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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Tompaqo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Benjamin Siegel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ivan Tompaqo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Benjamin Siegel!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Alan Glass and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Siegel scores with a shot to the body.
Siegel uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Tompaqo has time to react.
Tompaqo swats away the attempt to clinch by Siegel.
Siegel tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Siegel is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Siegel looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tompaqo takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Tompaqo keeps the fight on the outside.
Siegel darts in trying to clinch
and Tompaqo counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Siegel!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Tompaqo grinds an elbow into Siegel's temple.
Tompaqo decides to stand up, so the ref orders Siegel to his feet.
Siegel misses with a wild body shot.
Siegel moves in looking to clinch but Tompaqo pushes him off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Siegel gets caught flat footed, as Tompaqo shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Tompaqo looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Siegel wants to stand and escape but Tompaqo is having none of it.
Tompaqo with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Tompaqo 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.
Tompaqo stands up from Siegel's guard - Tompaqo perhaps looking for a knockout.
Siegel is looking to clinch but Tompaqo is avoiding it.
Tompaqo dives in and scores a takedown into Siegel's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tompaqo stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Siegel swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Tompaqo has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Siegel not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Tompaqo with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Tompaqo scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Siegel controls Tompaqo momentarily but Tompaqo frees himself.
Tompaqo tries to free his leg and advance position but Siegel is retaining full guard.
Tompaqo connects with a couple of short punches.
Tompaqo sitting in guard here, content to control.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Tompaqo's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Tompaqo is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Siegel wants to control the position but Tompaqo says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Tompaqo works his way into full mount!
Siegel working to try and regain half guard.
Tompaqo avoids the attempt from Siegel to control.
Tompaqo lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Tompaqo landing strikes from the mount and Siegel is in trouble!
Tompaqo controlling from the full mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Tompaqo cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tompaqo is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Siegel is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Tompaqo lands a heavy elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Siegel taking shots to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Siegel working to try and regain half guard.
Siegel wants to control but Tompaqo is having none of it.
Tompaqo controlling his opponent.
Tompaqo is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Siegel has managed to escape the submission attempt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tompaqo wants to finish this one by submission but Siegel is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Tompaqo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ivan Tompaqo dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Siegel gets caught napping as Tompaqo dives in and scores a takedown. Siegel manages to retain guard.
Siegel not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Tompaqo passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Tompaqo decides to stand back up. Tompaqo steps back and let's Siegel get back to his feet.
Siegel tries to clinch up but Tompaqo circles away and keeps his distance.
Tompaqo gets a takedown into half guard.
Siegel wants to control but Tompaqo passes into side.
Tompaqo stands up and beckons Siegel to his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Siegel fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ivan Tompaqo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Siegel wants to clinch.
Tompaqo takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Tompaqo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Siegel throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Siegel tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tompaqo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Benjamin Siegel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tompaqo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Siegel tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tompaqo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Siegel tries to clinch but Tompaqo moves away
and Tompaqo counters with a single leg into guard. Siegel didn't expect that.
Tompaqo is stalling in the full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tompaqo's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Siegel not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Ivan Tompaqo has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Tompaqo closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Tompaqo lands in his opponent's guard.
Siegel really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Tompaqo. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Tompaqo works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Siegel wants to get back to full guard.
Ivan Tompaqo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Tompaqo landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Tompaqo stalling.
Tompaqo lands strikes from half guard.
Siegel tries to get to full guard but Tompaqo has control of the leg.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Siegel trying to hold on to Tompaqo's head to control him but Tompaqo postures up.
Siegel wants to get back to full guard.
Tompaqo stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Benjamin Siegel is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Siegel tries to clinch
and Tompaqo counters by moving into the clinch.
Tompaqo fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Tompaqo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tompaqo fails to land with a series of punches.
Tompaqo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Siegel throws a series of punches but Tompaqo moves out of range.
Siegel tries to clinch but Tompaqo moves away
and Tompaqo counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Siegel!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Siegel tries to bench press Tompaqo off him but Tompaqo keeps the position.
Tompaqo is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Siegel's shoulder. That is not cool.
Tompaqo thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tompaqo tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Tompaqo just content to control the position.
Siegel tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Tompaqo wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Siegel can't do much from the bottom here.
Tompaqo connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Siegel some visible discomfort.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Siegel looks to move to half guard but instead Tompaqo has passed into mount! Damn!
Tompaqo tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ivan Tompaqo dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Siegel closes the distance and pushes Tompaqo back into the cage.
Siegel lands with a left to the head.
Tompaqo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Siegel can do to turn this around?
Siegel on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Siegel works on Tompaqo's body with a couple of short punches.
Tompaqo is trying to break free.
Tompaqo lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Siegel is looking to control Tompaqo's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Siegel avoid being mounted?
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Tompaqo in particular looking to stall.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Ivan Tompaqo just wasn't active enough.
A decent looking cross lands there for Siegel.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Siegel wants to clinch.
Tompaqo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Siegel.
Siegel lands a slapping body shot.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Tompaqo.
Siegel tries to buck Tompaqo off but Tompaqo is having none of it.
Tompaqo stands up.
Siegel tries to clinch up but Tompaqo circles away and keeps his distance.
Siegel tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Tompaqo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Siegel fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tompaqo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Siegel.
The fight stays on the outside here - Siegel looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tompaqo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tompaqo swats away the attempt to clinch by Siegel.
Benjamin Siegel seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Siegel tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tompaqo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Siegel lands an overhand right.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Siegel tries to clinch but Tompaqo moves out of range.
Siegel tries to clinch up but Tompaqo circles away and keeps his distance.
Siegel wants to clinch up but Tompaqo keeps it at a distance.
Siegel digs a good body shot into Tompaqo's ribs.
Siegel tries to clinch up.
Siegel is looking to clinch but Tompaqo is avoiding it.
Siegel wants to clinch up but Tompaqo keeps it at a distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Siegel doesn't manage to clinch there - Tompaqo circles away.
Tompaqo shoots in for a double leg but Siegel sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Siegel moves in looking to clinch but Tompaqo pushes him off.
Siegel tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Siegel tries to clinch there but Tompaqo circles away.
Siegel tries to clinch up.
Siegel tries to clinch up.
Siegel tries to clinch but Tompaqo is having none of it.
Siegel tries to clinch up.
Tompaqo keeps the fight on the outside.
Siegel moves to clinch but Tompaqo breaks away
and Tompaqo decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Siegel's guard.
Siegel controls Tompaqo momentarily but Tompaqo frees himself.
Siegel working a defensive guard but Tompaqo passes into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Siegel trying to hold on to Tompaqo's head to control him but Tompaqo postures up.
Siegel wants to improve his position but Tompaqo is controlling well.
Siegel is trying to control but can't.
Tompaqo stands up out of the half guard.
Siegel tries to clinch up but Tompaqo circles away and keeps his distance.
Siegel gets caught flat footed, as Tompaqo shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Tompaqo postures up.
Tompaqo stays in close to Siegel's body and controls the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tompaqo trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Benjamin Siegel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ivan Tompaqo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Siegel is trying to control the position from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Benjamin Siegel.
I think Tompaqo has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ivan Tompaqo!
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