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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Calixto Cardona (ranked 376 p4p, 362 weight class) and Rukter Demenok (ranked 48 p4p, 47 weight class). Demenok has chosen The Moby Dick Speech as his entrance music. 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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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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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 26 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Calixto Cardona!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rukter Demenok!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cardona misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Demenok.
Demenok connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Demenok. Cardona does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cardona misses the shot to the body.
Demenok tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Cardona manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Demenok looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Cardona fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Demenok wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Cardona throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Cardona throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Demenok stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Demenok takes a kick to the side of the head.
A slow jab from Demenok misses its intended target.
Cardona throws a leg kick but Demenok moved away.
Cardona needs to keep his hands up - Demenok had a free shot at his head there.
Demenok scoring well with a low kick there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice defenses there by Demenok.
Cardona throws a poor cross that misses
and Demenok makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Demenok. Cardona does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cardona throws a leg kick but Demenok sees it coming and moves out of range.
Demenok misses with a body shot.
A jab from Demenok misses.
Cardona throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Demenok sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Demenok punishes Cardona's body with a nice straight punch.
Cardona fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Cardona checks the leg kick.
Demenok misses with a looping right.
A telegraphed right hand from Demenok misses the target.
Demenok misses with a body kick.
Cardona was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Demenok avoids the body shot from Cardona.
Cardona misses with an uppercut.
Demenok avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cardona ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cardona loads up on a big right hand but Demenok slips the punch.
Demenok with a nice calf kick.
Cardona looks to land a right hand but Demenok moved out of range.
Cardona throws a wild body kick that Demenok sees coming a mile off.
Cardona throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cardona ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Demenok moves away.
Cardona throws a big shot that misses.
Demenok tries to clinch but Cardona is having none of it.
Cardona stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Demenok.
Demenok lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cardona throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cardona connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Demenok lands a body shot.
Cardona takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Cardona throws a head kick that misses.
Cardona fails in his attempt to clinch.
Demenok only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Cardona moves out of range of the body kick from Demenok.
Cardona lands a body shot.
Demenok lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Cardona misses with a wild body shot.
Demenok throws a right hand that misses
and Cardona counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Demenok misses with the combination.
Cardona throws a series of punches but Demenok avoids them all with ease.
Demenok throws a body shot but no joy.
Cardona looks to throw the jab but Demenok is out of range.
Demenok works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Cardona ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Demenok moves away.
Cardona looks to throw the jab but Demenok is out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cardona takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Demenok moves into the clinch.
Cardona swings wildly with an uppercut but Demenok uses good head movement to avoid it.
A right hand to the body from Cardona.
Demenok lands a hook that snaps the head of Cardona backwards.
Cardona scores with a shoulder strike.
Demenok prevents a body shot from Cardona.
Cardona tries to throw a body punch but Demenok avoids it by throwing Cardona back against the cage.
Demenok prevents a body shot from Cardona.
Demenok working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Demenok blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Demenok misses with a body punch.
Cardona swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cardona blocks a body shot from Demenok.
Demenok can't find room to land a body shot as Cardona controls the action.
Cardona lands an uppercut.
Cardona lands a body punch in the clinch.
Cardona working aggressively here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cardona blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Demenok doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Demenok works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cardona lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Demenok misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cardona throws a head punch that misses.
Demenok tries to work over Cardona's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cardona lands a shoulder strike.
Demenok can't find room to land a body shot as Cardona controls the action.
Demenok misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cardona doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Demenok working aggressively here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cardona creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Cardona fails to land.
Demenok misses with the head strike.
Cardona is working Demenok over against the cage.
Demenok lands a nice shot to the body.
Cardona tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cardona lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Demenok backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Demenok can't find room to land a body shot as Cardona controls the action.
Cardona tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cardona misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cardona lands a hook that snaps the head of Demenok backwards.
Demenok tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Calixto Cardona will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Demenok throws a big shot that misses.
Demenok lands a leg kick that knocks Cardona off balance momentarily.
Cardona closes the distance and clinches.
Demenok misses with a punch on the inside.
Cardona lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Demenok backwards.
Cardona blocks a body shot from Demenok.
A short right from Demenok.
Cardona lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Demenok or not.
Cardona tries to throw a body punch but Demenok avoids it by throwing Cardona back against the cage.
Cardona fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The referee calls for Demenok to work.
Demenok tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Demenok struggles to land a body shot inside as Cardona controls his hands.
Still in the clinch, Demenok scores with a nice short uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cardona lands with a right to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Demenok.
Demenok throws a head punch that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Demenok blocks an uppercut.
A short right from Demenok on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Cardona scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Demenok fails to land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Demenok tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A right hook to the body lands for Demenok.
Demenok lands with a right to the head.
Cardona blocking some punches.
Cardona misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cardona lands a left hand.
Cardona misses with the head strike.
Demenok throws a punch but it's blocked by Cardona.
A body shot lands from Cardona.
Demenok lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cardona backwards.
Cardona throws a head punch that misses.
A shot in the inside from Cardona.
Cardona blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Cardona.
Cardona lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Demenok or not.
Demenok goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cardona struggles to land a body shot inside as Demenok controls his hands.
Cardona swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cardona misses with a punch to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Demenok tries to throw a body punch but Cardona avoids it by throwing Demenok back against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Demenok.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Cardona.
Cardona lands a right hand.
Cardona is working Demenok over against the cage.
Demenok cracks Cardona with a nice body shot.
Cardona prevents a body shot from Demenok.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Demenok.
Demenok misses with the head strike.
Demenok lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cardona backwards.
Cardona lands a nice uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cardona.
Demenok cracks Cardona with a nice body shot.
Demenok lands a right hand that snaps the head of Cardona backwards.
Cardona makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Cardona swings wildly with an uppercut but Demenok uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cardona lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Cardona presses Demenok against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Cardona misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cardona lands with a left to the head.
Cardona blocks an uppercut.
Calixto Cardona has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Cardona lands an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Demenok misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cardona tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Demenok's elbow.
Cardona lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cardona.
Demenok misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cardona fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cardona scores with a hook to the body.
Demenok gets through Cardona's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Cardona misses with a body punch.
Cardona blocks an uppercut.
Cardona working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Cardona swings wildly with an uppercut but Demenok uses good head movement to avoid it.
A body shot lands from Demenok.
Demenok blocks an uppercut.
Demenok scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Demenok takes a shot to the head.
Cardona lands a nice shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cardona tries to break the clinch but Demenok is controlling the position.
Demenok fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cardona throws a head punch that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cardona misses with a body punch.
Demenok lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Demenok struggles to land a body shot inside as Cardona controls his hands.
Demenok lands with a right to the head.
Demenok blocks a body shot from Cardona.
Demenok misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cardona misses with a punch to the body.
Cardona tries a body shot but Demenok blocks it.
Demenok prevents a body shot from Cardona.
Cardona misses with the head strike.
Demenok lands a shoulder strike.
Cardona tries to throw a body punch but Demenok avoids it by throwing Cardona back against the cage.
Demenok swings wildly with an uppercut but Cardona uses good head movement to avoid it.
Demenok tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A right handed body shot lands from Demenok.
Demenok tries a body shot but Cardona blocks it.
Cardona prevents a body shot from Demenok.
Demenok blocks a body shot from Cardona.
Demenok lands a body shot in the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Calixto Cardona will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Cardona throws a shot from downtown. Demenok moves away and avoids it.
Cardona tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cardona scores with a spinning back kick!
Demenok misses with a wild body shot.
A counter left hand to the body from Cardona misses its target.
Demenok with a nice calf kick.
A jab lands there for Cardona.
Demenok fails to land with a series of punches.
Cardona blocks a jab.
Demenok jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Demenok uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cardona.
Demenok digs a good hook to Cardona's body.
Demenok misses with a looping left.
Cardona appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Cardona throws a looping overhand right but Demenok ducks down to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Demenok lands a nice hook to Cardona's body. Cardona takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Cardona checks a leg kick.
Demenok throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cardona buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Demenok throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Cardona stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Demenok lands a nice looking body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Demenok throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Cardona stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Demenok is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Cardona rather than just go for the knockout.
Demenok goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Cardona scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Demenok moves out of range of the body kick from Cardona.
Cardona throws a head kick but Demenok moves out of range.
Cardona gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Demenok softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Cardona's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Demenok misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Demenok.
Demenok makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Demenok lands a hook that snaps the head of Cardona backwards.
Demenok working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Demenok throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Cardonas head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cardona misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Demenok.
Demenok lands with a light punch inside.
Demenok goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Demenok lands with a light punch inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Demenok misses with a hook to the ribs.
A right hook to the body lands for Demenok.
Nice body punch from Demenok.
Demenok blocks a body shot from Cardona.
Cardona prevents a body shot from Demenok.
Cardona blocks a body shot from Demenok.
Cardona blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Demenok.
Cardona being controlled against the cage.
Demenok blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Demenok fails to land.
Cardona misses with some punches.
Demenok pushes Cardona back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cardona.
A short right from Cardona.
Cardona tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cardona stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Cardona breaks the clinch.
Calixto Cardona is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cardona throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Demenok sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A slow jab from Demenok misses its intended target.
Demenok's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Cardona connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Demenok scrambles back to his feet.
A swing and a miss from Demenok.
Demenok has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Cardona finds it's way round the side to connect with Demenok's head.
Cardona waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Demenok.
Demenok let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Cardona misses with an uppercut. Demenok saw that one coming.
Demenok is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cardona.
Demenok throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cardona sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Demenok throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
The crowd cheers as Demenok lands an impressive looking overhand right. Cardona doesn't seem phased though.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cardona looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cardona swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Demenok just misses with a punch to the body.
Cardona steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Demenok.
Cardona checks the leg kick.
Cardona wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cardona throws a head kick that misses.
Demenok throws out a counter right but Cardona avoids it with no problem.
Demenok checks the leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Cardona. That's going to slow Demenok down.
Good standup being displayed there by Demenok as he connects with a hook.
Demenok slips under a jab from Cardona.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Demenok delivers a nice body kick.
Cardona fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Demenok manages to avoid it.
Demenok is looking to score with low kicks.
Cardona misses with a body kick.
Demenok on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Cardona cracks a nice hook into Demenok's ribs.
Demenok throws the left hand but Cardona avoids the punch easily.
A swing and a miss from Cardona.
A low kick lands for Demenok.
Cardona misses with an uppercut. Demenok saw that one coming.
Cardona lands a jab to the nose.
Demenok looks to score with a jab to the body but Cardona is just out of range.
Rukter Demenok has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cardona keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rukter Demenok comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Cardona 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Calixto Cardona!
A very excited looking Calixto Cardona made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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