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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jose Brandao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wade Wilson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brandao's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Work Hard, Play Hard. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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World class 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
18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jose Brandao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
30 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wade Wilson!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brandao uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Wilson.
Wilson has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Brandao displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Wilson.
Brandao fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Brandao clobbers Wilson with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Wilson staying out of range there.
Jab, jab by Brandao - just one landing.
Wilson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Brandao throws out the jab.
Wilson throws a front kick that sends Brandao stumbling back into the cage.
Brandao is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Wilson.
Brandao ducks right into an uppercut from Wilson.
Wilson fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Brandao has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Brandao throws a low kick but Wilson moves out of range easily.
Wilson lands with a nice body punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wilson cracks Brandao with an open hand slap.
Brandao looks to throw the jab but Wilson is out of range.
Brandao on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Wilson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Brandao.
Brandao tries to clinch up
and Wilson counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Wilson throwing strikes but missing.
Brandao is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Wilson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Wilson works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Wilson tries to pass to full mount but Brandao defends it.
Wilson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Brandao trying to control from the bottom.
Brandao avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Wilson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wilson looks to land a strike but Brandao avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Brandao wants to sweep but no luck.
Wilson works over Brandao with some ground and pound from guard.
Wilson preventing the sweep.
Wilson lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Wilson throws a big right hand that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wilson throwing strikes but missing.
Wilson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Brandao is keeping the position for now.
Wilson scoring with some ground and pound.
Brandao is looking for a triangle here but Wilson uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Brandao can't do much from the bottom here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Wilson creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Brandao sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Wilson tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Wilson working the body and head with strikes.
Brandao gets back to half guard.
Wilson thows a huge punch but Brandao dodges it nicely.
Brandao trying to hold on to Wilson's head to control him but Wilson postures up.
Brandao regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Wilson.
Wilson with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Wilson's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Wilson lands a couple of digs.
Wilson wants to control from the top but Brandao keeps moving.
Wilson looking to pass the guard.
Wilson is looking to work some ground and pound but Brandao has wrist control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wilson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Brandao has his foot on Wilson's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Wilson works his way back into a safe position though.
Brandao utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Wilson avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wade Wilson 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.
Brandao fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wilson manages to avoid it.
A good leg kick by Brandao.
Wilson looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Wilson throws a hook but Brandao avoids it easily.
Brandao lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Brandao moves into range and connects with a jab.
Brandao tries a low kick but Wilson avoids it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Brandao.
Wilson tries to land a front kick but Brandao steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Wilson connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Wilson thumps Brandao with a low kick.
Jose Brandao is winning the standup battle so far.
Wilson scores with a jab to the jaw.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wilson scores with a jab.
Brandao feints and then cracks Wilson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Wilson down.
Wilson throws a head kick but Brandao moves out of range.
Brandao takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Brandao.
A cross from Wilson lands.
Brandao fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wilson lands the left hand.
Brandao blocks a leg kick.
Wilson scores with a jab to the head.
Wilson throws out a powerful jab.
Brandao moves out of range of the body kick from Wilson.
Wilson tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Wilson throws a sloppy head kick and Brandao moves out of range easily.
Wilson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Brandao sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nice jab there from Wilson.
Wilson wants to land a leg kick but Brandao is out of range.
Brandao takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A lazy left from Brandao finds it's target.
A solid leg kick lands there for Brandao.
Brandao moves forwards but Wilson connects with a nice, crisp jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wilson looks to land a combination but Brandao avoids it well.
Wilson has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Wilson throws a leg kick
and Brandao cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Wilson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Brandao.
Brandao gets caught flat footed, as Wilson shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Brandao is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Brandao wants to sweep but no luck.
Wilson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Brandao wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Wilson throws a big right hand that misses.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Wilson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Wilson trying to control the position from guard on top but Brandao is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Brandao managing to control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brandao wants to sweep but no luck.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Wilson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Brandao looking for a sweep. Not yet Brandao, not yet.
Wilson looking to pass the guard.
Wilson postures up.
Brandao keeping full guard, as Wilson tries to pass.
Brandao controls Wilson momentarily but Wilson frees himself.
Wade Wilson has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wilson throwing strikes but missing.
Wilson trying to control but Brandao is working from the bottom.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Wilson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Brandao shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Wilson throws a shot to the body.
Brandao has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Jose Brandao is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Brandao listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Brandao misses with a low kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice shot lands for Wilson.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice body kick from Wilson.
Wilson scores with a jab to the body.
Brandao tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wilson was well out of range. Poor timing from Brandao.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wade Wilson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Wilson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Wilson is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Wilson scores with a nice head shot.
Wilson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Brandao takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Brandao tries to score with a low kick but Wilson moves his leg out of the way.
Jose Brandao seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wilson throws a leg kick which misses Brandao's front leg but catches the back leg as Brandao tries to avoid it.
Wilson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Brandao manages to avoid it.
A low kick from Brandao is predictable there
and Wilson counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wilson postures up and lands a big shot to Brandao's brow.
Wilson throwing strikes from guard but Brandao blocks nicely.
Wilson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Wilson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Wilson controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilson works over Brandao with some ground and pound from guard.
Wilson with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Brandao throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Brandao has momentary wrist control but Wilson slips an elbow through the middle.
Wilson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Wilson wants to control from the top but Brandao keeps moving.
Brandao wants to sweep here but Wilson controlling him for the moment.
Jose Brandao has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brandao preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Brandao not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Wilson pushing down on Brandao's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Wilson looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Brandao has his hands clasped together around Wilson's back. He's all about the action.
Brandao might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Wilson looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wilson takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brandao on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Wilson thows a huge punch but Brandao dodges it nicely.
Brandao is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Wilson pulls his head out easily.
Brandao works his way to full guard. Good work.
Wilson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Wilson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Wilson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Wilson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Brandao is controlling Wilson's posture.
Wilson connects with a couple of short punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wilson throws a strike but Brandao rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Wilson trying to control the position here.
Wilson wants to sweep but no luck.
Wilson is trying to keep Brandao in close.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brandao stopping the sweep attempt from Wilson.
And that's the end of the fight!
Wade Wilson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Wilson has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wade Wilson!
As Wade Wilson got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: Suck it!'.
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