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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Marcelo Ribeiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marty McDonald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marty McDonald has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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155 lbs
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150 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Marcelo Ribeiro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Marty McDonald!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ribeiro shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as McDonald sprawls well. McDonald wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Ribeiro gets slowly back to his feet.
A big left from McDonald misses.
Ribeiro shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. McDonald is trying to defend but Ribeiro finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
McDonald wants to get back to full guard.
McDonald punching from the bottom.
Ribeiro is looking for a kimura here.
McDonald is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Ribeiro sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. McDonald defending well though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McDonald is trying to get back to full guard.
Ground and pound from Ribeiro.
Ribeiro is nestled in close to McDonald, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
McDonald on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Ribeiro 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.
McDonald taking some punishment here, with Ribeiro in his half guard.
McDonald is looking for a sweep. Ribeiro is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Ribeiro thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed McDonald's head.
McDonald is trying to get back to full guard.
Ribeiro missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
McDonald on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
McDonald wants to get back to full guard.
Ribeiro thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed McDonald's head.
Ribeiro thows a huge punch but McDonald dodges it nicely.
McDonald keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Ribeiro scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
McDonald tries to get to full guard but Ribeiro has control of the leg.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ribeiro scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Ribeiro works his way into full mount!
McDonald is desperately trying to improve his position but Ribeiro has a good base and remains in mount.
Ribeiro scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish McDonald?
Ribeiro landing strikes, looking to finish!
McDonald takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McDonald is wriggling around trying to escape.
Ribeiro putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Ribeiro with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Ribeiro landing strikes, looking to finish!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ribeiro landing strikes from the mount and McDonald is in trouble!
Ribeiro with a couple of short strikes.
Ribeiro dominating with strikes here.
McDonald is wriggling around trying to escape.
Ribeiro lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
McDonald is in all sorts of trouble here.
McDonald really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ribeiro. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
McDonald looks gassed!
McDonald is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Ribeiro has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of McDonald's face.
Ribeiro is landing with some decent strikes but McDonald is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Ribeiro is landing with some decent strikes but McDonald is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Ribeiro cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ribeiro lands a big elbow.
Ribeiro is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. McDonald can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Ribeiro landing shots from mount.
Ribeiro looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McDonald tries to reverse the position but Ribeiro maintains control.
Ribeiro working the ground and pound effectively.
Ribeiro looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
McDonald can't escape the position.
Ribeiro working the ground and pound effectively.
Ribeiro pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Ribeiro with the ground and pound from mount.
Ribeiro connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
McDonald is looking to improve his position but Ribeiro isn't that keen on the idea.
Ribeiro working away from the top, dropping strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
McDonald is trying desperately to improve position.
Ribeiro dominating with strikes here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcelo Ribeiro dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
McDonald looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
McDonald just misses with a punch to the body.
Ribeiro drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Ribeiro scoring with some ground and pound.
McDonald wants to sweep here but Ribeiro controlling him for the moment.
Ribeiro keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of McDonald's head.
McDonald bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Ribeiro's guard.
Ribeiro throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
McDonald trying to control but Ribeiro is working from the bottom.
McDonald avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
McDonald throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McDonald got a little sloppy there for a moment and Ribeiro has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, McDonald has managed to get both his arms back between Ribeiro's legs - danger averted.
McDonald must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ribeiro is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a tringle but McDonald frees his head nicely. Oh but Ribeiro has switched to an armbar! McDonald is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Marcelo Ribeiro!
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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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