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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Samoel Croco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and SergiO Ortiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Croco might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Bate Pesadão. Ortiz has chosen Face the pain - Steem as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Samoel Croco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, SergiO Ortiz!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Mauricio Rocha and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Croco clinches.
Ortiz wants a takedown but no success here.
Ortiz tightens his grip and picks Croco up, before dumping him to the ground. Croco manages to land in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Croco working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Ortiz.
Croco is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Ortiz is controlling him.
Croco looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ortiz is one step ahead there.
Croco is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Ortiz stops Croco from standing up.
Ortiz wants to control from the top but Croco keeps moving.
Ortiz loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Croco has a closed guard, preventing Ortiz from standing up.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Croco closes the distance and clinches.
Ortiz prevents the takedown attempt.
Croco wants a takedown but no success here.
Croco is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Ortiz can't fight it off and eventually Croco manages to take the fight to the floor. Ortiz looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Croco trying to control the position from guard on top but Ortiz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Croco throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Croco prevents Ortiz from getting back to his feet.
Croco stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ortiz swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Ortiz keeping moving, preventing Croco from controlling successfully.
Croco is looking to advance position but Ortiz has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Ortiz looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Croco is in all sorts of trouble here.
Croco in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Ortiz avoids the attempt from Croco to control.
Croco is breathing heavily.
Ortiz lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Croco hang on?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Ortiz wants to control the pace but Croco is squirming around nicely.
Croco taking shots to the head.
Croco on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Croco tries to get out of the position.
Ortiz looking to control and managing it successfully.
Ortiz has control of Croco's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Croco regains control of the situation pretty easily.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Croco is looking to get to half guard.
Ortiz pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Ortiz avoids the attempt from Croco to control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Croco can't escape the position.
Ortiz postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Croco looks a forlorn figure.
Ortiz tries to control but Croco wriggling away.
Ortiz has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Croco's face.
Ortiz looking to finish Croco with some ground and pound. This is bad for Croco!
Croco is looking to get to half guard.
Ortiz tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Ortiz lands a big elbow.
Ortiz working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Ortiz landing strikes, looking to finish!
Croco is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Croco taking shots to the head.
Oh Croco is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz controlling the pace for now.
Ortiz landing shots from mount.
Ortiz unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Croco wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Ortiz celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). SergiO Ortiz!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between sergio Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and mateo valaquez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Penn kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Bruddah Iz - E Ala E. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, sergio Penn!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, mateo valaquez!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Daniel Cesar and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Penn misses.
Penn fakes high and swings low for a body shot but valaquez manages to avoid it.
Penn looks to land a combination but valaquez avoids it well.
A combination from Penn does no damage.
Penn misses with a two punch combination.
Penn swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Penn displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from valaquez.
A combination from Penn does no damage.
Penn pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
valaquez is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Penn just misses with a punch to the body.
valaquez tries to clinch up but Penn circles away and keeps his distance.
Penn fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Penn leaves valaquez with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Penn, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Penn swinging wilding here.
valaquez ducks under a wild hook from Penn.
Penn throws a right and a left that both miss.
valaquez slips a jab and a cross from Penn.
Penn leaves valaquez with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
sergio Penn has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of mateo valaquez.
Penn throws a lazy right hand but valaquez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Penn throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
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.
valaquez slips a jab and a cross from Penn.
Penn misses with a jab, cross combination.
Penn rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but valaquez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Penn throws a right hand that valaquez ducks under and follows up with a left that valaquez also avoids with ease.
valaquez looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Penn!
valaquez prevents Penn from getting the reversal.
Penn might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Penn tries to buck valaquez off but he can't manage it.
Penn stops valaquez from taking his back. Still, being mounted isn't any better.
valaquez working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
valaquez throwing strikes here but Penn is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penn tries to hold on but valaquez postures up.
valaquez looking to control and managing it successfully.
Penn tries to hold on but valaquez pushes him away.
Penn is looking to improve his position but valaquez isn't that keen on the idea.
Penn tries to buck valaquez off but he can't manage it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
valaquez looking to secure an arm triangle but Penn defends it well.
valaquez working the ground and pound effectively.
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.
valaquez controlling the position easily from mount.
Penn tries to hold on but valaquez pushes him away.
valaquez working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Penn sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
valaquez wants to take a breather but Penn is having none of it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Penn manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Penn is breathing heavily.
Penn throws a series of punches but valaquez moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
mateo valaquez 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.
Penn throws a nice looking combination but valaquez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Penn misses with a wild combination.
Penn swings for the body but valaquez moves out of range.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Penn, as that shot connected.
Penn throws a series of punches but valaquez moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from Penn.
valaquez scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
valaquez slips a nice elbow through Penn's hands, connecting with Penn's forehead.
Penn looks like he's trying to stand up.
valaquez is working for a submission of some sort.
That's one minute gone in the round.
valaquez prevents Penn from improving his position.
Penn pushes valaquez off and gets back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Penn throws a right hand that valaquez ducks under and follows up with a left that valaquez also avoids with ease.
valaquez shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Penn pinned against the cage. Penn gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Penn throws a series of punches but valaquez avoids them all with ease.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
The fight stays on the outside here - valaquez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
valaquez slips a straight right by Penn.
Penn ducks down and throws a hook to the body but valaquez moves away.
Penn fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Penn looks to land a right hand but valaquez moved out of range.
Penn just misses with a punch to the body.
A combination from Penn does no damage.
valaquez closes this distance looking for a takedown but Penn circles away.
valaquez looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
sergio Penn is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Penn throws out a loose jab but valaquez uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penn throws a right and a left that valaquez avoids nicely.
No joy there for Penn, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
valaquez shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Penn as he avoids it easily.
sergio Penn has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of mateo valaquez.
Penn lands with an overhand left.
valaquez dives in and grabs Penn's left leg, looking for a takedown. Penn pushes down on valaquez's head and hops out.
Penn misses with a series of wild punches.
Penn takes a swing at valaquez's ribcage but misses.
Penn throws an uppercut from half a mile away. valaquez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Penn just misses with a punch to the body.
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.
valaquez shoots for a double leg takedown but Penn sprawls well. He's pushed valaquez's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Penn misses with a series of wild punches.
valaquez misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Penn looks to land a combination but valaquez avoids it well.
Penn misses with a body shot.
No joy there for Penn, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Penn connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Penn throws a right hand that valaquez ducks under and follows up with a left that valaquez also avoids with ease.
Penn throws a right and a left that both miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
sergio Penn dominated that second round.
That's time! Penn's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Penn stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Penn wants it to stay on the feet.
valaquez fails with the takedown.
Penn misses with a body shot.
Penn fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Penn displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from valaquez.
sergio Penn has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of mateo valaquez.
Penn swinging wilding here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Penn lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Penn scores with a decent looking hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but valaquez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
sergio Penn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Penn throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
valaquez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
valaquez slips a jab and a cross from Penn.
Nice straight punches there by Penn. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Penn.
Penn fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
valaquez closes the distance and clinches up with Penn, looking for a takedown. valaquez pushes Penn against the cage but Penn circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Penn misses with a two punch combination.
Penn rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but valaquez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
valaquez shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Penn as he jumps to the side.
Penn throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
A swing and a miss from Penn.
Penn throws a right and a left that valaquez avoids nicely.
valaquez fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Penn swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Penn throws an overhand right that lands on valaquez's shoulder, as valaquez tries to avoid the shot.
Penn misses with a straight left.
A punch combination from Penn misses.
Penn lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but valaquez circles away quickly and effectively.
sergio Penn is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
valaquez on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Penn looks to land a combination but valaquez avoids it well.
Penn swings and misses with a hook to the body.
valaquez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Penn.
valaquez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Penn.
Penn tries to bum rush valaquez with a series of wild strikes but valaquez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
valaquez fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Penn is out of range.
valaquez walks into a stiff left hand from Penn.
Penn rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but valaquez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's four 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.
valaquez takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
valaquez defending well as Penn loads up on a big left hand.
A punch combination from Penn misses.
valaquez shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Penn misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
valaquez shoots in but no luck this time.
Penn fails to land with a series of punches.
Penn throws a right hand that valaquez ducks under and follows up with a left that valaquez also avoids with ease.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Penn scores with a shot to the body.
valaquez shoots in and drives through. Penn sprawls well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
sergio Penn clearly takes that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Penn throws a right hand that valaquez ducks under and follows up with a left that valaquez also avoids with ease.
Penn cracks a nice hook into valaquez's ribs.
Penn throws a nice looking combination but valaquez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Some wild striking there from Penn.
Penn fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
valaquez avoids a punch combination nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
valaquez looks for a takedown but Penn sprawls well.
Penn pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
valaquez slips a jab and a cross from Penn.
Penn throws a series of punches but valaquez moves out of range.
Penn throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
valaquez dives in and grabs Penn's left leg, looking for a takedown. Penn pushes down on valaquez's head and hops out.
valaquez shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Penn napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Penn struggling a bit here.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
valaquez tries to move to mount but Penn blocks the move with his legs.
You can see the frustration on Penn's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penn tries to escape but valaquez is in control.
valaquez trying to control the action but Penn is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
valaquez working the ground and pound but Penn is defending the strikes.
valaquez working away.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
valaquez misses with a takedown attempt - Penn sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
sergio Penn has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of mateo valaquez.
A combination from Penn does no damage.
Penn misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from valaquez.
valaquez tries to clinch but Penn moves out of range.
valaquez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
valaquez dives in and grabs Penn's left leg, looking for a takedown. Penn pushes down on valaquez's head and hops out.
valaquez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Penn misses with a series of wild punches.
Penn misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from valaquez.
Penn misses with a wild combination.
Penn lands a jab-cross combination.
Penn misses with the combination.
That's four 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.
valaquez fails to land the takedown.
Penn misses with a wild combination.
Penn looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Penn misses with a two punch combination.
valaquez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Penn swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Penn rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but valaquez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
valaquez shoots in and bounces Penn off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
mateo valaquez dominated that fourth round.
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!
Penn swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Penn swinging wilding here.
Penn lands a two punch combo.
Left hook, right uppercut from Penn.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Penn swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
valaquez fails to land with a series of punches.
Penn lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Penn gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn trying to control the position here.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
valaquez won't allow Penn to get back to his feet.
valaquez wants to control from the top but Penn keeps moving.
valaquez is standing up over Penn. Penn looks to escape but valaquez dives into side control.
Penn gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
valaquez controlling from the full mount.
Penn has given up his back. Will we see valaquez going for some submissions?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
valaquez is persistently looking for the submission but Penn is defending it well.
valaquez doesn't have the hooks in and Penn manages to turn into his guard.
valaquez looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Penn has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Penn wanted to stand there but valaquez had control of the position.
Penn looking to pass the guard.
Penn sitting in guard here, content to control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
valaquez not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
valaquez has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Penn has passed into side control.
Penn decides to stand back up. Penn steps back and let's valaquez get back to his feet.
valaquez has a takedown stuffed.
valaquez avoids a punch combination nicely.
No joy there for Penn, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
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.
Penn misses the jab.
Penn rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but valaquez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Penn lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but valaquez circles away quickly and effectively.
valaquez bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
valaquez working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
valaquez tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no valaquez has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
You can see the frustration on Penn's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
mateo valaquez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think valaquez has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight as a draw!
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight as a draw!
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight as a draw!
The fight ends as a draw!
sergio Penn retains his title. It's always disappointing when a championship fight ends as a draw but that's what happens when you leave the fight in the judges hands!
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