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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mark Julyfeather (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Reinaldo Sousa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Sousa's choice of entrance music: CabraMacho. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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148 lbs
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175 cm
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145 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good 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
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mark Julyfeather!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Reinaldo Sousa!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Chad Campbell and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sousa fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Julyfeather changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Sousa takes a swing at Julyfeather's ribcage but misses.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sousa.
Mark Julyfeather seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Julyfeather scores with a hook.
A punch combination from Sousa misses.
Sousa throws a nice head kick!
Nice cross by Julyfeather.
Sousa throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Sousa misses with an attempted mid kick.
Sousa lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Julyfeather scores with a jab to the jaw.
Julyfeather dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Julyfeather misses with a lunging right hand
and Sousa counters with a body kick.
Julyfeather cracks Sousa with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Sousa throws a quick inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Julyfeather scores with a body shot.
Julyfeather's corner calls for a 1-2. Julyfeather obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Julyfeather throws a hook to the side of Sousa's head but Sousa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sousa throws a half hearted mid kick.
Julyfeather fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Julyfeather punishes Sousa's body with a nice straight punch.
Nice defenses there by Sousa.
Julyfeather works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Julyfeather throws a series of punches but Sousa moves out of range.
A punch lands to the side of Sousa 's head but he takes it in his stride.
We've been informed that Sousa has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Sousa throws a head kick that misses
and Julyfeather counters with a straight right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Julyfeather throws a right hand that misses
and Sousa counters with a slapping leg kick.
Julyfeather takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Julyfeather misses.
A countering left hand to the body from Sousa misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Julyfeather. Sousa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sousa appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Sousa connects with a high kick.
Julyfeather takes a swing at Sousa's ribcage but misses.
Sousa throws a big counter head kick but Julyfeather avoids it with no problem.
Sousa staying out of range there.
Nice jab there from Sousa.
Sousa staying out of range there.
Sousa throws a front kick aimed at Julyfeather's knee but Julyfeather avoids it well.
Julyfeather is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Sousa lands a front kick.
Julyfeather swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Julyfeather waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sousa.
Julyfeather jabs at Sousa's body.
Sousa takes one to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the body from Julyfeather misses
and Sousa finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Julyfeather bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Sousa's head backwards.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Julyfeather crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Sousa - the referee stops the clock and Julyfeather gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Sousa. Julyfeather manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Sousa misses with a body kick.
Julyfeather looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Julyfeather throws a hook but Sousa blocks it.
Julyfeather throws out a loose jab but Sousa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Julyfeather shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Sousa eats them both and turns towards Julyfeather to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Julyfeather blocks a head kick by Sousa.
Sousa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Julyfeather misses the target.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Sousa.
Sousa misses with a low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Sousa.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Julyfeather fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sousa looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Nice defenses there by Sousa.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Julyfeather, as that shot connected.
Sousa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Julyfeather.
Sousa takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Sousa blocks a jab.
Julyfeather avoids a kick to the body.
Sousa lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Julyfeather displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sousa throws out the jab.
Julyfeather is looking to counter punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head kick from Sousa lands but Julyfeather takes it in his stride.
Sousa takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Sousa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Julyfeather.
Sousa looks like he wants to counter punch here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mark Julyfeather dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Sousa ducks under a wild hook from Julyfeather.
Sousa misses with a lunging right hand
and Julyfeather counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Decent striking displayed by Julyfeather there.
Julyfeather throws a right hand that misses
and Sousa counters with a big head kick but Julyfeather shrugs it off.
Julyfeather is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sousa can do to turn this around?
Julyfeather looks to land a right hand but Sousa moved out of range.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Sousa might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Julyfeather has got the better of the exchanges.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sousa.
Sousa is looking to land body kicks.
Julyfeather throws a big shot that misses.
Sousa pushes Julyfeather away with a front kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Julyfeather throws a lazy uppercut
and Sousa counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Julyfeather throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Sousa ducks under a wild hook from Julyfeather.
Sousa takes one to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Julyfeather lands a body shot.
Sousa misses with a kick to the body.
Sousa tries to move into range but Julyfeather moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Sousa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Julyfeather throws out the jab.
Julyfeather throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sousa scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Good exchange - Julyfeather coming out on top.
Julyfeather throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Julyfeather misses with a shot to the body
and Sousa makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Julyfeather really felt that one!
Mark Julyfeather is winning the standup battle so far.
Julyfeather throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Sousa to counter with a crisp jab.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sousa.
Julyfeather throws a jab when Sousa was well out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Julyfeather misses the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Julyfeather misses.
Nice defenses there by Sousa.
Sousa raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
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!
Sousa walks into a stiff left hand from Julyfeather.
Good exchange - Julyfeather coming out on top.
Julyfeather on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Julyfeather scores with a body shot.
Julyfeather lands with a cross.
Sousa throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Julyfeather connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Julyfeather takes a swing at Sousa's ribcage but misses.
Sousa swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Julyfeather's jab looks to have found its range, popping Sousa under the eye.
Sousa lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Julyfeather swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Julyfeather swings for the body but Sousa moves out of range.
Sousa takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Sousa ducks right into an uppercut from Julyfeather.
Sousa has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A low kick from Sousa misses
and Julyfeather counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Julyfeather is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sousa.
Julyfeather swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Julyfeather is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Julyfeather digs a good body shot into Sousa's ribs.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Sousa.
Sousa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Julyfeather.
As Julyfeather backs off Sousa throws a huge counter combo but Julyfeather manages to avoid it all.
Julyfeather's jab looks to have found its range, popping Sousa under the eye.
Julyfeather lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sousa bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Julyfeather on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sousa. Sousa obviously looking to wear him down.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sousa throws a leg kick
and Sousa takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sousa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Julyfeather.
A swing and a miss from Julyfeather.
Sousa was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Jab from Julyfeather.
Julyfeather misses with a hook.
Sousa is trying to counter with his kicks.
Julyfeather lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sousa at a distance.
Julyfeather throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sousa makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Sousa fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Julyfeather moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Good leg kick by Sousa there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mark Julyfeather dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Sousa looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Sousa thuds his shin into the meat of Julyfeather's side.
Sousa misses with a series of wild punches.
A big right from Julyfeather misses.
Julyfeather fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sousa manages to avoid it.
Sousa looks to score with a jab to the body but Julyfeather is just out of range.
Julyfeather takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Sousa lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sousa pivots, looking for a leg kick but Julyfeather is out of range and Sousa settles back down.
Sousa scores with a kick to the midsection.
A big right from Julyfeather misses.
The fighters circling - Julyfeather throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sousa replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Julyfeather blocks it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sousa ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Sousa.
Julyfeather will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Julyfeather lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Julyfeather swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Julyfeather cracks a nice hook into Sousa's ribs.
Sousa on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Julyfeather lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sousa at a distance.
Sousa lands a nice leg kick that just misses Julyfeather's sensitive parts.
Julyfeather lands a lovely overhand right.
Julyfeather digs a good hook to Sousa's body.
A jab from Julyfeather misses.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Julyfeather.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A good leg kick by Sousa.
Sousa throws a body kick that misses.
Sousa lands with a thumping leg kick.
Sousa thows a leg kick but Julyfeather checks it
and Julyfeather counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Julyfeather throws a hook but Sousa blocks it.
Julyfeather moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Sousa slips a jab from Julyfeather.
Julyfeather lands the left hand.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Sousa.
Sousa tries a head kick but it misses.
Julyfeather scores with a jab. Sousa acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Sousa is rocked!
Julyfeather throws a jab but it's blocked by Sousa.
Mark Julyfeather is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Julyfeather throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sousa.
Julyfeather moves out of range of the body kick from Sousa.
Good exchange - Julyfeather coming out on top.
A looping hook to the body misses from Julyfeather. Sousa does a little dance to reset his feet.
A slow jab from Julyfeather misses its intended target.
Sousa throws a leg kick which misses Julyfeather's front leg but catches the back leg as Julyfeather tries to avoid it.
Julyfeather connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Sousa momentarily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Sousa.
Julyfeather swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Julyfeather jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sousa avoids the body shot from Julyfeather.
Sousa swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A thudding body kick lands there by Sousa!
Julyfeather lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Julyfeather rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sousa moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Julyfeather throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Julyfeather rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sousa moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sousa moves out of range of the strikes.
Sousa steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Julyfeather on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Sousa throws a half hearted mid kick.
Sousa lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Sousa scores with a push kick.
Reinaldo Sousa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Julyfeather throws a good cross that connects.
Nice uppercut lands for Julyfeather. That snapped Sousa's head back.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mark Julyfeather showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Julyfeather 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 Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mark Julyfeather!
Our winner, Mark Julyfeather, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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