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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Justin Mkenn (ranked 24248 p4p, 4721 weight class) and Tadeo El Monstro (ranked 226 p4p, 191 weight class). Justin Mkenn has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Justin Mkenn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tadeo El Monstro!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Hirohito Nitta and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mkenn tries a head kick but it misses.
Mkenn moves out of range as El Monstro strikes.
El Monstro looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Mkenn tries to clinch there but El Monstro circles away.
El Monstro throws a jab when Mkenn was well out of range.
Mkenn moves in looking to clinch but El Monstro pushes him off.
El Monstro lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Mkenn tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. El Monstro manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Justin Mkenn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
El Monstro throws a lazy right hand but Mkenn sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A jab from El Monstro misses.
A head kick misses from Mkenn.
Mkenn tries to clinch there but El Monstro circles away.
Mkenn throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
El Monstro replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Mkenn blocks it well.
El Monstro misses with a body kick.
El Monstro throws a hook to the side of Mkenn's head but Mkenn sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mkenn moves in looking to clinch but El Monstro pushes him off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
El Monstro misses with a double jab.
Mkenn tries to clinch up.
Mkenn moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Mkenn tries to close the distance and clinch but El Monstro swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mkenn doesn't manage to clinch there - El Monstro circles away.
Mkenn seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Mkenn is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
El Monstro looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mkenn avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mkenn tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but El Monstro paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mkenn looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mkenn tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
El Monstro tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
El Monstro thows a left - swing and a miss!
El Monstro misses with a head kick.
El Monstro circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mkenn is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mkenn tries to clinch there but El Monstro circles away.
Mkenn tries to clinch up but El Monstro circles away and keeps his distance.
El Monstro misses with a looping left.
El Monstro swats away the attempt to clinch by Mkenn.
Mkenn goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Mkenn moves out of range as El Monstro strikes.
El Monstro avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
El Monstro is looking for the big counter here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from El Monstro.
El Monstro swats away the attempt to clinch by Mkenn.
El Monstro avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mkenn misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mkenn shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. El Monstro eats them both and turns towards Mkenn to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Mkenn feints a jab promting El Monstro to slip. Mkenn then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. El Monstro slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
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!
Mkenn fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mkenn lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as El Monstro backs up against the cage.
El Monstro throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Mkenn fails to land with a series of punches.
El Monstro chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Mkenn is looking to clinch but El Monstro is avoiding it.
El Monstro swats away the attempt to clinch by Mkenn.
El Monstro blocks a head kick by Mkenn.
El Monstro circles away from the clinch attempt.
El Monstro misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mkenn checks the leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mkenn slips a jab from El Monstro.
Mkenn fails with an attempt to clinch.
El Monstro blocks a head kick by Mkenn.
El Monstro keeps the fight on the outside.
Mkenn looks to land a body kick but El Monstro moved away.
Mkenn slips under a jab.
Mkenn tries a head kick but it misses.
Mkenn pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces El Monstro back to the cage. Mkenn follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Mkenn looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Mkenn fails in his attempt to clinch.
El Monstro misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mkenn misses with a head kick.
Mkenn wants to clinch but El Monstro slips to the side
and El Monstro counters with a thumping low kick.
Mkenn displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Mkenn tries to clinch but El Monstro moves out of range.
Mkenn tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mkenn throws a sloppy head kick and El Monstro moves out of range easily.
El Monstro appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
El Monstro throws an overhand right that lands on Mkenn's shoulder, as Mkenn tries to avoid the shot.
Mkenn tries to clinch but El Monstro moves out of range.
A leg kick checked by El Monstro.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
El Monstro pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
El Monstro circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mkenn tries to clinch up but El Monstro circles away and keeps his distance.
Mkenn scores with the left hand. El Monstro knows he should have avoided that one.
El Monstro throws out a loose jab but Mkenn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mkenn tries to clinch up but El Monstro circles away and keeps his distance.
El Monstro does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Mkenn misses with a wild combination.
Mkenn throws a combination but it was largely blocked by El Monstro.
Mkenn is working the combinations to good effect here.
El Monstro buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
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 Justin Mkenn 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.
Mkenn slips a straight right by El Monstro.
Mkenn half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mkenn looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
El Monstro feints the counter takedown.
A head kick by Mkenn misses
and El Monstro cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
El Monstro jabbing away but nothing is landing.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from El Monstro in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Mkenn is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mkenn fails to land with a series of punches.
Mkenn uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from El Monstro.
El Monstro throws a series of punches but Mkenn avoids them all with ease.
Mkenn tries to clinch up.
Mkenn tries to clinch but El Monstro is having none of it.
El Monstro throws out a loose jab but Mkenn uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mkenn lands the left hand.
Mkenn throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Mkenn fails with an attempt to clinch.
El Monstro misses with a series of wild punches.
El Monstro swats away the attempt to clinch by Mkenn.
That's one minute gone in the round.
El Monstro misses with a low kick.
El Monstro is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Mkenn.
El Monstro misses with a head kick.
El Monstro has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Mkenn.
Justin Mkenn is winning the standup battle so far.
El Monstro is breathing heavily.
Mkenn tries to clinch but El Monstro is having none of it.
Mkenn tries to clinch up.
Mkenn throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Mkenn lands a two punch combo.
Mkenn looks to clinch
and El Monstro counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
It looks like Justin Mkenn has been cut.
Mkenn throws a half hearted mid kick.
El Monstro throws a hook but Mkenn avoids it easily.
El Monstro takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mkenn moves into the clinch.
Mkenn lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
El Monstro is leaning against Mkenn and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
El Monstro breaks from the clinch.
Mkenn closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Mkenn throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Mkenn blocks a head kick by El Monstro.
El Monstro keeps the fight on the outside.
Mkenn is looking to clinch but El Monstro is avoiding it.
El Monstro throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
El Monstro tries to work over Mkenn's front leg with a kick but Mkenn checks it.
Mkenn walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. El Monstro checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
El Monstro misses with a wild combination.
Mkenn throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by El Monstro.
Mkenn misses with a series of wild punches.
El Monstro appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
El Monstro fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
El Monstro takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A head kick misses from Mkenn.
Mkenn tries a head kick but it misses.
Mkenn steps to the side to avoid the strikes from El Monstro.
Mkenn fails in his attempt to clinch.
El Monstro is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Mkenn with a body shot.
El Monstro connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Mkenn changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
El Monstro circles away from the clinch attempt.
El Monstro throws out a counter right but Mkenn avoids it with no problem.
Mkenn tries a head kick but it misses.
Despite the aggression on El Monstro's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
El Monstro throws a right hand that Mkenn ducks under and follows up with a left that Mkenn also avoids with ease.
Mkenn tries to close the distance and clinch but El Monstro swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mkenn throws a combination. El Monstro tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
El Monstro swats away the attempt to clinch by Mkenn.
El Monstro now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
El Monstro takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mkenn tries to clinch there but El Monstro circles away.
A looping hook to the body misses from El Monstro. Mkenn does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mkenn tries to clinch but El Monstro is having none of it.
El Monstro fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Justin Mkenn is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mkenn is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
El Monstro throws a lazy right hand but Mkenn sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Mkenn tries to close the distance and clinch but El Monstro swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mkenn lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but El Monstro circles away quickly and effectively.
El Monstro feints the counter takedown.
Mkenn tries to close the distance and clinch up but El Monstro swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mkenn tries to close the distance and clinch up but El Monstro swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mkenn lands a two punch combo.
El Monstro misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mkenn.
Mkenn throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and El Monstro counters with a nice uppercut.
El Monstro throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mkenn.
Danga de danga de dang - Mkenn scores with a four punch combination!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Mkenn.
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 Justin Mkenn will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Justin Mkenn's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
The fight stays on the outside here - Mkenn looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
El Monstro throws a lazy right hand but Mkenn sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Mkenn is looking to clinch but El Monstro is avoiding it.
No joy there for El Monstro, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
El Monstro circles away from the clinch attempt.
A left and a right from Mkenn both land. Nice combination.
Mkenn looks to land a body kick but El Monstro moved away.
Mkenn looks to land a combination. El Monstro sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Mkenn misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mkenn is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mkenn throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and El Monstro counters with a stiff right hand.
El Monstro takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Mkenn tries to clinch up but El Monstro circles away and keeps his distance.
Mkenn digs a good body shot into El Monstro's ribs.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mkenn looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
El Monstro waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mkenn.
Mkenn half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mkenn throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Mkenn tries to clinch there but El Monstro circles away.
El Monstro loads up on a big right hand but Mkenn slips the punch.
Mkenn works over El Monstro's head and body with a nice combination.
Mkenn is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mkenn slips a straight right by El Monstro.
Mkenn dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mkenn misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
El Monstro lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Mkenn checks a leg kick.
Mkenn tries to clinch
and El Monstro counters with a stiff right hand.
Mkenn lands a head kick!
El Monstro tries to land a leg kick but Mkenn saw it coming and moves away.
A punch combination from Mkenn misses.
El Monstro looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Mkenn throws a head kick but El Monstro moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mkenn works over El Monstro's head and body with a nice combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mkenn tries to clinch up but El Monstro circles away and keeps his distance.
Mkenn uses good head movement to avoid the hook from El Monstro.
Mkenn throws a push kick but El Monstro slaps the foot to one side.
A nice inside leg kick there by El Monstro. That's going to slow Mkenn down.
El Monstro looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Mkenn takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Mkenn throws a head kick but El Monstro moves out of range.
Mkenn blocks a jab.
Mkenn is looking to clinch.
Mkenn takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Mkenn is looking to clinch but El Monstro is avoiding it.
Mkenn tries to clinch up.
El Monstro throws out a counter right but Mkenn avoids it with no problem.
Mkenn wants to clinch.
A slapping body kick lands there for El Monstro.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mkenn tries a head kick but it misses.
A combination from Mkenn does no damage.
El Monstro misses with a wild combination.
Mkenn scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Mkenn displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as El Monstro throws out the jab.
El Monstro lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Justin Mkenn's cut is getting worse.
A slow jab from El Monstro misses its intended target.
Mkenn jabs El Monstro to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Mkenn tries to clinch up but El Monstro circles away and keeps his distance.
Mkenn misses with the combination.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from El Monstro! But no joy.
Mkenn throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mkenn digs a good body shot into El Monstro's ribs.
Mkenn tries to clinch up but El Monstro circles away and keeps his distance.
Mkenn is looking to wear down El Monstro with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Mkenn tries to clinch up.
El Monstro misses with a looping right.
No joy there for Mkenn, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
El Monstro unleashes a big counter combination but Mkenn bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
El Monstro goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
El Monstro pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
El Monstro swinging wildly here.
Mkenn moves in looking to clinch but El Monstro pushes him off.
It seemed like El Monstro was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Mkenn tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mkenn gets tackled into the cage by El Monstro. El Monstro maintains the clinch.
Mkenn trying to stall but El Monstro improves his position.
El Monstro breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Tadeo El Monstro.
I think Mkenn 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight for Justin Mkenn!
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight as a draw!
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Justin Mkenn!
Justin Mkenn wins by majority decision!
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