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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Donaldo Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Souza comes to the cage accompanied by Sex Dwarf. Jimmy King is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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150 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
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158 lbs
8 - 2 - 1 |
Good takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Good low kicks
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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Donaldo Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jimmy King!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Ben Zyskovitsi and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Souza gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
King misses with the combination.
Souza shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches King napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Souza laying and praying for a moment but King takes advantage and regains half guard.
King is trying to stand up here but Souza is controlling him well.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Souza in particular looking to stall.
Souza passes the guard and advances to mount!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza fails to move to back control.
Souza tries to control but King wriggling away.
Souza looking to control and managing it successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
King is in all sorts of trouble here.
Souza mounts King! Really nice guard pass there!
Souza is trying to take his opponent's back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Souza jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… King is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by King and Souza has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Souza tries to move into full mount but can't pass King's legs.
King is not content to let Souza control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Souza is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt King will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
King prevents Souza from improving position.
Souza tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
King wants to get back to his feet but Souza drags him back down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Donaldo Souza dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
King throws a front kick aimed at Souza's knee but Souza avoids it well.
King slaps away a takedown attempt from Souza, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Souza connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between King's hands.
King shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
King's jab looks to have found its range, popping Souza under the eye.
Souza misses with a takedown attempt - King sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
King throws a leg kick which misses Souza's front leg but catches the back leg as Souza tries to avoid it.
Souza doesn't succeed with the takedown
enabling King to counter with a crisp jab.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Donaldo Souza. That's going to take a lot out of him.
King lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
King scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
King throws a sloppy head kick and Souza moves out of range easily.
Souza has a takedown stuffed.
King is looking to clinch.
King scores with a one two! Souza had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
King dips to his left and cracks Souza with an uppercut!
Souza shoots for a double leg takedown but King sprawls well. He's pushed Souza's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
King with a nice cross.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Souza.
Souza gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Souza takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
King avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
King gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Souza tries to pull guard but King won't allow it.
King pushes Souza back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Souza tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. King just stands there and leans against the cage.
King lands a left hand that snaps the head of Souza backwards.
Souza is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
A short right from King.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
King stalls.
King breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Souza is on the wrong end of a nice combination from King.
King scores with a takedown into Souza's guard.
King has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Souza is proving hard to escape from.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Souza working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because King has passed into half guard!
King controlling the action here.
Souza wants to improve his position but King is controlling well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
King is thwarting Souza's attempts to control the position.
Souza moves into full guard.
Souza might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
King controls from within his opponent's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jimmy King showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
King attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
King tries to clinch but Souza is having none of it.
King shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Souza has a hand on King's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. King takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Souza is desperately trying to improve his position but King has a good base and remains in mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza is working hard here to advance position.
King avoids the attempt from Souza to control.
Souza is trying desperately to improve position.
Souza sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Souza wants to get back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
King tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Souza.
Souza wants to control but King is keeping busy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Souza is looking to improve his position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Souza drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on King's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Souza tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Souza is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. King knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Souza wants to control but King is keeping him busy.
And that's the end of the fight!
Donaldo Souza showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Souza has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Donaldo Souza!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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