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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jerome Bruny (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Braulio Estima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Braulio Estima told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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155 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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165 lbs
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Good takedowns
Good knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jerome Bruny!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Braulio Estima!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Chad Campbell and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Estima closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Bruny lands a right hand that snaps the head of Estima backwards.
Bruny pushes Estima back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bruny lands a shoulder strike.
Bruny is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Bruny lands with a short shot to the head.
Bruny is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Estima can't fight it off and eventually Bruny manages to take the fight to the floor. Estima looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Bruny lands a couple of elbows.
Bruny postures up.
Bruny working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Bruny drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Estima dives on top into guard.
Estima postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Estima trying to control but Bruny is working from the bottom.
Estima looking to pass the guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Estima avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Bruny not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Estima trying to control but Bruny is working from the bottom.
Bruny looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Bruny might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Estima trying to control but Bruny is working from the bottom.
Bruny working a defensive guard here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Estima stands and throws Bruny's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Estima working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Bruny is trying to get back to half guard.
Estima is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Estima advances to full mount.
Bruny slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bruny tries to get to full guard but Estima has control of the leg.
Bruny regains full guard. Nicely done.
Estima is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Bruny looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Estima got a little sloppy there for a moment and Bruny has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Estima has managed to get both his arms back between Bruny's legs - danger averted.
Bruny seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Estima trying to move into half guard but instead Bruny has managed to sweep!
Bruny missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Our spies down at at Predator Training Center (9 Elite Coaches) inform us that Estima has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Estima looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Estima looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bruny working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Estima's head.
Bruny slips nicely into half guard.
Bruny wants to take a breather but Estima is having none of it.
Estima looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Estima works his way to full guard. Good work.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Estima is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Bruny cracks Estima with a solid left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jerome Bruny 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.
Bruny misses with a body shot.
Bruny digs a good body shot into Estima's ribs.
Estima misses with a takedown attempt
and Bruny counters by moving into the clinch.
Bruny cracks Estima with a nice body shot.
Estima goes for a takedown attempt but Bruny pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Estima checks the leg kick.
Estima takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A lazy left from Bruny finds it's target.
Estima keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Estima changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Bruny tries to avoid it but Estima manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Bruny to the ground. Bruny escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Jerome Bruny has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Braulio Estima.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bruny lands a nice leg kick that just misses Estima's sensitive parts.
Estima moves out of range of the body kick from Bruny.
Estima fails in his attempt to clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bruny. Estima does a little dance to reset his feet.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Estima.
Estima misses with a takedown attempt
and Bruny decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Estima's guard.
Bruny throwing strikes from guard but Estima blocks nicely.
Bruny trying to control the position from guard on top but Estima is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Estima has his foot on Bruny's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Bruny works his way back into a safe position though.
Bruny with a nice head shot there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bruny trying to control but Estima is working from the bottom.
Bruny throws a big right hand that misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bruny lands a couple of digs.
Bruny 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.
Estima is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Bruny is aware though and is defending well.
Estima has momentary wrist control but Bruny slips an elbow through the middle.
Bruny wants to control from the top but Estima keeps moving.
Bruny is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Estima is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Bruny pushes down on Estima's leg and manages to get into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Estima is trying to get back to full guard.
Estima taking some punishment here, with Bruny in his half guard.
Bruny is working for a submission of some sort.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bruny is looking to take a break and control but Estima is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Estima looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Bruny looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Estima is looking to control Bruny's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Estima avoid being mounted?
Estima wants to get back to full guard.
Estima is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Bruny scores with a couple of nice shots.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bruny looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Estima has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Bruny escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Bruny!
Estima is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jerome Bruny dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
A telegraphed right hand from Bruny misses the target.
Bruny misses with a body shot.
Estima shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Bruny defends it nicely.
Bruny throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Estima fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nice sprawl there from Bruny as Estima shoots in.
Estima gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Bruny to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Bruny pushing down on Estima's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Estima wants to improve his position but Bruny is controlling well.
Bruny is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Estima is staying active underneath Bruny, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Bruny trying to mount his opponent but Estima defends it.
Bruny is looking to take a break and control but Estima is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Braulio Estima has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Estima actively working from the bottom here.
Bruny wants to take a breather but Estima is having none of it.
Estima looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Bruny wants to control but Estima is keeping him busy.
Bruny with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Bruny slips a nice elbow through Estima's hands, connecting with Estima's forehead.
Bruny sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Estima defending well though.
Bruny seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Estima trying to control from the bottom.
Bruny thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Estima's head.
Bruny throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Estima avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Bruny.
Bruny seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Estima does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Bruny missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Estima blocking the ground and pound attempt from Bruny.
Bruny scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Estima actively working from the bottom here.
Estima is not content to let Bruny control the position.
Estima actively working from the bottom here.
Jerome Bruny is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Estima takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bruny moves into full mount! Estima won't be happy about that!
Estima is squirming around, avoiding Bruny's attempts to control the action.
Estima sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Bruny is looking to take a break and control but Estima is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bruny wants to work for an arm triangle but Estima is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bruny performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jerome Bruny showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bruny has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jerome Bruny!
After winning the bout, Jerome Bruny thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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