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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thiago Almeida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Snake The Pendulum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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205 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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Good kicks
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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
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thiago Almeida!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Snake The Pendulum!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Seu Braga and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Almeida darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Almeida keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Almeida looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Almeida tries to stand but his hand is stuck under The Pendulum.
The Pendulum tries to get to full guard but Almeida has control of the leg.
Almeida looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Almeida wants to lay and pray for a moment but The Pendulum keeps working.
Almeida seems to be working for a kimura but The Pendulum defends the submission attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Pendulum holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Good leg kick by The Pendulum there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Almeida is breathing heavily.
The Pendulum scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Almeida steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from The Pendulum. That one must have hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Almeida chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before The Pendulum can pounce on him.
The Pendulum rushes Almeida and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
The Pendulum lands a nice knee to the body.
The Pendulum scores with a knee to the head.
The Pendulum landing knees to the body.
The Pendulum slows down the pace here.
The Pendulum landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The Pendulum is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Pendulum lands a nice elbow.
Almeida takes an elbow to the forehead.
The Pendulum landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The Pendulum lands a knee to the body.
Almeida takes a knee right on the jaw!
The Pendulum dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
The Pendulum lands an elbow that stopped Almeida in his tracks for a moment.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for The Pendulum.
Almeida takes a knee right on the jaw!
The Pendulum displaying some good clinch control by pressing Almeida up against the cage.
The Pendulum scores with a knee to the head.
The Pendulum lands a nice knee to the body.
Almeida could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
The Pendulum lands an elbow just above Almeida 's eye.
The Pendulum pushes Almeida back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Pendulum lands a knee to the head.
The Pendulum lands a knee to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
The Pendulum crunches a lovely knee into Almeida's ribcage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Snake The Pendulum.
The Pendulum lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
The Pendulum has taken the fight to the clinch.
The Pendulum lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The Pendulum connects with a knee to the head.
The Pendulum is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
The Pendulum landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The Pendulum using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The Pendulum taking a breather.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Pendulum lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The Pendulum throws a punch but it's blocked by Almeida.
The Pendulum tries to work over Almeida's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The Pendulum is pushing Almeida up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
The Pendulum landing knees to the head.
Almeida takes a knee right on the jaw!
The Pendulum struggles to land a body shot inside as Almeida controls his hands.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
The Pendulum lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The Pendulum with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The Pendulum lands a knee to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Knees to the body from The Pendulum.
The Pendulum looking to slow down the pace here.
The Pendulum lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Snake The Pendulum dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
The Pendulum turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Almeida scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The fighters are battling for position here. The Pendulum manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
The Pendulum trying to control the position.
The Pendulum pulls Almeida in close to his closed guard and prevents Almeida from doing any damage or advancing position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The Pendulum working a defensive guard here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Pendulum is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Almeida won't allow The Pendulum to pass to mount.
Almeida wants to get back to full guard but The Pendulum has passed into side control.
The Pendulum tries to control but Almeida wriggling away.
Almeida might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
The Pendulum content just to control the position here.
The Pendulum wants to control the pace but Almeida is squirming around nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
The Pendulum is working for a guillotine from mount but Almeida frees his head quite easily.
The Pendulum looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
The Pendulum can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Almeida is looking to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Despite being in the dominant position, Snake The Pendulum just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
The Pendulum scores with a head kick.
Almeida takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Almeida throws a low kick but it's checked well by The Pendulum.
The Pendulum has closed the distance and engaged Almeida in a clinch.
The Pendulum connects with a nasty looking knee right to Almeida's face.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as The Pendulum takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Almeida takes a knee right on the jaw!
The Pendulum landing knees to the head.
Almeida takes an elbow to the forehead.
The Pendulum using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Snake The Pendulum seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
The Pendulum crunches a lovely knee into Almeida's ribcage.
The Pendulum comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The Pendulum landing some nice looking knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Almeida takes an elbow to the forehead.
Almeida jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as The Pendulum walks away with a smile on his face. Almeida gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
The Pendulum chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Snake The Pendulum seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The Pendulum lands a high kick!
The Pendulum scores with a kick to the body.
A good leg kick by The Pendulum.
The Pendulum lands a head kick. Almeida smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
The Pendulum throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
The Pendulum has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A good leg kick by The Pendulum.
The Pendulum connects with a high kick.
The Pendulum lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Almeida is rocked!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The Pendulum circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Almeida drops to the canvas, hurt badly! The Pendulum follows Almeida to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Snake The Pendulum!
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energy
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hype
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