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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Norberto Oneil (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pablo Arai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Norberto Oneil!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Pablo Arai!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oneil closes the distance and clinches.
A bit of stalling here from Oneil.
Arai wants to break the clinch but can't.
Arai pulls guard successfully.
Oneil is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Arai throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Oneil escapes and throws Arai's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Oneil lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Arai down.
Arai is trying to control Oneil's posture but Oneil avoids it.
Oneil is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Arai is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Arai trying his best to control but Oneil has mounted him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Oneil.
Arai slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Oneil wants to pass the guard but Arai is defending well.
Arai works his way to full guard. Good work.
Oneil trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Arai manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Oneil wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Oneil is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arai wants to stand but Oneil has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Arai is fighting to break Oneil's control of his arms but Oneil is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Arai with a flurry of punches that miss.
Oneil is pulling down on Arai's head. It's preventing any offense from Arai, at least for the moment.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Arai pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Oneil is keeping the position for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arai wants to get up but he can't break Oneil's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Oneil working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Arai doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Arai manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Arai in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Oneil throws his legs up looking for a submission but Arai uses it to pass to side control.
Arai wants to stand but Oneil has his arm trapped.
Oneil can't do much from the bottom here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arai wants to lay and pray for a moment but Oneil keeps working.
Oneil sneaks back into half guard.
Arai is trying to work for a kimura but Oneil is defending well.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Oneil is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Norberto Oneil dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Arai clinches.
Arai missing with knees to the body.
Oneil gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Oneil prevents Arai from improving his position.
Oneil is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Oneil is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Arai!
Oneil raining down hammerfists from mount.
It looks like Pablo Arai has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Oneil cracks Arai with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oneil is landing with some decent strikes but Arai is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Oneil controlling from mount.
Arai taking shots to the head.
That has opened up Pablo Arai's cut even more.
Arai wants to hold on but Oneil pushes him away.
Arai is desperately trying to improve his position but Oneil has a good base and remains in mount.
Arai swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oneil landing punches.
Arai is wriggling around trying to escape.
Oneil looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Norberto Oneil overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Oneil lands a nice shot to the head.
The cut above Pablo Arai's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Arai is breathing heavily.
Arai is trying to escape the mount.
Oneil blocks Arai's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Arai taking shots to the head.
Pablo Arai's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Pablo Arai's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Norberto Oneil!
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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
33% |
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