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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Federico Manta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexsandro De Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Manta's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Ultima Corsa by Mondo Marcio. The crowd seem to be enjoying De Souza's choice of entrance music: Alex De Souza. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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161 lbs
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
26 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Federico Manta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Alexsandro De Souza!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Manta throws a nice inside leg kick.
Manta takes a swing at De Souza's ribcage but misses.
De Souza tried to score with a low kick but Manta checks it.
A telegraphed right hand from De Souza misses the target.
De Souza misses with an uppercut.
De Souza tries to land a leg kick but Manta saw it coming and moves away.
De Souza looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Manta connects with a right hand. De Souza shakes it off.
Manta buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Manta throws a shot to the body.
De Souza moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Manta connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
De Souza lands a jab to the head.
It looks like Federico Manta has been cut.
Manta throws out a loose jab but De Souza uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Manta has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by De Souza.
De Souza tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Souza throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Manta on the side of the head.
De Souza tries to keep at a distance but Manta has taken the fight into the clinch.
Manta blocking some punches.
Manta prevents a body shot from De Souza.
Manta fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
De Souza lands with a left to the head.
De Souza misses with a body punch.
Manta misses with some punches.
De Souza lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Manta.
Manta misses with a shot to the kidneys.
De Souza lands an uppercut.
De Souza scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Manta throws an elbow but it misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by De Souza.
De Souza lands a left hand.
De Souza misses with a hook to the ribs.
Manta creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
De Souza misses with a punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from De Souza.
De Souza lands a nice uppercut.
Manta has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Manta misses with a punch on the inside.
De Souza blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Manta throws a head punch that misses.
Manta tries to work over De Souza's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Manta misses with a punch to the body.
De Souza dodges an elbow strike from Manta.
De Souza misses with a punch to the body.
Manta blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Manta misses with a punch to the body.
Manta doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
De Souza prevents a body shot from Manta.
De Souza has a couple of punches blocked by Manta.
De Souza struggles to land a body shot inside as Manta controls his hands.
De Souza throws a punch but it's blocked by Manta.
Manta lands an uppercut.
Nice body punch from De Souza - that landed with a thud.
Manta has a couple of punches blocked by De Souza.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Souza can't find room to land a body shot as Manta controls the action.
De Souza goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Manta tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
De Souza misses with the head strike.
Manta lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by De Souza.
De Souza tries to throw a body punch but Manta avoids it by throwing De Souza back against the cage.
Manta lands with a left to the head.
Manta scores with a shot to the side of De Souza's head.
Manta lands a nice elbow.
De Souza has a couple of punches blocked by Manta.
Manta lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt De Souza or not.
De Souza blocks a punch to the side of the head.
De Souza blocks an elbow strike from Manta.
De Souza lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
De Souza blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Manta.
De Souza is leaning against Manta and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Manta throws a head punch that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Manta throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
De Souza blocks an elbow strike from Manta.
A nice right hand lands inside from De Souza.
Good body shot from Manta.
Manta stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
De Souza blocks a punch to the side of the head.
De Souza misses with the head strike.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Manta.
Manta looks to throw an elbow but misses.
De Souza working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Manta looks to throw an elbow but misses.
De Souza doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Manta pushes off an throws an elbow but De Souza leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Manta lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Manta digs a right hand underneath De Souza's ribcage. De Souza let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Manta blocking some punches.
De Souza avoids the elbow strike from Manta, against the cage.
De Souza fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
De Souza misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Federico Manta will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Federico Manta's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
De Souza needs to keep his hands up - Manta had a free shot at his head there.
Manta scores with a kick to the body.
De Souza dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
De Souza motions for Manta to come forward. De Souza throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Manta fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. De Souza looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Manta darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Manta throws a hook but De Souza avoids it easily.
De Souza fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Manta.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Manta, as that shot connected.
Manta just misses with a punch to the body.
De Souza takes one to the chin there.
Manta clobbers De Souza with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Manta moves out of range of the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Souza ducks right into an uppercut from Manta.
De Souza throws a lazy uppercut
and Manta counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
De Souza tries a low kick but Manta avoids it.
De Souza throws a looping overhand right but Manta ducks down to avoid it.
De Souza takes a swing at Manta's ribcage but misses.
De Souza drops his hands momentarily and Manta takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Manta throws a jab when De Souza was well out of range.
Manta tries a low kick but De Souza avoids it.
A nice side step and De Souza releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
De Souza tries to land a leg kick but Manta saw it coming and moves away.
De Souza takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
De Souza now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Manta waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract De Souza.
De Souza was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Manta throws a lazy uppercut
and De Souza counters with a nice low kick that buckles Manta's knee momentarily.
Manta throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Souza takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Manta misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from De Souza.
Manta throws a jab but it's blocked by De Souza.
De Souza swings for the body but Manta moves out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Manta goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Manta is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that De Souza can do to turn this around?
De Souza on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
De Souza uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Manta.
De Souza getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Manta lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Some bone on bone action there as De Souza checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
De Souza is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
De Souza's corner calls for a 1-2. De Souza obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
No joy there for Manta, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Manta throws a poor cross that misses
and De Souza counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Manta. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Manta.
De Souza is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A little feinted left hand from Manta on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
De Souza misses with a body shot.
Manta is looking to counter the offense by De Souza and move into the clinch.
De Souza throws a predictable looking body shot
and Manta holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
De Souza blocks a body shot from Manta.
Manta misses with an elbow strike.
De Souza softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Manta tried to land a shot to the body but connects with De Souza's elbow.
Manta tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
De Souza fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
De Souza blocks an uppercut.
Manta tries to work over De Souza's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
De Souza misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Manta.
De Souza lands a left hand.
De Souza lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Manta backwards.
Federico Manta has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Souza blocks an uppercut.
De Souza blocking some punches.
De Souza lands with a right to the head.
Manta is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice body punch from Manta - that landed with a thud.
De Souza makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Oh Manta is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
De Souza avoids a wild elbow strike from Manta.
Manta misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Manta throws a punch but it's blocked by De Souza.
De Souza softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
De Souza lands a left hand that snaps the head of Manta backwards.
A hook to the body from Manta.
Manta misses with some punches.
De Souza blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
De Souza can't find room to land a body shot as Manta controls the action.
Manta lands with a light punch inside.
Manta blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Manta working aggressively here.
Manta creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
De Souza stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Federico Manta dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Federico Manta's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
De Souza stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Manta ducks under a wild hook from De Souza.
Manta changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
De Souza has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Manta finds it's way round the side to connect with De Souza's head.
Manta seems to have got his legs back now.
De Souza takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Manta slips a jab from De Souza.
De Souza swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Manta counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. De Souza is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Manta misses with a looping right.
Manta throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
De Souza tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Manta takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Manta throws a lazy right hand but De Souza sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Manta ducks down and throws a hook to the body but De Souza moves away.
De Souza wants to counter with a clinch but Manta pushes him away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Manta throws a leg kick
and De Souza makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Manta really felt that one!
De Souza chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Manta can pounce on him.
Manta misses with a kick to the body.
Manta misses with a left hand
and De Souza cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Good work by Manta as he checks the leg kick.
Manta moves away from the strike by De Souza.
De Souza moves into the clinch successfully.
De Souza misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Manta on the inside.
De Souza misses with some punches.
De Souza tries a body shot but Manta blocks it.
Manta struggles to land a body shot inside as De Souza controls his hands.
A head punch on the inside from Manta fails to land.
Manta lands a body shot.
Manta misses with a punch to the body.
Alexsandro De Souza has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Souza misses with a punch to the body.
De Souza lands a hook that snaps the head of Manta backwards.
Manta misses with a hook to the ribs.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Manta creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Souza scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Manta misses with a body punch.
Manta tries to work over De Souza's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nice body punch from De Souza - that landed with a thud.
De Souza blocking some punches.
Manta misses with a punch to the body.
Manta creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through De Souza's defenses.
It looks like Alexsandro De Souza has been cut.
Manta misses with some punches.
A short right from De Souza.
Manta makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nice body punch from De Souza.
Manta swings wildly with an uppercut but De Souza uses good head movement to avoid it.
Manta lands on the inside with an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manta takes a shot to the head.
Manta misses with a hook to the ribs.
De Souza lands an uppercut.
De Souza lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Manta or not.
De Souza blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Manta swings wildly with an uppercut but De Souza uses good head movement to avoid it.
De Souza digs a right hand into Manta's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Manta's gas tank.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Manta misses with the head strike.
Manta blocks a body shot from De Souza.
De Souza lands a shot to the body.
Manta misses with some punches.
De Souza blocks a body shot from Manta.
Manta misses with a hook from the clinch.
Manta lands on the inside with an uppercut.
De Souza avoids a wild elbow strike from Manta.
De Souza lands a body punch.
De Souza has a couple of punches blocked by Manta.
De Souza lands a body punch in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from De Souza fails to land.
Manta makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Manta doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
De Souza scores with a shot to the side of Manta's head.
De Souza pushes Manta back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by De Souza.
Manta misses with a shot to the kidneys.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, De Souza creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Manta prevents a body shot from De Souza.
De Souza lands a left hand that snaps the head of Manta backwards.
De Souza tries to throw a body punch but Manta avoids it by throwing De Souza back against the cage.
De Souza struggles to land a body shot inside as Manta controls his hands.
De Souza blocking some punches.
Manta blocks a punch to the side of the head.
De Souza lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Manta backwards.
Manta is leaning against De Souza and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Manta works on De Souza's body with a couple of short punches.
De Souza fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
De Souza misses with a short punch on the inside.
Manta blocks an uppercut.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Alexsandro De Souza.
I think Manta has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a draw!
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energy
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hype
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