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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dan Bagera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Caio Almeida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Caio Almeida has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Dan Bagera's chin.
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212 lbs
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200 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dan Bagera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Caio Almeida!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Emerson Jorge and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Almeida tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Almeida shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Bagera manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Almeida manages to get himself to full guard.
Bagera will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Bagera is breathing heavily.
Almeida looking to hit a scissor sweep but Bagera is one step ahead there.
Almeida has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Bagera off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Almeida shoots in and drives through. Bagera sprawls well.
Bagera with a lazy takedown attempt
and Almeida counters with a single leg into guard. Bagera didn't expect that.
Almeida throwing strikes but missing.
Almeida is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Almeida would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Almeida passes into half guard.
Almeida wants to pass to mount but Bagera is defending the position.
Almeida seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Bagera does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Bagera is trying to maintain the position but Almeida is very close to passing his half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Almeida is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Almeida moves into full mount! Bagera won't be happy about that!
Almeida postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Bagera looks a forlorn figure.
Almeida looking to finish Bagera with some ground and pound. This is bad for Bagera!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almeida tries to control but Bagera wriggling away.
Almeida controlling from mount.
Almeida with the ground and pound from mount.
Bagera is bucking up trying to escape but Almeida cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Almeida is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Bagera is trying to escape the mount.
Almeida looking to finish Bagera with some ground and pound. This is bad for Bagera!
Almeida prevents Bagera from getting the reversal.
Almeida working the ground and pound effectively.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almeida lands a big elbow.
Bagera is working to get back to half guard.
Almeida looking to control but Bagera is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Almeida sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Almeida trying to control but Bagera is having none of it.
Almeida landing shots from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Almeida is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Almeida trying to control but Bagera is having none of it.
Almeida lands a nice shot to the head.
Almeida punishing his opponent with strikes.
Almeida controlling the pace for now.
Bagera is trying desperately to improve position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Almeida lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Caio Almeida dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Good standup being displayed there by Almeida as he connects with a hook.
Almeida closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Almeida cracks Bagera with a big elbow.
Almeida lands a nice forearm strike.
Almeida is putting a hurting on Bagera here, landing some big shots from side control.
Almeida wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bagera keeps working.
Bagera taking a bit of punishment here - Almeida scoring with strikes.
Almeida scoring with punches from side control.
Almeida connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Bagera some visible discomfort.
Check out the look on Almeida's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Almeida landing strikes.
Bagera is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Almeida trying to control the action but Bagera is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bagera on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Bagera is trying to control Almeida's posture but Almeida avoids it.
Almeida cracks Bagera with a big right hand but Bagera just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Bagera is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Almeida wants to control but Bagera is keeping him busy.
Bagera is looking for a sweep.
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.
Almeida landing a few strikes.
Almeida wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bagera keeps working.
You can see the frustration on Bagera's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Bagera shoots for a takedown but Almeida saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Caio Almeida seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Almeida wants to clinch up but Bagera keeps it at a distance.
Almeida tries to clinch up.
Almeida fails with an attempt to clinch.
Almeida tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almeida throws a sloppy head kick and Bagera moves out of range easily.
Bagera blocks a head kick by Almeida.
Almeida gets a takedown into half guard.
Bagera is trying to control but can't.
Almeida throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Bagera has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Almeida is working away from the top position though.
Almeida winds up and cracks Bagera with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Bagera is not content to let Almeida control the position.
Bagera throws a strike from the bottom but Almeida passes into side control!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bagera regains half guard.
Bagera is not content to let Almeida control the position.
Bagera is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Almeida looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Almeida throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Almeida is tying to control. Bagera wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Caio Almeida showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Almeida gets caught flat footed, as Bagera shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Bagera preventing the sweep.
Almeida is trying to control the position but Bagera postures up.
Bagera preventing the sweep.
Almeida working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bagera.
Almeida 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.
Bagera sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Almeida's guard.
Bagera controlling the action here.
Almeida looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Bagera pushes past his half guard into mount!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Almeida working to try and regain half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Almeida is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Bagera wants to control the pace but Almeida is squirming around nicely.
BOOM! Bagera connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Almeida slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Almeida wants to improve his position but Bagera is controlling well.
Almeida pushes Bagera off looking to stand but Bagera dives back in and keeps control.
Almeida flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Bagera is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Bagera escapes and gets back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almeida clinches up with Bagera and pushes him back against the cage.
Almeida successfully pulls guard.
Almeida tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Bagera seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Almeida with a couple of shots from the bottom there - nothing Bagera can't handle though.
Bagera stopping the sweep attempt from Almeida.
Bagera thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Bagera trying to control the position from guard on top but Almeida is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bagera wants to pass the guard but Almeida is keeping the position.
Almeida looking to hit a scissor sweep but Bagera is one step ahead there.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Almeida pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Almeida with a lazy takedown attempt
and Bagera counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Almeida!
Almeida tries to reverse the position but Bagera maintains control.
Almeida is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Bagera looking to control and managing it successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Almeida really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Almeida is squirming around, avoiding Bagera's attempts to control the action.
Almeida really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Caio Almeida is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bagera avoids the attempt from Almeida to control.
Bagera lands a heavy elbow.
Almeida wants to control but Bagera is having none of it.
Dan Bagera has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Almeida is wriggling around trying to escape.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dan Bagera showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Almeida has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight 28:29
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 28:29
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Caio Almeida!
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energy
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pop
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RATING
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