Post by The Sandmen on Oct 17, 2016 20:34:30 GMT -5
Uriah Hall glares at his opponent from the opposite corner.
Demian Maia looks very relaxed.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
The bets gives an equal chance to both fighters to score the win today.
The referee of the bout is Mario Yamasaki.
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Round 1
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Hall and Maia move forward as the bell signals the beginning of the fight!
Maia has a high cardio that helps him make great performances.
Maia studies his opponent looking for a hole in his defense.
Uriah Hall swings...
hard impact to Maia's face!
Demian Maia is doing his best Floyd Mayweather impression by not engaging.
Hall launches a stiff jab!
That barely hits Maia's face but it seems like one finger has poked his eye! Does the referee see that?
Mario Yamasaki didn't see the foul!
Uriah Hall circles around Maia
Hall looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Demian Maia's punches
Hall measures the resilience of Maia's chin with an uppercut while Maia lands some great crosses.
Hall showing excellent timing, blasts Demian Maia with a right hand.
Great hook by Uriah Hall! Demian Maia is caught off balance and slips to the ground!
Maia has a small cut in his Left eye
Hall is standing while Maia is on the ground on his back
Uriah Hall creates space and allows Demian Maia to stand up.
Maia climbs to his feet and is standing now.
Maia grabs his opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
Great takedown by Demian Maia
Demian Maia is in open guard over Hall
Hall tries to close his guard around Maia
He is not able to do it
Demian Maia is in open guard over Hall
Hall tries to close his guard around Maia
He succeeds!
Demian Maia is in closed guard over Hall
Maia is in closed guard... Hall tries to roll on the ground!
Demian Maia uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
Demian Maia is in closed guard over Hall
Maia is in closed guard... Hall tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Demian Maia!
Uriah Hall is in full mount over Demian Maia
Demian Maia tries to roll to his side and trap Uriah Hall in his guard...
Uriah Hall keeps good control and remains in full mount.
The clock says 2:15 in the 1 round
Uriah Hall is in full mount over Demian Maia
Demian Maia tries to roll to his side and trap Uriah Hall in his guard...
Uriah Hall keeps good control and remains in full mount.
Uriah Hall is in full mount over Demian Maia
Demian Maia tries to roll to his side and trap Uriah Hall in his guard...
Uriah Hall keeps good control and remains in full mount.
Uriah Hall is in full mount over Demian Maia
Maia tries to move on the ground and escape from the full mount!
He successfully moves to half guard!
Uriah Hall is in half guard over Maia
Demian Maia tries to close the guard.
Nothing from this effort.
The referee decides to stand up the fighters since there was not much action on the ground.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in The O2 Arena (London, England) are cheering for the fighters.
The clock says 2:55 in the 1 round
Maia attempts a shoot
Uriah Hall hops back and delivers a powerful kick to his head!
Maia's Forehead is bruised after the punishement he's received!
There is a small laceration on Demian Maia's Forehead
Maia steps backwards away from Uriah Hall. He seems to be cooling down the fight a bit.
Uriah Hall leans forwards and tries to grapple with Maia
Hall shows his clinching skills. Both fighters are clinching now.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Maia struggles and launches a few punches to Hall's head
Those punches are hitting! Hall covers his head!
Uriah Hall pushes away Maia trying to keep the fight at striking range
Maia doesn't want to break the clinch as he still is grappling with Uriah Hall
The fighters are clinching.
Uriah Hall grapple with Demian Maia and tries a Outer Leg Sweep
Maia manage to maintain his balances and avoid going down
Maia is trying to counter now!
Demian Maia tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Hall is unable to remain on his feet and falls to the ground
Demian Maia is in open guard over Hall
Demian Maia tries to finish with a leg lock!
Hall is able to break the lock.
Demian Maia is in open guard over Hall
Demian Maia tries to pass to half guard...
Uriah Hall can't prevent his opponent from passing. Maia looks to work from half guard.
Demian Maia is in half guard over Hall
Maia is taking this opportunity to rest.
Demian Maia is in half guard over Hall
Demian Maia isolates Uriah Hall's left arm looking for an armbar...
Uriah Hall manages to sit up and pull his arm out of danger! Demian Maia lost his dominant position.
Uriah Hall is in open guard over Maia
Uriah Hall tries to pass to half guard...
Demian Maia's guard is too good and he fails to pass.
The clock says 4:40 in the 1 round
Uriah Hall is in open guard over Maia
Maia tries to move on the ground and shows Uriah Hall a crack in his guard which he uses for a big elbow!
Maia uses his forearms to block the impact!
Mario Yamasaki has seen enough passivity on the ground and stands up the fighters.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
The buzzer sounds, marking the end of the round. The ref tells the fighters to go to their corner.
Demian Maia has to be confident that he won that round.
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Round 2
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Uriah Hall tries a nice one-two combination
He scores!
Good front kick from Hall!
Demian Maia blocks
A right hand from Uriah Hall
makes Maia stumble back!
Uriah Hall landed the knock out blow that he wanted! Maia is down! Maia has been absolutely destroyed here! A great victory for Uriah Hall!
Winner is Uriah Hall by KO (Punch) at 0:40 Round 2
Statistics: Uriah Hall
Punches 6/6 (100%)
Kicks 1/2 (50%)
Clinch strikes 1/1 (100%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/1 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 157 s
Statistics: Demian Maia
Punches 2/3 (67%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 2/3 (67%)
Takedowns 2/2 (100%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 2/2 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 166 s
This fight was supposed to be a really cool sumbission match between Souza and Maia - two elite submission guys on rough streaks. Instead, THANKS TO RATTLESNAKES, it was this botch-fest of mis-matched clusterfuckery, resulting in this boring KO. ZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzz
Demian Maia looks very relaxed.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
The bets gives an equal chance to both fighters to score the win today.
The referee of the bout is Mario Yamasaki.
=========================================
Round 1
=========================================
Hall and Maia move forward as the bell signals the beginning of the fight!
Maia has a high cardio that helps him make great performances.
Maia studies his opponent looking for a hole in his defense.
Uriah Hall swings...
hard impact to Maia's face!
Demian Maia is doing his best Floyd Mayweather impression by not engaging.
Hall launches a stiff jab!
That barely hits Maia's face but it seems like one finger has poked his eye! Does the referee see that?
Mario Yamasaki didn't see the foul!
Uriah Hall circles around Maia
Hall looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Demian Maia's punches
Hall measures the resilience of Maia's chin with an uppercut while Maia lands some great crosses.
Hall showing excellent timing, blasts Demian Maia with a right hand.
Great hook by Uriah Hall! Demian Maia is caught off balance and slips to the ground!
Maia has a small cut in his Left eye
Hall is standing while Maia is on the ground on his back
Uriah Hall creates space and allows Demian Maia to stand up.
Maia climbs to his feet and is standing now.
Maia grabs his opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
Great takedown by Demian Maia
Demian Maia is in open guard over Hall
Hall tries to close his guard around Maia
He is not able to do it
Demian Maia is in open guard over Hall
Hall tries to close his guard around Maia
He succeeds!
Demian Maia is in closed guard over Hall
Maia is in closed guard... Hall tries to roll on the ground!
Demian Maia uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
Demian Maia is in closed guard over Hall
Maia is in closed guard... Hall tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Demian Maia!
Uriah Hall is in full mount over Demian Maia
Demian Maia tries to roll to his side and trap Uriah Hall in his guard...
Uriah Hall keeps good control and remains in full mount.
The clock says 2:15 in the 1 round
Uriah Hall is in full mount over Demian Maia
Demian Maia tries to roll to his side and trap Uriah Hall in his guard...
Uriah Hall keeps good control and remains in full mount.
Uriah Hall is in full mount over Demian Maia
Demian Maia tries to roll to his side and trap Uriah Hall in his guard...
Uriah Hall keeps good control and remains in full mount.
Uriah Hall is in full mount over Demian Maia
Maia tries to move on the ground and escape from the full mount!
He successfully moves to half guard!
Uriah Hall is in half guard over Maia
Demian Maia tries to close the guard.
Nothing from this effort.
The referee decides to stand up the fighters since there was not much action on the ground.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in The O2 Arena (London, England) are cheering for the fighters.
The clock says 2:55 in the 1 round
Maia attempts a shoot
Uriah Hall hops back and delivers a powerful kick to his head!
Maia's Forehead is bruised after the punishement he's received!
There is a small laceration on Demian Maia's Forehead
Maia steps backwards away from Uriah Hall. He seems to be cooling down the fight a bit.
Uriah Hall leans forwards and tries to grapple with Maia
Hall shows his clinching skills. Both fighters are clinching now.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Maia struggles and launches a few punches to Hall's head
Those punches are hitting! Hall covers his head!
Uriah Hall pushes away Maia trying to keep the fight at striking range
Maia doesn't want to break the clinch as he still is grappling with Uriah Hall
The fighters are clinching.
Uriah Hall grapple with Demian Maia and tries a Outer Leg Sweep
Maia manage to maintain his balances and avoid going down
Maia is trying to counter now!
Demian Maia tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Hall is unable to remain on his feet and falls to the ground
Demian Maia is in open guard over Hall
Demian Maia tries to finish with a leg lock!
Hall is able to break the lock.
Demian Maia is in open guard over Hall
Demian Maia tries to pass to half guard...
Uriah Hall can't prevent his opponent from passing. Maia looks to work from half guard.
Demian Maia is in half guard over Hall
Maia is taking this opportunity to rest.
Demian Maia is in half guard over Hall
Demian Maia isolates Uriah Hall's left arm looking for an armbar...
Uriah Hall manages to sit up and pull his arm out of danger! Demian Maia lost his dominant position.
Uriah Hall is in open guard over Maia
Uriah Hall tries to pass to half guard...
Demian Maia's guard is too good and he fails to pass.
The clock says 4:40 in the 1 round
Uriah Hall is in open guard over Maia
Maia tries to move on the ground and shows Uriah Hall a crack in his guard which he uses for a big elbow!
Maia uses his forearms to block the impact!
Mario Yamasaki has seen enough passivity on the ground and stands up the fighters.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
The buzzer sounds, marking the end of the round. The ref tells the fighters to go to their corner.
Demian Maia has to be confident that he won that round.
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Round 2
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Uriah Hall tries a nice one-two combination
He scores!
Good front kick from Hall!
Demian Maia blocks
A right hand from Uriah Hall
makes Maia stumble back!
Uriah Hall landed the knock out blow that he wanted! Maia is down! Maia has been absolutely destroyed here! A great victory for Uriah Hall!
Winner is Uriah Hall by KO (Punch) at 0:40 Round 2
Statistics: Uriah Hall
Punches 6/6 (100%)
Kicks 1/2 (50%)
Clinch strikes 1/1 (100%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/1 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 157 s
Statistics: Demian Maia
Punches 2/3 (67%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 2/3 (67%)
Takedowns 2/2 (100%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 2/2 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 166 s
This fight was supposed to be a really cool sumbission match between Souza and Maia - two elite submission guys on rough streaks. Instead, THANKS TO RATTLESNAKES, it was this botch-fest of mis-matched clusterfuckery, resulting in this boring KO. ZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzz