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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Max All The Way (ranked 277 p4p, 435 weight class) and Alex Pereira (ranked 34 p4p, 57 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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9 - 3 - 0 |
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195 cm
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285
14 - 2 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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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 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Max All The Way!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Alex Pereira!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shigeki Sano and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pereira closes the distance and pushes All The Way back into the cage.
Pereira lands with a short shot to the head.
All The Way tries to pull guard but Pereira holds him up against the cage and eventually All The Way drops back down to his feet.
Pereira lands a left hand that snaps the head of All The Way backwards.
All The Way jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Pereira walks away with a smile on his face. All The Way gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Max All The Way seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pereira misses with a body shot.
All The Way shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Pereira defends it nicely.
All The Way looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Max All The Way. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pereira tries to close the distance and clinch up but All The Way swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pereira instigates a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pereira lands with a right to the head.
All The Way tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Pereira just stands there and leans against the cage.
Pereira has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed All The Way clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
All The Way tries to roll but Pereira sticks to his back.
Pereira patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
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.
All The Way wants to control his opponent's hands but Pereira gets his hands free.
Pereira missing with punches from the back.
Pereira lands a shot to the head.
Pereira gets his hands free as All The Way looks to control.
All The Way breaks Pereira's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
All The Way postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Pereira keeping full guard, as All The Way tries to pass.
Pereira keeping moving, preventing All The Way from controlling successfully.
Pereira has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. All The Way is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Pereira.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
All The Way trying to control the position but Pereira is working away.
Pereira is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
All The Way thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
All The Way tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no All The Way has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
All The Way is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Pereira is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
All The Way tries for a kimura but Pereira is defending well.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
All The Way trying to control the action but Pereira is working from the bottom.
Pereira sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
That's four 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.
All The Way looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Pereira wants to control but All The Way is keeping busy.
All The Way throwing shots but Pereira is blocking nicely.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
All The Way is trying to control. Pereira wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Pereira wants to control but All The Way is keeping busy and won't allow it.
All The Way looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Alex Pereira dominated that 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.
Pereira takes a shot right to the bread basket.
All The Way paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Pereira stuffs the takedown attempt from All The Way. All The Way gets slowly back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pereira dives in and scores a takedown into All The Way's guard.
Pereira landing with the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
All The Way had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Pereira defends it easily.
Pereira trying to control but All The Way is working from the bottom.
Pereira lands a couple of digs.
Pereira chips away with some ground and pound.
All The Way has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Pereira can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Pereira landing with the ground and pound.
All The Way is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Pereira defends well.
All The Way wants to sweep here but Pereira controlling him for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pereira trying to control but All The Way is working from the bottom.
All The Way is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Pereira is aware though and is defending well.
All The Way working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Pereira doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Pereira manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
All The Way has momentary wrist control but Pereira slips an elbow through the middle.
Pereira lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Pereira controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
All The Way looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Pereira stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. All The Way swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Pereira postures up.
All The Way looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Pereira passes into half guard.
Pereira is trying to control the action in half guard but All The Way is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Alex Pereira has got the better of the ground game so far.
Pereira is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Pereira trying to control from half guard but All The Way is working away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
All The Way is holding on to half guard well.
All The Way has hold of Pereira's hands but Pereira slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
All The Way trying to control but Pereira postures up.
Pereira lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pereira scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Pereira is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Pereira working the head and body with strikes.
Pereira is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Pereira is looking for a kimura here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Alex Pereira showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
All The Way takes a swing at Pereira's ribcage but misses.
Pereira throws a jab when All The Way was well out of range.
All The Way drops down looking for a counter takedown but Pereira sprawls and moves away.
All The Way fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pereira manages to avoid it.
All The Way throws an overhand right that lands on Pereira's shoulder, as Pereira tries to avoid the shot.
All The Way takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
All The Way fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pereira manages to avoid it.
Pereira has taken the fight to the clinch.
All The Way tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pereira lands a takedown into guard.
Pereira working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Pereira wants to control from the top but All The Way keeps moving.
All The Way tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
All The Way is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Pereira trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Pereira keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of All The Way's head.
Pereira controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
All The Way is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Pereira landing some decent shots from guard.
Pereira stands up over All The Way, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Pereira postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
All The Way working for a triangle but Pereira defends it easily.
All The Way 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.
Max All The Way has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
All The Way working for submissions but it's allowed Pereira to get to half guard.
Pereira is nestled in close to All The Way, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Pereira wants to pass to mount but All The Way is defending the position.
All The Way trying to hold on to Pereira's head to control him but Pereira postures up.
Pereira seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but All The Way does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
All The Way looking for submissions off his back.
Pereira wants to take a breather but All The Way is having none of it.
All The Way is defending against the submission attempts here by Pereira.
All The Way wants to control but Pereira is keeping busy and won't allow it.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Pereira working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
All The Way tries to get to full guard but Pereira has control of the leg.
Pereira scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Pereira is nestled in close to All The Way, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Pereira is looking to take a break and control but All The Way is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Pereira lands a nice short elbow.
All The Way looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Pereira is keen to just control but All The Way is a slippery customer.
Pereira is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Pereira is looking for a kimura here.
Pereira is looking for a kimura but All The Way is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Pereira to get the leverage.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Pereira wants to lay and pray for a moment but All The Way keeps working.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alex Pereira comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Pereira winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alex Pereira!
Alex Pereira thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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