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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Arkadiusz Klepaczka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ari Cavanhas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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182 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
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188 cm
27
170 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Brawler
Very quick |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Arkadiusz Klepaczka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ari Cavanhas!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Edson Gomes and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Klepaczka feints and as Cavanhas raises his hands in defense, Klepaczka changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Klepaczka with a nice head shot there.
Cavanhas looking to hit a scissor sweep but Klepaczka is one step ahead there.
Klepaczka has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Klepaczka lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Klepaczka lands a couple of elbows.
Klepaczka wants to pass the guard but Cavanhas is keeping the position.
Klepaczka cracks Cavanhas with a solid left hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Klepaczka accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Klepaczka tries to free his leg and advance position but Cavanhas is retaining full guard.
Cavanhas escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Klepaczka gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Klepaczka keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Cavanhas's head.
Cavanhas is trying to keep Klepaczka in close.
Klepaczka is looking to work some ground and pound but Cavanhas has wrist control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Klepaczka lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Klepaczka postures up in Cavanhas's guard and throws a big left but Cavanhas blocks it.
Klepaczka is looking to work some ground and pound but Cavanhas has wrist control.
Klepaczka landing with the ground and pound.
Klepaczka wants to control from the top but Cavanhas keeps moving.
Klepaczka distracts Cavanhas with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Klepaczka connects with a couple of short punches.
Klepaczka controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Klepaczka chips away with some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cavanhas has momentary wrist control but Klepaczka slips an elbow through the middle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Klepaczka scoring with punches to the head and body.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Klepaczka is in close to Cavanhas's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Klepaczka is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Klepaczka scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Cavanhas trying to control the position.
Klepaczka with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Cavanhas tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Cavanhas looks winded!
Klepaczka trying to control the position from guard on top but Cavanhas is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Klepaczka chips away with some ground and pound.
Klepaczka postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Klepaczka lands a couple of elbows.
Klepaczka works over Cavanhas with some ground and pound from guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Klepaczka with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Klepaczka lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Klepaczka with a nice head shot there.
Klepaczka is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Klepaczka working some strikes from top position.
Klepaczka lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Cavanhas is rocked!
Klepaczka is stalling in the full guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Klepaczka postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Cavanhas is still in real trouble! Can Klepaczka finish him?
Klepaczka is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Cavanhas seems to have recovered his senses.
Klepaczka looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Klepaczka scoring with some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Klepaczka content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Klepaczka postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Cavanhas is trying to keep Klepaczka in close.
Klepaczka with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Klepaczka is in close to Cavanhas's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Klepaczka working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Cavanhas's head.
Klepaczka landing some decent shots from guard.
Klepaczka landing some decent shots from guard.
Klepaczka postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Klepaczka works over Cavanhas with some ground and pound from guard.
Klepaczka connects with a couple of short punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arkadiusz Klepaczka dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Klepaczka shoots in but Cavanhas avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Cavanhas feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Klepaczka is trying to control the position but Cavanhas postures up.
Klepaczka 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.
Arkadiusz Klepaczka overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Klepaczka keeping moving, preventing Cavanhas from controlling successfully.
Cavanhas won't allow Klepaczka to sweep him here.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Klepaczka keeping moving, preventing Cavanhas from controlling successfully.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Ari Cavanhas wasn't active enough on the ground.
Klepaczka shoots in looking for a takedown. Cavanhas tries to sprawl out of it but Klepaczka keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Cavanhas manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cavanhas throws a body punch but Klepaczka moves out of range.
Cavanhas closes the distance and clinches up with Klepaczka, looking for a takedown. Cavanhas pushes Klepaczka against the ropes but Klepaczka circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Cavanhas is breathing heavily.
Klepaczka misses with a takedown
and Cavanhas counters with a left to the body.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Arkadiusz Klepaczka. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Klepaczka looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Klepaczka makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Klepaczka cracks Cavanhas with a solid left hand.
Klepaczka scoring with punches to the head and body.
Klepaczka is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cavanhas can do to turn this around?
Klepaczka lands a couple of elbows.
Klepaczka postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Klepaczka is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cavanhas is trying to keep Klepaczka in close.
Cavanhas lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Klepaczka!
Klepaczka manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Klepaczka wants to get back to full guard.
Klepaczka landing rabbit punches to the side of Cavanhas's head. Not doing much damage but still scoring a few points.
Klepaczka is looking to improve his position.
Klepaczka moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Klepaczka is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Klepaczka winds up and cracks Cavanhas with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Klepaczka is trying to control the action in half guard but Cavanhas is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Klepaczka is nestled in close to Cavanhas, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Klepaczka is trying to control. Cavanhas wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Cavanhas looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Klepaczka is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Klepaczka lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Klepaczka drops an elbow to the side of Cavanhas's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Klepaczka looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Cavanhas is refusing to be controlled, as Klepaczka sits in half guard.
Cavanhas has hold of Klepaczka's hands but Klepaczka slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Klepaczka working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Klepaczka connects with a nice short shot to Cavanhas's temple.
Klepaczka winds up and cracks Cavanhas with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Klepaczka scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Klepaczka in particular looking to stall.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cavanhas is not content to let Klepaczka control the position.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Klepaczka connects with a nice short shot to Cavanhas's temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arkadiusz Klepaczka dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Klepaczka fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Cavanhas to the ground. Klepaczka is now in Cavanhas's guard.
Klepaczka passes into half guard.
Klepaczka scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Cavanhas is trying to maintain the position but Klepaczka is very close to passing his half guard.
Klepaczka is nestled in close to Cavanhas, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Klepaczka has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Klepaczka landing punches.
Cavanhas takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Klepaczka working Cavanhas over with strikes here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Klepaczka cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Klepaczka cracks Cavanhas with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Arkadiusz Klepaczka!
An out of breath Arkadiusz Klepaczka thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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