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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ricardinho Gabriel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Humberto Falcao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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163 lbs
4 - 4 - 0 |
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155 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ricardinho Gabriel!
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, Humberto Falcao!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Daniel Cesar and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Falcao 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.
Falcao showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Gabriel trying to control the position.
Falcao is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Gabriel working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Falcao doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Falcao manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Gabriel controls Falcao momentarily but Falcao frees himself.
Falcao 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.
Falcao trying to control but Gabriel is working from the bottom.
Gabriel is looking for a triangle but Falcao pushes his legs off easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Falcao postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Gabriel not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Falcao controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gabriel has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Gabriel's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Falcao is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Despite being in the dominant position, Humberto Falcao just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Gabriel has his takedown stuffed
and Falcao counters with a single leg into guard. Gabriel didn't expect that.
Falcao throwing strikes from guard but Gabriel blocks nicely.
Falcao is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Gabriel working a defensive guard here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gabriel keeping moving, preventing Falcao from controlling successfully.
Falcao must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Falcao not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Gabriel looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Falcao wants to control from the top but Gabriel keeps moving.
Falcao is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Gabriel is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Falcao is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Despite being in the dominant position, Humberto Falcao just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Gabriel with a lazy takedown attempt
and Falcao counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gabriel fails with the takedown
and Falcao counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ricardinho Gabriel. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Falcao changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Falcao misses with a wild body shot.
Gabriel has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Falcao finds it's way round the side to connect with Gabriel's head.
Gabriel with a lazy takedown attempt
and Gabriel takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gabriel is breathing heavily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gabriel with a lazy takedown attempt
and Falcao counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A nice leg kick lands there from Gabriel.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Humberto Falcao dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Falcao fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gabriel shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Falcao napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Falcao avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Gabriel.
Falcao tries to improve position but can't.
Falcao manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Falcao content to control rather than advance.
Gabriel trying to control but Falcao postures up.
Falcao 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.
Falcao sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Gabriel trying to hold on to Falcao's head to control him but Falcao postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Falcao sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Falcao trying to control the action but Gabriel is working from the bottom.
Gabriel keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Falcao is thwarting Gabriel's attempts to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Well, if Falcao is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Gabriel gets full guard.
Falcao stays in close to Gabriel's body and controls the position.
Gabriel looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Gabriel trying to keep a closed guard but Falcao is proving a slippery customer.
Gabriel being controlled here, momentarily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gabriel is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a tringle but Falcao frees his head nicely. Oh but Gabriel has switched to an armbar! Falcao is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Ricardinho Gabriel!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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