trying to control but Drascoe is working from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Saroa looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Saroa is looking to advance position but Drascoe won't allow it.
Saroa not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saroa wants to lay and pray for a moment but Drascoe keeps working.
Drascoe is trying to control but can't.
Saroa tries to pass the half guard into mount. Drascoe knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Saroa has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Drascoe is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Saroa scores with a couple of nice shots.
Drascoe pushes Saroa off but Saroa dives into side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Saroa working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Drascoe can't do much from the bottom here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saroa trying to control the position but Drascoe is working away.
Drascoe takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Saroa lands a few punches from side control.
Saroa lands a nice forearm strike.
Drascoe is not content to let Saroa control the position.
Saroa creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Saroa tries for a kimura but Drascoe is defending well.
Sloppy strikes there by Saroa.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drascoe is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Saroa working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Saroa tries for a kimura but Drascoe is defending well.
Saroa is looking to take a break and control but Drascoe is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Darwin Drascoe has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gaspar Saroa is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Saroa working the ground and pound from side control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gaspar Saroa showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Saroa, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gaspar Saroa!
After the fight, Gaspar Saroa was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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energy
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hype
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