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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dawid Rafal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juan Cabrillo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dawid Rafal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Juan Cabrillo!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Frank Dennis and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rafal uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cabrillo.
Cabrillo slips a jab from Rafal.
Cabrillo misses with an uppercut
and Rafal counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Rafal throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rafal punishes Cabrillo's body with a nice straight punch.
Rafal misses with a left hand
and Cabrillo counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Rafal thinking.
Cabrillo throws a jab when Rafal was well out of range.
Cabrillo swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Rafal cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cabrillo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rafal.
Rafal pushes Cabrillo away with a front kick.
Rafal on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Rafal throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Rafal throws a series of punches but Cabrillo moves out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rafal gets caught napping as Cabrillo dives in and scores a takedown. Rafal manages to retain guard.
Rafal preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Rafal looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cabrillo throwing strikes but missing.
Cabrillo trying to control but Rafal is working from the bottom.
Rafal working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Cabrillo.
Cabrillo slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Cabrillo moves out of range as Rafal strikes.
Rafal fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Cabrillo has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A shot to the liver by Cabrillo. Beautiful body shot.
Rafal has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Rafal there as he acknowledges the shot.
Cabrillo loads up on a big right hand but Rafal slips the punch.
Cabrillo moves out of range of the body kick.
A big left from Cabrillo misses.
Cabrillo tries to bum rush Rafal with a series of wild strikes but Rafal uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rafal throws a body shot but no joy.
Cabrillo tests Rafal's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Rafal ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cabrillo throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Rafal counters with a straight right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rafal fails to land with a series of punches.
Rafal connects with a crisp jab.
Cabrillo fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Cabrillo misses with a straight right.
Rafal feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Cabrillo's calf.
Cabrillo blocks a low kick nicely.
Rafal throws a push kick but Cabrillo slaps the foot to one side.
Rafal lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Rafal wants to slow Cabrillo down by chopping away at his legs.
Rafal throws a chopping leg kick but Cabrillo manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Rafal tries to score with a low kick but Cabrillo moves his leg out of the way.
Cabrillo misses with a straight left.
Rafal throws a jab but it's blocked by Cabrillo.
Rafal misses with a body shot
and Cabrillo decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Rafal's guard.
Rafal is pulling down on Cabrillo's head. It's preventing any offense from Cabrillo, at least for the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cabrillo throws a big right hand that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cabrillo working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Cabrillo loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Cabrillo tries to free his leg and advance position but Rafal is retaining full guard.
Cabrillo loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Cabrillo throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Rafal throws a front kick that sends Cabrillo stumbling back into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Dawid Rafal will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Rafal scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Rafal swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cabrillo wants to clinch.
Cabrillo throws a hook but Rafal avoids it easily.
Rafal misses with a low kick.
Cabrillo takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Rafal lands a nice shot that snaps Cabrillo's head back.
Dawid Rafal is winning the standup battle so far.
Cabrillo takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A good leg kick by Rafal.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cabrillo shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Rafal sprawls well. Rafal wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Cabrillo gets slowly back to his feet.
Rafal lands a lovely overhand right.
Cabrillo thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rafal misses with a hook. Cabrillo ducked under it nicely.
Cabrillo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rafal moves away.
Cabrillo shoots in for a takedown but Rafal shows good takedown defense.
Rafal is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Rafal throws a leg kick which misses Cabrillo's front leg but catches the back leg as Cabrillo tries to avoid it.
Cabrillo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rafal moves away.
Rafal throws an overhand right that lands on Cabrillo's shoulder, as Cabrillo tries to avoid the shot.
Cabrillo moves into the clinch successfully.
Rafal misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nice body punch from Cabrillo - that landed with a thud.
Rafal scores with a shoulder strike.
Rafal misses with a punch to the body.
Cabrillo scores with a shot to the side of Rafal's head.
Rafal misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rafal wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rafal throws a head punch that misses.
Rafal lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cabrillo backwards.
Rafal gets through Cabrillo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cabrillo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rafal misses with the head strike.
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!
Cabrillo wants to take the fight to the mat but Rafal manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Dawid Rafal has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Juan Cabrillo.
Rafal lands with a light punch inside.
A head punch on the inside from Cabrillo fails to land.
Rafal is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cabrillo is defending well for now.
Rafal wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Cabrillo scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cabrillo breaks from the clinch.
Cabrillo punishes Rafal's body with a nice straight punch.
Cabrillo is looking to land body kicks.
Rafal misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Cabrillo counters with a stiff right hand.
Rafal lands a really nice looking cross but Cabrillo seems unphased.
The fighters circling - Rafal throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cabrillo misses with a straight right.
Cabrillo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Cabrillo misses.
Rafal misses with a hook.
Cabrillo moves away from the strike by Rafal.
Rafal cracks Cabrillo with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Rafal throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cabrillo misses with an uppercut. Rafal saw that one coming.
Cabrillo misses with a low kick.
Rafal is looking to chop away at Cabrillo's legs.
Rafal misses with an uppercut.
Rafal uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cabrillo.
Cabrillo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cabrillo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rafal avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Rafal connects with an inside leg kick.
Cabrillo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rafal clobbers Cabrillo with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Nice defenses there by Rafal.
Good leg kick by Rafal there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Rafal lands a body shot.
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!
Cabrillo misses with a takedown attempt - Rafal sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
A nice inside leg kick there by Rafal. That's going to slow Cabrillo down.
A big right from Rafal misses.
Rafal avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice defenses there by Rafal.
Rafal connects with an inside leg kick.
Cabrillo blocks a head kick by Rafal.
Cabrillo ducks under a wild hook from Rafal.
Rafal misses the shot to the body.
Cabrillo tests Rafal's chin there with a solid looking shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dawid Rafal dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Rafal cracks Cabrillo with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Cabrillo ducks under a wild hook from Rafal.
Cabrillo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rafal throws a sloppy head kick and Cabrillo moves out of range easily.
Cabrillo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cabrillo misses with a looping left.
Sloppy strikes from Cabrillo. Those never looked like landing.
Rafal scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Cabrillo looks to land a left hand but Rafal moved out of range nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cabrillo shoots in for a takedown but Rafal shows good takedown defense.
Cabrillo takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Nice sprawl there from Rafal as Cabrillo shoots in.
Rafal is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cabrillo.
Cabrillo misses with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rafal has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cabrillo.
Rafal throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Cabrillo counters with a nice double leg into side control. Rafal won't be happy with that.
Cabrillo throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Rafal is not content to let Cabrillo control the position.
Rafal is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Cabrillo off and has taken his back!
Rafal really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Cabrillo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rafal'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.
Rafal has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Cabrillo turns into Rafal and is now in his guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cabrillo with a flurry of punches that miss.
Cabrillo scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cabrillo trying to control the position from guard on top but Rafal is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rafal wants to hit a switch here but Cabrillo passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Rafal there!
Cabrillo with shots to the head and body - Rafal looks very uncomfortable down there.
Juan Cabrillo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cabrillo unloads with some shots from mount but Rafal bucks and avoids them well.
Cabrillo has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Cabrillo connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Rafal wants to hold on but Cabrillo pushes him away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cabrillo with the ground and pound from mount.
Cabrillo 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.
Cabrillo fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Cabrillo looking to ground and pound but Rafal is blocking nicely.
Rafal takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Cabrillo throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Cabrillo postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Rafal bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Cabrillo and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Juan Cabrillo!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Juan Cabrillo waved his t-shirt featuring ANABOLIC Nutrition 160Q and LAUNDRY 90%'s logo in front of the cameras.
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