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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Michael Dawson (ranked 2588 p4p, 4232 weight class) and Zeke Hester (ranked 253 p4p, 372 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Michael Dawson!
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, Zeke Hester!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Jorge Garcia and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dawson lands a body shot.
Hester closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Dawson working hard to break the clinch.
Hester misses with an elbow strike.
Hester looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hester looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hester pushes off an throws an elbow but Dawson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hester throws an elbow that misses.
Hester looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hester throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Dawson avoids the elbow strike from Hester, against the cage.
Dawson wants to get back to striking at distance but Hester won't allow it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hester comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
It looks like Michael Dawson has been cut.
Hester pushes off an throws an elbow but Dawson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Dawson avoids the elbow strike from Hester, against the cage.
Hester misses with an elbow strike.
Hester lands an elbow inside that Dawson shrugs off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hester throws an elbow but misses.
Dawson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dawson takes a swing at Hester's ribcage but misses.
Dawson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Zeke Hester seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hester dodges the punch combination from Dawson.
Dawson with a nice calf kick.
Dawson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hester avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hester tries to clinch but Dawson is having none of it.
Hester closes the distance and clinches.
Dawson blocks an elbow strike from Hester.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hester just misses with a elbow thrown towards Dawson's brow.
Dawson wants to break free but Hester has control.
Hester misses with an elbow over the top.
I was talking to Dawson's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hester throws an elbow that misses.
Dawson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dawson scores with a crisp jab that stopped Hester in his tracks.
Hester gets a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dawson blocks an elbow strike from Hester.
Hester throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hester throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hester throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Dawson dodges an elbow strike from Hester.
Dawson avoids a wild elbow strike from Hester.
Hester throws an elbow that misses.
Dawson blocks an elbow strike.
Dawson blocks an elbow strike from Hester.
Hester keeps control of Dawson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hester throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Dawson can't break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Hester.
Dawson is trying to break free.
Hester creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Hester lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Michael Dawson's cut is getting worse.
Hester misses with an elbow strike.
Dawson breaks from the clinch.
Hester gets a clinch.
Dawson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hester throws an elbow but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hester just misses with a elbow thrown towards Dawson's brow.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hester just misses with a elbow thrown towards Dawson's brow.
Hester looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Hester pushes off an throws an elbow but Dawson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hester looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Dawson is trying to force a seperation but Hester has the dominant position.
Dawson avoids the elbow strike from Hester, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hester lands an elbow that stopped Dawson in his tracks for a moment.
Hester pushes off an throws an elbow but Dawson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hester throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hester lands a nice elbow.
Hester misses with an elbow strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dawson dodges an elbow strike from Hester.
Dawson dodges an elbow strike from Hester.
Dawson dodges an elbow strike from Hester.
Hester pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hester throws an elbow but it misses.
Dawson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hester just misses with a elbow thrown towards Dawson's brow.
Dawson blocks an elbow strike.
Hester throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Zeke Hester dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Michael Dawson's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Dawson misses with the combination.
Hester instigates a clinch.
Dawson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hester pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Dawson avoids a wild elbow strike from Hester.
Dawson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Dawson breaks from the clinch.
Dawson lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Hester wants to clinch up but Dawson keeps it at a distance.
Hester instigates a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hester creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hester throws an elbow but misses.
Dawson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hester moves into the clinch.
Dawson takes an elbow to the temple.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dawson avoids the elbow strike from Hester, against the cage.
Dawson blocks an elbow strike from Hester.
Hester looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hester has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Dawson dodges an elbow strike from Hester.
Hester misses with an elbow over the top.
Hester throws an elbow but it misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hester throws an elbow but misses.
Dawson blocks the elbow strike.
Dawson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hester has him pressed against the cage.
Hester throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hester throws an elbow but misses.
Dawson avoids the elbow strike from Hester, against the cage.
Hester misses with an elbow strike.
Hester misses with an elbow over the top.
Hester lands an elbow that stopped Dawson in his tracks for a moment.
Michael Dawson's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hester throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hester throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hester creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Dawson dodges an elbow strike from Hester.
Hester lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dawson avoids the elbow strike from Hester, against the cage.
Hester misses with an elbow strike.
Hester misses with an elbow over the top.
Dawson has had enough of the clinch but Hester keeps him there for the moment.
Dawson avoids the elbow strike from Hester, against the cage.
Dawson avoids the elbow strike from Hester, against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dawson blocks an elbow strike from Hester.
Dawson blocks the elbow strike.
Hester looks to throw an elbow but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dawson dodges an elbow strike from Hester.
Hester creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dawson's defenses.
Hester throws an elbow but it misses.
Dawson is trying to push Hester away but Hester has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Dawson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hester instigates a clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hester throws an elbow but misses.
Hester throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hester throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hester misses with an elbow over the top.
Dawson avoids a wild elbow strike from Hester.
Hester pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hester throws an elbow but misses.
Hester throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Dawson working hard to break the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dawson blocks an elbow strike from Hester.
Dawson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hester moves into range and clinches up with Dawson.
Dawson dodges an elbow strike from Hester.
Dawson dodges an elbow strike from Hester.
Dawson dodges an elbow strike from Hester.
Hester prevents Dawson from breaking the clinch.
Dawson avoids the elbow strike from Hester, against the cage.
Hester throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hester throws an elbow that misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hester throws an elbow that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hester throws an elbow but misses.
Dawson blocks an elbow strike from Hester.
Dawson dodges an elbow strike from Hester.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Zeke Hester showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Michael Dawson's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Hester takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Hester checks a leg kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Dawson - that will leave a mark!
Dawson thows a body kick. Hester tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Michael Dawson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dawson keeps the fight on the outside.
Dawson is looking to slow Hester down with leg kicks.
Hester takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Hester wants to clinch.
It looked like Dawson was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Hester.
Hester tries to close the distance and clinch but Dawson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hester gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Dawson blocks an elbow strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hester looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hester throws an elbow but it misses.
Hester throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hester throws an elbow that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hester pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Dawson dodges an elbow strike from Hester.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hester just misses with a elbow thrown towards Dawson's brow.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hester just misses with a elbow thrown towards Dawson's brow.
Hester looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hester looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Dawson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hester.
Dawson avoids a wild elbow strike from Hester.
Hester misses with an elbow over the top.
Hester throws an elbow that misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hester.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hester throws an elbow but misses.
Dawson avoids the elbow strike from Hester, against the cage.
Dawson avoids a wild elbow strike from Hester.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hester lands an elbow inside that Dawson shrugs off.
Jeez, Michael Dawson's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Michael Dawson's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:16 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Zeke Hester!
A very excited looking Zeke Hester made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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