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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Alejandro Sepulveda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shelby Foote (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sepulveda comes to the cage accompanied by Llorando se Fue. Alejandro Sepulveda has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Excellent boxer
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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
17 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Alejandro Sepulveda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Shelby Foote!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Roosa Järviläinen and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Foote takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Foote lands a glancing blow to the side of Sepulveda's head.
Sepulveda closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Sepulveda gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Foote regains guard.
Foote kicks Sepulveda off and gets to his feet.
Left hook, right uppercut from Foote.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sepulveda lands a big head kick that sends Foote tumbling to the mat! Sepulveda takes a step backwards and waves Foote back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Foote is rocked!
It looks like Shelby Foote has been cut.
Sepulveda has been working on his boxing with his coaches at LOD-Guts & Glory Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Foote swings for the body but Sepulveda moves out of range.
Sepulveda shoots in and bounces Foote off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Foote kicks Sepulveda off and gets to his feet.
Sepulveda jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sepulveda throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A lazy left from Foote finds it's target.
A big left from Foote misses.
Sepulveda appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sepulveda misses with an uppercut.
Sepulveda looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Foote wants to get back to full guard.
Foote is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Foote looks like he's trying to stand up.
Sepulveda is trying to work for a kimura but Foote is defending well.
Sepulveda tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Foote trying to control from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sepulveda seems to be working for a kimura but Foote defends the submission attempt.
Foote wants to control but Sepulveda is keeping busy.
Sepulveda prevents Foote from improving his position.
Foote has a hand on Sepulveda's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Sepulveda takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Foote is looking to get to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Sepulveda tries to control but Foote wriggling away.
Sepulveda tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Foote is trying to escape the mount.
Sepulveda pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sepulveda moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Foote has worked his arm free - good work by Foote!
Sepulveda stands up and we're back to a striking position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Foote connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Sepulveda looks to score with a jab to the body but Foote is just out of range.
Sepulveda clinches up against the cage.
Sepulveda has hold of one of Foote's legs. Foote is fighting the takedown attempt but Sepulveda gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Foote keeping moving, preventing Sepulveda from controlling successfully.
Sepulveda is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Foote keeping moving, preventing Sepulveda from controlling successfully.
Foote trying to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alejandro Sepulveda dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Shelby Foote's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Foote scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Sepulveda gets a double leg takedown into Foote's guard.
Foote pushes Sepulveda off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Sepulveda scores with a nice strike.
Sepulveda throws a head kick but Foote moves out of range.
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!
Sepulveda instigates a clinch.
Sepulveda gets control of Foote's arms and successfully pulls guard. Sepulveda will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Sepulveda has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Foote trying to control the position from guard on top but Sepulveda is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Foote might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Sepulveda haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Foote slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Foote trying to control the position but Sepulveda is working away.
Foote working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Sepulveda struggling a bit here.
Foote wants to control but Sepulveda is keeping him busy.
Foote is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Sepulveda can't do much from the bottom here.
Shelby Foote has got the better of the ground game so far.
Foote trying to control the position but Sepulveda is working away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sepulveda shoots in and bounces Foote off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Foote has his feet on Sepulveda's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Alejandro Sepulveda is winning the standup battle so far.
Decent striking displayed by Foote there.
Sepulveda shoots in and gets a takedown into Foote's guard.
Sepulveda is pushing down on Foote's leg trying to pass to half guard. Foote is fighting to maintain full guard but Sepulveda has managed to sneak the leg through.
Foote moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sepulveda won't allow Foote to sweep him here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sepulveda not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Foote controlling Sepulveda's posture.
Foote wants to sweep but no luck.
Sepulveda won't allow Foote to get back to his feet.
Sepulveda preventing the sweep.
Foote is adopting a defensive guard.
Sepulveda gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shelby Foote showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Shelby Foote's cut.
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. This is the final round!
Foote throws a series of punches but Sepulveda moves out of range.
Foote will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sepulveda gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Sepulveda manages to pull guard.
Foote trying to control but Sepulveda is working from the bottom.
Foote content to stall in guard here.
Sepulveda has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Foote doesn't defend quickly enough and Sepulveda has managed to lock this one up! Can Foote escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Sepulveda on a fantastic submission victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Alejandro Sepulveda!
In his post fight interview, Alejandro Sepulveda started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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