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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gaius Octavius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodrigo Medeiros (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Octavius comes to the cage accompanied by Capital Steez-Shooting Stars. Rodrigo Medeiros has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Gaius Octavius's chin.
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205 lbs
2 - 4 - 0 |
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205 lbs
6 - 7 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Big heart |
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
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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
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gaius Octavius!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rodrigo Medeiros !
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Daniel Cesar and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Octavius motions for Medeiros to come forward. Octavius throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Octavius looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Octavius uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Medeiros lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Octavius tries a head kick but it misses.
Octavius tries a head kick but it misses.
A head kick by Octavius misses
and Medeiros counters with a nice low kick that buckles Octavius's knee momentarily.
A bone on bone clash there as Medeiros blocks the leg kick.
Medeiros looks to land a body kick but Octavius moved away.
Octavius looks for a takedown but Medeiros sprawls well.
Gaius Octavius seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Octavius pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Medeiros throws a quick inside leg kick.
Medeiros throws a half hearted mid kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Octavius tries a head kick but it misses.
Octavius throws a head kick but Medeiros moves out of range.
Medeiros moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Octavius is breathing heavily.
Medeiros scores with a decent looking hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Octavius misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Medeiros comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Medeiros drops Octavius with a right and a left! Medeiros comes rushing in but Octavius regains his composure and manages to keep Medeiros in guard.
Octavius is rocked!
It looks like Gaius Octavius has been cut.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Medeiros wants to get up but he can't break Octavius's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Oh Octavius is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Medeiros is looking to work some ground and pound but Octavius has wrist control.
Octavius seems to have got his legs back now.
Medeiros trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Medeiros in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Medeiros throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Medeiros is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Octavius utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Medeiros keeps Octavius at a distance using the push kick.
Medeiros misses with the combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Medeiros works the jab nicely.
Medeiros throws a combination. Octavius tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Octavius takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Nice body punch from Medeiros .
Medeiros throws a nice looking combination but Octavius bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Octavius throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Medeiros .
Medeiros connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Octavius gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Medeiros gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Octavius is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rodrigo Medeiros !
Rodrigo Medeiros 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.
Gaius Octavius was interviewed post fight and said 'It is all good. next time I will come out more prepared and bring more than 100% I will most likely bring out 1,000,000% of all I got and will come out with the victory instead of the loss I took'.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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