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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between I Am Jewish (ranked 2084 p4p, 3522 weight class) and Matt Hernandez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Matt Hernandez told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed |
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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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, I Am Jewish!
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, Matt Hernandez!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jewish misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hernandez.
Hernandez is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Jewish fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Hernandez on the side of the head.
Jewish walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Hernandez checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Hernandez steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Jewish.
Jewish pivots, looking for a leg kick but Hernandez is out of range and Jewish settles back down.
Jewish scores with a shot to the body.
Jewish tests Hernandez's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Jewish takes a swing at Hernandez's ribcage but misses.
Jewish throws a shot to the body.
Jewish dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Jewish enables Hernandez to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Jewish manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jewish looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Jewish manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Hernandez manages to get himself to full guard.
Jewish throws a big right hand that misses.
Hernandez being controlled here, momentarily.
Jewish throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hernandez works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hernandez keeping full guard, as Jewish tries to pass.
Jewish seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Hernandez can do anything to dispel that myth.
Jewish working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Jewish is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Jewish continues to stall.
Jewish's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Hernandez has momentary wrist control but Jewish slips an elbow through the middle.
Jewish passes easily into side control. Nice work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jewish tries to score with some ground and pound. Hernandez controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Jewish advances to mount.
Jewish controlling his opponent.
Jewish scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Jewish controlling from mount.
Jewish lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hernandez taking shots to the head.
Jewish controlling the pace for now.
Hernandez wants to hold on but Jewish pushes him away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Jewish has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Jewish unloading with bombs!
Jewish takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Jewish connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Jewish sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Jewish landing strikes, looking to finish!
Jewish is landing with some decent strikes but Hernandez is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Jewish with good strikes from the mount here!
Jewish landing punches.
Jewish looking to control and managing it successfully.
Hernandez tries to hold on but Jewish pushes him away.
Jewish fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Hernandez is desperately trying to improve his position but Jewish has a good base and remains in mount.
Jewish landing strikes, looking to finish!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jewish looking to control and managing it successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jewish looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Jewish lands a nice shot to the head.
Jewish controlling his opponent.
BOOM! Jewish connects with a massive shot to the dome!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
I Am Jewish dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Hernandez dives in and scores a takedown into Jewish's guard.
Hernandez really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jewish. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Jewish 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.
Hernandez got a little sloppy there for a moment and Jewish has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Hernandez has managed to get both his arms back between Jewish's legs - danger averted.
Jewish controlling the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jewish bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Hernandez's guard.
Jewish is pushing down on Hernandez's leg trying to pass to half guard. Hernandez is fighting to maintain full guard but Jewish has managed to sneak the leg through.
Hernandez taking some punishment here, with Jewish in his half guard.
Well, if Jewish is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
More hug and hope from Jewish.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hernandez is trying to control but can't.
Jewish keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hernandez tries to get to full guard but Jewish has control of the leg.
I Am Jewish overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Jewish controlling the pace.
Jewish passes to full mount!
Jewish is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hernandez can do to turn this around?
Jewish scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Jewish controlling the position easily from mount.
Hernandez taking shots to the head.
Jewish connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Jewish takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Jewish has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Jewish lands a nice shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jewish controlling from the full mount.
Hernandez wants to hold on but Jewish pushes him away.
Jewish connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Jewish punishing his opponent with strikes.
Hernandez tries to hold on but Jewish pushes him away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jewish controlling from the full mount.
Jewish lands a big shot there that rocks Hernandez but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Jewish takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez controls the position.
Jewish controlling the position easily from mount.
Jewish landing punches.
Jewish landing strikes from the mount.
Jewish with a couple of short strikes.
Jewish landing shots from mount.
Jewish with good strikes from the mount here!
Jewish controlling his opponent.
Jewish putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jewish controlling his opponent.
The referee warns Hernandez that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Jewish with shots to the head and body - Hernandez looks very uncomfortable down there.
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!
Jewish controlling the position easily from mount.
Jewish scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Hernandez?
Hernandez wants to control but Jewish is having none of it.
Jewish with shots to the head and body - Hernandez looks very uncomfortable down there.
Jewish takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Jewish lands a nice shot to the head.
Hernandez in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Jewish takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
I Am Jewish dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Hernandez takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Jewish throws a body punch but Hernandez moves out of range.
Jewish scores with a jab. Hernandez acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Hernandez is rocked!
Hernandez closes the distance and pushes Jewish back into the cage.
Hernandez is still on wobbly legs! Can Jewish finish him?
Jewish misses with a body punch.
Hernandez seems to have recovered his senses.
Hernandez blocking some punches.
Hernandez tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jewish avoids it.
I was talking to Jewish's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Jewish working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Still in the clinch, Jewish scores with a nice short uppercut.
Jewish ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Jewish no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Jewish looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Jewish holds on and takes a little breather.
Jewish tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Hernandez wants to control from the top but Jewish keeps moving.
Jewish looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hernandez wants to control from the top but Jewish keeps moving.
Hernandez must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Jewish is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Jewish controlling the action here.
Hernandez won't allow Jewish to pass to mount.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Jewish seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Jewish working Hernandez over with strikes.
Jewish controlling the action here.
Hernandez has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Jewish is working away from the top position though.
Matt Hernandez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jewish content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Jewish passes to side control.
Jewish taking a breather here.
This is a sustained period of stalling by Jewish.
Jewish advances to full mount.
Jewish breaks from Hernandez's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Jewish looking to control and managing it successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez is wriggling around trying to escape.
Jewish raining down hammerfists from mount.
Jewish fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Hernandez is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Jewish punishing his opponent with strikes.
Hernandez in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Jewish takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Jewish scoring with strikes but Hernandez is staying in there.
Jewish with shots to the head and body - Hernandez looks very uncomfortable down there.
Jewish landing strikes, looking to finish!
Hernandez wants to hold on but Jewish pushes him away.
Jewish putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Jewish cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Jewish controlling the position easily from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jewish looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Jewish controlling his opponent.
Jewish lands a nice shot to the head.
Hernandez tries to hold on but Jewish pushes him away.
Jewish landing punches.
Jewish content just to control the position here.
Jewish in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Jewish tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Jewish scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Jewish tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Jewish is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Hernandez can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Jewish controlling the position easily from mount.
And that's the end of the fight!
I Am Jewish showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Jewish has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:26
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:24
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... I Am Jewish!
A very excited looking I Am Jewish rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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hype
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