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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dagon Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dim Sung (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dagon Souza has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dagon Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dim Sung!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Dean Styles and Franklyn Lucas.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sung shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Sung showed some decent athleticism there.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Sung looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Souza could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Sung has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sung controlling the pace for now.
Sung avoids the attempt from Souza to control.
Sung takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Dim Sung wasn't active enough on the ground.
Souza closes the distance and clinches.
Sung stalling.
Sung blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Souza gets control of Sung's arms and successfully pulls guard. Souza will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Souza manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sung is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Sung working to try and regain half guard.
Sung wants to control but Souza is having none of it.
Souza throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Souza trying to control but Sung is having none of it.
Souza can't control as he wanted to and Sung manages to get the fight back to his half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sung is not content to let Souza control the position.
Sung is trying to get back to full guard.
Souza is working for a submission of some sort.
Sung keeping control of the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza tries to stand but can't do so whilst Sung controls his leg.
Sung wants to improve his position but Souza is controlling well.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sung controlling the position for now.
Sung has a hand on Souza's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Souza takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dim Sung dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Souza moves into the clinch.
Souza is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Sung is keeping busy.
Souza tries to break the clinch but Sung is controlling the position.
Souza is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Souza is trying to push Sung away but Sung has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sung.
Souza working hard to break the clinch.
Souza has Sung pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Souza pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Sung tumbling to the mat - Souza dives into Sung's guard.
Souza trying to control but Sung is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sung looking for a sweep. Not yet Sung, not yet.
Sung keeping moving, preventing Souza from controlling successfully.
Souza is really struggling to control Sung but he's trying to hold on to the position.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Dagon Souza just wasn't active enough.
Sung looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Souza had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Sung defends it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souza being controlled here, momentarily.
Souza is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Sung is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Sung postures up.
Souza is looking to sweep but instead, Sung has passed into half guard.
Sung wants to pass the guard but Souza is defending well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Souza is trying to get back to full guard.
Sung passes to side control.
Sung takes a little break here. Souza wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Souza wants to control but Sung postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sung moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Souza closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Sung's guard.
Sung looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
We've been informed that Sung has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Souza pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sung is keeping the position for now.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Souza postures up in Sung's guard and throws a big left but Sung blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Dagon Souza will probably get the nod.
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. This is the final round!
Souza scores with a takedown into Sung's guard.
Souza being controlled here momentarily.
Sung is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Souza loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Sung keeping moving, preventing Souza from controlling successfully.
Sung wants to sweep but no luck.
That's one minute gone in the round.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Sung has Souza pulled in close to control his posture.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Dagon Souza just wasn't active enough.
Sung decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Sung is looking to advance position but Souza won't allow it.
Souza is looking to control Sung's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Souza avoid being mounted?
Dim Sung has got the better of the ground game so far.
Souza scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Sung manages to mount him!
Sung fails to take his opponent's back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sung looking to control and managing it successfully.
Souza is trying desperately to improve position.
Sung controlling the position easily from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Souza wants to control but Sung is having none of it.
Souza is trying to escape the mount.
Souza looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
Sung slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
Sung looking for the choke from the back.
Sung controls the position.
Sung lands with a hammerfist to the side of Souza's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sung controlling well, preventing Souza from escaping the position.
Sung just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
You can see the frustration on Souza's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sung is riding his opponent, not letting Souza buck him off.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dim Sung comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Sung has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 28:29
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dim Sung!
Dim Sung decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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