Sunday Night Fights 8/16 PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Ferreira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Nova (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.

Ferreira
vs
Nova

191 cm
22
193 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

188 cm
19
192 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Likes ground

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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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Antonio Ferreira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Johnny Nova!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Seu Braga and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nova misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Nova looks for a takedown but Ferreira sprawls well.
Ferreira throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nova misses with a takedown attempt - Ferreira sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Antonio Ferreira has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johnny Nova.
A head kick by Nova misses

and Ferreira counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Nova's guard now.

Nova had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Ferreira is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Nova Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Ferreira's back instead.
Ferreira controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
Nova keeps control of the position as Ferreira tries to break free.
Nova throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Ferreira!

Nova is working for the choke. He's slipped one arm under the chin. Ferreira has to defend the other arm for all he's worth... but Nova has managed to get that arm free too and he's tightening the choke! Ferreira taps out and looks absolutely disgusted with himself. Nova doesn't care though - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Johnny Nova!

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A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
64%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Frank James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Persson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

James
vs
Persson

180 cm
18
160 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

176 cm
21
155 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

Demonic Drugs

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Frank James!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcus Persson!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Felipe Paraventi and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Persson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Persson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Persson is pressed up against the cage. James has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Persson down to the mat. Persson avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Marcus Persson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
James tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
James tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Persson closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Persson wants to pass the guard but James is defending well.
James is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Persson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. James defending well though.
James slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

Persson avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Persson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Persson trying to control but James is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.

James is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Persson passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Persson sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but James is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Sloppy strikes there by Persson.
Persson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Persson working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Persson throwing shots but missing, from side control.
James tries to improve position but can't.
An elbow from Persson crashes against the mat.
James tries to improve position but can't.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
James shoots in but no luck this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Persson wants to clinch up but James keeps it at a distance.
James chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Persson can pounce on him.

James scores a takedown into full mount!

Persson tries to improve his position but James has taken his back! James has a choke - it's sunk in pretty tight... Will Persson tap? No... maybe... yes! He's tapped! James pushes Persson away and gets up to celebrate with his corner!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Frank James!

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energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
52%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Per Moller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Caio Trindade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Moller
vs
Trindade

186 cm
18
189 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

191 cm
20
188 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Attliction Inc. - badass sold out last night....
S.W.A.T.

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Per Moller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Caio Trindade!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Paulo Santos and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Moller has taken the fight to the clinch.

Trindade gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Moller tries to get to full guard but Trindade has control of the leg.
Trindade wants to pass to mount but Moller is defending the position.
Moller trying to control but Trindade postures up.
Moller won't allow Trindade to pass to mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Trindade looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Trindade looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Trindade lands with a punch from half guard.
Moller gets full guard.
Moller keeping moving, preventing Trindade from controlling successfully.
Trindade postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Moller lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Trindade!
Moller lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moller unloading with bombs!
Trindade is bucking up trying to escape but Moller cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Trindade is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Moller wants to control the pace but Trindade is squirming around nicely.
Trindade is trying to stand up.
Moller raining down shots from the mount!
Trindade working to try and regain half guard.
Trindade wants to hold on but Moller pushes him away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Moller can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Trindade is looking to escape.
Moller tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
BOOM! Moller connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Trindade chipping away with body shots but they're not going to hurt Moller.
Moller can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Trindade is looking to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moller lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Trindade is in a horrible position here. Moller smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
A nice elbow there by Moller.
Moller won't let Trindade get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Trindade looks gassed!
Moller scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Trindade?

Moller looking for a guillotine from mount but Trindade is having none of it.
Moller can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Trindade is looking to escape.
Moller 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.
Moller landing shots from mount.
Trindade is wriggling around trying to escape.
Moller raining down shots from the mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moller controlling his opponent.
Trindade is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Trindade is trying desperately to improve position.
Trindade really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Moller. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Moller trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Trindade is wriggling around trying to escape.
Trindade wants to hold on but Moller pushes him away.
Trindade keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Trindade swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Moller unloading with bombs!
Trindade really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Moller working for a guillotine from mount but Trindade is in no mood to give up.
Trindade tries to reverse the position but Moller maintains control.
Trindade taking shots to the head.
Moller looking to control but Trindade is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

Moller goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Trindade turns into him and now he's in Moller's guard.
Moller lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Trindade!
Trindade is trying desperately to improve position.
Moller lands a heavy elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Per Moller dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Trindade tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Moller circles away from the clinch attempt
and Moller counters with a big head kick but Trindade shrugs it off.
Moller shoots in and drives through. Trindade sprawls well.
Trindade closes the distance but Moller moves to the side

and Moller counters with a nice double leg into side control. Trindade won't be happy with that.
Trindade tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Moller wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Trindade is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Moller asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Moller trying to control the action but Trindade is working from the bottom.
Trindade is breathing heavily.
Moller landing a few strikes.

Moller has hold of Trindade's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Trindade tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Moller cranks the arm and Trindade screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Trindade, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Per Moller!

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B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
78%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Charton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aemiliano Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Bobby Charton has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Charton
vs
Martinez

190 cm
22
195 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

185 cm
21
185 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great low kicks
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bobby Charton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Aemiliano Martinez!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Luis Engracia and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Charton looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

Martinez gets a takedown into half guard.
Charton moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Martinez pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Charton is keeping the position for now.
Charton keeping moving, preventing Martinez from controlling successfully.
Charton keeping full guard, as Martinez tries to pass.
Charton has a closed guard, preventing Martinez from standing up.
Charton pulls Martinez in close to prevent any damage.

Charton is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Charton drops down looking for an ankle pick but Martinez pulls his leg out and moves away.
Charton tries to close the distance and clinch but Martinez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Charton throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Martinez moves out of range of the body kick from Charton.
Charton misses with a takedown attempt

and Martinez counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

Martinez decides to stand up.
Charton misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Charton closes the distance looking to clinch

and Martinez counters with a nice double leg into side control. Charton won't be happy with that.
Charton is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Martinez controls the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Martinez with the ground and pound but Charton regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Martinez sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Charton works his way to full guard. Good work.
Charton looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Charton trying to control the position.
Martinez trying to control but Charton is working from the bottom.
Martinez slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Martinez decides to stand up, so the ref orders Charton to his feet.
Martinez looks to land a right hand but Charton moved out of range.
Charton shoots and misses

and Martinez counters by clinching up.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bobby Charton. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Martinez wants to stall.

Martinez jumps guard and drags Charton to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Martinez keeping moving, preventing Charton from controlling successfully.

Charton gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Charton shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Martinez counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Charton wants to control but Martinez is keeping busy.
Martinez missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Charton is trying to get back to full guard.
Charton is trying to maintain the position but Martinez is very close to passing his half guard.
Charton is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Martinez tries to pass to full mount but Charton defends it.
Charton is trying to control but can't.
Charton looks like he's trying to stand up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Charton misses with a takedown attempt

and Martinez counters with a nice double leg into side control. Charton won't be happy with that.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Martinez has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.

Martinez scores with a takedown into Charton's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aemiliano Martinez dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Martinez fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Charton sprawls well initially but Martinez persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Charton trying to control but Martinez postures up.
Martinez missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Charton tries to get to full guard but Martinez has control of the leg.
Charton works his way to full guard. Good work.

Charton pushes Martinez off and scrambles back to his feet.
Charton throws a head kick that misses.
Charton tries for a takedown but Martinez circles away easily

and Martinez counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Martinez.

Martinez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Charton darts in trying to clinch

and Martinez counters with a nice double leg into guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Martinez wants to control from the top but Charton keeps moving.
Martinez is breathing heavily.
Charton is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Charton works his way into side control.
Charton working away.

Charton tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Charton has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Martinez is not content to let Charton control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Martinez wants to control but Charton postures up.
Martinez tries to improve position but can't.
Charton works to advance to full mount. Martinez defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Martinez manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Martinez tries to get to full guard but Charton has control of the leg.
Martinez misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Martinez is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Charton's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Charton's back!
Martinez is not going to allow Charton to sit and survive in this position.

Martinez looking to break Charton's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Charton remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Martinez will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
Charton rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez stops Charton from getting back to his feet.
Charton wants to get back to full guard.
Charton preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.

Charton manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Charton looks to land a body kick but Martinez moved away.
Charton darts in trying to clinch

and Martinez counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Charton's guard now.
Charton tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Charton throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Charton wants to sweep but no luck.
Martinez trying to control but Charton is working from the bottom.
Charton doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Charton tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Charton keeping moving, preventing Martinez from controlling successfully.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Martinez avoids the head kick by Charton.

Charton has Martinez up against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Martinez manages to break the clinch.
Charton misses with a double jab.
Bobby Charton is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Charton shoots for a takedown but Martinez saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Martinez.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aemiliano Martinez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Charton wants to clinch but Martinez slips to the side

and Martinez counters with a nice double leg into side control. Charton won't be happy with that.

Martinez has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Charton fails with a takedown attempt.
Charton lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

Martinez fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Charton, pushing him back against the cage.
Charton tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Martinez smiles and moves away.
Charton misses with a takedown

and Martinez counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Charton!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bobby Charton. That's going to take a lot out of him.
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!
Charton regains half guard.
Charton missing with punches from the bottom.
Martinez thows a huge punch but Charton dodges it nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Charton makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Charton.
Martinez wants to control from the top but Charton keeps moving.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Martinez with a flurry of punches that miss.
Charton is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Charton wants to stand but Martinez is controlling the position.
Martinez trying to control but Charton is working from the bottom.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
A solid leg kick lands there for Martinez.
Bobby Charton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Martinez closes the distance and clinches.
A right hook to the body lands for Martinez.
Charton is looking to control Martinez's arms but Martinez gets an underhook and turns him. Now Charton has his back to the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Charton tries to pull guard but Martinez won't allow it.
Charton is stalling here.

Martinez ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Martinez no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Martinez is trying to hold Charton in close to prevent damage but Charton has managed to pass into half guard.
Charton is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Martinez is not content to let Charton control the position.
Charton working over Martinez with some ground and pound. Martinez looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Martinez is not content to let Charton control the position.
Martinez avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Charton.
Martinez is trying to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Charton is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Martinez!
Charton scoring with strikes but Martinez is staying in there.
Martinez holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Charton tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Martinez is desperately trying to improve his position but Charton has a good base and remains in mount.
Charton lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Charton looking to control but Martinez is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Martinez is looking to improve his position but Charton isn't that keen on the idea.
Martinez avoids a series of strikes thrown by Charton.
Martinez is looking to improve his position but Charton isn't that keen on the idea.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez tries to hold on but Charton postures up.
Martinez is trying to escape the mount.
Charton sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Martinez is desperately trying to improve his position but Charton has a good base and remains in mount.

Charton swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Martinez is now in Charton's guard. A big mistake from Charton there, giving up the dominant position!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Martinez content to stall in guard here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Aemiliano Martinez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Martinez has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 27:30
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aemiliano Martinez!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
76%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jeff Lowich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jules Neil (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Jeff Lowich has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Lowich
vs
Neil

185 cm
20
175 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

178 cm
22
170 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Improved boxing
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Attliction Inc. - badass sold out last night....

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jeff Lowich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jules Neil!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Luis Engracia and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Neil tries to close the distance and clinch but Lowich swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Neil ducks right into an uppercut from Lowich.

Neil clinches.
Neil prevents Lowich from breaking the clinch.
Neil goes for a takedown attempt but Lowich pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Neil dodges the punch combination from Lowich.
Neil closes this distance looking for a takedown but Lowich circles away.
Neil ducks under a wild hook from Lowich.

Neil closes the distance and clinches.
Neil fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Jeff Lowich has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jules Neil.
Neil is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Neil scores a nice knee to the body.

Neil jumps into guard, dragging Lowich to the mat.

Neil looking for a guillotine here but Lowich defends easily.
Lowich won't allow Neil to get back to his feet.
Lowich stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Neil swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Lowich trying to control but Neil is working from the bottom.

Lowich drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Lowich jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Neil trying to control the position.
Lowich preventing the sweep.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Neil fails with a takedown attempt.
A punch combination from Lowich misses.
Neil tries to clinch but Lowich is having none of it.
Lowich fails to land with a series of punches.
Lowich lands a jab-cross combination.
Neil tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lowich avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Neil staying out of range there.
Lowich tests Neil's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lowich misses with a few strikes there.

Neil drives through with a takedown into guard.
Neil looks gassed!
Neil wanted to stand there but Lowich had control of the position.
Neil throwing strikes but missing.
Neil must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lowich is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Neil misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Neil is not content to let Lowich control the position.
Neil tries to get to full guard but Lowich has control of the leg.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Lowich is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Neil defends it well.
Neil trying to control but Lowich postures up.
Lowich is looking to take a break and control but Neil is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Neil looking for submissions off his back.

Neil is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Lowich pulls his head out easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Lowich lands a head shot.
Neil fails to land the takedown.
Lowich throws a hook to the side of Neil's head but Neil sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Neil scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Lowich has hold of Neil's hands but Neil slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Lowich is defending against the submission attempts here by Neil.
Neil slips a nice elbow through Lowich's hands, connecting with Lowich's forehead.
Lowich is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Neil's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Neil's back!
Neil is in bad spot here.
Neil has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Lowich struggling to land strikes to the head as Neil covers up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Neil trying to control the position but Lowich manages to sink in the hooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neil is defending well here and trying to improve his position.

Neil preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Lowich.

Lowich looking for the rear naked choke. And he's got it! Neil taps!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Jeff Lowich!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
57%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mark Valverde (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zakk Wylde (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Valverde
vs
Wylde

185 cm
19
206 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

190 cm
19
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mark Valverde!
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, Zakk Wylde!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Alexandre Firmino and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Valverde drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Wylde tries to bench press Valverde off him but Valverde keeps the position.

Valverde tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Wylde regains half guard.
Wylde slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Wylde looking for a sweep. Not yet Wylde, not yet.
Valverde wants to stand but Wylde is controlling his posture from full guard.
Wylde is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Valverde stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Wylde swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Wylde looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Wylde has a closed guard, preventing Valverde from standing up.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Valverde closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

Valverde is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Valverde is breathing heavily.
Valverde tries to pass to full mount but Wylde defends it.
Valverde is thwarting Wylde's attempts to control the position.
Wylde works his way to full guard. Good work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Wylde looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Wylde is looking for a triangle but Valverde pushes his legs off easily.

Valverde is posturing up here but Wylde has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Valverde tries to roll out but it's too tight and Valverde has to tap! Slick submission there by Wylde!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Zakk Wylde!

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A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
50%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Andreas Hansson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miguel Magellen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Magellen has chosen Reptar, King Of The Ozone as his entrance music. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Miguel Magellen was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Hansson
vs
Magellen

225 cm
18
190 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

185 cm
22
185 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Poweful takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

S.W.A.T.

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Andreas Hansson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Miguel Magellen!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Alexandre Firmino and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hansson looks for a takedown but Magellen sprawls well.
Hansson fails to land the takedown.
Hansson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andreas Hansson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Magellen keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Hansson really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Hansson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Magellen throws a right and a left that Hansson avoids nicely.
Hansson misses with a wild body shot.
A punch combination from Magellen misses.
Hansson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Magellen counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

Magellen shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Magellen was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Hansson really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Magellen looking to finish Hansson with some ground and pound. This is bad for Hansson!
Magellen breaks from Hansson's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Hansson is trying to escape the mount.

Magellen is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Hansson has managed to escape the submission attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Magellen with the ground and pound from mount.
Magellen looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Hansson regains half guard.
Hansson manages to get to full guard.
Hansson wants to control the position but Magellen says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Hansson tries to roll over but Magellen keeps him under control.
Hansson is breathing heavily.
Magellen slips a nice elbow through Hansson's hands, connecting with Hansson's forehead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Magellen wants to stand up but Hansson has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Hansson manages to get to full guard.

Hansson has his foot on Magellen's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Magellen works his way back into a safe position though.
Magellen pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hansson is keeping the position for now.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Hansson has momentary wrist control but Magellen slips an elbow through the middle.

Hansson looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Magellen must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Magellen stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hansson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Hansson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Magellen is working Hansson over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Hansson controls Magellen momentarily but Magellen frees himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hansson is really struggling to control Magellen but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Hansson wants to sweep but no luck.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Hansson is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Magellen.
Hansson with a poor takedown

so Magellen counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

Magellen postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Hansson is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Magellen, into his guard.
Hansson slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Hansson working the ground and pound but Magellen is defending the strikes.
Hansson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Magellen keeps working.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Magellen stops Hansson from passing to mount.
Hansson will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Hansson is working hard here to advance position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Magellen is trying to improve his position.
Hansson works to advance to full mount. Magellen defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Magellen really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

Hansson swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Andreas Hansson!

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A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
55%

Main event

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Lukens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ray Bobles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnny Lukens could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Ray Bobles's chin.

Lukens
vs
Bobles

184 cm
22
181 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

210 cm
20
180 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Determined

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Johnny Lukens!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ray Bobles!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Matheus Silva and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lukens closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Lukens lands a nice knee to the body.
Lukens stalling in the clinch.
Bobles tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Lukens smiles and moves away.

Lukens clinches.

Lukens manages to break the clinch.
Ray Bobles seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lukens tries to close the distance and clinch but Bobles swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lukens looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bobles misses with a takedown attempt - Lukens sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Bobles shoots in but no luck this time.
Johnny Lukens has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ray Bobles.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Bobles.

Lukens fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bobles, pushing him back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lukens lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Bobles.
Bobles is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Bobles fails to pull guard.
Bobles jumps guard but Lukens stands there with Bobles around his waist. Bobles gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Lukens has Bobles pushed against the cage.
Bobles tries to pull guard but Lukens won't allow it.
Lukens pressing his opponent against the cage.
Lukens with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Lukens takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Johnny Lukens.
Nice body punch from Lukens.
Bobles shoots in but no luck this time.
Bobles will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
No luck for Bobles with that takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Lukens scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Lukens controlling from side mount.

Lukens working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

Lukens tries for a kimura but Bobles is defending well.
Bobles tries to improve position but can't.
Bobles looks gassed!

Lukens tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Lukens has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Lukens thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Lukens is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Bobles is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
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.
Bobles tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Lukens wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

Lukens thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Bobles is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Lukens moves into full mount!
Bobles is wriggling around trying to escape.

Lukens looking to secure an arm triangle but Bobles defends it well.

Lukens looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Lukens fails to take his opponent's back.
Lukens content just to control the position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Lukens working from mount. He moves in close and looks like he might be going for an arm triangle... He's hopped off to the side and he's transitioned into an Anaconda choke. Bobles turning a nasty shade of purple. He's refusing to tap but he's gone! He's out! The ref rips Lukens off and cradles Bobles's limp body as Lukens celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Anaconda Choke). Johnny Lukens!