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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Alan Florian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Wilson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Florian comes to the cage accompanied by "Battle Without Honor Or Humanity" by Tomoyasu Hotei. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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165 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alan Florian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alexander Wilson!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Daniel Cesar and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Florian shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Wilson but Wilson pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Florian is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Florian shoots in but Wilson avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Wilson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Wilson shoots in for a takedown but Florian shows good takedown defense.
Wilson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Wilson postures up in Florian's guard and throws a big left but Florian blocks it.
Wilson won't allow Florian to get back to his feet.
Wilson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Florian has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Wilson off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Florian doesn't manage to clinch there - Wilson circles away.
Wilson swats away the attempt to clinch by Florian.
Florian closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Florian doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Wilson counters with a nice uppercut.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alan Florian. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The fight stays on the outside here - Florian looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Wilson.
Wilson scores with a decent looking hook.
Florian closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Florian tries a knee to the head but Wilson blocks it.
Wilson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Wilson wants a takedown but no success here.
Nice elbow from Florian.
It looks like Alexander Wilson has been cut.
Wilson tries to pull guard but Florian holds him up against the cage and eventually Wilson drops back down to his feet.
Wilson dodges an elbow strike from Florian.
Wilson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Florian landing knees to the head.
Florian lands a nice knee to the body.
Florian throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Florian swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Florian looking to throw knees to the head but Wilson is blocking nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Florian - that landed with a thud.
Florian misses with a knee strike.
Wilson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Florian lands a shot to the body.
Florian lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Florian.
Wilson jumps guard but Florian stands there with Wilson around his waist. Wilson gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Florian presses Wilson against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Florian prevents Wilson from breaking the clinch.
Florian unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wilson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Florian tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wilson pulls guard successfully.
Florian wanted to stand there but Wilson had control of the position.
Florian stands up and waves to Wilson to follow him.
Florian tries to clinch there but Wilson circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Florian shoots in and bounces Wilson off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Wilson wants to sweep here but Florian controlling him for the moment.
Wilson wants to hit a switch here but Florian passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Wilson there!
Wilson is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Florian stands up from mount. Strange move.
Florian shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Wilson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Wilson shoots in for a takedown but Florian shows good takedown defense.
Florian shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Wilson looks gassed!
Florian working Wilson over with strikes here.
Wilson is desperately trying to improve his position but Florian has a good base and remains in mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wilson gives up his back whilst trying to strike.
Wilson tries to break free.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alan Florian dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alexander Wilson's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Florian tries to clinch but Wilson moves out of range.
Florian wants to clinch
and Wilson counters with a nice double leg into side control. Florian won't be happy with that.
Wilson working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Florian throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
Wilson tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Florian is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Wilson uses his free foot to push down on Florian's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Florian.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilson postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Florian looks a forlorn figure.
Wilson with a couple of short strikes.
Wilson throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Wilson thowing shots but they're missing.
A nice elbow there by Wilson.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Florian is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Florian is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wilson goes for an armbar but Florian turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Florian.
Wilson is breathing heavily.
Florian wants to control from the top but Wilson keeps moving.
Wilson has a closed guard, preventing Florian from standing up.
Wilson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Wilson will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Florian wants to get up but he can't break Wilson's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Florian won't allow Wilson to sweep him here.
Wilson has a closed guard, preventing Florian from standing up.
Florian stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Wilson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Wilson lands a lovely overhand right.
Florian is looking to clinch but Wilson is avoiding it.
Florian tries to clinch up but Wilson circles away and keeps his distance.
Florian looks to clinch
and Wilson counters with a nice body shot.
Wilson looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Florian!
BOOM! Wilson connects with a massive shot to the dome!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wilson punching from mount but Florian doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Florian manages to work a leg through to get back to half guard here. Good work there by Florian, under a barage of strikes from Wilson.
Wilson lands with a punch from half guard.
Wilson seems to be looking for submissions.
Florian blocking the ground and pound attempt from Wilson.
Florian has hold of Wilson's hands but Wilson slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Wilson trying to pass the guard but Florian defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexander Wilson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Alexander Wilson's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Wilson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wilson fails to land the takedown.
Florian closes the distance looking to clinch
and Wilson counters with a nice double leg into side control. Florian won't be happy with that.
Florian pushes Wilson away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Wilson gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Wilson looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Florian is avoiding damage well.
Florian is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Wilson fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Wilson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Wilson working the strikes but Florian uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Wilson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Florian moves into full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilson thows a big elbow that misses.
Florian trying to keep a closed guard but Wilson is proving a slippery customer.
Florian uses the cage to get back to his feet.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Wilson.
Florian tries to clinch but Wilson moves out of range.
Florian clinches but Wilson breaks the clinch
and Wilson counters with a left to the body.
Wilson checks a low kick from Florian.
Florian moves into range and clinches up with Wilson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Florian stops a takedown attempt from Wilson.
Alan Florian has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alexander Wilson.
Florian misses with a knee strike.
Florian misses with a punch on the inside.
Florian using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Good body shot from Florian.
Florian lands an elbow inside.
Florian misses with an elbow over the top.
Wilson is trying to drag Florian to the mat but Florian just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Florian creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Wilson's defenses.
Wilson takes a shot to the head.
A right hand to the body from Florian.
Florian misses with a knee strike.
Florian lands an elbow inside.
Florian gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Wilson avoiding damage as Florian throws knees to the body.
Wilson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Florian with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Florian lands a knee to the body.
Florian digs a right hand underneath Wilson's ribcage. Wilson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wilson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Florian connects with a nasty looking knee right to Wilson's face.
Florian creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Wilson goes for a takedown attempt but Florian pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Florian darts in and clinches Wilson up against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Florian.
Florian lands a knee to the body.
Florian misses with an elbow over the top.
With the fighters up against the cage, Florian throws an elbow but misses.
Florian with a knee to the head.
Florian misses with a knee to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Florian just misses with a elbow thrown towards Wilson's brow.
Wilson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Wilson wants to break free but Florian has control.
Florian creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Wilson's defenses.
Florian lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Florian missing with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Florian.
That's four 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.
Wilson tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Wilson blocks an elbow strike.
Wilson tries to break the clinch but Florian is controlling the position.
Florian misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wilson.
Florian misses with a short punch on the inside.
Florian tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wilson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Florian tries to land knees in the clinch but Wilson avoids the damage to the body.
Wilson works on Florian's body with a couple of short punches.
Wilson can't break the clinch.
Florian prevents the takedown attempt.
Florian pushes off an throws an elbow but Wilson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wilson.
Florian scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Wilson tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Florian scores with a shot to the side of Wilson's head.
Florian misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wilson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Florian shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Wilson as he jumps to the side.
Wilson lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alan Florian clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Alexander Wilson's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Florian tries to clinch but Wilson is having none of it.
Alan Florian is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Florian tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Florian changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Wilson tries to avoid it but Florian manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Wilson to the ground. Wilson escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Florian shoots in and drives through. Wilson sprawls well.
Donk. Wilson catches Florian right on the button with a cross.
Wilson shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Florian as he jumps to the side.
Wilson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Florian closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Florian tries to close the distance and clinch but Wilson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wilson throws a hook but Florian avoids it easily.
Wilson keeps the fight on the outside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Florian tries to grapple but his opponent circles
so Wilson counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Wilson is looking to work some ground and pound but Florian has wrist control.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Florian wants to sweep here but Wilson controlling him for the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilson forces his way into half guard.
Wilson is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Florian has managed to free his arm - good work.
Wilson thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
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.
Wilson stops Florian from getting back to his feet.
Wilson wants to pass to mount but Florian is defending the position.
Wilson stops Florian from getting back to his feet.
Wilson passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Florian!
Wilson lands with some strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wilson goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Florian turns into him and now he's in Wilson's guard.
Wilson is looking for a triangle but Florian pushes his legs off easily.
Florian is looking to stand up but Wilson won't let him.
Wilson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Connects with an elbow from the bottom, proving to the judges that he's still active off his back.
Florian has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Florian gets to his feet. Wilson looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Wilson keeps the fight on the outside.
Florian tries to clinch
and Wilson counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Wilson won't allow Florian to get back to his feet.
Wilson throwing strikes but missing.
Florian is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Wilson is controlling him.
Wilson pushes down on Florian's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Wilson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Florian defending well though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexander Wilson dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Alexander Wilson's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Wilson swats away the attempt to clinch by Florian.
Wilson throws a jab when Florian was well out of range.
Florian lands a head kick. Wilson smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Florian takes one to the side of the head.
Wilson swats away the attempt to clinch by Florian.
Florian fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wilson tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Florian swivels and escapes.
Florian closes the distance looking to clinch
and Florian takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Florian closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Florian lands in his opponent's guard.
Wilson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilson is looking to sweep but instead, Florian has passed into half guard.
Alexander Wilson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Wilson punching from the bottom.
Wilson has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Florian escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Florian!
Wilson is trying to strike from the bottom but Florian has passed into full mount.
Florian scoring with strikes but Wilson is staying in there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Wilson really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Florian is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
Florian fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wilson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Florian tries to clinch but Wilson is having none of it.
Florian closes the distance but Wilson moves to the side
enabling Wilson to counter with a crisp jab.
Florian tries to close the distance and clinch but Wilson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Florian closes the distance looking to clinch
and Wilson decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Florian's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wilson passes Florian's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Wilson works his way into side control.
Wilson misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Wilson prevents Florian from escaping the position.
Wilson working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Wilson tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Florian is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Wilson off and has taken his back!
Florian controlling well, preventing Wilson from escaping the position.
Florian doesn't have the hooks in and Wilson manages to turn into his guard.
Wilson throws a strike but Florian rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Florian missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Wilson throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Alan Florian.
I think Florian 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 47:48
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 48:47
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Alan Florian!
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