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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Filipe Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roberto Nascimento (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Filipe Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Roberto Nascimento!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Leandro Rodrigues and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Souza tries to clinch but Nascimento moves out of range.
Nascimento scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Souza tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nascimento paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A combination from Nascimento does no damage.
Nascimento tries to bum rush Souza with a series of wild strikes but Souza uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Souza showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nascimento.
Nascimento circles away from the clinch attempt.
A right-left combo lands from Nascimento.
Nascimento throws a one two combo.
Nascimento throws a series of punches but Souza moves out of range.
Souza tries to close the distance and clinch but Nascimento swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nascimento misses with a few strikes there.
Nascimento fails to land with a series of punches.
Some wild striking there from Nascimento.
Nascimento rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Souza moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nascimento keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Nascimento misses with a series of wild punches.
Souza showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nascimento.
Souza shoots in for a double leg but Nascimento sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Nascimento throws a series of punches but Souza avoids them all with ease.
Roberto Nascimento is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza tries to clinch up.
Nascimento misses with a wild combination.
Souza fails to land with a series of punches.
Souza tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Souza takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Souza slips a jab and a cross from Nascimento.
Nascimento throws a combination. Souza tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Nascimento misses with a two punch combination.
Souza wants to clinch.
A combination from Nascimento does no damage.
Nascimento misses with a two punch combination.
Souza wants to clinch up but Nascimento keeps it at a distance.
A nice combination there by Nascimento.
Nascimento lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Nascimento throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Souza throws a right and a left that both miss.
Souza fails with an attempt to clinch.
Souza tries to close the distance and clinch but Nascimento swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souza changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Nascimento tries to avoid it but Souza manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Nascimento to the ground. Nascimento escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Filipe Souza. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nascimento throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nascimento throws a combination. Souza tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Nascimento lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Nascimento throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sloppy strikes from Nascimento. Those never looked like landing.
Nascimento misses with a series of wild punches.
Nascimento misses with the combination.
Souza tries to close the distance and clinch but Nascimento swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nascimento swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nascimento misses with a two punch combination.
Nascimento throws a right and a left that Souza avoids nicely.
Souza dodges the punch combination from Nascimento.
Souza tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nascimento paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Souza fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nascimento throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Souza tries to clinch up.
Nascimento is working the combinations to good effect here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Nascimento.
Souza avoids a punch combination nicely.
Souza tries to close the distance and clinch but Nascimento swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nascimento stalks Souza and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Souza's face. Souza staggers backwards, shaken.
Souza tries to clinch there but Nascimento circles away.
Souza tries to clinch there but Nascimento circles away.
Souza is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Souza tries to close the distance and clinch but Nascimento swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nascimento throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Left hook, right uppercut from Nascimento.
Souza doesn't manage to clinch there - Nascimento circles away.
Souza dodges the punch combination from Nascimento.
Souza lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Nascimento circles away quickly and effectively.
Roberto Nascimento seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nascimento misses with a two punch combination.
Nascimento fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nascimento will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nascimento throws a series of strikes that have Souza backpedaling.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza fails with an attempt to clinch.
A combination from Nascimento does no damage.
Souza has taken the fight to the clinch.
Nascimento is working for takedown but Souza is calmly controlling the position for now.
Nascimento looks gassed!
Nascimento jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Souza walks away with a smile on his face. Nascimento gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Souza tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Souza tries to close the distance and clinch but Nascimento swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nascimento fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Souza wants to clinch.
Nascimento swats away the attempt to clinch by Souza.
Souza tries to close the distance and clinch but Nascimento swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Souza wants to clinch up but Nascimento keeps it at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Roberto Nascimento 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.
Souza tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Souza tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Nascimento manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nascimento lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Souza circles away quickly and effectively.
Nascimento misses with the combination.
Souza tries to clinch but Nascimento moves out of range.
Souza wants to clinch.
Nascimento looks to land a combination but Souza avoids it well.
Nascimento misses with a few strikes there.
Nascimento misses with a few strikes there.
A left and a right from Nascimento both land. Nice combination.
Souza fails in his attempt to clinch.
Filipe Souza is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Souza misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Nascimento throws a series of punches but Souza avoids them all with ease.
Nascimento throws a right and a left that both miss.
No joy there for Nascimento, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Souza tries to clinch up.
Souza tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Nascimento manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nascimento lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Souza circles away quickly and effectively.
Nascimento swinging wildly here.
Souza is trying hard to land a takedown here. Nascimento sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Nascimento throws a nice looking combination but Souza bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Souza tries to clinch up.
Nascimento throws a nice looking combination but Souza bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nascimento shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Souza eats them both and turns towards Nascimento to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Nascimento stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Filipe Souza. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nascimento throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Souza tries to clinch up but Nascimento circles away and keeps his distance.
Nascimento fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nascimento avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Souza fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nascimento swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nascimento tries to bum rush Souza with a series of wild strikes but Souza uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Souza slips a jab and a cross from Nascimento.
Nascimento throws a series of punches but Souza avoids them all with ease.
Nascimento displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Souza.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Souza takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Nascimento moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Nascimento lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Souza circles away quickly and effectively.
Souza tries to close the distance and clinch but Nascimento swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nascimento lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Nascimento looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nascimento scores with a three punch combo!
Nascimento fails to land with a series of punches.
Souza avoids a punch combination nicely.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Souza. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Nascimento scores with a three punch combo!
Nascimento throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nascimento keeps the fight on the outside.
Souza tries to clinch but Nascimento moves out of range.
Souza looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Sloppy strikes from Nascimento. Those never looked like landing.
Nascimento misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nascimento throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nascimento misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Souza tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Nascimento manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A right-left combo lands from Nascimento.
Nascimento throws a right and a left that both miss.
Souza tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nascimento paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nascimento throws a series of punches but Souza moves out of range.
Souza tries to clinch but Nascimento moves out of range.
Souza showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nascimento.
Souza fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nascimento throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Souza.
No joy there for Nascimento, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Souza tries to clinch up.
Souza tries to clinch up.
Souza fails in his attempt to clinch.
Souza fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nascimento throws a right and a left that both miss.
Souza misses with a jab, cross combination.
Souza moves in looking to clinch but Nascimento pushes him off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Souza tries to close the distance and clinch but Nascimento swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Souza wants to clinch.
Souza tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nascimento paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Souza tries to clinch up but Nascimento circles away and keeps his distance.
Nascimento throws a series of punches but Souza avoids them all with ease.
Souza tries to close the distance and clinch but Nascimento swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Souza fails in his attempt to clinch.
Souza tries to clinch but Nascimento moves out of range.
Nascimento misses with the combination.
Souza moves in looking to clinch but Nascimento pushes him off.
Souza wants to clinch up but Nascimento keeps it at a distance.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
The fight stays on the outside here - Souza looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nascimento throws a nice looking combination but Souza bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nascimento fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Roberto Nascimento showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Sloppy strikes from Nascimento. Those never looked like landing.
Nascimento rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Souza moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Souza tries to clinch up but Nascimento circles away and keeps his distance.
Nascimento throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Horrible takedown by Souza or perhaps it was just good defense by Nascimento which made him look bad.
Nascimento throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Souza.
Souza fails with a takedown attempt.
Nascimento looks to land a combination. Souza sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Nascimento throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The fight stays on the outside here - Souza looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nascimento scores with a three punch combo!
Nascimento throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nascimento throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nascimento will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Souza is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nascimento swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nascimento scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Nascimento circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nascimento goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Souza dodges the punch combination from Nascimento.
Souza moves in looking to clinch but Nascimento pushes him off.
Nascimento looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Souza shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Nascimento as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Filipe Souza. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Souza tries to clinch but Nascimento is having none of it.
Nascimento will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nascimento throws a nice looking combination but Souza bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Souza tries to clinch there but Nascimento circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Souza looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nascimento scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
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.
A left and a right from Nascimento both land. Nice combination.
Nascimento lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Souza circles away quickly and effectively.
Souza tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nascimento misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nascimento throws a right hand that Souza ducks under and follows up with a left that Souza also avoids with ease.
Souza has a takedown stuffed.
Nascimento tries to bum rush Souza with a series of wild strikes but Souza uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nascimento misses with the combination.
Souza fails with the takedown.
Nascimento lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Souza tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nascimento swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nascimento misses with a few strikes there.
Nascimento misses with a wild combination.
Nascimento fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Souza tries to clinch but Nascimento is having none of it.
Souza showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nascimento.
Nascimento misses with the combination.
Souza tries to clinch there but Nascimento circles away.
Sloppy strikes from Nascimento. Those never looked like landing.
Nascimento throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Souza.
The fight stays on the outside here - Souza looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Souza is looking to clinch but Nascimento is avoiding it.
Nascimento misses with a two punch combination.
Nascimento keeps the fight on the outside.
Souza dodges the punch combination from Nascimento.
Nascimento circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nascimento throws a series of punches but Souza avoids them all with ease.
Souza shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Nascimento but Nascimento pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Nascimento throws a series of punches but Souza moves out of range.
Souza moves in looking to clinch but Nascimento pushes him off.
Nascimento lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Souza circles away quickly and effectively.
Souza tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nascimento misses with a few strikes there.
No joy there for Nascimento, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Souza is looking to clinch but Nascimento is avoiding it.
Souza doesn't manage to clinch there - Nascimento circles away.
Souza gets a takedown into half guard.
Nascimento is trying to stand up here but Souza is controlling him well.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nascimento tries to kick Souza off in order to stand up. Souza Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
Filipe Souza has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nascimento is trying to buck Souza off.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Roberto Nascimento.
I've got Nascimento 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 Luis Engracia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 27:30
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roberto Nascimento!
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hype
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