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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Badaz Rutten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pablo Hernandez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rutten comes to the cage accompanied by Daddy Cool by Boney M. Wow!!! Very cool music!!!. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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210 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Badaz Rutten!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pablo Hernandez!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Wesley Smith and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hernandez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hernandez doesn't manage to clinch there - Rutten circles away.
Hernandez moves into the clinch successfully.
Rutten using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rutten misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hernandez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hernandez breaks the clinch.
Hernandez gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hernandez can't break the clinch.
Hernandez can't break the clinch.
Hernandez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rutten has him pressed against the cage.
Hernandez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rutten using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hernandez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hernandez working hard to break the clinch.
Rutten throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hernandez's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Hernandez can't break the clinch.
Hernandez lands a shoulder strike.
Hernandez is trying to break the clinch but Rutten is controlling him.
Hernandez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rutten obliges.
Rutten misses with a punch on the inside.
Rutten prevents Hernandez from breaking the clinch.
Hernandez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rutten looking to throw knees to the head but Hernandez is blocking nicely.
Rutten using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hernandez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rutten connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hernandez's face.
Hernandez wants to get back to striking at distance but Rutten won't allow it.
Hernandez looks gassed!
Hernandez working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Rutten connects with a knee to the head.
Rutten tries to land knees in the clinch but Hernandez avoids the damage to the body.
Rutten tries a knee to the head but Hernandez blocks it.
Hernandez avoiding damage as Rutten throws knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hernandez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hernandez tries to break free but Rutten pushes him back against the cage.
Rutten tries a knee to the head but Hernandez blocks it.
Hernandez wants to break free but Rutten has control.
Hernandez is looking to break free of the clinch but Rutten has double underhooks.
Rutten has Hernandez pressed against the cage, preventing Hernandez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hernandez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Rutten presses Hernandez against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Rutten with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rutten misses with a knee to the head.
Rutten trying to land knees to the body.
Hernandez has had enough of the clinch but Rutten keeps him there for the moment.
Hernandez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hernandez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hernandez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Rutten tries to clinch up.
Hernandez misses with a wild combination.
Rutten connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Hernandez takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Rutten avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rutten scores with a leg kick.
Rutten feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hernandez's calf.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rutten throws a nice outside leg kick.
Rutten scores with a spinning back kick!
Hernandez keeps the fight on the outside.
Hernandez throws a series of punches but Rutten avoids them all with ease.
Rutten tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hernandez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hernandez is looking to clinch but Rutten is avoiding it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Rutten avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rutten throws a head kick that half lands.
Hernandez misses with the combination.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Hernandez crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Rutten - the referee stops the clock and Hernandez gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Rutten. Hernandez manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Hernandez keeps the fight on the outside.
Rutten tries to clinch up.
Rutten is looking to clinch but Hernandez is avoiding it.
Rutten showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hernandez.
Rutten slips under a jab.
Rutten tries to clinch up.
Rutten tries to clinch but Hernandez is having none of it.
Rutten looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rutten wants to clinch.
Hernandez clinches.
Hernandez has had enough of the clinch but Rutten keeps him there for the moment.
Rutten tries to land a knee to the head but Hernandez blocks with his arms.
Hernandez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hernandez can't break the clinch.
Hernandez is looking to break free of the clinch but Rutten has double underhooks.
Hernandez breaks the clinch.
Hernandez misses with the combination.
Rutten tries to clinch there but Hernandez circles away.
Hernandez throws a series of punches but Rutten avoids them all with ease.
Rutten scores with a kick to the body.
Rutten lands with a slapping head kick.
Rutten tries to clinch there but Hernandez circles away.
Rutten moves in looking to clinch but Hernandez pushes him off.
Hernandez lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Rutten tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hernandez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hernandez takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Pablo Hernandez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rutten moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez misses with a double jab.
Rutten moves into the clinch.
Rutten using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hernandez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rutten scores with a knee to the head.
Hernandez tries to break the clinch but Rutten is controlling the position.
Rutten keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hernandez's efforts to push away.
Hernandez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rutten keeps control of Hernandez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rutten misses with a knee to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Hernandez's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Rutten goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rutten tries a body shot but Hernandez blocks it.
Hernandez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hernandez's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Hernandez duly obliges.
Hernandez looks to land a combination but Rutten avoids it well.
Rutten fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rutten walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Rutten tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hernandez has closed the distance and engaged Rutten in a clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rutten.
Hernandez is trying to break the clinch but Rutten is controlling him.
Hernandez is trying to break the clinch but Rutten has him pressed against the cage.
Rutten scores with a knee to the head.
Hernandez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rutten has him pressed against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Badaz Rutten dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Hernandez tries to bum rush Rutten with a series of wild strikes but Rutten uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A left and a right from Hernandez both land. Nice combination.
Hernandez throws a series of punches but Rutten moves out of range.
Hernandez throws a series of punches but Rutten moves out of range.
Rutten tries to clinch but Hernandez is having none of it.
Rutten is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rutten has managed to clinch.
Hernandez can't break the clinch.
Rutten prevents Hernandez from breaking the clinch.
Hernandez can't break the clinch.
A body shot lands from Rutten.
Rutten looking to throw knees to the head but Hernandez is blocking nicely.
Rutten unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hernandez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rutten connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hernandez's face.
A frustrated look appears on Hernandez's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hernandez wants to get back to striking at distance but Rutten won't allow it.
Rutten lands a body shot in the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rutten stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Hernandez takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rutten lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hernandez is trying to break the clinch but Rutten is controlling him.
Hernandez scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hernandez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hernandez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hernandez can't break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rutten connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hernandez's face.
Hernandez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hernandez throws a right hand that Rutten ducks under and follows up with a left that Rutten also avoids with ease.
Hernandez looks to clinch
and Rutten counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Hernandez is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Rutten fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hernandez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rutten tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hernandez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Some wild striking there from Hernandez.
Rutten cracks the inside of Hernandez's front leg.
Hernandez throws a right and a left that Rutten avoids nicely.
Rutten scoring well with a low kick there.
Rutten slips a jab and a cross from Hernandez.
Pablo Hernandez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hernandez throws a series of punches but Rutten avoids them all with ease.
Rutten dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hernandez. That did some damage!
Rutten doesn't manage to clinch there - Hernandez circles away.
Rutten moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Left hook, right uppercut from Hernandez.
A decent looking cross lands there for Hernandez.
Hernandez misses with a double jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rutten lands a head kick. Hernandez smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Hernandez gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hernandez managing to block the knees to the body from Rutten.
Hernandez wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hernandez's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Rutten misses with a knee strike.
Rutten prevents Hernandez from breaking the clinch.
Hernandez lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rutten backwards.
Rutten tries a knee to the head but Hernandez blocks it.
Hernandez is looking to break free of the clinch but Rutten has double underhooks.
A knee to the head by Rutten.
Rutten with a knee to the head.
Rutten tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hernandez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hernandez is trying to force a seperation but Rutten has the dominant position.
Rutten missing with knees to the body.
Rutten tries to work over Hernandez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rutten tries a body shot but Hernandez blocks it.
Rutten has Hernandez pressed against the cage, preventing Hernandez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Rutten using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hernandez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A frustrated look appears on Hernandez's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Rutten looking to throw knees to the head but Hernandez is blocking nicely.
Hernandez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rutten has him pressed against the cage.
Hernandez tries to circle away but Rutten has him pinned against the cage.
Rutten tries to land a knee to the head but Hernandez blocks with his arms.
Hernandez can't break the clinch.
Hernandez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rutten showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hernandez.
Rutten is looking to clinch but Hernandez is avoiding it.
Hernandez is looking to clinch but Rutten is avoiding it.
Hernandez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rutten.
Rutten throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Hernandez's head.
Hernandez falls off balance throwing a combination
and Rutten counters with a leg kick.
Rutten is looking to clinch.
Rutten feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hernandez's calf.
Hernandez fails to land with a series of punches.
Hernandez scores with a three punch combo!
Rutten doesn't manage to clinch there - Hernandez circles away.
Hernandez swinging wilding here.
Hernandez scores with a nice strike.
Hernandez throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rutten showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hernandez.
Rutten scoring well with a low kick there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Hernandez takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Hernandez swinging wilding here.
Hernandez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rutten slips a jab and a cross from Hernandez.
Hernandez lands a lovely overhand right.
Rutten tries to clinch but fails miserably
letting Hernandez counter with a right hand.
Hernandez misses with a double jab.
Rutten doesn't manage to clinch there - Hernandez circles away.
Rutten is looking to clinch.
Hernandez circles away from the clinch attempt.
A low kick from Hernandez is predictable there
and Rutten counters with a body kick.
Rutten avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rutten moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hernandez checks a low kick from Rutten.
Rutten throws a head kick but Hernandez moves out of range.
Hernandez looks to land a combination but Rutten avoids it well.
Hernandez stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Rutten.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Badaz Rutten will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Hernandez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hernandez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hernandez closes the distance and clinches.
Rutten prevents Hernandez from breaking the clinch.
Rutten unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rutten connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hernandez's face.
Rutten unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hernandez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hernandez takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hernandez wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rutten misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hernandez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
No joy there for Hernandez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hernandez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rutten.
Hernandez looks to land a combination but Rutten avoids it well.
Rutten keeps the fight on the outside.
Hernandez throws a nice looking combination but Rutten bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rutten tries to clinch up but Hernandez circles away and keeps his distance.
Hernandez is looking to clinch.
Hernandez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rutten.
Rutten thuds his shin into the meat of Hernandez's side.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hernandez throws a head kick that misses.
Rutten goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
A chopping leg kick lands by Rutten.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rutten tries to clinch up.
Hernandez doesn't manage to clinch there - Rutten circles away.
No joy there for Hernandez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hernandez misses with a wild combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rutten looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rutten tries to close the distance and clinch but Hernandez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rutten blocks a jab.
Hernandez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Rutten closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Rutten keeps control of Hernandez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rutten putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hernandez in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Rutten swings wildly with an uppercut but Hernandez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rutten landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hernandez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rutten keeps control of Hernandez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rutten prevents Hernandez from breaking the clinch.
Rutten is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hernandez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hernandez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rutten has him pressed against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Rutten with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hernandez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Rutten unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rutten using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hernandez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hernandez is trying to break the clinch but Rutten is controlling him.
Hernandez is trying to break the clinch but Rutten is controlling him.
Rutten landing knees to the body.
Hernandez can't break the clinch.
Rutten misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hernandez.
Rutten connects with a knee to the head.
Hernandez wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hernandez avoiding damage as Rutten throws knees to the body.
Rutten keeps control of Hernandez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hernandez has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Rutten.
Hernandez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Rutten tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hernandez's elbow.
Hernandez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rutten digs a right hand underneath Hernandez's ribcage. Hernandez let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Hernandez is trying to break the clinch but Rutten is controlling him.
Rutten throws a punch but it's blocked by Hernandez.
Rutten swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hernandez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rutten tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hernandez avoids it.
Rutten goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hernandez is trying to break the clinch but Rutten has him pressed against the cage.
Rutten prevents Hernandez from breaking the clinch.
Hernandez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rutten prevents Hernandez from breaking the clinch.
Hernandez wants to break free but Rutten has control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rutten unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hernandez tries to break free but Rutten pushes him back against the cage.
Hernandez has had enough of the clinch but Rutten keeps him there for the moment.
Hernandez wants to break free but Rutten has control.
Hernandez prevents a body shot from Rutten.
Hernandez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rutten landing knees to the body.
Hernandez working hard to break the clinch.
Rutten keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hernandez's efforts to push away.
A shot in the inside from Rutten.
Rutten lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hernandez is trying to force a seperation but Rutten has the dominant position.
Rutten throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hernandez tries to break the clinch but Rutten is controlling the position.
Hernandez is trying to break the clinch but Rutten has him pressed against the cage.
Rutten unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Knees to the body from Rutten.
Rutten keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hernandez's efforts to push away.
Rutten unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hernandez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hernandez tries to circle away but Rutten has him pinned against the cage.
Hernandez tries to break free but Rutten pushes him back against the cage.
Rutten trying to land knees to the body.
Rutten has Hernandez pressed against the cage, preventing Hernandez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hernandez avoiding damage as Rutten throws knees to the body.
Hernandez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Pablo Hernandez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Rutten keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hernandez's efforts to push away.
Rutten landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hernandez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rutten has him pressed against the cage.
Hernandez takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hernandez wants to break free but Rutten has control.
Rutten lands a knee to the head.
Rutten has Hernandez pressed against the cage, preventing Hernandez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Rutten with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rutten using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rutten is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hernandez is defending well for now.
Hernandez is trying to force a seperation but Rutten has the dominant position.
Rutten has Hernandez pressed against the cage, preventing Hernandez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hernandez tries to circle away but Rutten has him pinned against the cage.
Knees to the body from Rutten.
Hernandez is looking to break free of the clinch but Rutten has double underhooks.
Hernandez working hard to break the clinch.
Hernandez can't break the clinch.
Rutten working Hernandez over with knees to the body.
Hernandez working hard to break the clinch.
Hernandez is looking to break free of the clinch but Rutten has double underhooks.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Hernandez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rutten has him pressed against the cage.
Rutten misses with a body punch.
Hernandez is trying to break the clinch but Rutten has him pressed against the cage.
Hernandez takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hernandez wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hernandez is looking to break free of the clinch but Rutten has double underhooks.
And that's the end of the fight!
Badaz Rutten showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Rutten 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:28
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Badaz Rutten!
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