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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Thiago Macari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Albert Ford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thiago Macari has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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180 lbs
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185 lbs
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Good takedowns
Brawler
Good chin |
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Good wrestler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thiago Macari!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Albert Ford!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Illya Tyunina and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Macari drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Ford gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Ford jumps into guard, dragging Macari to the mat.
Macari pushes down on Ford's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Macari is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Ford sees it coming and defends easily.
Macari trying to control the action but Ford is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ford holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ford strikes from the bottom but Macari uses the opportunity to move to side control.
Ford struggling a bit here.
Macari tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Ford can do anything to dispel that myth.
Macari is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Ford is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Macari tries for a kimura but Ford is defending well.
Ford is looking to get back to his feet here but Macari is keeping cool and he's managed to take Ford's back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ford is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Macari gets his way!
Ford wants to control his opponent's hands but Macari gets his hands free.
Ford is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Macari is staying active.
Macari is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Macari has his arm under Ford's chin here. Game over son! Macari squeezes tightly and Ford is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Thiago Macari!
After the fight, Thiago Macari was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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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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