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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Diego Brandao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Billy O Brien (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Billy O Brien will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Diego Brandao!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Billy O Brien!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Steve Erwin and Skip Squint.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brandao closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into O Brien's guard.
Brandao throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as O Brien works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
O Brien is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Brandao defends well.
Brandao drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but O Brien manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Brandao has O Brien in his guard.
Brandao has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but O Brien can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Brandao tries to land a sweep but no joy.
O Brien prevents Brandao from getting back to his feet.
Brandao working for submissions but it's allowed O Brien to get to half guard.
O Brien is pressing down on Brandao's thigh, looking to free his foot. Brandao is holding on for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brandao is pressing down on O Brien's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Brandao looking for a sweep. Not yet Brandao, not yet.
O Brien trying to control but Brandao is working from the bottom.
Brandao is adopting a defensive guard.
O Brien slips nicely into half guard.
Brandao looks like he's trying to stand up.
O Brien is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
The fighters are battling for position here. Brandao manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
O Brien postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Brandao is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of O Brien, into his guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brandao avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
O Brien is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Brandao lands a couple of elbows.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brandao postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
O Brien throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Brandao lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
O Brien looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Brandao postures up in O Brien's guard and throws a big left but O Brien blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Brien is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Brandao is aware though and is defending well.
O Brien had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Brandao defends it easily.
Brandao lands a couple of digs.
Brandao scoring with some ground and pound.
Brandao makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Brandao scoring with punches to the head and body.
Brandao stopping the sweep attempt from O Brien.
Brandao has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
O Brien lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Brandao!
Brandao prevents O Brien from taking his back.
Brandao wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
My spies in Sydney Elite Systems inform me that O Brien has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brandao fending off the submission attempt from O Brien.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brandao tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Brandao regains half guard.
Brandao actively working from the bottom here.
O Brien trying to pass the guard but Brandao defending well.
Brandao looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Brandao is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at The Shield, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brandao won't allow O Brien to pass to mount.
O Brien is looking to take a break and control but Brandao is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Diego Brandao dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Brandao tries to clinch up.
O Brien throws a right hand that Brandao ducks under and follows up with a left that Brandao also avoids with ease.
O Brien keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Brandao with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling O Brien to score with a decent uppercut.
Brandao fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. O Brien sprawls well initially but Brandao persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Brandao working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Brandao scoring with strikes to the body and head.
O Brien wants to improve his position but Brandao is controlling well.
O Brien taking some punishment here, with Brandao in his half guard.
Brandao is stalling here. O Brien is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Brandao seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and O Brien has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Brandao prevents O Brien from moving into mount.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brandao is trying to control O Brien's posture but O Brien avoids it.
Diego Brandao overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Brandao is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brandao pushes O Brien away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, O Brien gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
O Brien is looking to take a break and control but Brandao is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Brandao stops O Brien from passing to mount.
Brandao manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Brandao is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, O Brien has managed to free his arm - good work.
Brandao prevents O Brien from improving his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brandao lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Brandao uses his free foot to push down on O Brien's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for O Brien.
O Brien is looking to improve his position but Brandao isn't that keen on the idea.
O Brien regains half guard.
O Brien tries to get to full guard but Brandao has control of the leg.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brandao working O Brien over with strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Brien is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
O Brien is pressing down on Brandao's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Brandao tries to free his leg and advance position but O Brien is retaining full guard.
O Brien working for a triangle but Brandao defends it easily.
Brandao lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Brandao distracts O Brien with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Brandao is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Brandao throws a big elbow that misses.
Brandao stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. O Brien swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Brandao stopping the sweep attempt from O Brien.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brandao distracts O Brien with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Brandao drops back looking for a leg! O Brien is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and O Brien manages to kick Brandao off! Brandao jumps back into O Brien's guard.
O Brien keeping moving, preventing Brandao from controlling successfully.
Brandao advances to half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brandao wants to pass the guard but O Brien is defending well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
O Brien slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
O Brien is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Diego Brandao dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Brandao walks into a straight right hand from O Brien.
Brandao closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into O Brien's guard.
O Brien keeping moving, preventing Brandao from controlling successfully.
Brandao passes O Brien's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Brandao lands a nice short elbow.
O Brien slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Brandao postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
O Brien is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
O Brien looking to hit a scissor sweep but Brandao is one step ahead there.
Brandao might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brandao trying to control the position from guard on top but O Brien is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
O Brien pulls Brandao in close to his closed guard and prevents Brandao from doing any damage or advancing position.
Brandao pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. O Brien is keeping the position for now.
O Brien working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Brandao doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Brandao manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
O Brien working for a triangle but Brandao defends it easily.
O Brien takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
O Brien not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brandao lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Brandao advances position into side control!
Brandao is trying to get an arm triangle but O Brien is defending well.
Brandao working the head with strikes.
Brandao lands a nice forearm strike.
O Brien on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
O Brien is looking for a sweep.
Brandao cracks O Brien with a big right hand but O Brien just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Brandao is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, O Brien has escaped the position, nice work there.
O Brien takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Brien taking punishment in the form of punches.
Brandao is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but O Brien is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
O Brien sneaks back into half guard.
O Brien is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Brandao is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
O Brien won't allow Brandao to pass to mount.
Brandao slips a nice elbow through O Brien's hands, connecting with O Brien's forehead.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Brien taking some punishment here, with Brandao in his half guard.
Brandao winds up and cracks O Brien with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
O Brien is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Brandao is keen to just control but O Brien is a slippery customer.
O Brien is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Brandao scores with a couple of nice shots.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
O Brien wants to get back to full guard.
Brandao is trying to work for a kimura but O Brien is defending well.
Brandao looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks O Brien with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
O Brien looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
O Brien on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Diego Brandao clearly takes that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
O Brien throws a body punch but Brandao moves out of range.
O Brien wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
O Brien throws a lazy uppercut
and Brandao counters with a nice double leg into guard.
O Brien has momentary wrist control but Brandao slips an elbow through the middle.
Brandao postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
O Brien 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.
Brandao postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! O Brien is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Brandao, into his guard.
Brandao wants to stand but O Brien is controlling the position.
O Brien advances position into side control!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brandao throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brandao is trying to control O Brien's posture but O Brien avoids it.
O Brien moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Brandao is not content to let O Brien control the position.
Brandao sneaks back into half guard.
Brandao is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
O Brien is trying to work for a kimura but Brandao is defending well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brandao wants to control but O Brien is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Brandao wants to improve his position but O Brien is controlling well.
Brandao actively working from the bottom here.
O Brien is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Brandao defends it well.
Brandao throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
O Brien is trying to control. Brandao wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
O Brien seems to be working for a kimura but Brandao defends the submission attempt.
Brandao pushes O Brien off looking to stand but O Brien dives back in and keeps control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Brien tries to pass the half guard into mount. Brandao knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
O Brien is thwarting Brandao's attempts to control the position.
O Brien is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Brandao!
Brandao tries to hold on but O Brien postures up.
O Brien fails to take his opponent's back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Brien looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
O Brien tries to control but Brandao wriggling away.
Brandao is wriggling around trying to escape.
Brandao has given up his back - I don’t know if this is a deliberate ploy to try and escape or if he is just struggling down there.
O Brien throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.
Brandao trying to control the position but O Brien manages to sink in the hooks.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
O Brien is trying to stick to Brandao's back but Brandao is turning into O Brien. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in O Brien's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Brandao.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brandao throws a big elbow that misses.
Brandao works a leg free and moves into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Diego Brandao will probably get the nod.
That's time! Brandao's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
O Brien lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Brandao closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Brandao is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, O Brien has escaped the position, nice work there.
You can see the frustration on O Brien's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
O Brien gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
O Brien is trying to maintain the position but Brandao is very close to passing his half guard.
Brandao thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed O Brien's head.
O Brien is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Brandao's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Brandao's back!
O Brien tightening his grip on Brandao, looking for the choke.
O Brien is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brandao wants to control his opponent's hands but O Brien gets his hands free.
O Brien tries to keep control of the position but Brandao is staying busy.
Brandao wants to control his opponent's hands but O Brien gets his hands free.
Brandao breaks O Brien's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
O Brien working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Brandao.
Brandao chips away with some ground and pound.
Brandao lands a couple of elbows.
Brandao scoring with some ground and pound.
Brandao wants to control from the top but O Brien keeps moving.
Billy O Brien has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Brien lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Brandao!
O Brien looking to control but Brandao is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Brandao is trying to stand up.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brandao is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
O Brien has hold of Brandao's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Brandao manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Brandao wants to control but O Brien is having none of it.
Brandao tries to reverse the position but O Brien maintains control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Brien looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Brandao bucks up and throws O Brien to the side - he's got back to his feet. Great escape!
Brandao keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
O Brien misses with a body shot.
O Brien throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A head kick misses from O Brien.
Brandao scores with a takedown into O Brien's guard.
Brandao working some strikes from top position.
Brandao postures up.
Brandao connects with a couple of short punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Brien keeping moving, preventing Brandao from controlling successfully.
Brandao got a little sloppy there for a moment and O Brien has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Brandao has managed to get both his arms back between O Brien's legs - danger averted.
Brandao preventing the sweep.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brandao stands up over O Brien, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
O Brien 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.
Brandao scoring with some ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brandao passes O Brien's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Brandao looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks O Brien with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Diego Brandao is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
O Brien is in trouble now - Brandao has advanced to mount!
And that's the end of the fight!
Diego Brandao showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Brandao, 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 50:45
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 50:45
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Diego Brandao!
Diego Brandao retains his welterweight title!
Diego Brandao decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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