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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tat Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ceiba Wrestling Coach (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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158 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tat Taylor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ceiba Wrestling Coach!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Leandro Rodrigues and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taylor has closed the distance and engaged Wrestling Coach in a clinch.
Taylor lands a nice uppercut.
Wrestling Coach blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Taylor lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Wrestling Coach blocks an uppercut.
Taylor fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Taylor.
Wrestling Coach swings wildly with an uppercut but Taylor uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wrestling Coach working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Taylor lands with a right to the head.
Wrestling Coach pulls guard effortlessly.
Wrestling Coach is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Taylor stopping the sweep attempt from Wrestling Coach.
Wrestling Coach trying to control the position.
Wrestling Coach is pulling down on Taylor's head. It's preventing any offense from Taylor, at least for the moment.
Taylor with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wrestling Coach controls Taylor momentarily but Taylor frees himself.
Taylor stopping the sweep attempt from Wrestling Coach.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Taylor in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Taylor throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Taylor is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Wrestling Coach is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Wrestling Coach looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Taylor postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Wrestling Coach controlling the position.
Taylor trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Taylor scoring with punches to the head and body.
Taylor working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Wrestling Coach preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Taylor with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Taylor throws a big elbow that misses.
Taylor 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.
Taylor with a flurry of punches that miss.
Taylor cracks Wrestling Coach with a solid left hand.
Taylor wants to control from the top but Wrestling Coach keeps moving.
Taylor throws a big right hand that misses.
Taylor works over Wrestling Coach with some ground and pound from guard.
Taylor stopping the sweep attempt from Wrestling Coach.
Taylor in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Taylor throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Taylor throwing strikes but missing.
Taylor won't allow Wrestling Coach to sweep him here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor stops Wrestling Coach from standing up.
Taylor throws an elbow that misses. Wrestling Coach uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Taylor's guard. Nice move by Wrestling Coach!
Taylor throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Taylor doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Taylor punching to the body, from the bottom.
Wrestling Coach must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Wrestling Coach landing with the ground and pound.
Wrestling Coach passes Taylor's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Wrestling Coach looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Taylor with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Taylor punching from the bottom.
Wrestling Coach is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Taylor won't allow Wrestling Coach to pass to mount.
Taylor moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Taylor lands a good elbow from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wrestling Coach lands a couple of elbows.
Taylor trying to strike off his back.
Taylor lands a good elbow from the bottom.
Taylor throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Taylor trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Taylor doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Wrestling Coach with a nice head shot there.
Taylor throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Wrestling Coach throwing strikes from guard but Taylor blocks nicely.
Taylor striking off his back but it's not causing Wrestling Coach any problems.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Taylor trying to strike off his back.
Taylor throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Taylor slips under a jab from Wrestling Coach.
Wrestling Coach avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tat Taylor dominated that round.
That's time! Taylor's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Wrestling Coach throws a jab but it's blocked by Taylor.
Taylor uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wrestling Coach.
Taylor closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Wrestling Coach blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
A head punch on the inside from Taylor fails to land.
Taylor misses with the head strike.
Taylor scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Taylor has a couple of punches blocked by Wrestling Coach.
Taylor has a couple of punches blocked by Wrestling Coach.
I was talking to Taylor's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Wrestling Coach drops down looking for an ankle pick but Taylor pulls his leg out and moves away.
Taylor tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Taylor tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Wrestling Coach paws at him with a jab and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Taylor is looking to clinch but Wrestling Coach is avoiding it.
Taylor closes the distance and clinches.
Taylor throws a head punch that misses.
A short right from Taylor on the inside.
Taylor fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Taylor is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Wrestling Coach can do to turn this around?
Taylor working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wrestling Coach has Taylor pressed up against the ropes. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Wrestling Coach pulls back from the ropes and twists to the side, sending Taylor tumbling to the mat - Wrestling Coach dives into Taylor's guard.
Taylor trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Taylor thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Wrestling Coach in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Taylor throws a couple of heel strikes.
Taylor throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Taylor throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Taylor throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Taylor tries to strike from the bottom.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Taylor throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Wrestling Coach waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Taylor.
Taylor is looking to counter punch.
Wrestling Coach connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Taylor momentarily.
Taylor wants to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor fails with an attempt to clinch.
Taylor tries to clinch up.
Wrestling Coach scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Taylor tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wrestling Coach swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wrestling Coach looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A slow jab from Wrestling Coach misses its intended target.
Wrestling Coach keeps the fight on the outside.
Taylor tries to clinch but Wrestling Coach moves out of range.
Wrestling Coach throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wrestling Coach swats away the attempt to clinch by Taylor.
Wrestling Coach swats away the attempt to clinch by Taylor.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wrestling Coach swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Taylor wants to clinch up but Wrestling Coach keeps it at a distance.
And Wrestling Coach tries to counter it with a takedown but Taylor pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Taylor fails in his attempt to clinch.
Despite the aggression on Wrestling Coach's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor tries to clinch there but Wrestling Coach circles away.
Taylor gets a clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Wrestling Coach struggles to land a body shot inside as Taylor controls his hands.
Taylor throws a head punch that misses.
Taylor lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Wrestling Coach backwards.
Wrestling Coach tries a body shot but Taylor blocks it.
Wrestling Coach fails to pull guard.
Taylor has a couple of punches blocked by Wrestling Coach.
Taylor lands a right hand that snaps the head of Wrestling Coach backwards.
Wrestling Coach works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Wrestling Coach lands a body punch in the clinch.
Taylor has a couple of punches blocked by Wrestling Coach.
Wrestling Coach lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Taylor blocks a body shot from Wrestling Coach.
Taylor throws a punch but it's blocked by Wrestling Coach.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Wrestling Coach.
Wrestling Coach looking to slow down the pace here.
A right hook to the body lands for Wrestling Coach.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taylor gets through Wrestling Coach's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Wrestling Coach blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Good body shot from Wrestling Coach.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Taylor.
Taylor working aggressively here.
Wrestling Coach lands a body shot in the clinch.
Taylor is pressed up against the ropes. Wrestling Coach has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Taylor down to the mat. Taylor avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Tat Taylor has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ceiba Wrestling Coach.
Wrestling Coach throws a head kick that half lands.
Taylor moves in looking to clinch but Wrestling Coach pushes him off.
Wrestling Coach works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Wrestling Coach scores with a nice strike.
Tat Taylor is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wrestling Coach lands with a good body shot.
Taylor is looking to clinch but Wrestling Coach is avoiding it.
Taylor gets tackled into the ropes by Wrestling Coach. Wrestling Coach maintains the clinch.
Wrestling Coach misses with a body punch.
Tat Taylor has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Wrestling Coach misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Taylor swings wildly with an uppercut but Wrestling Coach uses good head movement to avoid it.
Taylor has a couple of punches blocked by Wrestling Coach.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ceiba Wrestling Coach showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Taylor's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Wrestling Coach swats away the attempt to clinch by Taylor.
Wrestling Coach looks to score with a jab to the body but Taylor is just out of range.
A slow jab from Wrestling Coach misses its intended target.
Ceiba Wrestling Coach seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The fight stays on the outside here - Taylor looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Taylor tries to clinch up.
Wrestling Coach swats away the attempt to clinch by Taylor.
Taylor tries to clinch up
and Wrestling Coach counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tat Taylor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Taylor moves in looking to clinch but Wrestling Coach pushes him off.
Taylor keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wrestling Coach.
Taylor tries to clinch but Wrestling Coach moves out of range.
Taylor gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Taylor throws a punch but it's blocked by Wrestling Coach.
Wrestling Coach blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wrestling Coach misses with a body punch.
Wrestling Coach blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wrestling Coach swings wildly with an uppercut but Taylor uses good head movement to avoid it.
Taylor working aggressively here.
Wrestling Coach blocks an uppercut.
Taylor blocking some punches.
Wrestling Coach lands a body shot in the clinch.
Taylor lands a left hand.
Wrestling Coach can't find room to land a body shot as Taylor controls the action.
Taylor has a couple of punches blocked by Wrestling Coach.
Wrestling Coach misses with a punch to the body.
Taylor swings wildly with an uppercut but Wrestling Coach uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wrestling Coach stalling in the clinch but Taylor improves position.
A head punch on the inside from Taylor fails to land.
Wrestling Coach blocks an uppercut.
Wrestling Coach misses with a hook from the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Wrestling Coach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor blocks a body shot from Wrestling Coach.
Taylor lands with a short shot to the head.
A short right from Taylor.
Wrestling Coach wants the takedown. Taylor is fighting it off but Wrestling Coach persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Taylor's guard against the ropes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Taylor preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Taylor throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Taylor striking off his back but it's not causing Wrestling Coach any problems.
Wrestling Coach missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Wrestling Coach trying to control the position from guard on top but Taylor is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wrestling Coach postures up in Taylor's guard and throws a big left but Taylor blocks it.
Taylor trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Wrestling Coach with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Taylor will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Taylor is striking off his back. Wrestling Coach thinks nothing of it though and passes easily into half guard.
Taylor throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Taylor gets full guard.
Taylor throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Wrestling Coach throws a big right hand that misses.
Taylor thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Taylor is striking off his back. Wrestling Coach thinks nothing of it though and passes easily into half guard.
Taylor misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Wrestling Coach prevents Taylor from improving his position.
Taylor landing a few short strikes.
Taylor is looking for a sweep. Wrestling Coach is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Wrestling Coach looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Wrestling Coach sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Taylor defending well though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wrestling Coach thows a huge punch but Taylor dodges it nicely.
Wrestling Coach scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Taylor tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Wrestling Coach blocks the strikes from Taylor.
Wrestling Coach prevents Taylor from improving his position.
Wrestling Coach looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Taylor with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Taylor punching from the bottom.
Wrestling Coach blocks the strikes from Taylor.
Wrestling Coach scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Taylor gets full guard.
Taylor punching from the bottom - just letting Wrestling Coach know he's still in a fight.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Taylor throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Taylor trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Wrestling Coach lands a couple of decent looking shots.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ceiba Wrestling Coach comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Wrestling Coach has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 28:29
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 28:29
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ceiba Wrestling Coach!
Ceiba Wrestling Coach seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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