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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mano Thao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alessandro Vascaino (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thao comes to the cage accompanied by Sabotage. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mano Thao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alessandro Vascaino!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Mauricio Rocha and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vascaino has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Vascaino there as he acknowledges the shot.
Thao lands with a slapping head kick.
Vascaino shoots in for a takedown but Thao shows good takedown defense.
Thao keeps Vascaino at a distance using the push kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vascaino misses with a leg kick
and Thao counters with a beautiful right hand that knocks Vascaino out cold! What a finish! Thao is going crazy, running around the mat, summersaulting off the corner posts and screaming into the cameras. Something tells me he's pretty happy!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Mano Thao!
Mano Thao spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tyrion Lannister (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bento Podre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Podre is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Caramujo Sonolento - A Lenda. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tyrion Lannister!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bento Podre!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Daniel Cesar and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Podre ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Podre is looking to clinch.
Lannister swinging wildly here.
Podre fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Lannister on the side of the head.
Podre throws a series of punches but Lannister avoids them all with ease.
Podre bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Podre will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lannister connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Lannister misses with a few strikes there.
The fight stays on the outside here - Podre looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lannister swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lannister. Podre does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lannister throws a lazy right hand but Podre sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tyrion Lannister seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lannister thows a body shot but no joy.
Podre dodges the punch combination from Lannister.
Lannister really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Podre moves out of range of the strikes.
Podre uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lannister.
Lannister avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Podre is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lannister misses with a body punch
and Podre counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Lannister thinking.
Lannister tries to bum rush Podre with a series of wild strikes but Podre uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Lannister misses with a jab, cross combination.
A nice combination there by Podre.
Lannister just misses with a punch to the body.
Podre scores with a one two! Lannister had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Podre has Lannister up against the cage in a clinch.
Podre is trying to push Lannister away but Lannister has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Podre digs a right hand into Lannister's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Lannister's gas tank.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lannister looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lannister looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lannister manages to break the clinch.
Lannister throws a looping overhand right but Podre ducks down to avoid it.
Lannister misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lannister throws a series of punches but Podre moves out of range.
Podre forces Lannister back against the cage and clinches.
Podre tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lannister's elbow.
Podre escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lannister looks to score with a jab to the body but Podre is just out of range.
Lannister jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lannister fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Podre on the side of the head.
It looks like Bento Podre has been cut.
Nice cross by Podre.
Lannister throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Podre closes the distance and clinches.
Podre is trying to break the clinch but Lannister has him pressed against the cage.
Lannister wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lannister wants to break the clinch but can't.
Still in the clinch, Podre scores with a nice short uppercut.
Podre is trying to force a seperation but Lannister has the dominant position.
Lannister is trying to force a seperation but Podre has the dominant position.
Lannister wants to break the clinch but can't.
Lannister tries to break free but Podre pushes him back against the cage.
Podre stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Podre pressing his opponent against the cage.
Podre tries a body shot but Lannister blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lannister wants to break the clinch but can't.
Podre pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Podre closes the distance and clinches.
Lannister breaks the clinch.
Sloppy strikes from Podre. Those never looked like landing.
Podre throws a right hand that Lannister ducks under and follows up with a left that Lannister also avoids with ease.
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!
Podre is looking to clinch but Lannister is avoiding it.
Lannister throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Podre to counter with a crisp jab.
Lannister uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Podre has time to react.
Podre tries to clinch up but Lannister circles away and keeps his distance.
Podre doesn't manage to clinch there - Lannister circles away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Oooooh!!! Lannister has knocked Podre down with a huge combo! Lannister steps away and waves a wobbly Podre back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Podre looks to clinch
and Lannister counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Podre clinches.
Podre works on Lannister's body with a couple of short punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Tyrion Lannister will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Bento Podre's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Lannister listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A combination from Lannister does no damage.
Podre is looking to clinch but Lannister is avoiding it.
Lannister tries to bum rush Podre with a series of wild strikes but Podre uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Podre looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
That has opened up Bento Podre's cut even more.
Lannister misses with a double jab.
Lannister throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Podre scores with the left hand. Lannister knows he should have avoided that one.
Lannister misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Podre.
A jab from Lannister misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Podre tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lannister swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lannister. Podre does a little dance to reset his feet.
Podre moves out of range as Lannister strikes.
Lannister misses with a few strikes there.
Podre slips a jab from Lannister.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Podre fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Podre defending well as Lannister loads up on a big left hand.
Lannister pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tyrion Lannister is winning the standup battle so far.
Lannister scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A punch combination from Lannister misses.
Lannister misses with a straight left.
Lannister looks to score with a jab to the body but Podre is just out of range.
Podre dodges the punch combination from Lannister.
Podre avoids a punch combination nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nice shot by Podre.
Podre tries to clinch up but Lannister circles away and keeps his distance.
Lannister rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Podre counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Podre misses with a double jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lannister throws a looping overhand right but Podre ducks down to avoid it.
Podre dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Podre moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Podre smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Lannister misses with a few strikes there.
Lannister throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
No joy there for Podre, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Podre slips a jab and a cross from Lannister.
Lannister misses with a combination
and Podre counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lannister waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Podre.
Lannister uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Lannister lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Podre circles away quickly and effectively.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Podre tries to clinch up but Lannister circles away and keeps his distance.
Podre walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Lannister throws a right and a left that Podre avoids nicely.
Podre moves in looking to clinch but Lannister pushes him off.
Lannister rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Podre moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lannister misses with a double jab.
Tyrion Lannister is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Podre swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Podre cracks Lannister with an open hand slap.
Lannister misses with a jab, cross combination.
Podre catches Lannister with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Podre is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lannister gets tackled into the cage by Podre. Podre maintains the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Podre.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lannister has had enough of the clinch but Podre keeps him there for the moment.
Lannister is trying to break the clinch but Podre has him pressed against the cage.
Podre misses with a hook to the ribs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Podre is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Podre breaks from the clinch.
Podre instigates a clinch.
Podre escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lannister swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Podre tries to clinch but Lannister is having none of it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lannister swats away the attempt to clinch by Podre.
Podre is looking to clinch.
Podre tries to clinch up but Lannister circles away and keeps his distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Bento Podre will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Bento Podre's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Podre wants to clinch up but Lannister keeps it at a distance.
Podre tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lannister paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lannister thows a left - swing and a miss!
Podre ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Lannister throws a nice looking combination but Podre bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Podre clinches up with Lannister and pushes him back against the cage.
Podre breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Podre tries to clinch but Lannister is having none of it.
Lannister throws a series of punches but Podre avoids them all with ease.
Lannister throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Lannister throws a looping overhand right but Podre ducks down to avoid it.
Podre tries to clinch up but Lannister circles away and keeps his distance.
Podre wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lannister misses with a straight left.
Podre gets in close and instigates a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Podre as the two fighters clinch.
Podre manages to break the clinch.
Podre looks to land a combination but Lannister avoids it well.
Podre doesn't manage to clinch there - Lannister circles away.
Podre misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Podre misses with a two punch combination.
Lannister misses with a double jab.
Podre tries to clinch there but Lannister circles away.
Podre moves into the clinch.
Lannister breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Podre tries to clinch up.
Podre throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lannister.
Podre tries to clinch but Lannister moves out of range.
Lannister takes a swing at Podre's ribcage but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lannister's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Lannister duly obliges.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lannister fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Podre lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Lannister backs up against the cage.
Lannister takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Podre doesn't manage to clinch there - Lannister circles away.
Lannister misses with a jab, cross combination.
Podre clinches up with Lannister and pushes him back against the cage.
Podre digs a right hand underneath Lannister's ribcage. Lannister let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Podre slows down the pace here.
Podre's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Podre ducks under a wild hook from Lannister.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Podre gets a clinch.
Podre breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Podre throws a right and a left that both miss.
Podre gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Podre manages to break the clinch.
Podre ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Lannister keeps the fight on the outside.
Podre tries to clinch but Lannister is having none of it.
Podre clinches with his opponent.
Podre is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bento Podre seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Podre is looking to break free of the clinch but Lannister has double underhooks.
Podre is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lannister wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Podre tries to throw a body punch but Lannister avoids it by throwing Podre back against the cage.
Lannister tries to break free but Podre pushes him back against the cage.
Lannister prevents Podre from breaking the clinch.
Lannister tries to break the clinch but Podre is controlling the position.
Lannister is trying to break free.
Podre working hard to break the clinch.
Lannister breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Podre rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lannister moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
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!
A big right from Lannister misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lannister swinging wildly here.
Podre clinches.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bento Podre comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Podre has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 28:29
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bento Podre!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Carvalho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Stone Hand (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Stone Hand's choice of entrance music: Duality. Anderson Carvalho has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Anderson Carvalho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Johnny Stone Hand!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Alexandre Firmino and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carvalho shoots in and drives through. Stone Hand sprawls well.
Stone Hand scores with a nice strike.
It looks like Anderson Carvalho has been cut.
Carvalho avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Carvalho tries for a takedown but Stone Hand circles away easily
and Stone Hand connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Carvalho changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Stone Hand tries to avoid it but Carvalho manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Stone Hand to the ground. Stone Hand escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anderson Carvalho. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Carvalho fails with a takedown attempt.
Carvalho closes this distance looking for a takedown but Stone Hand circles away.
Stone Hand connects with a body shot that sends Carvalho's belly button to the back.
Carvalho looks for a takedown but Stone Hand sprawls well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Good exchange - Stone Hand coming out on top.
Carvalho shoots for a double leg takedown but Stone Hand sprawls well. He's pushed Carvalho's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Carvalho takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Carvalho doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Carvalho is breathing heavily.
Stone Hand throws out a powerful jab.
Stone Hand scores with the left hand. Carvalho knows he should have avoided that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carvalho shoots in looking for a takedown. Stone Hand tries to sprawl out of it but Carvalho keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Stone Hand manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Nice uppercut there from Stone Hand.
Carvalho is rocked!
Stone Hand sees an opening and throws a straight punch right through Carvalho's defenses. It connects perfectly with Carvalho's jaw and knocks him out cold! Wow - that's a contender for knockout of the year - absolutely brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Johnny Stone Hand!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Johnny Stone Hand made sure he mentioned ****160Q Energy****95% Laundry, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kara Hiri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maximus Meridius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hiri's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Society. Kara Hiri has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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
18 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kara Hiri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Maximus Meridius!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Leandro Rodrigues and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A leg kick checked by Hiri.
Good exchange - Hiri coming out on top.
Meridius throws a lazy head kick
and Hiri counters with a straight right hand.
Nice uppercut lands for Hiri. That snapped Meridius's head back.
Meridius is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hiri misses with a looping left.
Meridius is still on wobbly legs! Can Hiri finish him?
Hiri loads up on a big right hand but Meridius slips the punch.
A swing and a miss from Hiri.
Hiri lands with a big right hook that stumbles Meridius - he's out on his feet here! Hiri follows up with another monster hook that separates Meridius from consciousness! Meridius falls, almost in slow motion to the canvas! Hiri stands and admires his work as the crowd go wild.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Kara Hiri!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Kara Hiri waved his t-shirt featuring ****160Q Energy****95% Laundry's logo in front of the cameras.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jordan Statham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chadil Kamsuk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kamsuk has chosen Solitary Man as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jordan Statham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Chadil Kamsuk!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Luis Engracia and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kamsuk displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Statham.
Statham shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Statham throwing shots but Kamsuk is blocking nicely.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Kamsuk can do anything to dispel that myth.
Kamsuk keeping hold of Statham's head, controlling as best he can.
Kamsuk's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Statham throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Kamsuk is looking for a sweep. Statham is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Statham missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Statham sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Kamsuk defending well though.
Statham thows a huge punch but Kamsuk dodges it nicely.
Statham not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Statham sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Kamsuk defending well though.
Kamsuk keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Kamsuk blocking the ground and pound attempt from Statham.
Statham missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Kamsuk avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Statham.
Kamsuk is pressing down on Statham's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Statham throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Statham keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Kamsuk's head.
Statham pushing down on Kamsuk's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Statham thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Kamsuk's head.
Statham throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Statham thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Kamsuk's head.
Statham missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Statham lands with a punch from half guard.
Statham missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Kamsuk is trying to stand.
Statham prevents Kamsuk from improving his position.
Statham missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Statham not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kamsuk is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Statham scores with a couple of nice shots.
Statham missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Statham sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Kamsuk defending well though.
Statham working Kamsuk over with strikes.
Statham drops an elbow to the side of Kamsuk's head.
Statham throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Statham not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Statham not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Kamsuk really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Statham. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Statham looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Kamsuk with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Kamsuk is trying to stand.
Kamsuk avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Statham.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kamsuk avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Statham.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kamsuk is controlling Statham's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Kamsuk avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Statham.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Statham throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Statham thows a huge punch but Kamsuk dodges it nicely.
Statham looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Statham is looking to advance position but Kamsuk won't allow it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Statham landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Statham not landing any meaningful shots this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jordan Statham dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Kamsuk looks to land a right hand but Statham moved out of range.
Kamsuk scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Kamsuk keeps the fight on the outside.
Statham shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Kamsuk pinned against the cage. Kamsuk gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Statham moves out of range as Kamsuk throws a body kick.
Kamsuk throws a quick inside leg kick.
Kamsuk misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kamsuk stuffs the takedown attempt from Statham. Statham gets slowly back to his feet.
Kamsuk leaves Statham with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jordan Statham. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kamsuk plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Statham throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Kamsuk was covering up waiting for the punch and Statham finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Statham trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Statham keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Kamsuk's head.
Kamsuk preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Kamsuk is wriggling around but Statham manages to pass to half guard.
Statham working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Statham throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Statham missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Statham missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Statham not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Statham throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Statham not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Statham thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Statham not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Jordan Statham overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Statham missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Statham thows a huge punch but Kamsuk dodges it nicely.
Kamsuk is trying to maintain the position but Statham is very close to passing his half guard.
Statham thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Kamsuk's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Statham looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Kamsuk with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Statham throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Nice strikes from Statham there.
Kamsuk taking some punishment here, with Statham in his half guard.
Kamsuk blocking the ground and pound attempt from Statham.
Statham not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Statham not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Statham missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Statham throwing shots but Kamsuk is blocking nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kamsuk keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Statham misses with a head shot. Kamsuk uses the momentum to regain guard.
Statham trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Statham postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Statham chips away with some ground and pound.
Statham 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.
Statham stands and throws Kamsuk's legs to the side, diving into side control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Statham throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Statham creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Kamsuk sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jordan Statham dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
Statham fails with a takedown attempt.
Kamsuk pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kamsuk throws a head kick that misses.
Statham shoots in looking for a takedown. Kamsuk tries to sprawl out of it but Statham keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Kamsuk manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
No luck for Statham with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jordan Statham. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kamsuk slaps away a takedown attempt from Statham, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kamsuk misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Statham walks forward, straight into a front kick from Kamsuk.
Kamsuk moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Kamsuk finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Nice body kick from Kamsuk.
Jordan Statham is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kamsuk looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kamsuk thuds his shin into the meat of Statham's side.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kamsuk connects with a high kick.
Chadil Kamsuk is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kamsuk pushes Statham away with a front kick.
Chadil Kamsuk seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kamsuk lands a head kick. Statham smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Jordan Statham seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A head kick misses from Kamsuk.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Statham crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Kamsuk - the referee stops the clock and Statham gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Kamsuk. Statham manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kamsuk explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Kamsuk throws a head kick but Statham moves out of range.
Kamsuk dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Statham. That did some damage!
Kamsuk throws a quick inside leg kick.
Kamsuk throws a front kick that sends Statham stumbling back into the cage.
A big left from Kamsuk misses.
Kamsuk throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Statham is looking to clinch but Kamsuk is avoiding it.
Statham takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Statham walks forward, straight into a front kick from Kamsuk.
Statham will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Kamsuk. Statham shrugs it off though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A thudding body kick lands there by Kamsuk!
Statham takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Statham on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Kamsuk throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Kamsuk lands with a slapping head kick.
Statham blocks a head kick by Kamsuk.
Statham shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Kamsuk but Kamsuk pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Kamsuk lands a nice looking body kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kamsuk lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Chadil Kamsuk has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kamsuk delivers a nice body kick.
Statham shoots in for a double leg but Kamsuk sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Kamsuk throws a nice head kick!
Statham shoots in and drives through. Kamsuk sprawls well.
Kamsuk feints and then cracks Statham's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Statham down.
Statham steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Kamsuk. That one must have hurt.
Kamsuk connects with a high kick.
Kamsuk lands a leg kick that knocks Statham off balance momentarily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kamsuk bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for Kamsuk.
Jordan Statham is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kamsuk tries to land a front kick but Statham steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
And that's the end of the fight!
Chadil Kamsuk comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Statham has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 28:28
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 28:28
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 28:28
The fight is ruled a draw!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alfred Winterbottom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Winterbottom comes to the cage accompanied by Bread - On! Air! Library!. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Alfred Winterbottom!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jose Silva!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Alexandre Firmino and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Winterbottom waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Silva.
Silva scores with a head kick. Winterbottom tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Silva clinches with his opponent.
Silva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Silva.
Winterbottom digs a right hand into Silva's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Silva's gas tank.
With the fighters up against the cage, Silva throws an elbow but misses.
Silva misses with an elbow over the top.
Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silva lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Silva lands an elbow that stopped Winterbottom in his tracks for a moment.
It looks like Alfred Winterbottom has been cut.
Winterbottom goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Winterbottom goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from Silva.
With the fighters up against the cage, Silva throws an elbow but misses.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Winterbottom.
Silva throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silva lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Silva goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from Silva.
Silva blocks an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Winterbottom misses with a short punch on the inside.
Winterbottom misses with the head strike.
Winterbottom misses with a short punch on the inside.
Silva lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Winterbottom on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Winterbottom lands a right hand that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Silva struggles to land a body shot inside as Winterbottom controls his hands.
Silva letting Winterbottom take a breather here.
Winterbottom avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Winterbottom takes an elbow to the temple.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Winterbottom creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
It looks like Jose Silva has been cut.
Winterbottom tries to throw a body punch but Silva avoids it by throwing Winterbottom back against the cage.
Silva misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Winterbottom dodges an elbow strike from Silva.
Winterbottom tries a body shot but Silva blocks it.
Silva lands a nice elbow.
Silva lands an elbow inside that Winterbottom shrugs off.
Silva tries a body shot but Winterbottom blocks it.
Silva misses with some punches.
Winterbottom takes an elbow to the temple.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Winterbottom's elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Winterbottom softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Winterbottom.
Winterbottom is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Silva gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Winterbottom avoids it.
Silva lands with a right to the head.
Winterbottom tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Silva blocks an uppercut.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Winterbottom.
Silva tries a body shot but Winterbottom blocks it.
Winterbottom throws a head punch that misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silva.
Winterbottom blocks the elbow strike.
Winterbottom prevents a body shot from Silva.
Winterbottom tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silva misses with a body punch.
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Winterbottom.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Winterbottom.
Winterbottom is struggling to control the position.
Winterbottom drags the fight down to the ground.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winterbottom trying to keep a closed guard but Silva is proving a slippery customer.
Winterbottom has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Silva avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Winterbottom not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Winterbottom is pulling down on Silva's head. It's preventing any offense from Silva, at least for the moment.
Winterbottom has a closed guard, preventing Silva from standing up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Winterbottom working for a triangle but Silva defends it easily.
Winterbottom looking for subs off his back but Silva has passed one foot through into half guard.
Winterbottom wants to control but Silva is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Winterbottom is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Silva's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Silva's back!
Winterbottom throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Winterbottom scores with strikes from the back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Jose Silva will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Silva is looking to clinch but Winterbottom is avoiding it.
Silva thows a body shot but no joy.
Silva rushes Winterbottom and presses him up against the cage.
Winterbottom has a couple of punches blocked by Silva.
Winterbottom is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Silva is keeping busy.
Winterbottom avoids the elbow strike from Silva, against the cage.
Winterbottom throws a punch but it's blocked by Silva.
Winterbottom softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Silva pushes Winterbottom back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Winterbottom swings wildly with an uppercut but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice left hand lands by Winterbottom.
Still in the clinch, Silva scores with a nice short uppercut.
Nice body punch from Silva.
Winterbottom misses with the head strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A nice left hand lands by Silva.
Winterbottom doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva lands a nice elbow.
Winterbottom avoids a wild elbow strike from Silva.
Silva blocking some punches.
Silva throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Winterbottoms head.
Silva lands a left hand that snaps the head of Winterbottom backwards.
Silva throws an elbow but it misses.
Silva scores with a shot to the side of Winterbottom's head.
A head punch on the inside from Silva fails to land.
Winterbottom has a couple of punches blocked by Silva.
Winterbottom swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Winterbottom fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Winterbottom blocks a body shot from Silva.
Winterbottom blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Winterbottom in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice right hand lands inside from Silva.
Silva blocks an uppercut.
Winterbottom blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Winterbottom makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Silva lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Winterbottom backwards.
Winterbottom fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Winterbottom tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Winterbottom tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Winterbottom is defending well for now.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Winterbottom is defending well for now.
Winterbottom managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Winterbottom scores with a nice hook to the head.
Winterbottom blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Winterbottom misses with a short punch on the inside.
Silva lands a right hand that snaps the head of Winterbottom backwards.
Jose Silva seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Winterbottom lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Silva lands an elbow inside.
Winterbottom lands with a right to the head.
Silva misses with an elbow strike.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
Winterbottom pushes Silva back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Winterbottom misses with a hook from the clinch.
Winterbottom misses with a short punch on the inside.
Winterbottom lands with a light punch inside.
Winterbottom blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Silva as the two fighters clinch.
Winterbottom dodges an elbow strike from Silva.
Silva lands a damaging elbow.
Winterbottom blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Winterbottom is looking to control Silva's arms but Silva gets an underhook and turns him. Now Winterbottom has his back to the cage.
Silva misses with a body punch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Silva.
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Winterbottom uses good head movement to avoid it.
Winterbottom throws a punch but it's blocked by Silva.
Still in the clinch, Winterbottom scores with a nice short uppercut.
Silva blocks a body shot from Winterbottom.
Silva misses with a hook to the ribs.
Winterbottom's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Winterbottom blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A nice left hand lands by Winterbottom.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva lands an elbow that stopped Winterbottom in his tracks for a moment.
Winterbottom avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Silva lands an elbow inside that Winterbottom shrugs off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands an elbow inside that Winterbottom shrugs off.
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Winterbottom avoids it.
Silva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silva lands a knee to the body.
Winterbottom misses with a short punch on the inside.
Winterbottom trying to control the position but instead, Silva has worked for underhooks and has pushed Winterbottom into the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Winterbottom.
A body shot lands from Winterbottom.
Winterbottom misses with a punch on the inside.
Winterbottom working aggressively here.
Winterbottom misses with a punch on the inside.
Silva scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva pushes off an throws an elbow but Winterbottom leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nice elbow from Silva.
Winterbottom misses with a body punch.
Winterbottom on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jose Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Silva pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Winterbottom on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Winterbottom motions for Silva to come forward. Winterbottom throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Silva is looking to clinch.
Winterbottom takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Winterbottom misses with an uppercut. Silva saw that one coming.
Silva slips a jab from Winterbottom.
Good exchange - Winterbottom coming out on top.
Silva misses with a kick to the body.
Winterbottom walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Silva checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Winterbottom takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Silva misses the body punch
and Winterbottom counters with a nice uppercut.
Silva tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Winterbottom manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Winterbottom throws a low kick, looking for Silva's leg but Silva calmly moves out of range.
Winterbottom circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silva scores with a crisp jab that stopped Winterbottom in his tracks.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Winterbottom throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Winterbottom lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Winterbottom tries to score with a low kick but Silva moves his leg out of the way.
Winterbottom slips a jab from Silva.
Silva misses with a looping left.
Winterbottom swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Silva throws a body punch but Winterbottom moves out of range.
Silva throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Winterbottom sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Winterbottom.
Winterbottom looks to land a right hand but Silva moved out of range.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Winterbottom crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Silva - the referee stops the clock and Winterbottom gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Silva. Winterbottom manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Silva checks a low kick from Winterbottom.
Winterbottom scores with a nice strike.
Silva throws an overhand right that lands on Winterbottom's shoulder, as Winterbottom tries to avoid the shot.
Alfred Winterbottom has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jose Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva cracks Winterbottom with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Winterbottom fails with the takedown.
Silva scores with a hook to the body. Winterbottom takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva avoids the body shot from Winterbottom.
Silva takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Silva tries to clinch but Winterbottom is having none of it.
Winterbottom missing with a left hand there. Silva was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Silva is looking to clinch but Winterbottom is avoiding it.
Jose Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Winterbottom throws a jab but it's blocked by Silva.
Silva takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Silva misses with a body kick.
Winterbottom throws a jab but it's blocked by Silva.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jose Silva is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Winterbottom finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Winterbottom misses with a hook
and Silva counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Winterbottom has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Winterbottom there as he acknowledges the shot.
Jose Silva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winterbottom looks to land a right hand but Silva moved out of range.
Winterbottom on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Silva scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Danga de danga de dang - Silva scores with a four punch combination!
Silva listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Winterbottom tries to keep at a distance but Silva has taken the fight into the clinch.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Winterbottom is defending well for now.
Winterbottom controlling the action here for a moment.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Silva blocking some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a left hand that snaps the head of Winterbottom backwards.
Winterbottom scores with a nice hook to the head.
Winterbottom blocks an elbow strike.
Winterbottom has a couple of punches blocked by Silva.
A head punch on the inside from Winterbottom fails to land.
Silva lands a left hand that snaps the head of Winterbottom backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Winterbottom fails to land.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Winterbottom misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Winterbottom tries a body shot but Silva blocks it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Winterbottom fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Winterbottom pushes Silva back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Winterbottom misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jose Silva.
I've got Silva winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 27:30
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jose Silva!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Max Nobriga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carlos Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nobriga's entrance music is Queen's We Will Rock You. A fine choice. The crowd seem to be enjoying Gracie's choice of entrance music: Total War - The Shogun II. Max Nobriga has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Max Nobriga!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Carlos Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Thiago Cunha and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie shoots in for a takedown but Nobriga shows good takedown defense.
Nobriga displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Gracie.
Nobriga tries a low kick but Gracie avoids it.
Nobriga throws a hook but Gracie blocks it.
Gracie misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gracie gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Nobriga throws a series of punches but Gracie avoids them all with ease.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Nobriga wants to improve his position but Gracie is controlling well.
Gracie not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Nobriga is positioning himself well to prevent Gracie advancing to mount.
Gracie trying to mount his opponent but Nobriga defends it.
Nobriga is trying to get back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie is looking for a kimura but Nobriga is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Gracie to get the leverage.
Gracie trying to control from half guard but Nobriga is working away.
Gracie throwing shots but Nobriga is blocking nicely.
Gracie trying to control from half guard but Nobriga is working away.
Nobriga kicks Gracie off and gets back to his feet.
Nobriga misses with a lunging right hand
so Gracie counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Nobriga bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Gracie's guard.
Nobriga working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nobriga seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Gracie working a defensive guard here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nobriga stands and throws Gracie's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Nobriga misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Gracie tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nobriga is looking to take a break and control but Gracie is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nobriga controlling from side mount.
Gracie is looking for a sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nobriga wants to control but Gracie is keeping him busy.
Nobriga looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Gracie is avoiding damage well.
Nobriga has control of an arm but Gracie manages to advance to Nobriga's back!
Gracie throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Nobriga!
Nobriga manages to reverse the position and now he's in Gracie's guard. Nice work there by Nobriga.
Nobrigais looking to pass into half guard but Gracie pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Gracie is in guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nobriga manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Gracie manages to get himself to full guard.
Gracie working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Nobriga doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Nobriga manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Nobriga wants to control from the top but Gracie keeps moving.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gracie looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nobriga wants to pass the guard but Gracie is keeping the position.
Nobriga forces his way into half guard.
Nobriga is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Gracie sees it coming and defends easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Max Nobriga will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Gracie thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Nobriga if he has to take too many more of those.
Gracie rushes Nobriga and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Gracie tries for a takedown. No joy.
Nobriga lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Gracie drops down looking for an ankle pick but Nobriga pulls his leg out and moves away.
A chopping leg kick lands by Nobriga.
Good standup being displayed there by Nobriga as he connects with a hook.
Gracie is looking to clinch.
Nobriga tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gracie was well out of range. Poor timing from Nobriga.
Nobriga tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nobriga just misses with a punch to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Nobriga. Those never looked like landing.
Nobriga lands with a right hand.
Gracie staying out of range there.
Gracie closes the distance and pushes Nobriga back into the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Nobriga avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Max Nobriga has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Carlos Gracie.
Gracie is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Nobriga wants to break the clinch but can't.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Nobriga here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Nobriga stops a takedown attempt from Gracie.
Gracie has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Nobriga after a bit of a struggle.
Stalling in the clinch from Nobriga.
Gracie is looking to take this one to the mat.
Nobriga working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Gracie drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Nobriga gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Nobriga is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Nobriga lands a body shot in the clinch.
Nobriga leaning his opponent against the cage.
Gracie is looking to take this one to the mat.
Nobriga throws a head punch that misses.
Nobriga slowing the pace effectively.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nobriga scores with a shot to the side of Gracie's head.
Gracie prevents a body shot from Nobriga.
Nobriga avoiding damage as Gracie throws knees to the body.
Gracie looking for a takedown.
Nobriga's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nobriga lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Nobriga lands with a hook. Gracie tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Gracie checks a leg kick.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown but Nobriga shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Nobriga keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Gracie misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Gracie is breathing heavily.
A combination from Nobriga does no damage.
Nobriga looks to land a left hand but Gracie moved out of range nicely.
Gracie tries to close the distance and clinch but Nobriga swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nobriga throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Gracie's head.
A head kick misses from Nobriga.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nobriga.
A solid leg kick lands there for Nobriga.
Nobriga throws a looping overhand right but Gracie ducks down to avoid it.
Gracie checks a leg kick.
Gracie misses with a takedown
and Nobriga counters with a series of strikes. Gracie will be more careful next time no doubt.
Gracie is rocked!
Gracie will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Gracie has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Gracie there as he acknowledges the shot.
Gracie is still on wobbly legs! Can Nobriga finish him?
Nobriga throws out a powerful jab.
Nobriga connects with a solid leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Nobriga lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Gracie has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Gracie and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gracie blocks a head kick by Nobriga.
Nobriga pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gracie ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Max Nobriga is winning the standup battle so far.
A head kick misses from Nobriga.
Max Nobriga is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nobriga scores with a jab. Gracie acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Nobriga connects with the punch.
Gracie misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nobriga throws a head kick that misses.
Gracie manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Nobriga on his heels. He'll look to pass Nobriga's guard now, I'm sure.
Gracie won't allow Nobriga to get back to his feet.
Gracie trying to control but Nobriga is working from the bottom.
Gracie trying to move into half guard but instead Nobriga has managed to sweep!
Gracie seems to have recovered his senses.
Nobriga wants to control from the top but Gracie keeps moving.
Gracie wants to sweep but no luck.
Gracie is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Carlos Gracie has got the better of the ground game so far.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gracie keeping moving, preventing Nobriga from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Max Nobriga dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Nobriga just misses with a punch to the body.
Nobriga lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Nobriga throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Gracie closes the distance and clinches up with Nobriga, looking for a takedown. Gracie pushes Nobriga against the cage but Nobriga circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Sloppy strikes from Nobriga. Those never looked like landing.
Gracie shoots in looking for a takedown but Nobriga manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Gracie's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Gracie.
Max Nobriga has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Carlos Gracie.
Nobriga throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Nobriga gets tackled into the cage by Gracie. Gracie maintains the clinch.
Nobriga wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nobriga.
Nobriga is looking to control Gracie's arms but Gracie gets an underhook and turns him. Now Nobriga has his back to the cage.
Gracie goes for a takedown attempt but Nobriga pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Nice shot by Nobriga.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nobriga feints and then cracks Gracie's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gracie down.
Gracie takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gracie has a takedown stuffed.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Gracie.
Nobriga gets back to half guard.
Gracie thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Nobriga's head.
Gracie is thwarting Nobriga's attempts to control the position.
Gracie is trying to work for a kimura but Nobriga is defending well.
Nobriga wants to improve his position but Gracie is controlling well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nobriga is trying to stand.
Nobriga is defending against the submission attempts here by Gracie.
Gracie missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Nobriga tries to get to full guard but Gracie has control of the leg.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gracie looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nobriga on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Nobriga blocking the ground and pound attempt from Gracie.
Gracie wants to work for an arm triangle but Nobriga is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Nobriga desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Gracie wants to advance to full mount but Nobriga doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Gracie 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.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nobriga looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Gracie missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Gracie postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Gracie trying to control but Nobriga is working from the bottom.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Nobriga is on top in guard.
Nobriga has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Gracie keeping moving, preventing Nobriga from controlling successfully.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nobriga stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Gracie swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Carlos Gracie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
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!
Gracie is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Max Nobriga.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Nobriga, 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 Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 28:29
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Max Nobriga!
After the fight, Max Nobriga was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joaozinho Gurgel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zolt Bradbury (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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215 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
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24
220 lbs
6 - 0 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Joaozinho Gurgel!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Zolt Bradbury!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Thiago Cunha and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bradbury throws a leg kick that is checked
and Gurgel counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A swing and a miss from Gurgel.
Bradbury throws a head kick that misses.
Bradbury walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Gurgel scores with a hook to the body. Bradbury takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Gurgel misses with a looping left.
Bradbury tries a head kick but it misses.
Bradbury tries to bum rush Gurgel with a series of wild strikes but Gurgel uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gurgel blocks a head kick by Bradbury.
Gurgel connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Gurgel looks to land a combination. Bradbury sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bradbury lands with a thumping leg kick.
Bradbury looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sloppy strikes from Gurgel. Those never looked like landing.
Gurgel moves into range and connects with a jab.
Good leg kick by Bradbury there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Gurgel ducks under a wild hook from Bradbury.
Gurgel misses the body punch
and Bradbury counters with a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bradbury swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Gurgel cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gurgel tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bradbury swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gurgel misses with a hook.
Gurgel moves out of range as Bradbury strikes.
A jab from Gurgel does it's job there.
Bradbury throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Gurgel counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Bradbury throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
It looks like Joaozinho Gurgel has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gurgel lands a jab-cross combination.
Bradbury avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Bradbury throws a head kick that misses
and Gurgel counters with a crisp one two that drops Bradbury! Gurgel thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Bradbury to his feet! Bradbury is in big trouble!
Bradbury is rocked!
Gurgel walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Bradbury drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Gurgel swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Bradbury's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joaozinho Gurgel!
Joaozinho Gurgel retains his light heavyweight title!
Joaozinho Gurgel thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kjell Dillon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wayde Andazola (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dillon comes to the cage accompanied by Pipes & Drums 1st Battalion Scots Guards. Andazola has chosen Airbourne - Bottom Of The Well as his entrance music. Kjell Dillon has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
25 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kjell Dillon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wayde Andazola!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Felipe Paraventi and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dillon uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Andazola.
A jab from Dillon does it's job there.
Dillon throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Andazola cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
It looks like Kjell Dillon has been cut.
Dillon keeps the fight on the outside.
Dillon uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Andazola.
Andazola has taken the fight to the clinch.
Dillon tries to circle away but Andazola has him pinned against the cage.
Andazola pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dillon missing with a left hand there. Andazola was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Dillon throws a half hearted mid kick.
Dillon loads up on a big right hand but Andazola slips the punch.
Dillon swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Andazola wants to clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Andazola has taken the fight to the clinch.
Andazola is trying to push Dillon away but Dillon has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Andazola has Dillon pushed against the cage.
Andazola escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dillon attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Dillon avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Andazola wants to clinch up but Dillon keeps it at a distance.
Dillon scores with a body shot.
Wayde Andazola is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dillon throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Dillon scores with a body shot.
Andazola ducks under a wild hook from Dillon.
Dillon lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dillon waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Andazola.
A left lands for Dillon.
Andazola ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Andazola tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dillon swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dillon lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Dillon lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Andazola circles away quickly and effectively.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Andazola crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Dillon - the referee stops the clock and Andazola gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Dillon. Andazola manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Andazola ducks right into an uppercut from Dillon.
Andazola slips a jab from Dillon.
Dillon swats away the attempt to clinch by Andazola.
The crowd cheers as Dillon lands an impressive looking overhand right. Andazola doesn't seem phased though.
Dillon throws a big shot that misses.
Dillon scoring well with a low kick there.
Dillon with a jab.
Andazola has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Andazola there as he acknowledges the shot.
Dillon with a jab.
Andazola is rocked!
Dillon throws the left hand but Andazola avoids the punch easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dillon throws a lazy right hand but Andazola sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
An inside leg kick lands from Dillon.
Andazola uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dillon.
Dillon is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Dillon comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Andazola is looking to clinch.
Dillon looks to score with a jab to the body but Andazola is just out of range.
Andazola lands a nice looking body shot.
Andazola misses with a body shot
and Dillon counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dillon misses with a looping right.
Dillon lands with a hook. Andazola tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dillon keeps the fight on the outside.
Dillon looks to throw the jab but Andazola is out of range.
Dillon throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dillon thuds a left hand into Andazola's body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Andazola blocks a jab.
Dillon is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Dillon circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dillon circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kjell Dillon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Andazola is looking to clinch.
Dillon misses the jab.
Andazola tries to clinch but Dillon is having none of it.
Andazola moves in looking to clinch but Dillon pushes him off.
Andazola walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Andazola is looking to clinch but Dillon is avoiding it.
Some bone on bone action there as Andazola checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Dillon throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jab from Dillon.
Dillon connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Dillon connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Dillon throws a monster overhand right that drops Andazola! Dillon follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kjell Dillon!
In his post fight interview, Kjell Dillon started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sasa Sladkov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dragan Dragic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sasa Sladkov!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dragan Dragic!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Luis Engracia and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dragic uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sladkov.
Dragic lands with an overhand left.
Dragic tests Sladkov's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Dragic misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sladkov throws an overhand right that lands on Dragic's shoulder, as Dragic tries to avoid the shot.
Dragic throws a poor cross that misses
and Sladkov counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
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!
Dragic looks to score with a jab to the body but Sladkov is just out of range.
Sladkov misses with a lunging right hand
and Dragic counters with a right hand to the body.
Dragic misses with an uppercut. Sladkov saw that one coming.
Dragic swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Dragic scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Dragic fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Sladkov checks it well.
Dragic will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Dragic throws a jab but it's blocked by Sladkov.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dragic throws a head kick that misses.
Dragic throws a head kick that misses.
Sladkov blocks a low kick nicely.
Sladkov takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Sladkov's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Dragic connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Sladkov scrambles back to his feet.
Sladkov stuns Dragic with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Sladkov ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sladkov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dragic pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dragic throws a sloppy head kick and Sladkov moves out of range easily.
Dragic throws a right hand that misses
letting Sladkov counter with a right hand.
It looks like Dragan Dragic has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sladkov throws a jab when Dragic was well out of range.
Sladkov avoids the head kick by Dragic.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sladkov throws out a loose jab but Dragic uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sladkov misses with an uppercut.
Sladkov throws a big shot that misses.
Sladkov looks to score with a jab to the body but Dragic is just out of range.
Dragic misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dragic throws a shot from downtown. Sladkov moves away and avoids it.
Dragic throws a leg kick
and Sladkov counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dragic swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sladkov blocks a jab.
Sladkov on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Dragic thows a left - swing and a miss!
A looping hook to the body misses from Dragic. Sladkov does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dragic lands a jab to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dragic tests Sladkov's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Dragic on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Dragic connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Dragic cracks Sladkov with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sladkov lands a left and a right that send Dragic crashing to the mat, dazed. Sladkov thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Dragic is rocked!
Dragic bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Sladkov's head backwards.
Sladkov missing with a left hand there. Dragic was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sladkov moves out of range of the body kick.
Sladkov walks into a jab.
Sladkov slips a straight right by Dragic.
Dragic tries a head kick but it misses.
Dragic lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dragic throws a head kick but Sladkov moves out of range.
Dragic turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Dragic throws a right hand that Sladkov ducks under and follows up with a left that Sladkov also avoids with ease.
Dragic blocks a jab.
Sladkov moves out of range of the strikes.
Sladkov blocks a jab.
Sladkov doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Sladkov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dragic was well out of range. Poor timing from Sladkov.
Sladkov blocks a head kick by Dragic.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A looping hook to the body misses from Dragic. Sladkov does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sladkov walks into a stiff left hand from Dragic.
Sladkov avoids the body shot from Dragic.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dragan Dragic dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dragan Dragic's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Dragic throws a head kick that misses
and Sladkov counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
OH! Dragic has been rocked by a huge right hand and is in deep trouble! Sladkov smells blood and charges in for the finish! Sladkov unloads a vicious overhand right and connects to the jaw of Dragic sending him face first to the canvas! Unbelievable!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Sasa Sladkov!
Sasa Sladkov retains his heavyweight title!
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