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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kazuki Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodrigo da Cunha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). da Cunha has chosen Racionais MC's - Negro Drama as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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143 lbs
3 - 6 - 0 |
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150 lbs
7 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
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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
3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kazuki Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rodrigo da Cunha!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Williams gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
da Cunha advances position into side control!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Williams is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Williams avoids any damage from the ground and pound of da Cunha.
da Cunha tries for a kimura but Williams is defending well.
The strikes coming from da Cunha are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Williams is looking to reverse the position.
da Cunha looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams tries to buck da Cunha off but da Cunha is having none of it.
da Cunha wants to control but Williams is keeping him busy.
da Cunha tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
da Cunha looks gassed!
Williams sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Williams gets back to full guard.
da Cunha passes Williams's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Williams tries to roll over but da Cunha keeps him under control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams is trying to maintain the position but da Cunha is very close to passing his half guard.
da Cunha moves into full mount! Williams won't be happy about that!
da Cunha controlling from the full mount.
da Cunha looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
da Cunha sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
da Cunha can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Williams is looking to escape.
Williams is in all sorts of trouble here.
da Cunha wants to control the pace but Williams is squirming around nicely.
da Cunha moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Williams has worked his arm free - good work by Williams!
da Cunha looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
da Cunha taking a breather here.
Williams prevents da Cunha from improving position.
da Cunha swings around for an armbar but Williams sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into da Cunha's guard.
Williams prevents da Cunha from getting back to his feet.
Williams tries to free his leg and advance position but da Cunha is retaining full guard.
Williams really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
da Cunha pulls Williams in close to prevent any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rodrigo da Cunha dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Williams has his takedown stuffed
and da Cunha counters with a nice double leg into guard.
da Cunha tries to free his leg and advance position but Williams is retaining full guard.
Williams wants to stand but da Cunha is controlling the position.
da Cunha passes Williams's left leg - he's now in half guard.
da Cunha wants to lay and pray for a moment but Williams keeps working.
da Cunha trying to pass the guard but Williams defending well.
da Cunha is breathing heavily.
da Cunha 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
da Cunha performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
The fighters are battling for position here. Williams manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
da Cunha avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
da Cunha pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Williams is keeping the position for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
da Cunha works a leg free and moves into half guard.
da Cunha lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
da Cunha wants to lay and pray for a moment but Williams keeps working.
da Cunha performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
da Cunha works his way into side control.
Williams is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
da Cunha is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Williams looks calm but he's in trouble here. da Cunha gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Williams is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! da Cunha lets go of the hold and Williams can pop his arm back in it's socket.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Rodrigo da Cunha!
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hype
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