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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Danza Kuduro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcos Duarte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Duarte has chosen Go 2 Sleep by Ludacris as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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189 lbs
35 - 13 - 3 |
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181 cm
38
194 lbs
31 - 19 - 2 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Excellent MT
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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
35 - 13 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Danza Kuduro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
31 - 19 - 2, fighting out of New York, Marcos Duarte!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duarte fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Kuduro sprawls well initially but Duarte persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Kuduro tries to kick Duarte off but Duarte keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Duarte throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Duarte not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kuduro wants to get back to his feet.
Duarte throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Duarte thows a huge punch but Kuduro dodges it nicely.
Kuduro avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Duarte.
Kuduro blocking the ground and pound attempt from Duarte.
Kuduro definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Kuduro keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duarte throwing shots but Kuduro is blocking nicely.
Duarte seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Duarte not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Duarte missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Duarte working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Duarte looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Kuduro with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Duarte is just content to waste time from the top position. Kuduro takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Duarte wants to control from the top but Kuduro keeps moving.
Kuduro avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Kuduro avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Duarte in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Duarte with a flurry of punches that miss.
Duarte throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Duarte throws an elbow that misses. Kuduro uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Duarte's guard. Nice move by Kuduro!
Duarte working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Kuduro has passed into half guard!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duarte looking for submissions off his back.
Duarte is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Kuduro wants to get back to his feet.
Duarte is looking for a sweep. Kuduro is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duarte tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Kuduro has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Duarte keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Kuduro wants to get back to his feet but Duarte is holding on tight.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Duarte regains half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duarte is looking for a sweep. Kuduro is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Kuduro tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Duarte.
Duarte looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Kuduro is thwarting Duarte's attempts to control the position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Duarte is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Kuduro's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Kuduro's back!
Kuduro is trying to stand back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcos Duarte dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Duarte moves out of range of the body kick from Kuduro.
Kuduro keeps the fight on the outside.
Duarte darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Duarte thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Duarte missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Duarte missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kuduro avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Duarte.
Duarte lands strikes from half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duarte throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Duarte is working for a kimura from half guard. He's really concentrating on the hold and it's allowed Kuduro to slip a leg under and get back to full guard.
Kuduro avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Duarte's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Duarte trying to control the position from guard on top but Kuduro is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Duarte drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Kuduro dives on top into guard.
Marcos Duarte has got the better of the ground game so far.
Kuduro trying to stand up but can't free himself from Duarte's guard.
Duarte looking for subs off his back but Kuduro has passed one foot through into half guard.
Duarte keeping control of the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kuduro wants to stand up but Duarte has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Duarte moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Duarte has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duarte wants to sweep but no luck.
Duarte has his foot on Kuduro's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Kuduro works his way back into a safe position though.
Duarte looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Kuduro is defending well. Duarte quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Kuduro has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Duarte celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Marcos Duarte!
Marcos Duarte decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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