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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Francisco Juarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Strong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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193 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
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185 cm
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192 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Francisco Juarez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jack Strong!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Strong dives in and grabs Juarez's left leg, looking for a takedown. Juarez pushes down on Strong's head and hops out.
Strong is trying hard to land a takedown here. Juarez sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Strong tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Juarez swivels and escapes.
Francisco Juarez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Strong.
Juarez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Strong shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Strong tries to control but Juarez wriggling away.
Juarez is trying to stand.
Strong putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The referee warns Juarez that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Strong throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Strong working for a submission but Juarez is keeping him at bay.
Strong cracks Juarez with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Strong connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Juarez is bucking up trying to escape but Strong cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Strong lands a big elbow.
Juarez is in a horrible position here. Strong smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Strong is in the full mount, landing strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Juarez really wants to buck Strong off and get back to his feet.
Strong landing strikes from the mount.
Juarez takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Juarez wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Strong.
Strong has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Juarez's face.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Strong breaks from Juarez's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Juarez squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Juarez knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Strong on the ground.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Strong cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strong looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Strong has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Strong putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Strong scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Juarez?
Strong connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Strong looking to ground and pound but Juarez is blocking nicely.
Juarez taking shots to the head.
Juarez is in a horrible position here. Strong smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Strong working away from the top, dropping strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Juarez is bucking up trying to escape but Strong cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Strong in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Juarez suckers Strong into throwing a sloppy strike and uses the momentum to reverse the position beautifully! Juarez is now in Strong's guard!
Strong is pulling down on Juarez's head. It's preventing any offense from Juarez, at least for the moment.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Let's hope that Strong has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jack Strong dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Juarez looks to land a combination but Strong avoids it well.
Strong closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Juarez to the mat! Juarez manages to get full guard.
Juarez working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Strong.
Juarez working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Strong.
Strong working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Strong stays in close to Juarez's body and controls the position.
Strong throwing strikes but missing.
Strong postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Strong works over Juarez with some ground and pound from guard.
Juarez is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Juarez utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Strong trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Strong in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Strong throwing strikes but missing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Strong throws a big right hand that misses.
Juarez wants to stand up but Strong is controlling him.
Juarez utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Juarez slaps away a takedown attempt from Strong, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Juarez moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Juarez misses with a wild combination.
Juarez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strong misses with a takedown attempt - Juarez sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Strong shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Strong showed some decent athleticism there.
Strong is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Strong looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Juarez with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Strong throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Strong not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Strong is looking to take a break and control but Juarez is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Strong throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Strong sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Juarez defending well though.
Strong drops an elbow to the side of Juarez's head.
Well, if Strong is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Strong thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jack Strong showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Strong shoots in for a takedown but Juarez shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Strong shoots for a double leg takedown but Juarez sprawls well. He's pushed Strong's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Strong drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
It looks like Jack Strong has been cut.
Juarez throws a head kick that misses.
Francisco Juarez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Horrible takedown by Strong or perhaps it was just good defense by Juarez which made him look bad.
Francisco Juarez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Strong.
Strong moves into the clinch.
Juarez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Strong is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Juarez gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Juarez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Strong takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Strong closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Strong lands in his opponent's guard.
Strong throws a big right hand that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Strong postures up in Juarez's guard and throws a big left but Juarez blocks it.
Juarez preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Juarez preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Juarez keeping moving, preventing Strong from controlling successfully.
Strong thows a big elbow that misses.
Strong postures up and lands a big shot to Juarez's brow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Strong throwing strikes from guard but Juarez blocks nicely.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Juarez gets caught flat footed, as Strong shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Strong postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Strong lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Juarez on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Juarez tries to get out of the position.
Strong lands a couple of digs.
Juarez working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Strong.
Strong loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strong missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Strong decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Juarez, up you get!
Strong avoids a punch combination nicely.
Juarez throws a wild body kick that Strong sees coming a mile off.
Francisco Juarez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Juarez misses with a low kick.
Juarez keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Juarez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Strong will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Juarez throws a sloppy head kick and Strong moves out of range easily.
Strong closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Juarez did well to prevent Strong getting side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Juarez blocking the ground and pound attempt from Strong.
Strong is pressing down on Juarez's thigh, looking to free his foot. Juarez is holding on for now.
Juarez is trying to stand.
Strong throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Strong throwing shots but Juarez is blocking nicely.
Strong lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Jack Strong is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Strong not doing much here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jack Strong comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Strong winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 26:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 26:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jack Strong!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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