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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ara Tiotio (ranked 972 p4p, 1454 weight class) and Bruno Neves (ranked 121 p4p, 188 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ara Tiotio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bruno Neves!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tiotio feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Nevess jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
It looks like Bruno Neves has been cut.
Tiotio has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Pound Town Athletics in the buildup to the fight.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Neves.
Neves swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Neves fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Neves stuns Tiotio with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Neves feints and as Tiotio raises his hands in defense, Neves changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Neves working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Tiotio keeping full guard, as Neves tries to pass.
Neves wants to control from the top but Tiotio keeps moving.
Neves not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Tiotio holds on and takes a little breather.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tiotio looking to control.
Neves not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Tiotio working a defensive guard here.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Tiotio lands with a cross.
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.
Tiotio feints a jab promting Neves to slip. Tiotio then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Neves slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Tiotio misses with a few strikes there.
Tiotio lands an overhand right.
Neves misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tiotio.
Tiotio stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Neves closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
That has opened up Bruno Neves's cut even more.
Neves fails with the takedown.
Ara Tiotio has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bruno Neves.
Tiotio throws a right and a left that Neves avoids nicely.
Tiotio throws a body punch but Neves moves out of range.
Neves swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Tiotio.
Tiotio works the jab nicely.
Tiotio wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Tiotio scores with a nice head shot.
Ara Tiotio is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tiotio ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Tiotio ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Tiotio avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neves misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tiotio.
Bruno Neves seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Neves is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tiotio.
Tiotio misses with a looping right.
Tiotio uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Neves.
Tiotio slaps away a takedown attempt from Neves, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Jab by Tiotio.
The cut above Bruno Neves's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Tiotio takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Tiotio is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Neves is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tiotio.
Neves shoots for a takedown but Tiotio saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Tiotio dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Neves on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Nice shot by Tiotio.
Bruno Neves's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Tiotio fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Neves manages to avoid it.
Tiotio throws a big shot that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tiotio is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Neves.
Neves paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A jab lands there for Tiotio.
Neves throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tiotio throws out a loose jab but Neves uses good head movement to avoid it.
Neves with the counter takedown but Tiotio avoids it easily.
Tiotio throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Neves sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tiotio has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Neves finds it's way round the side to connect with Tiotio's head.
It looks like Ara Tiotio has been cut.
Neves takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Bruno Neves's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Ara Tiotio!
Ara Tiotio decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
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