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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Holden Easterly (ranked 812 p4p, 1314 weight class) and Mertis Falandas (ranked 115 p4p, 171 weight class). Falandas is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Feed the Machine. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Holden Easterly !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 19 - 1, fighting out of New York, Mertis Falandas!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Wesley Smith and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Falandas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Easterly .
Falandas fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Easterly has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Falandas lands a head kick!
Falandas listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Easterly dips to his left and cracks Falandas with an uppercut!
Easterly throws a right and a left that Falandas avoids nicely.
Easterly tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Falandas was well out of range. Poor timing from Easterly .
Easterly darts in and clinches Falandas up against the cage.
Easterly scores with a shoulder strike.
Falandas blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Easterly avoiding damage as Falandas throws knees to the body.
Falandas utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Easterly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Easterly .
Easterly has a couple of punches blocked by Falandas.
Falandas connects with a nasty looking knee right to Easterly 's face.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Falandas looking to throw knees to the head but Easterly is blocking nicely.
Easterly avoiding damage as Falandas throws knees to the body.
Easterly swings wildly with an uppercut but Falandas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Falandas blocking some punches.
Falandas blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Easterly misses with the head strike.
Falandas with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Falandas throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Easterly blocks it with crossed arms.
Falandas with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Easterly swings wildly with an uppercut but Falandas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Easterly throws a head punch that misses.
Falandas putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Easterly in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Falandas tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Falandas landing knees to the head.
Falandas digs a right hand into Easterly 's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Easterly 's gas tank.
Knees in the clinch landing for Falandas.
Falandas working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Falandas lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short right from Easterly on the inside.
Easterly managing to block the knees to the body from Falandas.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Easterly misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Falandas obliges.
Easterly is breathing heavily.
A head punch on the inside from Easterly fails to land.
Falandas misses with a knee strike.
Falandas lands a body punch in the clinch.
Falandas lands a body punch.
Falandas using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Falandas gets through Easterly 's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Falandas utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Falandas.
Easterly managing to block the knees to the body from Falandas.
Still in the clinch, Falandas scores with a nice short uppercut.
Easterly misses with some punches.
Falandas crunches a lovely knee into Easterly 's ribcage.
Falandas landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A short right from Falandas on the inside.
Falandas with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Holden Easterly has been cut.
Falandas landing knees to the body.
Falandas using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Falandas connects with a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Falandas.
Falandas crunches a lovely knee into Easterly 's ribcage.
Falandas unloads a knee to the mid-section. Easterly lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Falandas crunches a lovely knee into Easterly 's ribcage.
Falandas throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Easterly blocks it with crossed arms.
Falandas lands a shot to the body.
Falandas crunches a lovely knee into Easterly 's ribcage.
Falandas working Easterly over with knees to the body.
Falandas lands a knee to the head.
Falandas digs a right hand into Easterly 's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Easterly 's gas tank.
Falandas unloads a knee to the mid-section. Easterly lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees in the clinch landing for Falandas.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Falandas is leaning against Easterly and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Falandas crunches a lovely knee into Easterly 's ribcage.
Falandas lands a knee to the head.
Falandas lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Falandas using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Easterly has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Easterly takes a shot to the head.
Falandas lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Falandas blocks an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Falandas pushes Easterly back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Falandas utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Falandas.
Falandas is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Falandas crunches a lovely knee into Easterly 's ribcage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Falandas.
Falandas tries a knee to the head but Easterly blocks it.
Nice body punch from Falandas - that landed with a thud.
Falandas lands a hook that snaps the head of Easterly backwards.
Falandas tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Falandas putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Easterly in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Falandas unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Falandas landing knees to the body.
Falandas tries to land a knee to the head but Easterly blocks with his arms.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Falandas lands a left hand.
Falandas with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Falandas scores with a hook to the body.
Falandas lands a left hand that snaps the head of Easterly backwards.
A right hook to the body lands for Falandas.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mertis Falandas dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Holden Easterly 's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Falandas throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Easterly jabs at Falandas's body.
Falandas bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Holden Easterly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Easterly throws an off balance right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Falandas closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Falandas moves into range and connects with a jab.
Easterly throws a predictable looking body shot
and Falandas counters with a nice low kick that buckles Easterly 's knee momentarily.
Falandas throws a jab when Easterly was well out of range.
Easterly is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Easterly shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Falandas eats them both and turns towards Easterly to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Falandas slips a jab and a cross from Easterly .
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Easterly misses with a body shot.
As Easterly backs off Falandas throws a huge counter combo but Easterly manages to avoid it all.
Jab by Falandas.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Easterly tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Falandas! But no joy.
Falandas throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Falandas has managed to clinch.
Easterly managing to block the knees to the body from Falandas.
Falandas blocks an uppercut.
Easterly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Falandas blocking some punches.
Easterly using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Falandas has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Falandas pushes Easterly back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Falandas with a knee to the head.
Falandas lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Easterly lands an uppercut.
Mertis Falandas seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Falandas is working Easterly over against the cage.
Falandas pushes Easterly back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A right hook to the body lands for Falandas.
Falandas has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Falandas connects with a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Falandas lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Falandas digs a right hand underneath Easterly 's ribcage. Easterly let out a lung full of air as it connected.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Falandas using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Easterly has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Falandas lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Falandas lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Easterly on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Falandas.
A nice left hand lands by Falandas.
Falandas lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Easterly or not.
Falandas landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Falandas connects with a knee to the head.
Falandas is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Easterly takes a knee to the side of the body.
Falandas stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Falandas connects with a nasty looking knee right to Easterly 's face.
Falandas scores a nice knee to the body.
Easterly misses with a punch on the inside.
Falandas lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Falandas.
Easterly swings wildly with an uppercut but Falandas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Easterly throws a punch but it's blocked by Falandas.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Falandas putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Easterly in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Easterly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Falandas lands a body punch in the clinch.
Falandas scores with an uppercut up the middle.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Falandas 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.
Falandas landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Falandas misses with a knee strike.
Falandas is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Falandas.
Easterly throws a head punch that misses.
A left hand lands to the body for Falandas.
Easterly takes a knee to the side of the body.
Falandas cracks Easterly with a nice body shot.
Knees in the clinch landing for Falandas.
Falandas landing knees to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Falandas lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Falandas with a knee to the head.
Falandas lands a body shot.
Falandas scores with a shoulder strike.
Falandas lands a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Easterly throws a punch but it's blocked by Falandas.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Falandas.
Falandas gets through Easterly 's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Easterly takes a knee to the side of the body.
Falandas lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Falandas pushes Easterly back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Falandas connects with a knee to the head.
Falandas landing knees to the body.
Falandas putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Easterly in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Falandas landing knees to the head.
Falandas tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Easterly avoids it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Easterly .
Falandas trying to land knees to the body.
Easterly misses with some punches.
Easterly misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Easterly has a couple of punches blocked by Falandas.
Easterly takes a knee to the side of the body.
Easterly swings wildly with an uppercut but Falandas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Falandas lands a nice knee to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mertis Falandas showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Holden Easterly 's cut.
That's time! Easterly 's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Easterly tries to keep at a distance but Falandas has taken the fight into the clinch.
Easterly misses with a hook from the clinch.
Falandas tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Easterly avoids it.
Easterly misses with the head strike.
Easterly working aggressively here.
Falandas pushes Easterly back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Falandas lands a nice knee to the body.
Falandas softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Falandas lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Easterly .
Falandas scores a nice knee to the body.
Falandas lands a body shot.
Falandas scores a nice knee to the body.
Falandas landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Falandas unloads a knee to the mid-section. Easterly lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Falandas scores with a knee to the head.
Falandas tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Falandas blocks an uppercut.
Falandas gets through Easterly 's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Falandas connects with a knee to the head.
Falandas makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Easterly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Falandas missing with knees to the body.
Falandas lands a body shot.
Falandas tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Easterly avoids it.
Falandas landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Falandas goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Falandas lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Easterly has a couple of punches blocked by Falandas.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Falandas obliges.
Falandas working Easterly over with knees to the body.
Falandas makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Falandas with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Easterly managing to block the knees to the body from Falandas.
Easterly takes a knee right on the jaw!
Falandas is leaning against Easterly and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Falandas putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Easterly in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Falandas scores with a nice hook to the head.
Holden Easterly has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mertis Falandas is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Falandas works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Easterly misses with a punch on the inside.
Easterly misses with a knee strike.
Falandas is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Easterly is defending well for now.
Easterly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Falandas blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Easterly misses with the head strike.
Easterly misses with the head strike.
Falandas blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Easterly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Easterly .
A head punch blocked on the inside by Falandas.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Easterly 's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Falandas blocking some punches.
Easterly misses with a punch on the inside.
Easterly blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Easterly working aggressively here.
Easterly misses with some punches.
Falandas lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Falandas unloads a knee to the mid-section. Easterly lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Falandas blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Easterly working aggressively here.
Easterly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Easterly throws a punch but it's blocked by Falandas.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Easterly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Easterly has a couple of punches blocked by Falandas.
Falandas scores with a hook to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Easterly .
Easterly throws a punch but it's blocked by Falandas.
Easterly has a couple of punches blocked by Falandas.
Easterly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Easterly throws a head punch that misses.
Easterly lands a hook that snaps the head of Falandas backwards.
Easterly misses with a punch on the inside.
Easterly lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Falandas backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Easterly misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mertis Falandas comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Falandas has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mertis Falandas!
Our winner, Mertis Falandas, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
The defeated Holden Easterly had this to say: 'I had COVID'.
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