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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Luis Leite (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rebaldo Louza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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185 lbs
3 - 5 - 0 |
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183 cm
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190 lbs
15 - 19 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
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Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Luis Leite!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rebaldo Louza!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Edson Gomes and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leite closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Leite in side control lands a decent elbow.
Leite creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Louza sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Leite in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Leite throwing shots but missing, from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Leite fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Louza defending against the ground and pound.
Leite creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Louza is looking for a sweep.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Leite sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Louza is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Leite throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Leite working the body and head with strikes.
Leite working the head and body with strikes.
Leite postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Leite in side control, throwing shots but Louza defends.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Louza is looking for a sweep.
Leite working away.
Louza sneaks back into half guard.
Louza avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Leite.
Louza is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Leite scores with a couple of nice shots.
Leite throwing shots but Louza is blocking nicely.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Leite lands a nice short elbow.
Louza gets back to full guard.
Leite got a little sloppy there for a moment and Louza has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Leite has managed to get both his arms back between Louza's legs - danger averted.
Leite makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Louza has momentary wrist control but Leite slips an elbow through the middle.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Leite trying to control the position from guard on top but Louza is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Leite throwing strikes but missing.
Leite loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Leite won't allow Louza to sweep him here.
Leite throwing strikes but missing.
Louza is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Leite defends well.
Louza preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Leite wants to control from the top but Louza keeps moving.
Louza controls Leite momentarily but Leite frees himself.
Leite lands a couple of elbows.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Louza keeping moving, preventing Leite from controlling successfully.
Louza trying to strike off his back.
Leite distracts Louza with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Leite postures up and lands a big shot to Louza's brow.
Leite throwing strikes but missing.
Leite trying to control but Louza is working from the bottom.
Leite makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Leite throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Leite throws a big right hand that misses.
Leite throws a strike but Louza rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Leite working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Louza doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Louza manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Louza throws a strike but Leite rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Leite accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Louza wants to sweep but no luck.
Leite trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Leite's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Louza looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Leite is pushing down on Louza's leg trying to pass to half guard. Louza is fighting to maintain full guard but Leite has managed to sneak the leg through.
Leite not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Luis Leite dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Leite bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Leite throws a strike aimed at the side of Louza's head but Louza avoids it well.
Louza tries to bench press Leite off him but Leite keeps the position.
Leite tries to move to mount but Louza blocks the move with his legs.
Leite 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.
Leite in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Leite scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Louza to see if he's OK.
Louza is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Leite off and has taken his back!
Louza wants to control the position but Leite frees himself and scrambles - Louza manages to regain control in side control.
Leite wants to get back to his feet but Louza drags him back down.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Louza is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Leite is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Leite wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Louza is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Leite has escaped the position, nice work there.
Louza goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Leite rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Louza's guard! Nice work there by Leite!
Leite trying to control the position from guard on top but Louza is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Louza is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Leite accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Leite lands a couple of digs.
Leite makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Leite makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Leite working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Louza's head.
Leite makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Louza is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Leite is pressing down on Louza's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Louza is looking to advance position but Leite has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Leite scores with a couple of good head shots there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Louza tries to hold on but Leite postures up.
Louza gets back to half guard.
Louza keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Louza is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Leite is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Leite is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Louza works his way to full guard. Good work.
Leite works over Louza with some ground and pound from guard.
Louza is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Louza has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Leite can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Louza is breathing heavily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leite lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Leite lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Leite's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Leite accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Leite landing some decent shots from guard.
Louza thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Leite in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Leite trying to control the position from guard on top but Louza is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Leite postures up and lands a big shot to Louza's brow.
Leite postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Luis Leite dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
Louza shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Leite is trying to defend but Louza finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Luis Leite overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Leite is trying to stand back up but Louza is controlling him
Louza seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Leite does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Leite is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Louza scores with a couple of nice shots.
Leite regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Louza.
Louza looking to pass the guard.
Leite wants to sweep here but Louza controlling him for the moment.
Leite keeping moving, preventing Louza from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Louza looking to pass the guard.
Leite is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Louza defends well.
Louza won't allow Leite to get back to his feet.
Louza wants to control from the top but Leite keeps moving.
Leite escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Louza gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Louza is pushing down on Leite's leg trying to pass to half guard. Leite is fighting to maintain full guard but Louza has managed to sneak the leg through.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Louza is looking for a kimura but Leite is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Louza to get the leverage.
Louza is pressing down on Leite's thigh, looking to free his foot. Leite is holding on for now.
Louza is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Leite is trying to stand back up but Louza is controlling him
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Louza trying to control from half guard but Leite is working away.
Louza stalling away here and it's allowed Leite to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Louza trying to control but Leite is working from the bottom.
Leite has his feet on Louza's thighs here. He's pushed Louza off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Louza screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:46 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Luis Leite!
After the fight, Luis Leite was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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