King Quest38 PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between LORD JESUS (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Engine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). JESUS comes to the cage accompanied by Lamb of God-Laid to Rest. Thomas Engine is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

JESUS
vs
Engine

191 cm
19
278 lbs
2 - 0 - 1

200 cm
19
300 lbs
3 - 1 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good in bed

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

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 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, LORD JESUS!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thomas Engine!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Thiago Cunha and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

JESUS shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Engine's guard.
Engine throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
JESUS in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
JESUS throws a strike but Engine rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Engine throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Engine loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Engine with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Engine with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Engine working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Engine working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
JESUS working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Engine.
JESUS throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
JESUS is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Engine postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Engine stopping the sweep attempt from JESUS.
JESUS has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Engine stands up over JESUS, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Engine postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Engine throwing strikes but missing.

JESUS looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Engine's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Engine is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
JESUS not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Engine lands a couple of decent looking shots.
JESUS is looking to stand up but Engine isn't so interested in that idea.
Engine scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Engine stands up over JESUS, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Engine really doesn't want to stay on the ground with JESUS. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Engine scoring with punches to the head and body.
Engine postures up and lands a big shot to JESUS's brow.
Engine lands a couple of elbows.

JESUS is rocked!
Engine connects with a couple of short punches.
Oh JESUS is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Engine is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
JESUS is trying to control the position from the bottom.
JESUS seems to have got his legs back now.
JESUS wants to sweep but no luck.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Engine postures up and lands a big shot to JESUS's brow.
Engine lands a couple of digs.

JESUS is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
JESUS is breathing heavily.
JESUS looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Engine lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Engine working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of JESUS's head.
Engine working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

JESUS looking for a guillotine here but Engine defends easily.
Engine content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Engine lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Engine scoring with some ground and pound.

JESUS working for a triangle but Engine defends it easily.
Engine lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

JESUS working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Engine doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Engine manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Engine distracts JESUS with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Engine scoring with some ground and pound.
Engine scoring with punches to the head and body.
Engine must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Engine postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Engine keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of JESUS's head.
Engine scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Engine is in close to JESUS's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Engine works over JESUS with some ground and pound from guard.
JESUS wants to get back to his feet but Engine is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Engine distracts JESUS with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Engine chips away with some ground and pound.
Engine thows a big elbow that misses.
Engine won't allow JESUS to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Engine with a nice head shot there.
Engine preventing the sweep.
Engine stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. JESUS swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Engine's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
JESUS manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
JESUS sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Engine tries to lock up and control but JESUS gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
JESUS thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Engine tries to lock up and control but JESUS gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
JESUS misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Engine tries to hold on but JESUS postures up.
JESUS dominating with strikes here.
JESUS with the ground and pound from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thomas Engine dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

JESUS throws a body kick that misses.
JESUS's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and JESUS duly obliges.

Engine gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Engine preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
JESUS throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Engine wants to sweep but no luck.
Engine controls JESUS momentarily but JESUS frees himself.
JESUS looking to pass the guard.
Engine trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Engine throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Engine avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
JESUS is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Engine drives through with a takedown into guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Engine makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
JESUS wants to get back to his feet but Engine is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Engine scoring with some ground and pound.
JESUS bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Engine's guard.
JESUS throwing strikes from guard but Engine blocks nicely.
Engine throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Engine looking to hit a scissor sweep but JESUS is one step ahead there.
JESUS postures up.
Engine avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Engine wants to sweep here but JESUS controlling him for the moment.
Engine seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
JESUS misses with a few strikes there.
JESUS slips a jab from Engine.
JESUS works over Engine's head and body with a nice combination.
JESUS fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Engine uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by JESUS.

JESUS rushes Engine and presses him up against the cage.
JESUS lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Engine or not.

JESUS breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Some wild striking there from Engine.
JESUS fails in his attempt to clinch.
Engine gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and JESUS holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

JESUS breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Engine misses with a wild body shot.

JESUS closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Engine to the mat! Engine manages to get full guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Engine can do anything to dispel that myth.
JESUS landing some decent shots from guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
JESUS in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Engine avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Engine trying to keep a closed guard but JESUS is proving a slippery customer.
JESUS pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Engine is keeping the position for now.
Engine is trying to control the position but JESUS postures up.
JESUS missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
JESUS is working Engine over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Engine lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for JESUS!
Engine working JESUS over with strikes here.
Engine postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. JESUS looks a forlorn figure.
Engine has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of JESUS's face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
JESUS tries to hold on but Engine postures up.
JESUS is trying desperately to improve position.
JESUS gets back to half guard.
Engine takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
JESUS tries to kick Engine off but Engine keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
JESUS punching from the bottom.
Engine is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Engine takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
JESUS has hold of Engine's hands but Engine slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
JESUS is trying to get back to full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Engine working over JESUS with some ground and pound. JESUS looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Engine slips a nice elbow through JESUS's hands, connecting with JESUS's forehead.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ground and pound from Engine.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that LORD JESUS will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Engine shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

JESUS drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

JESUS drops back, looking for a kneebar! Engine looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Engine looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Engine!
Engine grinds an elbow into JESUS's temple.
Engine landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Engine landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
JESUS tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
Engine lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear JESUS down.
JESUS sneaks back into half guard.
JESUS wants to improve his position but Engine is controlling well.
Engine is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
JESUS taking some punishment here, with Engine in his half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
JESUS gets back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
JESUS has momentary wrist control but Engine slips an elbow through the middle.
JESUS trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Engine content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Engine working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of JESUS's head.
JESUS has momentary wrist control but Engine slips an elbow through the middle.
JESUS tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Engine throwing strikes but missing.

JESUS is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Engine is aware though and is defending well.
JESUS wants to sweep but no luck.
Engine landing with the ground and pound.
JESUS is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Engine lands a couple of digs.
Engine landing with the ground and pound.
Engine with a nice head shot there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
JESUS tries to land a sweep but no joy.

JESUS has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Engine can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Engine landing some decent shots from guard.
Engine cracks JESUS with a solid left hand.
Engine working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

JESUS had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Engine defends it easily.
JESUS trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Engine postures up and lands a big shot to JESUS's brow.
Engine postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Engine lands a couple of decent looking shots.
JESUS not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Engine chips away with some ground and pound.
JESUS lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Engine!
Engine sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Engine is looking to improve his position.
JESUS missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Engine wants to control but JESUS is keeping busy and won't allow it.
JESUS not landing any meaningful shots this time.
JESUS trying to pass the guard but Engine defending well.
Engine trying to control here.

JESUS stands up out of the half guard.
LORD JESUS is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Engine throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around JESUS's waist but JESUS gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Engine off to one side.
JESUS rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Engine moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Engine looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

JESUS actively working from the bottom here.
JESUS is trying to stand.
Engine lands with a punch from half guard.
JESUS works his way to full guard. Good work.
Engine is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Engine postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Engine landing with the ground and pound.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

JESUS escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Engine gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Engine postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
Thomas Engine comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Engine 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 28:29
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 28:29
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thomas Engine!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tomko Trupu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fatty McJitsu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Trupu comes to the cage accompanied by Godsmack I Stand Alone. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Trupu
vs
McJitsu

194 cm
23
280 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

205 cm
25
280 lbs
6 - 9 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tomko Trupu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fatty McJitsu!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Edson Gomes and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McJitsu is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Trupu.

It looks like Fatty McJitsu has been cut.
McJitsu shoots in looking for a takedown. Trupu tries to sprawl out of it but McJitsu keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Trupu manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Trupu throws a series of punches but McJitsu avoids them all with ease.
Trupu looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Trupu throws a series of punches but McJitsu moves out of range.
Trupu lands a nice shot to the body.
Trupu throws a sloppy head kick and McJitsu moves out of range easily.

McJitsu closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Trupu tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but McJitsu wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

McJitsu tries for a kimura but Trupu is defending well.
Trupu pushes McJitsu away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, McJitsu gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Trupu is trying to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trupu is not content to let McJitsu control the position.
McJitsu passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Trupu!

McJitsu goes for an armbar but Trupu turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Trupu.
Trupu trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

McJitsu is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Trupu is aware though and is defending well.
Trupu forces his way into half guard.
Trupu prevents McJitsu from improving his position.
Trupu wants to pass the guard but McJitsu is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McJitsu blocking the ground and pound attempt from Trupu.
Trupu landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
McJitsu is trying to get back to full guard.
Trupu thows a huge punch but McJitsu dodges it nicely.
McJitsu tries to roll over but Trupu keeps him under control.
Trupu trying to control from half guard but McJitsu is working away.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Trupu misses with a wild combination.
Trupu lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but McJitsu circles away quickly and effectively.
Trupu throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Trupu scores with a one two! McJitsu had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
McJitsu shoots in for a takedown but Trupu shows good takedown defense.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McJitsu blocks a head kick by Trupu.
Trupu throws a nice looking combination but McJitsu bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
McJitsu shoots in for a double leg but Trupu sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Tomko Trupu has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fatty McJitsu.
Trupu tries to clinch up but McJitsu circles away and keeps his distance.

Trupu shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in McJitsu's guard.

McJitsu is looking for a triangle but Trupu pushes his legs off easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
McJitsu looks gassed!
Trupu preventing the sweep.
Trupu passes into half guard.
Trupu trying to control the action but McJitsu is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
McJitsu avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Trupu.
McJitsu gets back to full guard.
Trupu pushing down on McJitsu's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trupu trying to pass the guard but McJitsu defending well.
McJitsu wants to improve his position but Trupu is controlling well.
McJitsu trying to control but Trupu postures up.
McJitsu wants to get back to full guard.
McJitsu won't allow Trupu to pass to mount.

McJitsu actively working from the bottom here.
McJitsu is pressing down on Trupu's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Trupu slips nicely into half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McJitsu is trying to get back to full guard.
McJitsu trying to control here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tomko Trupu dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Fatty McJitsu's cut.
That's time! Trupu's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Trupu misses with a wild body shot.

Trupu decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Trupu drops an elbow to the side of McJitsu's head.
McJitsu trying to hold on to Trupu's head to control him but Trupu postures up.

McJitsu makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Trupu closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Trupu misses with a two punch combination.
McJitsu shoots and misses

so Trupu counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Trupu thows a big elbow that misses.

McJitsu looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
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!

McJitsu working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Trupu doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Trupu manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Trupu advances to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trupu passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for McJitsu!

Trupu is going oldschool here, as he tries to force McJitsu to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so McJitsu shrugs it off.
Tomko Trupu overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
McJitsu's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Trupu trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
McJitsu is looking to get to half guard.

Trupu working for a submission but McJitsu is keeping him at bay.
McJitsu regains half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trupu throwing shots but McJitsu is blocking nicely.
Trupu is just content to waste time from the top position. McJitsu takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.

McJitsu escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Trupu gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Trupu tries to free his leg and advance position but McJitsu is retaining full guard.
McJitsu wants to sweep but no luck.

McJitsu is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Trupu is aware though and is defending well.
Trupu wants to pass the guard but McJitsu is keeping the position.
McJitsu is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Trupu avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trupu makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

Trupu is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

McJitsu had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Trupu defends it easily.
Trupu has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
McJitsu keeping full guard, as Trupu tries to pass.

McJitsu kicks Trupu off and gets to his feet.
McJitsu slips a jab from Trupu.
Trupu tries to close the distance and clinch but McJitsu swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trupu doesn't manage to clinch there - McJitsu circles away.
Trupu looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Trupu dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
McJitsu misses with a double jab.
McJitsu bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A combination from Trupu does no damage.
McJitsu misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Trupu fails with the takedown

and McJitsu counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
McJitsu prevents Trupu from improving his position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
McJitsu wants to take a breather but Trupu is having none of it.
Trupu is trying to control but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fatty McJitsu showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Fatty McJitsu's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Trupu throws a left and a right that both miss

and McJitsu counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by McJitsu.
McJitsu trying to control but Trupu is working from the bottom.
Trupu tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Trupu keeping moving, preventing McJitsu from controlling successfully.
McJitsu forces his way into half guard.
McJitsu working Trupu over with strikes.
McJitsu works his way into full mount!
McJitsu wants to control the pace but Trupu is squirming around nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Trupu is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trupu is trying to stand up.
McJitsu tries to control but Trupu wriggling away.
McJitsu landing shots from mount.

McJitsu has isolated one of Trupu's arms. Trupu looking to fight him off but McJitsu twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:46 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Fatty McJitsu!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dmitri Mitia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ron Damon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Mitia
vs
Damon

191 cm
23
216 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

190 cm
23
215 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

[MMABR]Terror Trition[†CoE†]

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 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dmitri Mitia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ron Damon!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Seu Braga and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Damon takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Damon stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Damon wants it to stay on the feet.
Damon throws a series of punches but Mitia avoids them all with ease.
Damon darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Damon lands with a hook. Mitia tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Mitia fails with a takedown attempt.
Damon connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Mitia momentarily.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Mitia.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dmitri Mitia. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mitia takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Mitia fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Ron Damon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Damon thuds his right hand into Mitia's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Damon catches Mitia with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Damon scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Mitia is breathing heavily.
Mitia takes one to the side of the head.
Damon with a hook.
Damon is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Mitia had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.

A jab-cross combination lands for Damon and sends Mitia crashing to the mat! Damon follows him down to the mat - Mitia regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!

Mitia is rocked!

It looks like Dmitri Mitia has been cut.
Damon scores with a big shot! Mitia's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Mitia! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ron Damon!

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energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Trent Hondo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Even Steven (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Steven has chosen Metallica-Enter Sandman as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Hondo
vs
Steven

180 cm
20
180 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

183 cm
22
180 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Trent Hondo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Even Steven!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Thiago Cunha and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steven slips under a jab from Hondo.
Hondo misses the shot to the body.
Hondo throws a body punch but Steven moves out of range.
Steven will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Steven looks to land a left hand but Hondo moved out of range nicely.
Hondo defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Steven.
Steven tries to close the distance and clinch but Hondo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Steven with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Hondo to score with a decent uppercut.
Hondo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Steven was well out of range. Poor timing from Hondo.
A jab from Hondo misses.
Steven displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hondo throws out the jab.
Hondo throws a sloppy head kick and Steven moves out of range easily.
Steven wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hondo lands a with a good body shot.
No joy there for Hondo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Hondo - that will leave a mark!
Hondo motions for Steven to come forward. Hondo throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hondo works the jab nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hondo scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Steven doesn't seem bothered though.
Steven looks gassed!
Steven moves away from the strike by Hondo.
Hondo thows a body shot but no joy.
Trent Hondo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hondo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hondo throws the left hand but Steven avoids the punch easily.
Hondo throws a head kick but Steven moves out of range.
Hondo sizes up Steven with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Steven shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Hondo but Hondo pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Trent Hondo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Even Steven.
Hondo jabs at Steven's body.
Hondo throws a sloppy head kick and Steven moves out of range easily.
Hondo looks to score with a jab to the body but Steven is just out of range.
Hondo misses the jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hondo drops Steven with a beautiful combination! Steven stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Hondo is looking for the KO!

Steven is rocked!
Hondo ducks down and throws a big overhand right - it lands flush on the jaw, knocking Steven out cold! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Trent Hondo!

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energy
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hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
63%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tapater Rua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafael Balboa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rua's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Hordes Of Chaos. Rafael Balboa will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Rua
vs
Balboa

175 cm
26
140 lbs
11 - 10 - 0

180 cm
24
134 lbs
6 - 2 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tapater Rua!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rafael Balboa!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Luis Engracia and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balboa throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Rua closes the distance and clinches.
Balboa wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rua has him pressed against the cage.
Rua lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Rafael Balboa has been cut.
Rua lands a nice knee to the body.
Balboa is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
A nice left hand lands by Balboa.
Balboa wants to get back to striking at distance but Rua won't allow it.
Rua landing knees to the head.
Rua landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rua throws a knee to the head but misses.
A frustrated look appears on Balboa's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Rua tries to land a knee to the head but Balboa blocks with his arms.
Rua misses with a knee to the head.
Balboa wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rua tries to land a knee to the head but Balboa blocks with his arms.
Rua tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Rua turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Balboa is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Rua is controlling him well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sloppy strikes there by Rua.
Rua wants to control but Balboa is keeping him busy.
Rua misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Rua throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Balboa parries the strikes from Rua easily there. Rua is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Balboa to escape.
Balboa is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Rua asserts his dominance and retains side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Rua ducks right into an uppercut from Balboa.
Rua takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Rafael Balboa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Balboa gets caught flat footed, as Rua shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Rua prevents Balboa from getting back to his feet.
Balboa keeping full guard, as Rua tries to pass.
Balboa has momentary wrist control but Rua slips an elbow through the middle.
Rua chips away with some ground and pound.
Balboa wants to stand up but Rua is controlling him.
Rua has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Rua's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Rua trying to control but Balboa is working from the bottom.
Rua passes easily into side control. Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rua cracks Balboa with a big elbow.
Balboa is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Rua is controlling him well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Balboa is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Rua connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Balboa some visible discomfort.
Rua working the ground and pound.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Balboa pushes Rua away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Rua gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Balboa looks gassed!

Rua tries for a kimura but Balboa is defending well.
Rua cracks Balboa with a big elbow.
Rua postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Balboa is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Rua asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Rua wants to lay and pray for a moment but Balboa keeps working.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balboa wants to get back to his feet but Rua drags him back down.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Balboa connects with the punch.

Rua gets a clinch.
Rua landing knees to the head.
Rua lands a nice knee to the body.
Rua with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rua tries a knee to the head but Balboa blocks it.
Rua working Balboa over with knees to the body.
Balboa takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rua keeps control of Balboa as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rua prevents Balboa from breaking the clinch.
Rua throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Balboa blocks it with crossed arms.
Rua misses with a knee strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rua misses with a knee strike.
Balboa lands with a left to the head.
Balboa has had enough of the clinch but Rua keeps him there for the moment.
Rua prevents Balboa from breaking the clinch.
Balboa takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rua with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Balboa wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Balboa wants to break the clinch but can't.
Balboa tries to break free but Rua pushes him back against the cage.
Balboa tries to circle away but Rua has him pinned against the cage.
Rua tries a knee to the head but Balboa blocks it.
Balboa wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Balboa wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rua lands a knee to the body.
Balboa looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Rua keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Balboa's efforts to push away.
Rua tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Balboa avoids it.
Rua jumps guard but Balboa stands there with Rua around his waist. Rua gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Rua blocking some punches.
Rua looking to slow down the pace here.
Balboa is trying to break free.
Balboa stops a takedown attempt from Rua.
Balboa can't break the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rua.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tapater Rua dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rafael Balboa's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Balboa throws out a loose jab but Rua uses good head movement to avoid it.
Balboa cracks Rua with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A looping hook to the body misses from Balboa. Rua does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rua takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Rua tries to close the distance and clinch but Balboa swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Balboa loads up on a big right hand but Rua slips the punch.
Balboa misses with a double jab.

Rua darts in and clinches Balboa up against the cage.
Rua utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Rua unloads a knee to the mid-section. Balboa lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rua tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Balboa breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Balboa listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Rua staying out of range there.

Rua gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Rua tries to land a knee to the head but Balboa blocks with his arms.
Rua tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Balboa tries to circle away but Rua has him pinned against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rua putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Balboa in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rua.
Balboa is looking to break free of the clinch but Rua has double underhooks.
Rua working Balboa over with knees to the body.
Rua throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua looking to throw knees to the head but Balboa is blocking nicely.
Balboa wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rua has him pressed against the cage.
Balboa looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Balboa has had enough of the clinch but Rua keeps him there for the moment.
Knees to the body from Rua.
Rua tries to pull guard but Balboa won't allow it.
Balboa is trying to break the clinch but Rua has him pressed against the cage.
Balboa is looking to break free of the clinch but Rua has double underhooks.
Rua connects with a nasty looking knee right to Balboa's face.
Balboa has had enough of the clinch but Rua keeps him there for the moment.
Balboa wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rua has him pressed against the cage.
Balboa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Rua jumps guard.
Rua throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Balboa trying to stand up but can't free himself from Rua's guard.
Rua punching from the bottom.

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.
Balboa postures up.
Balboa wants to stand and escape but instead Rua has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Rua lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Rua working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Rua wants to control from the top but Balboa keeps moving.
Rua trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Rua connects with a couple of short punches.
Balboa wants to stand and escape but Rua is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rua content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Balboa is looking to stand up but Rua isn't so interested in that idea.
Rua is in close to Balboa's body, working some short punches and elbows.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Balboa tries to bum rush Rua with a series of wild strikes but Rua uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Rua manages to pull guard.

Balboa stands and steps away. Rua gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Balboa throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Rua rushes Balboa and presses him up against the cage.
Rua landing knees to the head.
Rua landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rua landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Rua.
Rua connects with a knee to the head.
Rua wants to stall.
Rua misses with a knee strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rua fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tapater Rua. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rua throws a knee to the head but misses.
Balboa wants to get back to striking at distance but Rua won't allow it.
Balboa wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rua has him pressed against the cage.
Rua with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Balboa has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Balboa is looking to break free of the clinch but Rua has double underhooks.
Balboa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rua connects with a nasty looking knee right to Balboa's face.
Rua wants to stall.
Rua misses with a knee to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Balboa's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Balboa is trying to break free.
Rua tries to pull guard but Balboa won't allow it.
Rua tries to stall but Balboa uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Balboa wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rua tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Rua with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Balboa is trying to force a seperation but Rua has the dominant position.
Rua prevents Balboa from breaking the clinch.
Rua is trying to stall.
Rua keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Balboa's efforts to push away.
Balboa avoiding damage as Rua throws knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tapater Rua dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Rafael Balboa's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Rua tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Balboa rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rua moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Balboa looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Rua rushes Balboa and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Rua manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Rua thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Rua is trying to control the position but Balboa postures up.
Rua looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Rua is striking but Balboa is not phased and passes to half guard.
Rua misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Balboa stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Balboa connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balboa lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Rua tries to close the distance and clinch up but Balboa swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rua uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Balboa.

Rua gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Rua with a knee to the head.
Rua unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rua keeps control of Balboa as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rua misses with a knee to the head.
Rua with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Balboa avoiding damage as Rua throws knees to the body.
Balboa wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Balboa working hard to break the clinch.
Rua prevents Balboa from breaking the clinch.
Rua looking to throw knees to the head but Balboa is blocking nicely.
Balboa wants to get back to striking at distance but Rua won't allow it.
Balboa is trying to break the clinch but Rua has him pressed against the cage.
Rua tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Balboa wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Balboa is trying to break the clinch but Rua is controlling him.
Rua tries to land a knee to the head but Balboa blocks with his arms.
Balboa tries to break the clinch but Rua is controlling the position.
Balboa has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Rua changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Balboa fights it off and pushes away nicely.
A punch lands to the side of Rua 's head but he takes it in his stride.

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.
Rua slips a straight right by Balboa.
Rua tries to clinch but Balboa is having none of it.
Rua wants to clinch.
Rua misses with a head kick.
Rua fails in his attempt to clinch.
No joy there for Balboa, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rafael Balboa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Balboa is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rua.
Nice defenses there by Rua.
Balboa misses with a looping left.
A jab from Balboa misses.
Rua moves away from the strike by Balboa.

Rua fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Balboa, pushing him back against the cage.
Rua misses with a knee strike.

Rua pulls guard effortlessly.

Rua has his foot on Balboa's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Balboa works his way back into a safe position though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rua has a closed guard, preventing Balboa from standing up.
Rua is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Balboa is looking to stand up but Rua won't let him.
Rua manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Rua scoring with strikes but Balboa is staying in there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Rua connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Balboa is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Rafael Balboa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rua raining down shots from the mount!
Rua lands a big elbow.
Tapater Rua is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Balboa's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Rua landing strikes from the mount and Balboa is in trouble!
Rua has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Balboa's face.
Rua looking to control and managing it successfully.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Rua landing shots from mount.
Rua has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Balboa's face.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tapater Rua showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Rua, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:27
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tapater Rua!

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energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
49%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rickson Machado (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Jurgen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Machado
vs
Jurgen

182 cm
21
275 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

188 cm
25
245 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

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Sublime Supplements

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rickson Machado!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paul Jurgen!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Thiago Cunha and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jurgen scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

It looks like Rickson Machado has been cut.

Machado shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Machado showed some decent athleticism there.

Machado in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Jurgen tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Machado!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Rickson Machado!
Rickson Machado retains his heavyweight title!

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energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Main event

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Bongfucious (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maik Pellicciai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bongfucious comes to the cage accompanied by Let's Get High. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Bongfucious
vs
Pellicciai

171 cm
20
164 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

173 cm
19
156 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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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 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Johnny Bongfucious!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Maik Pellicciai!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Felipe Paraventi and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pellicciai swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Bongfucious closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Pellicciai did well to prevent Bongfucious getting side control.

Pellicciai is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Bongfucious pulls his head out easily.
Bongfucious performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Bongfucious not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Bongfucious 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.
Bongfucious wants to take a breather but Pellicciai is having none of it.
Pellicciai tries to roll over but Bongfucious keeps him under control.
Bongfucious is trying to control the action in half guard but Pellicciai is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Pellicciai keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Pellicciai swinging wildly here.
No joy there for Pellicciai, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Bongfucious has Pellicciai up against the cage in a clinch.

Bongfucious's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bongfucious goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

Bongfucious shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

Pellicciai manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Bongfucious misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pellicciai looks to score with a jab to the body but Bongfucious is just out of range.
Pellicciai looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Bongfucious throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Bongfucious shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Pellicciai manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Pellicciai looking for a guillotine here but Bongfucious defends easily.
Bongfucious makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pellicciai is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Bongfucious preventing the sweep.

Bongfucious avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Pellicciai looks gassed!
Bongfucious looking to pass the guard.
Bongfucious is stalling in the full guard.
Bongfucious throwing strikes from guard but Pellicciai blocks nicely.

Pellicciai had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Bongfucious defends it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bongfucious landing some decent shots from guard.
Bongfucious works over Pellicciai with some ground and pound from guard.
Bongfucious trying to control but Pellicciai is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bongfucious is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Bongfucious landing some decent shots from guard.
Bongfucious throwing strikes from guard but Pellicciai blocks nicely.
Pellicciai keeping moving, preventing Bongfucious from controlling successfully.

Pellicciai is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

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.
Bongfucious makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Bongfucious works over Pellicciai with some ground and pound from guard.
Bongfucious scoring with punches to the head and body.
Bongfucious wants to control from the top but Pellicciai keeps moving.

Pellicciai working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Bongfucious doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Bongfucious manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Bongfucious drops back looking for a leg! Pellicciai is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Pellicciai manages to kick Bongfucious off! Bongfucious jumps back into Pellicciai's guard.
Bongfucious is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

Pellicciai escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Bongfucious gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Bongfucious dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Bongfucious moves into the clinch.

Bongfucious breaks from the clinch.
Bongfucious throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pellicciai lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Pellicciai.
Pellicciai lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

Bongfucious instigates a clinch.
Bongfucious is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Pellicciai gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

Pellicciai breaks the clinch.
Pellicciai scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Pellicciai doesn't manage to clinch there - Bongfucious circles away.
Pellicciai throws a left and a right that both miss
and Bongfucious counters with a head kick. That will keep Pellicciai thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Bongfucious dodges the punch combination from Pellicciai.
Pellicciai avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Bongfucious has closed the distance and engaged Pellicciai in a clinch.
Pellicciai wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bongfucious goes for a takedown in the clinch but Pellicciai prevents it.
Bongfucious keeps control of Pellicciai as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Pellicciai can't break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bongfucious is trying to trip Pellicciai. He has hold of a leg but Pellicciai is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Bongfucious persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Bongfucious trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bongfucious throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Pellicciai works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Pellicciai keeping full guard, as Bongfucious tries to pass.

Pellicciai is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Pellicciai has an active guard here but Bongfucious has managed to pass into half guard.
Pellicciai is breathing heavily.
Bongfucious scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Bongfucious lands with a punch from half guard.

Pellicciai is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Bongfucious pulls his head out easily.

Pellicciai actively working from the bottom here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bongfucious is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Pellicciai tries to roll over but Bongfucious keeps him under control.
Bongfucious stops Pellicciai from getting back to his feet.
Bongfucious sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Bongfucious wants to take a breather but Pellicciai is having none of it.
The fighters are battling for position here. Pellicciai manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Johnny Bongfucious overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Pellicciai looking for a guillotine here but Bongfucious defends easily.

Pellicciai isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Bongfucious stacks Pellicciai on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Bongfucious!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bongfucious taking a breather here.
Bongfucious working away.
Bongfucious trying to control the position but Pellicciai is working away.
Pellicciai is looking to regain half guard here but Bongfucious keeps moving and retains side control.
Bongfucious working the body and head with strikes.
Bongfucious scoring with punches and elbows.
Pellicciai is working to avoid the ground and pound but Bongfucious connects with a decent elbow.
Pellicciai wants to control but Bongfucious postures up.

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.
Pellicciai takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Pellicciai manages to get back to half guard.
Bongfucious scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Bongfucious prevents Pellicciai from improving his position.
Pellicciai regains full guard. Nicely done.

Pellicciai looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Bongfucious scoring with some ground and pound.
Bongfucious is stalling in the full guard.
Bongfucious is in close to Pellicciai's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Pellicciai can't keep his opponent in guard - Bongfucious advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Pellicciai is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Bongfucious scores with a couple of nice shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Bongfucious dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Bongfucious throws a right hand that Pellicciai ducks under and follows up with a left that Pellicciai also avoids with ease.
Nice sprawl there from Pellicciai as Bongfucious shoots in.
Bongfucious scoring well with a low kick there.
Pellicciai misses with a combination

and Bongfucious counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Bongfucious.
Bongfucious stays in close to Pellicciai's body and controls the position.
Bongfucious missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Pellicciai looking for a guillotine here but Bongfucious defends easily.
Bongfucious works over Pellicciai with some ground and pound from guard.
Bongfucious wants to control from the top but Pellicciai keeps moving.
Bongfucious postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Pellicciai escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Bongfucious gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Pellicciai looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Bongfucious cracks Pellicciai with a solid left hand.
Bongfucious controlling from the top position.
Bongfucious has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Bongfucious lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Bongfucious trying to control but Pellicciai is working from the bottom.

Pellicciai working for a triangle but Bongfucious defends it easily.
Bongfucious is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Bongfucious content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

Pellicciai had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Bongfucious defends it easily.
Bongfucious slips nicely into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bongfucious controlling the pace.
Pellicciai won't allow Bongfucious to pass to mount.
Bongfucious wants to control but Pellicciai is keeping him busy.
Bongfucious takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Bongfucious working over Pellicciai with some ground and pound. Pellicciai looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Pellicciai wants to get back to full guard but Bongfucious has mounted him!
Bongfucious controlling the position easily from mount.
Pellicciai takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Bongfucious prevents Pellicciai from getting the reversal.
Bongfucious in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
BOOM! Bongfucious connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Pellicciai is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Pellicciai is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Bongfucious controlling from mount.
Pellicciai gets back to half guard.
Bongfucious tries to pass the half guard into mount. Pellicciai knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Ground and pound from Bongfucious.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Bongfucious clearly takes that 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.

Bongfucious missing with a left hand there. Pellicciai was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bongfucious avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pellicciai misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pellicciai throws a series of punches but Bongfucious moves out of range.
Pellicciai throws a right and a left that both miss.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bongfucious. Pellicciai does a little dance to reset his feet.

Pellicciai gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Bongfucious to score an easy takedown into full guard.

Pellicciai looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Bongfucious stays in close to Pellicciai's body and controls the position.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Bongfucious lands a couple of digs.

Pellicciai is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Bongfucious wants to control from the top but Pellicciai keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bongfucious postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

Pellicciai has his foot on Bongfucious's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Bongfucious works his way back into a safe position though.
Bongfucious scoring with punches to the head and body.
Bongfucious slips nicely into half guard.
Bongfucious landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Pellicciai is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Bongfucious pulls his head out easily.
Bongfucious is figuring out what he wants to do next.

Pellicciai looking for submissions off his back.
Bongfucious working the head and body with strikes.

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.
Pellicciai tries to roll over but Bongfucious keeps him under control.

Pellicciai looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Pellicciai is on the bottom, trying to hold on to half guard. He's throwing a few small shots here, to keep his opponent honest.
Bongfucious seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

Bongfucious is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Bongfucious prevents Pellicciai from improving his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bongfucious controlling the action here.
Bongfucious lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Pellicciai taking some punishment here, with Bongfucious in his half guard.

Pellicciai is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Bongfucious pulls his head out easily.

Pellicciai actively working from the bottom here.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Bongfucious dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

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.
Bongfucious dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Pellicciai. That did some damage!
Bongfucious lands with a cross.
Bongfucious goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

Bongfucious drives through with a takedown into guard.
Bongfucious trying to control but Pellicciai is working from the bottom.

Pellicciai is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Pellicciai looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Bongfucious passes into half guard.
Bongfucious lands with a punch from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Bongfucious had his way with Maik Pellicciai in that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bongfucious, right into the meat.
Pellicciai misses with a combination

and Bongfucious counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Bongfucious.

Bongfucious gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Pellicciai is trying to stand.
Pellicciai regains full guard. Nicely done.

Pellicciai throws his legs up looking for a submission but Bongfucious uses it to pass to side control.
Bongfucious scores with punches from side control.
Bongfucious taking a breather here.
Pellicciai is trying to control Bongfucious's posture but Bongfucious avoids it.
A control attempt from Pellicciai but he's now mounted!
Pellicciai is desperately trying to improve his position but Bongfucious has a good base and remains in mount.
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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bongfucious lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Pellicciai hang on?
Bongfucious sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Pellicciai is desperately trying to improve his position but Bongfucious has a good base and remains in mount.
Bongfucious avoids the attempt from Pellicciai to control.
Bongfucious fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Bongfucious looking to control and managing it successfully.
Bongfucious landing strikes, looking to finish!
Pellicciai is wriggling around trying to escape.
Pellicciai throwing hammer fists to the chest of Bongfucious. What's that going to do exactly?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bongfucious breaks from Pellicciai's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Pellicciai is wriggling around trying to escape.
Bongfucious content just to control the position here.
Bongfucious landing strikes from the mount.
Pellicciai is trying desperately to improve position.
Johnny Bongfucious is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bongfucious controlling from mount.
Pellicciai is trying desperately to improve position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bongfucious takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Bongfucious's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Pellicciai tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Bongfucious controlling the pace for now.

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.
Pellicciai tries to reverse the position but Bongfucious maintains control.
Bongfucious has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Pellicciai's face.
Pellicciai tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Pellicciai wants to control but Bongfucious is having none of it.
Bongfucious controlling his opponent.
Bongfucious looking to finish Pellicciai with some ground and pound. This is bad for Pellicciai!
Bongfucious takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Maik Pellicciai has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pellicciai throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.

And that's the end of the fight!
Johnny Bongfucious showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bongfucious 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 50:45
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 50:45
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 50:45

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johnny Bongfucious!
Johnny Bongfucious retains his lightweight title!