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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rodrigo Caneiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bodie Long (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Long has chosen Friends In Low Places as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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228 lbs
0 - 2 - 0 |
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187 cm
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215 lbs
5 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Knockout power |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rodrigo Caneiro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bodie Long!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Robert Twigg and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Caneiro changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Long looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Caneiro looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Caneiro is looking to take a break and control but Long is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Long throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.
Long wants to control but Caneiro postures up.
Caneiro tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Caneiro tries for a kimura but Long is defending well.
Long is trying to improve his position.
Caneiro tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Caneiro has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Long struggling a bit here.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Long regains half guard.
Long wants to get back to full guard.
Long won't allow Caneiro to pass to mount.
Caneiro is looking for a kimura here.
Caneiro is thwarting Long's attempts to control the position.
Long wants to improve his position but Caneiro is controlling well.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Long misses with a wild combination.
Long throws a right hand that Caneiro ducks under and follows up with a left that Caneiro also avoids with ease.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Long misses with the combination.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Caneiro.
Long lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Caneiro circles away quickly and effectively.
Caneiro lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Long circles away quickly and effectively.
Caneiro misses with a combination
and Long counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Caneiro is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Long tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Caneiro was well out of range. Poor timing from Long.
A head kick misses from Long.
Long scores with a one two! Caneiro had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
It looks like Rodrigo Caneiro has been cut.
Caneiro closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Long wants to control but Caneiro is keeping busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caneiro trying to control from half guard but Long is working away.
Caneiro looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Caneiro is breathing heavily.
Caneiro trying to mount his opponent but Long defends it.
Long works his way to full guard. Good work.
Long is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Caneiro is controlling him.
Caneiro is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Caneiro stopping the sweep attempt from Long.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Caneiro wants to pass the guard but Long is keeping the position.
Long throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Caneiro stopping the sweep attempt from Long.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Long throws a nice head kick!
Caneiro throws a leg kick that is checked
and Long counters with a head kick.
Long tries to close the distance and clinch up but Caneiro swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Long circles away from the clinch attempt.
Long misses with a few strikes there.
Long avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Bodie Long will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Rodrigo Caneiro's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Caneiro lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Long throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Caneiro shoots in but Long avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Caneiro avoids the head kick by Long.
Long throws a right and a left that Caneiro avoids nicely.
Long avoids the head kick by Caneiro.
Long throws a head kick but Caneiro moves out of range.
Caneiro throws a right and a left that both miss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Caneiro avoids a kick to the body.
Caneiro with a nice cross.
Caneiro scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Caneiro looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Long sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Long misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Caneiro takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Long kicks Caneiro off and gets back to his feet.
Long scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Long is breathing heavily.
Long wants to pass to mount but Caneiro is defending the position.
Long prevents Caneiro from improving his position.
Long really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Caneiro. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Caneiro gets full guard.
Caneiro throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Caneiro avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Long throws a big right hand that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caneiro looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Caneiro utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Long postures up in Caneiro's guard and throws a big left but Caneiro blocks it.
Caneiro working for a triangle but Long defends it easily.
Long stands up over Caneiro, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Long postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Long wants to control from the top but Caneiro keeps moving.
Long stopping the sweep attempt from Caneiro.
Long is in close to Caneiro's body, working some short punches and elbows.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caneiro working a defensive guard here.
Caneiro has his foot on Long's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Long works his way back into a safe position though.
Caneiro keeping full guard, as Long tries to pass.
Long scoring with some ground and pound.
Caneiro manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Caneiro working for a guillotine from mount but Long is in no mood to give up.
Caneiro is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Long is surviving well by controlling Caneiro's body position as best he can.
Long sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Long is trying to get back to full guard.
Caneiro scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Caneiro trying to mount his opponent but Long defends it.
Long is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Caneiro's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Caneiro's back!
Caneiro wants to control his opponent's hands but Long gets his hands free.
Can Caneiro hold on?! Long is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Long avoiding Caneiro 's attempts to control his hands.
Long connects with a big shot to the side of Caneiro's head.
Caneiro just trying to survive but Long is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Long wants to control but Caneiro is keeping busy.
Long softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Caneiro tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Rodrigo Caneiro will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Rodrigo Caneiro's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Caneiro on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Caneiro fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Caneiro takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Long looks to land a body kick but Caneiro moved away.
Long misses the shot to the body.
Long tries to close the distance and clinch up but Caneiro swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Caneiro avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Caneiro misses with a double jab
and Long counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Long misses with a two punch combination.
Long throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Long misses with a combination
and Caneiro counters with a body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick from Long lands but Caneiro takes it in his stride.
Caneiro tries to clinch up.
Long buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Nice takedown defense from Caneiro. No joy for Long on that attempt.
Long shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Caneiro counters with a straight right hand.
Long misses with a head kick.
Caneiro drives through with a takedown into guard.
Caneiro forces his way into half guard.
Caneiro is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Long has managed to free his arm - good work.
Long tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caneiro looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Caneiro tries to pass to full mount but Long defends it.
Long is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Caneiro passes the guard and advances to mount!
Caneiro controlling from the full mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Long is looking to improve his position but Caneiro isn't that keen on the idea.
Long is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Caneiro moves to back control.
Caneiro looking for the RNC.
Long is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Caneiro is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Long is defending well though. Caneiro let's go of the attempt for now.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Long breaks Caneiro's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Long avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Caneiro is looking for a triangle but Long pushes his legs off easily.
Long won't allow Caneiro to sweep him here.
Long chips away with some ground and pound.
Long lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Long looking to pass the guard.
Caneiro working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Long doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Caneiro is tightening it up a little... Long has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Long reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Long taps out! nice BJJ there by Caneiro!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:54 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Rodrigo Caneiro!
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hype
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