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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between JJ Lakes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafael Vieira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lakes comes to the cage accompanied by Suffa by Hed Pe. Vieira comes into a darkened arena with his song building. T.I. - Go get it kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Rafael Vieira has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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192 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
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183 lbs
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Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Big heart |
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BJJ Brown Belt
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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
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, JJ Lakes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rafael Vieira!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lakes shoots in and drives through. Vieira sprawls well.
Lakes gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Vieira counters with a straight right hand.
It looks like JJ Lakes has been cut.
Lakes misses with the combination.
Lakes drives through with a takedown into Vieira's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vieira looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Lakes forces his way into half guard.
Lakes tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Vieira.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lakes looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Vieira wants to improve his position but Lakes is controlling well.
Vieira looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Lakes in particular looking to stall.
Lakes is looking to take a break and control but Vieira is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Vieira has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Vieira is looking to improve his position.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Lakes passes the guard and advances to mount!
Vieira is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Vieira working to try and regain half guard.
Vieira tries to lock up and control but Lakes gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Lakes working for a submission but Vieira is keeping him at bay.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vieira tries to lock up and control but Lakes gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Lakes stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Vieira tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Vieira stuffs the takedown attempt from Lakes. Lakes gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for JJ Lakes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lakes shoots for a double leg takedown but Vieira sprawls well. He's pushed Lakes's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Lakes shoots and misses
and Vieira counters with a series of strikes. Lakes will be more careful next time no doubt.
Lakes seems to be squinting his left eye. Perhaps he got a poke in that previous exchange. Vieira shows no mercy and swarms him with a barage of strikes! Lakes is backing up but Vieira catches him with a final right hook that drops him! Lakes covers up and the referee steps in to end the fight! Vieira Jumps to his feet and flashes his guns to the crowd. Oh yeah, baby! How'd you like them apples?!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rafael Vieira!
Rafael Vieira was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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