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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raphael Almeida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Raphael Almeida is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Daniel Love!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Raphael Almeida!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Paulo Santos and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Love takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
It looks like Daniel Love has been cut.
Almeida misses with a jab, cross combination.
Almeida throws a sloppy head kick and Love moves out of range easily.
Love clinches with his opponent.
Love looking for a takedown.
Love has a couple of punches blocked by Almeida.
Almeida is leaning against Love and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Love on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Love has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Almeida is trying to keep an underhook but Love manages to get the takedown into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Almeida looking for submissions off his back.
Love prevents Almeida from standing back up.
Almeida is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Almeida trying to control but Love postures up.
Almeida tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Love is taking a breather. Almeida 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.
Love is looking to take a break and control but Almeida is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Love wants to pass the guard but Almeida is defending well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Love stops Almeida from getting back to his feet.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Love fails with a takedown attempt.
Almeida rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Love moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Almeida throws a nice looking combination but Love bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Almeida changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Love looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Love is looking for a sweep.
Love is breathing heavily.
Love is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Almeida's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Love trying to hold on to Almeida's head to control him but Almeida postures up.
Almeida is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Love doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Almeida.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almeida slips a nice elbow through Love's hands, connecting with Love's forehead.
Ground and pound from Almeida.
Almeida has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Almeida prevents Love from improving his position.
Almeida throwing shots but Love is blocking nicely.
Almeida seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Almeida lands a nice short elbow.
Love tries to get to full guard but Almeida has control of the leg.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love is working hard here to advance position.
Almeida working Love over with strikes.
Love is looking to improve his position.
Love gets full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Almeida works over Love with some ground and pound from guard.
Love is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Almeida trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Love manages to pass to mount!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Almeida is trying to escape the mount.
Almeida tries to hold on but Love postures up.
Love with shots to the head and body - Almeida looks very uncomfortable down there.
Love landing strikes, looking to finish!
Almeida is in a horrible position here. Love smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Almeida swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Love moves to take his opponent's back.
Love controlling the position well here. Almeida rolled but Love kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Raphael Almeida dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Daniel Love's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Love changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Almeida looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Almeida prevents Love from improving position.
Almeida wants to get back to his feet but Love drags him back down.
Almeida is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Almeida missing with punches from the bottom.
Almeida kicks Love off and gets back to his feet.
Love dodges the punch combination from Almeida.
Almeida keeps the fight on the outside.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Almeida tries a head kick but it misses.
Almeida throws a head kick but Love moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Almeida takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Love lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Almeida backs up against the cage.
Love takes the fight into the clinch.
Almeida is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Love pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Almeida missing with knees to the body.
Love's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Love tries to clinch up.
A right-left combo lands from Love.
Almeida is looking to land body kicks.
Almeida swats away the attempt to clinch by Love.
Raphael Almeida seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Almeida throws a head kick that misses.
Love looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Almeida!
Love controlling the position easily from mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Love lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Almeida hang on?
Almeida throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Love avoids the attempt from Almeida to control.
Love wants to control the pace but Almeida is squirming around nicely.
Love looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almeida working to try and regain half guard.
Almeida throwing hammer fists to the chest of Love. What's that going to do exactly?
Love looking to control but Almeida is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Love is working for a guillotine from mount but Almeida frees his head quite easily.
Love unloading with bombs!
Almeida squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Almeida wants to control but Love is having none of it.
Love lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Almeida looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
A lull in the action here.
Love is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
Love is looking to control Almeida but Almeida is wriggling around and keeping busy.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Love not allowing Almeida to control his hands.
Love looking to hold on to the position here but Almeida rolls and ends up regaining guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Daniel Love dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Daniel Love's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Almeida gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Love counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Love trying to control but Almeida is working from the bottom.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Almeida is on top in guard.
Love wants to stand but Almeida is controlling the position.
Almeida loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Almeida missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Almeida lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Almeida won't allow Love to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Almeida is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Almeida is working Love over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Love is working an open guard so Almeida takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Love closes the distance and clinches.
Love drops down looking for an ankle pick but Almeida pulls his leg out and moves away.
A head kick by Almeida misses
and Love counters by moving into the clinch.
Love jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Almeida walks away with a smile on his face. Love gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Love throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Love tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Love blocks a head kick by Almeida.
Some wild striking there from Almeida.
Almeida throws a sloppy head kick and Love moves out of range easily.
Love closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Almeida to the mat! Almeida manages to get full guard.
Love stands up over Almeida, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Almeida throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Love trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almeida is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Almeida is pressed up against the cage. Love has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Almeida down to the mat. Almeida avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Daniel Love. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Almeida throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Love has his takedown stuffed
and Almeida counters with a big head kick but Love shrugs it off.
Almeida waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Love.
Love blocks a head kick by Almeida.
Love shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Almeida cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Almeida throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Love drives through with a takedown into guard.
Almeida tries to strike from the bottom.
Almeida scrambles and gets back to his feet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Love misses with a takedown attempt - Almeida sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Love fails with an attempt to clinch.
Love shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Almeida as he jumps to the side.
Almeida lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Some wild striking there from Almeida.
Love avoids the head kick by Almeida.
Almeida misses with a double jab.
Almeida scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Love shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Almeida counters with a head kick. That will keep Love thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Raphael Almeida is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Love shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Almeida as he jumps to the side.
Love dodges the punch combination from Almeida.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Almeida throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Love.
Love wants to clinch up but Almeida keeps it at a distance.
Almeida circles away from the clinch attempt.
Almeida misses with a wild combination.
Almeida blocks a head kick by Love.
Almeida throws a head kick that misses.
Almeida throws a lazy head kick
and Love decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Almeida's guard.
Daniel Love overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Love wants to control from the top but Almeida keeps moving.
Almeida had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Love is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Almeida Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Love's back instead.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Almeida softening up his opponent with strikes here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Daniel Love showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Love 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 29:28
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Daniel Love!
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RATING
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