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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mirko Vukovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gustavo Gouveia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gouveia has chosen Stoned Jesus - I'm the Mountain as his entrance music. Gustavo Gouveia has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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280 lbs
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275 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mirko Vukovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gustavo Gouveia!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Alexandre Firmino and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vukovic scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Vukovic drops his hands momentarily and Gouveia takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Vukovic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gouveia uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Vukovic has time to react.
Vukovic jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Vukovic scores with a three punch combo!
Vukovic looks to land a combination. Gouveia sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vukovic ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gouveia moves away.
Horrible takedown attempt by Gouveia or perhaps it was just good defense by Vukovic, which made it look bad.
Vukovic lands with a cross.
A left and a right from Vukovic both land. Nice combination.
It looks like Gustavo Gouveia has been cut.
Gouveia gets a clinch.
Vukovic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Vukovic lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gouveia circles away quickly and effectively.
Vukovic swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Vukovic lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Gouveia shoots in and drives through. Vukovic sprawls well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vukovic ducks under a wild hook from Gouveia.
Vukovic ducks under a wild hook from Gouveia.
Gouveia walks into a left hand.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Vukovic!
Gouveia avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gouveia blocks a head kick by Vukovic.
Gouveia connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Gouveia looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Gouveia takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Gouveia looks to land a right hand but Vukovic moved out of range.
Nice jab there from Vukovic.
Gouveia drives through with a takedown into guard.
The fighters are working up against the cage. Vukovic manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vukovic breaks from the clinch.
Vukovic throws a poor cross that misses
and Gouveia counters with a takedown into side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gouveia throws a strike aimed at the side of Vukovic's head but Vukovic avoids it well.
Vukovic knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Gouveia on the ground.
Gouveia misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Vukovic is breathing heavily.
Vukovic tries to buck Gouveia off but Gouveia is having none of it.
Vukovic is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Gouveia asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Gouveia scoring with punches from side control.
Gouveia is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Vukovic's shoulder. That is not cool.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gouveia looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Gouveia trying to control the position but Vukovic is working away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gouveia is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Vukovic will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Gouveia scoring with punches from side control.
Gouveia moves into full mount!
Vukovic avoids a series of strikes thrown by Gouveia.
Vukovic holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Gouveia tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gouveia has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Vukovic's face.
Gouveia with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Gouveia softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and Vukovic is out cold! Gouveia jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gustavo Gouveia!
After winning the bout, Gustavo Gouveia thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
Mirko Vukovic was interviewed post fight and said 'Unlucky'.
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hype
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FIGHT
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