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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Robert Joyner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ronaldo Lima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Robert Joyner has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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215 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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BJJ Brown Belt
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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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Robert Joyner!
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, Ronaldo Lima!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Daniel Cesar and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lima dives in and grabs Joyner's left leg, looking for a takedown. Joyner pushes down on Lima's head and hops out.
Lima fails with the takedown
and Joyner counters with a right hand to the body.
Joyner throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Lima was covering up waiting for the punch and Joyner finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Lima is looking for a triangle but Joyner pushes his legs off easily.
Lima working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Joyner.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Joyner stopping the sweep attempt from Lima.
Lima is pulling down on Joyner's head to control his posture.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Joyner controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Lima is pulling down on Joyner's head. It's preventing any offense from Joyner, at least for the moment.
Joyner wants to stand but Lima is controlling his posture from full guard.
Joyner has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Lima will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Lima is on top in guard.
Joyner wants to stand and escape but Lima is having none of it.
Joyner seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Joyner controls Lima momentarily but Lima frees himself.
Joyner looking for subs off his back but Lima has passed one foot through into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joyner is in trouble now - Lima has advanced to mount!
Joyner tries to hold on but Lima postures up.
Lima scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Joyner?
It looks like Robert Joyner has been cut.
Lima avoids the attempt from Joyner to control.
Lima is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Lima drives through and clinches with Joyner against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joyner is trying to force a seperation but Lima has the dominant position.
Lima jumps guard.
Lima pushes Joyner off and scrambles back to his feet.
Lima lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Joyner shoots in and bounces Lima off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Lima kicks Joyner off and gets to his feet.
Ronaldo Lima seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Joyner is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Lima fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Joyner, pushing him back against the cage.
Joyner decides to pull guard.
Joyner wants to get back to his feet but Lima is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ronaldo Lima dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Robert Joyner's cut.
That's time! Joyner's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Lima tries to clinch but Joyner moves out of range.
Lima closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Lima pushes off an throws an elbow but Joyner leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Joyner taking a breather.
Joyner decides to pull guard.
Joyner can't keep his opponent in guard - Lima advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Lima seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Joyner is trying to stand up here but Lima is controlling him well.
Lima has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lima thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Lima seems to be looking for submissions.
Lima controlling the pace.
Joyner tries to kick Lima off but Lima keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Lima passes to full mount!
Lima looking for a guillotine from mount but Joyner is having none of it.
Lima looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Lima controlling from mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lima raining down shots from the mount!
Joyner is rocked!
Robert Joyner's cut is getting worse.
Joyner keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Oh Joyner is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lima controlling from mount.
Lima is continuing to stall.
Lima moves to the back position.
Lima controls the action.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lima is loading up with his shots from the back and Joyner is in big trouble! Joyner taps out to strikes and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Ronaldo Lima!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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