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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Diego Brandao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Almeida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Diego Brandao has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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159 lbs
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165 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin |
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Good wrestler
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Diego Brandao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thomas Almeida!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Leandro Rodrigues and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brandao scores with a jab to the body.
Almeida misses with a takedown attempt
letting Brandao counter with a right hand.
Almeida keeps the fight on the outside.
Brandao lands with an overhand left.
Brandao bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Almeida's head.
Almeida fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Brandao to the ground. Almeida is now in Brandao's guard.
Almeida postures up.
Brandao wants to get back to his feet but Almeida is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Almeida connects with a couple of short punches.
Almeida loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Almeida's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Almeida chips away with some ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Almeida accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Almeida throwing strikes but missing.
Almeida working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Brandao preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Almeida pushing down on Brandao's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Brandao has a hand on Almeida's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Almeida takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Brandao is looking to get to half guard.
Almeida putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Almeida lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Almeida scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Brandao?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almeida lands a big shot there that rocks Brandao but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Brandao is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Almeida landing strikes from the mount.
Almeida scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Brandao?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Almeida cracks Brandao with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Almeida scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Almeida lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Brandao hang on?
Brandao is rocked!
Brandao wants to control but Almeida is having none of it.
Almeida with the ground and pound from mount.
Oh Brandao is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Almeida punishing his opponent with strikes.
Brandao seems to have got his legs back now.
Almeida landing punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almeida postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Brandao bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Almeida and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thomas Almeida!
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energy
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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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