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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Brian Fantana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diogo Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fantana comes to the cage accompanied by The Sex Panther Is Out Tonight - Barry White feat. Brian Fantana. Brian Fantana has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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145 lbs
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Brian Fantana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Diogo Souza!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Seu Braga and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Souza takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Souza takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Fantana drives through with a takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Souza working for submissions but it's allowed Fantana to get to half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Souza manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Fantana lands a couple of digs.
We've been hearing that Fantana has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Fantana is stalling in the full guard.
Souza isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Fantana stacks Souza on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Fantana!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Souza being controlled for a moment.
Fantana looks up at the clock and then as Souza takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Fantana smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Fantana asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Fantana takes a little break here. Souza wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Souza tries to buck Fantana off but Fantana is having none of it.
Fantana moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Fantana lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Fantana takes a little break here. Souza wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Fantana is putting a hurting on Souza here, landing some big shots from side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantana decides to stand up, so the ref orders Souza to his feet.
Fantana throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Fantana wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Fantana fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Fantana connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Souza momentarily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fantana scores with a takedown into Souza's guard.
Fantana controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Souza lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Fantana!
Fantana working to try and regain half guard.
Souza 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.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantana is working to get back to half guard.
Fantana has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Souza goes for an armbar but Fantana turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Fantana.
Fantana wants to pass the guard but Souza is keeping the position.
Fantana postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Fantana keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Souza's head.
Fantana seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fantana passes Souza's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brian Fantana dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Fantana fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Souza to the ground. Fantana is now in Souza's guard.
Fantana cracks Souza with a solid left hand.
Fantana postures up and lands a big shot to Souza's brow.
Souza not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Fantana is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Souza is on top in guard.
Fantana keeping moving, preventing Souza from controlling successfully.
Souza trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Fantana has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fantana wants to sweep here but Souza controlling him for the moment.
Souza throws an elbow that misses. Fantana uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Souza's guard. Nice move by Fantana!
Fantana working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Souza's head.
Fantana works over Souza with some ground and pound from guard.
Fantana is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Fantana advances to half guard.
Nice strikes from Fantana there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantana is nestled in close to Souza, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Fantana is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Souza on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
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!
Nice strikes from Fantana there.
Fantana controlling the pace.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Fantana lands a nice short elbow.
Fantana trying to mount his opponent but Souza defends it.
Fantana looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Fantana scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Fantana performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Fantana lands strikes from half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fantana stands up from half guard.
Fantana is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Souza can do to turn this around?
Fantana swings for the body but Souza moves out of range.
Fantana cracks a nice hook into Souza's ribs.
Souza misses with a takedown
and Fantana counters with a single leg into guard. Souza didn't expect that.
Fantana is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Souza has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Fantana can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Fantana with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Fantana stays in close to Souza's body and controls the position.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Brian Fantana wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Fantana misses with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brian Fantana dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Fantana connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Fantana dives in and scores a takedown into Souza's guard.
Fantana engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Fantana postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Fantana content to stall in guard here.
Souza working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Fantana has passed into half guard!
Souza has hold of Fantana's hands but Fantana slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Fantana lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Fantana in particular looking to stall.
Fantana looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Souza with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Fantana passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Souza!
Fantana landing strikes from the mount and Souza is in trouble!
Fantana scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Souza?
Fantana breaks from Souza's wrist control and lands an elbow.
A nice elbow there by Fantana.
Souza working to try and regain half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fantana postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Souza looks a forlorn figure.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantana controlling from the full mount.
Souza working to try and regain half guard.
Fantana looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Fantana dominating with strikes here.
Souza tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Fantana lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Fantana controlling the position easily from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Fantana connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The referee warns Souza that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Souza is looking to get to half guard.
Fantana is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Souza is rocked!
Fantana postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Souza badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Fantana around the waist but Fantana pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Fantana is the winner by TKO! Fantana jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brian Fantana!
During a confident post fight interview, Brian Fantana thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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hype
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