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Undercard bout

Co-main event

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Patrick Whales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Cote (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cote comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Fort minor: Remember the name kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Whales
vs
Cote

181 cm
18
183 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
26
177 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Knockout power

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Patrick Whales!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mark Cote!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Robert Twigg and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cote throws a right and a left that Whales avoids nicely.
Whales shoots in looking for a takedown but Cote manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Whales's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Whales throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cote sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nice takedown defense from Cote. No joy for Whales on that attempt.
Cote fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Patrick Whales seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Whales clinches up with Cote and pushes him back against the cage.
Cote is looking to take this one to the mat.

Whales gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Cote avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Whales.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Whales controlling the pace.
Whales wants to free his trapped foot but Cote is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Cote is trying to stand up here but Whales is controlling him well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whales tries to pass the half guard into mount. Cote knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Whales missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Whales stops Cote from getting back to his feet.
Whales wants to take a breather but Cote is having none of it.
Whales throwing shots but Cote is blocking nicely.
Whales has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Whales passes to full mount!
Whales lands a nice shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whales connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Whales lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Whales lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Cote hang on?

Cote is rocked!
Whales postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Cote badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Whales around the waist but Whales pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Whales is the winner by TKO! Whales jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Patrick Whales!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
53%

Main event

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Wanderson St Velasquez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shawnn Chen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wanderson St Velasquez could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Shawnn Chen's chin.

St Velasquez
vs
Chen

180 cm
28
164 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

175 cm
20
170 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wanderson St Velasquez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Shawnn Chen!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, George Francis and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Chen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nice sprawl there from Chen as St Velasquez shoots in.
Chen digs a good body shot into St Velasquez's ribs.
St Velasquez closes this distance looking for a takedown but Chen circles away.
Chen misses with a body shot.
Chen lands a lovely overhand right.
St Velasquez throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Chen counter with a right hand.

Chen has closed the distance and engaged St Velasquez in a clinch.
St Velasquez blocks a body shot from Chen.
Chen manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Chen keeps the fight in the clinch, despite St Velasquez's efforts to push away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chen tries to work over St Velasquez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Chen is leaning against St Velasquez and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
St Velasquez blocks a body shot from Chen.
Chen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
St Velasquez drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Chen gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Wanderson St Velasquez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Chen displaying some good clinch control by pressing St Velasquez up against the cage.
A body shot lands from Chen.
Chen prevents the takedown attempt.
St Velasquez tries to break free but Chen pushes him back against the cage.
St Velasquez can't break the clinch.
Chen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Chen pushes St Velasquez back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chen dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Chen cracks St Velasquez with a nice body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Chen lands with a short shot to the head.
Chen lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Chen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Chen stalls.
Chen tries to throw a body punch but St Velasquez avoids it by throwing Chen back against the cage.
Chen lands a body shot in the clinch.
Chen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with St Velasquez's elbow.
Chen cracks St Velasquez with a nice body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Come on Chen - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
St Velasquez wants to get back to striking at distance but Chen won't allow it.
Chen taking a breather.

St Velasquez tightens his grip and picks Chen up, before dumping him to the ground. Chen manages to land in guard.
St Velasquez trying to control but Chen is working from the bottom.
Chen pulls St Velasquez in close to his closed guard and prevents St Velasquez from doing any damage or advancing position.
St Velasquez looking to pass the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Velasquez trying to control the position from guard on top but Chen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
St Velasquez stops Chen from standing up.
St Velasquez working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
St Velasquez throws a left and a right that both miss
and Chen counters with a right hand to the body.
St Velasquez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Chen.
St Velasquez swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Chen counters with a three punch combo that has St Velasquez backing up. St Velasquez nods at Chen to acknowledge the strikes.
St Velasquez is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
St Velasquez throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Chen's waist but Chen gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing St Velasquez off to one side.

Chen has managed to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shawnn Chen dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

St Velasquez swats away the attempt to clinch by Chen.
St Velasquez throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
St Velasquez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Chen slaps away a takedown attempt from St Velasquez, before circling back to the center of the mat.
St Velasquez throws a combination that misses
and Chen counters with a stiff right hand.
Chen scores with a sloppy right hand. St Velasquez should have avoided that one.
St Velasquez throws an off balance right hand
and Chen counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Wanderson St Velasquez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
St Velasquez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Chen.
St Velasquez misses with a double jab
and Chen counters with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Chen.
St Velasquez throws a combination that misses
and Chen counters with a left to the body.
St Velasquez walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Good exchange - Chen coming out on top.
St Velasquez takes a shot right to the bread basket.

Chen gets a clinch.
A body shot lands from Chen.
Chen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Chen controlling the action here for a moment.
St Velasquez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

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!
Chen works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
St Velasquez's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
St Velasquez is looking for a takedown.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Chen struggles to land a body shot inside as St Velasquez controls his hands.
Chen throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Chen is working St Velasquez over against the cage.
Chen lands a body shot.
Chen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Shawnn Chen seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Chen is struggling to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chen struggles to land a body shot inside as St Velasquez controls his hands.
A right hook to the body lands for Chen.
Chen has St Velasquez pressed against the cage, preventing St Velasquez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A short left from Chen.
Nice body punch from Chen - that landed with a thud.
Chen lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt St Velasquez or not.
A nice left hand lands by Chen.
Chen lands with a short shot to the head.
Nice body punch from Chen.
Chen pushes St Velasquez back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
St Velasquez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Chen misses with a punch to the body.
Chen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Good body shot from Chen.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chen cracks St Velasquez with a nice body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chen is leaning against St Velasquez and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Nice body punch from Chen - that landed with a thud.
Chen taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Chen lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Nice body punch from Chen.
Chen stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Chen works on St Velasquez's body with a couple of short punches.
Chen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Chen scores with a hook to the body.
Chen is leaning against St Velasquez and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Chen stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Chen tries a body shot but St Velasquez blocks it.
Chen is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Chen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
St Velasquez can't break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shawnn Chen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Chen tries to clinch but St Velasquez moves out of range.

Chen rushes St Velasquez and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Come on Chen - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A shot in the inside from Chen.
Chen pushes St Velasquez back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Chen content to slow the pace in the clinch.
St Velasquez can't break the clinch.
Chen gets through St Velasquez's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

St Velasquez manages to break the clinch.
St Velasquez swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and St Velasquez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
St Velasquez throws a left and a right that both miss
and Chen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

St Velasquez is rocked!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
St Velasquez falls off balance throwing a combination
and Chen counters with a big right hand! Oh St Velasquez is in trouble here! Chen follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:04 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Shawnn Chen!
Shawnn Chen thanked the fans post fight for their support.