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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Walter Badstuber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paulo Francisco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Francisco has chosen Guns N' Roses - Welcome To The Jungle as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Walter Badstuber has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Walter Badstuber!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Paulo Francisco!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Santiago Holmes and Peter Branson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Francisco!
It looks like Walter Badstuber has been cut.
Badstuber closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Francisco did well to prevent Badstuber getting side control.
Francisco is looking for a sweep. Badstuber is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Badstuber thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Badstuber is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Badstuber landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Badstuber trying to control from half guard but Francisco is working away.
Francisco moves into full guard.
Francisco looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Badstuber has picked Francisco up and slammed him! Francisco can't keep hold of the triangle and Badstuber manages to pass to side control!
Badstuber decides to stand up, so the ref orders Francisco to his feet.
A jab from Badstuber does it's job there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Francisco swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Badstuber moves into the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Badstuber.
Francisco breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Badstuber shoots for a takedown but Francisco saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Francisco keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Badstuber.
Badstuber misses with the ground and pound.
Francisco is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Badstuber is controlling him well.
Badstuber decides to stand up, so the ref orders Francisco to his feet.
Francisco throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Badstuber.
Badstuber went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Badstuber clinches with his opponent.
Nice body punch from Badstuber.
Badstuber looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Badstuber manages to pull guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Badstuber keeping moving, preventing Francisco from controlling successfully.
Badstuber looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Francisco missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Badstuber pulls Francisco in close to prevent any damage.
Badstuber working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Francisco doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Francisco manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Francisco loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Francisco throws a strike but Badstuber rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Francisco is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Badstuber is working Francisco over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Badstuber gets to his feet - Francisco follows without any prompting.
Paulo Francisco seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Francisco pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Badstuber back to the cage. Francisco follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Badstuber dives in and grabs Francisco's left leg, looking for a takedown. Francisco pushes down on Badstuber's head and hops out.
Badstuber tries to close the distance and clinch up but Francisco swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Francisco tries to close the distance and clinch but Badstuber swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Badstuber swats away the attempt to clinch by Francisco.
Badstuber is trying hard to land a takedown here. Francisco sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Walter Badstuber. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Francisco lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Badstuber backs up against the cage.
Walter Badstuber's cut is getting worse.
Francisco lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Badstuber shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Badstuber looking to pass the guard.
Badstuber wants to control from the top but Francisco keeps moving.
Francisco has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Badstuber is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Francisco looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Badstuber has picked Francisco up - he's going for a ride! Badstuber dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Badstuber thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Badstuber wants to work for an arm triangle but Francisco is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Francisco manages to escape and get back to his feet!
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 Walter Badstuber will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Walter Badstuber's cut.
That's time! Badstuber's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Badstuber shoots in looking for a takedown. Francisco tries to sprawl out of it but Badstuber keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Francisco manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
A head kick misses from Francisco.
Francisco will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Francisco darts in looking for a takedown but Badstuber gets double underhooks and turns Francisco into the cage.
Badstuber tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Francisco manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Francisco throws out a counter right but Badstuber avoids it with no problem.
Francisco connects with a body shot that sends Badstuber's belly button to the back.
Badstuber moves away from the strike by Francisco.
Badstuber appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Badstuber takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Badstuber on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Francisco stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Francisco wants it to stay on the feet.
Francisco lands a jab to Badstuber's midsection.
Francisco will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Francisco leaves Badstuber with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Francisco tries to counter with a clinch but Badstuber shakes him off and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Walter Badstuber. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Francisco misses with a wild combination.
Badstuber seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Badstuber lands a high kick!
Badstuber moves in looking to clinch but Francisco pushes him off.
Francisco goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Francisco fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Badstuber, pushing him back against the cage.
Badstuber escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Francisco, right into the meat.
Walter Badstuber is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Badstuber goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Francisco misses with a takedown attempt
and Badstuber counters with a head kick.
Francisco is breathing heavily.
Badstuber tries to clinch but Francisco moves out of range.
Badstuber instigates a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Badstuber's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Paulo Francisco seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Badstuber lands with a kick to the temple. Francisco shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Badstuber shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Francisco sprawls well. Francisco wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Badstuber gets slowly back to his feet.
Francisco misses with a combination
and Badstuber counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Badstuber forces Francisco back against the cage and clinches.
Badstuber successfully pulls guard.
Badstuber is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
We've been informed that Francisco has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Walter Badstuber overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Badstuber looking to hit a scissor sweep but Francisco is one step ahead there.
Badstuber wants to stand up but Francisco is controlling him.
Francisco wants to control from the top but Badstuber keeps moving.
Francisco won't allow Badstuber to get back to his feet.
Francisco lands a couple of digs.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Francisco accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Badstuber avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Francisco trying to control the position from guard on top but Badstuber is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Badstuber scores with a nice right hand.
Badstuber closes the distance looking to clinch
and Badstuber takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Walter Badstuber's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Badstuber is trying hard to land a takedown here. Francisco sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Badstuber moves forwards but Francisco connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Badstuber.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Francisco is trying to get back to half guard.
Francisco explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paulo Francisco showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Walter Badstuber's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Francisco rushes Badstuber and presses him up against the cage.
Badstuber is trying to trip Francisco. He has hold of a leg but Francisco is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Badstuber persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Francisco is looking for a triangle but Badstuber pushes his legs off easily.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Badstuber accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Badstuber wants to get up but he can't break Francisco's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Francisco looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Badstuber advances position into side control!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Francisco is looking to reverse the position.
Badstuber is working Francisco over with some ground and pound from side control.
Badstuber trying to control the action but Francisco is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Francisco wants to get back to his feet.
Francisco tries to buck Badstuber off but Badstuber is having none of it.
Francisco is trying to escape the position but Badstuber is controlling the position.
Badstuber is trying to get an arm triangle but Francisco is defending well.
Francisco dodges the ground and pound from Badstuber.
Francisco tries to improve position but can't.
Badstuber blocks the strikes from Francisco.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Badstuber is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Francisco has escaped the position, nice work there.
Badstuber wants to lay and pray for a moment but Francisco keeps working.
Badstuber will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Francisco gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Badstuber with the ground and pound but Francisco uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Badstuber won't allow Francisco to get back to his feet.
Francisco wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Badstuber moves into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Badstuber jumps into guard, dragging Francisco to the mat.
Francisco lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Badstuber lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Francisco wants to stand but Badstuber is controlling the position.
Badstuber tries to free his leg and advance position but Francisco is retaining full guard.
The fighters are working up against the cage. Francisco manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
Francisco managing to block the knees to the body from Badstuber.
Badstuber jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Francisco walks away with a smile on his face. Badstuber gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Badstuber looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Francisco misses with a two punch combination.
Badstuber tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Francisco manages to circle out of the way.
A punch combination from Francisco misses.
Badstuber drives through with a takedown into guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Badstuber throws a big right hand that misses.
Badstuber wants to control from the top but Francisco keeps moving.
Francisco looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Badstuber trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Badstuber is looking to work some ground and pound but Francisco has wrist control.
Badstuber has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Francisco to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Badstuber is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Francisco pulls down on the head and he's put Badstuber to sleep! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Paulo Francisco!
During a confident post fight interview, Paulo Francisco thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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