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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Darco Goncalves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Master Yi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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180 lbs
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177 cm
25
178 lbs
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Good wrestling
Brawler
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very confident |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Darco Goncalves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Master Yi!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Tiny Johnson and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Goncalves on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Goncalves shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Yi's guard.
Yi is trying to control the position but Goncalves postures up.
Goncalves preventing the sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yi is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Goncalves is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Goncalves throws a big right hand that misses.
Yi trying to control the position.
Yi is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Goncalves throws a big right hand that misses.
Yi is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Goncalves throws a strike but Yi rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Yi tries to free his leg and advance position but Goncalves is retaining full guard.
Goncalves knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Yi on the ground.
Goncalves is adopting a defensive guard.
Goncalves keeping full guard, as Yi tries to pass.
Yi sitting in guard, not really doing much.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yi throws a big right hand that misses.
Goncalves is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Yi is controlling him.
Yi trying to control the position from guard on top but Goncalves is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Goncalves will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Yi doesn't manage to clinch there - Goncalves circles away.
Goncalves shoots in but Yi avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Goncalves throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Yi counters with a straight right hand.
Yi moves into the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yi.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yi misses with some punches.
Yi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yi displaying some good clinch control by pressing Goncalves up against the cage.
Yi cracks Goncalves with a nice body shot.
Goncalves blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Yi creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Yi struggles to land a body shot inside as Goncalves controls his hands.
Yi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Goncalves.
Yi lands a right hand that snaps the head of Goncalves backwards.
Goncalves blocks an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yi working aggressively here.
Yi is trying to stall.
Goncalves blocking some punches.
Yi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yi lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Yi misses with some punches.
Goncalves wants a takedown.
Goncalves is breathing heavily.
Yi working aggressively here.
Yi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Goncalves prevents Yi from breaking the clinch.
Goncalves blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yi breaks the clinch.
Yi moves away from the strike by Goncalves.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Master Yi 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.
A chopping leg kick lands by Yi.
Goncalves closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Yi to the mat! Yi manages to get full guard.
Yi manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Goncalves manages to get himself to full guard.
Goncalves keeping full guard, as Yi tries to pass.
Yi trying to control but Goncalves is working from the bottom.
Yi is in close to Goncalves's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Yi trying to control the position from guard on top but Goncalves is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Goncalves on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Goncalves tries to get out of the position.
Yi postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yi missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Yi postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Yi is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Yi prevents Goncalves from getting back to his feet.
Yi controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Master Yi has got the better of the ground game so far.
Yi being controlled here momentarily.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Goncalves takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yi is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Goncalves uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Yi connects with a leg kick. Goncalves looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Yi lands with a thumping leg kick.
Master Yi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
That kick from Yi tenderised Goncalves's leg. Goncalves is trying to keep his angry face on.
Goncalves takes a jab right on the kisser.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Yi - that will leave a mark!
Yi feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Goncalves's calf.
Yi cracks Goncalves with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Yi fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Goncalves.
Yi chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Crunch! Yi slams his shin into Goncalves's torso.
Yi's corner calls for a 1-2. Yi obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Yi cracks the inside of Goncalves's front leg.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yi with a nice cross.
Goncalves is rocked!
Yi catches Goncalves with a right, a left, a right. It's raining punches and Goncalves forgot an umbrella! Another punch and he's down. This one is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Master Yi!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
45% |
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