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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tom Morello (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joao Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morello's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Tubthumping - i Get Knocked Down. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin |
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BJJ Purple 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, Tom Morello!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Joao Oliveira!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Felipe Paraventi and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morello moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Morello throws a right and a left that Oliveira avoids nicely.
Morello throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Oliveira.
Oliveira fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Oliveira slips a jab and a cross from Morello.
Morello misses with a few strikes there.
Morello swats away the attempt to clinch by Oliveira.
Morello looks to land a combination. Oliveira sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Morello will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Morello misses with a wild combination.
Some wild striking there from Morello.
Morello throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Oliveira.
Morello goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
It looks like Joao Oliveira has been cut.
Morello stalks Oliveira and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Oliveira's face. Oliveira staggers backwards, shaken.
Morello throws a series of punches but Oliveira avoids them all with ease.
Morello misses with a wild combination.
Morello swinging wilding here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morello throws a one two combo.
Oliveira takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Morello looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Morello swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Morello's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Morello duly obliges.
A punch combination from Morello misses.
Morello throws a series of punches but Oliveira avoids them all with ease.
Oliveira fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Morello, pushing him back against the cage.
Morello wants to break free but Oliveira has control.
Morello wants to break the clinch but can't.
Oliveira pulls Morello into guard.
Oliveira trying to control the position.
Oliveira throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira trying to control the position.
Oliveira working for a triangle but Morello defends it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morello tries to stand but Oliveira is controlling from the bottom.
Oliveira pulls Morello in close to prevent any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Oliveira tries to strike from the bottom.
Oliveira looking to hit a scissor sweep but Morello is one step ahead there.
Oliveira is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tom Morello dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Joao Oliveira's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
A combination from Morello does no damage.
No joy there for Morello, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Oliveira has a takedown stuffed.
Oliveira slips a jab and a cross from Morello.
Oliveira showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Morello.
Morello throws a series of punches but Oliveira moves out of range.
Morello throws a series of punches but Oliveira avoids them all with ease.
Tom Morello is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Oliveira shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Oliveira tries to clinch there but Morello circles away.
Oliveira throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oliveira fails with an attempt to clinch.
Oliveira avoids a punch combination nicely.
Morello moves away from the strike by Oliveira.
Oliveira is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Morello.
Morello misses with the combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morello swinging wilding here.
Morello closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Morello throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Morello fails to land with a series of punches.
A combination from Morello does no damage.
A nice combination there by Morello.
No joy there for Oliveira, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Oliveira throws a head kick that misses.
Oliveira fails with an attempt to clinch.
Morello swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Oliveira holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Oliveira tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Tom Morello has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joao Oliveira.
Oliveira holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Oliveira throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Oliveira escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Morello throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Morello displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Morello throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Oliveira.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morello misses with a double jab.
Tom Morello seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morello scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Morello throws a combination that misses
and Oliveira counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Morello is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Oliveira is breathing heavily.
Morello swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Oliveira counters by moving into the clinch.
Morello wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Morello can't break the clinch.
Oliveira pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tom Morello is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Morello throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Oliveira counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
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!
Morello is not content to let Oliveira control the position.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Oliveira in particular looking to stall.
Morello is trying to stand up here but Oliveira is controlling him well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira works his foot free and advances to mount.
Morello wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Oliveira.
Morello knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Oliveira on the ground.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Oliveira controlling from mount.
Oliveira looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Morello is squirming around, avoiding Oliveira's attempts to control the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joao Oliveira showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Joao Oliveira's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Horrible takedown by Oliveira or perhaps it was just good defense by Morello which made him look bad.
Morello throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Oliveira shoots in for a takedown but Morello shows good takedown defense.
Morello swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Morello scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Morello throws a nice looking combination but Oliveira bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Oliveira dodges the punch combination from Morello.
Oliveira takes the fight into the clinch.
Morello wants to break the clinch but can't.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oliveira dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Oliveira breaks the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Morello lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Oliveira circles away quickly and effectively.
Oliveira fails with a takedown attempt.
Tom Morello has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joao Oliveira.
Morello throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morello tries to bum rush Oliveira with a series of wild strikes but Oliveira uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Morello swats away the attempt to clinch by Oliveira.
Morello misses with a combination
so Oliveira counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Oliveira gets to his feet. Morello looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Oliveira lets loose with a powerful body kick. Morello will feel that in the morning.
Morello takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Nice sprawl there from Morello as Oliveira shoots in.
Morello throws a one two combo.
Oliveira fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Oliveira pushes Morello up against the cage in a clinch.
Oliveira can't get the takedown.
Morello is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Morello throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Oliveira.
Danga de danga de dang - Morello scores with a four punch combination!
Oliveira misses with a double jab.
Morello swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Oliveira counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Morello misses with a double jab
and Oliveira counters by clinching up.
Oliveira jumps into guard, dragging Morello to the mat.
Morello wants to get up but he can't break Oliveira's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Oliveira is trying to keep Morello in close.
Morello tries to stand but Oliveira is controlling from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira is adopting a defensive guard.
Oliveira is trying to keep Morello in close.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Oliveira is on top in guard.
Oliveira drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Oliveira jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Joao Oliveira comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Oliveira has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 28:29
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joao Oliveira!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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