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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Howlin Wolf (ranked 409 p4p, 16 weight class) and Lucio Francisco Carmo (ranked 2111 p4p, 99 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Carmo's choice of entrance music: Rolling Stones - Paint it, Black. Lucio Francisco Carmo has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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193 cm
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287 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Excellent boxer
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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
13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Howlin Wolf!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lucio Francisco Carmo!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Tarja Halkonen and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wolf looking to score a takedown here. Carmo is defending well but Wolf drives through and ends up in Carmo's guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Wolf accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Wolf wants to control from the top but Carmo keeps moving.
Wolf cracks Carmo with a solid left hand.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Carmo bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Wolf's guard.
Carmo wants to control from the top but Wolf keeps moving.
Carmo wants to pass the guard but Wolf is keeping the position.
Carmo is fighting to break Wolf's control of his arms but Wolf is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Wolf is on top in guard.
Wolf lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Wolf pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Carmo is keeping the position for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wolf trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Carmo avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Wolf throwing strikes but missing.
Wolf postures up and lands a big shot to Carmo's brow.
Wolf trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Carmo has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Carmo wants to sweep but no luck.
Wolf with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Carmo is on top in guard.
Wolf looking for a sweep. Not yet Wolf, not yet.
Carmo trying to control the position from guard on top but Wolf is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wolf wants to sweep here but Carmo controlling him for the moment.
Carmo trying to control but Wolf is working from the bottom.
We've been hearing good reports from Wolf's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Wolf has his hands on Carmo's head, controlling the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Carmo is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Howlin Wolf dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Carmo shoots in but Wolf avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Wolf lands with an overhand left.
Carmo drives through with a takedown into guard.
Wolf avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Carmo throwing strikes from guard but Wolf blocks nicely.
Carmo not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wolf is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Wolf bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Carmo's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wolf scoring with punches to the head and body.
Wolf scoring with punches to the head and body.
Wolf lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Wolf distracts Carmo with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Wolf preventing the sweep.
Carmo is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Wolf keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Carmo's head.
Howlin Wolf overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Carmo is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Wolf is working Carmo over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Carmo preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Wolf lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Wolf works over Carmo with some ground and pound from guard.
Wolf scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Carmo is rocked!
Wolf gets to his feet and stands over Carmo, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Carmo felt that one! Wolf unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Carmo from any more punishment!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Howlin Wolf!
Howlin Wolf decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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