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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Nando Vasquez (ranked 1423 p4p, 161 weight class) and Randall Jackson (ranked 1495 p4p, 165 weight class). Jackson is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Deliverance. This should be a great matchup!
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155 lbs
11 - 9 - 0 |
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157 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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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
11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nando Vasquez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 7 - 1, fighting out of New York, Randall Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, William Gold and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vasquez throws a looping overhand right but Jackson ducks down to avoid it.
Vasquez tries to land a body kick
and Jackson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Vasquez connects with a solid leg kick.
Vasquez missing with a left hand there. Jackson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Vasquez throws a push kick but Jackson slaps the foot to one side.
And Jackson tries to counter it with a takedown but Vasquez pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Vasquez scores with a spinning back kick!
Vasquez dips to his left and cracks Jackson with an uppercut!
Vasquez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Vasquez lands with an uppercut that bounces Jackson off the cage and back into range.
Vasquez listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Good exchange - Jackson coming out on top.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vasquez lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Vasquez lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Vasquez moves into range and connects with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vasquez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jackson throws out the jab.
Vasquez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Vasquez lunges at Jackson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Jackson's hand.
Jackson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Vasquez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A head kick misses from Vasquez.
Jackson appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Jackson blocks a low kick nicely.
Jackson takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Vasquez throws out a loose jab but Jackson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vasquez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Vasquez throws a big shot that misses.
Jackson dodges the punch combination from Vasquez.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vasquez ducks under a wild hook from Jackson.
It looked like Vasquez was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Jackson.
A jab from Jackson misses.
Vasquez misses with an uppercut
and Jackson counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Jackson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Vasquez.
Nando Vasquez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Both fighters circling a little - Vasquez finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vasquez connects with a looping right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Vasquez. Jackson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jackson now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Jackson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Vasquez throws a quick counter kick to the body but Jackson avoids it.
Vasquez pushes Jackson away with a front kick.
Vasquez feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Jacksons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Vasquez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jackson was well out of range. Poor timing from Vasquez.
Jackson on the wrong end of a nice hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vasquez looks to land a body kick but Jackson moved away.
Vasquez throws a push kick but Jackson slaps the foot to one side.
Vasquez is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
A bone on bone clash there as Jackson blocks the leg kick.
A countering left hand to the body from Jackson misses.
Vasquez lands a nice leg kick that just misses Jackson's sensitive parts.
Jackson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
It looked like Vasquez was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
The fighters circling - Jackson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Vasquez lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Vasquez.
Nice sprawl there from Vasquez as Jackson shoots in.
Vasquez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jackson drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Vasquez defends it well.
Vasquez misses with an attempted mid kick.
Vasquez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters circling a little - Vasquez finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Vasquez throws a left and a right that both miss
and Jackson counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Vasquez scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jackson takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Vasquez throws a body kick that misses.
Vasquez misses with an uppercut
and Jackson counters with a left to the body.
Jackson misses with a looping right.
Vasquez appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Vasquez pushes Jackson away with a front kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vasquez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Vasquez slips a straight right by Jackson.
Vasquez lands with a thumping leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nando Vasquez dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Vasquez tries to score with a low kick but Jackson moves his leg out of the way.
Vasquez tries to work over Jackson's front leg with a kick but Jackson checks it.
Vasquez staying out of range there.
Jackson misses with a left hand
and Vasquez counters with a nice body kick.
Jackson takes one to the side of the head.
Vasquez throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Vasquez throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Nice defenses there by Vasquez.
As Jackson looks to move away, Vasquez throws a big counter combo but Jackson just gets out of the way.
Vasquez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jackson can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vasquez throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Vasquez swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Jackson.
Vasquez is looking to slow Jackson down with leg kicks.
Vasquez lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jackson throws a right hand that misses
and Vasquez counters with a nice kick to the body.
Jackson on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Nando Vasquez is winning the standup battle so far.
Vasquez closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Jackson throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Vasquez to counter with a crisp jab.
Jab, jab by Vasquez - just one landing.
Vasquez connects with an inside leg kick.
Jackson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nando Vasquez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Vasquez dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jackson. That did some damage!
Jackson has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Vasquez.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice defenses there by Jackson.
Jackson misses with a jab, cross combination.
A slapping leg kick lands for Vasquez.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vasquez stuns Jackson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Vasquez connects with a crisp jab.
A good leg kick by Vasquez.
Vasquez misses with a left hand
and Jackson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jackson takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Jackson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Vasquez.
Jackson might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Vasquez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jackson.
Vasquez throws a counter high kick but Jackson was just alert enough to avoid it.
Jackson misses with an uppercut
and Vasquez counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Jackson shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Vasquez as he avoids it easily.
Vasquez scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Vasquez cracks Jackson with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Jackson takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vasquez throws a head kick but Jackson moves out of range.
A combination from Vasquez does no damage.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Jackson! But no joy.
Vasquez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Vasquez fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Jackson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Good leg kick by Vasquez there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A nice leg kick lands there from Vasquez.
Jackson ducks under a wild hook from Vasquez.
A leg kick checked by Jackson.
Vasquez thumps Jackson with a low kick.
Jackson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Vasquez can pounce on him.
Jackson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Vasquez.
It appears Vasquez was looking to counter with a kick there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vasquez lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Vasquez misses with a looping right.
Nice uppercut there from Jackson.
Vasquez connects with an inside leg kick.
Jackson's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Jackson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Vasquez can pounce on him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vasquez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jackson missing with a left hand there. Vasquez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Vasquez shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Jackson eats them both and turns towards Vasquez to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Jackson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Vasquez at a distance.
Vasquez thows a body kick. Jackson tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Vasquez misses with a leg kick
and Jackson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nando Vasquez dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Vasquez misses with a hook
and Jackson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jackson has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Jackson connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Vasquez is rocked!
Vasquez throws a nice inside leg kick.
Oh Vasquez is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jackson lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Vasquez falls backwards - clearly groggy! Jackson dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:18 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Randall Jackson!
A relieved looking Randall Jackson thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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