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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Asante Ribirachi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Taco Vaco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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209 lbs
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218 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Asante Ribirachi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Taco Vaco!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Emerson Jorge and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ribirachi misses with a takedown attempt - Vaco sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
No luck for Ribirachi with that takedown attempt.
Vaco fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Ribirachi sprawls well initially but Vaco persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Vaco is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Ribirachi wants to get back to his feet.
Vaco is nestled in close to Ribirachi, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Vaco looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Vaco not doing much here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vaco is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Vaco must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ribirachi is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Vaco passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Vaco lands a nice short elbow.
Vaco looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Ribirachi with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Vaco lands a nice short elbow.
Vaco working over Ribirachi with some ground and pound. Ribirachi looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Vaco working Ribirachi over with strikes.
Vaco working Ribirachi over with strikes.
Ribirachi wants to control but Vaco is keeping busy.
Vaco working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vaco is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Ribirachi looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Ribirachi looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Vaco is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Ribirachi might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Ribirachi is pressing down on Vaco's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Ribirachi keeping moving, preventing Vaco from controlling successfully.
Vaco slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Ribirachi stops Vaco from passing to mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ribirachi struggling a bit here.
Vaco scores with punches from side control.
Vaco connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Ribirachi some visible discomfort.
Ribirachi taking a bit of punishment here - Vaco scoring with strikes.
Vaco looks up at the clock and then as Ribirachi takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Vaco smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Vaco in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Ribirachi looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Vaco turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Taco Vaco!
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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
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