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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bruno Neves (ranked 1241 p4p, 137 weight class) and Marcus St Stone (ranked 1406 p4p, 151 weight class). Neves comes to the cage accompanied by Sabotage - Rap É Compromisso. Bruno Neves has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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265 lbs
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196 cm
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282 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Bruno Neves! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
6 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marcus St Stone! The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Franklyn Lucas and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Neves lands with a shot to the body. St Stone fails in his attempt to clinch. Neves lands with a hook. St Stone tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
It looks like Marcus St Stone has been cut. St Stone moves into the clinch. Neves pulls guard successfully.
St Stone trying to control the position from guard on top but Neves is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Neves is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle. St Stone avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
St Stone avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Neves is looking for a triangle but St Stone pushes his legs off easily.
St Stone is pushing down on Neves's leg trying to pass to half guard. Neves is fighting to maintain full guard but St Stone has managed to sneak the leg through. Neves looking for submissions off his back. St Stone is working for a kimura but Neves is defending it quite comfortably.
That's one minute gone in the round. Neves looking to work for a kimura from the bottom. Neves is looking for a sweep. St Stone is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position. Neves is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but St Stone pulls his head out easily. Neves is defending against the submission attempts here by St Stone.
Neves tries to roll over but St Stone keeps him under control. Neves is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but St Stone pulls his head out easily. St Stone wants to work for an arm triangle but Neves is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round. The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action. St Stone is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
St Stone wants to pass the guard but Neves is defending well. Neves is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though. Neves actively working from the bottom here. Neves tries to get to full guard but St Stone has control of the leg. St Stone wants to work for an arm triangle but Neves is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
St Stone is looking to take a break and control but Neves is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom. St Stone is looking for a kimura here.
Neves is trying to stand back up but St Stone is controlling him
That's three minutes gone in the round. St Stone wants to work for an arm triangle but Neves is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
St Stone is looking for a kimura but Neves is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for St Stone to get the leverage. Neves looking to work for a kimura from the bottom. St Stone is working for a submission of some sort.
Neves is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but St Stone pulls his head out easily. Neves looking to work for a kimura from the bottom. St Stone is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Neves doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time St Stone. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
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. St Stone wants to control but Neves is keeping him busy. St Stone stops Neves from getting back to his feet.
Neves is staying active underneath St Stone, who seems content to just control the action from this position. Neves looking for submissions from an awkward position here. St Stone is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Neves is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but St Stone pulls his head out easily. Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out! St Stone is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
St Stone is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Neves sees it coming and defends easily. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Marcus St Stone will probably get the nod. The cut man is working on Marcus St Stone's cut. The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Neves throws a shot to the body.
Marcus St Stone seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. St Stone tries to clinch but Neves moves out of range. Neves lands a nice shot that snaps St Stone's head back.
St Stone takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
St Stone wants to clinch up but Neves keeps it at a distance. Neves cracks St Stone with an uppercut from hell and St Stone crumples to the canvas, he's out! Oh no, he's recovered and he's grabbed one of Neves's legs and pulled him into guard. The ref thought about stopping it there but he's let it go - good reffing!
St Stone is rocked! This has been an exciting period of action! Neves sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed St Stone's guard. St Stone is still in real trouble! Can Neves finish him? Neves performing his best blanket impression for a moment. St Stone is trying to get back to full guard. Neves content to sit in half guard and control for a moment. St Stone felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it. Neves moves nicely into side control. St Stone is trying to improve his position. St Stone seems to have recovered his senses. Neves slows the pace down. St Stone is trying to get back to half guard. Neves in side control, just content to control the action for now.
That's one minute gone in the round. Neves's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground. Neves works to advance to full mount. St Stone defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs. Neves stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet. Bruno Neves is winning the standup battle so far. Neves feints a kick and comes over the top with a right hand, followed by a left hook - both land, sending St Stone crashing to the mat! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Bruno Neves! After the fight, Bruno Neves was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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