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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mauricio Rocha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peter La Fleur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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214 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mauricio Rocha!
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, Peter La Fleur!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Paulo Santos and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rocha tries to keep at a distance but La Fleur has taken the fight into the clinch.
Rocha keeps control of La Fleur as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
La Fleur wants to break the clinch but can't.
La Fleur wants to break the clinch but can't.
La Fleur is trying to break free.
La Fleur is trying to break free.
La Fleur is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Rocha prevents La Fleur from breaking the clinch.
La Fleur gets underhooks to prevent Rocha's takedown attempt.
Rocha unloads a knee to the mid-section. La Fleur lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rocha prevents La Fleur from breaking the clinch.
La Fleur tries to break the clinch but Rocha is controlling the position.
Rocha wants a takedown.
Rocha lands a right hand.
Rocha goes for a takedown in the clinch but La Fleur prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mauricio Rocha. That's going to take a lot out of him.
La Fleur gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Rocha.
Rocha is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. La Fleur gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
La Fleur taking a breather.
La Fleur tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Rocha just stands there and leans against the ropes.
Rocha successfully pulls guard.
Rocha pulls La Fleur in close to prevent any damage.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Rocha is on top in guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rocha working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of La Fleur's head.
Rocha throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
La Fleur is working an open guard so Rocha takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
La Fleur throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
La Fleur throws a right and a left that Rocha avoids nicely.
La Fleur tries to clinch up.
Some wild striking there from La Fleur.
La Fleur tries to clinch but Rocha moves out of range.
La Fleur misses with a looping left.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Fleur moves in looking to clinch but Rocha pushes him off.
Rocha's corner calls for a 1-2. Rocha obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
La Fleur throws a series of punches but Rocha moves out of range.
La Fleur stalks Rocha and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Rocha's face. Rocha staggers backwards, shaken.
A punch combination from La Fleur misses.
La Fleur drops his hands momentarily and Rocha takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Rocha tries to clinch but La Fleur moves out of range.
La Fleur swinging wilding here.
Rocha lands with a right hand.
Rocha closes the distance and clinches.
La Fleur wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rocha has him pressed against the ropes.
Rocha breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rocha shoots in for a takedown but La Fleur shows good takedown defense.
La Fleur lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rocha closes the distance and pushes La Fleur back into the ropes.
Rocha keeps control of La Fleur as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
La Fleur wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rocha has him pressed against the ropes.
Rocha has hold of one of La Fleur's legs. La Fleur is fighting the takedown attempt but Rocha gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
La Fleur utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Rocha 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.
Rocha is breathing heavily.
La Fleur wants to stand up but Rocha is controlling him.
La Fleur keeping moving, preventing Rocha from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rocha looking to pass the guard.
La Fleur working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Rocha.
La Fleur is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
La Fleur keeping moving, preventing Rocha from controlling successfully.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Rocha slips a jab and a cross from La Fleur.
La Fleur misses with a two punch combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mauricio Rocha dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
La Fleur thumps Rocha with a low kick.
La Fleur lands a two punch combo.
Rocha misses with a body kick.
La Fleur shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Rocha as he avoids it easily.
Rocha fails to land the takedown.
Rocha slips a straight right by La Fleur.
Peter La Fleur seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rocha fails in his attempt to clinch.
La Fleur misses with a wild combination.
La Fleur fails to land with a series of punches.
Rocha takes the fight into the clinch.
La Fleur is trying to break the clinch but Rocha has him pressed against the ropes.
La Fleur lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rocha backwards.
Rocha wants a takedown but no success here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rocha drops to a knee looking for a takedown but La Fleur gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mauricio Rocha. That's going to take a lot out of him.
La Fleur drops down looking for an ankle pick but Rocha pulls his leg out and moves away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from La Fleur lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Rocha has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Rocha and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts La Fleur, as that shot connected.
Some wild striking there from La Fleur.
Some wild striking there from La Fleur.
Rocha fails with a takedown attempt.
La Fleur fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
La Fleur lands with a right hand.
La Fleur tries to clinch up but Rocha circles away and keeps his distance.
La Fleur fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rocha tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Rocha forces La Fleur back against the ropes and clinches.
La Fleur is trying to break the clinch but Rocha has him pressed against the ropes.
La Fleur is looking to break free of the clinch but Rocha has double underhooks.
Rocha effectively controlling the action here.
La Fleur wants to get back to striking at distance but Rocha won't allow it.
La Fleur has had enough of the clinch but Rocha keeps him there for the moment.
La Fleur stops a takedown attempt from Rocha.
La Fleur tries to break the clinch but Rocha is controlling the position.
La Fleur wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rocha has him pressed against the ropes.
Rocha drops to a knee looking for a takedown but La Fleur gets the underhooks and prevents it.
La Fleur wants to break the clinch but can't.
La Fleur creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rocha's defenses.
It looks like Mauricio Rocha has been cut.
Rocha goes for a takedown in the clinch but La Fleur prevents it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Rocha as La Fleur tries to tie him up.
La Fleur has had enough of the clinch but Rocha keeps him there for the moment.
La Fleur wants to get back to striking at distance but Rocha won't allow it.
La Fleur wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A short right from La Fleur.
Rocha drops to a knee looking for a takedown but La Fleur gets the underhooks and prevents it.
La Fleur has had enough of the clinch but Rocha keeps him there for the moment.
Rocha keeps control of La Fleur as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
La Fleur has had enough of the clinch but Rocha keeps him there for the moment.
La Fleur prevents the takedown attempt.
Rocha tries to work over La Fleur's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
La Fleur has had enough of the clinch but Rocha keeps him there for the moment.
La Fleur can't break the clinch.
La Fleur wants to get back to striking at distance but Rocha won't allow it.
La Fleur can't break the clinch.
Rocha misses with a shot to the kidneys.
La Fleur is pressed up against the ropes. Rocha has hold of a leg and is looking to drag La Fleur down to the mat. La Fleur avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
La Fleur misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
La Fleur connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
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.
La Fleur wants to clinch
and Rocha counters by moving into the clinch.
La Fleur wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
La Fleur tries to pull guard but Rocha holds him up against the ropes and eventually La Fleur drops back down to his feet.
La Fleur is trying to break free.
La Fleur wants to get back to striking at distance but Rocha won't allow it.
La Fleur has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Rocha avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Rocha lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Rocha tries to pull guard but La Fleur won't allow it.
Rocha looking for a takedown.
La Fleur wants to break the clinch but can't.
La Fleur goes for a takedown attempt but Rocha pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
La Fleur tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rocha swats him away and circles back towards the center.
La Fleur has a takedown stuffed.
La Fleur instigates a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Peter La Fleur showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Mauricio Rocha's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
La Fleur swinging wilding here.
Rocha showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from La Fleur.
Rocha moves into the clinch successfully.
La Fleur wants to break the clinch but can't.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Rocha creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
La Fleur wants to break the clinch but can't.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
La Fleur can't break the clinch.
La Fleur wants to get back to striking at distance but Rocha won't allow it.
La Fleur wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rocha lands with a short shot to the head.
Rocha blocking some punches.
La Fleur tries to break the clinch but Rocha is controlling the position.
La Fleur prevents a takedown attempt there.
La Fleur presses Rocha against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
La Fleur on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rocha tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
La Fleur tries a body shot but Rocha blocks it.
Rocha pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rocha is looking to clinch.
La Fleur closes the distance and clinches.
Rocha is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
La Fleur wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rocha tries a knee to the head but La Fleur blocks it.
La Fleur wants a takedown but no success here.
Rocha wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mauricio Rocha. That's going to take a lot out of him.
La Fleur wants to get back to striking at distance but Rocha won't allow it.
La Fleur is looking to break free of the clinch but Rocha has double underhooks.
Rocha can't get the takedown.
La Fleur is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
La Fleur is looking to break free of the clinch but Rocha has double underhooks.
La Fleur manages to break the clinch.
La Fleur moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
La Fleur's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and La Fleur duly obliges.
La Fleur shoots for a takedown but Rocha saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
La Fleur darts in trying to clinch
and Rocha counters with a takedown into side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Fleur takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
La Fleur is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Rocha asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Rocha looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Fleur is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Rocha grinds an elbow into La Fleur's temple.
Rocha trying to control the action but La Fleur is working from the bottom.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
La Fleur is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
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.
Rocha wants to lay and pray for a moment but La Fleur keeps working.
La Fleur pushes Rocha away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Rocha gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Rocha has hold of La Fleur's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! La Fleur tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Rocha cranks the arm and La Fleur screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from La Fleur, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Mauricio Rocha!
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