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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Niko Alzate (ranked 2053 p4p, 115 weight class) and Uriah Chin (ranked 1658 p4p, 89 weight class). Uriah Chin is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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135 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
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149 lbs
13 - 7 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Dangerous knees
Good gas tank |
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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
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Niko Alzate!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Uriah Chin!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Ron Honeybunn and Topper Green.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chin slips a jab from Alzate.
Niko Alzate seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Alzate misses with a looping left.
Chin takes the fight into the clinch.
Alzate throws a head punch that misses.
Alzate fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Chin tries a knee to the head but Alzate blocks it.
Chin landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Alzate tries to circle away but Chin has him pinned against the cage.
Chin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Chin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Alzate swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Chin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Chin has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Chin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chin tries to land a knee to the head but Alzate blocks with his arms.
A short uppercut from Alzate.
Chin tries to land a knee to the head but Alzate blocks with his arms.
Alzate blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Chin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Alzate blocks it with crossed arms.
Alzate swings wildly with an uppercut but Chin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Chin tries to land knees in the clinch but Alzate avoids the damage to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alzate manages to break the clinch.
Alzate tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Chin moves into the clinch successfully.
With the fighters up against the cage, Chin throws an elbow but misses.
Chin looking to throw knees to the head but Alzate is blocking nicely.
Chin lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Niko Alzate has been cut.
Alzate throws a head punch that misses.
Chin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Alzate has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Alzate blocks a body shot from Chin.
Chin misses with a knee strike.
Chin putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Alzate in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Chin tries to land a knee to the head but Alzate blocks with his arms.
A short body shot lands from Alzate as the two fighters clinch.
Alzate takes a knee to the side of the body.
Alzate managing to block the knees to the body from Chin.
Alzate breaks from the clinch.
Alzate jabbing away but nothing is landing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Chin checks a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chin closes the distance and clinches.
Chin prevents a body shot from Alzate.
Alzate blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Chin lands a nice shot to the body.
Chin lands a nice knee to the body.
Chin misses with a knee to the head.
Chin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Alzate avoiding damage as Chin throws knees to the body.
Alzate avoiding damage as Chin throws knees to the body.
Alzate swings wildly with an uppercut but Chin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Alzate can't find room to land a body shot as Chin controls the action.
A short right from Alzate on the inside.
Chin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Alzate has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Chin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Chin putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Alzate in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Chin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Chin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Chin can't find room to land a body shot as Alzate controls the action.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alzate misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Chin misses with an elbow over the top.
Alzate managing to block the knees to the body from Chin.
Alzate scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Chin blocks a body shot from Alzate.
Knees in the clinch landing for Chin.
Chin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Chin missing with knees to the body.
Chin blocks the elbow strike.
Alzate misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Alzate fails to land.
Alzate swings wildly with an uppercut but Chin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Chin missing with knees to the body.
Chin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Alzate.
Alzate swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Chin lands a knee to the head.
Chin prevents a body shot from Alzate.
Chin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Alzate is defending well for now.
Chin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Alzate has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alzate fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Chin lands a nice knee to the body.
Alzate misses with a body punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chin tries to land knees in the clinch but Alzate avoids the damage to the body.
Chin misses with a knee strike.
Chin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A left hand lands to the body for Alzate.
A short left from Alzate.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chin.
Alzate misses with a short punch on the inside.
Chin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Alzate lands a nice elbow.
Chin lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Chin scores with a knee to the head.
Alzate managing to block the knees to the body from Chin.
Alzate struggles to land a body shot inside as Chin controls his hands.
Chin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Alzate avoids it.
Chin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chin tries to land knees in the clinch but Alzate avoids the damage to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Uriah Chin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Niko Alzate's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Alzate jabs Chin right on the nose. Chin blinks but takes it well.
Niko Alzate has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Chin moves in looking to clinch but Alzate pushes him off.
Alzate feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Chin's calf.
Chin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Alzate connects with a solid leg kick.
Chin sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Alzate throws out a leg kick but Chin moves out of range and Alzate only half commits.
A nice leg kick lands there from Alzate.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chin lands a glancing blow to the side of Alzate's head.
Alzate connects with a jab.
Chin clinches with his opponent.
Chin has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Chin landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Alzate has a couple of punches blocked by Chin.
Chin trying to land knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Alzate.
Alzate lands a hook to the side of the head.
Alzate working aggressively here.
Alzate blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Alzate lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Chin missing with knees to the body.
A short left from Alzate.
Chin is rocked!
Alzate breaks from the clinch.
Chin is still on wobbly legs! Can Alzate finish him?
Alzate connects with a leg kick. Chin looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Alzate misses with a low kick.
Chin avoids the body shot from Alzate.
Chin tries a quick counter leg kick but Alzate is wise to it.
Chin closes the distance and clinches.
Chin seems to have recovered his senses.
Chin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Alzate has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Alzate is trying to break free.
Alzate managing to block the knees to the body from Chin.
Alzate misses with a punch on the inside.
Chin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Alzate avoids it.
Chin tries a knee to the head but Alzate blocks it.
Alzate's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Alzate gets tackled into the cage by Chin. Chin maintains the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alzate has a couple of punches blocked by Chin.
Chin landing knees to the head.
Alzate breaks from the clinch.
A solid leg kick lands there for Alzate.
Alzate is looking to slow Chin down with leg kicks.
Chin takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Chin shoots in for a takedown but Alzate shows good takedown defense.
Alzate looks to land a left hand but Chin moved out of range nicely.
Chin throws a leg kick but Alzate moved away.
Alzate turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Chin tries to close the distance and clinch but Alzate swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Chin gets the takedown into side control.
Alzate sneaks back into half guard.
Chin stalling away here and it's allowed Alzate to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alzate wants to sweep here but Chin controlling him for the moment.
Alzate is looking for a triangle but Chin pushes his legs off easily.
Chin trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Alzate pulls Chin in close to his closed guard and prevents Chin from doing any damage or advancing position.
Chin trying to control but Alzate is working from the bottom.
Chin stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Alzate swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Chin slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Alzate pulls Chin in to control the position.
Chin got a little sloppy there for a moment and Alzate has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Chin has managed to get both his arms back between Alzate's legs - danger averted.
Chin throws a big right hand that misses.
Chin passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Chin tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Alzate manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Niko Alzate dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Niko Alzate's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Alzate misses with a looping left.
Alzate will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Alzate tries to score with a low kick but Chin moves his leg out of the way.
Alzate looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Alzate thuds his shin into the meat of Chin's side.
Chin avoids the head kick by Alzate.
Chin connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Chin is looking to slow Alzate down with leg kicks.
Alzate throws a solid leg kick but Chin takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Alzate.
Chin is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Chin steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Alzate.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alzate throws a big shot that misses.
Alzate blocks a jab.
Chin keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Alzate misses with an attempted mid kick.
Alzate showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Chin.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alzate misses with a leg kick.
Alzate throws a jab but it's blocked by Chin.
Chin flicks out a counter leg kick but Alzate steps away.
Alzate misses with a body kick.
Alzate tried to score with a low kick but Chin checks it.
An inside leg kick from Alzate misses.
Alzate explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Alzate checks a low kick from Chin.
Nice body punch from Alzate.
Alzate misses with a body kick.
Chin steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Alzate. That one must have hurt.
Alzate throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Chin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chin has closed the distance and engaged Alzate in a clinch.
Alzate lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Chin backwards.
Chin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Chin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Alzate has a couple of punches blocked by Chin.
Chin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Alzate.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Chin misses with a knee strike.
Alzate takes a knee right on the jaw!
Chin takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Alzate misses with the head strike.
Chin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Alzate's face.
Chin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Alzate has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Alzate throws a head punch that misses.
Alzate lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Alzate gets through Chin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Chin missing with knees to the body.
Alzate lands with a right to the head.
Chin missing with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chin.
With the fighters up against the cage, Alzate throws an elbow but misses.
Alzate misses with a punch on the inside.
Chin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Alzate works on Chin's body with a couple of short punches.
Chin blocking some punches.
Uriah Chin seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Alzate is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Alzate blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Alzate looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Alzate pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Chin stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Alzate.
Nice body kick from Alzate.
Niko Alzate is winning the standup battle so far.
Alzate tries to work over Chin's front leg with a kick but Chin checks it.
Chin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Alzate paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Chin on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Alzate throws a shot to the body.
Alzate is looking to chop away at Chin's legs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alzate fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Chin throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Alzate.
Chin walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Alzate.
Chin blocks a head kick by Alzate.
Alzate attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Chin moves out of range of the body kick.
Alzate drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Chin's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Chin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Chin tries a head kick but it misses.
Alzate throws a solid leg kick but Chin takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Alzate.
Chin missing with a left hand there. Alzate was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Chin swings for the body but Alzate moves out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
Niko Alzate showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Alzate 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 Donatello Bradman scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 29:28
Judge Topper Green scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Niko Alzate!
After the fight, Niko Alzate was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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