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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Omar Avelar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gym Monkey (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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144 lbs
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131 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight 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, Omar Avelar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gym Monkey!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Monkey shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Avelar as he avoids it easily.
Avelar misses with a jab, cross combination.
Avelar throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Avelar stuns Monkey with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Avelar swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Monkey has a takedown stuffed.
Monkey shoots in but no luck this time.
Omar Avelar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gym Monkey.
Avelar stalks Monkey and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Monkey's face. Monkey staggers backwards, shaken.
Monkey is rocked!
Avelar fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Monkey is still on wobbly legs! Can Avelar finish him?
Avelar misses with a wild combination.
Avelar lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
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!
A nice inside leg kick there by Avelar. That's going to slow Monkey down.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Monkey breaks the clinch.
Avelar takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Monkey seems to have recovered his senses.
Avelar misses with a series of wild punches.
Monkey avoids the head kick by Avelar.
Monkey on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Avelar. Avelar obviously looking to wear him down.
Avelar misses with a series of wild punches.
Avelar ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Avelar is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Monkey.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Avelar enables Monkey to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Avelar manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Monkey looks gassed!
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Monkey stops Avelar from standing up.
Monkey gets to his feet - Avelar follows without any prompting.
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!
Avelar goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Avelar lands with a good body shot.
Monkey fails with the takedown.
Avelar misses with a head kick.
Avelar moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Avelar throws a low kick, looking for Monkey's leg but Monkey calmly moves out of range.
Avelar looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Monkey is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Avelar throws a low kick but it's checked well by Monkey.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Avelar throws a right hand that Monkey ducks under and follows up with a left that Monkey also avoids with ease.
Monkey clinches up with Avelar and pushes him back against the cage.
Avelar can't break the clinch.
Avelar managing to block the knees to the body from Monkey.
Monkey has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Avelar clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Monkey looking for the choke from the back.
Even with his hooks in, Monkey manages to miss with strikes from the back.
Avelar trying to control the action but Monkey just sinks the hooks in.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Monkey's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Avelar can't escape the position.
Avelar tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Monkey looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Avelar is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Avelar tries to hold on but Monkey pushes him away.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Omar Avelar dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Monkey closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Avelar did well to prevent Monkey getting side control.
Monkey sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Avelar defending well though.
Monkey works his foot free and advances to mount.
Avelar can't escape the position.
Monkey looking to control and managing it successfully.
Avelar is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Avelar is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Monkey controlling the position easily from mount.
Monkey fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Monkey unloads with some shots from mount but Avelar bucks and avoids them well.
Avelar might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Avelar is desperately trying to improve his position but Monkey has a good base and remains in mount.
Monkey is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Avelar has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Avelar is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Monkey content just to control the position here.
Monkey misses with a head shot.
Monkey sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Avelar tries to reverse the position but Monkey maintains control.
Monkey postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Avelar looks a forlorn figure.
Monkey working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Avelar tries to control the position but Monkey now has his back.
Avelar staying busy and making it hard for Monkey to control.
Monkey looking to break Avelar's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Avelar remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Monkey will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
What can Avelar do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!
Avelar staying busy and making it hard for Monkey to control.
Monkey trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Avelar doesn't escape.
Monkey is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good control from Monkey.
Avelar trying to control but not successfully.
Monkey controls the action.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Monkey gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gym Monkey showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Monkey checks a low kick from Avelar.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Monkey.
Avelar is trying to escape the position but Monkey is controlling the position.
Avelar is not content to let Monkey control the position.
Monkey slows the pace down.
Sloppy strikes there by Monkey.
Avelar pushes Monkey away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Monkey gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Avelar wants to control but Monkey postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Monkey has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Omar Avelar is winning the standup battle so far.
Monkey lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Monkey.
Monkey takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Avelar throws out a leg kick but Monkey moves out of range and Avelar only half commits.
A solid leg kick lands there for Avelar.
Monkey slips under a jab from Avelar.
Monkey throws a body punch but Avelar moves out of range.
Avelar looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Monkey throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Avelar's waist but Avelar gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Monkey off to one side.
Monkey takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Monkey has closed the distance and engaged Avelar in a clinch.
Monkey has Avelar pressed against the cage, preventing Avelar from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Avelar stops a takedown attempt from Monkey.
Avelar is trying to break the clinch but Monkey has him pressed against the cage.
Avelar has had enough of the clinch but Monkey keeps him there for the moment.
Monkey tries to pull guard but Avelar won't allow it.
Omar Avelar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gym Monkey.
Monkey keeps control of Avelar as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
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!
Avelar has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Monkey escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Monkey checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Avelar cracks Monkey with an open hand slap.
No luck for Monkey with that takedown attempt.
Monkey moves in looking to clinch but Avelar pushes him off.
Avelar lands the left hand.
Omar Avelar is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Avelar throws a nice looking combination but Monkey bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Avelar lets his hands go wild with a nice combination. Left! Right! Uppercut! Spinning backfist! Monkey goes down and covers up as Avelar starts wailing on him! The ref watches the action closely before stepping in and putting a stop to the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:14 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Omar Avelar!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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