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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jesus Malverde (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Macon Paine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Malverde comes to the cage accompanied by El Rey. Jesus Malverde has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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250 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jesus Malverde!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Macon Paine!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Paine.
Horrible takedown by Paine or perhaps it was just good defense by Malverde which made him look bad.
Paine changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Malverde tries to avoid it but Paine manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Malverde to the ground. Malverde escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Malverde darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Malverde works his way into side control.
Paine is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Malverde taking a breather here.
Paine tries to escape but Malverde is in control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Malverde is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Paine's shoulder. That is not cool.
Paine is not content to let Malverde control the position.
Malverde decides to stand up, so the ref orders Paine to his feet.
Paine swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Paine tries to clinch but Malverde moves out of range.
Paine takes a kick to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malverde clinches up with Paine and pushes him back against the cage.
Paine lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Malverde or not.
Paine scores with a knee to the head.
Paine misses with a hook from the clinch.
Paine wants to break the clinch but can't.
Paine is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Malverde pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Jesus Malverde has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Macon Paine.
Paine with a knee to the head.
Malverde breaks from the clinch.
Paine shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Malverde's guard.
Paine looks gassed!
Paine decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Paine tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Malverde makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Paine shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Malverde's guard.
Paine is looking to stand up but Malverde won't let him.
Malverde has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Paine off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Malverde.
Malverde closes the distance and clinches.
Malverde blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Paine wants to break the clinch but can't.
Malverde escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Paine tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Malverde moves into the clinch.
Malverde is pressed up against the cage. Paine has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Malverde down to the mat. Malverde avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Malverde scores with a head kick.
Paine scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Malverde closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Paine to the mat! Paine manages to get full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Malverde decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Paine wants to clinch but Malverde slips to the side
and Malverde counters by moving into the clinch.
Malverde goes for a takedown in the clinch but Paine prevents it.
Paine trying to land knees to the body.
Paine lands with a short shot to the head.
Paine creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Malverde's defenses.
Malverde's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Malverde lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Malverde misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Paine.
Malverde tries to land knees in the clinch but Paine avoids the damage to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Paine.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Paine lands a nice elbow.
Paine is trying to drag Malverde to the mat but Malverde just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Malverde's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jesus Malverde dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Paine shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Malverde pinned against the cage. Malverde gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Paine has his takedown stuffed
and Malverde counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Malverde shoots in and bounces Paine off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Malverde sitting in guard here, content to control.
Malverde passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Paine really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Malverde. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Malverde stands up and beckons Paine to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Malverde keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Jesus Malverde has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Macon Paine.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Paine tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Malverde counters by moving into the clinch.
Paine using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Paine fails to pull guard.
Paine fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Malverde missing with knees to the body.
Paine breaks from the clinch.
Paine blocks a head kick by Malverde.
Jesus Malverde is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Paine rushes Malverde and presses him up against the cage.
Paine has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Malverde is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Malverde controlling the action here for a moment.
Paine avoids a wild elbow strike from Malverde.
Paine cracks Malverde with a nice body shot.
Malverde wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paine misses with a body punch.
Paine is pressed up against the cage. Malverde has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Paine down to the mat. Paine avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Paine fails with the takedown
and Malverde counters with a low kick, right behind Paine 's knee.
Malverde tries to close the distance and clinch but Paine swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Paine feints and as Malverde raises his hands in defense, Paine changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Paine is fighting to break Malverde's control of his arms but Malverde is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Paine won't allow Malverde to get back to his feet.
Jesus Malverde overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Paine stands up and waves to Malverde to follow him.
Macon Paine seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paine tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Paine tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Malverde gets a clinch.
Still in the clinch, Paine scores with a nice short uppercut.
Paine wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Malverde has him pressed against the cage.
Malverde gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Paine.
Malverde breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Paine on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Malverde fails with the takedown.
Paine closes the distance and clinches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paine wants to get back to striking at distance but Malverde won't allow it.
Malverde misses with a hook from the clinch.
Paine lands a left hand.
Malverde takes an elbow to the temple.
Paine is trying to break the clinch but Malverde has him pressed against the cage.
Paine breaks from the clinch.
Paine throws a sloppy head kick
and Malverde counters with a nice double leg into side control. Paine won't be happy with that.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Malverde scores with a couple of short elbows.
Paine wants to get back to his feet but Malverde drags him back down.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A lull in the action here as Malverde stalls from top position.
Malverde prevents Paine from escaping the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jesus Malverde dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Paine blocks a head kick by Malverde.
Paine fails to land the takedown.
Malverde has managed to clinch.
Paine is pushing Malverde up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Malverde misses with an elbow strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Paine fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Malverde is looking to control Paine's arms but Paine gets an underhook and turns him. Now Malverde has his back to the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paine trying to land knees to the body.
Paine tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Malverde drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Paine gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Paine wants to break free but Malverde has control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Paine pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Paine tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Malverde counters by moving into the clinch.
Paine avoiding damage as Malverde throws knees to the body.
Paine drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Malverde gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Paine tries to break the clinch but Malverde is controlling the position.
Paine letting Malverde take a breather here.
Malverde landing knees to the body.
A short left from Paine.
Paine misses with a short punch on the inside.
Malverde misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Paine.
Paine trying to control the position but instead, Malverde has worked for underhooks and has pushed Paine into the cage.
Malverde prevents the takedown attempt.
Jesus Malverde has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Macon Paine.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Paine wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Malverde has him pressed against the cage.
Malverde's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Malverde misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Paine tries to clinch but Malverde moves away
and Malverde counters with a good low kick that Paine was not able to check.
Paine wants to clinch but Malverde slips to the side
and Malverde counters with a left to the body.
Malverde misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Paine fails to land with a series of punches.
Nice sprawl there from Paine as Malverde shoots in.
Paine closes the distance but Malverde moves to the side
and Malverde counters by clinching up.
Paine wants to stall.
Paine is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paine drops down looking for an ankle pick but Malverde pulls his leg out and moves away.
Malverde circles away from the clinch attempt.
Malverde fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Paine is looking to clinch but Malverde is avoiding it.
A head kick misses from Paine.
Malverde moves into the clinch successfully.
Paine drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Malverde tries to land knees in the clinch but Paine avoids the damage to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Paine.
Paine jumps guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Malverde is standing up over Paine. Paine looks to escape but Malverde dives into side control.
Malverde stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Paine has Malverde up against the cage in a clinch.
Malverde scores a nice knee to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A left hand lands to the body for Paine.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Malverde tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Paine using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Macon Paine has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jesus Malverde is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Paine blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jesus Malverde showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Malverde has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jesus Malverde!
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