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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Saul Goodman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ned Alonso (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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135 lbs
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157 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Saul Goodman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ned Alonso!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Damien Edna and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice cross by Goodman.
Alonso throws a nice looking combination but Goodman bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jab from Goodman.
Goodman catches Alonso with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Alonso slips a jab from Goodman.
Alonso gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Goodman.
Alonso tries to clinch but Goodman moves out of range.
Alonso shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Alonso showed some decent athleticism there.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Goodman is controlling Alonso's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Goodman is looking to control Alonso's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Goodman avoid being mounted?
Goodman is looking for a sweep. Alonso is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Goodman trying to control but Alonso postures up.
Alonso tries to pass the half guard into mount. Goodman knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Goodman is trying to get back to full guard.
Goodman is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Alonso scores with a couple of nice shots.
Goodman is trying to maintain the position but Alonso is very close to passing his half guard.
Alonso thows a huge punch but Goodman dodges it nicely.
Alonso thows a huge punch but Goodman dodges it nicely.
Goodman is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Alonso's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Alonso's back!
Alonso looking very determined here, making life difficult for Goodman.
Goodman is trying to control but Alonso is trying to escape here - he's now mounted.
Alonso really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Alonso tries to hold on but Goodman postures up.
Alonso is squirming around, avoiding Goodman's attempts to control the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alonso wants to control but Goodman is having none of it.
Alonso is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Alonso is squirming around, avoiding Goodman's attempts to control the action.
Alonso keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Goodman tries to control but Alonso wriggling away.
Goodman tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Alonso tries to hold on but Goodman postures up.
Goodman controlling the pace for now.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alonso wants to control but Goodman is having none of it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Goodman can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Alonso is looking to escape.
Alonso is trying desperately to improve position.
Goodman looking to control but Alonso is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alonso really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Goodman avoids the attempt from Alonso to control.
Goodman controlling the position easily from mount.
Goodman trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Goodman takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Alonso can't escape the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Alonso tries to hold on but Goodman pushes him away.
Goodman wants to control the pace but Alonso is squirming around nicely.
Alonso is in all sorts of trouble here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Saul Goodman dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Goodman misses with a low kick.
Alonso moves into the clinch.
Goodman leaning against his opponent.
Goodman lands a hook to the side of the head.
Goodman looking to slow down the pace here.
Alonso wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Goodman has him pressed against the ropes.
Goodman trying to stall but Alonso improves his position.
Alonso blocks a body shot from Goodman.
Goodman has Alonso pressed against the ropes, preventing Alonso from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Alonso is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Goodman escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Alonso misses with the combination.
Goodman keeps the fight on the outside.
Goodman lands an overhand right.
Goodman misses the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alonso takes one to the side of the head.
Goodman just misses with a punch to the body.
Goodman dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Alonso takes one to the chin there.
Alonso fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Goodman avoids it really well and circles away.
Alonso moves in looking to clinch but Goodman pushes him off.
Goodman lands a nice looking body shot.
Alonso tries to clinch up.
Sloppy strikes from Alonso. Those never looked like landing.
Goodman lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Alonso at a distance.
Alonso shoots for a takedown but Goodman saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Alonso takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Alonso tries to clinch there but Goodman circles away.
Alonso looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Alonso closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Goodman scores with a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alonso slips a jab from Goodman.
Ned Alonso is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Alonso misses with a series of wild punches.
Alonso looks to land a combination but Goodman avoids it well.
A telegraphed right hand from Goodman misses the target.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Goodman, right into the meat.
Alonso throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Goodman lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Alonso stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Goodman.
Alonso misses with a jab, cross combination.
Alonso moves out of range as Goodman strikes.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Goodman here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Goodman lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Alonso tries to clinch up.
Goodman moves into range and connects with a jab.
Alonso fails in his attempt to clinch.
Alonso closes the distance and clinches.
Alonso wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Goodman.
Goodman escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Alonso throws a right and a left that both miss.
Alonso fails with an attempt to clinch.
Alonso tries to clinch up.
Goodman connects with a jab.
Goodman throws a leg kick which misses Alonso's front leg but catches the back leg as Alonso tries to avoid it.
A big right from Goodman misses.
Saul Goodman is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Alonso shoots in for a takedown but Goodman shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Saul Goodman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ned Alonso.
Goodman scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Goodman throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Alonso stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Goodman looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Alonso takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Alonso is looking to clinch but Goodman is avoiding it.
Goodman misses with a hook. Alonso ducked under it nicely.
Alonso shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Goodman but Goodman pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Alonso takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Goodman scoring well with a low kick there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Alonso tries to clinch but Goodman moves out of range.
Goodman moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Goodman throws a big shot that misses.
Alonso lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Goodman circles away quickly and effectively.
Alonso throws a nice looking combination but Goodman bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Goodman lands a jab to Alonso's midsection.
Sloppy strikes from Alonso. Those never looked like landing.
Goodman cracks Alonso with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Alonso walks into a jab.
A jab from Goodman does it's job there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A big right from Goodman misses.
Alonso throws a series of punches but Goodman avoids them all with ease.
Alonso tries to close the distance and clinch up but Goodman swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Alonso shoots in but no luck this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Saul Goodman dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Goodman swats away the attempt to clinch by Alonso.
Goodman lands a body shot.
Alonso will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Goodman's jab looks to have found its range, popping Alonso under the eye.
Goodman misses with a hook.
Goodman swings for the body but Alonso moves out of range.
Alonso misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Saul Goodman is winning the standup battle so far.
Alonso decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Saul Goodman overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Goodman is looking for a sweep. Alonso is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Goodman manages to get to full guard.
Goodman on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Goodman tries to get out of the position.
Alonso trying to control but Goodman is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Goodman is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Goodman wants to control but Alonso is keeping him busy.
Goodman content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Goodman is trying to control. Alonso wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Alonso moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Goodman trying to control but Alonso is working from the bottom.
Alonso tries to land a sweep but no joy.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Saul Goodman wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Alonso tries to move into range but Goodman moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Alonso moves in looking to clinch but Goodman pushes him off.
Saul Goodman is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Alonso.
Goodman throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Goodman scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Alonso moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Goodman lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Goodman dips to his left and cracks Alonso with an uppercut!
Goodman scores with a nice right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Goodman throws a looping overhand right but Alonso ducks down to avoid it.
Alonso throws a combination that misses
letting Goodman counter with a right hand.
Goodman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Goodman connects with a crisp jab.
Alonso looks to land a combination but Goodman avoids it well.
Alonso thows a body shot but no joy.
Goodman swats away the attempt to clinch by Alonso.
Alonso takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Goodman throws a big shot that misses.
Goodman scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Alonso doesn't seem bothered though.
Alonso throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling Goodman to counter with a crisp jab.
Alonso has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Goodman fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Alonso on the side of the head.
Alonso throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Goodman swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Alonso.
Goodman throws a series of punches but Alonso avoids them all with ease.
Goodman scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Alonso gets a double leg takedown into Goodman's guard.
Goodman wants to stand but Alonso is controlling the position.
Goodman looking to control.
Goodman trying to control the position here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alonso wants to pass the guard but Goodman is keeping the position.
We're going to have a standup here because Saul Goodman wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Alonso looks to land a combination but Goodman avoids it well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice takedown defense from Goodman. No joy for Alonso on that attempt.
Ned Alonso has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Alonso avoids the body shot from Goodman.
Goodman showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Alonso.
Alonso takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Goodman lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Goodman scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Goodman throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Alonso stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Goodman cracks a nice hook into Alonso's ribs.
Nice uppercut lands for Goodman. That snapped Alonso's head back.
Alonso has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Goodman lands a nice looking body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Saul Goodman showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Goodman has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:27
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Saul Goodman!
Saul Goodman seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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