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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between David Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and AD Tricks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Souza comes to the cage accompanied by Los Porongas - Silêncio. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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180 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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185 cm
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175 lbs
2 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
KO power |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, David Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, AD Tricks!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Thiago Cunha and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Souza fails with a takedown attempt.
Tricks tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
We've been hearing reports that Souza has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Tricks slaps away a takedown attempt from Souza, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Souza dives in and grabs Tricks's left leg, looking for a takedown. Tricks pushes down on Souza's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for David Souza. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tricks tries to close the distance and clinch up but Souza swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tricks throws a series of punches but Souza avoids them all with ease.
Tricks fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tricks wants to clinch.
Tricks avoids the body shot from Souza.
Souza slips a jab and a cross from Tricks.
Tricks tries to clinch up.
Tricks instigates a clinch.
Souza wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tricks has him pressed against the cage.
Tricks leaning his opponent against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza tries to break free but Tricks pushes him back against the cage.
Tricks misses with a punch on the inside.
Tricks is struggling to control the position.
Souza breaks the clinch.
Tricks stuffs the takedown.
Tricks doesn't manage to clinch there - Souza circles away.
Tricks has worked on his takedown defense in the runup to this fight and it is paying off so far.
Souza circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tricks is looking to clinch but Souza is avoiding it.
Tricks tries to clinch up.
Souza looks to score with a jab to the body but Tricks is just out of range.
Tricks clinches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souza has Tricks pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Tricks manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Tricks lands an uppercut.
Tricks stalls.
The crowd are getting on Tricks's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Tricks lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Tricks slows down the pace here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Tricks.
Souza fails to pull guard.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tricks.
A short uppercut from Tricks.
Tricks throws a head punch that misses.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Souza.
Tricks lands with a right to the head.
Tricks lands a hook that snaps the head of Souza backwards.
Stalling in the clinch from Tricks.
A nice left hand lands by Tricks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza is trying to break free.
Souza tries to pull guard but Tricks forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
A short right from Tricks on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tricks.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Tricks.
Tricks swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right from Tricks on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Souza.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tricks scores with a shoulder strike.
Tricks throws a punch but it's blocked by Souza.
Tricks working aggressively here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
AD Tricks dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Tricks tries to clinch but Souza moves out of range.
Souza fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Tricks throws a one two combo.
Tricks is looking to clinch.
Tricks doesn't manage to clinch there - Souza circles away.
Souza shoots for a takedown but Tricks saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Tricks fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tricks doesn't manage to clinch there - Souza circles away.
Tricks closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Tricks lands with a short shot to the head.
Souza fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for David Souza. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tricks pressing his opponent against the cage.
Souza blocks an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Tricks.
Souza has Tricks pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Tricks manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Souza prevents a body shot from Tricks.
Souza looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Tricks lands with a left to the head.
Tricks swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Souza fails to pull guard.
Tricks stalling.
Souza blocking some punches.
Tricks pushes Souza back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
AD Tricks seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Souza wants a takedown.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tricks leaning his opponent against the cage.
Tricks throws a head punch that misses.
A short right from Tricks.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Tricks scores with a shot to the side of Souza's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Souza looking for a takedown.
Souza is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Tricks is defending well.
Souza wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Souza wants a takedown but no success here.
Tricks prevents Souza from breaking the clinch.
Souza is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Souza is trying to pull guard but Tricks turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tricks.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tricks.
Souza tries to pull guard but Tricks forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tricks is stalling here.
Souza wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Souza lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Tricks wants to get back to his feet.
Souza is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Souza wants to control but Tricks is keeping him busy.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Souza frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Tricks is trying to stand but he's just given Souza his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but AD Tricks will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Souza tries for a takedown but Tricks sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Tricks tries to bum rush Souza with a series of wild strikes but Souza uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Souza keeps the fight on the outside.
Tricks tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Souza paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tricks tries to close the distance and clinch up but Souza swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Souza swats away the attempt to clinch by Tricks.
Tricks keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Souza shoots in and drives through. Tricks sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for David Souza. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tricks tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Souza paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Souza gets tackled into the cage by Tricks. Tricks maintains the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Tricks.
Souza blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Souza wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tricks misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tricks lands an uppercut.
Tricks scores with a shoulder strike.
Tricks tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tricks is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Tricks misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tricks.
Tricks throws a head punch that misses.
Tricks lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Tricks misses with a hook from the clinch.
David Souza has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Tricks.
Tricks working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Souza escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tricks tries to clinch but Souza is having none of it.
Tricks displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Souza.
Tricks defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Souza.
Souza just misses with a punch to the body.
Tricks stuffs the takedown attempt from Souza. Souza gets slowly back to his feet.
Tricks uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Souza.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tricks wants to clinch up but Souza keeps it at a distance.
Souza fails to land the takedown.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tricks is looking to clinch but Souza is avoiding it.
Tricks has Souza up against the cage in a clinch.
Tricks lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Souza backwards.
Tricks has a couple of punches blocked by Souza.
Souza has Tricks pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Tricks manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Souza is trying to break free.
Tricks swings wildly with an uppercut but Souza uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tricks avoiding damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza trying to control the position but instead, Tricks has worked for underhooks and has pushed Souza into the cage.
Tricks stalling in the clinch.
Souza fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Still in the clinch, Tricks scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tricks struggles to land a body shot inside as Souza controls his hands.
AD Tricks is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Tricks slowing the pace effectively.
And that's the end of the fight!
AD Tricks comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Tricks 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 Luis Engracia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 27:30
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... AD Tricks!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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