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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Felix Rodrigo (ranked 2474 p4p, 121 weight class) and Marilson Coutinho (ranked 2520 p4p, 122 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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145 lbs
6 - 4 - 0 |
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138 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Counter fighter
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Excellent grappler
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Felix Rodrigo !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marilson Coutinho!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Fedor Mirinova and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rodrigo has Coutinho up against the cage in a clinch.
Coutinho jumps guard but Rodrigo stands there with Coutinho around his waist. Coutinho gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Coutinho tries a body shot but Rodrigo blocks it.
Rodrigo presses Coutinho against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Coutinho misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rodrigo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
We've been hearing reports that Rodrigo has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Coutinho tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Coutinho jumps guard but Rodrigo stands there with Coutinho around his waist. Coutinho gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Felix Rodrigo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marilson Coutinho.
Coutinho tries to pull guard but Rodrigo forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Coutinho doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rodrigo lands with a light punch inside.
Rodrigo misses with some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Coutinho working aggressively here.
Coutinho's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
It looks like Marilson Coutinho has been cut.
Rodrigo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rodrigo lands with a left to the head.
Coutinho jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Rodrigo walks away with a smile on his face. Coutinho gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head kick misses from Coutinho.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Coutinho misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Coutinho missing with a left hand there. Rodrigo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Coutinho loads up on a big right hand but Rodrigo slips the punch.
Coutinho lands with a cross.
Rodrigo closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Rodrigo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short uppercut from Rodrigo .
Rodrigo lands a body punch in the clinch.
Coutinho is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Rodrigo to keep the fight standing.
Rodrigo struggles to land a body shot inside as Coutinho controls his hands.
Coutinho misses with a body punch.
Rodrigo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Coutinho backwards.
Coutinho throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Rodrigo scores with a shoulder strike.
Rodrigo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rodrigo scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rodrigo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Rodrigo blocks a body shot from Coutinho.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodrigo throws a punch but it's blocked by Coutinho.
Rodrigo blocks a body shot from Coutinho.
Coutinho fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Rodrigo lands a body punch in the clinch.
Rodrigo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Coutinho.
A body shot lands from Rodrigo .
Coutinho jumps guard but Rodrigo turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Coutinho is trying to pull guard but Rodrigo has him pressed against the cage.
Coutinho pulls guard.
Rodrigo passes into half guard.
Coutinho is looking for a sweep. Rodrigo is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Coutinho looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Rodrigo looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Coutinho with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Coutinho is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Rodrigo pulls his head out easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rodrigo missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Rodrigo is trying to control. Coutinho wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Coutinho is pressing down on Rodrigo 's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Coutinho keeping moving, preventing Rodrigo from controlling successfully.
Rodrigo is really struggling to control Coutinho but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Coutinho avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rodrigo lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Rodrigo controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Rodrigo tries to free his leg and advance position but Coutinho is retaining full guard.
Coutinho working for a triangle but Rodrigo defends it easily.
Rodrigo sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Coutinho's guard.
Coutinho tries to roll over but Rodrigo keeps him under control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rodrigo wants to lay and pray for a moment but Coutinho keeps working.
Coutinho works his way to full guard. Good work.
Rodrigo working some strikes from top position.
Rodrigo forces his way into half guard.
Ground and pound from Rodrigo .
Coutinho won't allow Rodrigo to pass to mount.
Rodrigo missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Coutinho gets full guard.
Rodrigo wants to control from the top but Coutinho keeps moving.
Rodrigo got a little sloppy there for a moment and Coutinho has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Rodrigo has managed to get both his arms back between Coutinho's legs - danger averted.
Rodrigo postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Rodrigo avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Felix Rodrigo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marilson Coutinho's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Rodrigo takes the fight into the clinch.
Coutinho misses with some punches.
Coutinho fails to pull guard.
Coutinho jumps guard but Rodrigo stands there with Coutinho around his waist. Coutinho gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Rodrigo lands a body shot in the clinch.
Coutinho pulls guard effortlessly.
Rodrigo lands a couple of digs.
Rodrigo engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rodrigo works over Coutinho with some ground and pound from guard.
Rodrigo trying to control the position from guard on top but Coutinho is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Felix Rodrigo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Coutinho looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Rodrigo has picked Coutinho up and slammed him! Coutinho can't keep hold of the triangle and Rodrigo manages to pass to side control!
Coutinho tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Rodrigo trying to control the action but Coutinho is working from the bottom.
Coutinho is looking to reverse the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Coutinho takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Rodrigo is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Coutinho will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Sloppy strikes there by Rodrigo .
Rodrigo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Coutinho can do to turn this around?
Coutinho gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Coutinho has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Rodrigo is working away from the top position though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coutinho is trying to get back to full guard.
Coutinho looking for submissions off his back.
Coutinho looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Rodrigo scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Coutinho looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Rodrigo slips a nice elbow through Coutinho's hands, connecting with Coutinho's forehead.
Rodrigo lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Rodrigo is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Coutinho actively working from the bottom here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rodrigo works his way into full mount!
Coutinho is desperately trying to improve his position but Rodrigo has a good base and remains in mount.
Rodrigo scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Coutinho?
Rodrigo landing strikes, looking to finish!
Rodrigo working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Rodrigo lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Coutinho hang on?
Coutinho is in a horrible position here. Rodrigo smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Coutinho is rocked!
Rodrigo landing strikes from the mount.
Coutinho is still in real trouble! Can Rodrigo finish him?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rodrigo controlling from the full mount.
Coutinho is working to get back to half guard.
Rodrigo looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Coutinho covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Felix Rodrigo !
A victorious Felix Rodrigo thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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