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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Mferi (ranked 925 p4p, 1944 weight class) and Conor Pena (ranked 117 p4p, 231 weight class). Mike Mferi has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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Solid boxing
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Mike Mferi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Conor Pena!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Percy O'Donnell and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pena looks to score with a jab to the body but Mferi is just out of range.
Pena thows a left - swing and a miss!
An attempted straight right counter from Mferi misses the target.
The crowd cheers as Pena lands an impressive looking overhand right. Mferi doesn't seem phased though.
Pena swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Mferi.
Pena throws a body punch but Mferi moves out of range.
Pena keeps the fight on the outside.
Pena digs a good hook to Mferi's body.
Mferi walks into a left hand.
Mferi scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Mferi takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Conor Pena seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pena scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Pena throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mferi clobbers Pena with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mferi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pena moves away.
Mferi misses with a few strikes there.
Pena looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Some wild striking there from Pena.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pena. Mferi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mferi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mferi is looking to counter punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pena lands with a shot to the body.
Pena throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pena waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mferi.
Mferi is looking to counter the offense by Pena and move into the clinch.
Pena takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Pena swings for the body but Mferi moves out of range.
Mferi looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Mferi ducks under a wild hook from Pena.
Mferi with a hook.
Pena is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Mferi rather than just go for the knockout.
Mferi throws a right hand that misses
and Pena counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Mferi.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mferi. Pena does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pena swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pena misses with a body shot.
Pena moves away from the strike by Mferi.
Pena slips a jab from Mferi.
Pena throws a right and a left that both miss.
Pena throws a one two combo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pena ducks under a wild hook from Mferi.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mferi throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Pena on the side of the head.
Mferi shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Pena throws a right and a left that Mferi avoids nicely.
Mferi scores with a crisp jab that stopped Pena in his tracks.
A slow jab from Mferi misses its intended target.
Pena throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mferi.
Mferi swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Mferi just misses with a punch to the body.
A jab from Pena misses.
Mferi misses with a two punch combination.
It seemed like Pena was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Pena takes a swing at Mferi's ribcage but misses.
Mferi tests Pena's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Pena throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pena misses the shot to the body.
Pena misses with a combination
and Mferi makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Mferi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pena.
Mferi lands with a hook. Pena tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pena connects with a body shot.
Pena gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Mferi is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Pena throws a sloppy body shot
and Mferi counters with a right hand to the body.
Mferi ducks under a wild hook from Pena.
Pena throws a series of punches but Mferi avoids them all with ease.
Pena avoids the body shot from Mferi.
Sloppy strikes from Pena. Those never looked like landing.
Pena tries to move into range but Mferi moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Pena misses with a shot to the body
and Mferi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Pena slips under a jab from Mferi.
Pena jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Pena takes one to the chin there.
Pena looks to land a combination but Mferi avoids it well.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pena blocks a jab.
Pena lands with a shot to the body.
Pena scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Pena throws a nice looking combination but Mferi bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Mferi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pena was well out of range. Poor timing from Mferi.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pena lands a jab-cross combination.
Mferi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pena throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Mferi on the side of the head.
Pena misses the shot to the body.
Mferi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A swing and a miss from Pena.
Pena ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mferi lands with a shot to the body.
Pena moves out of range as Mferi strikes.
Mferi has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Pena finds it's way round the side to connect with Mferi's head.
Pena gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Mferi.
Mferi just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mferi throws a right and a left that both miss.
Mferi scores with a nice strike.
Mferi misses with an uppercut. Pena saw that one coming.
Pena misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mferi.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Conor Pena 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.
Pena lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Mferi scores with a decent looking hook.
Mferi has closed the distance and engaged Pena in a clinch.
Pena is trying to break the clinch but Mferi is controlling him.
Pena blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pena trying to control the position but instead, Mferi has worked for underhooks and has pushed Pena into the cage.
Pena takes a shot to the head.
Mferi working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Pena blocking some punches.
Pena pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pena ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mferi throws out a loose jab but Pena uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice side step and Pena releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Pena darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Mferi avoids the body shot from Pena.
Mferi is looking to counter punch.
Mferi lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pena uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mferi.
Pena throws a combination. Mferi tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pena steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mferi.
Pena takes a swing at Mferi's ribcage but misses.
Mferi lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Pena throws a shot to the body.
The fighters circling - Mferi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mferi has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Pena moves away from the strike by Mferi.
Pena scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
It looks like Mike Mferi has been cut.
Pena misses with a hook to the body
and Mferi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nice uppercut lands for Mferi. That snapped Pena's head back.
A swing and a miss from Mferi.
Pena cracks Mferi with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Mferi changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mferi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pena.
Mferi misses with a left hand
and Pena counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Mferi drops his hands momentarily and Pena takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Mferi misses with the combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mferi avoids the body shot from Pena.
A little feinted left hand from Mferi on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Pena thuds a left hand into Mferi's body.
Pena throws a sloppy body shot
and Mferi counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A looping hook to the body misses from Pena. Mferi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Some wild striking there from Pena.
Pena connects with a good right hand that stumbles Mferi. Mferi circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Pena ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Pena just misses with a punch to the body.
Pena misses with a wild body shot.
Mferi throws a jab when Pena was well out of range.
Pena throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Mferi listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Pena staying out of range there.
Conor Pena seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mferi misses with a body shot.
It seemed like Pena was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A big left from Mferi misses.
Pena misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mferi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pena scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Mferi doesn't seem bothered though.
Pena slips under a jab.
Mferi comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A big left from Mferi misses.
Mferi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pena.
A little feinted left hand from Mferi on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Pena misses with a straight right.
Mferi connects with a looping right hand.
Pena ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mferi moves away.
Pena moves out of range as Mferi strikes.
Pena lands a body shot.
Pena throws a right and a left that Mferi avoids nicely.
Pena has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Pena fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mferi is looking to counter punch.
Pena misses with a wild body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mferi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mferi jabs Pena to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Mferi throws a big shot that misses.
No joy there for Pena, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Pena lands a slapping body shot.
Pena misses with a wild body shot.
Pena connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Mferi takes a swing at Pena's ribcage but misses.
Pena throws out a counter right but Mferi avoids it with no problem.
Nice defenses there by Pena.
Mferi scores with a jab to the head.
Mferi lands with a good body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pena. Mferi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mferi throwing a counter right hand but Pena manages to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mferi lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pena circles away quickly and effectively.
Mferi instigates a clinch.
Mferi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pena looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
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 Mike Mferi will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Mike Mferi's cut.
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!
Pena throws a body shot but no joy.
Mferi throws a shot to the body.
Mferi connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Pena connects with a looping right hand.
Pena slips under a jab from Mferi.
Mferi lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Mferi takes one to the chin there.
Pena bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Pena moves out of range of the strikes.
Pena now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Pena throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pena throws a sloppy body shot
and Mferi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Mferi tries to clinch but Pena moves out of range.
Mferi moves into the clinch successfully.
Mferi slows down the pace here.
Pena wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mferi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A frustrated look appears on Pena's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Pena blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mferi.
Mferi is leaning against Pena and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Mferi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Pena backwards.
Mferi lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mferi misses with the head strike.
Pena is trying to break the clinch but Mferi has him pressed against the cage.
Mferi lands a left hand.
Pena goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pena breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mferi slips a straight right by Pena.
Pena walks into a jab.
Mferi moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Mferi tries to clinch up.
Mferi lands with a cross.
Pena misses with a double jab
and Mferi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pena tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mferi was well out of range. Poor timing from Pena.
Pena uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mferi.
Pena misses the shot to the body.
A big left from Mferi misses.
Pena lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Mferi misses with a wild body shot.
Mferi throws a hook to the side of Pena's head but Pena sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pena throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pena throws a body punch but Mferi moves out of range.
Mferi lands with a good body shot.
Pena throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Pena takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A combination from Pena does no damage.
Pena takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Mferi misses with a body shot.
Pena misses the jab.
Pena misses with a two punch combination.
Mferi tests Pena's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pena takes a swing at Mferi's ribcage but misses.
Pena throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pena misses with a body shot.
As Pena tries to get set, Mferi tries to push him back and clinch up but Pena manages to avoid the attempt.
Pena fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mferi manages to avoid it.
Mferi swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Mferi misses with the combination.
Pena misses with a body punch
and Mferi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Mferi tries to clinch but Pena is having none of it.
Mferi forces Pena back against the cage and clinches.
A short uppercut from Mferi.
Mferi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pena is trying to push Mferi away but Mferi has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Mferi keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pena's efforts to push away.
Pena is trying to break the clinch but Mferi is controlling him.
Pena is trying to push Mferi away but Mferi has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Mferi throws a punch but it's blocked by Pena.
Mike Mferi has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mferi working aggressively here.
Pena takes a shot to the head.
Mferi lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Mferi keeps control of Pena as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Mferi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short left from Mferi.
Pena has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Good body shot from Pena.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pena's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pena fails to land with a series of punches.
Mferi cracks Pena with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Pena on the wrong end of a nice hook.
No joy there for Pena, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mferi is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Pena.
A swing and a miss from Pena.
Mferi lands with a cross.
Mferi scores with a body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Mferi showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Mferi 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Conor Pena!
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hype
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