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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vergil Blanco Rocha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Torrance (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Torrance's choice of entrance music: Black Strobe - I'm a man. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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179 lbs
21 - 12 - 0 |
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174 lbs
24 - 21 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Vergil Blanco Rocha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jack Torrance!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Steve Montenegro and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blanco Rocha keeps the fight on the outside.
Blanco Rocha keeps the fight on the outside.
Jack Torrance seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Torrance tries to clinch but Blanco Rocha moves out of range.
Torrance getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Torrance rushes Blanco Rocha and presses him up against the cage.
Torrance jumps guard but Blanco Rocha stands there with Torrance around his waist. Torrance gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Blanco Rocha blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Blanco Rocha doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Blanco Rocha throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Torrance blocks it with crossed arms.
Blanco Rocha using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Torrance has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Torrance breaks from the clinch.
Torrance is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Blanco Rocha keeps the fight on the outside.
Torrance moves in looking to clinch but Blanco Rocha pushes him off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Torrance wants to clinch.
Torrance tries to clinch up but Blanco Rocha circles away and keeps his distance.
Torrance misses with a right hand
and Torrance takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Torrance moves into the clinch.
Torrance lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Torrance misses with a punch on the inside.
Blanco Rocha creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Torrance's defenses.
Torrance throws a head punch that misses.
Blanco Rocha blocks an uppercut.
Torrance misses with the head strike.
Torrance misses with a punch on the inside.
Torrance misses with a hook from the clinch.
Torrance avoiding damage as Blanco Rocha throws knees to the body.
Torrance working aggressively here.
Torrance swings wildly with an uppercut but Blanco Rocha uses good head movement to avoid it.
Torrance scores with a shoulder strike.
Torrance looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Torrance breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Torrance tries to clinch up.
Torrance gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Blanco Rocha pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Torrance closes the distance but Blanco Rocha moves to the side
and Blanco Rocha counters with a nice body kick.
The fighters circling - Torrance throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Torrance moves to clinch but Blanco Rocha breaks away
and Blanco Rocha counters with a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Blanco Rocha keeps the fight on the outside.
Blanco Rocha circles away from the clinch attempt.
Torrance doesn't manage to clinch there - Blanco Rocha circles away.
Torrance darts in trying to clinch
and Blanco Rocha counters with a stiff right hand.
Torrance is looking to clinch.
Vergil Blanco Rocha is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Torrance tries to clinch there but Blanco Rocha circles away.
Torrance tries to clinch up.
Torrance is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Blanco Rocha jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Blanco Rocha fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Torrance manages to avoid it.
Blanco Rocha keeps the fight on the outside.
Torrance avoids a punch combination nicely.
Torrance has managed to clinch.
Torrance is trying to break free.
Blanco Rocha blocking some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blanco Rocha misses with an elbow over the top.
Torrance lands a nice elbow.
Torrance scores with a shot to the side of Blanco Rocha's head.
Torrance takes an elbow to the forehead.
Torrance throws a head punch that misses.
Blanco Rocha blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Blanco Rocha.
Blanco Rocha tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Torrance.
A short left from Torrance.
Torrance pushes Blanco Rocha back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Blanco Rocha breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Torrance misses with a hook.
Torrance gets the takedown into side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blanco Rocha is trying to get back to his feet.
Torrance stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Torrance ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Blanco Rocha lands with a straight right. Torrance didn't see that one coming.
Torrance wants to clinch but Blanco Rocha slips to the side
and Blanco Rocha counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torrance wants to clinch up but Blanco Rocha keeps it at a distance.
Torrance is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Torrance closes the distance looking to clinch
and Torrance takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Torrance tests Blanco Rocha's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Torrance moves out of range of the body kick.
Torrance tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Torrance gets a clinch.
Blanco Rocha is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Torrance is defending well for now.
Blanco Rocha avoids the elbow strike from Torrance, against the cage.
Torrance swings wildly with an uppercut but Blanco Rocha uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Torrance throws an elbow but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Blanco Rocha just misses with a elbow thrown towards Torrance's brow.
Blanco Rocha manages to break the clinch.
Torrance tries to clinch but Blanco Rocha is having none of it.
Torrance tries to clinch up.
Blanco Rocha is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Torrance tries to clinch up
enabling Blanco Rocha to counter with a crisp jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Jack Torrance will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Torrance looks to clinch
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
and Blanco Rocha counters with a nice uppercut.
Blanco Rocha waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Torrance.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Blanco Rocha lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Torrance has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Torrance and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Torrance fails with an attempt to clinch.
Blanco Rocha keeps the fight on the outside.
Torrance fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Blanco Rocha avoids it really well and circles away.
Blanco Rocha lands a slapping body shot.
Blanco Rocha connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Torrance is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Torrance fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Torrance is looking to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Torrance closes the distance and pushes Blanco Rocha back into the cage.
Blanco Rocha is trying to break the clinch but Torrance is controlling him.
Blanco Rocha escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Torrance gets the takedown into side control.
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!
Torrance happy to just control the position for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Torrance decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Torrance moves to clinch but Blanco Rocha breaks away
and Blanco Rocha counters with a nice body kick.
Vergil Blanco Rocha is winning the standup battle so far.
Torrance shoots for a takedown but Blanco Rocha saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Vergil Blanco Rocha has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Torrance.
Torrance closes the distance but Blanco Rocha moves to the side
and Blanco Rocha counters with a series of strikes. Torrance will be more careful next time no doubt.
Torrance tries to clinch but Blanco Rocha moves out of range.
Blanco Rocha keeps the fight on the outside.
Torrance is looking to clinch but Blanco Rocha is avoiding it.
Torrance tries to clinch up
and Blanco Rocha cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Torrance tries to clinch there but Blanco Rocha circles away.
Torrance tries to close the distance and clinch up but Blanco Rocha swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Blanco Rocha is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torrance fails in his attempt to clinch.
Blanco Rocha lands a jab.
Nice defenses there by Torrance.
Blanco Rocha swats away the attempt to clinch by Torrance.
Torrance shoots in and gets a takedown into Blanco Rocha's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blanco Rocha keeping moving, preventing Torrance from controlling successfully.
Blanco Rocha is working an open guard so Torrance takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Torrance tries to close the distance and clinch up but Blanco Rocha swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Blanco Rocha throws the kick towards the body but Torrance avoids it.
Torrance tries to close the distance and clinch but Blanco Rocha swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Torrance tries to clinch up.
Torrance throws the left hand but Blanco Rocha avoids the punch easily.
Torrance tries to clinch up
enabling Blanco Rocha to counter with a crisp jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blanco Rocha keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Blanco Rocha stuffs the takedown attempt from Torrance. Torrance gets slowly back to his feet.
Torrance with a poor takedown
enabling Blanco Rocha to counter with a crisp jab.
Torrance shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Torrance stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Blanco Rocha thuds a left hand into Torrance's body.
Blanco Rocha throws a half hearted mid kick.
Torrance tries to clinch but Blanco Rocha moves out of range.
Blanco Rocha lands the left hand.
Nice shot lands for Blanco Rocha.
Torrance tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Blanco Rocha paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Blanco Rocha circles away from the clinch attempt
and Blanco Rocha counters with a body kick.
Torrance tries to close the distance and clinch up but Blanco Rocha swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Torrance tries to close the distance and clinch up but Blanco Rocha swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torrance tries to clinch up.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Blanco Rocha lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Torrance closes the distance looking to clinch
and Blanco Rocha counters with an inside leg kick.
Blanco Rocha loads up on a big right hand but Torrance slips the punch.
Blanco Rocha ducks under a wild hook from Torrance.
Blanco Rocha throws a hook but Torrance avoids it easily.
Torrance wants to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Torrance looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Torrance tries to close the distance and clinch up but Blanco Rocha swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Torrance doesn't manage to clinch there - Blanco Rocha circles away.
Torrance shoots for a double leg takedown but Blanco Rocha sprawls well. He's pushed Torrance's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Blanco Rocha misses with a body shot.
Torrance gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vergil Blanco Rocha 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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Blanco Rocha throws a big shot that misses.
Blanco Rocha keeps the fight on the outside.
Torrance fails in his attempt to clinch.
Torrance doesn't manage to clinch there - Blanco Rocha circles away.
Blanco Rocha avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Torrance looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Torrance doesn't manage to clinch there - Blanco Rocha circles away.
Torrance tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Blanco Rocha manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Torrance moves in looking to clinch but Blanco Rocha pushes him off.
Torrance tries to clinch there but Blanco Rocha circles away.
Blanco Rocha takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Torrance wants to clinch up but Blanco Rocha keeps it at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Torrance wants to clinch.
Blanco Rocha throws a jab when Torrance was well out of range.
Torrance shoots in but no luck this time.
Blanco Rocha avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Torrance tries to clinch but Blanco Rocha is having none of it.
Torrance tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Torrance moves in looking to clinch but Blanco Rocha pushes him off.
Blanco Rocha circles away from the clinch attempt.
Torrance decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Torrance sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Torrance decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Torrance tries to clinch up but Blanco Rocha circles away and keeps his distance.
Torrance tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Blanco Rocha swivels and escapes.
Torrance looks to clinch
and Blanco Rocha counters with a body kick that stops Torrance in his tracks momentarily.
Torrance tries to clinch but Blanco Rocha is having none of it.
Blanco Rocha scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Torrance looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Blanco Rocha as Torrance shoots in.
Vergil Blanco Rocha has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Torrance.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Torrance is defended easily by Blanco Rocha.
Torrance looks to clinch
and Blanco Rocha counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Torrance scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Blanco Rocha takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Torrance ducks under a wild hook from Blanco Rocha.
Torrance tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Blanco Rocha counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Torrance tries to clinch but Blanco Rocha moves away
letting Blanco Rocha counter with a right hand.
Torrance misses with a takedown attempt - Blanco Rocha sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Torrance fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sloppy strikes from Blanco Rocha. Those never looked like landing.
Torrance tries to clinch up but Blanco Rocha circles away and keeps his distance.
Blanco Rocha keeps the fight on the outside.
Blanco Rocha connects with a leg kick. Torrance looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Torrance wants to clinch up but Blanco Rocha keeps it at a distance.
Torrance closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blanco Rocha gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Blanco Rocha is squirming around, avoiding Torrance's attempts to control the action.
Torrance controlling his opponent.
Torrance trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Torrance is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Torrance might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Blanco Rocha haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Blanco Rocha manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Torrance tries to pass to full mount but Blanco Rocha defends it.
Blanco Rocha is looking to escape.
Torrance stands up and beckons Blanco Rocha to join him on the feet.
Torrance wants to clinch.
Torrance closes the distance but Blanco Rocha moves to the side
and Blanco Rocha counters with a nice uppercut.
And that's the end of the fight!
Vergil Blanco Rocha showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Blanco Rocha has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Reed Andrews scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 30:27
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vergil Blanco Rocha!
An out of breath Vergil Blanco Rocha thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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