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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Douglas Maicon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Howard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Howard comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Juicy kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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150 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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163 lbs
3 - 3 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Counter striker
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Decent wrestler
Basic striking
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Douglas Maicon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mike Howard!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maicon misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Howard misses with a takedown attempt - Maicon sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Maicon rushes Howard and presses him up against the cage.
Howard is a very stocky fighter. Infact he's such a weird shape that he's almost like some sort of comedy character - it's hard to believe he's real.
Maicon is pressed up against the cage. Howard has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Maicon down to the mat. Maicon avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Howard tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Maicon swivels and escapes.
Douglas Maicon has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Howard.
Maicon closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Maicon remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Howard wants to control but Maicon postures up.
Maicon throws a strike aimed at the side of Howard's head but Howard avoids it well.
Howard manages to get back to half guard.
Maicon content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Maicon seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Howard for as long as he can get away with.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Howard wants to get back to full guard but Maicon has passed into side control.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Howard can do anything to dispel that myth.
Maicon controlling his opponent.
Howard is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Maicon controlling from the full mount.
Howard holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Maicon tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Maicon controlling his opponent.
Howard should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Maicon is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Maicon darts in and clinches Howard up against the cage.
Maicon jumps into guard, dragging Howard to the mat.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Howard accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Howard trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Howard throws and elbow that misses. Maicon uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Howard's guard. Nice move by Maicon!
Maicon seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Howard is trying to keep Maicon in close.
Maicon might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Maicon stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Howard swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Howard wants to sweep here but Maicon controlling him for the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Howard drives through with a takedown into guard.
Maicon is controlling Howard's posture.
Maicon is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Howard defends well.
Maicon not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Howard throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Howard wants to pass the guard but Maicon is keeping the position.
Howard must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Howard lands a couple of decent looking shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Douglas Maicon dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Howard with a lazy takedown attempt
and Maicon counters with a nice double leg into side control. Howard won't be happy with that.
Howard seems a little lost for a moment, as Maicon dominates the positioning.
Howard is trying to control Maicon's posture but Maicon avoids it.
Maicon working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Howard tries to buck Maicon off but Maicon is having none of it.
Howard trying to remain calm as Maicon controls from the top position.
Maicon misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Maicon is working to tighten is grip on Howard's neck. He's isolated an arm and is working for an arm triangle. Howard has recognised the danger and is trying to turn with the submission but Maicon is really squeezing tight and eventually Howard passes out! Maicon breaks the hold and jumps onto the cage to celebrate! Submission of the night, I'd say!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Douglas Maicon!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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