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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Ramon Escudero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Medeiros (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Medeiros comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Liberate kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Carlos Ramon Escudero!
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, Dan Medeiros!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Edson Gomes and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Medeiros scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Escudero swings away with a body shot that misses
and Medeiros counters by clinching up.
Medeiros is trying to trip Escudero. He has hold of a leg but Escudero is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Medeiros persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Medeiros won't allow Escudero to sweep him here.
Medeiros wants to control from the top but Escudero keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Medeiros working some strikes from top position.
Escudero is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Escudero wants to stand up but Medeiros manages to regain full guard.
Medeiros working a defensive guard here.
Escudero postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Medeiros has his feet on Escudero's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Escudero misses with an uppercut. Medeiros saw that one coming.
Escudero throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Medeiros counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Medeiros.
Escudero letting Medeiros take a breather here.
Medeiros creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Escudero's defenses.
It looks like Carlos Ramon Escudero has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Escudero being controlled against the cage.
Medeiros breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Medeiros scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Medeiros feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Escudero has momentary wrist control but Medeiros slips an elbow through the middle.
Escudero looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Medeiros won't allow Escudero to get back to his feet.
Escudero is breathing heavily.
Medeiros trying to control but Escudero is working from the bottom.
Medeiros trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Escudero pushes Medeiros off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Medeiros scores with a nice head shot.
Medeiros moves into range and clinches up with Escudero.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Medeiros stalling in the clinch.
Medeiros wants a takedown but no success here.
Medeiros breaks from the clinch.
Escudero misses with the combination.
Escudero throws a left and a right that both miss
and Medeiros makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Escudero cracks Medeiros with a good jab.
Medeiros keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Escudero.
Medeiros blocks a jab.
Medeiros gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Medeiros displaying some good clinch control by pressing Escudero up against the cage.
Medeiros drags the fight down to the ground.
Medeiros looking to hit a scissor sweep but Escudero is one step ahead there.
Escudero throwing strikes from guard but Medeiros blocks nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escudero wanted to stand there but Medeiros had control of the position.
Medeiros bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Escudero's guard.
Escudero bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Medeiros's guard.
Medeiros working a defensive guard here.
Medeiros looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Medeiros throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Escudero stands up and waves to Medeiros to follow him.
Some wild striking there from Escudero.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Medeiros moves into the clinch successfully.
Escudero wants a takedown but no success here.
The referee calls for Medeiros to work.
Escudero's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Escudero prevents a takedown attempt there.
Escudero fails to pull the fight into his guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Medeiros tries to pull guard but Escudero won't allow it.
Carlos Ramon Escudero has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dan Medeiros.
Escudero stalling in the clinch but Medeiros improves position.
Escudero looks to throw an elbow but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dan Medeiros dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Carlos Ramon Escudero's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Escudero thows a body shot but no joy.
A slow jab from Escudero misses its intended target.
Medeiros rushes Escudero and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Medeiros effectively controlling the action here.
Medeiros makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Medeiros goes for a takedown attempt but Escudero pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Escudero jabs at Medeiros's body.
Medeiros moves away from the strike by Escudero.
Medeiros lands with an overhand left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Escudero with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Medeiros keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Escudero throws a right and a left that Medeiros avoids nicely.
Escudero swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Escudero throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Medeiros sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Medeiros works over Escudero's head and body with a nice combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Medeiros fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Escudero takes a swing at Medeiros's ribcage but misses.
Medeiros shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Escudero as he avoids it easily.
Medeiros moves into the clinch.
Medeiros breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Carlos Ramon Escudero is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Medeiros tries to clinch but Escudero is having none of it.
Medeiros closes the distance and clinches.
Medeiros tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Medeiros breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Escudero dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Escudero moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Medeiros walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Escudero throws a one two combo.
Medeiros instigates a clinch.
Medeiros's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Medeiros uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Escudero.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escudero lands a body shot.
Escudero throws a sloppy body shot
and Medeiros counters with a takedown into side control.
Escudero is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Check out the look on Medeiros's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Escudero tries to buck Medeiros off but Medeiros is having none of it.
Escudero is working hard here to advance position.
Medeiros scores with a couple of short elbows.
Escudero throws Medeiros to one side and escapes!
Medeiros throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Escudero swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Medeiros holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Medeiros breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Medeiros wants to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Escudero misses.
Medeiros steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Escudero.
Medeiros clinches up against the cage.
Medeiros creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Escudero's defenses.
Medeiros has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Escudero is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Carlos Ramon Escudero has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dan Medeiros.
Escudero has had enough of the clinch but Medeiros keeps him there for the moment.
Medeiros's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Escudero misses with a jab, cross combination.
Escudero misses the jab.
Medeiros clinches.
Escudero tries to pull guard but Medeiros holds him up against the cage and eventually Escudero drops back down to his feet.
Medeiros lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Escudero wants to break free but Medeiros has control.
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.
Medeiros working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Medeiros lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Medeiros tries for a takedown. No joy.
Escudero gets underhooks to prevent Medeiros's takedown attempt.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Escudero.
Escudero misses with a hook from the clinch.
Escudero tries to break the clinch but Medeiros is controlling the position.
Medeiros is pressed up against the cage. Escudero has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Medeiros down to the mat. Medeiros avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Medeiros moves into the clinch.
Medeiros breaks the clinch.
Carlos Ramon Escudero seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Escudero misses with a series of wild punches.
Escudero throws a big shot that misses.
Medeiros throws a right and a left that Escudero avoids nicely.
Medeiros tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Escudero paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Medeiros is looking to clinch but Escudero is avoiding it.
Medeiros dodges the punch combination from Escudero.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dan Medeiros showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Carlos Ramon Escudero'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. This is the final round!
Medeiros displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Escudero throws out the jab.
Escudero lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Escudero paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Medeiros scores with a body shot.
Medeiros shoots in and drives through. Escudero sprawls well.
Escudero looks to land a combination but Medeiros avoids it well.
Escudero lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Medeiros throws a right and a left that both miss.
Escudero is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Medeiros.
Medeiros gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Knees in the clinch landing for Medeiros.
Escudero drops down looking for an ankle pick but Medeiros pulls his leg out and moves away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Medeiros throws a right and a left that both miss.
Medeiros closes the distance and clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Escudero takes an elbow to the forehead.
Medeiros breaks from the clinch.
Medeiros misses with a double jab.
Medeiros fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Escudero sprawls well initially but Medeiros persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Medeiros is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Escudero is looking to improve his position.
Medeiros trying to mount his opponent but Escudero defends it.
Escudero wants to get back to his feet.
Escudero tries to kick Medeiros off in order to stand up. Medeiros Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
Medeiros creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Escudero is looking for a sweep.
Medeiros scores with a couple of short elbows.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Escudero throws a shot from downtown. Medeiros moves away and avoids it.
Medeiros keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Medeiros moves into the clinch.
Escudero tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Medeiros just stands there and leans against the cage.
Medeiros tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The referee calls for Medeiros to work.
Medeiros wants a takedown.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Medeiros as Escudero tries to tie him up.
Escudero fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Carlos Ramon Escudero. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Medeiros stops a takedown attempt from Escudero.
Medeiros tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Medeiros has Escudero pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Escudero manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Medeiros breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Escudero throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Escudero connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Medeiros closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Escudero throws a combination that misses
and Medeiros counters by clinching up.
Escudero is looking to control Medeiros's arms but Medeiros gets an underhook and turns him. Now Escudero has his back to the cage.
Medeiros pulls guard.
Escudero loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Medeiros has Escudero pulled in close to control his posture.
Medeiros not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Escudero wants to stand but Medeiros has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Escudero looking to pass the guard.
Escudero working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Escudero looking to pass the guard.
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.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Medeiros is on top in guard.
Medeiros trying to control but Escudero is working from the bottom.
Escudero wants to get back to his feet but Medeiros is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Escudero wants to sweep here but Medeiros controlling him for the moment.
Escudero striking off his back but it's not causing Medeiros any problems.
Dan Medeiros is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Medeiros scoring with punches to the head and body.
Medeiros controls from within his opponent's guard.
Carlos Ramon Escudero has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Medeiros loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dan Medeiros comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Medeiros has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 27:30
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 27:30
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dan Medeiros!
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