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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Yajson Mrar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rico Dominguez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mrar comes to the cage accompanied by Sweet Dreams- Emily Browning. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Yajson Mrar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rico Dominguez!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, William Gold and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dominguez closes the distance and clinches.
Dominguez taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Dominguez stalling the fight.
Dominguez misses with a body punch.
Dominguez is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Mrar wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Mrar is trying to break the clinch but Dominguez is controlling him.
Dominguez lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Mrar.
Dominguez pushes Mrar back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dominguez has a couple of punches blocked by Mrar.
Dominguez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mrar wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Mrar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dominguez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dominguez has a couple of punches blocked by Mrar.
Mrar tries to circle away but Dominguez has him pinned against the cage.
Mrar tries to break free but Dominguez pushes him back against the cage.
Dominguez keeps control of Mrar as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Dominguez throws a head punch that misses.
Mrar is trying to break the clinch but Dominguez is controlling him.
Dominguez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dominguez lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Mrar wants to get back to striking at distance but Dominguez won't allow it.
Dominguez scores with a nice hook to the head.
Mrar has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A nice left hand lands by Dominguez.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dominguez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Dominguez.
Dominguez lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mrar backwards.
Dominguez keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mrar's efforts to push away.
Dominguez lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dominguez lands with a right to the head.
Dominguez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mrar has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Dominguez misses with some punches.
Dominguez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dominguez changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Mrar fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Mrar staying out of range there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dominguez throws an overhand right that lands on Mrar's shoulder, as Mrar tries to avoid the shot.
Mrar rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dominguez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mrar fails to land with a series of punches.
Dominguez misses with a wild body shot.
Mrar misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dominguez takes the fight into the clinch.
Dominguez lands a right hand.
Dominguez lands a left hand that snaps the head of Mrar backwards.
Come on Dominguez - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Dominguez misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mrar.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dominguez throws a punch but it's blocked by Mrar.
Mrar's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Nice body punch from Dominguez - that landed with a thud.
A shot in the inside from Dominguez.
Mrar stalling in the clinch but Dominguez improves position.
Dominguez digs a right hand into Mrar's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Mrar's gas tank.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dominguez lands an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Dominguez fails to land.
Mrar blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mrar blocking some punches.
Dominguez misses with some punches.
Mrar is looking to break free of the clinch but Dominguez has double underhooks.
Dominguez throws a head punch that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rico Dominguez dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Dominguez throws a body punch but Mrar moves out of range.
Dominguez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Mrar with a hook.
A punch combination from Mrar misses.
Dominguez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mrar.
Dominguez misses with an uppercut.
No joy there for Mrar, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Dominguez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mrar.
Mrar uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Mrar throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dominguez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Dominguez lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Dominguez looks to land a left hand but Mrar moved out of range nicely.
Yajson Mrar is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mrar throws a series of punches but Dominguez moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dominguez pushes Mrar up against the cage in a clinch.
Dominguez has a couple of punches blocked by Mrar.
Dominguez tries to throw a body punch but Mrar avoids it by throwing Dominguez back against the cage.
Dominguez fails to pull guard.
Dominguez lands a body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dominguez scores with a nice hook to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dominguez.
Dominguez tries to throw a body punch but Mrar avoids it by throwing Dominguez back against the cage.
Dominguez tries a body shot but Mrar blocks it.
Dominguez lands a right hand.
Dominguez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dominguez pushes Mrar back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Dominguez can't find room to land a body shot as Mrar controls the action.
Dominguez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dominguez lands a body shot in the clinch.
Dominguez swings wildly with an uppercut but Mrar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dominguez working aggressively here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mrar blocks an uppercut.
Mrar looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Dominguez scores with a nice hook to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Dominguez.
Mrar is trying to break the clinch but Dominguez has him pressed against the cage.
Mrar blocks a body shot from Dominguez.
Come on Dominguez - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Mrar is trying to break the clinch but Dominguez has him pressed against the cage.
Mrar is trying to force a seperation but Dominguez has the dominant position.
Mrar has had enough of the clinch but Dominguez keeps him there for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mrar is trying to break the clinch but Dominguez is controlling him.
Dominguez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dominguez is stalling here.
A left hand lands to the body for Dominguez.
Dominguez lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Mrar backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mrar.
Dominguez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dominguez gets through Mrar's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Dominguez working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Dominguez fails to land.
A short left from Dominguez.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mrar is looking to break free of the clinch but Dominguez has double underhooks.
Mrar wants to break free but Dominguez has control.
Mrar has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Mrar tries to circle away but Dominguez has him pinned against the cage.
Mrar's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Dominguez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dominguez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mrar pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mrar tries to keep at a distance but Dominguez has taken the fight into the clinch.
Dominguez scores with a shoulder strike.
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!
Dominguez misses with a punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rico Dominguez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Mrar's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Mrar slips a straight right by Dominguez.
Dominguez throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Mrar counters with a left and a right that stings Dominguez.
Sloppy strikes from Mrar. Those never looked like landing.
Jab from Dominguez.
Dominguez takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Mrar throws a nice looking combination but Dominguez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Dominguez throws out a counter right but Mrar avoids it with no problem.
Mrar displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dominguez throws out the jab.
It looked like Mrar was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Mrar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dominguez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dominguez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mrar lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dominguez circles away quickly and effectively.
Mrar looks to score with a jab to the body but Dominguez is just out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Dominguez! But no joy.
Mrar throws a nice looking combination but Dominguez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mrar throws a series of punches but Dominguez avoids them all with ease.
Dominguez tries to counter by closing the distance.
Dominguez looks to score with a jab to the body but Mrar is just out of range.
Mrar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dominguez blocks a jab.
Mrar fails to land with a series of punches.
Mrar thows a left - swing and a miss!
Mrar throws a series of punches but Dominguez avoids them all with ease.
Yajson Mrar is winning the standup battle so far.
Mrar misses with a series of wild punches.
Dominguez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mrar.
Dominguez tries to counter by closing the distance.
Mrar looks to land a combination. Dominguez sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Dominguez throws a shot to the body.
Mrar on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Mrar throws an overhand right that lands on Dominguez's shoulder, as Dominguez tries to avoid the shot.
Mrar misses with a series of wild punches.
Dominguez steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Mrar.
Mrar takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mrar slips a jab and a cross from Dominguez.
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!
Mrar throws a shot to the body.
Mrar on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Mrar misses with a hook. Dominguez ducked under it nicely.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Dominguez, as that shot connected.
Dominguez throws a big shot that misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Mrar misses the target.
Dominguez looks to land a combination but Mrar avoids it well.
Dominguez has a takedown stuffed.
Dominguez throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mrar counters with a right hand to the body.
Mrar lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Dominguez backs up against the cage.
Dominguez is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Dominguez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mrar sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Dominguez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A slow jab from Dominguez misses its intended target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dominguez. Mrar does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mrar appears to be looking for a big counter.
A combination from Mrar does no damage.
Mrar misses with a series of wild punches.
Mrar takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Dominguez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mrar.
Mrar throws a right and a left that both miss.
Dominguez steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Mrar.
Danga de danga de dang - Mrar scores with a four punch combination!
Mrar paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Dominguez thows a left - swing and a miss!
Mrar misses with a body shot.
Dominguez scores with a jab to the body.
Mrar lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Yajson Mrar is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mrar misses with a wild combination.
Dominguez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mrar.
Dominguez works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Dominguez ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Dominguez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mrar.
Dominguez throws a big shot that misses.
Jab by Dominguez.
Yajson Mrar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dominguez fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Mrar loads up on a big right hand but Dominguez slips the punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mrar keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dominguez.
A combination from Mrar does no damage.
A jab from Mrar finds it's way through Dominguez's defenses.
Rico Dominguez is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Dominguez looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Mrar is fending him off so far but Dominguez persists. Nope, Mrar circles away and we're back to standing.
Mrar swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
And that's the end of the fight!
Yajson Mrar showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Dominguez has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 28:29
Judge William Gold scores the fight 28:29
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rico Dominguez!
After the fight, Rico Dominguez was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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