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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Nunca Subestime O Palmeiras (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and All or Nothing (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nothing has chosen Vegan Reich - The Way It Is as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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162 cm
36
135 lbs
22 - 31 - 0 |
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175 cm
51
94 lbs
29 - 60 - 1 |
Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Big right hand |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
22 - 31 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nunca Subestime O Palmeiras! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
29 - 60 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, All or Nothing! The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! O Palmeiras shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Nothing is trying to defend but O Palmeiras finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further. Nothing is looking for a sweep. O Palmeiras is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position. We've been hearing that O Palmeiras has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish. Nothing keeps trying to improve his position. O Palmeiras sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Nothing defending well though. O Palmeiras thows a huge punch but Nothing dodges it nicely.
O Palmeiras thows a huge punch but Nothing dodges it nicely.
O Palmeiras not throwing his punches with enough precision this time. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. O Palmeiras is keen to just control but Nothing is a slippery customer. O Palmeiras thows a huge punch but Nothing dodges it nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. O Palmeiras throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage. O Palmeiras misses with a head shot. Nothing uses the momentum to regain guard.
That's one minute gone in the round. O Palmeiras with a flurry of punches that miss. O Palmeiras stands up from guard. Let's bang! O Palmeiras clinches up with Nothing and pushes him back against the cage. O Palmeiras pressing his opponent against the cage. Nothing jumps guard but O Palmeiras turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing. O Palmeiras slowing the pace effectively. O Palmeiras is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Nothing jumps guard but O Palmeiras turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing. A bit of stalling here from O Palmeiras.
O Palmeiras has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Nothing uses from the top position. O Palmeiras keeping full guard, as Nothing tries to pass. O Palmeiras scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Nothing throws an ugly left hook that misses
and O Palmeiras counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by O Palmeiras. Nothing gets control of O Palmeiras's arms and successfully pulls guard. Nothing will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back. Nothing keeping moving, preventing O Palmeiras from controlling successfully. Nothing really doesn't want to stay on the ground with O Palmeiras. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's three minutes gone in the round. O Palmeiras stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Nothing swivels though and keeps the full guard. Nothing is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two. O Palmeiras throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent. O Palmeiras throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent. O Palmeiras has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission. O Palmeiras wants to control from the top but Nothing keeps moving. Nothing wants to control but O Palmeiras passes easily into half guard.
O Palmeiras is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
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. Nothing is positioning himself well to prevent O Palmeiras advancing to mount. O Palmeiras performing his best blanket impression for a moment. O Palmeiras is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
O Palmeiras working the head and body with strikes.
Nothing is rocked! O Palmeiras seems to be working for a kimura but Nothing defends the submission attempt. Nothing is still in real trouble! Can O Palmeiras finish him? O Palmeiras trying to control the action but Nothing is working from the bottom. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nunca Subestime O Palmeiras dominated that round. The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
O Palmeiras closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Nothing did well to prevent O Palmeiras getting side control. Nothing is trying to defend against the ground and pound but O Palmeiras scores with a couple of nice shots. O Palmeiras is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Nothing doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time O Palmeiras. O Palmeiras thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Nothing's head. Nothing is looking to improve his position.
Nunca Subestime O Palmeiras overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far. Nice strikes from O Palmeiras there. O Palmeiras seems to be working for a kimura but Nothing defends the submission attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round. Nothing on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound. O Palmeiras is trying to work for a kimura but Nothing is defending well.
Nothing trying to control here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. O Palmeiras working over Nothing with some ground and pound. Nothing looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable. O Palmeiras content to sit in half guard and control for a moment. O Palmeiras thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Nothing's head. O Palmeiras working Nothing over with strikes. O Palmeiras sitting and controlling from the half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round. O Palmeiras stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Nothing to get to his feet. The fight moves into the clinch position. O Palmeiras has hold of one of Nothing's legs. Nothing is fighting the takedown attempt but O Palmeiras gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard. O Palmeiras missing there with some ground and pound from the guard. O Palmeiras not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up. Nothing avoiding any damage from the ground and pound. O Palmeiras working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage. Nothing wants to sweep here but O Palmeiras controlling him for the moment. O Palmeiras throwing strikes from guard but Nothing blocks nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round. O Palmeiras drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and O Palmeiras jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position. O Palmeiras controls the pace of the fight for a moment. Nothing is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive. O Palmeiras scoring with some ground and pound. O Palmeiras is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nothing can do to turn this around? O Palmeiras looking to sit in guard and control but Nothing gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. O Palmeiras throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
O Palmeiras manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Nothing manages to get himself to full guard.
O Palmeiras gets to his feet and stands over Nothing, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Nothing felt that one! O Palmeiras unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Nothing from any more punishment!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nunca Subestime O Palmeiras! A determined Nunca Subestime O Palmeiras didn't want to dwell on this fight in his post fight interview. Instead he was more keen to state he wants a title shot. Let's see if he gets it!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
36% |
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