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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kiso Akinaga (ranked 24687 p4p, 6800 weight class) and Marax El (ranked 562 p4p, 504 weight class). Akinaga comes to the cage accompanied by The HU - Wolf Totem. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kiso Akinaga!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Marax El!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Russell Pearce and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Akinaga has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Akinaga there as he acknowledges the shot.
Akinaga shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Akinaga shoots for a double leg takedown but El sprawls well. He's pushed Akinaga's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Akinaga fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but El avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kiso Akinaga. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A nice combination there by El.
It looks like Kiso Akinaga has been cut.
Some wild striking there from El.
El looks to score with a jab to the body but Akinaga is just out of range.
Akinaga feinted with a counter takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Akinaga rushes El and presses him up against the cage.
Akinaga tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
El dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Akinaga drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
El lands a body punch in the clinch.
El lands a shoulder strike.
A left hand lands to the body for Akinaga.
El misses with a punch on the inside.
Akinaga is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but El is defending well.
Akinaga is looking for a takedown up against the cage. El gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
El has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Akinaga seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if El can turn it around.
Akinaga jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as El walks away with a smile on his face. Akinaga gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
A punch lands to the side of Akinaga 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Akinaga fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. El sprawls well initially but Akinaga persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Akinaga is breathing heavily.
Akinaga wants to stand but El has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
El keeping hold of Akinaga's head, controlling as best he can.
El wants to control but Akinaga is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Akinaga not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Akinaga not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
El holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Akinaga is looking to stall here but El recovers full guard.
Akinaga won't allow El to get back to his feet.
Akinaga postures up in El's guard and throws a big left but El blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
El wants to stand but Akinaga is controlling the position.
El controls Akinaga momentarily but Akinaga frees himself.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
El works Akinaga's body with a nice hook.
Akinaga wants to clinch.
El doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Akinaga tries to clinch up.
El lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
El works over Akinaga's head and body with a nice combination.
We've been told by Akinaga's head coaches at Dark Horse MMA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Akinaga takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Akinaga shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. El defends it nicely.
A nice side step and El releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
El jabs at Akinaga's body.
El throws a right and a left that both miss.
El connects with a body shot that sends Akinaga's belly button to the back.
Akinaga throws a body shot but no joy.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
El moves into range and connects with a jab.
El throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
El lands a right hook to the body.
Akinaga slips a jab and a cross from El.
As El tries to get set, Akinaga tries to push him back and clinch up but El manages to avoid the attempt.
El throws a series of punches but Akinaga moves out of range.
Akinaga shoots for a double leg takedown but El sprawls well. He's pushed Akinaga's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marax El dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kiso Akinaga'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.
A punch lands to the side of Akinaga 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Akinaga takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A jab from El finds it's way through Akinaga's defenses.
El has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
El throws a right and a left that Akinaga avoids nicely.
El connects with a body shot.
El defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Akinaga.
Kiso Akinaga is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Akinaga has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
El cracks Akinaga with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
El swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Akinaga.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Akinaga takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Akinaga misses with a body shot.
El fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
El lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Danga de danga de dang - El scores with a four punch combination!
That's one minute gone in the round.
El misses with a double jab.
El lands a two punch combo.
El fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Akinaga looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
El scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
El misses with the combination.
El uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Akinaga has time to react.
Akinaga shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts El as he jumps to the side.
Akinaga takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
El lands a jab to Akinaga's midsection.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Akinaga showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from El.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Akinaga tries to bum rush El with a series of wild strikes but El uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Marax El seems to be getting the better of the standup.
El misses with the combination.
Akinaga seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
El looks to land a combination but Akinaga avoids it well.
El throws a right hand that Akinaga ducks under and follows up with a left that Akinaga also avoids with ease.
Akinaga is looking for a counter combo.
Akinaga tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. El manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
El changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
El scores with a jab to the head.
El throws a right and a left that both miss.
El tries to bum rush Akinaga with a series of wild strikes but Akinaga uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Akinaga shoots and misses
and El counters with a two punch combo.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kiso Akinaga. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
El scores with a hook.
Akinaga has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from El finds it's way round the side to connect with Akinaga's head.
El connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Akinaga on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
El throws a right and a left that Akinaga avoids nicely.
El scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Akinaga is looking to clinch.
El throws a right hand that Akinaga ducks under and follows up with a left that Akinaga also avoids with ease.
Kiso Akinaga seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
El swats away the attempt to clinch by Akinaga.
El throws a series of punches but Akinaga moves out of range.
Akinaga shoots in but El avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A combination from El does no damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Akinaga stuffs the takedown.
Akinaga showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from El.
Akinaga darts in looking for a takedown but El gets double underhooks and turns Akinaga into the cage.
El wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Akinaga shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as El sprawls well. El wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Akinaga gets slowly back to his feet.
Akinaga has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marax El showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Kiso Akinaga'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. This is the final round!
Akinaga looks for a takedown but El sprawls well.
El scores with a shot to the body.
El looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Akinaga half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Akinaga darts in and clinches El up against the cage.
Akinaga is looking for a takedown up against the cage. El gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Akinaga misses with some punches.
El lands a body punch in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
El cracks Akinaga with a nice body shot.
Akinaga is trying to maintain a safe position but El gets an underhook and turns Akinaga into the cage.
Akinaga breaks from the clinch.
Nice body punch from El.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
El moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Oooh a lovely combination from El sends Akinaga down but not out. El dives into side control looking to finish.
Akinaga is being controlled here.
Akinaga avoids any damage from the ground and pound of El.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Akinaga is trying to get back to half guard.
Akinaga is trying to escape the position but El is controlling the position.
El's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Akinaga is trying to get back to half guard.
Akinaga is letting El control him for a moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
El lands a decent elbow from side control.
El remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Akinaga is looking for a sweep.
You can see the frustration on Akinaga's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Akinaga is trying to get back to half guard.
Akinaga trying to remain calm as El controls from the top position.
More stalling from El.
Akinaga manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Marax El is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
El content to control rather than advance.
Akinaga manages to get to full guard.
El is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Akinaga takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Akinaga defends well against a solid takedown attempt from El.
Akinaga tries to counter by clinching up but El breaks away and moves out of range.
Akinaga fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. El sprawls well initially but Akinaga persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
El won't allow Akinaga to pass to mount.
Akinaga not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
El is trying to get back to full guard.
El is refusing to be controlled, as Akinaga sits in half guard.
Akinaga working El over with strikes.
Kiso Akinaga has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Akinaga connects with a nice short shot to El's temple.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marax El comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got El winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Jonathan Paton scores the fight 26:30
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 26:30
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marax El!
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