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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Fernando Luiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and De Janeiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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183 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
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180 cm
27
170 lbs
11 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Granite 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
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Fernando Luiz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, De Janeiro!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Luiz moves into the clinch successfully.
Luiz lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Luiz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short left from Luiz.
Luiz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Janeiro jumps guard but Luiz turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
I was talking to Luiz's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Luiz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Luiz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Janeiro blocks an uppercut.
Janeiro prevents a body shot from Luiz.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Luiz scores with a shot to the side of Janeiro's head.
Luiz lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Janeiro backwards.
Luiz has a couple of punches blocked by Janeiro.
Luiz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Luiz misses with a body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luiz lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Janeiro tries to pull guard but Luiz forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Luiz throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Janeiros head.
Janeiro is trying to pull guard but Luiz turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Fernando Luiz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of De Janeiro.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Luiz.
A short left from Luiz.
Luiz has a couple of punches blocked by Janeiro.
Janeiro jumps guard but Luiz turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Luiz lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Janeiro backwards.
Luiz swings wildly with an uppercut but Janeiro uses good head movement to avoid it.
Luiz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luiz gets through Janeiro's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Luiz.
Luiz misses with a body punch.
Janeiro is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Luiz to keep the fight standing.
Luiz pushes Janeiro back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Luiz gets through Janeiro's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Luiz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Janeiro manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Luiz trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Luiz is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luiz trying to control the position from guard on top but Janeiro is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Luiz wants to pass the guard but Janeiro is keeping the position.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Janeiro throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Luiz is posturing up here but Janeiro has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Luiz tries to roll out but it's too tight and Luiz has to tap! Slick submission there by Janeiro!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). De Janeiro!
De Janeiro decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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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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