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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rodrigo Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Franco Schiraz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Oliveira's entrance music is One Republic - All The Right Moves. A fine choice. 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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198 lbs
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200 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
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Basic striking
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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
4 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rodrigo Oliveira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Franco Schiraz!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Oliveira as Schiraz shoots in.
Schiraz avoids a punch combination nicely.
Oliveira has Schiraz up against the cage in a clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Schiraz creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Oliveira pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Oliveira throws a hook but Schiraz avoids it easily.
Some bone on bone action there as Oliveira checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Schiraz throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Oliveira misses with an uppercut.
Schiraz throws a hook to the side of Oliveira's head but Oliveira sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Schiraz ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Oliveira moves away.
Oliveira uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Schiraz.
Schiraz shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Oliveira but Oliveira pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Oliveira bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Oliveira uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Schiraz.
Schiraz throws a body punch but Oliveira moves out of range.
Oliveira fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Schiraz looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Schiraz walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Schiraz fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Oliveira avoids it really well and circles away.
Rodrigo Oliveira has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Franco Schiraz.
Schiraz misses with an uppercut
letting Oliveira counter with a right hand.
Schiraz misses with a series of wild punches.
Oliveira misses with a hook. Schiraz ducked under it nicely.
Oliveira darts in and clinches Schiraz up against the cage.
Schiraz has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Oliveira after a bit of a struggle.
Oliveira avoids the elbow strike from Schiraz, against the cage.
Oliveira with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Franco Schiraz has been cut.
Oliveira scores a nice knee to the body.
Schiraz pushes Oliveira back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Oliveira creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Oliveira landing knees to the head.
Oliveira working Schiraz over with knees to the body.
Schiraz looks winded!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Oliveira.
Oliveira unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Oliveira connects with a knee to the head.
Schiraz is rocked!
Oliveira unloads a knee to the mid-section. Schiraz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira breaks from the clinch.
A left lands for Oliveira.
Schiraz is still on wobbly legs! Can Oliveira finish him?
Oliveira lands with an uppercut that bounces Schiraz off the cage and back into range.
Oliveira rushes Schiraz and presses him up against the cage.
Oliveira working the clinch nicely. Schiraz is working for position but Oliveira cracks him with a big knee to the head! Schiraz crumples up against the cage and Oliveira lands two more shots before the ref can save Schiraz! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee & Punches). Rodrigo Oliveira!
During a confident post fight interview, Rodrigo Oliveira thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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