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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Villia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Stevens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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150 lbs
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154 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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Dangerous knees
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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
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anthony Villia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jack Stevens!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Frank Dennis and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck for Villia with that takedown attempt.
Villia darts in and clinches Stevens up against the ropes.
Stevens tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Villia avoids it.
Villia pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Villia fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Stevens, pushing him back against the ropes.
Villia works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Stevens is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Villia is controlling him.
Villia advances position into side control!
The referee asks Villia politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Villia prefers to stall for the moment though.
Villia looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Stevens is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Villia asserts his dominance and retains side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Villia is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Stevens has escaped the position, nice work there.
Stevens stops Villia from passing to mount.
Sloppy strikes there by Villia.
Stevens is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Villia is controlling him well.
Villia swings around for an armbar but Stevens sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Villia's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Villia wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least 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.
Stevens gets to his feet. Villia looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Villia tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Stevens swivels and escapes.
Stevens throws a head kick but Villia moves out of range.
Villia clinches with his opponent.
Villia wants to break free but Stevens has control.
Stevens has Villia pressed against the ropes, preventing Villia from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Villia controlling the action here for a moment.
Stevens trying to land knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stevens tries to land knees in the clinch but Villia avoids the damage to the body.
Stevens throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Villia content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Stevens tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Villia avoids it.
Stevens tries to land a knee to the head but Villia blocks with his arms.
Villia is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Villia gets control of Stevens's arms and successfully pulls guard. Villia will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Villia is controlling Stevens's posture.
Stevens trying to stand up but can't free himself from Villia's guard.
Stevens passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
Villia is looking to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Villia keeping hold of Stevens's head, controlling as best he can.
Villia wants to improve his position but Stevens is controlling well.
Stevens seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Villia holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Anthony Villia wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Villia shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Stevens napping and manages to drive through into side control!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anthony Villia dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Villia shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Stevens is trying to defend but Villia finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Villia is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Stevens is just riding it out for now. Villia eventually gives up the hold.
Stevens is trying to stand up here but Villia is controlling him well.
Villia looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Villia stops Stevens from getting back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Villia performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Stevens is trying to stand up here but Villia is controlling him well.
Villia is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Villia controlling the action here.
Stevens looks like he's trying to stand up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Villia keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Villia is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Stevens has managed to free his arm - good work.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Villia missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Stevens is looking to escape.
Villia really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Villia lands strikes from half guard.
Villia stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Stevens is breathing heavily.
Villia blocks a head kick by Stevens.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Villia shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Stevens defends it nicely.
Stevens displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Villia.
Villia fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anthony Villia. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Villia shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Stevens as he jumps to the side.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Villia pushes Stevens up against the ropes in a clinch.
Villia avoiding damage as Stevens throws knees to the body.
Stevens missing with knees to the body.
Stevens stops a takedown attempt from Villia.
Stevens throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Villia blocks it with crossed arms.
Villia has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Stevens keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Villia's efforts to push away.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Stevens tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Villia manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Villia looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Villia manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Stevens manages to get himself to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anthony Villia dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Stevens leaves Villia with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Villia misses with a kick to the body.
Villia changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Stevens tries to avoid it but Villia manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Stevens to the ground. Stevens escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Villia fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Stevens, pushing him back against the ropes.
Villia avoiding damage as Stevens throws knees to the body.
Villia wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anthony Villia. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stevens tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Villia avoids it.
Stevens stops a takedown attempt from Villia.
Villia blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Villia has Stevens pressed up against the ropes. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Villia pulls back from the ropes and twists to the side, sending Stevens tumbling to the mat - Villia dives into Stevens's guard.
Stevens is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Anthony Villia overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Stevens is working an open guard so Villia takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Stevens keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Jack Stevens is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Villia closes the distance and clinches.
Stevens misses with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Villia jumps guard and drags Stevens to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Villia has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Stevens has passed into side control.
Villia manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Stevens wants to get back to his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Villia controlling the position for now.
Stevens is thwarting Villia's attempts to control the position.
Stevens wants to stand but Villia has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Villia is controlling Stevens's trapped leg to prevent Stevens from advancing to side control.
Stevens tries to stand but can't do so whilst Villia controls his leg.
Villia looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Stevens wants to stand up but Villia has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Villia is looking to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Villia misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Villia throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Villia kicks off Stevens and gets to his feet.
Villia has closed the distance and engaged Stevens in a clinch.
Villia blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Villia jumps into guard, dragging Stevens to the mat.
Villia manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Jack Stevens has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Anthony Villia is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Villia shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Stevens pinned against the ropes. Stevens gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
And that's the end of the fight!
Anthony Villia showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Villia 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 George Francis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anthony Villia!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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