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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Julio Regueiro (ranked 1857 p4p, 2153 weight class) and Hong Kong (ranked 76 p4p, 288 weight class). Kong has chosen Open Your Third Eye 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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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Excellent grappler
Excellent 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 31 - 22 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Julio Regueiro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Hong Kong!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Ren Mimura and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Regueiro lands with an overhand left.
Julio Regueiro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kong swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kong scores with the left hand. Regueiro knows he should have avoided that one.
Kong misses the shot to the body.
Regueiro darts in and clinches Kong up against the cage.
Regueiro misses with a hook to the ribs.
Regueiro tries to break free but Kong pushes him back against the cage.
Kong has Regueiro pressed against the cage, preventing Regueiro from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Regueiro throws a head punch that misses.
Regueiro lands with a light punch inside.
Regueiro blocking some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Regueiro misses with a short punch on the inside.
I was talking to Regueiro's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Kong keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Regueiro's efforts to push away.
Regueiro misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Regueiro throws a head punch that misses.
Regueiro tries to throw a body punch but Kong avoids it by throwing Regueiro back against the cage.
Regueiro lands a hook to the side of the head.
Regueiro escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Regueiro closes the distance and clinches.
Regueiro tries to break free but Kong pushes him back against the cage.
Kong blocks a body shot from Regueiro.
Regueiro escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Regueiro has Kong up against the cage in a clinch.
Regueiro breaks from the clinch.
Regueiro closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Regueiro clinches.
Regueiro doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Regueiro wants to break free but Kong has control.
Kong misses with the head strike.
Regueiro breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Regueiro misses with a straight right.
Regueiro misses with a body shot.
Regueiro misses the shot to the body.
Kong is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Regueiro gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kong struggles to land a body shot inside as Regueiro controls his hands.
Kong scores with an uppercut up the middle.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Regueiro creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kong misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kong throws a punch but it's blocked by Regueiro.
Regueiro working hard to break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kong keeps control of Regueiro as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kong has Regueiro pressed against the cage, preventing Regueiro from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Regueiro blocking some punches.
Regueiro wants to break free but Kong has control.
Kong lands a hook that snaps the head of Regueiro backwards.
Kong misses with the head strike.
Regueiro is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Regueiro takes a shot to the head.
A short left from Regueiro.
Regueiro misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Regueiro.
Kong misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Regueiro throws a head punch that misses.
Regueiro has had enough of the clinch but Kong keeps him there for the moment.
Regueiro breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A big right from Kong misses.
Regueiro looks to land a right hand but Kong moved out of range.
Regueiro has managed to clinch.
Regueiro misses with some punches.
Regueiro has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Regueiro has had enough of the clinch but Kong keeps him there for the moment.
Regueiro has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kong swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kong blocking some punches.
Kong stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Julio Regueiro dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Kong moves out of range as Regueiro strikes.
Regueiro rushes Kong and presses him up against the cage.
Regueiro is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kong can do to turn this around?
Regueiro just leaning against Kong, taking a breather.
Regueiro pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A slow jab from Kong misses its intended target.
Regueiro drives through and clinches with Kong against the cage.
Regueiro has a couple of punches blocked by Kong.
Still in the clinch, Regueiro scores with a nice short uppercut.
Regueiro escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Regueiro fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kong connects with a body shot.
Kong lands a jab to the nose.
Regueiro instigates a clinch.
Kong swings wildly with an uppercut but Regueiro uses good head movement to avoid it.
Regueiro looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Regueiro throws a head punch that misses.
Regueiro pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Julio Regueiro is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Regueiro tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kong pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Regueiro connects with a body shot.
Regueiro clinches with his opponent.
Regueiro tries to break free but Kong pushes him back against the cage.
Regueiro misses with a body punch.
Regueiro is trying to break the clinch but Kong is controlling him.
Kong blocks a body shot from Regueiro.
Regueiro doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Regueiro tries to throw a body punch but Kong avoids it by throwing Regueiro back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Regueiro struggles to land a body shot inside as Kong controls his hands.
Regueiro tries to throw a body punch but Kong avoids it by throwing Regueiro back against the cage.
Regueiro swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Regueiro breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Regueiro tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Regueiro has taken the fight to the clinch.
Kong throws a head punch that misses.
Julio Regueiro has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kong lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Regueiro backwards.
Regueiro looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Regueiro pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kong jabs at Regueiro's body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Regueiro has managed to clinch.
Regueiro wants to break free but Kong has control.
Kong misses with some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Regueiro wants to get back to striking at distance but Kong won't allow it.
Regueiro misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kong keeps control of Regueiro as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kong keeps control of Regueiro as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kong blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Regueiro has a couple of punches blocked by Kong.
Regueiro has a couple of punches blocked by Kong.
Kong throws a punch but it's blocked by Regueiro.
Regueiro fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kong throws a punch but it's blocked by Regueiro.
Regueiro is trying to break the clinch but Kong has him pressed against the cage.
Kong blocking some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Regueiro lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Kong.
Regueiro fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kong keeps control of Regueiro as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Regueiro.
Kong blocks a body shot from Regueiro.
Kong goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Regueiro breaks from the clinch.
Regueiro clinches with his opponent.
Regueiro is looking to break free of the clinch but Kong has double underhooks.
Regueiro blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Regueiro is looking to break free of the clinch but Kong has double underhooks.
Regueiro blocking some punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Julio Regueiro dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Regueiro cracks Kong with an open hand slap.
Regueiro displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kong throws out the jab.
Regueiro takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Regueiro tries a head kick but it misses.
Regueiro throws a jab but it's blocked by Kong.
Kong misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Regueiro.
Regueiro instigates a clinch.
Kong tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kong throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Regueiros head.
Regueiro wants to break free but Kong has control.
Regueiro misses with a punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Regueiro tries a body shot but Kong blocks it.
Regueiro softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Regueiro breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jab from Regueiro.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Regueiro lands with a nice body punch.
Kong blocks a head kick by Regueiro.
A head kick misses from Regueiro.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Regueiro pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Regueiro throws a head kick but Kong moves out of range.
Regueiro lands the left hand.
Kong connects with a single shot there.
Regueiro pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kong is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Regueiro moves into range and clinches up with Kong.
Regueiro escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Regueiro gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A head punch on the inside from Regueiro fails to land.
A body shot lands from Kong.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A right hook to the body lands for Regueiro.
Regueiro tries a body shot but Kong blocks it.
Regueiro tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Regueiro swings wildly with an uppercut but Kong uses good head movement to avoid it.
Regueiro swings wildly with an uppercut but Kong uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kong throws a head punch that misses.
Kong misses with the head strike.
Kong struggles to land a body shot inside as Regueiro controls his hands.
Regueiro throws a head punch that misses.
Kong blocks a body shot from Regueiro.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Regueiro is trying to force a seperation but Kong has the dominant position.
Regueiro misses with a short punch on the inside.
Regueiro has a couple of punches blocked by Kong.
Regueiro throws a punch but it's blocked by Kong.
Regueiro blocking some punches.
Regueiro lands with a light punch inside.
Regueiro misses with a hook from the clinch.
Regueiro doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Regueiro breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Julio Regueiro is winning the standup battle so far.
Regueiro closes the distance and clinches.
Regueiro tries to break free but Kong pushes him back against the cage.
Regueiro wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kong has him pressed against the cage.
Hong Kong has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kong misses with some punches.
Kong lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Regueiro wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kong has him pressed against the cage.
Regueiro wants to get back to striking at distance but Kong won't allow it.
Regueiro tries to break free but Kong pushes him back against the cage.
Regueiro struggles to land a body shot inside as Kong controls his hands.
Kong keeps control of Regueiro as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Regueiro working hard to break the clinch.
Regueiro tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kong lands a hook that snaps the head of Regueiro backwards.
Regueiro tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kong's elbow.
A nice left hand lands by Regueiro.
And that's the end of the fight!
Julio Regueiro showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Regueiro 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 Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Julio Regueiro!
Julio Regueiro was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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hype
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