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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ronaldo Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Homan Lokamic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Homan Lokamic has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Ronaldo Souza's chin.
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164 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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185 cm
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180 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Basic striking
Self confident |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ronaldo Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Homan Lokamic!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, David Hoff and Winston Alpacca.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lokamic shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Souza sprawls well. Souza wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Lokamic gets slowly back to his feet.
Souza shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Souza was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Lokamic tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Souza wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Lokamic stops Souza from passing to mount.
Lokamic is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Souza tries to pass the half guard into mount. Lokamic knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Souza moves nicely into side control.
Lokamic is trying to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Lokamic, who protects the arm well.
Souza happy to just control the position for now.
Lokamic manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lokamic is trying to work for a kimura but Souza is defending well.
Souza is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Lokamic pulls his head out easily.
Lokamic is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Souza has managed to free his arm - good work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Souza tries to get to full guard but Lokamic has control of the leg.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souza is working hard here to advance position.
Souza actively working from the bottom here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Souza tries to get to full guard but Lokamic has control of the leg.
Souza definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Lokamic is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Lokamic 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.
Lokamic looks winded!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Souza slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Souza looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Souza looking for a sweep. Not yet Souza, not yet.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Souza is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Lokamic defends well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ronaldo Souza dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Lokamic shoots for a takedown but Souza saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Lokamic shoots and misses
and Souza counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Souza frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Souza is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Lokamic to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Lokamic shrugs it off.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Souza here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Souza controlling the position easily from mount.
Souza is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lokamic can do to turn this around?
Souza is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Lokamic can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Lokamic is looking to improve his position but Souza isn't that keen on the idea.
Ronaldo Souza overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lokamic prevents Souza from taking his back.
Lokamic is wriggling around trying to escape.
Souza sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Souza takes his opponent's back. Perhaps a chance to lock up a rear naked choke here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza working for the choke.
So, who will make the next big move? In this position it could be crucial.
Lokamic defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Souza's arms.
Lokamic turns into Souza and is now in his guard.
Souza throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Lokamic pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Souza is keeping the position for now.
Lokamic is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souza is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Lokamic is aware though and is defending well.
Souza looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Lokamic passes into side control.
Souza gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Souza tries to get to full guard but Lokamic has control of the leg.
Souza is pressing down on Lokamic's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Souza bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Lokamic's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lokamic has his foot on Souza's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Souza works his way back into a safe position though.
Souza passes into half guard.
Souza is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Lokamic looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Souza pushes past his half guard into mount!
Souza jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Lokamic manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Souza advances to mount.
Souza content just to control the position here.
Souza moves to the back position.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Souza controlling the positon.
Lokamic is really stuck here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Lokamic is defending well though. Souza let's go of the attempt for now.
Lokamic preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Souza.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Souza looking for the rear naked choke. And he's got it! Lokamic taps!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Ronaldo Souza!
In his post fight interview, Ronaldo Souza started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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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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