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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Esdag Cepa Urmus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kiet Charong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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190 cm
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180 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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160 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin |
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Esdag Cepa Urmus! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kiet Charong! The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Luis Engracia and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Charong stuffs the takedown attempt from Cepa Urmus. Cepa Urmus gets slowly back to his feet. Charong looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight! Cepa Urmus shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away. Cepa Urmus working the ground and pound effectively.
Cepa Urmus lands a nice shot to the head. Cepa Urmus looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Cepa Urmus trying to control but he's not successful this time. The referee warns Charong that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Cepa Urmus raining down shots from the mount! Cepa Urmus moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Charong has worked his arm free - good work by Charong!
That's one minute gone in the round. Charong throws Cepa Urmus to one side and escapes! Charong misses with a kick to the body.
Cepa Urmus misses with a takedown attempt - Charong sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses. Cepa Urmus pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way. Cepa Urmus shoots in for a takedown but Charong shows good takedown defense. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Esdag Cepa Urmus. That's going to take a lot out of him. Charong dodges the punch combination from Cepa Urmus.
A combination from Cepa Urmus does no damage. Kiet Charong is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Cepa Urmus shoots in but no luck this time. Cepa Urmus steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Charong. That one must have hurt. Cepa Urmus closes the distance and clinches. We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Charong has eaten all the pies! Cepa Urmus breaks from the clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it! Cepa Urmus closes the distance and clinches up with Charong, looking for a takedown. Cepa Urmus pushes Charong against the cage but Charong circles to the side and manages to break the clinch. Nice sprawl there from Charong as Cepa Urmus shoots in. Charong throws the kick towards the body but Cepa Urmus avoids it. Cepa Urmus closes this distance looking for a takedown but Charong circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Charong misses with an attempted mid kick.
Charong connects with a solid leg kick. Charong throws a half hearted mid kick. Cepa Urmus fails to land the takedown. Cepa Urmus does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy. Charong throws a leg kick but Cepa Urmus moved away. Cepa Urmus shoots in but no luck this time. Cepa Urmus closes this distance looking for a takedown but Charong circles away. Cepa Urmus shoots in but no luck this time. Cepa Urmus throws a nice looking combination but Charong bobs and weaves to avoid any damage. Cepa Urmus throws a wild combination but nothing lands. Horrible takedown by Cepa Urmus or perhaps it was just good defense by Charong which made him look bad. Cepa Urmus fails miserably with a takedown attempt. Cepa Urmus throws a low kick but Charong avoids it. Cepa Urmus shoots in and drives through. Charong sprawls well. Charong throws a lazy body kick and Cepa Urmus counters with a shoot takedown into half guard. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Cepa Urmus seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Charong does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back. Cepa Urmus is trying to work for a kimura but Charong is defending well.
Cepa Urmus is trying to work for a kimura but Charong is defending well.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Cepa Urmus seems to be looking for submissions.
Cepa Urmus stops Charong from getting back to his feet.
Cepa Urmus controlling the pace. Cepa Urmus is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Cepa Urmus seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Charong does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
That's four minutes gone in the round. There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action. Charong really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Cepa Urmus. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out. Cepa Urmus is working for a kimura but Charong is defending it quite comfortably.
Cepa Urmus thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Charong's head. Charong is in trouble now - Cepa Urmus has advanced to mount! As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Cepa Urmus is working for a guillotine from mount but Charong frees his head quite easily.
Charong is squirming around, avoiding Cepa Urmus's attempts to control the action. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Esdag Cepa Urmus dominated that round. That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Charong throws a body kick but he wasn't in range. Cepa Urmus tries a head kick but it misses.
Cepa Urmus has a takedown stuffed. Charong explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work. Charong throws a wild body kick that Cepa Urmus sees coming a mile off. Charong stuffs the takedown attempt from Cepa Urmus. Cepa Urmus gets slowly back to his feet. Cepa Urmus feints and as Charong raises his hands in defense, Cepa Urmus changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard. Cepa Urmus landing with the ground and pound. Cepa Urmus forces his way into half guard. Cepa Urmus is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. Cepa Urmus missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round. Cepa Urmus is looking to advance position but Charong won't allow it. Cepa Urmus working the head and body with strikes. Cepa Urmus seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense. Cepa Urmus is looking for a kimura but Charong is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Cepa Urmus to get the leverage. Cepa Urmus trying to control the action but Charong is working from the bottom. Cepa Urmus is working for a kimura but Charong is defending it quite comfortably.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Cepa Urmus passes to side control. Charong avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Cepa Urmus. Cepa Urmus 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. Cepa Urmus working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it. Cepa Urmus scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Charong to see if he's OK.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Cepa Urmus trying to control the position but Charong is working away. Charong being controlled for a moment. Cepa Urmus lands some shots froms side control. Cepa Urmus has hold of Charong's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Charong seems comfortable defending it but Cepa Urmus has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Charong is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Charong is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Cepa Urmus couldn't care less - he's delighted!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Esdag Cepa Urmus!
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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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