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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Junior Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Delivire (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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240 lbs
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219 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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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
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Junior Dos Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ricardo Delivire!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Matheus Silva and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Delivire has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Dos Santos finds it's way round the side to connect with Delivire's head.
Dos Santos keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Dos Santos misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Delivire takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Dos Santos throws a series of punches but Delivire avoids them all with ease.
Dos Santos misses with a double jab
and Delivire counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Delivire.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Delivire.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Delivire lands a body shot in the clinch.
Delivire tries to score a body lock takedown but Dos Santos shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Dos Santos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Delivire shoots in for a takedown but Dos Santos shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Junior Dos Santos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ricardo Delivire.
Dos Santos throws a series of punches but Delivire moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Delivire stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Delivire drives through with a takedown into Dos Santos's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Delivire trying to control the position from guard on top but Dos Santos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dos Santos has Delivire pulled in close to control his posture.
Dos Santos has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Delivire can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Delivire thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Delivire drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Delivire jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Delivire can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Delivire's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Delivire controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Delivire thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Delivire throwing strikes but missing.
Delivire trying to control but Dos Santos is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Delivire loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Delivire loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Dos Santos working a defensive guard here.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Delivire drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Delivire jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Dos Santos is working an open guard so Delivire takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Delivire has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Delivire tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Dos Santos counters with a left and a right that stings Delivire.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos throws a series of punches but Delivire avoids them all with ease.
Delivire moves out of range of the body kick from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Dos Santos shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Delivire as he jumps to the side.
Delivire uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos throws a series of punches but Delivire moves out of range.
Dos Santos is breathing heavily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Delivire shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Delivire throws a head kick that misses.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Delivire.
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 Junior Dos Santos will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Nice jab there from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Delivire.
Delivire fails to land the takedown.
Delivire slips a jab and a cross from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos misses with a double jab
and Delivire counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Dos Santos manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Delivire manages to get himself to full guard.
Dos Santos trying to control the position from guard on top but Delivire is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Delivire looking for a guillotine here but Dos Santos defends easily.
Dos Santos avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Dos Santos lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Delivire is looking for a triangle but Dos Santos pushes his legs off easily.
Delivire throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Ricardo Delivire has got the better of the ground game so far.
Delivire looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos got a little sloppy there for a moment and Delivire has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Dos Santos has managed to get both his arms back between Delivire's legs - danger averted.
Delivire is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Dos Santos is aware though and is defending well.
Dos Santos tries to free his leg and advance position but Delivire is retaining full guard.
Delivire pulls Dos Santos in to control the position.
Delivire trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Dos Santos wants to control from the top but Delivire keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Delivire looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Delivire controls Dos Santos momentarily but Dos Santos frees himself.
Delivire is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Dos Santos defends well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Delivire looking for a guillotine here but Dos Santos defends easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ricardo Delivire showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Dos Santos scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Dos Santos lands with a nice combination. Delivire backs away looking to recover.
Delivire shoots in and drives through. Dos Santos sprawls well.
Dos Santos lands a two punch combo.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Dos Santos lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Delivire circles away quickly and effectively.
Delivire fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Dos Santos has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Dos Santos misses with a few strikes there.
A big left from Dos Santos misses.
Dos Santos lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Delivire circles away quickly and effectively.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Delivire shoots in looking for a takedown. Dos Santos tries to sprawl out of it but Delivire keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Dos Santos manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Delivire tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Dos Santos defends well and Delivire ends up having to push Dos Santos into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Junior Dos Santos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ricardo Delivire.
Delivire prevents Dos Santos from breaking the clinch.
Dos Santos tries to break free but Delivire pushes him back against the cage.
Delivire lands a good knee to the midsection. Dos Santos won't want to take too many of those.
Delivire lands a shoulder strike.
Delivire tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Delivire landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Delivire breaks the clinch.
Delivire scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Delivire working away.
Delivire tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Delivire has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Delivire cracks Dos Santos with a big right hand but Dos Santos just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Delivire tries for a kimura but Dos Santos is defending well.
Delivire wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Dos Santos, who protects the arm well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Delivire looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Dos Santos is trying to control Delivire's posture but Delivire avoids it.
Dos Santos looks to move to half guard but instead Delivire has passed into mount! Damn!
Delivire is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Dos Santos is surviving well by controlling Delivire's body position as best he can.
Dos Santos tries to control the position but Delivire now has his back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Delivire is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Dos Santos defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Delivire working for a choke but Dos Santos reverses nicely into Delivire 's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Delivire working for submissions but it's allowed Dos Santos to get to half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ricardo Delivire comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Delivire has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Luis Engracia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ricardo Delivire!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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