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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shrek Life (ranked 5766 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zulu Mutuumbe (ranked 22845 p4p, 0 weight class). Shrek Life has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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188 cm
25
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
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210 cm
28
278 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Basic striking
Good chin |
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Powerful takedowns
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the 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, Shrek Life! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Zulu Mutuumbe ! The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Daniel Cesar and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Life clinches with his opponent.
Life has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Mutuumbe clear over his head and slammed him to the mat! THIS COMMENTARY SHOULD NOT HAPPEN - IF YOU SEE THIS ERROR, PLEASE REPORT IT TO ADMIN (ID282) Mutuumbe tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell! Mutuumbe throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing. Mutuumbe is wriggling around trying to escape.
Life is trying to take his opponent's back.
Life controlling his opponent. Life unloading with bombs!
That's one minute gone in the round. Life takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though. Life takes Mutuumbe 's back. Could be looking for a rear naked choke here - either way, Mutuumbe is in trouble. Mutuumbe is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Life connects with a big shot to the side of Mutuumbe 's head.
Life is looking for the choke from the back position but Mutuumbe is controlling his hands well. Mutuumbe rolls, trying to escape but Life keeps control of the position.
Life is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Mutuumbe is trying to get back to his feet but Life has full control of the position and if anything, Mutuumbe has just worked his way into a worse spot. Life biding his time, controlling Mutuumbe . Life punishes Mutuumbe with strikes from the back mount. Life is riding his opponent, not letting Mutuumbe buck him off. Life scores with punches and elbows.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Life lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK. Good control from Life. Life has the hooks in. Mutuumbe is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted. Mutuumbe looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
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. A bit of a pause in the action here. Life controlling the positon. Mutuumbe defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Mutuumbe trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble. The crowd thankful this round is nearly over. You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shrek Life dominated that round. The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Life drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard. Life is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long. Life postures up.
Life is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Shrek Life overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's one minute gone in the round. Life preventing the sweep.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up. Life gets the takedown into side control. Mutuumbe seems a little lost for a moment, as Life dominates the positioning. Life seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Mutuumbe for as long as he can get away with. Mutuumbe struggling a bit here. Life takes a little break here. Mutuumbe wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well. You can see the frustration on Mutuumbe 's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Life is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Mutuumbe will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already. Mutuumbe gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there! Life controlling from the full mount. Mutuumbe is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Life controlling the pace for now. Mutuumbe is trying to reverse the position but instead Life has taken his back - oops! Life lands with a hammerfist to the side of Mutuumbe 's head. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Life controlling the position well here. Mutuumbe rolled but Life kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
Life tightening his grip on Mutuumbe , looking for the choke. Mutuumbe wants to control his opponent's hands but Life gets his hands free.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Mutuumbe defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Life's arms. Good control from Life. Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out! Mutuumbe is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Life gets his way!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shrek Life dominated that second round. That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Life drives through and clinches with Mutuumbe against the cage.
Life stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Life wants the takedown. Mutuumbe is fighting it off but Life persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Mutuumbe 's guard against the cage. Life wants to pass the guard but Mutuumbe is keeping the position. Mutuumbe working a defensive guard here.
Life is stalling in the full guard. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
That's one minute gone in the round. Life passes into half guard. Life is looking to advance position but Mutuumbe won't allow it. Life is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard. Mutuumbe being controlled here, momentarily. There's a bit of a scramble here and now Mutuumbe is on top in guard.
Life pulls Mutuumbe in close to prevent any damage. Mutuumbe trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Mutuumbe trying to control the position from guard on top but Life is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Life escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Mutuumbe gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance. Life might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground. Mutuumbe looking to pass the guard. Life is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Mutuumbe frees his head nicely. Oh but Life has switched to an armbar! Mutuumbe is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Shrek Life!
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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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