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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Troy Young (ranked 4750 p4p, 6052 weight class) and Jesus Pena (ranked 507 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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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 The Island, Troy Young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jesus Pena!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Bart Greer and Dirk Anderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Young moves in looking to clinch but Pena pushes him off.
Young takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Pena fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Young.
Young closes the distance and pushes Pena back into the cage.
Young blocks an elbow strike from Pena.
Pena misses with a short punch on the inside.
Good body shot from Pena.
Pena content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Pena misses with a punch to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Pena.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Young.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pena misses with a punch to the body.
Pena misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pena pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Pena looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Young tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Young.
Pena blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pena tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Young's elbow.
Pena swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pena.
Pena looks to throw an elbow but misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Young.
Pena working aggressively here.
Young blocks an elbow strike.
Pena blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pena misses with an elbow strike.
Pena leaning against his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Young.
A head punch on the inside from Pena fails to land.
Pena scores with a shot to the side of Young's head.
Pena working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Pena throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Young.
Young makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Young being controlled against the cage.
Young swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pena manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Still in the clinch, Pena scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pena taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Pena makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Pena lands a right hand.
Young scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Pena lands an elbow that stopped Young in his tracks for a moment.
Pena throws an elbow but it misses.
Pena throws an elbow but it misses.
Pena tries a body shot but Young blocks it.
Young has a couple of punches blocked by Pena.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Young.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pena lands on the inside with an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Young.
A left hand lands to the body for Pena.
Young misses with a hook from the clinch.
Young swings wildly with an uppercut but Pena uses good head movement to avoid it.
Young blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pena lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Young backwards.
Pena tries a body shot but Young blocks it.
Pena working aggressively here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pena avoiding damage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Young.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jesus Pena dominated that round.
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.
Young tries to close the distance and clinch but Pena swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A nice combination there by Pena.
Young tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Pena manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Young is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Young moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromPena.
Young tries to clinch but Pena moves out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Pena cracks a nice hook into Young's ribs.
The fight stays on the outside here - Young looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fight stays on the outside here - Young looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pena gets tackled into the cage by Young. Young maintains the clinch.
Pena lands an elbow that stopped Young in his tracks for a moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short right from Pena on the inside.
Pena will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Young up against the cage.
Pena misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pena leaning against his opponent.
Pena lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Young misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pena lands a shoulder strike.
Pena fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pena can't find room to land a body shot as Young controls the action.
Young prevents a body shot from Pena.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pena.
Pena lands an uppercut.
Young has a couple of punches blocked by Pena.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pena.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pena manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Young.
Pena stalls.
Pena misses with a punch to the body.
Pena misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Young.
Jesus Pena seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Pena is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pena.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young throws a punch but it's blocked by Pena.
Pena scores with a shoulder strike.
Pena tries to work over Young's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pena swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short left from Pena.
Pena throws an elbow but it misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Pena throws an elbow but misses.
Young throws a punch but it's blocked by Pena.
Pena holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Pena can't find room to land a body shot as Young controls the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pena taking a breather.
Young tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pena lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
It looks like Troy Young has been cut.
Pena struggles to land a body shot inside as Young controls his hands.
Pena has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Young swings wildly with an uppercut but Pena uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pena misses with an elbow over the top.
Pena tries a body shot but Young blocks it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Young blocks an uppercut.
Pena swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pena goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jesus Pena showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Troy Young's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
The fight stays on the outside here - Young looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Young doesn't manage to clinch there - Pena circles away.
Some wild striking there from Pena.
As Pena tries to get set, Young tries to push him back and clinch up but Pena manages to avoid the attempt.
Young tries to clinch up but Pena circles away and keeps his distance.
Troy Young seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Young tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Young closes the distance and pushes Pena back into the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Young fails to land.
Young has a couple of punches blocked by Pena.
Pena creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Young's defenses.
Young misses with a hook from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pena blocks an uppercut.
Pena lands a shoulder strike.
Pena taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Pena misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Young misses with a short punch on the inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Young misses with a punch on the inside.
Pena misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pena content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Pena misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nice body punch from Pena - that landed with a thud.
Pena goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Young swings wildly with an uppercut but Pena uses good head movement to avoid it.
Young blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jesus Pena is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Young misses with a punch on the inside.
Pena misses with a punch to the body.
Pena working aggressively here.
Pena just leaning against Young, taking a breather.
Young misses with some punches.
Young working aggressively here.
Pena throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Youngs head.
Pena lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Pena lands with a right to the head.
Pena tries to stall but Young uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pena lands an elbow that stopped Young in his tracks for a moment.
Pena swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pena doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pena lands an elbow just above Young 's eye.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Pena just misses with a elbow thrown towards Young's brow.
Young letting Pena take a breather here.
Young misses with the head strike.
Pena lands with a light punch inside.
Young blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pena lands an elbow inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pena scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Pena tries a body shot but Young blocks it.
Pena lands with a light punch inside.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Pena tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pena blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Troy Young has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Young misses with some punches.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Pena.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Pena misses with an elbow strike.
A nice left hand lands by Pena.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Young misses with a punch on the inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jesus Pena comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Pena has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Sandra Marshall scores the fight 27:30
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jesus Pena!
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RATING
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