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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Alejandro Laguera (ranked 2048 p4p, 2095 weight class) and Rudolf Meine (ranked 192 p4p, 194 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alejandro Laguera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rudolf Meine!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Tiny Johnson and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Meine's corner calls for a 1-2. Meine obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Laguera looks to land a left hand but Meine moved out of range nicely.
Laguera throws out a loose jab but Meine uses good head movement to avoid it.
Meine is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Meine connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Laguera momentarily.
Meine slips a straight right by Laguera.
Meine with a hook.
Laguera misses with an uppercut.
Meine fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Laguera looks to land a right hand but Meine moved out of range.
Meine turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Meine thumps Laguera with a low kick.
Meine moves out of range as Laguera strikes.
Laguera throws a shot to the body.
Laguera misses the shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Meine fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Laguera looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A head kick misses from Meine.
Alejandro Laguera seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Laguera pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Laguera swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Laguera is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Meine.
Meine fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Laguera.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Laguera throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Laguera misses with an uppercut.
Meine moves away from the strike by Laguera.
Meine is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Meine displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Laguera throws out the jab.
Laguera definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Laguera throws a right hand that misses
and Meine counters by clinching up.
Laguera lands with a right to the head.
Laguera misses with some punches.
Meine softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Laguera working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Meine fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Meine throws a punch but it's blocked by Laguera.
Meine goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Meine struggles to land a body shot inside as Laguera controls his hands.
Meine is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Laguera to keep the fight standing.
Meine is trying to pull guard but Laguera has him pressed against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Laguera creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Meine tries to pull guard but Laguera forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Alejandro Laguera has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rudolf Meine.
Laguera misses with a hook from the clinch.
Laguera misses with some punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Meine misses with a punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meine takes a shot to the head.
Meine misses with a short punch on the inside.
Meine blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Laguera tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Meine goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Laguera blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Meine misses with a hook from the clinch.
Laguera throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Meines head.
Laguera misses with the head strike.
Meine tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Laguera smiles and moves away.
Laguera misses with an uppercut. Meine saw that one coming.
Meine is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Meine is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Meine instigates a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Meine.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Laguera.
Meine blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Laguera swings wildly with an uppercut but Meine uses good head movement to avoid it.
Laguera lands a body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laguera lands a nice uppercut.
Meine doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Meine working aggressively here.
A hook to the body from Meine.
Meine misses with a short punch on the inside.
Meine jumps guard but Laguera stands there with Meine around his waist. Meine gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Meine blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Laguera lands a nice uppercut.
Meine gets control of Laguera's arms and successfully pulls guard. Meine will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Laguera is fighting to break Meine's control of his arms but Meine is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Laguera content to stall in guard here.
Laguera trying to control the position from guard on top but Meine is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laguera sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Meine looking to control.
Meine might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Laguera haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Meine has control of Laguera's left arm, preventing Laguera from doing any damage.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Laguera fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Meine looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Meine looks to score with a jab to the body but Laguera is just out of range.
Meine looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Laguera tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Meine was well out of range. Poor timing from Laguera.
Meine connects with a solid leg kick.
Laguera throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Alejandro Laguera will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Meine looks to land a left hand but Laguera moved out of range nicely.
Laguera misses with an uppercut. Meine saw that one coming.
Meine stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Meine fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Laguera checks it well.
An attempted straight right counter from Laguera misses the target.
Meine misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Laguera.
Meine buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Meine needs to keep his hands up - Laguera had a free shot at his head there.
Laguera missing with a left hand there. Meine was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Meine bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A jab from Laguera misses.
Laguera lands a jab.
Meine doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Meine uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Laguera.
Good standup being displayed there by Laguera as he connects with a hook.
Laguera is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Meine can do to turn this around?
Laguera throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Meine throws a lazy right hand but Laguera sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Meine wants to slow Laguera down by chopping away at his legs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Laguera misses with a wild body shot.
Laguera ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Laguera scores with a jab to the jaw.
Meine throws a chopping leg kick but Laguera manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Meine throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Meine fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Meine connects with a right hand. Laguera shakes it off.
Meine will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Meine misses with a low kick.
Laguera pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Laguera throws a body punch but Meine moves out of range.
Meine takes one on the button.
Nice body punch from Meine.
Meine staying out of range there.
Laguera lands a head shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Laguera connects with a jab.
Alejandro Laguera is winning the standup battle so far.
Meine takes a jab right on the kisser.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laguera jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nice defenses there by Meine.
Meine dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Laguera. That did some damage!
Laguera scores with a hook to the body. Meine takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Laguera lands a nice hook to Meine's body. Meine takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Laguera swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Laguera misses with an uppercut.
Laguera misses with an uppercut.
Laguera scores with a punch to the head.
A big right from Laguera misses.
Meine thows a left - swing and a miss!
Laguera chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Meine can pounce on him.
A slow jab from Laguera misses its intended target.
Nice uppercut there from Laguera.
Meine jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Meine throws a right and a left that Laguera avoids nicely.
Laguera misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Meine.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laguera uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Meine.
Meine ducks under a wild hook from Laguera.
Meine is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Meine slips under a jab from Laguera.
Meine blocks a jab.
Meine blocks a jab.
Meine misses with a looping left.
Meine lands a leg kick that knocks Laguera off balance momentarily.
A swing and a miss from Laguera.
Meine keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Laguera ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Meine moves away.
Laguera throws the left hand but Meine avoids the punch easily.
A jab from Laguera misses.
Laguera throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Meine stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Laguera throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Meine throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nice body punch from Laguera.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meine throws a head kick that misses.
Laguera throws a body punch but Meine moves out of range.
Laguera misses the body punch
and Meine counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Meine.
Laguera lands a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Meine misses with the head strike.
Laguera swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Meine blocking some punches.
Still in the clinch, Meine scores with a nice short uppercut.
Meine throws a punch but it's blocked by Laguera.
Meine blocks a body shot from Laguera.
Meine lands an uppercut.
Laguera has a couple of punches blocked by Meine.
Laguera is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Laguera creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Laguera lands a shoulder strike.
Laguera stalling.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Meine tries to pull guard but Laguera forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Meine blocks an uppercut.
Laguera blocks a body shot from Meine.
Meine tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Laguera's elbow.
Meine fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Alejandro Laguera dominated that second round.
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!
Laguera throws a body shot but no joy.
Meine wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Laguera walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Meine displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Laguera throws out the jab.
Laguera misses with a body shot.
Meine wants to counter with a clinch but Laguera pushes him away.
Laguera misses with a body shot.
Laguera works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A slow jab from Laguera misses its intended target.
Meine wants to counter the offense by Laguera and move into the clinch position.
Laguera looks to score with a jab to the body but Meine is just out of range.
Laguera misses the shot to the body.
Meine tries to counter with a clinch but Laguera shakes him off and moves away.
Nice straight punches there by Meine. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Meine.
Meine keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Laguera.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Laguera throws a lazy right hand but Meine sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Meine wants to counter the offense by Laguera and move into the clinch position.
A good leg kick by Meine.
Laguera has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Meine.
Meine keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Meine throws out a loose jab but Laguera uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Meine looks to throw the jab but Laguera is out of range.
Laguera thows a left - swing and a miss!
A left lands for Meine.
Meine avoids the body shot from Laguera.
Laguera with a hook.
Meine has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Meine there as he acknowledges the shot.
Meine scores with a head kick.
Laguera throws a body punch but Meine moves out of range.
Laguera works Meine's body with a nice hook.
Meine throws a shot from downtown. Laguera moves away and avoids it.
Meine tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Laguera is able to avoid easily.
Laguera misses with a body shot.
Meine slips under a jab from Laguera.
Meine attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
It looked like Laguera wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Meine takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Laguera stuns Meine with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Alejandro Laguera is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Meine tenderised Laguera's leg. Laguera is trying to keep his angry face on.
Meine looks to land a left hand but Laguera moved out of range nicely.
Laguera is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Meine.
A swing and a miss from Meine.
Laguera pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Laguera lands a nice shot that snaps Meine's head back.
Meine is looking to clinch.
Meine takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Meine uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Laguera.
A slapping leg kick lands for Meine.
A head kick misses from Meine.
Meine tries to clinch there but Laguera circles away.
Meine with the inside leg kick.
Meine uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Laguera.
Meine scores with a decent looking hook.
Laguera throws a lazy right hand but Meine sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laguera looks to throw the jab but Meine is out of range.
The fighters circle momentarily. Laguera darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
A left lands for Meine.
Laguera throws a lazy right hand but Meine sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Meine throws a sloppy head kick and Laguera moves out of range easily.
Laguera throws a big shot that misses.
Meine misses with a looping right.
Laguera throwing a counter right hand but Meine manages to avoid it.
Meine throws out a loose jab but Laguera uses good head movement to avoid it.
Meine keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Laguera.
The fighters circling - Laguera throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Laguera blocks a jab.
Laguera looks to score with a jab to the body but Meine is just out of range.
Laguera looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Meine throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Laguera cracks Meine with an open hand slap.
Laguera misses the jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meine uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Laguera.
Laguera on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Meine avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Laguera tries to bum rush Meine with a series of wild strikes but Meine uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Meine tries to counter with a clinch but Laguera shakes him off and moves away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Meine throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Meine with the inside leg kick.
A punch lands to the side of Meine 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Laguera takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Meine throws a jab when Laguera was well out of range.
Meine chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Laguera with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Laguera lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Laguera listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Laguera tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Meine was well out of range. Poor timing from Laguera.
Meine slips under a jab from Laguera.
Meine wants to counter the offense by Laguera and move into the clinch position.
Rudolf Meine has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Laguera uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alejandro Laguera showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Laguera, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alejandro Laguera!
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energy
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