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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Julio Calbrentes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jordan Mutch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Julio Calbrentes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jordan Mutch!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Felipe Paraventi and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Calbrentes tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A big left from Mutch misses.
Mutch closes the distance and clinches.
Mutch escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Calbrentes looks to land a combination but Mutch avoids it well.
Calbrentes does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A punch combination from Calbrentes misses.
Mutch avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Calbrentes misses with a few strikes there.
Mutch fails to land the takedown.
Calbrentes throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Mutch throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Calbrentes.
Calbrentes stalks Mutch and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Mutch's face. Mutch staggers backwards, shaken.
Calbrentes will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Calbrentes misses with a two punch combination.
Calbrentes moves out of range as Mutch throws a body kick.
Calbrentes throws a right hand that Mutch ducks under and follows up with a left that Mutch also avoids with ease.
Mutch closes the distance and clinches.
Calbrentes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mutch throws a low kick but it's checked well by Calbrentes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
A short left from Calbrentes.
Mutch manages to break the clinch.
Mutch shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Mutch was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Mutch controlling from mount.
Mutch lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Calbrentes hang on?
Calbrentes is working to get back to half guard.
Mutch controlling from mount.
Mutch with the ground and pound from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mutch cracks Calbrentes with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Mutch scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Calbrentes?
Calbrentes is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Mutch looking to finish with strikes here!
Mutch working the ground and pound effectively.
Calbrentes manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Mutch looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Calbrentes with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Mutch in particular looking to stall.
Mutch sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Calbrentes defending well though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Calbrentes kicks Mutch off and gets back to his feet.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Calbrentes lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Mutch backs up against the cage.
Calbrentes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Mutch. Calbrentes shrugs it off though.
Mutch tries to clinch but Calbrentes is having none of it.
Julio Calbrentes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mutch shoots for a takedown but Calbrentes saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Calbrentes stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Calbrentes wants it to stay on the feet.
Julio Calbrentes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jordan Mutch.
Mutch takes one to the chin there.
A lazy left from Calbrentes finds it's target.
Calbrentes throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Calbrentes gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Mutch to score an easy takedown into full guard.
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!
Calbrentes is trying to control the position but Mutch postures up.
Calbrentes keeping moving, preventing Mutch from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mutch missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Mutch sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Mutch postures up in Calbrentes's guard and throws a big left but Calbrentes blocks it.
Mutch 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.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Jordan Mutch.
Calbrentes thows a body shot but no joy.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Calbrentes tries to clinch up.
Mutch rushes Calbrentes and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jordan Mutch dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Mutch lands a jab-cross combination.
It looks like Julio Calbrentes has been cut.
Calbrentes throws a leg kick but Mutch checks it.
Mutch will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mutch keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Calbrentes.
Calbrentes throws a series of punches but Mutch avoids them all with ease.
Calbrentes closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Some wild striking there from Calbrentes.
Calbrentes blocks a head kick by Mutch.
Mutch slaps away a takedown attempt from Calbrentes, before circling back to the center of the mat.
A combination from Calbrentes does no damage.
Mutch getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mutch throws a head kick that misses.
Mutch throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Mutch showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Calbrentes.
Mutch tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Calbrentes throws a sloppy head kick and Mutch moves out of range easily.
Calbrentes showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mutch.
Mutch shoots for a double leg takedown but Calbrentes sprawls well. He's pushed Mutch's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Mutch smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Mutch throws a hook but Calbrentes blocks it.
Julio Calbrentes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nice sprawl there from Calbrentes as Mutch shoots in.
Calbrentes lands with a nice combination. Mutch backs away looking to recover.
Mutch tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Calbrentes manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Calbrentes takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Mutch lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Calbrentes backs up against the cage.
Calbrentes is rocked!
Calbrentes fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Mutch is out of range.
Calbrentes fails to land the takedown.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Calbrentes on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Calbrentes stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Mutch slips a jab and a cross from Calbrentes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Calbrentes takes a swing at Mutch's ribcage but misses.
A big right from Mutch misses.
A combination from Calbrentes does no damage.
Mutch tries to clinch up but Calbrentes circles away and keeps his distance.
Mutch scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A head kick misses from Mutch.
Calbrentes lands a jab-cross combination.
Mutch misses with a head kick.
Mutch showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Calbrentes.
Mutch shoots for a takedown but Calbrentes saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Julio Calbrentes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jordan Mutch.
No joy there for Calbrentes, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mutch has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Calbrentes throws a right and a left that both miss.
Mutch on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Calbrentes scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mutch throws a quick inside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mutch stuffs the takedown.
Mutch throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Calbrentes misses with a low kick.
Calbrentes waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mutch.
Mutch fails with an attempt to clinch.
Calbrentes lands a head shot.
Mutch shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Calbrentes but Calbrentes pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Calbrentes defending well as Mutch loads up on a big left hand.
Calbrentes swats away the attempt to clinch by Mutch.
Calbrentes digs a good body shot into Mutch's ribs.
Mutch misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mutch gets a clinch.
Calbrentes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mutch looking for a takedown.
Calbrentes throws an elbow but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Calbrentes is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Mutch escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mutch throws a jab but it's blocked by Calbrentes.
Calbrentes lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Mutch moves out of range of the leg kick from Calbrentes.
Calbrentes keeps the fight on the outside.
Mutch has a takedown stuffed.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mutch doesn't manage to clinch there - Calbrentes circles away.
Calbrentes tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mutch swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mutch throws a head kick but Calbrentes moves out of range.
Calbrentes scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mutch tries to clinch up but Calbrentes circles away and keeps his distance.
Calbrentes throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Calbrentes lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Mutch scores with a head kick. Calbrentes tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Calbrentes misses with a double jab
and Mutch counters with a flying knee. Nice.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jordan Mutch showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Julio Calbrentes's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Calbrentes swinging wildly here.
Calbrentes tries to bum rush Mutch with a series of wild strikes but Mutch uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Mutch tests Calbrentes's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Mutch avoids a punch combination nicely.
Mutch throws a left that rocks Calbrentes and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! Mutch dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Calbrentes regain composure!
Oh Calbrentes is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Calbrentes prevents Mutch from improving position.
The ground and pound from Mutch seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Mutch working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Calbrentes avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Mutch.
Mutch is looking to take a break and control but Calbrentes is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Calbrentes seems to have got his legs back now.
Calbrentes tries to escape but Mutch is in control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mutch is chipping away with strikes.
Calbrentes is looking to reverse the position.
Mutch is looking to take a break and control but Calbrentes is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Mutch landing a few strikes.
Mutch looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Calbrentes is not content to let Mutch control the position.
Julio Calbrentes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Calbrentes can't do much from the bottom here.
Mutch advances to full mount.
Calbrentes is bucking up trying to escape but Mutch cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Mutch is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Calbrentes can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
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!
Mutch lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Mutch working Calbrentes over with strikes here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Calbrentes is squirming around, avoiding Mutch's attempts to control the action.
Mutch controlling from mount.
Jordan Mutch has got the better of the ground game so far.
Mutch is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Julio Calbrentes's cut is getting worse.
Calbrentes tries to hold on but Mutch postures up.
Mutch controlling his opponent.
Mutch working the ground and pound effectively.
Julio Calbrentes's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Calbrentes defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Mutch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Calbrentes is trying desperately to improve position.
Mutch cracks Calbrentes with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
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!
Calbrentes in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Mutch has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Calbrentes is trying to escape the mount.
Mutch is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Calbrentes working to try and regain half guard.
Jordan Mutch is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
A nice elbow there by Mutch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jordan Mutch comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Mutch has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 27:30
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jordan Mutch!
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energy
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