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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Howlett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anastacio Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). James Howlett is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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213 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
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208 lbs
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Good wrestling
Good knees
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, James Howlett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Anastacio Souza!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Thiago Cunha and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Souza shoots for a takedown but Howlett saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Anastacio Souza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Howlett gets a takedown into half guard.
Howlett 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.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Souza is defending against the submission attempts here by Howlett.
Howlett is working for a submission of some sort.
Souza is looking to control Howlett's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Souza avoid being mounted?
Howlett thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Souza's head.
Souza is refusing to be controlled, as Howlett sits in half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza looking for submissions off his back.
Howlett wants to lay and pray for a moment but Souza keeps working.
Souza works his way to full guard. Good work.
Howlett with a nice head shot there.
Howlett postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Howlett postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Howlett content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Howlett distracts Souza with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Howlett drops back looking for a leg! Souza is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Souza manages to kick Howlett off! Howlett jumps back into Souza's guard.
Souza is trying to control the position but Howlett postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souza keeping moving, preventing Howlett from controlling successfully.
Howlett scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Howlett pushes down on Souza's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Souza is defending against the submission attempts here by Howlett.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Howlett is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Souza sees it coming and defends easily.
Howlett is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Howlett there.
Howlett is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Souza trying to control from the bottom.
Souza wants to control the action here but instead Howlett manages to pass to full mount!
Howlett is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Souza has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Souza!
Souza is posturing up here but Howlett has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Souza tries to roll out but it's too tight and Souza has to tap! Slick submission there by Howlett!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). James Howlett!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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