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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Delson Ribeiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Haku Men (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ribeiro comes to the cage accompanied by Racionais MC's - Expresso da Meia-Noite. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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212 lbs
10 - 6 - 0 |
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205 lbs
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
KO power |
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BJJ Brown Belt
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Delson Ribeiro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Haku Men!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Daniel Cesar and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ribeiro closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Men quickly recovers to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Men is trying to maintain the position but Ribeiro is very close to passing his half guard.
Ribeiro not doing much here.
Ribeiro has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Men is trying to get back to full guard.
Ribeiro content to control rather than advance.
Men slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Ribeiro engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
We're going to have a standup here because Delson Ribeiro wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Men tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Men throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A jab from Ribeiro misses.
Ribeiro shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Men as he avoids it easily.
Ribeiro changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Men tries to avoid it but Ribeiro manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Men to the ground. Men escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Men tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Men tries to clinch up.
Men drives through and clinches with Ribeiro against the cage.
Men tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Men landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ribeiro takes a knee right on the jaw!
This has been an exciting period of action!
A knee to the head by Men.
Ribeiro is breathing heavily.
Men lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ribeiro wants to get back to striking at distance but Men won't allow it.
Ribeiro takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ribeiro is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Delson Ribeiro. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Men tries a knee to the head but Ribeiro blocks it.
Men throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ribeiro blocks it with crossed arms.
Men with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Men lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ribeiro drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Men stops a takedown attempt from Ribeiro.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Men throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ribeiro is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Men tries to land a knee to the head but Ribeiro blocks with his arms.
Men gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Men tries to land a knee to the head but Ribeiro blocks with his arms.
Ribeiro is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Ribeiro has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Men is trying to keep an underhook but Ribeiro manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Men is trying to control but can't.
Ribeiro slips a nice elbow through Men's hands, connecting with Men's forehead.
Ribeiro controlling the action here.
Men is refusing to be controlled, as Ribeiro sits in half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ribeiro is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Men trying to control here.
Ribeiro stalling away here and it's allowed Men to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Ribeiro trying to control but Men is working from the bottom.
Ribeiro is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Ribeiro postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ribeiro trying to control the position from guard on top but Men is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Men looking for a sweep. Not yet Men, not yet.
Ribeiro with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Ribeiro trying to control but Men is working from the bottom.
Ribeiro is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
We're going to have a standup here because Delson Ribeiro wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Men tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ribeiro misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Ribeiro scores with a nice strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ribeiro shoots in and bounces Men off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ribeiro postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Delson Ribeiro will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Ribeiro scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Ribeiro is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Men will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Men wants to control but Ribeiro postures up.
Men tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Ribeiro wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Ribeiro fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Ribeiro takes a little break here. Men wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Ribeiro has knee on belly momentarily but Men bucks him off and regains half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Men moves into full guard.
Men trying to keep a closed guard but Ribeiro is proving a slippery customer.
Ribeiro trying to control but Men is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ribeiro is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Delson Ribeiro.
Decent striking displayed by Ribeiro there.
Men tries to close the distance and clinch but Ribeiro swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Some wild striking there from Ribeiro.
Men pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Men pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ribeiro shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Ribeiro showed some decent athleticism there.
Men is looking for a sweep. Ribeiro is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ribeiro sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Ribeiro prevents Men from improving his position.
Ribeiro is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Men makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Men.
Ribeiro 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.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Men is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Men keeping moving, preventing Ribeiro from controlling successfully.
Ribeiro's corner is telling him to maintain position.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Men keeping full guard, as Ribeiro tries to pass.
Men keeping moving, preventing Ribeiro from controlling successfully.
We're going to have a standup here because Delson Ribeiro wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Men tries to clinch but Ribeiro is having none of it.
Ribeiro shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Men manages to get to full guard.
Men is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Men wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Ribeiro postures up.
Ribeiro working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ribeiro with a flurry of punches that miss.
Ribeiro might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Ribeiro not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Haku Men.
Ribeiro blocks a head kick by Men.
Men throws a head kick that misses.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Men tries to clinch but Ribeiro is having none of it.
Ribeiro tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Men swivels and escapes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Men fails with an attempt to clinch.
Men scores with a kick to the body.
Men has Ribeiro up against the cage in a clinch.
Men tries a knee to the head but Ribeiro blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Delson Ribeiro will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Ribeiro drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Ribeiro scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Men to see if he's OK.
Men is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Delson Ribeiro overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ribeiro slows the pace down.
Men is trying to get back to half guard.
Men being controlled for a moment.
Men can't do much from the bottom here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Men tries to improve position but can't.
Men manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Men is trying to get back to full guard.
Ribeiro wants to pass to mount but Men is defending the position.
Ribeiro seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Delson Ribeiro wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Men displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Ribeiro.
Ribeiro misses with a takedown attempt - Men sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Men looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Men is looking to clinch but Ribeiro is avoiding it.
Men moves in looking to clinch but Ribeiro pushes him off.
Men tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Men moves in looking to clinch but Ribeiro pushes him off.
Men moves into the clinch.
Ribeiro avoids the elbow strike from Men, against the cage.
Men tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Men tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Men using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ribeiro has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Men takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Men with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ribeiro blocks the elbow strike.
Ribeiro escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Men tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Ribeiro manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Men is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Ribeiro.
Men fails with an attempt to clinch.
Men keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Haku Men seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Men tries to sprawl but Ribeiro drives through with a takedown into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ribeiro not doing much here.
Delson Ribeiro is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Delson Ribeiro.
Ribeiro manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Men on his heels. He'll look to pass Men's guard now, I'm sure.
Men controls Ribeiro momentarily but Ribeiro frees himself.
Ribeiro is fighting to break Men's control of his arms but Men is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Haku Men has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ribeiro has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ribeiro engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Ribeiro trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Men keeping moving, preventing Ribeiro from controlling successfully.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Ribeiro misses with a jab to the body
and Men counters with a big head kick but Ribeiro shrugs it off.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Men keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ribeiro shoots for a double leg takedown but Men sprawls well. He's pushed Ribeiro's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Delson Ribeiro. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A head kick from Men lands but Ribeiro takes it in his stride.
Delson Ribeiro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Men misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Men fails in his attempt to clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Men is looking to clinch.
Ribeiro throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Men was covering up waiting for the punch and Ribeiro finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Men striking off his back but it's not causing Ribeiro any problems.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Delson Ribeiro.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Ribeiro, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Luis Engracia scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:28
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Delson Ribeiro!
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