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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joao Neves (ranked 5000 p4p, 151 weight class) and Full Time Panda (ranked 5328 p4p, 196 weight class). Full Time Panda has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Joao Neves's chin.
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300 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Good wrestler
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joao Neves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Full Time Panda!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Colin Fray and Josh West.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Panda closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Neves is trying to stand.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Panda working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Neves keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Panda is taking a breather. Neves says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Let's hope that Panda has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Neves is trying to stand back up but Panda is controlling him
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Panda throwing shots but Neves is blocking nicely.
Neves definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Panda throwing shots but Neves is blocking nicely.
Neves on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Neves tries to get out of the position.
Neves wants to get back to his feet.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Panda looks to land a body kick but Neves moved away.
Panda shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Neves defends it nicely.
Panda closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Neves did well to prevent Panda getting side control.
Ground and pound from Panda.
Panda throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Panda working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Panda lands a nice short elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Panda in particular looking to stall.
Panda thows a huge punch but Neves dodges it nicely.
Neves is looking to escape.
Panda landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Neves knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Panda on the ground.
Panda drops an elbow to the side of Neves's head.
Panda working over Neves with some ground and pound. Neves looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Panda not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Panda missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Panda working over Neves with some ground and pound. Neves looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Neves looks like he's trying to stand up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Panda working the head and body with strikes.
Panda with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Panda takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Panda has eaten all the pies!
Panda keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Neves keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Ground and pound from Panda.
Panda thows a huge punch but Neves dodges it nicely.
Panda not doing much here.
Panda sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Neves defending well though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Panda looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Panda missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Neves leaves Panda with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Neves is looking to counter punch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Panda gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Panda takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
It looks like Full Time Panda has been cut.
Joao Neves has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Full Time Panda.
Panda throws a poor cross that misses
and Neves counters with a lovely straight right hand!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Full Time Panda dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Full Time Panda's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Panda misses with a takedown attempt - Neves sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Panda closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Neves to the mat! Neves manages to get full guard.
Panda connects with a couple of short punches.
Full Time Panda has got the better of the ground game so far.
Panda sitting in guard here, content to control.
Panda working some strikes from top position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Panda postures up in Neves's guard and throws a big left but Neves blocks it.
Panda content to stall in guard here.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Neves wants to stand but Panda is controlling the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Panda is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Panda closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Panda thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Neves taking some punishment here, with Panda in his half guard.
Still in half guard, Panda seems content to control.
We're seeing a lot of stalling here from Panda.
Panda takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Panda working the head and body with strikes.
Neves avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Panda.
Panda takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Panda seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Neves keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Panda thows a huge punch but Neves dodges it nicely.
Panda lands with a punch from half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Panda perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Panda drops an elbow to the side of Neves's head.
Panda not doing much here.
Panda has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Panda is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Panda looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Neves with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Panda lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Panda is nestled in close to Neves, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Full Time Panda showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Full Time Panda's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Panda shoots in looking for a takedown but Neves manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Panda's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Panda gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Neves counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Panda fails with the takedown
and Neves counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Joao Neves has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Full Time Panda.
Panda gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Neves cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Panda with a lazy takedown attempt
and Neves counters with a crisp right hand that drops Panda! Neves lets Panda back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A lazy body kick from Panda
and Neves counters with a crisp right hand that drops Panda! Neves lets Panda back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Panda is rocked!
Panda walks into a picture perfect straight right hand from Neves! He's gone down face first to the canvas, unconscious before he even hit the floor! Ohhhh. My. Goodness! That boys and girls was a beautiful knockout! Give that man a biscuit!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Joao Neves!
A victorious Joao Neves thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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hype
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