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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Evan Bolton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Reinaldo Sousa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sousa comes into a darkened arena with his song building. CabraMacho kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Reinaldo Sousa is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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145 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Evan Bolton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Reinaldo Sousa!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sousa lands a leg kick that knocks Bolton off balance momentarily.
Bolton gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Bolton has clasped his hands together around Sousa's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
The referee asks Bolton politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Bolton prefers to stall for the moment though.
You can see the frustration on Sousa's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Bolton is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Sousa will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Sousa is trying to control Bolton's posture but Bolton avoids it.
Bolton tries for a kimura but Sousa is defending well.
Sousa is trying to control Bolton's posture but Bolton avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bolton stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Bolton shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bolton controlling the action here.
Sousa looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Bolton looks to land a strike but Sousa avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Bolton is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Sousa has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Bolton can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Sousa keeping moving, preventing Bolton from controlling successfully.
Bolton really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Bolton stands up over Sousa, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Bolton has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Bolton wants to control from the top but Sousa keeps moving.
Bolton gets to his feet. Sousa looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Bolton connects with a high kick.
Bolton misses with a head kick.
Sousa follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sousa, right into the meat.
Sousa connects with a high kick.
Sousa circles away from the clinch attempt
and Sousa counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Bolton thinking.
Bolton is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sousa.
Bolton looking to score a takedown here. Sousa is defending well but Bolton drives through and ends up in Sousa's guard.
Bolton avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Sousa working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Bolton doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Bolton manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Sousa looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Sousa is looking for a triangle but Bolton pushes his legs off easily.
Sousa has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Bolton should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Sousa has tightened it up now! Bolton should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Reinaldo Sousa!
After winning the bout, Reinaldo Sousa thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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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
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