Post by The Sandmen on Jan 2, 2016 16:47:52 GMT -5
Houston Alexander doesn't look concerned about anything his opponent brings to the table.
Fabricio Werdum doesn't look concerned about anything his opponent brings to the table.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
Houston Alexander is the favourite by the betting sites on internet.
Fabricio Werdum comes with a 4 fight losing streak.
The referee of the bout is Mario Yamasaki.
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Round 1
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Alexander and Werdum move forward as the bell signals the beginning of the fight!
Werdum fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Houston Alexander didn't see it coming and has been put on the ground!
Fabricio Werdum is in open guard over Alexander
Werdum sure knows how to turn you into a pretzel. He can finish the fight anytime while on the ground.
Werdum is in open guard over Alexander... he fakes a move and then tries a kneebar!
Alexander rolls on the ground trying to get free and after a few kicks of his own he escapes.
Back to the beginning! Houston Alexander is standing now.
Alexander is standing while Werdum is on the ground on his back
Werdum tries to hit Houston Alexander with a kick to his knee from the ground.
Alexander dodges that
Alexander tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Alexander cartwheels towards Werdum!
Werdum fights back and evades the cartwheel guard pass.
Mario Yamasaki halts the fight to stand up Fabricio Werdum. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Back to the beginning! Fabricio Werdum is standing now.
Fabricio Werdum tries to bring the fight to the ground
Alexander goes down.
Fabricio Werdum is in open guard over Alexander
Werdum is in open guard over Alexander... he fakes a move and then tries a kneebar!
Alexander rolls on the ground trying to get free and after a few kicks of his own he escapes.
Mario Yamasaki halts the fight to stand up Fabricio Werdum. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Nokia Arena (Tel Aviv, Israel) are cheering for the fighters.
As the fight continues it seems that Fabricio Werdum is taking the best of the fight.
Werdum fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Houston Alexander didn't see it coming and has been put on the ground!
Crushing shot to Alexander's body! He's holding his side
The clock says 1:05 in the 1 round
Fabricio Werdum is in open guard over Alexander
Fabricio Werdum tries to finish with a leg lock!
Alexander is able to break the lock.
Fabricio Werdum is in open guard over Alexander
Werdum is in open guard over Alexander... he fakes a move and then tries a kneebar!
Alexander rolls on the ground trying to get free and after a few kicks of his own he escapes.
Werdum misses a step and Houston Alexander sees an opportunity to counter him!
Houston Alexander gets an arm and tries to apply an armbar. Werdum spins out, but Houston Alexander was ready for that and quickly switches to a triangle choke!
Werdum is too good and managed to back out of danger.
Mario Yamasaki halts the fight to stand up Fabricio Werdum. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Nokia Arena (Tel Aviv, Israel) are cheering for the fighters.
Werdum fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Alexander sprawls and remains on his feet.
The clock says 1:35 in the 1 round
Werdum looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Houston Alexander's punches
Werdum is on the receiving end of a great combo by Alexander.
Werdum is holding Houston Alexander's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Houston Alexander loses balance and goes to the ground.
Fabricio Werdum is in side mount over Houston Alexander
Houston Alexander launches a few punches to Werdum's cheek from the guard.
Fabricio Werdum uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Werdum is trying to counter now!
Fabricio Werdum looks to mount Houston Alexander...
Houston Alexander sees an opening and locks his opponent in half guard.
Fabricio Werdum is in half guard over Alexander
Werdum tries to free his leg...
Alexander doesn't allow any movement here! He's cooling the fight on the ground.
Werdum clumsily fails here and it's time for Houston Alexander to fight back!
Houston Alexander attempts to move to full guard
Houston Alexander manages to switch to full guard.
Fabricio Werdum is in open guard over Alexander
Werdum is in open guard over Alexander... he fakes a move and then tries a kneebar!
Alexander rolls on the ground trying to get free and after a few kicks of his own he escapes.
Mario Yamasaki halts the fight to stand up Fabricio Werdum. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Nokia Arena (Tel Aviv, Israel) are cheering for the fighters.
Fabricio Werdum takes a few seconds to recover his breath...
Fabricio Werdum is slowing the pace of the fight a bit and circles around his opponent.
Fabricio Werdum tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Alexander is unable to remain on his feet and falls to the ground
Crushing shot to Alexander's body! He's holding his side
Fabricio Werdum is in open guard over Alexander
Alexander measures the resilience of Werdum's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Werdum blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Alexander clumsily fails here and it's time for Fabricio Werdum to fight back!
Werdum moves on the ground...
..and gets to half guard.
Fabricio Werdum is in half guard over Alexander
Werdum sits over his knees and pushes away Alexander's leg!
Alexander closes his legs around Fabricio Werdum's leg. Werdum is not able to move away now!
The clock says 3:10 in the 1 round
Fabricio Werdum is in half guard over Alexander
Fabricio Werdum isolates Houston Alexander's right arm looking for an armbar...
Houston Alexander manages to sit up and pull his arm out of danger! Fabricio Werdum lost his dominant position.
Houston Alexander is in open guard over Werdum
Body shots by Houston Alexander
Solid blows to Werdum's abdomen.
Houston Alexander is in open guard over Werdum
Body shots by Houston Alexander
Solid blows to Werdum's abdomen.
The clock says 3:45 in the 1 round
Houston Alexander is in open guard over Werdum
Werdum tries to close his guard around Alexander
He succeeds!
Houston Alexander is in closed guard over Werdum
Werdum throws his legs up in a triangle attempt!
Houston Alexander realizes the danger and stands up to avoid the attack.
Mario Yamasaki halts the fight to stand up Fabricio Werdum. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Nokia Arena (Tel Aviv, Israel) are cheering for the fighters.
Werdum follows Houston Alexander
only to get counter punched in a big way! Werdum needs to stop playing Houston Alexander's game or he'll get knocked out!
Fabricio Werdum shoots for a double leg takedown!
He hits it! Houston Alexander is taken off his feet, but he manages to pull Werdum into his guard.
The clock says 4:20 in the 1 round
Fabricio Werdum is in closed guard over Alexander
Werdum tries to escape from closed guard...
Werdum struggles to liberate his leg and jumps to half guard!
Fabricio Werdum is in half guard over Alexander
Alexander measures the resilience of Werdum's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Werdum's side.
Fabricio Werdum is in half guard over Alexander
Houston Alexander tries to close the guard.
Nothing from this effort.
Poorly executed technique. Fabricio Werdum looks to counter!
Werdum sits over his knees and pushes away Alexander's leg!
Fabricio Werdum is able to put away his leg and then jumps to side mount.
Fabricio Werdum is in side mount over Houston Alexander
Alexander measures the resilience of Werdum's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Werdum's side.
Fabricio Werdum is in side mount over Houston Alexander
Houston Alexander attempts to trap Fabricio Werdum in his guard.
Houston Alexander manages to switch to half guard.
The referee separates the fighters as the buzzer sounds.
That was a close round.
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Round 2
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Houston Alexander fires an unorthodox punch to Werdum's torso
that hits its mark.
The two exchange wildly
both landing but without much steam behind the shots.
A punch from Houston Alexander
gets blocked by Werdum.
The clock says 0:40 in the 2 round
Werdum is holding Houston Alexander's right leg... He's trying to take him down.
Houston Alexander loses balance and goes to the ground.
Fabricio Werdum is in side mount over Houston Alexander
Alexander measures the resilience of Werdum's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Werdum blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Houston Alexander gets sloppy and Fabricio Werdum tries to take advantage...
Werdum tries to move to full mount!
Nice move. He is in full mount now.
Fabricio Werdum is in full mount over Houston Alexander
Houston Alexander tries to roll to his side and trap Fabricio Werdum in his guard...
Fabricio Werdum keeps good control and remains in full mount.
Fabricio Werdum is in full mount over Houston Alexander
Alexander tries to move on the ground and escape from the full mount!
Fabricio Werdum doesn't want to lose his adventageous position and he struggles to mantain the full mount.
Fabricio Werdum is in full mount over Houston Alexander
Houston Alexander launches a few punches to Werdum's cheek from the guard.
Fabricio Werdum uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
The clock says 1:35 in the 2 round
Fabricio Werdum is in full mount over Houston Alexander
As the fight continues it seems that Fabricio Werdum is taking the best of the fight.
Werdum tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Fabricio Werdum controls the situation despite Houston Alexander efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Fabricio Werdum is in full mount over Houston Alexander
Alexander tries to escape from the full mount...
Fabricio Werdum is not caught off guard and moves to side mount to keep his superior position.
Fabricio Werdum is in side mount over Houston Alexander
Fabricio Werdum looks to mount Houston Alexander...
Fabricio Werdum slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Fabricio Werdum is in full mount over Houston Alexander
Houston Alexander tries to roll to his side and trap Fabricio Werdum in his guard...
Houston Alexander gets his hip out and moves to full guard.
The clock says 2:15 in the 2 round
Fabricio Werdum is in full mount over Houston Alexander
Alexander measures the resilience of Werdum's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Werdum blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Alexander misses a step and Fabricio Werdum sees an opportunity to counter him!
Alexander tries to escape from the full mount...
Fabricio Werdum is not caught off guard and moves to side mount to keep his superior position.
Fabricio Werdum is in side mount over Houston Alexander
Houston Alexander attempts to trap Fabricio Werdum in his guard.
Fabricio Werdum keeps control and remains in side mount.
The referee decides to stand up the fighters since there was not much action on the ground.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
The clock says 2:40 in the 2 round
Houston Alexander goes with a looping right hand while Fabricio Werdum jumps back and jabs
That one hits but Werdum seems unaffected, countering with a few punches of his own. Great exchange here.
Some nice shots from Fabricio Werdum
that stun Alexander.
The clock says 3:05 in the 2 round
Werdum avoids a dangerous strike from Alexander
and counters with a solid straight!
Houston Alexander throws an uppercut
Werdum slips it.
Poorly executed technique. Fabricio Werdum looks to counter!
Werdum grabs his opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
Great takedown by Fabricio Werdum
Fabricio Werdum is in open guard over Alexander
Werdum tries to move to full mount
Werdum succeeds
Fabricio Werdum is in full mount over Houston Alexander
Werdum tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Fabricio Werdum controls the situation despite Houston Alexander efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Fabricio Werdum is in full mount over Houston Alexander
Terrible one sided match... Alexander was not ready to fight a fighter of Fabricio Werdum caliber.
Houston Alexander tries to roll to his side and get to half guard...
Fabricio Werdum rolls Houston Alexander to his stomach and takes his back!
The clock says 3:55 in the 2 round
Werdum is in rear mount over Alexander
Alexander measures the resilience of Werdum's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Werdum blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Werdum is in rear mount over Alexander
The fight was awfully one sided. Matchmakers should take this into account for future fights.
Houston Alexander launches a few punches to Werdum's cheek from the guard.
Fabricio Werdum uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Poorly executed technique. Fabricio Werdum looks to counter!
Werdum tries to get a hook in!
Things get worse for Alexander! Werdum has one hook in and keeps working!
Werdum is in rear mount over Alexander with one hook in
Fabricio Werdum isolates an arm looking for an armbar from the back...
You can see the pain reflected in Alexander's eyes...
That Armbar looks tight...
That Armbar from Fabricio Werdum appears to be unbreakable
Alexander Hyper-extended his arm
Crippling lock!
Crippling lock!
Crippling lock!
Werdum throws his leg over and Houston Alexander is in serious trouble! Fabricio Werdum extends his hips and Houston Alexander is forced to tapout to the crafty armbar!
Winner is Fabricio Werdum by Submission (Armbar) at 4:25 Round 2
Statistics: Houston Alexander
Punches 10/14 (71%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 8/25 (32%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 358 s
Statistics: Fabricio Werdum
Punches 9/13 (69%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 8/9 (89%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 8/8 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 368 s
What a huge upset! Fabricio Werdum is the winner!
Werdum was winning early, then Houston fought his way back into the fight late in the 1st. Then Werdum got a hold of him in the 2nd and ended him.
Fabricio Werdum doesn't look concerned about anything his opponent brings to the table.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
Houston Alexander is the favourite by the betting sites on internet.
Fabricio Werdum comes with a 4 fight losing streak.
The referee of the bout is Mario Yamasaki.
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Round 1
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Alexander and Werdum move forward as the bell signals the beginning of the fight!
Werdum fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Houston Alexander didn't see it coming and has been put on the ground!
Fabricio Werdum is in open guard over Alexander
Werdum sure knows how to turn you into a pretzel. He can finish the fight anytime while on the ground.
Werdum is in open guard over Alexander... he fakes a move and then tries a kneebar!
Alexander rolls on the ground trying to get free and after a few kicks of his own he escapes.
Back to the beginning! Houston Alexander is standing now.
Alexander is standing while Werdum is on the ground on his back
Werdum tries to hit Houston Alexander with a kick to his knee from the ground.
Alexander dodges that
Alexander tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Alexander cartwheels towards Werdum!
Werdum fights back and evades the cartwheel guard pass.
Mario Yamasaki halts the fight to stand up Fabricio Werdum. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Back to the beginning! Fabricio Werdum is standing now.
Fabricio Werdum tries to bring the fight to the ground
Alexander goes down.
Fabricio Werdum is in open guard over Alexander
Werdum is in open guard over Alexander... he fakes a move and then tries a kneebar!
Alexander rolls on the ground trying to get free and after a few kicks of his own he escapes.
Mario Yamasaki halts the fight to stand up Fabricio Werdum. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Nokia Arena (Tel Aviv, Israel) are cheering for the fighters.
As the fight continues it seems that Fabricio Werdum is taking the best of the fight.
Werdum fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Houston Alexander didn't see it coming and has been put on the ground!
Crushing shot to Alexander's body! He's holding his side
The clock says 1:05 in the 1 round
Fabricio Werdum is in open guard over Alexander
Fabricio Werdum tries to finish with a leg lock!
Alexander is able to break the lock.
Fabricio Werdum is in open guard over Alexander
Werdum is in open guard over Alexander... he fakes a move and then tries a kneebar!
Alexander rolls on the ground trying to get free and after a few kicks of his own he escapes.
Werdum misses a step and Houston Alexander sees an opportunity to counter him!
Houston Alexander gets an arm and tries to apply an armbar. Werdum spins out, but Houston Alexander was ready for that and quickly switches to a triangle choke!
Werdum is too good and managed to back out of danger.
Mario Yamasaki halts the fight to stand up Fabricio Werdum. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Nokia Arena (Tel Aviv, Israel) are cheering for the fighters.
Werdum fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Alexander sprawls and remains on his feet.
The clock says 1:35 in the 1 round
Werdum looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Houston Alexander's punches
Werdum is on the receiving end of a great combo by Alexander.
Werdum is holding Houston Alexander's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Houston Alexander loses balance and goes to the ground.
Fabricio Werdum is in side mount over Houston Alexander
Houston Alexander launches a few punches to Werdum's cheek from the guard.
Fabricio Werdum uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Werdum is trying to counter now!
Fabricio Werdum looks to mount Houston Alexander...
Houston Alexander sees an opening and locks his opponent in half guard.
Fabricio Werdum is in half guard over Alexander
Werdum tries to free his leg...
Alexander doesn't allow any movement here! He's cooling the fight on the ground.
Werdum clumsily fails here and it's time for Houston Alexander to fight back!
Houston Alexander attempts to move to full guard
Houston Alexander manages to switch to full guard.
Fabricio Werdum is in open guard over Alexander
Werdum is in open guard over Alexander... he fakes a move and then tries a kneebar!
Alexander rolls on the ground trying to get free and after a few kicks of his own he escapes.
Mario Yamasaki halts the fight to stand up Fabricio Werdum. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Nokia Arena (Tel Aviv, Israel) are cheering for the fighters.
Fabricio Werdum takes a few seconds to recover his breath...
Fabricio Werdum is slowing the pace of the fight a bit and circles around his opponent.
Fabricio Werdum tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Alexander is unable to remain on his feet and falls to the ground
Crushing shot to Alexander's body! He's holding his side
Fabricio Werdum is in open guard over Alexander
Alexander measures the resilience of Werdum's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Werdum blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Alexander clumsily fails here and it's time for Fabricio Werdum to fight back!
Werdum moves on the ground...
..and gets to half guard.
Fabricio Werdum is in half guard over Alexander
Werdum sits over his knees and pushes away Alexander's leg!
Alexander closes his legs around Fabricio Werdum's leg. Werdum is not able to move away now!
The clock says 3:10 in the 1 round
Fabricio Werdum is in half guard over Alexander
Fabricio Werdum isolates Houston Alexander's right arm looking for an armbar...
Houston Alexander manages to sit up and pull his arm out of danger! Fabricio Werdum lost his dominant position.
Houston Alexander is in open guard over Werdum
Body shots by Houston Alexander
Solid blows to Werdum's abdomen.
Houston Alexander is in open guard over Werdum
Body shots by Houston Alexander
Solid blows to Werdum's abdomen.
The clock says 3:45 in the 1 round
Houston Alexander is in open guard over Werdum
Werdum tries to close his guard around Alexander
He succeeds!
Houston Alexander is in closed guard over Werdum
Werdum throws his legs up in a triangle attempt!
Houston Alexander realizes the danger and stands up to avoid the attack.
Mario Yamasaki halts the fight to stand up Fabricio Werdum. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Nokia Arena (Tel Aviv, Israel) are cheering for the fighters.
Werdum follows Houston Alexander
only to get counter punched in a big way! Werdum needs to stop playing Houston Alexander's game or he'll get knocked out!
Fabricio Werdum shoots for a double leg takedown!
He hits it! Houston Alexander is taken off his feet, but he manages to pull Werdum into his guard.
The clock says 4:20 in the 1 round
Fabricio Werdum is in closed guard over Alexander
Werdum tries to escape from closed guard...
Werdum struggles to liberate his leg and jumps to half guard!
Fabricio Werdum is in half guard over Alexander
Alexander measures the resilience of Werdum's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Werdum's side.
Fabricio Werdum is in half guard over Alexander
Houston Alexander tries to close the guard.
Nothing from this effort.
Poorly executed technique. Fabricio Werdum looks to counter!
Werdum sits over his knees and pushes away Alexander's leg!
Fabricio Werdum is able to put away his leg and then jumps to side mount.
Fabricio Werdum is in side mount over Houston Alexander
Alexander measures the resilience of Werdum's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Werdum's side.
Fabricio Werdum is in side mount over Houston Alexander
Houston Alexander attempts to trap Fabricio Werdum in his guard.
Houston Alexander manages to switch to half guard.
The referee separates the fighters as the buzzer sounds.
That was a close round.
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Round 2
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Houston Alexander fires an unorthodox punch to Werdum's torso
that hits its mark.
The two exchange wildly
both landing but without much steam behind the shots.
A punch from Houston Alexander
gets blocked by Werdum.
The clock says 0:40 in the 2 round
Werdum is holding Houston Alexander's right leg... He's trying to take him down.
Houston Alexander loses balance and goes to the ground.
Fabricio Werdum is in side mount over Houston Alexander
Alexander measures the resilience of Werdum's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Werdum blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Houston Alexander gets sloppy and Fabricio Werdum tries to take advantage...
Werdum tries to move to full mount!
Nice move. He is in full mount now.
Fabricio Werdum is in full mount over Houston Alexander
Houston Alexander tries to roll to his side and trap Fabricio Werdum in his guard...
Fabricio Werdum keeps good control and remains in full mount.
Fabricio Werdum is in full mount over Houston Alexander
Alexander tries to move on the ground and escape from the full mount!
Fabricio Werdum doesn't want to lose his adventageous position and he struggles to mantain the full mount.
Fabricio Werdum is in full mount over Houston Alexander
Houston Alexander launches a few punches to Werdum's cheek from the guard.
Fabricio Werdum uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
The clock says 1:35 in the 2 round
Fabricio Werdum is in full mount over Houston Alexander
As the fight continues it seems that Fabricio Werdum is taking the best of the fight.
Werdum tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Fabricio Werdum controls the situation despite Houston Alexander efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Fabricio Werdum is in full mount over Houston Alexander
Alexander tries to escape from the full mount...
Fabricio Werdum is not caught off guard and moves to side mount to keep his superior position.
Fabricio Werdum is in side mount over Houston Alexander
Fabricio Werdum looks to mount Houston Alexander...
Fabricio Werdum slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Fabricio Werdum is in full mount over Houston Alexander
Houston Alexander tries to roll to his side and trap Fabricio Werdum in his guard...
Houston Alexander gets his hip out and moves to full guard.
The clock says 2:15 in the 2 round
Fabricio Werdum is in full mount over Houston Alexander
Alexander measures the resilience of Werdum's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Werdum blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Alexander misses a step and Fabricio Werdum sees an opportunity to counter him!
Alexander tries to escape from the full mount...
Fabricio Werdum is not caught off guard and moves to side mount to keep his superior position.
Fabricio Werdum is in side mount over Houston Alexander
Houston Alexander attempts to trap Fabricio Werdum in his guard.
Fabricio Werdum keeps control and remains in side mount.
The referee decides to stand up the fighters since there was not much action on the ground.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
The clock says 2:40 in the 2 round
Houston Alexander goes with a looping right hand while Fabricio Werdum jumps back and jabs
That one hits but Werdum seems unaffected, countering with a few punches of his own. Great exchange here.
Some nice shots from Fabricio Werdum
that stun Alexander.
The clock says 3:05 in the 2 round
Werdum avoids a dangerous strike from Alexander
and counters with a solid straight!
Houston Alexander throws an uppercut
Werdum slips it.
Poorly executed technique. Fabricio Werdum looks to counter!
Werdum grabs his opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
Great takedown by Fabricio Werdum
Fabricio Werdum is in open guard over Alexander
Werdum tries to move to full mount
Werdum succeeds
Fabricio Werdum is in full mount over Houston Alexander
Werdum tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Fabricio Werdum controls the situation despite Houston Alexander efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Fabricio Werdum is in full mount over Houston Alexander
Terrible one sided match... Alexander was not ready to fight a fighter of Fabricio Werdum caliber.
Houston Alexander tries to roll to his side and get to half guard...
Fabricio Werdum rolls Houston Alexander to his stomach and takes his back!
The clock says 3:55 in the 2 round
Werdum is in rear mount over Alexander
Alexander measures the resilience of Werdum's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Werdum blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Werdum is in rear mount over Alexander
The fight was awfully one sided. Matchmakers should take this into account for future fights.
Houston Alexander launches a few punches to Werdum's cheek from the guard.
Fabricio Werdum uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Poorly executed technique. Fabricio Werdum looks to counter!
Werdum tries to get a hook in!
Things get worse for Alexander! Werdum has one hook in and keeps working!
Werdum is in rear mount over Alexander with one hook in
Fabricio Werdum isolates an arm looking for an armbar from the back...
You can see the pain reflected in Alexander's eyes...
That Armbar looks tight...
That Armbar from Fabricio Werdum appears to be unbreakable
Alexander Hyper-extended his arm
Crippling lock!
Crippling lock!
Crippling lock!
Werdum throws his leg over and Houston Alexander is in serious trouble! Fabricio Werdum extends his hips and Houston Alexander is forced to tapout to the crafty armbar!
Winner is Fabricio Werdum by Submission (Armbar) at 4:25 Round 2
Statistics: Houston Alexander
Punches 10/14 (71%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 8/25 (32%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 358 s
Statistics: Fabricio Werdum
Punches 9/13 (69%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 8/9 (89%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 8/8 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 368 s
What a huge upset! Fabricio Werdum is the winner!
Werdum was winning early, then Houston fought his way back into the fight late in the 1st. Then Werdum got a hold of him in the 2nd and ended him.