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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Elmo Fredrico (ranked 4227 p4p, 4204 weight class) and Jake Tafa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Elmo Fredrico!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jake Tafa!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fredrico changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Tafa looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Tafa throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Tafa misses with a kick to the body.
Fredrico closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Tafa's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tafa controlling Fredrico's posture.
Fredrico connects with a couple of short punches.
Fredrico is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Fredrico scoring with punches to the head and body.
Fredrico seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Fredrico chips away with some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Fredrico's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fredrico slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Fredrico scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Fredrico is stalling in the full guard.
Fredrico with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Fredrico works over Tafa with some ground and pound from guard.
Fredrico stays in close to Tafa's body and controls the position.
Fredrico trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Fredrico controlling from the top position.
Fredrico has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Fredrico lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Fredrico is in close to Tafa's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Fredrico content to stall in guard here.
Fredrico forces his way into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fredrico takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Nice strikes from Fredrico there.
Well, if Fredrico is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Fredrico's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Fredrico is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Fredrico takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Tafa tries to get to full guard but Fredrico has control of the leg.
Fredrico performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Fredrico trying to advance position but Tafa counters by regaining guard.
Fredrico working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Fredrico is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Further stalling from Fredrico.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Fredrico 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.
Fredrico lands a couple of elbows.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Elmo Fredrico dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Tafa will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Tafa enables Fredrico to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Tafa manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Tafa is trying to keep Fredrico in close.
Fredrico with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Fredrico advances to half guard.
Fredrico content to control rather than advance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fredrico seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Tafa for as long as he can get away with.
Elmo Fredrico overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
If it seems like I'm not saying a lot, it's just because Fredrico is stinking the place up with his stalling.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fredrico is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tafa can do to turn this around?
Fredrico working the head and body with strikes.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Fredrico in particular looking to stall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Tafa gets caught flat footed, as Fredrico shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Tafa is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Tafa had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Fredrico defends it easily.
Fredrico working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fredrico engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Fredrico scoring with some ground and pound.
Fredrico with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Fredrico slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Tafa is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Fredrico sitting in guard here, content to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Fredrico wants to pass the guard but Tafa is keeping the position.
Fredrico not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Fredrico throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Tafa was covering up waiting for the punch and Fredrico finishes the takedown easily into guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Elmo Fredrico dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Fredrico closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Fredrico lands in his opponent's guard.
Fredrico controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Fredrico cracks Tafa with a solid left hand.
Fredrico sitting in guard, not really doing much.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fredrico lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fredrico stays in close to Tafa's body and controls the position.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Fredrico here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Fredrico with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Fredrico slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Fredrico scoring with some ground and pound.
Tafa can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Fredrico controls the pace.
Fredrico distracts Tafa with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Fredrico is in close to Tafa's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Tafa being controlled here, momentarily.
Tafa looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fredrico working some strikes from top position.
Fredrico is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
This is a sustained period of stalling by Fredrico.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fredrico slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Tafa is holding Fredrico down, trying to stall.
Fredrico is putting a hurting on Tafa here, landing some big shots from side control.
Tafa taking punishment in the form of punches.
Tafa is trying to escape the position but Fredrico is controlling the position.
Fredrico cracks Tafa with a big right hand but Tafa just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Fredrico remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fredrico is chipping away with strikes.
Fredrico controls the position from side control.
Tafa is working to avoid the ground and pound but Fredrico connects with a decent elbow.
Fredrico slows the pace down.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
And that's the end of the fight!
Elmo Fredrico showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Fredrico 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Elmo Fredrico!
Elmo Fredrico thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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pop
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RATING
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