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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Solomon Wayne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Toquinho Palhares (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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180 lbs
10 - 6 - 0 |
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180 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
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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
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Solomon Wayne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Toquinho Palhares!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, David Schapiro and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wayne shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Palhares as he jumps to the side.
And Palhares tries to counter it with a takedown but Wayne pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Wayne darts in looking for a takedown but Palhares gets double underhooks and turns Wayne into the cage.
Wayne throws the left hand but Palhares avoids the punch easily.
Palhares feints the counter takedown.
Palhares has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Wayne is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Palhares closes the distance and clinches up with Wayne, looking for a takedown. Palhares pushes Wayne against the cage but Wayne circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Wayne throws a hook but Palhares avoids it easily.
Palhares fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Wayne avoids it really well and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Palhares closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Wayne quickly recovers to half guard.
Wayne knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Palhares on the ground.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Palhares is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Palhares is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Palhares thows a huge punch but Wayne dodges it nicely.
Palhares not doing much here.
Wayne wants to control but Palhares is keeping busy.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Palhares prevents Wayne from improving his position.
Wayne is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Palhares scores with a couple of nice shots.
Palhares perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Palhares working over Wayne with some ground and pound. Wayne looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Palhares thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Wayne's head.
Palhares is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Wayne sees it coming and defends easily.
Palhares looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Wayne with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palhares is pressing down on Wayne's thigh, looking to free his foot. Wayne is holding on for now.
Wayne wants to get back to his feet.
Wayne trying to control but Palhares postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Palhares slows the pace down in half guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Wayne keeping hold of Palhares's head, controlling as best he can.
Wayne won't allow Palhares to pass to mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Palhares lands with a punch from half guard.
Palhares trying to control the action but Wayne is working from the bottom.
Palhares has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Wayne is looking for a sweep. Palhares is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Palhares is figuring out what he wants to do next.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Palhares prevents Wayne from improving his position.
Palhares controlling the action here.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Toquinho Palhares dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Wayne tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Wayne throws an overhand right that lands on Palhares's shoulder, as Palhares tries to avoid the shot.
Wayne is trying hard to land a takedown here. Palhares sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Wayne stuffs the takedown attempt from Palhares. Palhares gets slowly back to his feet.
Horrible takedown attempt by Palhares or perhaps it was just good defense by Wayne, which made it look bad.
As Palhares tries to get set, Wayne tries to push him back and clinch up but Palhares manages to avoid the attempt.
Solomon Wayne is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wayne darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wayne wants to free his trapped foot but Palhares is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Wayne blocks the strikes from Palhares.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Wayne.
Palhares moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Palhares manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Wayne manages to get himself to full guard.
Palhares content to stall in guard here.
Wayne looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Palhares passes Wayne's left leg - he's now in half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palhares wants to pass to mount but Wayne is defending the position.
Palhares throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Wayne is looking to control Palhares's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Wayne avoid being mounted?
Palhares is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Wayne defends it well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Palhares trying to mount his opponent but Wayne defends it.
Palhares landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Palhares has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palhares drops an elbow to the side of Wayne's head.
Palhares is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Wayne sees it coming and defends easily.
Wayne is in trouble now - Palhares has advanced to mount!
Palhares looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Wayne wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Palhares.
Palhares unloading with bombs!
Wayne keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Wayne is working hard here to advance position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wayne is bucking up trying to escape but Palhares cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Wayne is rocked!
Palhares working from mount. He moves in close and looks like he might be going for an arm triangle... He's hopped off to the side and he's transitioned into an Anaconda choke. Wayne turning a nasty shade of purple. He's refusing to tap but he's gone! He's out! The ref rips Palhares off and cradles Wayne's limp body as Palhares celebrates with his corner.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Anaconda Choke). Toquinho Palhares!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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