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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dusty Bottoms (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juan Verelea (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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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178 lbs
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175 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dusty Bottoms!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Juan Verelea!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Verelea misses with a looping right.
Bottoms circles away from the clinch attempt.
Verelea throws a looping overhand right but Bottoms ducks down to avoid it.
Verelea tests Bottoms's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Verelea missing with a left hand there. Bottoms was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Verelea uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bottoms.
Bottoms takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Verelea fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bottoms manages to avoid it.
Bottoms blocks a jab.
Some wild striking there from Verelea.
Verelea misses with a body shot
and Bottoms counters with a nice body shot.
Bottoms tries to clinch there but Verelea circles away.
Verelea just misses with a punch to the body.
Verelea showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bottoms.
Bottoms moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Bottoms takes a shot right to the bread basket.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bottoms closes the distance and clinches.
Verelea throws a head punch that misses.
Bottoms can't find room to land a body shot as Verelea controls the action.
Bottoms blocks an uppercut.
Verelea can't break the clinch.
Verelea misses with a punch on the inside.
Verelea prevents a body shot from Bottoms.
A short left from Verelea.
Verelea takes a shot to the head.
Bottoms lands a shot to the body.
A short uppercut from Bottoms.
Verelea prevents a body shot from Bottoms.
Bottoms scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bottoms scores with a shot to the side of Verelea's head.
A head punch on the inside from Verelea fails to land.
Verelea swings wildly with an uppercut but Bottoms uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bottoms swings wildly with an uppercut but Verelea uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bottoms lands with a short shot to the head.
A short uppercut from Bottoms.
Verelea can't break the clinch.
Bottoms pressing his opponent against the cage.
Verelea is trying to break the clinch but Bottoms has him pressed against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Verelea wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Verelea fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Verelea misses with some punches.
A short body shot lands from Bottoms as the two fighters clinch.
Verelea swings wildly with an uppercut but Bottoms uses good head movement to avoid it.
Verelea takes a shot to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Verelea fails to land.
Verelea swings wildly with an uppercut but Bottoms uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bottoms.
Bottoms lands a takedown into guard.
Bottoms wants to pass the guard but Verelea is keeping the position.
Bottoms trying to move into half guard but instead Verelea has managed to sweep!
Verelea trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Bottoms tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bottoms looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Verelea passes into side control.
Verelea wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bottoms keeps working.
Bottoms tries to bench press Verelea off him but Verelea keeps the position.
Bottoms sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bottoms throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Verelea controlling the action here.
Verelea throwing shots but Bottoms is blocking nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Bottoms is pressing down on Verelea's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Verelea in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Verelea accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Bottoms trying to strike off his back.
Bottoms looking for a sweep. Not yet Bottoms, not yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Verelea connects with a body shot.
Nice shot lands for Verelea.
Juan Verelea seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bottoms throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Verelea.
Verelea wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Verelea throws a body punch but Bottoms moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dusty Bottoms dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Verelea wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Bottoms moves in looking to clinch but Verelea pushes him off.
Verelea misses the shot to the body.
Bottoms takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Verelea looks to land a right hand but Bottoms moved out of range.
Verelea throws a series of punches but Bottoms moves out of range.
Bottoms throws a left and a right that both miss
and Verelea connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Verelea waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Bottoms.
Nice uppercut there from Verelea.
Bottoms works over Verelea's head and body with a nice combination.
Verelea fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Verelea fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bottoms uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Verelea.
Bottoms misses with a straight left.
Verelea stuns Bottoms with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Verelea misses the jab.
Bottoms swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Verelea is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Bottoms rather than just go for the knockout.
Bottoms tries to clinch up.
Verelea throws out a loose jab but Bottoms uses good head movement to avoid it.
Good shot there by Verelea.
Bottoms tries to clinch but Verelea moves out of range.
Bottoms misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Verelea counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Verelea throws out a loose jab but Bottoms uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bottoms uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Verelea.
Verelea throws a shot from downtown. Bottoms moves away and avoids it.
Verelea throws a one two combo.
Verelea comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Bottoms doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Bottoms tries to clinch up but Verelea circles away and keeps his distance.
Bottoms scores with a three punch combo!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Verelea punishes Bottoms's body with a nice straight punch.
Verelea throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Verelea loads up on a big right hand but Bottoms slips the punch.
A swing and a miss from Verelea.
Verelea tries to clinch there but Bottoms circles away.
Bottoms clinches up with Verelea and pushes him back against the cage.
Bottoms gets through Verelea's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Verelea wants to get back to striking at distance but Bottoms won't allow it.
Bottoms is leaning against Verelea and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Verelea blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Verelea.
Verelea blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A hook to the body from Bottoms.
A hook to the body from Bottoms.
Bottoms will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Verelea up against the cage.
Verelea throws a punch but it's blocked by Bottoms.
Bottoms works on Verelea's body with a couple of short punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bottoms. Verelea does a little dance to reset his feet.
Verelea blocks a jab.
Verelea throws a body punch but Bottoms moves out of range.
Verelea thows a body shot but no joy.
Juan Verelea is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bottoms moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Verelea jabs Bottoms right on the nose. Bottoms blinks but takes it well.
Bottoms misses with the combination.
Verelea throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bottoms.
Verelea tests Bottoms's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A jab from Verelea misses.
Bottoms scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Verelea prevents Bottoms from moving into mount.
Verelea tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bottoms tries to move into full mount but can't pass Verelea's legs.
Bottoms scoring with punches and elbows.
Bottoms thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Verelea is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Verelea is in trouble now - Bottoms has advanced to mount!
Bottoms sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bottoms in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Bottoms breaks from Verelea's wrist control and lands an elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dusty Bottoms dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
The crowd cheers as Verelea lands an impressive looking overhand right. Bottoms doesn't seem phased though.
Bottoms lands a glancing blow to the side of Verelea's head.
A combination from Verelea does no damage.
Bottoms uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Verelea.
Verelea throws a looping overhand right but Bottoms ducks down to avoid it.
A slow jab from Verelea misses its intended target.
Verelea thows a body shot but no joy.
Bottoms fails with a takedown attempt.
Verelea throws a body punch but Bottoms moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Verelea just misses with a punch to the body.
Verelea fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Bottoms on the side of the head.
Verelea throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bottoms slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Juan Verelea seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bottoms is looking to clinch.
Verelea staying out of range there.
Verelea works Bottoms's body with a nice hook.
Bottoms fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Verelea throws a lazy right hand but Bottoms sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Verelea cracks Bottoms with a good jab.
Bottoms fails to land with a series of punches.
Bottoms falls off balance throwing a combination
and Verelea counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Verelea misses with a combination
and Bottoms counters with a straight right hand.
Verelea throws a shot to the body.
A big left from Verelea misses.
Bottoms slips under a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Verelea slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Verelea misses with a shot to the body
and Bottoms counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bottoms misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bottoms swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bottoms looks to land a combination but Verelea avoids it well.
Verelea misses with an uppercut. Bottoms saw that one coming.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bottoms looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A big left from Verelea misses.
Verelea takes a swing at Bottoms's ribcage but misses.
Verelea fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bottoms manages to avoid it.
Bottoms fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
A swing and a miss from Verelea.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Verelea ducks under a wild hook from Bottoms.
Verelea missing with a left hand there. Bottoms was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Decent striking displayed by Verelea there.
Verelea with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Verelea thuds a left hand into Bottoms's body.
Verelea misses with a wild combination.
Bottoms scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Verelea throws a hook to the side of Bottoms's head but Bottoms sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bottoms takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Verelea scores with a punch to the head.
Bottoms bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bottoms falls off balance throwing a combination
and Verelea counters with a stiff right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bottoms keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Verelea.
Bottoms shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Bottoms looking to finish Verelea with some ground and pound. This is bad for Verelea!
Verelea tries to reverse the position but Bottoms maintains control.
Bottoms working for a submission but Verelea is keeping him at bay.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Verelea is bucking up trying to escape but Bottoms cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The referee warns Verelea that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Verelea is desperately trying to improve his position but Bottoms has a good base and remains in mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Juan Verelea just about did enough to take it.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Verelea tries to clinch but Bottoms moves away
and Bottoms counters with a nice uppercut.
Dusty Bottoms is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Verelea stuns Bottoms with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Bottoms slips under a jab.
Bottoms uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Verelea.
Verelea fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Verelea lands a with a good body shot.
Bottoms takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Bottoms lunges at Verelea with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Verelea's hand.
Verelea just misses with a punch to the body.
Bottoms uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Verelea.
Bottoms misses with the combination.
Bottoms keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Verelea paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Verelea scores with a jab. Bottoms acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Verelea swings away with a body shot that misses
and Bottoms counters with a three punch combo that has Verelea backing up. Verelea nods at Bottoms to acknowledge the strikes.
Bottoms smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Bottoms misses with a double jab
and Verelea counters with a nice uppercut.
Verelea slips a jab and a cross from Bottoms.
Bottoms misses with a looping right.
Bottoms uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Verelea.
Verelea slips under a jab.
Verelea keeps the fight on the outside.
Verelea thows a body shot but no joy.
Nice body punch from Verelea.
A big left from Verelea misses.
Verelea with a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danga de danga de dang - Verelea scores with a four punch combination!
Bottoms is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Verelea gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Bottoms.
Bottoms looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Verelea jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
A telegraphed right hand from Verelea misses the target.
Verelea throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bottoms sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Verelea misses the jab.
Bottoms moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Verelea fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bottoms manages to avoid it.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Verelea.
A slow jab from Bottoms misses its intended target.
Verelea throws a jab when Bottoms was well out of range.
Bottoms keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Verelea moves out of range as Bottoms strikes.
Bottoms closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bottoms working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Bottoms is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Bottoms drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Verelea manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Bottoms has Verelea in his guard.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Bottoms looking for subs off his back but Verelea has passed one foot through into half guard.
Verelea lands strikes from half guard.
Verelea is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Verelea is keen to just control but Bottoms is a slippery customer.
Verelea drops an elbow to the side of Bottoms's head.
Bottoms tries to get to full guard but Verelea has control of the leg.
Bottoms throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Bottoms is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Bottoms gets back to full guard.
Verelea with a flurry of punches that miss.
Bottoms bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Verelea's guard.
Bottoms throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Juan Verelea dominated that fourth round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Bottoms jabs at Verelea's body.
Bottoms misses with a combination
and Bottoms takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Verelea tries to clinch but Bottoms is having none of it.
Verelea missing with a left hand there. Bottoms was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Verelea throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bottoms misses with an uppercut. Verelea saw that one coming.
Verelea throws a body punch but Bottoms moves out of range.
Verelea doesn't manage to clinch there - Bottoms circles away.
Bottoms keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Verelea.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bottoms shoots in and drives through. Verelea sprawls well.
Verelea lands a two punch combo.
Bottoms misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Verelea lands a jab to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bottoms connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Verelea throws out a loose jab but Bottoms uses good head movement to avoid it.
Verelea throws a jab but it's blocked by Bottoms.
Bottoms slips under a jab from Verelea.
Verelea fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Bottoms on the side of the head.
Good shot there by Verelea.
Verelea scores with a sloppy right hand. Bottoms should have avoided that one.
Some wild striking there from Bottoms.
Verelea missing with a left hand there. Bottoms was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bottoms scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Verelea lands with an uppercut that bounces Bottoms off the cage and back into rage.
Verelea misses with a body shot.
Verelea cracks Bottoms with an open hand slap.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Verelea throws a sloppy body shot
and Bottoms counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Verelea can't break the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bottoms.
Verelea is looking to break free of the clinch but Bottoms has double underhooks.
Nice body punch from Bottoms.
Verelea tries to break the clinch but Bottoms is controlling the position.
Verelea is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Bottoms is working Verelea over against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bottoms.
Verelea misses with the head strike.
Bottoms effectively controlling the action here.
Verelea blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Verelea wants to break free but Bottoms has control.
Bottoms has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Verelea regains guard immediately.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bottoms works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Bottoms lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Verelea is trying to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bottoms working the head and body with strikes.
Verelea is in trouble now - Bottoms has advanced to mount!
Verelea really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Bottoms in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Verelea is in a horrible position here. Bottoms smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Bottoms lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Bottoms wants to finish this one by submission but Verelea is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Bottoms.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bottoms goes for an armbar but Verelea turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Verelea.
Verelea chips away with some ground and pound.
Bottoms looking for a sweep. Not yet Bottoms, not yet.
Verelea trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Verelea preventing the sweep.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bottoms keeping full guard, as Verelea tries to pass.
Verelea works a leg free and moves into half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dusty Bottoms showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Bottoms 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 48:47
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 48:47
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dusty Bottoms!
Dusty Bottoms retains his welterweight title!
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