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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between dameon steal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Donny Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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260 lbs
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250 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, dameon steal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Donny Love!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Seu Braga and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Love misses with a double jab.
Love takes the fight into the clinch.
Love lands a damaging elbow.
Love misses with a punch on the inside.
steal keeps control of Love as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A head punch on the inside from Love fails to land.
Love doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
steal successfully pulls guard.
steal manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Love is working to get back to half guard.
steal content just to control the position here.
Love is trying to escape the mount.
steal controlling his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Love is in all sorts of trouble here.
steal looking to control and managing it successfully.
Love looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
Love tries to break free.
steal is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
Love manages to reverse the position and now he's in steal's guard. Nice work there by Love.
Love advances position into side control!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
steal manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
steal passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Love!
Love is trying to escape the mount.
steal controlling the pace for now.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Love bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
steal has control of Love's left arm, preventing Love from doing any damage.
Love advances position into side control!
Love looks gassed!
steal misses with an elbow from the bottom.
steal gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
steal gets back to full guard.
steal seems keen to control Love's posture.
Love must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Love has gone for a leg lock! steal slips out almost immediately though and dives into Love's guard.
steal stands up from Love's guard - steal perhaps looking for a knockout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
steal throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A combination from steal does no damage.
Love scores a takedown into full mount!
Love working for a guillotine from mount but steal is in no mood to give up.
Love is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. steal can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
steal has given up his back here. Will Love look for the submission or keep pounding away?
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 dameon steal will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Love lands a nice shot to the body.
Love throws a good cross that connects.
Love scores with a kick to the body.
Love looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Love gets the takedown into side control.
Love throws a strike aimed at the side of steal's head but steal avoids it well.
Love sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but steal is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Love wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by steal, who protects the arm well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
steal is looking to regain half guard here but Love keeps moving and retains side control.
You can see the frustration on steal's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
steal dodges the ground and pound from Love.
That's one minute gone in the round.
steal is trying to get back to half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The ground and pound from Love seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
steal shoots and misses
and Love decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in steal's guard.
steal pulls Love in close to prevent any damage.
steal has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
steal lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Love!
steal controlling from the full mount.
Donny Love has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
steal is landing with some decent strikes but Love is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The referee warns Love that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Love is squirming around, avoiding steal's attempts to control the action.
steal blocks Love's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Love is looking to improve his position but steal isn't that keen on the idea.
Love looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
I really don't envy Love right now.
steal has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Love has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love turns into steal and is now in his guard.
Love has gone for a leg lock! steal slips out almost immediately though and dives into Love's guard.
Love will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Love looking for a guillotine here but steal defends easily.
steal stands and throws Love's legs to the side, diving into side control.
steal controlling the position from side mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Love takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
steal cracks Love with a big elbow.
steal moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Love looking for a sweep but steal has passed into full mount! Oh no!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
steal scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Love?
steal with a couple of short strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that dameon steal will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
steal looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Love manages to get to full guard.
Love wants to improve his position but instead steal has moved into half guard.
steal with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Love taking some punishment here, with steal in his half guard.
steal is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Love is just riding it out for now. steal eventually gives up the hold.
steal working over Love with some ground and pound. Love looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
steal is tying to control. Love wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Love actively working from the bottom here.
steal is trying to work for a kimura but Love is defending well.
Love missing with punches from the bottom.
Love tries to roll over but steal keeps him under control.
steal is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Love takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
steal gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
steal tries to score a body lock takedown but Love shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Love trying to stall but steal improves his position.
The referee calls for steal to work.
steal manages to break the clinch.
steal shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Donny Love seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Excellent takedown into side control there by steal.
Love is trying to improve his position.
steal lands an elbow.
Love tries to improve position but can't.
steal controls the position.
steal wants to lay and pray for a moment but Love keeps working.
steal works to advance to full mount. Love defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love is trying desperately to improve position.
steal in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Love is rocked!
steal working Love over with strikes here.
Love is still in real trouble! Can steal finish him?
Love is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
steal throwing strikes here but Love is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
steal throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
steal throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Love because steal loaded up on that one.
steal throwing strikes here but Love is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
steal throwing strikes here but Love is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
steal misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
steal has control of Love's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Love regains control of the situation pretty easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
steal looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
steal looking to ground and pound but Love is blocking nicely.
steal punching from mount but Love doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Poor strikes thrown by steal there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Love is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
steal throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
steal unloads with some shots from mount but Love bucks and avoids them well.
steal throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
steal punching from mount but Love doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Donny Love has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Love holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as steal tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
And that's the end of the fight!
dameon steal showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for steal, 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 Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:27
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... dameon steal!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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