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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Adriano De Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fabio Nascimento (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Souza kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is 2pac - Changes. Nascimento comes into a darkened arena with his song building. PROMENTORY kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Adriano De Souza has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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170 cm
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170 lbs
4 - 3 - 0 |
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178 cm
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175 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Adriano De Souza! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fabio Nascimento! The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Felipe Paraventi and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! De Souza wants to clinch up but Nascimento keeps it at a distance. De Souza is looking to clinch. Nascimento shoots in and drives through. De Souza sprawls well. De Souza stuffs the takedown attempt from Nascimento. Nascimento gets slowly back to his feet. De Souza tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nascimento paws at him with a jab and circles away. De Souza tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nascimento swats him away and circles back towards the center. Nascimento changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. De Souza tries to avoid it but Nascimento manages to keep hold of a leg and drag De Souza to the ground. De Souza escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet. Adriano De Souza has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fabio Nascimento. De Souza wants to clinch up but Nascimento keeps it at a distance. De Souza tries to clinch up but Nascimento circles away and keeps his distance. Nascimento changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. De Souza looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better. De Souza gets back to half guard. De Souza is looking to escape. De Souza kicks Nascimento off and gets back to his feet. De Souza moves into range and clinches up with Nascimento. Nascimento successfully pulls guard.
Nascimento is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle. Both fighters really going for it on the ground here! Nascimento is looking for a triangle but De Souza pushes his legs off easily.
De Souza throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Nascimento works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round. De Souza trying to control but Nascimento is working from the bottom. Nascimento working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. De Souza doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. De Souza manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem. Nascimento looking for a guillotine here but De Souza defends easily.
Nascimento is looking for a triangle but De Souza pushes his legs off easily.
Nascimento looks gassed! De Souza stands up from guard. Let's bang! De Souza tries to clinch there but Nascimento circles away.
De Souza tries to clinch but Nascimento is having none of it. Wow, both these guys are really going for it! De Souza wants to clinch. De Souza tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nascimento swats him away and circles back towards the center. Nascimento shoots in for a takedown but De Souza shows good takedown defense.
That's two minutes gone in the round. De Souza wants to clinch. De Souza tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nascimento paws at him with a jab and circles away. De Souza stuffs the takedown. De Souza tries to clinch there but Nascimento circles away.
De Souza fails with an attempt to clinch.
De Souza tries to clinch up. Nascimento shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it. Nascimento shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has De Souza pinned against the cage. De Souza gets the underhooks and manages to circle away. De Souza tries to clinch up but Nascimento circles away and keeps his distance. De Souza tries to clinch but Nascimento moves out of range. De Souza tries to clinch up. Nascimento shoots in and drives through. De Souza sprawls well. Nascimento fails to land the takedown. Fabio Nascimento seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Nascimento shoots in and drives through. De Souza sprawls well. De Souza wants to clinch. Nascimento looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round. De Souza has his hands clasped together around Nascimento's back. He's all about the action. Nascimento is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there. De Souza tries to roll over but Nascimento keeps him under control. De Souza gets back to full guard.
De Souza bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Nascimento's guard. Nascimento working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. De Souza doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. De Souza manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem. De Souza is pushing down on Nascimento's leg trying to pass to half guard. Nascimento is fighting to maintain full guard but De Souza has managed to sneak the leg through.
That's four minutes gone in the round. De Souza trying to pass the guard but Nascimento defending well. Nascimento gets back to full guard.
Nascimento throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
De Souza wants to control from the top but Nascimento keeps moving. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Nascimento throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land. The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. De Souza wants to control from the top but Nascimento keeps moving. De Souza is posturing up here but Nascimento has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! De Souza tries to roll out but it's too tight and De Souza has to tap! Slick submission there by Nascimento!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Fabio Nascimento!
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energy
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
58% |
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