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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dick Guidal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zuljin Rhasta powa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zuljin Rhasta powa has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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210 lbs
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204 lbs
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Good takedowns
Counter striker
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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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
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dick Guidal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Zuljin Rhasta powa!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Felipe Paraventi and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Guidal closes the distance and clinches up with Rhasta powa, looking for a takedown. Guidal pushes Rhasta powa against the cage but Rhasta powa circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Zuljin Rhasta powa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Guidal misses with a takedown attempt - Rhasta powa sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Guidal drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Rhasta powa is looking to stand up but Guidal isn't so interested in that idea.
Guidal 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.
Guidal looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Guidal pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Rhasta powa is keeping the position for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Guidal slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Guidal seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Rhasta powa for as long as he can get away with.
Guidal wants to pass the guard but Rhasta powa is keeping the position.
Rhasta powa being controlled here, momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Dick Guidal just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rhasta powa looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Guidal swats away the attempt to clinch by Rhasta powa.
Rhasta powa moves in looking to clinch but Guidal pushes him off.
Rhasta powa fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rhasta powa throws a series of punches but Guidal avoids them all with ease.
Rhasta powa fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rhasta powa fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Guidal shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Guidal was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Guidal tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Rhasta powa really wants to buck Guidal off and get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guidal controlling the position easily from mount.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dick Guidal dominated that round.
That's time! Guidal's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Rhasta powa looks to land a combination but Guidal avoids it well.
Rhasta powa fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rhasta powa misses with a kick to the body.
Guidal looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Rhasta powa is fending him off so far but Guidal persists. Nope, Rhasta powa circles away and we're back to standing.
Rhasta powa tries to clinch there but Guidal circles away.
Guidal drives through with a takedown into guard.
Guidal thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Rhasta powa being controlled here, momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Dick Guidal just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Guidal fails with a takedown attempt.
Rhasta powa misses with a body shot.
Rhasta powa is looking to land body kicks.
Rhasta powa wants to clinch.
Rhasta powa misses with the combination.
Guidal shoots in but Rhasta powa avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dick Guidal. That's going to take a lot out of him.
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.
Rhasta powa stuffs the takedown attempt from Guidal. Guidal gets slowly back to his feet.
Guidal changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Rhasta powa tries to avoid it but Guidal manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Rhasta powa to the ground. Rhasta powa escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Rhasta powa tries to clinch but Guidal is having none of it.
Guidal tries for a takedown but Rhasta powa sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rhasta powa throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Guidal circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rhasta powa stuffs the takedown attempt from Guidal. Guidal gets slowly back to his feet.
Guidal closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Guidal lands in his opponent's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guidal wants to control from the top but Rhasta powa keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Guidal stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Rhasta powa swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Rhasta powa is looking to stand up but Guidal isn't so interested in that idea.
Guidal sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Rhasta powa's guard.
Well, if Guidal is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Guidal stops Rhasta powa from getting back to his feet.
Guidal slows the pace down in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dick Guidal dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Horrible takedown by Guidal or perhaps it was just good defense by Rhasta powa which made him look bad.
Rhasta powa moves in looking to clinch but Guidal pushes him off.
Guidal avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rhasta powa looks to land a combination but Guidal avoids it well.
Guidal misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rhasta powa moves in looking to clinch but Guidal pushes him off.
Rhasta powa takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Guidal fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Rhasta powa sprawls well initially but Guidal persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Guidal controlling the action here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Guidal passes to full mount!
Rhasta powa really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Guidal. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Guidal looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Guidal controlling from mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Guidal has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
You get the feeling that Rhasta powa really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Guidal is working to isolate an arm here. It's a telegraphed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! Guidal extends the arm and Rhasta powa is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:02 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Dick Guidal!
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