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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vincent Herrera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mikey Ness (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Herrera's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Don Omar - Bandolero. Mikey Ness will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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175 lbs
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200 cm
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175 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Vincent Herrera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mikey Ness!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Steve Smith and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Herrera.
Herrera scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Herrera decides to stand up, so the ref orders Ness to his feet.
Herrera misses with an uppercut
and Ness counters with a single leg into guard. Herrera didn't expect that.
Herrera wants to stand up but Ness is controlling him.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Herrera avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Herrera might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Ness pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Herrera is keeping the position for now.
Ness trying to control the position from guard on top but Herrera is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ness wants to stand but Herrera is controlling his posture from full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Herrera is looking to stand up but Ness isn't so interested in that idea.
Ness tries to stand but Herrera is controlling from the bottom.
Ness looking to sit in guard and control but Herrera gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Herrera tries to free his leg and advance position but Ness is retaining full guard.
Ness is trying to keep Herrera in close.
That's two 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.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Herrera connects with a couple of short punches.
Ness utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Herrera looking to sit in guard and control but Ness gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Herrera keeping moving, preventing Ness from controlling successfully.
Herrera wants to stand up but Ness is controlling him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ness looking to pass the guard.
Ness wants to control from the top but Herrera keeps moving.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Mikey Ness was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Ness has his takedown stuffed
and Herrera counters with a takedown into side control.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Herrera throws an elbow but Ness slips to the side and avoids it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Herrera throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Ness works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Ness has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Herrera is working away from the top position though.
Ness is staying active underneath Herrera, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Herrera wants to pass to mount but Ness is defending the position.
Herrera passes into side control, despite Ness's attempt to control the position.
You can see the frustration on Ness's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Ness is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Herrera's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vincent Herrera dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Herrera looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Ness looking for a sweep. Not yet Ness, not yet.
Herrera wants to pass the guard but Ness is keeping the position.
Herrera trying to control the position from guard on top but Ness is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Herrera knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ness on the ground.
We're going to have a standup here because Vincent Herrera wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Herrera shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ness fails with the takedown
and Herrera counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Ness escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Herrera gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Ness looking for a sweep. Not yet Ness, not yet.
Ness utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Herrera's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Ness trying to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Mikey Ness.
Ness tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Herrera counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Ness keeping moving, preventing Herrera from controlling successfully.
Herrera distracts Ness with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Herrera postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Ness is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Herrera postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Herrera is looking to work some ground and pound but Ness has wrist control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ness preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Herrera postures up in Ness's guard and throws a big left but Ness blocks it.
Herrera has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Herrera wants to control from the top but Ness keeps moving.
Ness wants to control but Herrera passes easily into half guard.
Herrera is thwarting Ness's attempts to control the position.
Ness might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Herrera kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Herrera prevents Ness from standing back up.
Ness is trying to maintain the position but Herrera is very close to passing his half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Herrera is nestled in close to Ness, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Ness is looking to escape.
Ness is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Ness looks like he's trying to stand up.
Ness trying to hold on to Herrera's head to control him but Herrera postures up.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Mikey Ness wasn't active enough on the ground.
Ness defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Herrera.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vincent Herrera dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Ness throws a right and a left that both miss.
Herrera shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Ness defends it nicely.
Ness looks to clinch
and Herrera counters with a shoot takedown. Ness fights it but they end up in guard.
Herrera makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Herrera accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Vincent Herrera overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Herrera working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Ness's head.
Herrera preventing the sweep.
Ness doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Ness utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Herrera working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Herrera trying to control the position from guard on top but Ness is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ness bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Herrera's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ness trying to control the position from guard on top but Herrera is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ness slips nicely into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ness passes to full mount!
Herrera wants to try and get back to his feet.
Ness looking for a guillotine from mount but Herrera is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Ness thowing shots but they're missing.
Ness looking to control but Herrera is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Ness sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Herrera is controlling an arm, preventing Ness from taking his back. Although keeping him in mount is no better to be honest.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ness can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Herrera is looking to escape.
Herrera blocking the ground and pound.
Ness throwing strikes here but Herrera is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Herrera wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Ness.
Ness throws some wild stikes that Herrera manages to avoid easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Ness sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Ness looking to control but Herrera is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Herrera on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Herrera tries to get out of the position.
Ness is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Herrera to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Herrera shrugs it off.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Herrera is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Vincent Herrera.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Herrera, 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 Alec Ball scores the fight for Vincent Herrera!
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight for Vincent Herrera!
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight for Vincent Herrera!
Vincent Herrera wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
22% |
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