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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Renato Sobral (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dean Stevens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sobral comes to the cage accompanied by Kanye West-Stronger. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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160 lbs
10 - 2 - 2 |
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176 cm
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169 lbs
11 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 2 - 2, fighting out of London, Renato Sobral!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Dean Stevens!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Chris Edwards and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stevens throws a head kick that misses.
Sobral connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Stevens uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sobral.
Stevens scores with a nice body kick.
Stevens misses with an attempted mid kick.
Stevens closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Stevens throwing shots but Sobral is blocking nicely.
Sobral is looking to control Stevens's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Sobral avoid being mounted?
Sobral is trying is best to control the position here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stevens throwing shots but Sobral is blocking nicely.
Sobral is trying to maintain the position but Stevens is very close to passing his half guard.
Sobral blocking the ground and pound attempt from Stevens.
Sobral on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Sobral tries to get out of the position.
Sobral blocking the ground and pound attempt from Stevens.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sobral is looking for a sweep. Stevens is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Sobral is defending against the submission attempts here by Stevens.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stevens missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Stevens trying to control from half guard but Sobral is working away.
Sobral wants to control but Stevens is keeping busy.
Sobral tries to get to full guard but Stevens has control of the leg.
Stevens wants to take a breather but Sobral is having none of it.
Sobral avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Stevens.
Sobral blocking the ground and pound attempt from Stevens.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stevens is looking to take a break and control but Sobral is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sobral tries to kick Stevens off but Stevens keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Sobral knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Stevens on the ground.
Stevens misses with a head shot. Sobral uses the momentum to regain guard.
Sobral utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Sobral is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Sobral looking to hit a scissor sweep but Stevens is one step ahead there.
Stevens throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sobral has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Sobral is on top in guard.
Stevens is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Stevens throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Stevens is trying to control the action in half guard but Sobral is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Sobral has hold of Stevens's hands but Stevens slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Sobral is positioning himself well to prevent Stevens advancing to mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stevens content to control rather than advance.
Sobral desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Stevens sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Sobral defending well though.
Stevens thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Stevens prevents Sobral from improving his position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stevens seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Stevens tries to pass the half guard into mount. Sobral knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dean Stevens dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Stevens connects with a solid leg kick.
Sobral ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Stevens moves away.
Sobral avoids a kick to the body.
Stevens tries to land a front kick but Sobral steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Stevens looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A solid leg kick lands there for Stevens.
Sobral scores with a jab.
Stevens swats away the attempt to clinch by Sobral.
A swing and a miss from Sobral.
Stevens throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sobral throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Stevens stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Stevens gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Sobral counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Sobral moves into the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sobral dodges an elbow strike from Stevens.
Sobral managing to block the knees to the body from Stevens.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stevens goes for a takedown in the clinch but Sobral prevents it.
Sobral tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Stevens's elbow.
Stevens trying to land knees to the body.
Sobral missing with knees to the body.
Sobral makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sobral lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sobral throws a knee to the head but misses.
Stevens is trying to stall.
Sobral tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sobral utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Stevens is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Sobral gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Sobral digs a right hand into Stevens's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Stevens's gas tank.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sobral misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Sobral obliges.
Stevens's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Stevens missing with knees to the body.
Sobral works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Stevens avoiding damage as Sobral throws knees to the body.
Stevens blocks an uppercut.
Stevens misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sobral.
Stevens tries to work over Sobral's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stevens is trying to maintain a safe position but Sobral gets an underhook and turns Stevens into the cage.
Sobral trying to control the position but instead, Stevens has worked for underhooks and has pushed Sobral into the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sobral creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Sobral.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Sobral as Stevens tries to tie him up.
Stevens slowing the pace effectively.
Sobral goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sobral throws a knee to the head but misses.
Stevens tries for a takedown but Sobral manages to get underhooks.
Renato Sobral has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dean Stevens.
Sobral working aggressively here.
Sobral misses with some punches.
Stevens's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Stevens tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Stevens wants a takedown but no success here.
Sobral presses Stevens against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Stevens is breathing heavily.
Stevens has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stevens tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sobral avoids it.
Sobral managing to block the knees to the body from Stevens.
Sobral tries to land knees in the clinch but Stevens avoids the damage to the body.
Stevens swings wildly with an uppercut but Sobral uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stevens breaks the clinch.
Stevens ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sobral moves away.
Sobral with a body punch. A glancing blow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stevens takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Sobral throws a shot to the body.
Sobral gets a clinch.
Sobral comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sobral lands a left hand that snaps the head of Stevens backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sobral creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sobral makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sobral just misses with a elbow thrown towards Stevens's brow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Renato Sobral dominated that second 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.
Sobral clinches up with Stevens and pushes him back against the cage.
Stevens is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Stevens trying to land knees to the body.
Sobral avoiding damage as Stevens throws knees to the body.
Sobral is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Stevens blocks a body shot from Sobral.
Sobral lands a left hand that snaps the head of Stevens backwards.
Stevens holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Sobral gets underhooks to prevent Stevens's takedown attempt.
Knees in the clinch landing for Stevens.
Stevens takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sobral tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Stevens avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Sobral.
Stevens is working for takedown but Sobral is calmly controlling the position for now.
Still in the clinch, Sobral scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sobral lands a knee to the body.
Sobral looking to throw knees to the head but Stevens is blocking nicely.
Renato Sobral has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Sobral tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sobral lands a left hand that snaps the head of Stevens backwards.
Stevens crunches a lovely knee into Sobral's ribcage.
Sobral missing with knees to the body.
Stevens blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Stevens has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Stevens trying to land knees to the body.
Stevens is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sobral is defending well for now.
Sobral digs a right hand into Stevens's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Stevens's gas tank.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stevens is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sobral is defending well for now.
Sobral keeps control of Stevens as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sobral is trying to maintain a safe position but Stevens gets an underhook and turns Sobral into the cage.
Sobral using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Stevens has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Stevens blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sobral looking to throw knees to the head but Stevens is blocking nicely.
Sobral misses with some punches.
Sobral can't find room to land a body shot as Stevens controls the action.
Stevens breaks from the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Stevens. Sobral does a little dance to reset his feet.
Stevens uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sobral.
Jab by Sobral.
Nice uppercut lands for Sobral. That snapped Stevens's head back.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Sobral.
Stevens throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sobral tries a head kick but it misses.
Stevens staying out of range there.
A head kick misses from Stevens.
Stevens shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Sobral but Sobral pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Renato Sobral has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dean Stevens.
Stevens walks into a straight right hand from Sobral.
Stevens is rocked!
A cross from Sobral lands.
Stevens is still on wobbly legs! Can Sobral finish him?
Sobral cracks Stevens with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Stevens falls to his knees and Sobral doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Renato Sobral!
Renato Sobral is the new lightweight champion!
Renato Sobral seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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