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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jorge Lopez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fa Yang Narong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Narong is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: 5 Minutes Alone. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jorge Lopez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fa Yang Narong!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Felipe Paraventi and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Narong tries to clinch there but Lopez circles away.
Jorge Lopez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Narong fails in his attempt to clinch.
Narong throws a jab when Lopez was well out of range.
Narong keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lopez defending well as Narong loads up on a big left hand.
Narong misses with the combination.
Narong fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lopez throws a head kick but Narong moves out of range.
Lopez throws a head kick that misses.
Lopez fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Narong, pushing him back against the cage.
Narong lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Jorge Lopez has been cut.
Narong breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Narong clinches.
Lopez goes for a takedown in the clinch but Narong prevents it.
Lopez can't break the clinch.
Narong prevents a takedown attempt there.
Narong scores with a knee to the head.
Narong is trying to stall.
Lopez tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jorge Lopez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lopez takes an elbow to the forehead.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez prevents Narong from breaking the clinch.
Narong wants to break free but Lopez has control.
Lopez tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Narong is trying to break free.
Narong breaks from the clinch.
Narong tries to clinch but Lopez is having none of it.
Narong chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Narong clinches up with Lopez and pushes him back against the cage.
Narong with a knee to the head.
Lopez tries for a takedown but Narong manages to get underhooks.
Narong lands an elbow inside.
Narong tries to break the clinch but Lopez is controlling the position.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Narong.
Narong content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Lopez gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Lopez is breathing heavily.
Narong wants to stand and escape but Lopez is having none of it.
Narong utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Lopez trying to stand up but can't free himself from Narong's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Narong keeping moving, preventing Lopez from controlling successfully.
Narong is trying to hold Lopez in close to prevent damage but Lopez has managed to pass into half guard.
Lopez is pressing down on Narong's thigh, looking to free his foot. Narong is holding on for now.
Narong is looking to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez decides to stand and escape the position.
Narong fails with an attempt to clinch.
Narong misses with the combination.
Narong tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Some wild striking there from Lopez.
Nice takedown defense from Narong. No joy for Lopez on that attempt.
Lopez throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Narong to counter with a crisp jab.
Narong goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Narong tries to clinch up but Lopez circles away and keeps his distance.
Narong fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lopez throws a right and a left that Narong avoids nicely.
Lopez tries to bum rush Narong with a series of wild strikes but Narong uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Lopez shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mout straight away.
Narong can't escape the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Lopez scoring with strikes but Narong is staying in there.
Lopez controlling the pace for now.
Lopez tries to control but Narong wriggling away.
Narong is looking to improve his position but Lopez isn't that keen on the idea.
Lopez stands up from mount. Strange move.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jorge Lopez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jorge Lopez's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Lopez misses with a leg kick
and Narong counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Narong.
Narong trying to stall but Lopez improves his position.
Narong wants to break the clinch but can't.
Lopez avoids the elbow strike from Narong, against the cage.
Narong wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Narong.
Narong gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Lopez.
Narong misses with a knee strike.
Narong misses with a knee strike.
Narong wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lopez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Narong is trying to break free.
Narong wants to stall.
Narong throws an elbow but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Narong using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Narong tries a knee to the head but Lopez blocks it.
Narong prevents a takedown attempt there.
Narong keeps control of Lopez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Narong is breathing heavily.
Narong tries to land knees in the clinch but Lopez avoids the damage to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Narong keeps control of Lopez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Narong keeps control of Lopez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Narong stalling in the clinch but Lopez improves position.
Lopez successfully pulls guard.
Lopez looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Lopez looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Narong passes into side control.
Narong creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Lopez sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Lopez tries to buck Narong off but Narong is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lopez is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Lopez is looking to regain half guard here but Narong keeps moving and retains side control.
Narong happy to just control the position for now.
Lopez tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Lopez is not content to let Narong control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez regains half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Lopez is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Narong pulls his head out easily.
Lopez is looking to escape.
Lopez regains full guard. Nicely done.
Lopez tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Lopez looking for a guillotine here but Narong defends easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they both work up against the meshing.
Lopez is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Narong is controlling him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jorge Lopez dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jorge Lopez's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Lopez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Narong.
Narong tries to clinch there but Lopez circles away.
A jab from Lopez misses.
Lopez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lopez moves out of range of the strikes.
Lopez fails with the takedown.
Lopez shoots in but no luck this time.
Lopez changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Narong looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Narong is pushing Lopez's head away, looking to escape. Lopez manages to hold on to the position though.
Narong managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Lopez.
Lopez trying to control the position but Narong is working away.
Lopez misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Narong explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Narong tries to clinch up but Lopez circles away and keeps his distance.
Narong stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jorge Lopez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The fight stays on the outside here - Narong looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Narong wants to clinch up but Lopez keeps it at a distance.
Narong clinches up against the cage.
Narong throws a knee to the head but misses.
Narong tries to break the clinch but Lopez is controlling the position.
Narong controlling the action here for a moment.
Narong wants to get back to striking at distance but Lopez won't allow it.
Lopez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lopez is trying to break free.
Narong stalling in the clinch.
Narong lands a nice knee to the body.
Lopez wants to get back to striking at distance but Narong won't allow it.
Narong scores a nice knee to the body.
Lopez is trying to break free.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Lopez looking for a takedown.
Narong wants to break free but Lopez has control.
Lopez wants a takedown.
Lopez lands with a short shot to the head.
Narong keeps control of Lopez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lopez wants to get back to striking at distance but Narong won't allow it.
Nice body punch from Lopez.
Lopez changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Narong fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Jorge Lopez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Narong tries to clinch up but Lopez circles away and keeps his distance.
Lopez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lopez moves in looking to clinch but Narong pushes him off.
Narong has Lopez up against the cage in a clinch.
Lopez tries to pull guard but Narong won't allow it.
Narong wants to break the clinch but can't.
Lopez keeps control of Narong as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lopez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Narong lands an elbow that stopped Lopez in his tracks for a moment.
Narong landing knees to the body.
Narong with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Lopez stalling in the clinch but Narong improves position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Narong misses with a knee to the head.
Narong breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A jab from Lopez does it's job there.
Narong tries to clinch but Lopez is having none of it.
Narong tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Lopez counters by clinching up.
Narong is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Lopez is keeping busy.
Nice elbow from Narong.
Fa Yang Narong has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Narong taking a breather.
Lopez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Narong has him pressed against the cage.
Narong lands an elbow just above Lopez 's eye.
Narong can't break the clinch.
Narong misses with a knee strike.
The referee calls for Lopez to work.
Narong tries to stall but Lopez uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Narong keeps control of Lopez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Narong lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Lopez can't break the clinch.
Narong leaning against his opponent.
Narong avoids the elbow strike from Lopez, against the cage.
Jorge Lopez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Lopez keeps control of Narong as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Narong prevents a takedown attempt there.
Lopez tries to pull guard but Narong won't allow it.
Lopez tries for a takedown. No joy.
Knees to the body from Narong.
Lopez has had enough of the clinch but Narong keeps him there for the moment.
Lopez tries for a takedown but Narong manages to get underhooks.
Lopez wants to get back to striking at distance but Narong won't allow it.
Lopez scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Lopez misses with a low kick.
Narong takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Lopez moves into the clinch successfully.
Narong gets underhooks to prevent Lopez's takedown attempt.
Lopez looking for a takedown.
Narong stops a takedown attempt from Lopez.
Narong lands a knee to the body.
Narong keeps control of Lopez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Narong wants to break the clinch but can't.
Narong lands a damaging elbow.
Narong with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Narong wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Narong connects with a nasty looking knee right to Lopez's face.
Narong gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Lopez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Fa Yang Narong comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Lopez has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 29:28
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jorge Lopez!
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hype
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FIGHT
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