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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Primus Inter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiago Barboza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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196 lbs
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205 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Primus Inter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thiago Barboza!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Luis Engracia and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Inter looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Barboza is fending him off so far but Inter persists. Nope, Barboza circles away and we're back to standing.
Inter shoots in looking for a takedown. Barboza tries to sprawl out of it but Inter keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Barboza manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Barboza scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Barboza working Inter over with strikes.
Inter is trying to control but can't.
Barboza is looking to take a break and control but Inter is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Inter preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Inter looking for submissions off his back.
Inter wants to control but Barboza passes into side.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Inter wants to control but Barboza postures up.
Barboza really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Inter. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Barboza trying to control the action but Inter is working from the bottom.
Inter sneaks back into half guard.
Inter is trying to get back to full guard.
Barboza is looking to take a break and control but Inter is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barboza wants to stand but Inter has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Barboza is looking to take a break and control but Inter is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Inter is trying to control but can't.
Inter is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Barboza pulls his head out easily.
Inter wants to get back to full guard.
Inter is looking to control Barboza's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Inter avoid being mounted?
Inter actively working from the bottom here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barboza tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Inter.
Inter trying to hold on to Barboza's head to control him but Barboza postures up.
Inter is doing well to control the position and prevent Barboza from advancing to side control.
Barboza is pressing down on Inter's thigh, looking to free his foot. Inter is holding on for now.
Inter flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Inter wants to control but Barboza is keeping busy.
Inter regains full guard. Nicely done.
Inter is pulling down on Barboza's head. It's preventing any offense from Barboza, at least for the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Inter keeping moving, preventing Barboza from controlling successfully.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Primus Inter has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Barboza closes the distance and clinches.
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 Primus Inter will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Barboza darts in and clinches Inter up against the cage.
Inter lands a right hand that snaps the head of Barboza backwards.
It looks like Thiago Barboza has been cut.
Inter looking to throw knees to the head but Barboza is blocking nicely.
Inter lands an elbow that stopped Barboza in his tracks for a moment.
The referee is keeping an eye on Inter - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Inter creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Barboza's defenses.
Barboza taking a breather.
Inter comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That has opened up Thiago Barboza's cut even more.
Inter lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The cut above Thiago Barboza's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Barboza has picked Inter up - he's going for a ride! Barboza dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Thiago Barboza has got the better of the ground game so far.
Inter holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Inter actively working from the bottom here.
Inter landing strikes from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Inter looking for submissions off his back.
Inter punching from the bottom.
Inter punching from the bottom.
Inter is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Inter looking for submissions off his back.
Barboza is looking to advance position but Inter won't allow it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Inter is refusing to be controlled, as Barboza sits in half guard.
Inter is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Barboza pulls his head out easily.
Inter trying to hold on to Barboza's head to control him but Barboza postures up.
Inter keeping hold of Barboza's head, controlling as best he can.
Inter striking from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barboza missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Inter is trying to maintain the position but Barboza is very close to passing his half guard.
Inter looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Inter looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Inter is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Barboza pulls his head out easily.
Barboza is pressing down on Inter's thigh, looking to free his foot. Inter is holding on for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barboza is keen to just control but Inter is a slippery customer.
Inter actively working from the bottom here.
Barboza tries to pass the half guard into mount. Inter knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Inter gets full guard.
Inter is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Barboza frees his head nicely. Oh but Inter has switched to an armbar! Barboza is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Primus Inter!
Our winner, Primus Inter, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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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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