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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tom Stone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Benedito Braga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tom Stone could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Benedito Braga's chin.
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190 lbs
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185 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tom Stone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Benedito Braga!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Dmitry Maklakov and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick from Braga lands but Stone takes it in his stride.
Braga lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Braga throws a wild body kick that Stone sees coming a mile off.
Stone tried to score with a low kick but Braga checks it.
Stone misses with a straight left.
Stone misses with a two punch combination.
Braga throws a quick inside leg kick.
Braga tries to close the distance and clinch up but Stone swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Stone gets tackled into the cage by Braga. Braga maintains the clinch.
Braga can't get the takedown.
Braga breaks the clinch.
Stone lands a jab-cross combination.
It looks like Benedito Braga has been cut.
Stone misses with a two punch combination.
Braga slips a jab and a cross from Stone.
Stone lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Braga circles away quickly and effectively.
Stone's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Stone duly obliges.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stone swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Stone misses with a two punch combination.
Braga throws a leg kick which misses Stone's front leg but catches the back leg as Stone tries to avoid it.
Tom Stone seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stone throws a series of punches but Braga avoids them all with ease.
Braga shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Stone defends it nicely.
Braga showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Stone.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Braga misses with a takedown attempt - Stone sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Tom Stone has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Benedito Braga.
Braga instigates a clinch.
Stone successfully pulls guard.
Stone keeping moving, preventing Braga from controlling successfully.
Stone wants to get back to his feet but Braga is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Stone knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Braga on the ground.
Braga tries to free his leg and advance position but Stone is retaining full guard.
Stone is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Stone is breathing heavily.
Braga is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Braga wants to control from the top but Stone keeps moving.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Benedito Braga hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Braga slips a jab and a cross from Stone.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Braga is trying hard to land a takedown here. Stone sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
A clash of legs there as Braga blocks the low kick.
A combination from Stone does no damage.
Braga throws a nice head kick!
Braga connects with a high kick.
Stone blocks a head kick by Braga.
Stone rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Braga moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Some wild striking there from Stone.
Braga scores with a nice body kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stone takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Braga lands a nice looking kick to the body. Stone takes a step back to recover.
Braga lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Stone takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Braga shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Stone pinned against the cage. Stone gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Braga misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Braga with a hook.
Stone slaps away a takedown attempt from Braga, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Braga connects with a high kick.
Stone misses with a series of wild punches.
Braga fails to land with a series of punches.
Braga misses with a series of wild punches.
Stone stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Braga.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Braga.
Braga lands a nice leg kick that just misses Stone's sensitive parts.
Braga pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Braga throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Braga drives through with a takedown into guard.
Braga passes Stone's left leg - he's now in half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Braga is trying to control the action in half guard but Stone is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Braga keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Braga looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Stone with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Braga seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Stone is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Benedito Braga!
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energy
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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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