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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Majors Paaine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dave Minto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Paaine might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to F*ck Authority-Pennywise. Majors Paaine has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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215 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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203 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Granite chin |
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Good takedowns
Brawler
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Majors Paaine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dave Minto!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Paulo Santos and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paaine closes the distance and pushes Minto back into the ropes.
Minto should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Paaine wants a takedown but no success here.
Paaine controlling the action here for a moment.
Paaine escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Minto with a lazy takedown attempt
and Paaine counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Paaine landing some decent shots from guard.
Minto keeping moving, preventing Paaine from controlling successfully.
Paaine working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Paaine knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Minto on the ground.
Paaine scoring with some ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Paaine trying to control but Minto is working from the bottom.
Minto utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Paaine will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Minto wants to stand up but Paaine is controlling him.
Paaine postures up and lands a big shot to Minto's brow.
Paaine with a flurry of punches that miss.
Paaine postures up and lands a big shot to Minto's brow.
Paaine content to stall in guard here.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Paaine's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Paaine postures up and lands a big shot to Minto's brow.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Paaine's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Minto working a defensive guard here.
Paaine looking to sit in guard and control but Minto gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paaine wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Minto manages to pass to side control.
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!
Paaine wants to get back to his feet.
Minto trying to control from half guard but Paaine is working away.
Paaine is trying to stand up here but Minto is controlling him well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Minto is keen to just control but Paaine is a slippery customer.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Dave Minto was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Minto clobbers Paaine with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Dave Minto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Minto takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Minto is looking to clinch.
Paaine shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Minto manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Minto looking for a sweep. Not yet Minto, not yet.
Paaine looking to sit in guard and control but Minto gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paaine wants to get back to his feet but Minto is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Minto wants to control from the top but Paaine keeps moving.
Minto throws a strike but Paaine rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Minto looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Majors Paaine dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Minto looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Majors Paaine is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Paaine misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Paaine wants to clinch.
Paaine throws a right and a left that both miss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Minto tries to clinch but Paaine is having none of it.
Minto tries for a takedown but Paaine sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Paaine throws a one two combo.
Minto gets tackled into the ropes by Paaine. Paaine maintains the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Paaine manages to break the clinch.
Minto shoots in for a takedown but Paaine shows good takedown defense.
Minto throws a sloppy head kick and Paaine moves out of range easily.
Minto circles away from the clinch attempt.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Minto.
Majors Paaine has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dave Minto.
Paaine closes the distance and clinches.
Stalling in the clinch from Paaine.
Paaine has picked Minto up - he's going for a ride! Paaine dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Paaine is thwarting Minto's attempts to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Minto is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Paaine scores with a couple of nice shots.
Paaine slips a nice elbow through Minto's hands, connecting with Minto's forehead.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Paaine working the head and body with strikes.
Paaine winds up and cracks Minto with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Paaine working over Minto with some ground and pound. Minto looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Minto is breathing heavily.
Paaine is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Minto has managed to free his arm - good work.
Paaine working Minto over with strikes.
Minto is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Paaine scores with a couple of nice shots.
Paaine is taking a breather. Minto says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Paaine is pressing down on Minto's thigh, looking to free his foot. Minto is holding on for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paaine content to control rather than advance.
Paaine drops an elbow to the side of Minto's head.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Minto is trying to maintain the position but Paaine is very close to passing his half guard.
Majors Paaine overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Paaine lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Paaine trying to pass the guard but Minto defending well.
Paaine takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paaine wants to pass to mount but Minto is defending the position.
Paaine takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Paaine takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Paaine tries to pass the half guard into mount. Minto knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Paaine thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Minto is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Paaine pulls his head out easily.
Minto looking for submissions off his back.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Paaine looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Minto with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Majors Paaine 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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Paaine fails in his attempt to clinch.
Paaine shoots in but Minto avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Paaine clinches.
Minto stalling.
Minto lands a takedown into guard.
Paaine has a closed guard, preventing Minto from standing up.
Paaine is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Minto is controlling him.
Paaine trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Paaine manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Minto wants to clinch.
Paaine is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Minto can do to turn this around?
Paaine tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Minto manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Paaine swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Minto moves into the clinch successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Minto escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Paaine instigates a clinch.
Minto drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Paaine breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Paaine moves in looking to clinch but Minto pushes him off.
Paaine rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Minto moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Minto gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Paaine moves into the clinch.
Paaine looking to stall.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paaine tries for a takedown but Minto manages to get underhooks.
Minto drags the fight down to the ground.
Minto keeping moving, preventing Paaine from controlling successfully.
Paaine pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Minto is keeping the position for now.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Paaine throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Paaine is looking to work some ground and pound but Minto has wrist control.
Paaine throwing strikes but missing.
Paaine wants to control from the top but Minto keeps moving.
Paaine lands a couple of digs.
Majors Paaine is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paaine scoring with some ground and pound.
Minto avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Minto is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Paaine throws a big right hand that misses.
Minto takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Paaine looking to sit in guard and control but Minto gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Paaine keeping moving, preventing Minto from controlling successfully.
Dave Minto has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Paaine is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
And that's the end of the fight!
Majors Paaine showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Paaine has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Majors Paaine!
A very excited looking Majors Paaine made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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