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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alexandre Doria (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Esteva Belmiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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174 cm
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184 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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184 cm
19
181 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent |
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alexandre Doria! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Esteva Belmiro! The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Felipe Paraventi and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Belmiro throws a nice head kick!
Belmiro clinches. Belmiro with an attempt at a knee that misses.
I was talking to Doria's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight. Knees in the clinch landing for Belmiro.
Belmiro lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage. Belmiro takes a knee to the side of the body. Belmiro pushes Doria back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head. Doria working hard to break the clinch. Belmiro stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body. Doria has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate. Nice elbow from Belmiro. We've been informed that Belmiro has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result. Doria jumps guard but Belmiro turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing. Belmiro works on Doria's body with a couple of short punches. Belmiro tries to work over Doria's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Doria tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Belmiro avoids it. A short uppercut from Belmiro. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Good anti-grappling being displayed by Belmiro as Doria tries to tie him up. A short right from Belmiro on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round. Belmiro tries to work over Doria's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. A bit of stalling here from Belmiro.
Belmiro trying to land knees to the body.
Doria breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Doria fakes a jab and then connects with a hook. Belmiro takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket. Doria lands a big head kick that sends Belmiro to the canvas! Doria follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alexandre Doria!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
64% |
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