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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between EJ Junior (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oscar De La Torre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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140 lbs
5 - 4 - 0 |
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140 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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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
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, EJ Junior!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Oscar De La Torre!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Emerson Jorge and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De La Torre tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
De La Torre displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Junior.
Junior shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. De La Torre defends it nicely.
Junior keeps the fight on the outside.
Junior throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around De La Torre's waist but De La Torre gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Junior off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for EJ Junior. That's going to take a lot out of him.
De La Torre keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
De La Torre rushes Junior and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
De La Torre creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Junior's defenses.
Junior takes an elbow to the temple.
De La Torre lands an elbow inside.
It looks like EJ Junior has been cut.
De La Torre lands a good knee to the midsection. Junior won't want to take too many of those.
Junior is breathing heavily.
De La Torre connects with a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Junior takes a knee to the side of the body.
De La Torre lands an elbow that stopped Junior in his tracks for a moment.
Junior takes an elbow to the temple.
Junior takes a knee right on the jaw!
De La Torre lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
De La Torre gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
De La Torre lands an elbow inside.
De La Torre lands a damaging elbow.
De La Torre with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Junior is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice elbow from De La Torre.
Oh Junior is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
De La Torre creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Junior's defenses.
De La Torre lands an elbow that stopped Junior in his tracks for a moment.
De La Torre comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Junior seems to have got his legs back now.
De La Torre using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
De La Torre lands an elbow inside that Junior shrugs off.
De La Torre using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
De La Torre lands a damaging elbow.
Junior takes an elbow to the temple.
Junior takes an elbow to the forehead.
De La Torre lands an elbow that stopped Junior in his tracks for a moment.
De La Torre creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Junior's defenses.
De La Torre utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
De La Torre gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
De La Torre lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
De La Torre lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
De La Torre lands a nice elbow.
De La Torre lands an elbow just above Junior 's eye.
De La Torre unloads a knee to the mid-section. Junior lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees in the clinch landing for De La Torre.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De La Torre landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
De La Torre unloads a knee to the mid-section. Junior lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
De La Torre crunches a lovely knee into Junior's ribcage.
Junior wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
De La Torre lands an elbow that stopped Junior in his tracks for a moment.
De La Torre lands a good knee to the midsection. Junior won't want to take too many of those.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De La Torre creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Junior's defenses.
De La Torre lands an elbow just above Junior 's eye.
Knees in the clinch landing for De La Torre.
De La Torre lands a knee to the head.
De La Torre lands an elbow inside that Junior shrugs off.
Junior takes an elbow to the temple.
De La Torre lands an elbow inside that Junior shrugs off.
De La Torre unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Nice elbow from De La Torre.
De La Torre lands a damaging elbow.
De La Torre with a knee to the head.
De La Torre creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Junior's defenses.
De La Torre lands an elbow inside that Junior shrugs off.
Junior jumps guard but De La Torre stands there with Junior around his waist. Junior gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
De La Torre lands an elbow just above Junior 's eye.
Junior takes an elbow to the temple.
De La Torre lands an elbow that stopped Junior in his tracks for a moment.
Junior tries for a takedown but De La Torre manages to get underhooks.
De La Torre lands a nice elbow.
Knees in the clinch landing for De La Torre.
De La Torre lands an elbow inside.
De La Torre gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
De La Torre lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
De La Torre gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De La Torre comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
De La Torre lands a knee to the body.
De La Torre lands an elbow inside that Junior shrugs off.
De La Torre lands an elbow inside that Junior shrugs off.
De La Torre lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
De La Torre gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for De La Torre.
De La Torre lands an elbow inside.
De La Torre creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Junior's defenses.
Junior takes an elbow to the temple.
De La Torre connects with a knee to the head.
Junior takes an elbow to the temple.
De La Torre lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for De La Torre.
De La Torre lands a nice elbow.
De La Torre connects with a nasty looking knee right to Junior's face.
De La Torre lands a damaging elbow.
De La Torre lands an elbow that stopped Junior in his tracks for a moment.
De La Torre comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
De La Torre is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
De La Torre lands a nice elbow.
De La Torre gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
De La Torre lands an elbow inside that Junior shrugs off.
De La Torre lands a knee to the body.
De La Torre lands a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De La Torre lands an elbow that stopped Junior in his tracks for a moment.
De La Torre lands an elbow inside that Junior shrugs off.
Junior wants to get back to striking at distance but De La Torre won't allow it.
De La Torre lands a damaging elbow.
De La Torre is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
De La Torre lands an elbow inside that Junior shrugs off.
De La Torre throws a knee to the head but misses.
De La Torre lands a damaging elbow.
De La Torre landing knees to the body.
De La Torre utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
De La Torre lands an elbow inside.
Junior fails to pull guard.
De La Torre lands a nice elbow.
Knees to the body from De La Torre.
De La Torre lands a nice knee to the body.
Junior looking for a takedown.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
De La Torre lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Junior takes a knee right on the jaw!
Junior takes an elbow to the temple.
De La Torre keeps control of Junior as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
De La Torre connects with a knee to the head.
De La Torre gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Junior.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Oscar De La Torre dominated that round.
The cut man is working on EJ Junior's cut.
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.
Junior looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? De La Torre is fending him off so far but Junior persists. Nope, De La Torre circles away and we're back to standing.
De La Torre stuffs the takedown.
Junior tries to score a power double leg takedown but De La Torre sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Junior somewhat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for EJ Junior. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Junior fails with a takedown attempt.
De La Torre tries to close the distance and clinch up but Junior swats him away and circles back towards the center.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De La Torre moves into the clinch successfully.
De La Torre connects with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by De La Torre.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nice elbow from De La Torre.
De La Torre lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
De La Torre landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nice elbow from De La Torre.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De La Torre scores with a knee to the head.
De La Torre gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
De La Torre connects with a knee to the head.
De La Torre lands a nice elbow.
De La Torre unloads a knee to the mid-section.
De La Torre creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Junior's defenses.
De La Torre lands a damaging elbow.
De La Torre lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
De La Torre lands an elbow inside that Junior shrugs off.
De La Torre creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Junior's defenses.
De La Torre lands an elbow just above Junior 's eye.
Oscar De La Torre seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
De La Torre lands a damaging elbow.
Nice elbow from De La Torre.
De La Torre lands a nice elbow.
De La Torre connects with a nasty looking knee right to Junior's face.
De La Torre lands a damaging elbow.
Junior takes an elbow to the temple.
De La Torre lands an elbow that stopped Junior in his tracks for a moment.
Nice elbow from De La Torre.
De La Torre lands an elbow inside that Junior shrugs off.
De La Torre lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
De La Torre connects with a knee to the head.
Junior fails to pull guard.
De La Torre lands an elbow just above Junior 's eye.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De La Torre lands a nice elbow.
Junior takes an elbow to the temple.
De La Torre lands an elbow that stopped Junior in his tracks for a moment.
De La Torre lands an elbow inside.
Junior fails to pull the fight into his guard.
De La Torre connects with a nasty looking knee right to Junior's face.
Junior takes an elbow to the temple.
De La Torre lands a damaging elbow.
Junior has De La Torre pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. De La Torre manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
De La Torre lands an elbow just above Junior 's eye.
Junior takes an elbow to the forehead.
Junior takes an elbow to the temple.
Junior takes an elbow to the temple.
De La Torre lands a damaging elbow.
De La Torre comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Junior takes an elbow to the forehead.
De La Torre lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Junior takes a knee to the side of the body.
De La Torre using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Junior has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
De La Torre lands a damaging elbow.
De La Torre lands an elbow inside that Junior shrugs off.
Junior looking for a takedown.
Junior is trying to work for a single leg takedown but De La Torre pulls him back up using the underhooks.
De La Torre has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Junior tries to pull guard but De La Torre holds him up against the cage and eventually Junior drops back down to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De La Torre gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
De La Torre lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Junior fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Junior takes an elbow to the forehead.
Junior takes an elbow to the temple.
De La Torre scores with a knee to the head.
De La Torre unloads a knee to the mid-section. Junior lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
De La Torre lands a nice elbow.
De La Torre gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
De La Torre throws a knee to the head but misses.
De La Torre lands a nice elbow.
De La Torre misses with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from De La Torre.
De La Torre creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Junior's defenses.
De La Torre landing knees to the body.
Junior on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Junior jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as De La Torre walks away with a smile on his face. Junior gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Junior keeps the fight on the outside.
Junior avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
EJ Junior is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fight stays on the outside here - De La Torre looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Junior shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has De La Torre pinned against the cage. De La Torre gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
De La Torre tries to clinch there but Junior circles away.
Junior avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
De La Torre closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
De La Torre creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Junior's defenses.
De La Torre lands an elbow inside.
De La Torre lands an elbow inside that Junior shrugs off.
Nice elbow from De La Torre.
Junior takes an elbow to the temple.
De La Torre lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
De La Torre lands a knee to the body.
De La Torre lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
De La Torre lands an elbow inside.
De La Torre lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
De La Torre connects with a nasty looking knee right to Junior's face.
De La Torre lands an elbow just above Junior 's eye.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Oscar De La Torre showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on EJ Junior's cut.
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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
De La Torre tries to clinch but Junior is having none of it.
De La Torre defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Junior.
De La Torre tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Junior paws at him with a jab and circles away.
De La Torre tries to clinch up but Junior circles away and keeps his distance.
Junior shoots in but no luck this time.
De La Torre closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
De La Torre throws a knee to the head but misses.
De La Torre with a knee to the head.
De La Torre utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
De La Torre lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Junior takes an elbow to the forehead.
De La Torre lands a nice elbow.
De La Torre landing knees to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
De La Torre creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Junior's defenses.
De La Torre lands a nice elbow.
De La Torre connects with a knee to the head.
Junior goes for a takedown attempt but De La Torre pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for EJ Junior. That's going to take a lot out of him.
De La Torre tries to clinch but Junior moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Junior keeps the fight on the outside.
De La Torre closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
De La Torre lands an elbow inside that Junior shrugs off.
De La Torre unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Nice elbow from De La Torre.
Junior takes an elbow to the temple.
De La Torre with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
De La Torre scores with a knee to the head.
De La Torre throws an elbow but it's blocked.
De La Torre prevents a takedown attempt there.
De La Torre comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Junior is trying to drag De La Torre to the mat but De La Torre just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
De La Torre working Junior over with knees to the body.
Junior is trying to drag De La Torre to the mat but De La Torre just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Nice elbow from De La Torre.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De La Torre lands an elbow inside that Junior shrugs off.
Nice elbow from De La Torre.
De La Torre lands an elbow just above Junior 's eye.
Nice elbow from De La Torre.
De La Torre landing knees to the body.
De La Torre lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
De La Torre landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
De La Torre lands a good knee to the midsection. Junior won't want to take too many of those.
De La Torre lands a knee to the head.
Junior blocks the elbow strike.
Junior breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Junior fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Junior is defended easily by De La Torre.
De La Torre tries to clinch there but Junior circles away.
De La Torre darts in and clinches Junior up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De La Torre creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Junior's defenses.
Junior takes an elbow to the temple.
Junior takes a knee to the side of the body.
De La Torre gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
De La Torre landing knees to the head.
Junior tries to pull guard but De La Torre won't allow it.
De La Torre lands a nice elbow.
Junior takes an elbow to the forehead.
De La Torre lands an elbow that stopped Junior in his tracks for a moment.
Junior has De La Torre pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. De La Torre manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
De La Torre scores with a knee to the head.
Oscar De La Torre is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
De La Torre with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
De La Torre misses with a knee strike.
Junior takes an elbow to the forehead.
Junior tries for a takedown. No joy.
De La Torre lands an elbow inside.
De La Torre landing knees to the body.
De La Torre lands an elbow that stopped Junior in his tracks for a moment.
Junior is looking to break free of the clinch but De La Torre has double underhooks.
De La Torre lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
De La Torre using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De La Torre lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
De La Torre creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Junior's defenses.
Junior jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as De La Torre walks away with a smile on his face. Junior gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
De La Torre tries to clinch up but Junior circles away and keeps his distance.
De La Torre clinches with his opponent.
De La Torre lands an elbow inside.
De La Torre lands an elbow just above Junior 's eye.
De La Torre unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Junior takes an elbow to the forehead.
De La Torre comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Knees in the clinch landing for De La Torre.
De La Torre utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Junior is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
De La Torre lands a nice elbow.
De La Torre gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
De La Torre using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
De La Torre lands an elbow inside that Junior shrugs off.
De La Torre connects with a knee to the head.
EJ Junior has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Junior tries to pull guard but De La Torre won't allow it.
De La Torre lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Oscar De La Torre comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well De La Torre 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 24:30
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 24:30
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 24:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Oscar De La Torre!
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FIGHT
RATING
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