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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Robert De Noteboom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rogerio Cabral (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Noteboom comes to the cage accompanied by Erika - I Don't Know. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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178 cm
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182 lbs
27 - 17 - 1 |
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177 cm
27
177 lbs
12 - 9 - 1 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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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
27 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Robert De Noteboom! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
12 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rogerio Cabral! The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Cabral thows a body kick. De Noteboom tries to catch it but that hurt him. The fighters circling - Cabral throws out the jab but it was never going to land. Cabral stuns De Noteboom with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range. De Noteboom defending well as Cabral loads up on a big left hand. De Noteboom appears to be looking for a counter takedown. Cabral misses with a body kick. De Noteboom feinted with a counter takedown. Jab, jab by Cabral - just one landing. Cabral misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out. De Noteboom appears to be looking for a counter takedown. Cabral swinging wildly here.
De Noteboom appears to be looking for a counter takedown. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. De Noteboom ducks under a wild hook from Cabral. De Noteboom avoids a kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round. Cabral shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. De Noteboom defends it nicely. Cabral throws a hook but De Noteboom blocks it. De Noteboom changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit. Cabral fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but De Noteboom avoids it really well and circles away. Robert De Noteboom has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rogerio Cabral. Cabral throws a sloppy body shot
and De Noteboom decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Cabral's guard. Cabral is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive. Cabral looking for a guillotine here but De Noteboom defends easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Cabral looking to hit a scissor sweep but De Noteboom is one step ahead there. De Noteboom connects with a couple of short punches. Cabral wants to improve his position but instead De Noteboom has moved into half guard.
Cabral is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Cabral has hold of De Noteboom's hands but De Noteboom slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow. De Noteboom prevents Cabral from improving his position. De Noteboom thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas. De Noteboom blocks the strikes from Cabral.
De Noteboom looks to score some points with some ground and pound. Cabral is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but De Noteboom pulls his head out easily. De Noteboom 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. Cabral tries to get to full guard but De Noteboom has control of the leg. Cabral tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Cabral misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Cabral is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though. Cabral gets full guard. Cabral escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. De Noteboom gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance. De Noteboom is working Cabral over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes. The crowd thankful this round is nearly over. De Noteboom trying to control the position from guard on top but Cabral is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. De Noteboom throwing strikes from guard but Cabral blocks nicely. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Robert De Noteboom will probably get the nod. OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Cabral thuds a left hand into De Noteboom's body. De Noteboom on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Cabral. Cabral obviously looking to wear him down.
Cabral shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says De Noteboom as he avoids it easily. Cabral throws a leg kick that is checked and De Noteboom counters with a nice double leg into half guard. De Noteboom working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that. De Noteboom looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Cabral with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position. De Noteboom lands strikes from half guard. Cabral on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound. De Noteboom moves into side control, avoiding the strikes from Cabral.
Cabral is looking for a sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round. Cabral seems a little lost for a moment, as De Noteboom dominates the positioning. De Noteboom cracks Cabral with a big elbow. Cabral struggling a bit here. Cabral is trying to improve his position. De Noteboom gets to mount! Cabral was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly. De Noteboom pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Cabral slips a leg in and gets back to half guard. De Noteboom is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount! De Noteboom unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Cabral wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! De Noteboom celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Robert De Noteboom! A very excited looking Robert De Noteboom made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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