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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Fernando Augusto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sumi Gaeshi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Augusto might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to adu-kein scherz. Gaeshi has chosen Welcome to the Jungle as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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189 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
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185 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Fernando Augusto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Sumi Gaeshi!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, William Gold and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gaeshi throws a right hand that Augusto ducks under and follows up with a left that Augusto also avoids with ease.
Augusto goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Augusto shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Gaeshi but Gaeshi pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Gaeshi misses with a double jab
and Augusto counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Augusto.
Augusto pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Gaeshi is keeping the position for now.
Augusto passes Gaeshi's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Gaeshi is looking for a sweep. Augusto is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Gaeshi is defending against the submission attempts here by Augusto.
Gaeshi is looking for a sweep. Augusto is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Augusto takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Gaeshi is looking to improve his position.
Gaeshi throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gaeshi is looking for a sweep. Augusto is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Gaeshi is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Augusto shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Gaeshi as he jumps to the side.
Gaeshi comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
No luck for Augusto with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fernando Augusto. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Augusto shoots in and bounces Gaeshi off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Gaeshi wants to sweep but no luck.
Gaeshi wants to stand up but Augusto is controlling him.
Augusto wants to pass the guard but Gaeshi is keeping the position.
Augusto is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Augusto trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Augusto has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Gaeshi looking to hit a scissor sweep but Augusto is one step ahead there.
Gaeshi thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Gaeshi throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Gaeshi stuffs the takedown attempt from Augusto. Augusto gets slowly back to his feet.
Augusto ducks under a wild hook from Gaeshi.
Augusto swings for the body but Gaeshi moves out of range.
Gaeshi has his takedown stuffed
and Augusto counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Augusto has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Gaeshi finds it's way round the side to connect with Augusto's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Gaeshi, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gaeshi chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Gaeshi has his takedown stuffed
and Augusto counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Gaeshi is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Gaeshi swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Augusto counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Gaeshi can't keep his opponent in guard - Augusto advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Augusto tries to pass the half guard into mount. Gaeshi knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Gaeshi is pressing down on Augusto's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Augusto makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Augusto trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Gaeshi looking to hit a scissor sweep but Augusto is one step ahead there.
Gaeshi looks gassed!
Gaeshi wants to get back to his feet but Augusto is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gaeshi looking to control.
Gaeshi is looking for a triangle here but Augusto uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Augusto thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Gaeshi misses with a strike from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Augusto is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Gaeshi is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Augusto is trying to get an arm triangle but Gaeshi is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fernando Augusto dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Gaeshi clinches up against the cage.
Augusto tries to pull guard but Gaeshi holds him up against the cage and eventually Augusto drops back down to his feet.
Augusto has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Gaeshi regains guard immediately.
Augusto won't allow Gaeshi to sweep him here.
Augusto passes Gaeshi's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Gaeshi pushes Augusto off and gets back to his feet.
Gaeshi throws a nice head kick!
Gaeshi throws a right and a left that Augusto avoids nicely.
Augusto avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Augusto shoots in but no luck this time.
Gaeshi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Augusto manages to avoid it.
Gaeshi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Augusto tries to clinch there but Gaeshi circles away.
Augusto looks for a takedown but Gaeshi sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fernando Augusto. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Augusto fails with a takedown attempt.
Gaeshi swinging wilding here.
Gaeshi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Gaeshi misses with a double jab
and Augusto counters with a one-two to the body.
Augusto shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Gaeshi as he avoids it easily.
Augusto throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Gaeshi's waist but Gaeshi gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Augusto off to one side.
Gaeshi tries for a takedown but Augusto circles away easily
and Augusto counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Augusto.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gaeshi keeping full guard, as Augusto tries to pass.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Gaeshi holds on and takes a little breather.
Augusto stopping the sweep attempt from Gaeshi.
Fernando Augusto overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Augusto with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Augusto tries to free his leg and advance position but Gaeshi is retaining full guard.
Gaeshi is looking to stand up but Augusto isn't so interested in that idea.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Augusto stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Gaeshi swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Gaeshi lands a head kick. Augusto smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Augusto tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gaeshi connects with a solid leg kick.
Gaeshi misses with a two punch combination.
Gaeshi gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Augusto takes an elbow to the temple.
Gaeshi lands a nice elbow.
Knees in the clinch landing for Gaeshi.
Gaeshi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gaeshi tries to clinch up.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Gaeshi!
Gaeshi misses with a takedown attempt - Augusto sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Augusto closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Gaeshi to the mat! Gaeshi manages to get full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Augusto works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Augusto lands with a punch from half guard.
Gaeshi wants to get back to full guard.
Gaeshi has hold of Augusto's hands but Augusto slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Ground and pound from Augusto.
Augusto looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Gaeshi works his way to full guard. Good work.
Gaeshi lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Augusto!
Augusto is working to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Fernando Augusto will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Gaeshi misses with a head kick.
Gaeshi decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Augusto moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Gaeshi trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Augusto manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Augusto sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Gaeshi's guard.
Augusto frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Augusto manages to capitalize on a mistake by Gaeshi to take his back!
Gaeshi is really stuck here.
Oooh a big shot gets through from Augusto. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Augusto is cranking Gaeshi's head sideways - that looks painful. He's managed to get his other arm under the chin and this looks bad for Gaeshi! He's tightened the choke and Gaeshi is tapping out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Fernando Augusto!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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