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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Buddie Rivera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sebasti Perreira De Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rivera's entrance music is My Chemical Romance - I'm Not Okay (I Promise). A fine choice. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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191 lbs
9 - 5 - 0 |
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187 cm
24
187 lbs
8 - 4 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Good kicks
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Buddie Rivera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sebasti Perreira De Souza!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Bruno Lombardi and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rivera drops his hands momentarily and Perreira De Souza takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Rivera shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Rivera was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Perreira De Souza prevents Rivera from improving position.
What's Perreira De Souza going to do here then? He's in a bit of a pickle.
Rivera scoring with punches and elbows.
Perreira De Souza tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Rivera wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Rivera tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Perreira De Souza is looking for a sweep.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Perreira De Souza avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Rivera.
Perreira De Souza is looking to reverse the position.
Perreira De Souza is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Perreira De Souza throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Perreira De Souza is looking for a sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivera working the ground and pound but Perreira De Souza is defending the strikes.
Perreira De Souza pushes Rivera away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Rivera gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Rivera trying to control the action but Perreira De Souza is working from the bottom.
Perreira De Souza is trying to improve his position.
Perreira De Souza is trying to control Rivera's posture but Rivera avoids it.
Rivera has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Rivera slows the pace down.
Rivera is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Perreira De Souza is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Rivera lands a nice forearm strike.
Rivera misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Rivera wants to lay and pray for a moment but Perreira De Souza keeps working.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perreira De Souza is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Rivera is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Perreira De Souza knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Rivera has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Rivera landing a few strikes.
Rivera throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Perreira De Souza is trying to control Rivera's posture but Rivera avoids it.
Rivera trying to control the action but Perreira De Souza is working from the bottom.
Perreira De Souza struggling a bit here.
Rivera wants to lay and pray for a moment but Perreira De Souza keeps working.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perreira De Souza tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Rivera presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rivera punching from mount but Perreira De Souza doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Perreira De Souza is looking to improve his position but Rivera isn't that keen on the idea.
Rivera has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Perreira De Souza's face.
Rivera connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Perreira De Souza bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Perreira De Souza trying to control but Rivera is working from the bottom.
Perreira De Souza got a little sloppy there for a moment and Rivera has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Perreira De Souza has managed to get both his arms back between Rivera's legs - danger averted.
Rivera looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Perreira De Souza trying to control but Rivera is working from the bottom.
Perreira De Souza working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Rivera's head.
Perreira De Souza working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Rivera is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Perreira De Souza is aware though and is defending well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perreira De Souza scoring with punches to the head and body.
Perreira De Souza is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Perreira De Souza postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Perreira De Souza missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Rivera has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Perreira De Souza can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Perreira De Souza postures up in Rivera's guard and throws a big left but Rivera blocks it.
Perreira De Souza distracts Rivera with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Perreira De Souza trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Rivera lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Perreira De Souza looking to hit a scissor sweep but Rivera is one step ahead there.
Rivera is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Rivera forces his way into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Buddie Rivera 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.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Rivera.
Perreira De Souza moves out of range of the strikes.
Rivera cracks Perreira De Souza with an open hand slap.
Perreira De Souza fails with an attempt to clinch.
Perreira De Souza thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rivera takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
It looks like Buddie Rivera has been cut.
Rivera is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Perreira De Souza can do to turn this around?
Rivera throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
No luck for Rivera with that takedown attempt.
Rivera tries a head kick but it misses.
Perreira De Souza tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Rivera defends well and Perreira De Souza ends up having to push Rivera into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Horrible takedown attempt by Rivera or perhaps it was just good defense by Perreira De Souza, which made it look bad.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Perreira De Souza stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Perreira De Souza wants it to stay on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Buddie Rivera. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Perreira De Souza takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Perreira De Souza cracks a nice hook into Rivera's ribs.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Perreira De Souza.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivera scores with a body shot.
Perreira De Souza throws a hook but Rivera blocks it.
An attempted straight right counter from Rivera misses the target.
Rivera catches Perreira De Souza with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Rivera lands a nice shot that snaps Perreira De Souza's head back.
Perreira De Souza misses with a low kick.
A head kick misses from Rivera.
Rivera tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Perreira De Souza was well out of range. Poor timing from Rivera.
Nice uppercut there from Rivera.
Perreira De Souza shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Rivera is trying to defend but Perreira De Souza finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Rivera has hold of Perreira De Souza's hands but Perreira De Souza slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Rivera makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Rivera.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rivera lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Rivera trying to control but Perreira De Souza is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perreira De Souza bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Rivera's guard.
Rivera is trying to keep Perreira De Souza in close.
Perreira De Souza avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Perreira De Souza not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Perreira De Souza working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Rivera is trying to keep Perreira De Souza in close.
Rivera tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Perreira De Souza got a little sloppy there for a moment and Rivera has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Perreira De Souza has managed to get both his arms back between Rivera's legs - danger averted.
Rivera keeping moving, preventing Perreira De Souza from controlling successfully.
Rivera is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perreira De Souza tries to get to full guard but Rivera has control of the leg.
Perreira De Souza is concentrating on defense, preventing Rivera from advancing position.
Rivera wants to free his trapped foot but Perreira De Souza is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Rivera thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Perreira De Souza's head.
Rivera seems to be looking for submissions.
Rivera trying to control from half guard but Perreira De Souza is working away.
Perreira De Souza regains full guard. Nicely done.
Rivera throwing strikes from guard but Perreira De Souza blocks nicely.
Perreira De Souza tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Buddie Rivera overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Perreira De Souza is adopting a defensive guard.
Rivera connects with a couple of short punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rivera content to stall in guard here.
Rivera throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Perreira De Souza works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Perreira De Souza trying to control the position.
Rivera pushing down on Perreira De Souza's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Rivera throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Rivera is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Perreira De Souza has managed to free his arm - good work.
Perreira De Souza tries to get to full guard but Rivera has control of the leg.
Perreira De Souza wants to control but Rivera is keeping busy and won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Buddie Rivera dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Buddie Rivera's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
A jab from Rivera misses.
Rivera pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A big right from Rivera misses.
Perreira De Souza unleashes a big counter combination but Rivera bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Perreira De Souza swings for the body but Rivera moves out of range.
Rivera throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Perreira De Souza sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Perreira De Souza has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Perreira De Souza there as he acknowledges the shot.
Rivera throws a leg kick but Perreira De Souza sees it coming and moves out of range.
Perreira De Souza shoots in for a takedown but Rivera shows good takedown defense.
Sebasti Perreira De Souza is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rivera changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Perreira De Souza looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Rivera working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Perreira De Souza tries to buck Rivera off but Rivera is having none of it.
Rivera misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Perreira De Souza is trying to get back to his feet.
Rivera working away.
Rivera wants to control but Perreira De Souza is keeping him busy.
Rivera working the head and body with strikes.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Rivera thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Rivera is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Perreira De Souza knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Perreira De Souza struggling a bit here.
Rivera trying to control the position but Perreira De Souza is working away.
Rivera is really struggling to control Perreira De Souza but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Rivera in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Perreira De Souza is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Rivera is looking to take a break and control but Perreira De Souza is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Perreira De Souza isn't going anywhere.
Perreira De Souza tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Rivera wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Rivera looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Rivera wants to control but Perreira De Souza is keeping him busy.
Rivera is trying to get an arm triangle but Perreira De Souza is defending well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rivera tries for a kimura but Perreira De Souza is defending well.
Perreira De Souza wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Perreira De Souza can't do much from the bottom here.
Rivera trying to control the action but Perreira De Souza is working from the bottom.
Rivera thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Perreira De Souza defending against the ground and pound.
Perreira De Souza is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Rivera off and has taken his back!
The referee is taking a good look at Rivera as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Perreira De Souza!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perreira De Souza scores with punches to the body.
Rivera rolls, trying to escape but Perreira De Souza keeps control of the position.
Perreira De Souza is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Rivera. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
Rivera trying to control the action but Perreira De Souza just sinks the hooks in.
Rivera tries to escape but Perreira De Souza has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Perreira De Souza is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Perreira De Souza gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Perreira De Souza gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Perreira De Souza apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Perreira De Souza throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Rivera.
Perreira De Souza gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Rivera to score an easy takedown into full guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Rivera with a flurry of punches that miss.
Perreira De Souza wants to stand up but Rivera is controlling him.
Perreira De Souza wants to sweep here but Rivera controlling him for the moment.
Sebasti Perreira De Souza has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Perreira De Souza is trying to control the position from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Buddie Rivera showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Rivera has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Buddie Rivera!
An out of breath Buddie Rivera thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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