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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Pavel Sekera (ranked 5512 p4p, 5268 weight class) and Louis Moore (ranked 540 p4p, 530 weight class). Sekera's entrance music is Bleed it out. A fine choice. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Pavel Sekera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Louis Moore!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Jonathan Paton and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sekera dives in for a single leg takedown but Moore sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Sekera tries to land a leg kick but Moore saw it coming and moves away.
Sekera throws a combination. Moore tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
A punch combination from Sekera misses.
Moore feints a counter leg kick.
Sekera instigates a clinch.
Sekera has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Sekera pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Moore tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Moore is trying hard to land a takedown here. Sekera sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Nice takedown defense from Moore. No joy for Sekera on that attempt.
Sekera fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pavel Sekera. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sekera has Moore up against the cage in a clinch.
Sekera manages to pull guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sekera throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Moore is stalling in the full guard.
Moore gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Sekera scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Moore doesn't seem bothered though.
Moore looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Moore throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Sekera's waist but Sekera gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Moore off to one side.
Moore has a takedown stuffed.
Sekera clinches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moore drops down looking for an ankle pick but Sekera pulls his leg out and moves away.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Moore.
It looked like Sekera was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Sekera fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Moore manages to avoid it.
Sekera moves into the clinch successfully.
Sekera stalling in the clinch.
Moore drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Sekera.
Sekera escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Moore clinches with his opponent.
Stalling in the clinch from Sekera.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sekera pulls guard.
Moore slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Sekera controls Moore momentarily but Moore frees himself.
Sekera tries to strike from the bottom.
Moore wants to stand but Sekera has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Sekera throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Sekera working for submissions but it's allowed Moore to get to half guard.
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.
Nice strikes from Moore there.
Sekera looking for submissions off his back.
Moore controlling the action here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Moore tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pavel Sekera dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Sekera.
Moore let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Sekera closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Moore wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sekera has him pressed against the cage.
Sekera tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Moore has Sekera pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Sekera manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Sekera has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Moore is trying to keep an underhook but Sekera manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Sekera is looking for a kimura but Moore is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Sekera to get the leverage.
Moore wants to get back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sekera trying to control the action but Moore is working from the bottom.
Moore keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sekera missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Sekera throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Sekera looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Sekera is trying to control. Moore wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Sekera missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
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.
Sekera prevents Moore from improving his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Moore is looking to control Sekera's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Moore avoid being mounted?
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Sekera will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sloppy strikes from Sekera. Those never looked like landing.
Sekera shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Moore as he avoids it easily.
Sekera backing away here, and Moore unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pavel Sekera. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sekera tries to score a power double leg takedown but Moore sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Sekera somewhat.
Sekera throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Moore's waist but Moore gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Sekera off to one side.
Sekera avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A quick step to the side and Sekera tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sekera throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Moore.
Sekera throws a series of punches but Moore moves out of range.
Sekera feints and as Moore raises his hands in defense, Sekera changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sekera drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Moore dives on top into guard.
Moore is stalling in the full guard.
Sekera has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Moore content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Moore wants to stand but Sekera has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sekera keeping full guard, as Moore tries to pass.
Moore gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Sekera misses with a leg kick.
Horrible takedown attempt by Sekera or perhaps it was just good defense by Moore, which made it look bad.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Sekera misses with a wild combination.
Moore stuffs the takedown attempt from Sekera. Sekera gets slowly back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pavel Sekera dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Moore gets tackled into the cage by Sekera. Sekera maintains the clinch.
Sekera pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Moore with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Sekera to score with a decent uppercut.
Sekera fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Moore.
Moore tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Sekera defends well and Moore ends up having to push Sekera into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Sekera closes the distance and clinches.
Sekera prevents the takedown attempt.
Moore can't get the takedown.
Pavel Sekera has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Louis Moore.
Sekera prevents a takedown attempt there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Moore breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sekera misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sekera tries to bum rush Moore with a series of wild strikes but Moore uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sekera looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Moore shoots in and drives through. Sekera sprawls well.
Sekera closes the distance and clinches.
Moore avoiding damage as Sekera throws knees to the body.
Moore drops down looking for an ankle pick but Sekera pulls his leg out and moves away.
Sekera has managed to clinch.
Sekera is fighting off a takedown attempt but Moore is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Sekera to the mat. Sekera regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Sekera working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Moore doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Moore manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Sekera throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moore is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Sekera is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Sekera looking for a guillotine here but Moore defends easily.
Moore stopping the sweep attempt from Sekera.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moore avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Sekera has taken the fight to the clinch.
Moore drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Sekera gets the underhooks and prevents it.
A short left from Sekera.
Moore gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Moore postures up in Sekera's guard and throws a big left but Sekera blocks it.
Moore postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sekera seems keen to control Moore's posture.
Moore content to stall in guard here.
Moore trying to control the position from guard on top but Sekera is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Moore is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Moore being controlled here momentarily.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
And that's the end of the fight!
Pavel Sekera showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Sekera, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pavel Sekera!
Pavel Sekera was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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