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UVT: WW26 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Marcelo Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eugene Albright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcelo Garcia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 27 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Eugene Albright!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Paulo Santos and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Albright misses with a wild body shot.
A shot to the liver by Garcia. Beautiful body shot.
Albright moves out of range of the strikes.
Albright shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Garcia as he avoids it easily.
Garcia feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Albrights jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Albright takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Albright uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Garcia.
Nice sprawl there from Garcia as Albright shoots in.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Albright on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Garcia drives through and clinches with Albright against the cage.
Garcia is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Albright can't fight it off and eventually Garcia manages to take the fight to the floor. Albright looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Albright utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Albright keeping moving, preventing Garcia from controlling successfully.
Albright controls Garcia momentarily but Garcia frees himself.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Garcia throws a big elbow that misses.
Garcia wants to control from the top but Albright keeps moving.
Garcia wants to pass the guard but Albright is keeping the position.
Garcia is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Albright keeping full guard, as Garcia tries to pass.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia throwing strikes but missing.
Albright keeping full guard, as Garcia tries to pass.
Garcia is working hard here to advance position.
Albright keeping moving, preventing Garcia from controlling successfully.
Garcia loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Garcia drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Garcia jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Albright uses the cage to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Albright decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Garcia gets full guard.
Garcia working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Albright doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Albright manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Garcia looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Albright passes into half guard.
Albright prevents Garcia from improving his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Garcia actively working from the bottom here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Garcia gets back to full guard.
Garcia looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Garcia is trying to control the position but Albright postures up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Garcia is really struggling to control Albright but he's trying to hold on to the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcelo Garcia dominated that round.
That's time! Garcia's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Albright moves out of range as Garcia strikes.
Garcia tries to bum rush Albright with a series of wild strikes but Albright uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Albright avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Albright misses with a takedown attempt
and Garcia counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Albright!
Albright is trying to get back to his feet.
Garcia tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Garcia has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Garcia is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Albright has escaped the position, nice work there.
Garcia in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Albright knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Albright can't do much from the bottom here.
Garcia is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Albright has escaped the position, nice work there.
Albright is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Garcia working the strikes but Albright uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Garcia is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Albright doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Garcia.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia is trying to work for a kimura but Albright is defending well.
Garcia is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Garcia seems to be working for a kimura but Albright defends the submission attempt.
Garcia missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Albright is just riding it out for now. Garcia eventually gives up the hold.
Garcia is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Albright gets back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Albright avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Garcia slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Garcia looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Albright prevents Garcia from moving into mount.
Garcia thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Albright is not content to let Garcia control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcelo Garcia dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Albright doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Garcia counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Garcia pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Albright is keeping the position for now.
Garcia is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Garcia throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Garcia drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Garcia jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Albright pulls Garcia in close to his closed guard and prevents Garcia from doing any damage or advancing position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Garcia drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Garcia jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Garcia trying to control the position from guard on top but Albright is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Albright is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Garcia throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Garcia throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Garcia trying to control but Albright is working from the bottom.
Albright pulls Garcia in close to prevent any damage.
Eugene Albright has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Albright not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Eugene Albright was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Albright shoots in looking for a takedown but Garcia manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Albright's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Garcia instigates a clinch.
Albright jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Garcia walks away with a smile on his face. Albright gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Marcelo Garcia has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eugene Albright.
Albright defending well as Garcia loads up on a big left hand.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Albright is defended easily by Garcia.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Albright fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Albright is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Garcia is defending well.
Garcia has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Albright clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garcia is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Albright defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia looking to break Albright's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Albright remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Garcia will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
Garcia working for the choke.
Albright is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Garcia is looking for the choke from the back position but Albright is controlling his hands well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Albright showing good submission defense here.
Garcia not allowing Albright to control his hands.
Marcelo Garcia is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Albright is keeping busy.
Albright is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Garcia gets his way!
Garcia throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Garcia is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Albright defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marcelo Garcia showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Garcia 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marcelo Garcia!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jules Clement (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jean Luc Picard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Clement comes into the arena with Voyage, Voyage blaring out of the sound system. Picard has chosen The Picard Song as his entrance music. 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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Abu Dhabi Champ
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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
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jules Clement!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jean Luc Picard!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Seu Braga and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Clement throws a head kick but Picard moves out of range.
Picard takes one to the chin there.
Picard misses with a lunging right hand
and Clement counters with a slapping leg kick.
Clement explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Clement misses with a wild body shot.
Clement lands a nice shot to the body.
Clement throws a sloppy head kick and Picard moves out of range easily.
Clement throws a half hearted mid kick.
Picard takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Picard takes a swing at Clement's ribcage but misses.
Picard takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Picard swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Picard checks the leg kick nicely there.
Clement walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Picard checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Picard checks a low kick from Clement.
Picard tries to clinch but Clement is having none of it.
Picard takes a shot to the body in his stride.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clement throws a head kick that misses.
Picard ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Clement moves away.
Clement throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Picard looks to score with a jab to the body but Clement is just out of range.
Clement throws a jab but it's blocked by Picard.
Picard takes a swing at Clement's ribcage but misses.
Picard throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Picard avoids the head kick by Clement.
Clement pivots, looking for a leg kick but Picard is out of range and Clement settles back down.
Picard throws a big shot that misses.
Clement chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Clement ducks under a wild hook from Picard.
Picard misses with a wild body shot.
An inside leg kick from Clement misses.
Clement connects with a solid leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clement tried to score with a low kick but Picard checks it.
Picard misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Clement.
A telegraphed right hand from Picard misses the target.
An inside leg kick from Clement misses.
Picard misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Clement.
Jules Clement is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Picard swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Clement throws a leg kick that misses.
Picard throws a hook but Clement avoids it easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Picard misses the target.
A good leg kick by Clement.
A nice inside leg kick there by Clement. That's going to slow Picard down.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
An inside leg kick lands from Clement.
Clement throws a sloppy head kick and Picard moves out of range easily.
A bone on bone clash there as Picard blocks the leg kick.
Clement scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Picard doesn't seem bothered though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Picard takes a swing at Clement's ribcage but misses.
Picard misses the shot to the body.
Clement is looking to score with low kicks.
Clement lands with a thumping leg kick.
Picard avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Clement throws a head kick but Picard moves out of range.
Clement clinches up against the cage.
Picard tries to pull guard but Clement won't allow it.
Picard lands a body shot in the clinch.
Picard's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Clement misses with a punch to the body.
Picard tries to throw a body punch but Clement avoids it by throwing Picard back against the cage.
Clement holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Picard has a couple of punches blocked by Clement.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Picard misses with a hook to the ribs.
Clement stalling.
Clement misses with some punches.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Clement as Picard tries to tie him up.
Picard fails to pull guard.
Picard lands a left hand that snaps the head of Clement backwards.
Picard blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Picard misses with a short punch on the inside.
Clement leaning his opponent against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Clement misses with a punch on the inside.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Clement struggles to land a body shot inside as Picard controls his hands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jules Clement dominated that 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.
Picard drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Picard is looking to take a break and control but Clement is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Clement is trying to get back to half guard.
Clement is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Clement is trying to control Picard's posture but Picard avoids it.
Picard scores with punches from side control.
Clement is not content to let Picard control the position.
Picard creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
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.
Clement tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Picard wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Picard is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Clement is trying to escape and Picard transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Clement is forced to tap! Nice work there by Picard! Very nice indeed!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jean Luc Picard!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jeffson Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Buckner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie comes into the arena with Cliff Richard - Summer Holiday blaring out of the sound system. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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Excellent MT
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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
21 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jeffson Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Matt Buckner!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Alexandre Firmino and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Buckner creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Gracie breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Buckner misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Gracie darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Gracie wants to stand up but Buckner has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Gracie stalling.
Gracie is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Buckner sees it coming and defends easily.
Gracie frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie has isolated one of Buckner's arms. Buckner looking to fight him off but Gracie twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jeffson Gracie!
Jeffson Gracie thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between John Equinox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrei Shleifer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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World class boxer
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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
38 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, John Equinox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Andrei Shleifer!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Thiago Cunha and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Equinox throws a right and a left that both miss.
Equinox throws a right and a left that both miss.
Shleifer lands a head kick!
Shleifer swinging wildly here.
Shleifer misses with a body kick.
Shleifer connects with a leg kick. Equinox looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Equinox tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Shleifer paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Equinox scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Equinox scores with a hook.
Equinox moves out of range of the leg kick from Shleifer.
Equinox jabs at Shleifer's body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Shleifer.
Shleifer lands with a kick to the temple. Equinox shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Equinox takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Equinox scores with a sloppy right hand. Shleifer should have avoided that one.
Shleifer dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Equinox. That did some damage!
Shleifer lands with a right hand.
Shleifer throws a sloppy head kick and Equinox moves out of range easily.
Shleifer feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Equinox's calf.
Shleifer throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Equinox counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Equinox tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Shleifer manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Equinox lands a jab to the nose.
Shleifer is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Equinox avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shleifer lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Equinox backs up against the cage.
Equinox throws a monster overhand right that drops Shleifer! Equinox follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Equinox!
A relieved looking John Equinox thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Freddy Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kid Mantuano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alves comes to the cage accompanied by Trik Turner - Friends and Family. The crowd seem to be enjoying Mantuano's choice of entrance music: Fight Night. Kid Mantuano is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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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
21 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Freddy Alves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kid Mantuano!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Paulo Santos and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alves swinging wildly here.
Alves thuds his right hand into Mantuano's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
It looks like Kid Mantuano has been cut.
Mantuano closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Alves's guard.
Alves has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Mantuano trying to control the position from guard on top but Alves is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mantuano postures up.
Alves looking to hit a scissor sweep but Mantuano is one step ahead there.
Alves is trying to keep Mantuano in close.
Freddy Alves has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Alves takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
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!
Mantuano feints and as Alves raises his hands in defense, Mantuano changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Mantuano doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Mantuano manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Mantuano drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Mantuano jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Alves looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Mantuano looking to pass the guard.
Mantuano drops back looking for a leg! Alves is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Alves manages to kick Mantuano off! Mantuano jumps back into Alves's guard.
Alves tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Alves lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Mantuano!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves wants to control the pace but Mantuano is squirming around nicely.
Mantuano is looking to improve his position but Alves isn't that keen on the idea.
Alves cracks Mantuano with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Mantuano is looking to get to half guard.
Alves landing strikes from the mount and Mantuano is in trouble!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mantuano manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Alves throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves controlling the action here.
Mantuano is looking to improve his position.
Alves trying to control from half guard but Mantuano is working away.
Mantuano taking some punishment here, with Alves in his half guard.
Alves looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Alves prevents Mantuano from improving his position.
Alves is keen to just control but Mantuano is a slippery customer.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mantuano gets full guard.
Mantuano looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Alves is looking to work some ground and pound but Mantuano has wrist control.
Alves working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Alves trying to control the position from guard on top but Mantuano is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mantuano has an active guard here but Alves has managed to pass into half guard.
Alves not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Alves seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Mantuano slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Freddy Alves dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kid Mantuano's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Alves misses with the combination.
Kid Mantuano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Left hook, right uppercut from Mantuano.
A punch lands to the side of Alves 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Alves connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Mantuano's hands.
Mantuano looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Alves!
Alves tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Mantuano wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Mantuano is putting a hurting on Alves here, landing some big shots from side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
You can see the frustration on Alves's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Mantuano tries for a kimura but Alves is defending well.
Alves is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mantuano tries to move to mount but Alves blocks the move with his legs.
Mantuano throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Alves tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Mantuano wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Mantuano is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Alves has escaped the position, nice work there.
Mantuano is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Alves knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Alves prevents Mantuano from moving into mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mantuano is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Alves is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Alves manages to work his way to half guard, despite Mantuano's best efforts.
Alves wants to get back to full guard.
Alves is defending against the submission attempts here by Mantuano.
Alves trying to control here.
Mantuano is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Alves sees it coming and defends easily.
Alves works his way to full guard. Good work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mantuano tries to free his leg and advance position but Alves is retaining full guard.
Mantuano works a leg free and moves into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Alves is looking for a sweep. Mantuano is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Alves avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Mantuano.
Mantuano looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Mantuano prevents Alves from improving his position.
Alves works his way to full guard. Good work.
Alves looking for a sweep. Not yet Alves, not yet.
Freddy Alves overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Alves had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Mantuano defends it easily.
Mantuano slips nicely into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mantuano prevents Alves from improving his position.
Ground and pound from Mantuano.
Mantuano is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Alves has managed to free his arm - good work.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mantuano throwing shots but Alves is blocking nicely.
Mantuano is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Alves doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Mantuano.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Alves tries to get to full guard but Mantuano has control of the leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kid Mantuano showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Kid Mantuano's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
A left lands for Alves.
Alves shoots in for a double leg but Mantuano sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Mantuano will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Mantuano slips a straight right by Alves.
Alves swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Mantuano counter with a right hand.
Mantuano throws a big shot that misses.
Mantuano misses with a lunging right hand
and Alves counters with a straight right hand.
Alves throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Mantuano dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Freddy Alves is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Alves fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Alves throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Mantuano slips a jab and a cross from Alves.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mantuano lands a jab to the nose.
Alves throws a combination. Mantuano tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Alves tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Mantuano swivels and escapes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Mantuano shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Alves sprawls well. Alves wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Mantuano gets slowly back to his feet.
Nice sprawl there from Alves as Mantuano shoots in.
Freddy Alves has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kid Mantuano.
Mantuano throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Some wild striking there from Alves.
Mantuano lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Mantuano throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mantuano rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Alves cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mantuano shoots in looking for a takedown but Alves manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Mantuano's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Alves connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Alves staying out of range there.
Alves leaves Mantuano with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Alves lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Alves misses with a wild combination.
Mantuano shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Alves as he jumps to the side.
Mantuano slips a jab and a cross from Alves.
Alves tries to score a power double leg takedown but Mantuano sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Alves somewhat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
That has opened up Kid Mantuano's cut even more.
Mantuano walks into a jab.
Mantuano cracks Alves with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Mantuano closes this distance looking for a takedown but Alves circles away.
Alves misses the jab.
Mantuano throws a hook to the side of Alves's head but Alves sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mantuano ducks under a wild hook from Alves.
Alves will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mantuano fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mantuano throws an off balance right hand
letting Alves counter with a right hand.
Alves throws a hook to the side of Mantuano's head but Mantuano sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Alves moves away from the strike by Mantuano.
Mantuano lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Alves is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Alves scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Mantuano is rocked!
Freddy Alves is winning the standup battle so far.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mantuano misses with a hook
and Alves counters with a big right hand! Oh Mantuano is in trouble here! Alves follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Freddy Alves!
A victorious Freddy Alves thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Victor Le (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aze Toro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Le kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Ave Maria. Toro has chosen Hate me or Get DIE tryn' - 50cent as his entrance music. 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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35
160 lbs
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164 lbs
18 - 12 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick |
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World class boxer
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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
26 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Victor Le!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Aze Toro!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Felipe Paraventi and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Toro throws a body punch but Le moves out of range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Le.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Le.
Toro throws the left hand but Le avoids the punch easily.
Toro misses with an uppercut.
A nice leg kick lands there from Le.
Toro fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Le looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Toro takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Le loads up on a big right hand but Toro slips the punch.
Le fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A big left from Toro misses.
Le avoids the body shot from Toro.
Le moves away from the strike by Toro.
Le ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Toro thows a left - swing and a miss!
Le connects with a leg kick. Toro looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Le cracks a nice hook into Toro's ribs.
Toro lunges at Le with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Le's hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Toro misses with a left hand
and Le counters with a left to the body.
Le tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Le moves out of range as Toro strikes.
Le ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Le slips a jab from Toro.
Toro throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Le sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Le ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Toro moves away.
Toro moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Toro avoids the body shot from Le.
Le blocks a jab.
A shot to the liver by Le. Beautiful body shot.
A swing and a miss from Toro.
Toro throws a jab but it's blocked by Le.
Le looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Le cracks Toro with a right hand to the side of the head.
Le slips under a jab from Toro.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Le checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Toro throws a nice looking combination but Le bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Toro moves out of range of the body kick from Le.
Le is looking to wear down Toro with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Toro lands a jab to the nose.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Le throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Toro sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Toro loads up on a big right hand but Le slips the punch.
Nice defenses there by Le.
Toro on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Le. Le obviously looking to wear him down.
Aze Toro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Le jabs at Toro's body.
Toro misses with a lunging right hand
and Le counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Toro throws a series of punches but Le avoids them all with ease.
Le steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Toro.
Le dodges the punch combination from Toro.
Toro might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Sloppy strikes from Toro. Those never looked like landing.
Toro misses with a lunging right hand
letting Le counter with a right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toro uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Le.
Toro lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Toro throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Toro lands the left hand.
Le throws a nice inside leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Le.
Le scores with a jab to the jaw.
Le feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Toro's calf.
Toro misses with a straight left.
Toro misses the jab.
Le walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Toro throws a poor cross that misses
and Le makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Toro really felt that one!
Toro stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Le.
Le throws a lazy right hand but Toro sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Toro misses the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Toro throws a big shot that misses.
Toro misses with a looping left.
Le misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Toro throws a shot from downtown. Le moves away and avoids it.
Le ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Toro misses with a few strikes there.
Le misses with a hook.
An inside leg kick lands from Le.
Le tests Toro's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Toro throws out a loose jab but Le uses good head movement to avoid it.
Le is looking to slow Toro down with leg kicks.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Toro misses with a looping right.
Toro misses with a hook
and Toro takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
An inside leg kick lands from Le.
Toro's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Le changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Victor Le dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Toro misses with a hook to the body
and Le counters with a nice body kick.
Le staying out of range there.
Le connects with a crisp jab.
Toro looks to land a combination but Le avoids it well.
Le really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Toro misses with a body shot.
Toro uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Le.
Toro throws the left hand but Le avoids the punch easily.
Le scores with a jab. Toro acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Le has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Toro finds it's way round the side to connect with Le's head.
Toro thows a body shot but no joy.
Le throws a head kick that misses.
A swing and a miss from Toro.
Toro swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Le counters with a leg kick.
Toro's jab looks to have found its range, popping Le under the eye.
Toro scores with a nice strike.
Toro takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Le on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Toro misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Le.
Le cracks Toro with a right hand to the side of the head.
The fighters circling - Toro throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Toro misses with a left hand
and Le counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Toro thinking.
Toro misses with a left hand
and Le counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Le jabs Toro to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A shot to the liver by Toro. Beautiful body shot.
A nice leg kick lands there from Le.
Toro is breathing heavily.
Toro throws a combination that misses
and Le counters with an outside leg kick.
Le scores with a punch to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Le scores with a nice right hand.
Le lands a nice leg kick that just misses Toro's sensitive parts.
Toro misses with a looping right.
Le fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Victor Le is winning the standup battle so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Toro misses the target.
Toro throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Le sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Le throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Toro throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Le looks to score with a jab to the body but Toro is just out of range.
Toro misses with a lunging right hand
and Le counters with a good, hard body kick but Toro shrugs it off.
Toro takes one on the button.
Le throws a body punch but Toro moves out of range.
Toro is looking to chop away at Le's legs.
Le avoids the body shot from Toro.
Le slips a straight right by Toro.
Le throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Toro takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Le throws a wild body kick that Toro sees coming a mile off.
Toro throws a right hand that misses
and Le counters with a left to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toro misses with a hook
and Le counters with a head kick. That will keep Toro thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
A head kick by Toro misses
and Le counters with a left to the body.
Toro misses the shot to the body.
Le connects with a looping right hand.
A big left from Toro misses.
Toro throws out a loose jab but Le uses good head movement to avoid it.
Toro waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Le.
Toro swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Le fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Toro with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Le to score with a decent uppercut.
Le lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Toro scores with a nice head shot.
Le scores with a hook.
Toro misses with a lunging right hand
and Le makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Toro really felt that one!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Le lands a leg kick that knocks Toro off balance momentarily.
Le thuds a left hand into Toro's body.
Le is looking to slow Toro down with leg kicks.
Le takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Le throws a shot to the body.
Toro misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Le.
Toro bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Le's head backwards.
Toro tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Le, right into the meat.
Toro walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Le lets loose with a powerful body kick. Toro will feel that in the morning.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Toro misses with an uppercut.
Le swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Toro walks into a left hand.
Le lands a high kick!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Victor Le dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Toro misses with a right hand
and Le counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Toro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Le moves away.
Le moves out of range of the strikes.
Toro lands a lovely overhand right.
Le lands with a right hand.
Le bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Toro has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Toro swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Le moves away from the strike by Toro.
Toro throws a looping overhand right but Le ducks down to avoid it.
Le fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Toro rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Le counters with a right hand to the body.
Toro takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A cross from Toro lands.
Le with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Toro to score with a decent uppercut.
Toro throws a poor cross that misses
and Le counters with a leg kick.
Le throws out a powerful jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Le slips a jab from Toro.
Toro throws a looping overhand right but Le ducks down to avoid it.
Le misses with a hook.
Nice shot lands for Le.
Toro throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Le fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Toro.
Toro misses with a hook
and Le counters with a nice leg kick.
Toro misses with a body punch
and Le counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Le defending well as Toro loads up on a big left hand.
A solid leg kick lands there for Le.
Le fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Le takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Toro misses with an uppercut. Le saw that one coming.
Le just misses with a punch to the body.
Toro misses with a hook
enabling Le to counter with a crisp jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Toro misses the target.
Toro throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Le counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Le works Toro's body with a nice hook.
Le lands a nice leg kick that just misses Toro's sensitive parts.
Le moves out of range as Toro strikes.
Le blocks a jab.
A swing and a miss from Toro.
Toro moves forwards but Le connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Le keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Toro has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Le.
Toro on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Le. Le obviously looking to wear him down.
Le fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Toro manages to avoid it.
Le displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Toro throws out the jab.
Toro swings widly with a right hand
and Le counters with a nice leg kick.
Toro swings widly with a right hand
and Le cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Toro is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Le.
Toro on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Toro is still on wobbly legs! Can Le finish him?
BOOM! Le lands a beautiful left hook that drops Toro. Toro tries to recover but Le is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Toro lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Victor Le!
A very excited looking Victor Le 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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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bleh Wha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Cormier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wha comes into the arena with Super Bon Bon - Soul Coughing blaring out of the sound system. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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300 lbs
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243 lbs
7 - 1 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Very quick |
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bleh Wha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Daniel Cormier!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Daniel Cesar and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A cross from Wha lands.
Cormier swings for the body but Wha moves out of range.
Cormier lands a nice hook to Wha's body. Wha takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The fighters circle momentarily. Wha darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A punch lands to the side of Cormier 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Cormier shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Wha is trying to defend but Cormier finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Wha avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Cormier.
Cormier thows a huge punch but Wha dodges it nicely.
Cormier throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Cormier throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Cormier throws a strike but Wha avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Wha will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Cormier content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Cormier trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cormier working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Cormier accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Wha on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Wha tries to get out of the position.
Cormier looking to sit in guard and control but Wha gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Cormier manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Cormier putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Cormier cracks Wha with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cormier working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Cormier trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Cormier has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Cormier looking to finish Wha with some ground and pound. This is bad for Wha!
Cormier lands with some strikes.
Cormier can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Wha is looking to escape.
Cormier working the ground and pound effectively.
Cormier wants to control the pace but Wha is squirming around nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cormier lands a big shot there that rocks Wha but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Wha is bucking up trying to escape but Cormier cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Wha is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wha is trying to stand up.
Cormier lands with some strikes.
Oh Wha is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Cormier wants to control the pace but Wha is squirming around nicely.
Wha seems to have got his legs back now.
Oooooh, big shot lands for Cormier! Wha is hurt baaadly! Cormier is firing away with more strikes - Wha is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Daniel Cormier!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Robson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leonardo Leonardo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Robson Silva is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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225 lbs
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291 lbs
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Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Robson Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Leonardo Leonardo!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Alexandre Firmino and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - Leonardo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Silva shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Leonardo napping and manages to drive through into side control!
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Silva looks up at the clock and then as Leonardo takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Silva smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Silva takes a little break here. Leonardo wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Silva in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
The strikes coming from Silva are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Silva throws a strike aimed at the side of Leonardo's head but Leonardo avoids it well.
Silva in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Leonardo managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Silva.
Silva throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Leonardo tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva throws an elbow but Leonardo slips to the side and avoids it well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Leonardo defending against the ground and pound.
Silva in side control, throwing shots but Leonardo defends.
Silva working the ground and pound but Leonardo is defending the strikes.
Silva working the ground and pound but Leonardo is defending the strikes.
Silva misses with the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Leonardo is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Silva off and has taken his back!
Silva tries to escape but Leonardo has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Silva is trying to stand back up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good control from Leonardo.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Leonardo's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Leonardo is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
Leonardo trying to control momentarily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leonardo controlling the position well here. Silva rolled but Leonardo kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Leonardo Leonardo.
Silva shoots in but Leonardo avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Silva shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Leonardo looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Silva throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Leonardo works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Leonardo utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Leonardo avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva wants to control from the top but Leonardo keeps moving.
Leonardo pulls Silva in close to prevent any damage.
Leonardo working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Silva.
Leonardo keeping full guard, as Silva tries to pass.
Silva working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Leonardo keeping moving, preventing Silva from controlling successfully.
Leonardo controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Robson Silva dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Silva shoots in but no luck this time.
A good leg kick by Leonardo.
Silva takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Leonardo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Silva dodges the punch combination from Leonardo.
Silva avoids the body shot from Leonardo.
Silva shoots in but Leonardo avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Robson Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Leonardo stuffs the takedown attempt from Silva. Silva gets slowly back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva misses with a takedown attempt - Leonardo sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Leonardo throws a solid leg kick but Silva takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Leonardo.
Silva is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Leonardo's half guard.
Silva not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Leonardo is looking to control Silva's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Leonardo avoid being mounted?
Silva is trying to work for a kimura but Leonardo is defending well.
Leonardo wants to control but Silva is keeping busy.
Robson Silva overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva wants to take a breather but Leonardo is having none of it.
Silva thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Leonardo's head.
Silva sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Leonardo defending well though.
Silva throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Silva throwing shots but Leonardo is blocking nicely.
Silva wants to free his trapped foot but Leonardo is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Leonardo regains full guard. Nicely done.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva with a flurry of punches that miss.
Silva throws a strike but Leonardo rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Leonardo preventing the sweep.
Silva 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.
Silva wants to stand and escape but Leonardo is having none of it.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Leonardo from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Leonardo Leonardo.
Leonardo tries to score with a low kick but Silva moves his leg out of the way.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Silva checks a leg kick.
Leonardo misses with a low kick.
A leg kick checked by Silva.
Silva closes this distance looking for a takedown but Leonardo circles away.
Leonardo Leonardo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Leonardo slaps away a takedown attempt from Silva, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Silva tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Leonardo swivels and escapes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Leonardo Leonardo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Silva fails to land the takedown.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Silva is defended easily by Leonardo.
Leonardo misses the jab.
Leonardo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silva manages to avoid it.
Leonardo cracks Silva with a right hand to the side of the head.
Silva shoots in for a takedown but Leonardo shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Robson Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva staying out of range there.
Silva uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Leonardo.
Leonardo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Silva.
Leonardo throws a hook to the side of Silva's head but Silva sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Leonardo throws a nice looking combination but Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Leonardo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Silva blocks a head kick by Leonardo.
Silva shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Leonardo pinned against the cage. Leonardo gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Leonardo misses with an uppercut.
Leonardo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Leonardo Leonardo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Leonardo misses with a double jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leonardo looks to throw the jab but Silva is out of range.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Silva.
Silva shoots in and drives through. Leonardo sprawls well.
Leonardo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Silva avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Silva shoots in for a double leg but Leonardo sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Leonardo stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Leonardo wants it to stay on the feet.
Leonardo misses with a wild body shot.
Silva checks a low kick from Leonardo.
Silva checks the leg kick nicely there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leonardo fails to land with a series of punches.
Silva displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Leonardo throws out the jab.
Silva moves away from the strike by Leonardo.
A swing and a miss from Leonardo.
Leonardo throws an overhand right that lands on Silva's shoulder, as Silva tries to avoid the shot.
Leonardo misses with an uppercut. Silva saw that one coming.
Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.
Leonardo feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Silva's calf.
Leonardo misses with an attempted mid kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Silva checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva fails to land the takedown.
Silva closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Leonardo's guard.
Silva wants to control from the top but Leonardo keeps moving.
Silva in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Silva stopping the sweep attempt from Leonardo.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva trying to control but Leonardo is working from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Leonardo Leonardo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Leonardo has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 28:29
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Leonardo Leonardo!
Leonardo Leonardo decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Alpo Wednesday (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ty Angle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ty Angle has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Alpo Wednesday's chin.
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World class boxer
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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
28 - 16 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alpo Wednesday!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ty Angle!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Mauricio Rocha and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Angle shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Wednesday stuffs the takedown attempt from Angle. Angle gets slowly back to his feet.
Angle looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Alpo Wednesday has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ty Angle.
Angle fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Angle shoots in for a takedown but Wednesday shows good takedown defense.
Wednesday scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Angle drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Angle shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Angle showed some decent athleticism there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Wednesday is looking to control Angle's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Wednesday avoid being mounted?
Wednesday works his way to full guard. Good work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Angle with a flurry of punches that miss.
Angle throws an elbow that misses. Wednesday uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Angle's guard. Nice move by Wednesday!
Wednesday missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Wednesday stopping the sweep attempt from Angle.
Wednesday decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Wednesday tests Angle's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Wednesday thuds a left hand into Angle's body.
Angle fails with a takedown attempt.
Ty Angle seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jab from Wednesday.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wednesday stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Wednesday wants it to stay on the feet.
Angle swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wednesday moves out of range of the leg kick from Angle.
Angle misses with a series of wild punches.
Angle ducks under a wild hook from Wednesday.
Wednesday swings for the body but Angle moves out of range.
Wednesday slaps away a takedown attempt from Angle, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Angle shoots in and drives through. Wednesday sprawls well.
Angle takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Wednesday lands with a straight right. Angle didn't see that one coming.
Angle shoots in but Wednesday avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Wednesday lands with a straight right. Angle didn't see that one coming.
Angle is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wednesday punishes Angle's body with a nice straight punch.
Angle looks winded!
Angle looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Wednesday is fending him off so far but Angle persists. Nope, Wednesday circles away and we're back to standing.
Wednesday lands a left and a right that send Angle crashing to the mat, dazed. Wednesday thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Angle is still on wobbly legs! Can Wednesday finish him?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wednesday throws an overhand right that drops Angle like a sack of potatoes! Wednesday dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alpo Wednesday!
Alpo Wednesday thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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