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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Wing Wang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tristan Blancheflor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blancheflor is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Game of Thrones. Wing Wang has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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149 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
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170 cm
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155 lbs
5 - 3 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Big right hand |
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Counter fighter
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Wing Wang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tristan Blancheflor!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Micheangelo Fripello and Paul Gruel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wang instigates a clinch.
Blancheflor is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Wang gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Wang digs a right hand into Blancheflor's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Blancheflor's gas tank.
Blancheflor goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Wang pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wang stuffs the takedown.
Blancheflor shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Wang defends it nicely.
Wing Wang has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tristan Blancheflor.
Wang cracks Blancheflor with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Wang slips a jab from Blancheflor.
Blancheflor gets tackled into the ropes by Wang. Wang maintains the clinch.
Wang prevents a takedown attempt there.
Wang manages to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wang throws a right and a left that both miss.
Blancheflor fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Wang avoids it really well and circles away.
Blancheflor misses with a takedown attempt - Wang sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Wang misses with a double jab.
Wang fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A cross from Wang lands.
Wang scores with a sloppy right hand. Blancheflor should have avoided that one.
Blancheflor throws a jab when Wang was well out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wang throws a hook but Blancheflor blocks it.
Blancheflor blocks a jab.
A slow jab from Blancheflor misses its intended target.
Wang wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Blancheflor rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Wang counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Wang.
Wang lands a body punch.
Blancheflor tries for a takedown but Wang manages to get underhooks.
Wang's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Blancheflor thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wang throws a body punch but Blancheflor moves out of range.
Wang tries to clinch but Blancheflor is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wang throws a jab when Blancheflor was well out of range.
Blancheflor missing with a left hand there. Wang was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Blancheflor closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Wang quickly recovers to half guard.
Blancheflor winds up and cracks Wang with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Wang on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Wang tries to get out of the position.
Blancheflor trying to mount his opponent but Wang defends it.
Blancheflor working the head and body with strikes.
Blancheflor not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Blancheflor is trying to control. Wang wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blancheflor wants to advance to full mount but Wang doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Wang utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Blancheflor is stalling in the full guard.
Wang is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
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!
Blancheflor throwing strikes but missing.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Blancheflor pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Wang is keeping the position for now.
Wang wants to stand and escape but Blancheflor is having none of it.
Wang utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Blancheflor with a flurry of punches that miss.
Blancheflor is working Wang over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
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 six minutes gone in the round.
Wang being controlled here, momentarily.
Blancheflor content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Blancheflor wants to control from the top but Wang keeps moving.
Blancheflor is looking to work some ground and pound but Wang has wrist control.
Blancheflor seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Blancheflor forces his way into half guard.
Wang keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Blancheflor is looking to take a break and control but Wang is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Blancheflor uses his free foot to push down on Wang's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Wang.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Blancheflor tries to control but Wang wriggling away.
Blancheflor has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Blancheflor avoids the attempt from Wang to control.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Blancheflor has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Wang's face.
Blancheflor throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Blancheflor prevents Wang from getting the reversal.
Blancheflor throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Blancheflor scoring with strikes but Wang is staying in there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wang is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Blancheflor throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tristan Blancheflor dominated that round.
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!
A telegraphed right hand from Blancheflor misses the target.
Blancheflor shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Wang but Wang pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Blancheflor throws a lazy uppercut
and Wang counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Wang.
Blancheflor tries for a takedown but Wang manages to get underhooks.
I was talking to Wang's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Wang's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wang throws a right hand that misses
and Blancheflor counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Blancheflor.
Blancheflor scoring with some ground and pound.
Blancheflor works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Wang tries to roll over but Blancheflor keeps him under control.
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!
Wang avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Blancheflor.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blancheflor is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Wang!
Blancheflor putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Blancheflor with shots to the head and body - Wang looks very uncomfortable down there.
The referee warns Wang that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Wang defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Blancheflor.
The referee warns Wang that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wang is squirming around, avoiding Blancheflor's attempts to control the action.
Blancheflor raining down hammerfists from mount.
Blancheflor misses with some ground and pound and Wang recovers position to half guard.
Wang wants to control but Blancheflor is keeping busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blancheflor trying to control the pace.
Blancheflor is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Wang!
Poor strikes thrown by Blancheflor there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
The referee warns Wang that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Blancheflor misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blancheflor looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Wang in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Blancheflor lands a couple of good shots and Wang has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Blancheflor is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
Blancheflor working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Blancheflor looking for the RNC.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Blancheflor throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Blancheflor is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Blancheflor gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Blancheflor gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Blancheflor apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Wang misses with a series of wild punches.
Blancheflor misses with a straight left.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Wang rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Blancheflor moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Wang tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Blancheflor throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Blancheflor throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A big left from Blancheflor misses.
Blancheflor ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wang moves away.
Blancheflor avoids the body shot from Wang.
Wang blocks a low kick nicely.
Blancheflor throws a poor cross that misses
and Wang cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Blancheflor rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Wang counters by clinching up.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Blancheflor tries to stall but Wang uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Blancheflor misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wang breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wing Wang has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wang staying out of range there.
Wang misses with a straight right.
Wing Wang is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Blancheflor looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Wing Wang has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tristan Blancheflor.
Blancheflor throws a hook to the side of Wang's head but Wang sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Blancheflor shoots in and drives through. Wang sprawls well.
Blancheflor's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Wang connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Blancheflor scrambles back to his feet.
Blancheflor closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Wang uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Blancheflor.
Blancheflor darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Blancheflor moves out of range as Wang strikes.
Tristan Blancheflor is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Wang tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wang moves away from the strike by Blancheflor.
Wang keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Blancheflor.
Wang displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Blancheflor.
Blancheflor buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Wang leaves Blancheflor with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Wing Wang is winning the standup battle so far.
Wang ducks under a wild hook from Blancheflor.
Wang throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Blancheflor shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Wang as he jumps to the side.
Blancheflor looks for a takedown but Wang sprawls well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wang misses with a straight left.
Blancheflor gets tackled into the ropes by Wang. Wang maintains the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tristan Blancheflor comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Blancheflor has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight for Tristan Blancheflor!
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight for Tristan Blancheflor!
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight for Tristan Blancheflor!
Tristan Blancheflor wins by unanimous decision!
After the big win, Tristan Blancheflor made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Pirates Powder and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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energy
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