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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vagner Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Moratelli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Moratelli has chosen Hell March 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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270 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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231 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Big heart |
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BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Vagner Love!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paul Moratelli!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Luis Engracia and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moratelli doesn't manage to clinch there - Love circles away.
Love darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Moratelli wants to get back to his feet.
Moratelli is holding on to half guard well.
Love throwing shots but Moratelli is blocking nicely.
Moratelli controlling the position for now.
Moratelli is looking to improve his position.
Love stalling.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Moratelli wants to control but Love is keeping busy and won't allow it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moratelli wants to control the action here but instead Love manages to pass to full mount!
Moratelli tries to lock up and control but Love gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Moratelli is in all sorts of trouble here.
Moratelli tries to hold on but Love postures up.
Love trying to control but Moratelli is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Love is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Moratelli is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Moratelli manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Moratelli wants to stand back up but Love manages to pass into side control.
Moratelli is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Love off and has taken his back!
Love staying busy and making it hard for Moratelli to control.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Moratelli controlling the positon.
Love tries to escape but Moratelli has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
I would not like to be Love right now.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Despite being in the dominant position, Paul Moratelli just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Moratelli misses with the combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Love tries to pull guard but Moratelli holds him up against the cage and eventually Love drops back down to his feet.
Moratelli stops a takedown attempt from Love.
Moratelli is trying to break free.
Love fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vagner Love. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Moratelli pushes Love back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Moratelli is trying to break the clinch but Love has him pressed against the cage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Moratelli can't break the clinch.
Moratelli wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Love has him pressed against the cage.
Love is working for takedown but Moratelli is calmly controlling the position for now.
Love tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Moratelli just stands there and leans against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paul Moratelli dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Moratelli looks to land a combination but Love avoids it well.
Love shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Moratelli as he jumps to the side.
Love steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Moratelli.
Moratelli throws a right hand that Love ducks under and follows up with a left that Love also avoids with ease.
Moratelli tries a head kick but it misses.
Moratelli throws a low kick, looking for Love's leg but Love calmly moves out of range.
Love takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Moratelli pivots, looking for a leg kick but Love is out of range and Moratelli settles back down.
Moratelli ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Moratelli misses with a series of wild punches.
Moratelli misses with a low kick.
Love keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Love lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Moratelli clobbers Love with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Moratelli misses with a few strikes there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moratelli throws a hook but Love avoids it easily.
Moratelli misses with a body shot.
Moratelli doesn't manage to clinch there - Love circles away.
Moratelli walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Love checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Love shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Moratelli pinned against the cage. Moratelli gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Love shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Moratelli but Moratelli pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vagner Love. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Moratelli misses with a series of wild punches.
Moratelli chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Moratelli swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Love fails to land the takedown.
Moratelli stalks Love and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Love's face. Love staggers backwards, shaken.
Moratelli scores with a three punch combo!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love moves out of range of the body kick.
Love misses with a straight left.
Moratelli tries to close the distance and clinch up but Love swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Moratelli throws a sloppy head kick and Love moves out of range easily.
Moratelli throws a series of punches but Love moves out of range.
Moratelli stuffs the takedown.
A nice combination there by Moratelli.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Moratelli throws a right and a left that both miss.
Moratelli fails in his attempt to clinch.
Moratelli pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Moratelli throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Love closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Moratelli scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Moratelli is taking a breather. Love says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Love wants to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Moratelli seems content to control.
Moratelli scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Moratelli passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Love!
Moratelli controlling the position easily from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moratelli lands with some strikes.
Moratelli is landing with some decent strikes but Love is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Moratelli landing strikes from the mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Moratelli controlling the pace for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paul Moratelli showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
A shot to de liver by Moratelli. Beautiful body shot.
Moratelli rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Love moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Moratelli motions for Love to come forward. Moratelli throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Moratelli. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Moratelli will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Love shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Moratelli counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Moratelli tries to clinch there but Love circles away.
Moratelli throws a nice looking combination but Love bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Moratelli throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Moratelli tries to close the distance and clinch up but Love swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Moratelli scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Moratelli misses with a head kick.
Moratelli looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Love steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Moratelli.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moratelli ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Moratelli throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Love.
Love checks a leg kick.
Love shoots and misses
enabling Moratelli to counter with a crisp jab.
Moratelli tries to close the distance and clinch but Love swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Moratelli doesn't manage to clinch there - Love circles away.
Love has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vagner Love. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Moratelli has closed the distance and engaged Love in a clinch.
Moratelli stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Moratelli breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Moratelli has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A combination from Moratelli does no damage.
Moratelli throws a series of punches but Love avoids them all with ease.
Moratelli throws a jab when Love was well out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moratelli tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Moratelli misses with a two punch combination.
Love shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Moratelli counters with a right hand to the body.
Moratelli throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Love.
Moratelli closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Love to the mat! Love manages to get full guard.
Moratelli stands and steps away. Love gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Moratelli lands a right hook to the body.
Moratelli throws a sloppy head kick and Love moves out of range easily.
Love shoots in but Moratelli avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Moratelli tries to clinch up but Love circles away and keeps his distance.
Paul Moratelli seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Moratelli fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Moratelli will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love dodges the punch combination from Moratelli.
Love misses with a takedown
and Moratelli counters with a stiff right hand.
Moratelli misses with a low kick as Love jumps back.
Moratelli drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Love is letting Moratelli control him for a moment.
Love struggling a bit here.
Love takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Moratelli controls the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moratelli's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Vagner Love has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Moratelli tries to move to mount but Love blocks the move with his legs.
Moratelli is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Love will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
And that's the end of the fight!
Paul Moratelli comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Moratelli has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 25:30
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 25:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paul Moratelli!
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energy
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hype
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