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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Damien OQuinn (ranked 1169 p4p, 143 weight class) and Rogerio De Souza (ranked 1865 p4p, 229 weight class). OQuinn comes to the cage accompanied by Blac Youngsta - Late. Damien OQuinn has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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196 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent boxer
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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
16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Damien OQuinn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rogerio De Souza!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Dean Styles and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Souza misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
OQuinn misses with a series of wild punches.
De Souza fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. OQuinn sprawls well initially but De Souza persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
De Souza is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
My spies in Soul Supremacy Rio inform me that De Souza has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
De Souza is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and OQuinn defends it well.
De Souza is trying to control the action in half guard but OQuinn is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Souza is controlling the pace.
De Souza is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Souza works his way into full mount!
De Souza tries to control but OQuinn wriggling away.
De Souza working for a guillotine from mount but OQuinn is in no mood to give up.
De Souza with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
De Souza is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, OQuinn has managed to escape the submission attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Souza is working for a guillotine from mount but OQuinn frees his head quite easily.
OQuinn knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for De Souza on the ground.
De Souza goes for an armbar but he's not got it… OQuinn turns into him and now he's in De Souza's guard.
De Souza throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
OQuinn slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Souza looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
OQuinn content to stall in guard here.
OQuinn pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. De Souza is keeping the position for now.
OQuinn has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
De Souza working a defensive guard here.
De Souza escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. OQuinn gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
De Souza working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. OQuinn doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. OQuinn manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
OQuinn wants to control from the top but De Souza keeps moving.
De Souza keeping full guard, as OQuinn tries to pass.
De Souza is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
De Souza had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. OQuinn defends it easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
De Souza is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and OQuinn defends well.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
De Souza can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as OQuinn controls the pace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rogerio De Souza 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.
OQuinn misses with an uppercut.
De Souza swings and misses with a hook to the body.
OQuinn takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
OQuinn throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
De Souza lands an overhand right.
OQuinn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
De Souza connects with a looping right hand.
De Souza misses with a takedown
and OQuinn counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Good exchange - OQuinn coming out on top.
De Souza throws a combination. OQuinn tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
De Souza shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. OQuinn eats them both and turns towards De Souza to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
De Souza misses with a straight right.
OQuinn moves out of range of the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
OQuinn throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
De Souza closes this distance looking for a takedown but OQuinn circles away.
De Souza scores with a jab.
OQuinn misses with a body shot.
OQuinn takes a swing at De Souza's ribcage but misses.
De Souza is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Damien OQuinn is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
OQuinn misses with a few strikes there.
Nice jab there from OQuinn.
De Souza keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice straight punches there by OQuinn. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of OQuinn.
A combination from De Souza does no damage.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from OQuinn lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and De Souza has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from De Souza and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
OQuinn looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
OQuinn takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
De Souza misses with a double jab
and OQuinn counters with a straight right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
OQuinn scores with a decent looking hook.
De Souza fails with the takedown.
Damien OQuinn has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rogerio De Souza.
Nice body punch from De Souza.
OQuinn takes a shot right to the bread basket.
OQuinn lands with a nice body punch.
A jab from De Souza misses.
Rogerio De Souza is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
De Souza swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
OQuinn went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
De Souza misses with a looping right.
OQuinn scores with a three punch combo!
It looks like Rogerio De Souza has been cut.
De Souza bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps OQuinn's head backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
OQuinn lands a jab to De Souza's midsection.
A decent looking cross lands there for De Souza.
De Souza lands a two punch combo.
OQuinn misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from De Souza.
OQuinn drops De Souza with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but De Souza looks back up at him and smiles so OQuinn waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
De Souza is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
OQuinn cracks De Souza with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends De Souza tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but OQuinn pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! De Souza is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Damien OQuinn!
A very excited looking Damien OQuinn made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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