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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Daren Spencer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carlito Brigante (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Daren Spencer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Carlito Brigante!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spencer fails in his attempt to clinch.
Brigante looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Spencer drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Brigante wants to get back to his feet.
Brigante tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Spencer wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Spencer lands an elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brigante is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Spencer in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brigante is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Spencer is controlling him well.
Spencer knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Brigante on the ground.
Spencer working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Brigante felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Brigante is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Spencer misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Brigante tries to escape but Spencer is in control.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Spencer avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Spencer checks a leg kick.
Spencer is looking to counter the offense by Brigante and move into the clinch.
Spencer shoots in looking for a takedown. Brigante tries to sprawl out of it but Spencer keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Brigante manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Brigante connects with a leg kick. Spencer looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Brigante connects with a leg kick. Spencer looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
That kick from Brigante tenderised Spencer's leg. Spencer is trying to keep his angry face on.
Brigante swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Brigante throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Spencer stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Spencer wants it to stay on the feet.
Brigante throws a leg kick
and Spencer holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Brigante's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Carlito Brigante seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brigante gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Spencer counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Spencer.
Brigante trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spencer trying to control but Brigante is working from the bottom.
Brigante looking for a guillotine here but Spencer defends easily.
Spencer with a flurry of punches that miss.
Spencer trying to control the position from guard on top but Brigante is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Spencer throwing strikes from guard but Brigante blocks nicely.
Spencer throws a big elbow that misses.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Spencer got a little sloppy there for a moment and Brigante has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Spencer has managed to get both his arms back between Brigante's legs - danger averted.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Brigante is looking for a triangle but Spencer pushes his legs off easily.
Spencer landing with the ground and pound.
Spencer stops Brigante from standing up.
Spencer controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Brigante working for submissions but it's allowed Spencer to get to half guard.
Spencer content to control rather than advance.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Spencer working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
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 Daren Spencer will probably get the nod.
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.
Brigante throws a body kick that misses.
Spencer is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Brigante.
Good leg kick by Brigante there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A bone on bone clash there as Spencer blocks the leg kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Brigante.
A chopping leg kick lands by Brigante.
Brigante throws a sloppy head kick
and Spencer makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Spencer shoots in for a takedown but Brigante shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Brigante lands a leg kick that knocks Spencer off balance momentarily.
Carlito Brigante is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Brigante does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brigante lands with a straight right. Spencer didn't see that one coming.
Brigante misses with a leg kick.
Spencer fails to land the takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spencer chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Brigante can pounce on him.
Spencer tries a head kick but it misses.
Brigante connects with an inside leg kick.
Spencer is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Spencer swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Spencer is trying hard to land a takedown here. Brigante sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Daren Spencer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Brigante tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Spencer tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Brigante with a poor takedown
and Spencer counters with a stiff right hand.
Spencer avoids the head kick by Brigante.
Brigante is breathing heavily.
Brigante misses with an attempted mid kick.
Spencer wants to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spencer moves out of range as Brigante throws a body kick.
Brigante throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Spencer blocks a head kick by Brigante.
Brigante throws a head kick but Spencer moves out of range.
Brigante shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Spencer pinned against the cage. Spencer gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
A low kick from Brigante misses
so Spencer counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Spencer throws a big elbow that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spencer trying to control the position from guard on top but Brigante is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Brigante isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Spencer stacks Brigante on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Spencer!
Spencer controls the position from side control.
Spencer tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Brigante tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Spencer wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Spencer looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Brigante is avoiding damage well.
Daren Spencer overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Brigante takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Spencer in side control, throwing shots but Brigante defends.
Spencer in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Brigante wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Spencer landing a few strikes.
Spencer postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Spencer working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Brigante sneaks back into half guard.
Spencer sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Brigante defending well though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Carlito Brigante showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Brigante punishes Spencer's body with a nice straight punch.
Carlito Brigante seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Brigante scores with a leg kick.
Brigante motions for Spencer to come forward. Brigante throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Brigante misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Spencer throwing a counter right hand but Brigante manages to avoid it.
Spencer blocks a low kick nicely.
A head kick misses from Brigante.
Brigante throws a low kick but it's checked well by Spencer.
Spencer feinted with a counter takedown.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Brigante.
A head kick misses from Brigante.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brigante throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Spencer connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Spencer wants to clinch up but Brigante keeps it at a distance.
Brigante takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Spencer scores with a jab to the head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Spencer looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spencer shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Brigante but Brigante pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Brigante tries a head kick but it misses.
Brigante on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Brigante lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Spencer slaps away a takedown attempt from Brigante, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Spencer drives through and clinches with Brigante against the cage.
Spencer lands a knee to the body.
Brigante tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Spencer just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spencer's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Spencer tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Brigante smiles and moves away.
Brigante throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Spencer.
Brigante sizes up Spencer with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Spencer stuffs the takedown attempt from Brigante. Brigante gets slowly back to his feet.
Daren Spencer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Carlito Brigante.
Spencer shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Brigante pinned against the cage. Brigante gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spencer blocks a head kick by Brigante.
Spencer misses with a takedown attempt
and Brigante counters with a slapping leg kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by Brigante!
Brigante misses with a head kick.
Spencer tries for a takedown but Brigante sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Spencer avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Brigante throws a body kick that misses.
Brigante throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Spencer counters with a nice uppercut.
Spencer shoots in and drives through. Brigante sprawls well.
Brigante fails to land the takedown.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spencer misses with a double jab.
Brigante throws a low kick but Spencer avoids it.
Spencer tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Brigante manages to circle out of the way.
Brigante misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Spencer wants to clinch up but Brigante keeps it at a distance.
Brigante shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Spencer appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Spencer shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Brigante's guard.
Brigante is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Spencer dives into side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Spencer lands a nice forearm strike.
Spencer landing a few strikes.
And that's the end of the fight!
Carlito Brigante comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Brigante 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Carlito Brigante!
A victorious Carlito Brigante thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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