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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Festivius Fisher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Riccardo Rodriguez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fisher comes to the cage accompanied by Dillon Francis feat DJ Snake - Get Low. Festivius Fisher had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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170 lbs
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World class MT
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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
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Festivius Fisher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Riccardo Rodriguez!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yuuki Gou and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A solid leg kick lands there for Fisher.
Fisher lands with a nice body punch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rodriguez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Festivius Fisher seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fisher shoots in and bounces Rodriguez off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Fisher wants to stand but Rodriguez has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rodriguez wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Fisher stands up and waves to Rodriguez to follow him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodriguez takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Fisher feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Fisher stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Fisher's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Fisher duly obliges.
Fisher changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Rodriguez looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Fisher stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Fisher fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Rodriguez sprawls well initially but Fisher persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rodriguez tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Fisher has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fisher is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Rodriguez tries to keep at a distance but Fisher has taken the fight into the clinch.
Fisher with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Riccardo Rodriguez has been cut.
Rodriguez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fisher's elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Fisher.
With the fighters up against the cage, Fisher throws an elbow but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez trying to stall but Fisher improves his position.
Fisher jumps guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rodriguez prevents Fisher from getting back to his feet.
Fisher has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Rodriguez off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Rodriguez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rodriguez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Fisher drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Fisher gets to his feet - Rodriguez follows without any prompting.
Rodriguez needs to keep his hands up - Fisher had a free shot at his head there.
Rodriguez throws a combination that misses
and Fisher counters with a big head kick but Rodriguez shrugs it off.
Rodriguez is rocked!
Rodriguez takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Rodriguez looks winded!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rodriguez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rodriguez is looking for the big counter here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez tries to clinch but Fisher moves out of range.
Riccardo Rodriguez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fisher instigates a clinch.
A shot in the inside from Rodriguez.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Fisher.
Fisher lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Fisher comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Fisher throws an elbow but it misses.
Rodriguez stalling in the clinch but Fisher improves position.
Fisher pulls guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Rodriguez trying to control but Fisher is working from the bottom.
Rodriguez wanted to stand there but Fisher had control of the position.
Rodriguez told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
Fisher kicks Rodriguez off and gets to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Festivius Fisher dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Riccardo Rodriguez's cut.
That's time! Fisher's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Fisher closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Rodriguez quickly recovers to half guard.
Festivius Fisher overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Fisher stands up out of the half guard.
Fisher throws a nice inside leg kick.
Rodriguez takes the fight into the clinch.
Rodriguez takes an elbow to the forehead.
Fisher lands a nice elbow.
Rodriguez blocks the elbow strike.
Fisher lands a nice knee to the body.
Fisher lands an elbow that stopped Rodriguez in his tracks for a moment.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fisher lands an elbow inside.
I was talking to Fisher's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Rodriguez tries a body shot but Fisher blocks it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Fisher as Rodriguez tries to tie him up.
Fisher gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodriguez tries to work over Fisher's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Stalling in the clinch from Fisher.
Nice elbow from Fisher.
Fisher tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rodriguez tries to work over Fisher's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fisher tries to pull guard but Rodriguez won't allow it.
Fisher throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Fisher landing knees to the head.
Rodriguez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rodriguez blocks the elbow strike.
Fisher decides to pull guard.
Fisher is looking to stand up but Rodriguez isn't so interested in that idea.
Rodriguez has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Fisher is proving hard to escape from.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fisher is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Rodriguez wants to control from the top but Fisher keeps moving.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Fisher looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Rodriguez is fending him off so far but Fisher persists. Nope, Rodriguez circles away and we're back to standing.
Rodriguez swings for the body but Fisher moves out of range.
Fisher went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fisher throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Rodriguez was covering up waiting for the punch and Fisher finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Fisher decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Some wild striking there from Rodriguez.
Fisher scores with a sloppy right hand. Rodriguez should have avoided that one.
A shot to the liver by Fisher. Beautiful body shot.
Rodriguez 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.
Fisher looks for a takedown but Rodriguez sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Festivius Fisher. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fisher drives through with a takedown into Rodriguez's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Fisher stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Fisher shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Rodriguez pinned against the cage. Rodriguez gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Rodriguez swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Festivius Fisher is winning the standup battle so far.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fisher tries to land a knee to the head but Rodriguez blocks with his arms.
Fisher blocks a body shot from Rodriguez.
Fisher misses with an elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Festivius Fisher dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Riccardo Rodriguez's cut.
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. 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.
Fisher has a takedown stuffed.
Fisher shoots for a double leg takedown but Rodriguez sprawls well. He's pushed Fisher's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Rodriguez misses with a wild combination.
Rodriguez is looking to clinch.
Fisher dives in for a single leg takedown but Rodriguez sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Festivius Fisher. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A solid leg kick lands there for Fisher.
Fisher misses the shot to the body.
Fisher shoots in looking for a takedown but Rodriguez manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Fisher's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fisher misses with a kick to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Rodriguez. Those never looked like landing.
Fisher closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Fisher lands in his opponent's guard.
Rodriguez not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodriguez has a closed guard, preventing Fisher from standing up.
Fisher is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rodriguez can do to turn this around?
Fisher stands up and waves to Rodriguez to follow him.
Rodriguez slaps away a takedown attempt from Fisher, before circling back to the center of the mat.
It seemed like Rodriguez was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Fisher avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Rodriguez displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Fisher.
Rodriguez unleashes a big counter combination but Fisher bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Fisher looks to score with a jab to the body but Rodriguez is just out of range.
Fisher throws a body kick that misses.
Rodriguez looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Rodriguez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fisher.
Fisher shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Rodriguez pinned against the cage. Rodriguez gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rodriguez stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Rodriguez wants it to stay on the feet.
Fisher shoots in but no luck this time.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Rodriguez! But no joy.
Rodriguez tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Fisher manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Fisher digs a good hook to Rodriguez's body.
Rodriguez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Fisher scoring well with a low kick there.
Festivius Fisher is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fisher forces Rodriguez back against the cage and clinches.
Fisher gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rodriguez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fisher lands an elbow inside that Rodriguez shrugs off.
Rodriguez trying to control the position but instead, Fisher has worked for underhooks and has pushed Rodriguez into the cage.
Rodriguez is trying to stall.
Rodriguez taking a breather.
Fisher tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rodriguez blocks an elbow strike from Fisher.
Fisher comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rodriguez avoids the elbow strike from Fisher, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Fisher obliges.
Fisher blocks a body shot from Rodriguez.
Fisher throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Fisher lands a damaging elbow.
Rodriguez takes an elbow to the temple.
Fisher lands a knee to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fisher lands a knee to the head.
Rodriguez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Fisher lands a damaging elbow.
Rodriguez dodges an elbow strike from Fisher.
Rodriguez tries to throw a body punch but Fisher avoids it by throwing Rodriguez back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fisher.
Fisher lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Riccardo Rodriguez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Festivius Fisher is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Rodriguez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Festivius Fisher showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Fisher 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:26
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:26
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Festivius Fisher!
Festivius Fisher looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'I wanna thank to my sponsors, GREEN!160 and Kemists for the support. I'm very glado to fight with Destiny. Was the destiny who put me here fight for all of you.
So, Japan fans, Get low when the whistle go! BRAAAAA!
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hype
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