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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Samuel Tolo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Albebjj Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Albebjj Diaz acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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190 cm
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170 lbs
0 - 6 - 0 |
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183 cm
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180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Basic striking
Self confident |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Very confident |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
0 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Samuel Tolo! 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, Albebjj Diaz! The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Matheus Silva and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Diaz gets a takedown into half guard. Tolo looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this! Diaz works his way into full mount! Diaz lands a heavy elbow. Diaz controlling from mount. Tolo is squirming around, avoiding Diaz's attempts to control the action. Tolo really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape. Tolo is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's one minute gone in the round. Diaz lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Tolo tries to hold on but Diaz pushes him away. Diaz is working for a guillotine from mount but Tolo frees his head quite easily.
Diaz controlling his opponent. Diaz lands a big elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Tolo is looking to get to half guard. Diaz has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan. Diaz with a couple of short strikes. Diaz lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Tolo is bucking up trying to escape but Diaz cracks him with another couple of good strikes. The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Diaz cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Diaz content just to control the position here. Diaz wants to control the pace but Tolo is squirming around nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Diaz scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Tolo?
Tolo is squirming around, avoiding Diaz's attempts to control the action. Diaz with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Diaz looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Diaz can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Tolo is looking to escape. Diaz landing shots from mount. Diaz fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Albebjj Diaz dominated that round. The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Diaz feints and as Tolo raises his hands in defense, Diaz changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard. Tolo keeping moving, preventing Diaz from controlling successfully. Tolo trying to keep a closed guard but Diaz is proving a slippery customer.
Diaz wants to control from the top but Tolo keeps moving. Tolo wants to sweep but no luck. Diaz is pushing down on Tolo's leg trying to pass to half guard. Tolo is fighting to maintain full guard but Diaz has managed to sneak the leg through. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round. Diaz works his foot free and advances to mount. Diaz is landing with some decent strikes but Tolo is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue. Diaz with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Tolo really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
That's two minutes gone in the round. The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action. Diaz can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Tolo is looking to escape. Poor strikes thrown by Diaz there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Tolo keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Diaz 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 three minutes gone in the round. Diaz breaks from Tolo's wrist control and lands an elbow. Diaz landing strikes from the mount. Tolo is working to get back to half guard.
Diaz controlling from the full mount. Diaz trying to control but he's not successful this time.
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. Tolo is wriggling around trying to escape.
Diaz moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Tolo has worked his arm free - good work by Tolo!
Diaz sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Tolo is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over. Tolo is looking for a sweep. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Albebjj Diaz showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards. That's time! Tolo's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Diaz shoots in but Tolo avoids the takedown attempt easily. Diaz darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard. Tolo is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Diaz jumps into side control! Diaz wants to lay and pray for a moment but Tolo keeps working. Diaz tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though. Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round. Diaz controlling the position. You can see the frustration on Tolo's face, being in this tough position on the bottom. Diaz scoring with punches from side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round. The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action. Diaz passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Tolo! Tolo is working to get back to half guard.
Diaz can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Tolo is looking to escape. Diaz 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 three minutes gone in the round. Diaz throwing shots from mount but they're not landing. Diaz looking to finish with strikes here!
Samuel Tolo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Diaz fails to take his opponent's back. Tolo is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless. Diaz misses with a head shot. Diaz punching from mount but Tolo doing a good job of avoiding damage. Tolo wants to try and get back to his feet. Tolo is looking to get to half guard. Diaz controlling the position easily from mount. Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out! Diaz landing shots from mount.
And that's the end of the fight! Albebjj Diaz comfortably won the final round on my scorecard. I've got Diaz winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 27:30 Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 26:30 Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Albebjj Diaz!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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