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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andy Souwer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Pereira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Souwer comes to the cage accompanied by Shakira & Rihanna - Can't Remember To Forget You. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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190 cm
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220 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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190 cm
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218 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cardio machine |
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Good takedowns
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Andy Souwer! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Brian Pereira! The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Emerson Jorge and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! A left lands for Pereira. Jab by Pereira. Souwer misses with a straight right. Pereira has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Souwer is landing a low percentage of strikes. Souwer scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground. Souwer with the ground and pound but Pereira uses the opportunity to regain guard. Souwer works over Pereira with some ground and pound from guard. Souwer throws an elbow that misses. Pereira uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Souwer's guard. Nice move by Pereira! Pereira trying to control the position from guard on top but Souwer is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Souwer is controlling Pereira's posture. Souwer wants to sweep but no luck. Souwer knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Pereira on the ground. Pereira forces his way into half guard. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Souwer won't allow Pereira to pass to mount. Souwer trying to control but Pereira postures up.
Souwer has a hand on Pereira's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Pereira takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
That's one minute gone in the round. Souwer holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Pereira tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Pereira can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Souwer is looking to escape. Poor strikes thrown by Pereira there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Pereira trying to control but Souwer is having none of it. Souwer on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Souwer tries to get out of the position. Souwer is working to get back to half guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here! Pereira has hold of Souwer's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Souwer manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Souwer holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Pereira tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Pereira thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage. Pereira controlling from mount. Souwer is writhing around trying to get back to his feet. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Pereira controlling his opponent. Souwer tries to hold on but Pereira postures up. Pereira thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage. Pereira content just to control the position here. Souwer looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back! Pereira has the rear naked choke here! This is very bad for Souwer! Can he survive? No! He's out! Pereira gets to his feet and celebrates with his cornermen. He looks absolutely delighted. In the post fight interviews he takes time to thank his parents and everyone who has believed in him from the start. How sweet.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Brian Pereira!
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A |
G |
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B |
G |
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
48% |
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