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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Peter John Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcelo da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Peter John Murphy could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Marcelo da Silva's chin.
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight 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, Peter John Murphy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcelo da Silva!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Luis Engracia and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck for da Silva with that takedown attempt.
da Silva shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Murphy but Murphy pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Marcelo da Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Murphy throws a series of punches but da Silva moves out of range.
Murphy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but da Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
da Silva looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Peter John Murphy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marcelo da Silva.
Murphy keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's one minute gone in the round.
da Silva shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Murphy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Murphy throws a series of punches but da Silva moves out of range.
That's two 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.
Murphy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by da Silva.
Murphy swats away the attempt to clinch by da Silva.
Murphy throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A punch combination from Murphy misses.
Murphy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
da Silva shoots in and drives through. Murphy sprawls well.
da Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Murphy circles away.
da Silva tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Murphy swivels and escapes.
da Silva will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
da Silva fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Murphy stalks da Silva and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into da Silva's face. da Silva staggers backwards, shaken.
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.
Some wild striking there from Murphy.
Murphy misses with a jab, cross combination.
Murphy throws a nice looking combination but da Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
da Silva slips a jab and a cross from Murphy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Peter John Murphy 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.
Murphy keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Murphy throws a series of punches but da Silva avoids them all with ease.
Murphy stuffs the takedown attempt from da Silva. da Silva gets slowly back to his feet.
Peter John Murphy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murphy fails to land with a series of punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
da Silva misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Peter John Murphy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marcelo da Silva.
da Silva shoots in but no luck this time.
Murphy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but da Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
da Silva fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Some wild striking there from Murphy.
That's two 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.
da Silva misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Murphy misses with a wild combination.
da Silva has a takedown stuffed.
Peter John Murphy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy misses with a wild combination.
Murphy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but da Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Murphy keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
da Silva shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Murphy but Murphy pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Murphy keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
da Silva closes this distance looking for a takedown but Murphy circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Peter John Murphy dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Murphy looks to land a combination but da Silva avoids it well.
Murphy keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from da Silva.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murphy keeps the fight on the outside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
da Silva fails to land the takedown.
Peter John Murphy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marcelo da Silva.
Murphy stuffs the takedown.
A punch combination from Murphy misses.
da Silva shoots in but no luck this time.
Murphy lands a jab-cross combination.
That's two 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.
Murphy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but da Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Murphy throws a series of punches but da Silva moves out of range.
da Silva fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
da Silva fails to land the takedown.
da Silva takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Murphy moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
da Silva throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Murphy's waist but Murphy gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing da Silva off to one side.
da Silva dodges the punch combination from Murphy.
Some wild striking there from Murphy.
Murphy looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
da Silva fails with the takedown.
Murphy throws a series of punches but da Silva moves out of range.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Murphy throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
And that's the end of the fight!
Peter John Murphy showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Murphy has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Peter John Murphy!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between JoseLandis Pele (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julio Ribiero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Julio Ribiero was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, JoseLandis Pele!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Julio Ribiero!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Emerson Jorge and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pele connects with a solid leg kick.
Pele tries a head kick but it misses.
Pele has managed to clinch.
Pele throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ribiero blocks it with crossed arms.
Ribiero is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Pele gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Ribiero blocks an elbow strike from Pele.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pele.
Pele lands a knee to the body.
Pele landing knees to the head.
Pele throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ribiero wants to break free but Pele has control.
Pele's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Pele trying to land knees to the body.
Pele crunches a lovely knee into Ribiero's ribcage.
Ribiero looks gassed!
Pele landing knees to the head.
Pele scores with a shot to the side of Ribiero's head.
The is referee keeping an eye on Pele - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
A knee to the head by Pele.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pele looking to throw knees to the head but Ribiero is blocking nicely.
Pele with a knee to the head.
Pele misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ribiero.
Pele stalling.
Pele crunches a lovely knee into Ribiero's ribcage.
Ribiero wants a takedown but no success here.
Ribiero goes for a takedown attempt but Pele pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
JoseLandis Pele has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Julio Ribiero.
Pele clinches with his opponent.
Ribiero has Pele pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Pele manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
A knee to the head by Pele.
Pele misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ribiero.
Pele lands a nice knee to the body.
Pele looking to throw knees to the head but Ribiero is blocking nicely.
Pele with a knee to the head.
Ribiero blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pele tries to land a knee to the head but Ribiero blocks with his arms.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Pele working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Pele misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ribiero.
Pele looking to throw knees to the head but Ribiero is blocking nicely.
Ribiero on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ribiero managing to block the knees to the body from Pele.
Pele breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ribiero shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Pele as he avoids it easily.
JoseLandis Pele is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pele lands with a straight right. Ribiero didn't see that one coming.
Pele looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pele missing with a left hand there. Ribiero was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Pele stuffs the takedown.
Pele moves in looking to clinch but Ribiero pushes him off.
Pele instigates a clinch.
Ribiero wants a takedown.
Ribiero jumps guard but Pele stands there with Ribiero around his waist. Ribiero gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Ribiero taking a breather.
Pele stalls.
Pele with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ribiero tries to pull guard but Pele won't allow it.
Ribiero blocks an elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Pele pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pele tries to clinch but Ribiero moves out of range.
Ribiero shoots in and drives through. Pele sprawls well.
Pele pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Ribiero keeps the fight on the outside.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Pele.
Ribiero tries for a takedown but Pele sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Ribiero fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Ribiero takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Ribiero takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Pele connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ribiero has a takedown stuffed.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
JoseLandis Pele dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Pele rushes Ribiero and presses him up against the cage.
Pele is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Pele landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ribiero goes for a takedown in the clinch but Pele prevents it.
Pele effectively controlling the action here.
Pele using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ribiero has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pele lands an uppercut.
Pele misses with a knee to the head.
Ribiero tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Ribiero tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Pele just stands there and leans against the cage.
JoseLandis Pele has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Julio Ribiero.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pele trying to land knees to the body.
Pele throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Pele lands a nice knee to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Come on Pele - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Pele misses with a knee strike.
Pele has Ribiero pressed against the cage.
Pele using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Pele throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pele lands a knee to the head.
Pele stalling in the clinch.
Ribiero manages to pull guard.
Ribiero is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Pele trying to control the position from guard on top but Ribiero is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ribiero had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Pele is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Ribiero Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Pele's back instead.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ribiero is trying to stick to Pele's back but Pele is turning into Ribiero. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Ribiero's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Pele.
Pele trying to control the position from guard on top but Ribiero is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Pele pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ribiero is keeping the position for now.
Pele has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Ribiero to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Pele is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Ribiero pulls down on the head and he's put Pele to sleep! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Julio Ribiero!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Johhny La chingas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rigan Marcelo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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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, Johhny La chingas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rigan Marcelo!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Edson Gomes and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice takedown defense from Marcelo. No joy for La chingas on that attempt.
La chingas closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Marcelo is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but La chingas has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Marcelo is trying to improve his position.
La chingas wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Marcelo, who protects the arm well.
La chingas tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no La chingas has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Marcelo takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
La chingas is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Marcelo knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Marcelo is looking for a sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round.
La chingas is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Marcelo knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
La chingas goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Marcelo has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for La chingas but great work by Marcelo.
Marcelo tries for a kimura but La chingas is defending well.
La chingas wants to control but Marcelo postures up.
La chingas tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Marcelo is looking to take a break and control but La chingas is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Marcelo tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Marcelo has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
La chingas tries to improve position but can't.
La chingas is working hard here to advance position.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Marcelo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Marcelo moves into the clinch.
La chingas tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Marcelo just stands there and leans against the cage.
Marcelo lands a left hand that snaps the head of La chingas backwards.
La chingas avoids a wild elbow strike from Marcelo.
La chingas tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Marcelo just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johhny La chingas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Marcelo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of La chingas backwards.
La chingas tries to pull guard but Marcelo holds him up against the cage and eventually La chingas drops back down to his feet.
Marcelo tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. La chingas smiles and moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marcelo gets caught flat footed, as La chingas shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
La chingas drops back looking for a leg! Marcelo is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Marcelo manages to kick La chingas off! La chingas jumps back into Marcelo's guard.
La chingas is breathing heavily.
Marcelo looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
La chingas thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Marcelo can't keep his opponent in guard - La chingas advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
La chingas is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Marcelo defends it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
La chingas not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Marcelo looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
La chingas is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Marcelo is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
La chingas throwing shots but Marcelo is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johhny La chingas dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
La chingas shoots in for a takedown but Marcelo shows good takedown defense.
Marcelo looks to land a combination. La chingas sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Marcelo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Johhny La chingas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
La chingas fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
La chingas shoots for a double leg takedown but Marcelo sprawls well. He's pushed La chingas's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johhny La chingas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Marcelo throws a shot to the body.
Marcelo looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? La chingas is fending him off so far but Marcelo persists. Nope, La chingas circles away and we're back to standing.
Marcelo moves into range and connects with a jab.
La chingas fails with the takedown
and Marcelo counters with a two punch combo.
La chingas tries for a takedown but Marcelo circles away easily
and Marcelo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
La chingas with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Marcelo to score with a decent uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
La chingas misses with a takedown
and Marcelo counters with a takedown into side control.
Marcelo thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
La chingas is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Marcelo off and has taken his back!
La chingas doesn't have the hooks in and Marcelo manages to turn into his guard.
La chingas is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
La chingas wants to hit a switch here but Marcelo passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for La chingas there!
BOOM! Marcelo connects with a massive shot to the dome!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
La chingas slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
La chingas works his way to full guard. Good work.
Marcelo stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. La chingas swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Marcelo working some strikes from top position.
Marcelo is trying to tuck his arms in to keep them safe but La chingas has managed to isolate one of them and has got a loose triangle. Marcelo is looking to defend but La chingas has done well to lock his legs together - this could be big trouble for Marcelo! La chingas pulls down on the head and a little smile comes across his face - he knows he's got it. Yep, Marcelo taps out and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Johhny La chingas!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Godhe Sugly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Billy Bill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sugly comes to the cage accompanied by Hedwig's Theme. Bill has chosen Chicken Huntin' as his entrance music. Billy Bill is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight 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, Godhe Sugly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Billy Bill!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Felipe Paraventi and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bill has a takedown stuffed.
Bill on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Sugly closes the distance and clinches.
Sugly lands a knee to the body.
Bill blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sugly gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Bill.
Sugly slows down the pace here.
Sugly scores a nice knee to the body.
Sugly taking a breather.
Bill pulls guard.
Sugly wants to stand but Bill has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bill controls Sugly momentarily but Sugly frees himself.
Bill working for a triangle but Sugly defends it easily.
Bill looking for a sweep. Not yet Bill, not yet.
Sugly is looking to stand up but Bill won't let him.
Bill looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
That's two 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.
Bill trying to control the position.
Bill looks gassed!
Bill wants to control the position but Sugly says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Bill trying to control from the bottom.
Sugly seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Bill is refusing to be controlled, as Sugly sits in half guard.
Bill looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bill is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Sugly's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Sugly's back!
Bill scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Sugly is looking for a way out.
Bill is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Sugly is defending well though. Bill let's go of the attempt for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sugly is trying to shake Bill off. He's managed it and has hopped back to his feet! Bill won't be happy about giving up the dominant position.
Sugly is looking to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sugly stuffs the takedown attempt from Bill. Bill gets slowly back to his feet.
Godhe Sugly has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Billy Bill.
A big head kick from Sugly and Bill is sent sprawling to the canvas!
It looks like Billy Bill has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sugly seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Sugly gets to his feet. Bill looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Bill does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Sugly throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sugly moves into the clinch successfully.
Sugly avoiding damage.
Sugly tries to land a knee to the head but Bill blocks with his arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Godhe Sugly dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Billy Bill's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Sugly stuffs the takedown attempt from Bill. Bill gets slowly back to his feet.
Sugly connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Sugly misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nice body kick from Sugly.
Sugly misses with a head kick.
Sugly lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Sugly darts in and clinches Bill up against the cage.
Sugly connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bill's face.
Sugly manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Sugly lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bill is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sugly with a knee to the head.
Sugly breaks from the clinch.
Sugly throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Sugly tries to clinch there but Bill circles away.
Bill chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sugly can pounce on him.
Sugly drives through and clinches with Bill against the cage.
Knees to the body from Sugly.
Sugly with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Sugly looking to throw knees to the head but Bill is blocking nicely.
Sugly with a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sugly breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sugly throws a nice head kick!
Sugly tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bill paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sugly throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sugly closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Bill wants to control but Sugly passes into side.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bill can't do much from the bottom here.
Sugly knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Bill on the ground.
Bill is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sugly decides to stand back up.
Sugly moves into the clinch.
Sugly misses with a knee to the head.
Bill wants a takedown but no success here.
Sugly throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bill blocks it with crossed arms.
Sugly landing knees to the head.
Sugly stalls.
Sugly scores with a knee to the head.
Sugly misses with a knee to the head.
Sugly misses with a knee to the head.
Sugly misses with a knee to the head.
Sugly escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Godhe Sugly is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sugly throws a head kick but Bill moves out of range.
A low kick from Bill misses
and Sugly counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Sugly postures up.
Bill trying to strike off his back.
Bill is trying to hold Sugly in close to prevent damage but Sugly has managed to pass into half guard.
Sugly seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Bill does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bill is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Sugly pulls his head out easily.
Bill is looking to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Godhe Sugly dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Billy Bill's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Sugly throws a sloppy head kick and Bill moves out of range easily.
Bill with a lazy takedown attempt
and Sugly counters by clinching up.
Sugly pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sugly is looking to clinch but Bill is avoiding it.
Sugly pushes Bill up against the cage in a clinch.
Sugly crunches a lovely knee into Bill's ribcage.
Sugly tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sugly slowing the pace effectively.
Sugly breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bill fails with the takedown
and Sugly counters with a leg kick.
Sugly wants to clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sugly has managed to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sugly just leaning against Bill, taking a breather.
Sugly missing with knees to the body.
Sugly tries a knee to the head but Bill blocks it.
Sugly misses with a knee strike.
Sugly tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sugly tries to land a knee to the head but Bill blocks with his arms.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Sugly takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Sugly tries to land knees in the clinch but Bill avoids the damage to the body.
Bill tries to pull guard but Sugly won't allow it.
Godhe Sugly has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Billy Bill.
Bill has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Sugly avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's two 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.
Bill is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Sugly tries a knee to the head but Bill blocks it.
Bill misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bill on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Bill fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Sugly with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sugly tries a knee to the head but Bill blocks it.
Sugly using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bill has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bill has Sugly pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Sugly manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Bill tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Sugly just stands there and leans against the cage.
Sugly breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bill swats away the attempt to clinch by Sugly.
Sugly lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick from Sugly lands but Bill takes it in his stride.
Sugly tries to clinch but Bill is having none of it.
Sugly tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bill swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Good exchange - Bill coming out on top.
Bill scores with a takedown into Sugly's guard.
Bill stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sugly swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Sugly pushes Bill off and scrambles back to his feet.
Billy Bill has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bill throws out a loose jab but Sugly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sugly closes the distance and clinches.
Sugly tries to land a knee to the head but Bill blocks with his arms.
Sugly will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Bill up against the cage.
Bill misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sugly using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bill takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bill is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Sugly gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Godhe Sugly is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sugly pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
And that's the end of the fight!
Godhe Sugly showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sugly has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 30:26
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:26
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Godhe Sugly!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Royal McNamera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Zamarano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McNamera's entrance music is A cat flushing a toilet. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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150 lbs
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151 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
KO power |
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Royal McNamera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ivan Zamarano!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Paulo Santos and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McNamera lands with a hook. Zamarano tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Zamarano fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Zamarano scores with a one two! McNamera had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Zamarano looks to land a left hand but McNamera moved out of range nicely.
Zamarano avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Zamarano misses with a body kick.
Zamarano shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Zamarano showed some decent athleticism there.
McNamera wants to control but Zamarano is keeping busy and won't allow it.
McNamera blocking the ground and pound attempt from Zamarano.
McNamera wants to get back to his feet.
McNamera trying to hold on to Zamarano's head to control him but Zamarano postures up.
Zamarano is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Zamarano is keen to just control but McNamera is a slippery customer.
Zamarano throws a strike but McNamera avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McNamera preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
McNamera is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Zamarano trying to control the position from guard on top but McNamera is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Zamarano prevents McNamera from getting back to his feet.
Zamarano trying to control but McNamera is working from the bottom.
Zamarano loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
McNamera tries to close the distance and clinch but Zamarano swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Zamarano throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around McNamera's waist but McNamera gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Zamarano off to one side.
Zamarano shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts McNamera as he jumps to the side.
Royal McNamera has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ivan Zamarano.
Zamarano swats away the attempt to clinch by McNamera.
Zamarano circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's two 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.
McNamera wants to clinch.
Zamarano shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
McNamera tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Zamarano paws at him with a jab and circles away.
McNamera fails with an attempt to clinch.
Zamarano circles away from the clinch attempt.
McNamera uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Zamarano has time to react.
Zamarano swats away the attempt to clinch by McNamera.
Zamarano throws a right hand that McNamera ducks under and follows up with a left that McNamera also avoids with ease.
McNamera scores with a hook.
McNamera tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Zamarano shoots in but McNamera avoids the takedown attempt easily.
McNamera fails in his attempt to clinch.
McNamera tries to clinch but Zamarano moves out of range.
Zamarano keeps the fight on the outside.
Royal McNamera seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McNamera tries to clinch up.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Zamarano checks a leg kick.
Zamarano misses with a leg kick.
Zamarano closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Zamarano tries to pass to full mount but McNamera defends it.
McNamera keeping hold of Zamarano's head, controlling as best he can.
Zamarano sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. McNamera defending well though.
Zamarano wants to free his trapped foot but McNamera is holding on for dear life with his legs.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
McNamera on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Zamarano sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. McNamera defending well though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McNamera keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Zamarano is looking to stall here but McNamera recovers full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Zamarano trying to control the position from guard on top but McNamera is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Zamarano is in close to McNamera's body, working some short punches and elbows.
McNamera keeping full guard, as Zamarano tries to pass.
McNamera keeping moving, preventing Zamarano from controlling successfully.
McNamera is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Royal McNamera will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Zamarano shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in McNamera's guard.
Zamarano working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
McNamera is controlling Zamarano's posture.
Zamarano is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
McNamera keeping moving, preventing Zamarano from controlling successfully.
Zamarano cracks McNamera with a solid left hand.
Zamarano is pushing down on McNamera's leg trying to pass to half guard. McNamera is fighting to maintain full guard but Zamarano has managed to sneak the leg through.
Zamarano seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but McNamera does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
McNamera looks like he's trying to stand up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zamarano throws a strike but McNamera avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
McNamera utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Zamarano controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
McNamera utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
McNamera wants to stand and escape but Zamarano is having none of it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
McNamera tries to clinch but Zamarano moves out of range.
McNamera stuffs the takedown.
McNamera fails with an attempt to clinch.
McNamera doesn't manage to clinch there - Zamarano circles away.
Zamarano closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
McNamera gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McNamera is in a horrible position here. Zamarano smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
A nice elbow there by Zamarano.
Zamarano lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Zamarano looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Zamarano lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
McNamera takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
A nice elbow there by Zamarano.
Zamarano has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Zamarano landing punches.
McNamera is in a horrible position here. Zamarano smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zamarano avoids the attempt from McNamera to control.
Ivan Zamarano has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns McNamera that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Zamarano is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Zamarano is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The referee warns McNamera that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
McNamera in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
McNamera is rocked!
Zamarano lands a big shot to the head and McNamera winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Ivan Zamarano!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Piston Honda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Soda Popinski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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300 lbs
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272 lbs
0 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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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
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Piston Honda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Soda Popinski!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Matheus Silva and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Honda missing with a left hand there. Popinski was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A telegraphed right hand from Honda misses the target.
Piston Honda seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big right from Honda misses.
Popinski misses with a series of wild punches.
Honda throws a push kick but Popinski slaps the foot to one side.
Some wild striking there from Popinski.
Honda throws a series of punches but Popinski avoids them all with ease.
Honda fails with the takedown.
Popinski looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Honda moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Popinski misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Honda closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Honda lands in his opponent's guard.
Honda throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Popinski works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Popinski keeping moving, preventing Honda from controlling successfully.
Honda loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Popinski wants to stand but Honda is controlling the position.
Honda throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Popinski works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Popinski is on top in guard.
Honda looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Popinski passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
Popinski throwing shots but Honda is blocking nicely.
Honda trying to get back to full guard but Popinski takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
That's two 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.
Popinski can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Honda is looking to escape.
Honda is in all sorts of trouble here.
Honda slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Honda gets full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Popinski with a flurry of punches that miss.
Honda is trying to keep Popinski in close.
Honda has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Popinski has passed into side control.
Honda is looking for a sweep.
Honda wants to control but Popinski postures up.
Honda is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Honda regains full guard. Nicely done.
Honda trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Popinski lands a couple of digs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Honda looking to hit a scissor sweep but Popinski is one step ahead there.
Honda wants to improve his position but instead Popinski has moved into half guard.
Popinski thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Honda's head.
Honda is looking for a sweep. Popinski is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Popinski throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Popinski not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Popinski lands with a cross.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Piston Honda dominated that round.
That's time! Honda's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Honda moves out of range as Popinski strikes.
Honda lunges at Popinski with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Popinski's hand.
It looks like Soda Popinski has been cut.
Honda fails with a takedown attempt.
Popinski with a nice cross.
Popinski gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Honda pushes down on Popinski's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Honda is working for a submission of some sort.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Honda sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Popinski defending well though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Honda missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Honda throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Honda is looking to stall here but Popinski recovers full guard.
Honda wants to pass the guard but Popinski is keeping the position.
Popinski wants to sweep but no luck.
Honda throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Popinski works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's two 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.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
A combination from Popinski does no damage.
Honda throws a looping overhand right but Popinski ducks down to avoid it.
Popinski lands a jab-cross combination.
Popinski misses with a series of wild punches.
Piston Honda is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Honda throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Honda is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Popinski.
Popinski staying out of range there.
Soda Popinski is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Popinski slips under a jab.
Honda throws a series of punches but Popinski avoids them all with ease.
Honda drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Popinski utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Honda trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Popinski preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Honda trying to control but Popinski is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honda wants to pass the guard but Popinski is keeping the position.
Honda loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Popinski looking to control.
Honda looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Honda showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Popinski.
Honda throws a lazy right hand but Popinski sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice takedown defense from Popinski. No joy for Honda on that attempt.
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.
Honda avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Popinski slips under a jab.
A right-left combo lands from Popinski.
Popinski on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Honda scores with a nice head shot.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Honda.
Popinski tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Popinski takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Honda in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Piston Honda dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Soda Popinski'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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Honda throws a jab but it's blocked by Popinski.
Honda jabs at Popinski's body.
Popinski misses with the combination.
Honda decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Honda works his foot free and advances to mount.
Honda with a couple of short strikes.
Honda pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Honda has control of Popinski's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Popinski regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Popinski is looking to get to half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Popinski is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Honda lands a big elbow.
Honda is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Honda landing punches.
Honda in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Honda has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Popinski's face.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Honda lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Popinski is squirming around, avoiding Honda's attempts to control the action.
Honda lands a big elbow.
Honda lands a heavy elbow.
Honda with the ground and pound from mount.
Honda postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Popinski badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Honda around the waist but Honda pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Honda is the winner by TKO! Honda jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Piston Honda!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mark Hoppus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cash Money (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mark Hoppus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Cash Money!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Paulo Santos and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Money closes the distance and clinches.
Money unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hoppus lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hoppus wants to stall.
Hoppus takes an elbow to the temple.
It looks like Mark Hoppus has been cut.
Money tries a knee to the head but Hoppus blocks it.
Money creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hoppus's defenses.
Money lands a knee to the head.
Money lands a knee to the body.
Money lands a knee to the head.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Hoppus takes an elbow to the temple.
Money looking to throw knees to the head but Hoppus is blocking nicely.
Money connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hoppus's face.
Money looking to throw knees to the head but Hoppus is blocking nicely.
Money tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Money with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Money unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hoppus lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hoppus is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knees to the body from Money.
Hoppus taking a breather.
Money lands a knee to the body.
Hoppus fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Money landing knees to the head.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Money connects with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Money connects with a knee to the head.
Money using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Money lands a knee to the head.
Money lands a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Money.
Money prevents Hoppus from breaking the clinch.
Nice elbow from Money.
Hoppus takes an elbow to the forehead.
Money with a knee to the head.
Hoppus tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Money's elbow.
Knees to the body from Money.
Money tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hoppus tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Money just stands there and leans against the cage.
Money landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A knee to the head by Money.
Hoppus manages to break the clinch.
Hoppus throws a head kick but Money moves out of range.
Money clinches.
Hoppus is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Money will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Hoppus up against the cage.
Nice elbow from Money.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hoppus wants to stall.
Money scores with a knee to the head.
A bit of stalling here from Money.
Hoppus tries to break the clinch but Money is controlling the position.
Hoppus goes for a takedown attempt but Money pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mark Hoppus. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Money throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hoppus tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Money throws a head kick that half lands.
Money throws a head kick that misses.
Money closes the distance and clinches.
Money blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hoppus looking to slow down the pace here.
Hoppus tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Money just stands there and leans against the cage.
Money landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Money's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoppus fails to pull guard.
Hoppus tries to pull guard but Money holds him up against the cage and eventually Hoppus drops back down to his feet.
Money connects with a knee to the head.
Money lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hoppus trying to land knees to the body.
Money scores with a knee to the head.
Money with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Money lands a damaging elbow.
Hoppus wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Money has him pressed against the cage.
Hoppus has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Money is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Money lands a nice knee to the body.
Hoppus tries to score a body lock takedown but Money shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Money connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hoppus's face.
Hoppus wants to stall.
Money lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Money with a knee to the head.
Money lands a nice elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Hoppus wants to stall.
Money landing knees to the body.
Hoppus tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Money smiles and moves away.
Money darts in and clinches Hoppus up against the cage.
Hoppus takes a knee right on the jaw!
Money keeps control of Hoppus as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Money scores a nice knee to the body.
Money unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hoppus lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Money throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hoppus blocks it with crossed arms.
Money prevents Hoppus from breaking the clinch.
Hoppus manages to break the clinch.
Hoppus is looking to clinch but Money is avoiding it.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hoppus misses with a body punch.
Money lands an elbow just above Hoppus 's eye.
Money with a knee to the head.
Hoppus is looking to break free of the clinch but Money has double underhooks.
A knee to the head by Money.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cash Money dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mark Hoppus's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Nice sprawl there from Money as Hoppus shoots in.
Danga de danga de dang - Money scores with a four punch combination!
A jab from Money does it's job there.
Money throws a sloppy head kick and Hoppus moves out of range easily.
Hoppus misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Money gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Money with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Money.
Money with a knee to the head.
Money lands a nice knee to the body.
Money throws a knee to the head but misses.
Money unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hoppus lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hoppus breaks the clinch.
Money tries to bum rush Hoppus with a series of wild strikes but Hoppus uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hoppus misses the shot to the body.
Hoppus looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Money is trying to stand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoppus is looking for a kimura here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hoppus is trying to work for a kimura but Money is defending well.
Hoppus misses with a head shot. Money uses the momentum to regain guard.
Hoppus wants to get up but he can't break Money's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Hoppus trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Hoppus trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Money manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Hoppus looking for a guillotine here but Money defends easily.
Money stopping the sweep attempt from Hoppus.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Money fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hoppus, pushing him back against the cage.
Hoppus misses with a knee to the head.
Money with a knee to the head.
Money with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hoppus takes a knee right on the jaw!
Money with a knee to the head.
Money with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Money connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hoppus's face.
Money prevents Hoppus from breaking the clinch.
Hoppus is looking to break free of the clinch but Money has double underhooks.
Money lands an elbow that stopped Hoppus in his tracks for a moment.
Money with a knee to the head.
Money landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Money tries to stall but Hoppus uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Hoppus misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Money.
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.
A bit of stalling here from Money.
Money lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Money lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hoppus stalling in the clinch but Money improves position.
Cash Money seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Money slowing the pace effectively.
Hoppus changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Money fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mark Hoppus. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A left and a right from Money both land. Nice combination.
Money throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hoppus is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hoppus throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Money.
Money has managed to clinch.
Hoppus tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Money smiles and moves away.
Money scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Hoppus closes this distance looking for a takedown but Money circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cash Money showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Mark Hoppus'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!
A nice combination there by Money.
Money stalks Hoppus and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Hoppus's face. Hoppus staggers backwards, shaken.
Hoppus tries to clinch up
and Money connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Money misses with a two punch combination.
Money throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hoppus.
Hoppus clinches up with Money and pushes him back against the cage.
Money misses with a knee to the head.
Hoppus has had enough of the clinch but Money keeps him there for the moment.
Money prevents Hoppus from breaking the clinch.
Hoppus tries to stall but Money uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Hoppus wants to get back to striking at distance but Money won't allow it.
Money unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hoppus lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hoppus throws a knee to the head but misses.
Money lands a knee to the body.
Money stalling against the cage.
Hoppus looking to slow down the pace here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hoppus can't break the clinch.
Money displaying some good clinch control by pressing Hoppus up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Money is pressed up against the cage. Hoppus has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Money down to the mat. Money avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Money instigates a clinch.
Hoppus being controlled against the cage.
Hoppus managing to block the knees to the body from Money.
Hoppus fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Hoppus has had enough of the clinch but Money keeps him there for the moment.
Money landing knees to the body.
Money landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hoppus takes a knee right on the jaw!
Money crunches a lovely knee into Hoppus's ribcage.
Money using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hoppus has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Money lands an elbow inside.
Money landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hoppus taking a breather.
Money lands a knee to the head.
Money with a knee to the head.
Hoppus wants to break the clinch but can't.
A knee to the head by Money.
Money lands an elbow that stopped Hoppus in his tracks for a moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hoppus just misses with a elbow thrown towards Money's brow.
Hoppus misses with a punch on the inside.
Money crunches a lovely knee into Hoppus's ribcage.
Hoppus is looking to control Money's arms but Money gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hoppus has his back to the cage.
Money landing knees to the body.
Money lands an elbow that stopped Hoppus in his tracks for a moment.
Nice elbow from Money.
Money unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hoppus lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Money throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hoppus is looking to break free of the clinch but Money has double underhooks.
Hoppus fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mark Hoppus. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Money prevents the takedown attempt.
Money landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hoppus tries a knee to the head but Money blocks it.
Money landing knees to the body.
Money lands a nice knee to the body.
The is referee keeping an eye on Money - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Hoppus is trying to break free.
Money unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hoppus lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hoppus tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Money smiles and moves away.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Money controlling the action here for a moment.
Hoppus wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Money has him pressed against the cage.
Money is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Hoppus managing to block the knees to the body from Money.
Hoppus is trying to break free.
Money blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Money lands a nice knee to the body.
Hoppus looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Money connects with a knee to the head.
Money lands a nice knee to the body.
Money lands an elbow just above Hoppus 's eye.
Money stalling against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Money.
Money landing knees to the head.
Money tries to land a knee to the head but Hoppus blocks with his arms.
The is referee keeping an eye on Money - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Hoppus is trying to break free.
Hoppus drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Money gets the underhooks and prevents it.
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.
Money with a knee to the head.
Money tries to land a knee to the head but Hoppus blocks with his arms.
Hoppus jumps guard but Money stands there with Hoppus around his waist. Hoppus gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Hoppus wants to get back to striking at distance but Money won't allow it.
Money has Hoppus pressed against the cage.
Money scores with a knee to the head.
Hoppus manages to break the clinch.
Money connects with a high kick.
Money forces Hoppus back against the cage and clinches.
Money crunches a lovely knee into Hoppus's ribcage.
Hoppus tries to pull guard but Money holds him up against the cage and eventually Hoppus drops back down to his feet.
Hoppus pulls guard effortlessly.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hoppus looking for a sweep. Not yet Hoppus, not yet.
Hoppus has his foot on Money's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Money works his way back into a safe position though.
Mark Hoppus has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cash Money is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Money stands up and waves to Hoppus to follow him.
And that's the end of the fight!
Cash Money comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Money winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 26:30
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 26:30
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cash Money!
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tj Thai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Garry Zimmermann (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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190 lbs
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188 lbs
2 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tj Thai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Garry Zimmermann!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Seu Braga and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thai tries to close the distance and clinch but Zimmermann swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Both fighters circling a little - Thai finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Zimmermann looks gassed!
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!
Thai darts in and clinches Zimmermann up against the cage.
Thai manages to break the clinch.
Thai tries a head kick but it misses.
Zimmermann showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Thai.
Thai misses with a head kick.
Thai has closed the distance and engaged Zimmermann in a clinch.
Thai using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Thai.
Thai unloads a knee to the mid-section. Zimmermann lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Thai tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Thai lands a nice knee to the body.
Zimmermann goes for a takedown in the clinch but Thai prevents it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Thai.
Thai looking to throw knees to the head but Zimmermann is blocking nicely.
Thai lands a nice knee to the body.
Thai lands a knee to the head.
Thai breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Thai lets loose with a powerful body kick. Zimmermann will feel that in the morning.
Thai fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Zimmermann, pushing him back against the cage.
Thai breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Zimmermann on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Thai tries to clinch up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thai is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Zimmermann misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
An inside leg kick lands from Thai.
Tj Thai is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Thai has managed to clinch.
Thai unloads a knee to the mid-section. Zimmermann lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Zimmermann is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Thai can't fight it off and eventually Zimmermann manages to take the fight to the floor. Thai looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Zimmermann stops Thai from standing up.
Zimmermann preventing the sweep.
Zimmermann sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Thai's guard.
Zimmermann controlling the action here.
Thai is pressing down on Zimmermann's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thai wants to stand and escape but Zimmermann is having none of it.
Zimmermann advances to half guard.
Thai wants to get back to full guard but Zimmermann has passed into side control.
Thai is desperately trying to improve his position but Zimmermann has a good base and remains in mount.
Thai knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Zimmermann on the ground.
Zimmermann putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Thai is trying to stand.
Thai tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Zimmermann is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Thai can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Thai is trying to stand but he's just given Zimmermann his back.
Thai trying to get back to his feet but Zimmermann is in full control for now.
Zimmermann keeps control of the position as Thai tries to break free.
Zimmermann has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee is taking a good look at Thai as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Zimmermann!
Thai controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Zimmermann loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Thai hold on?
Zimmermann controlling well, preventing Thai from escaping the position.
Thai is trying to defend against the choke here but Zimmermann has an arm under his chin. This one might not last much longer. Zimmermann Tightens the hold and Thai taps out furiously! Zimmermann displays superior BJJ to win the fight.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Garry Zimmermann!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between marcelo brigadera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Iberico (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Iberico is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Pa' Bravo YO. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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170 lbs
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Counter striker
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, marcelo brigadera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ivan Iberico!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Matheus Silva and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horrible takedown by brigadera or perhaps it was just good defense by Iberico which made him look bad.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
brigadera shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
brigadera shoots in and drives through. Iberico sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for marcelo brigadera. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Iberico closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
brigadera gets back to half guard.
brigadera looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
brigadera is trying is best to control the position here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Iberico not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
brigadera is looking for a sweep. Iberico is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Iberico trying to control the action but brigadera is working from the bottom.
Iberico scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Iberico wants to lay and pray for a moment but brigadera keeps working.
Iberico scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Iberico wants to pass the guard but brigadera is defending well.
brigadera is looking to improve his position.
brigadera is trying to control but can't.
brigadera is breathing heavily.
brigadera manages to get to full guard.
Iberico throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as brigadera works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Iberico wants to pass the guard but brigadera is keeping the position.
Iberico really doesn't want to stay on the ground with brigadera. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's two 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.
Iberico trying to control but brigadera is working from the bottom.
Iberico won't allow brigadera to sweep him here.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
brigadera wants to clinch.
brigadera is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Iberico gets a takedown into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
brigadera is looking for a sweep. Iberico is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
brigadera won't allow Iberico to pass to mount.
brigadera is trying to maintain the position but Iberico is very close to passing his half guard.
brigadera is looking for a sweep. Iberico is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
brigadera looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Iberico is tying to control. brigadera wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
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.
Iberico is trying to work for a kimura but brigadera is defending well.
brigadera looking for submissions off his back.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Iberico 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.
brigadera working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Iberico.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ivan Iberico dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
brigadera scores a takedown into full mount!
brigadera working for a submission but Iberico is keeping him at bay.
brigadera controlling the position easily from mount.
Iberico is wriggling around trying to escape.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Iberico bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Iberico is fighting to break brigadera's control of his arms but brigadera is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
brigadera not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
brigadera wants to hit a switch here but Iberico passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for brigadera there!
brigadera keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
brigadera regains half guard.
brigadera is looking to improve his position.
brigadera trying to control but Iberico postures up.
That's two 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.
Iberico works his way into full mount!
brigadera sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
brigadera regains full guard. Nicely done.
brigadera looking to control.
brigadera wants to sweep here but Iberico controlling him for the moment.
brigadera working a defensive guard here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Iberico postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
brigadera is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
brigadera is trying to control the position from the bottom.
brigadera will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Iberico trying to control the position from guard on top but brigadera is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Iberico must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
brigadera closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Iberico to the mat! Iberico manages to get full guard.
brigadera trying to control but Iberico is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
brigadera passes Iberico's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
brigadera seems to be working for a kimura but Iberico defends the submission attempt.
brigadera is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Iberico doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time brigadera.
brigadera wants to pass the guard but Iberico is defending well.
marcelo brigadera overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Iberico misses with some strikes from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
marcelo brigadera dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
brigadera gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Iberico counters with a takedown into side control.
Iberico working the body and head with strikes.
You can see the frustration on brigadera's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
brigadera takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
brigadera wants to control but Iberico postures up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
brigadera gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
brigadera is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Iberico's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Iberico's back!
That's one minute gone in the round.
brigadera patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
brigadera is trying to stick to Iberico's back but Iberico is turning into brigadera. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in brigadera's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Iberico.
brigadera looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Iberico passes into side control.
brigadera is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Iberico off and has taken his back!
brigadera working for a choke but Iberico is defending well.
What can Iberico do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Iberico staying busy and making it hard for brigadera to control.
brigadera tightening his grip on Iberico, looking for the choke.
brigadera looking for the choke but no joy.
Iberico rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Iberico is in trouble now - brigadera has advanced to mount!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
brigadera trying to control but he's not successful this time.
brigadera with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
brigadera moves to the back.
brigadera is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Iberico should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Iberico rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Iberico trying to control but brigadera postures up.
brigadera is looking for a kimura here.
Iberico is looking for a sweep. brigadera is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
brigadera is keen to just control but Iberico is a slippery customer.
brigadera looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
brigadera uses his free foot to push down on Iberico's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Iberico.
And that's the end of the fight!
marcelo brigadera showed his dominance in that final round.
I think brigadera has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Edson Gomes scores the fight 29:28
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 29:28
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... marcelo brigadera!
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