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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tiger del Mexico (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Medeiros (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Medeiros's choice of entrance music: Liberate. Dan Medeiros acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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178 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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174 cm
23
170 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tiger del Mexico!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dan Medeiros!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Felipe Paraventi and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
del Mexico feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
del Mexico is working Medeiros over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
del Mexico passes into half guard.
del Mexico wants to pass the guard but Medeiros is defending well.
del Mexico is working for a kimura but Medeiros is defending it quite comfortably.
del Mexico 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.
Medeiros keeping control of the position.
del Mexico looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
del Mexico is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Medeiros defends it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
del Mexico is looking to advance position but Medeiros won't allow it.
del Mexico is looking for submissions but instead, Medeiros has regained full guard.
Medeiros is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst del Mexico is controlling him.
del Mexico drops back, looking for a kneebar! Medeiros looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Medeiros looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Medeiros!
A lull in the action here as Medeiros stalls from top position.
Medeiros thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
del Mexico manages to work his way to half guard, despite Medeiros's best efforts.
del Mexico looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
del Mexico flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Medeiros lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Medeiros scoring with strikes to the body and head.
del Mexico is not content to let Medeiros control the position.
Medeiros thows a huge punch but del Mexico dodges it nicely.
del Mexico missing with punches from the bottom.
del Mexico on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
del Mexico works his way to full guard. Good work.
del Mexico punching from the bottom - just letting Medeiros know he's still in a fight.
del Mexico has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Medeiros should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, del Mexico has tightened it up now! Medeiros should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Tiger del Mexico!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
52% |
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