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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Michael Hercie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wendyll Gerald Salcedo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hercie comes to the cage accompanied by Bleed it out. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Michael Hercie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Wendyll Gerald Salcedo!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Ryoma Takatsuka and Josh West.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hercie tries to clinch but Salcedo is having none of it.
Salcedo shoots in looking for a takedown but Hercie manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Salcedo's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Salcedo gets caught napping as Hercie dives in and scores a takedown. Salcedo manages to retain guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Salcedo not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Hercie's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Salcedo is working an open guard so Hercie takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Hercie misses with a body kick.
Salcedo gets tackled into the cage by Hercie. Hercie maintains the clinch.
Hercie manages to break the clinch.
Hercie scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
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!
Salcedo manages to get back to half guard.
Salcedo looks winded!
Hercie scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Hercie is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Salcedo sees it coming and defends easily.
Salcedo trying to control but Hercie postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hercie seems to be looking for submissions.
Salcedo wants to get back to his feet.
Salcedo wants to control but Hercie is keeping busy.
Hercie stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Salcedo to get to his feet.
Salcedo gets tackled into the cage by Hercie. Hercie maintains the clinch.
Hercie pulls guard effortlessly.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salcedo advances to half guard.
Hercie works his way to full guard. Good work.
Hercie managing to control the position.
Hercie has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Michael Hercie wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Hercie gets a double leg takedown into Salcedo's guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Hercie is working Salcedo over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Hercie makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Hercie is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Hercie gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Salcedo looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Hercie works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Hercie shoots in for a double leg but Salcedo sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Salcedo enables Hercie to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Salcedo manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hercie controls from within his opponent's guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Salcedo is trying to control the position from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Hercie dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Salcedo throws a lazy body kick
and Hercie holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Salcedo is trying to drag Hercie to the mat but Hercie just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Hercie gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Salcedo taking some punishment here, with Hercie in his half guard.
Hercie wants to take a breather but Salcedo is having none of it.
Salcedo looking for a kimura from the bottom but Hercie passes into side control!
Salcedo is breathing heavily.
Salcedo tries to bench press Hercie off him but Hercie keeps the position.
Hercie cracks Salcedo with a big right hand but Salcedo just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hercie creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Hercie grinds an elbow into Salcedo's temple.
Hercie scores with a couple of short elbows.
Hercie is looking to take a break and control but Salcedo is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hercie in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Salcedo taking a bit of punishment here - Hercie scoring with strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hercie in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Salcedo is working to avoid the ground and pound but Hercie connects with a decent elbow.
Hercie is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Salcedo knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Hercie passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Salcedo!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Hercie cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Salcedo takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Salcedo is working to get back to half guard.
Salcedo taking shots to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hercie controlling from the full mount.
Hercie unloading with bombs!
Hercie controlling from mount.
Salcedo is working to get back to half guard.
Hercie working the ground and pound effectively.
Hercie trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hercie is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Salcedo can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Hercie controlling his opponent.
Salcedo takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Hercie is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Salcedo can do to turn this around?
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hercie raining down shots from the mount!
Hercie in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Hercie dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Hercie looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Salcedo keeping moving, preventing Hercie from controlling successfully.
Salcedo trying to strike off his back.
Hercie lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Hercie content to stall in guard here.
Salcedo wants to stand and escape but Hercie is having none of it.
Salcedo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Salcedo has momentary wrist control but Hercie slips an elbow through the middle.
Hercie decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Salcedo, up you get!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hercie fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Hercie shoots in and bounces Salcedo off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Hercie wants to control from the top but Salcedo keeps moving.
Salcedo being controlled here, momentarily.
Hercie distracts Salcedo with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Salcedo keeping moving, preventing Hercie from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hercie is working Salcedo over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Hercie distracts Salcedo with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Hercie stands up from Salcedo's guard - Hercie perhaps looking for a knockout.
Hercie shoots in and bounces Salcedo off the cage to secure the takedown into 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!
Salcedo looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Salcedo not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hercie stands up from Salcedo's guard - Hercie perhaps looking for a knockout.
Hercie swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Salcedo gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Hercie stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Salcedo misses with a double jab.
Hercie fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Salcedo fails with the takedown.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hercie shoots in and drives through. Salcedo sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Michael Hercie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Salcedo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hercie swats him away and circles back towards the center.
No luck for Hercie with that takedown attempt.
Hercie throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Salcedo fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hercie shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Hercie was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Salcedo is looking for a sweep.
And that's the end of the fight!
Michael Hercie showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hercie 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 Roger Salmon scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 30:27
Judge Josh West scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Michael Hercie!
A relieved looking Michael Hercie thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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