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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Manco Unknown (ranked 607 p4p, 413 weight class) and Fidel Legions (ranked 91 p4p, 55 weight class). Unknown's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Ennio Morricone. Legions has chosen For Heavy Metal we will die! as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Fidel Legions has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Manco Unknown's chin.
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Abu Dhabi Champ
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Manco Unknown!
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, Fidel Legions!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Franklyn Lucas and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Unknown moves forwards but Legions connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Legions feints and then cracks Unknown's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Unknown down.
Legions throws a leg kick that misses.
Legions ducks under a wild hook from Unknown.
Unknown seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Legions rushes Unknown and presses him up against the cage.
Unknown lands a body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Unknown.
A hook to the body from Legions.
Unknown jumps into guard, dragging Legions to the mat.
Legions wants to control from the top but Unknown keeps moving.
Legions stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Unknown swivels though and keeps the full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Unknown looking to hit a scissor sweep but Legions is one step ahead there.
Legions trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Legions working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Unknown throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Legions won't allow Unknown to sweep him here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Unknown manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Legions manages to get himself to full guard.
Legions is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Unknown defends well.
Unknown trying to control but Legions is working from the bottom.
Unknown thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Legions wants to sweep but no luck.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Legions had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Unknown defends it easily.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Unknown tries to free his leg and advance position but Legions is retaining full guard.
Legions is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Unknown defends well.
Unknown wants to pass the guard but Legions is keeping the position.
Unknown postures up.
Unknown looking to sit in guard and control but Legions gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Unknown manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Legions manages to get himself to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Legions wants to sweep here but Unknown controlling him for the moment.
Unknown pushes down on Legions's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Unknown passes to full mount!
Unknown has hold of Legions's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Legions manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Legions is desperately trying to improve his position but Unknown has a good base and remains in mount.
Unknown tries to control but Legions wriggling away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Legions is looking to get to half guard.
Legions sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Legions is trying is best to control the position here.
Unknown is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Legions sees it coming and defends easily.
Legions is looking for a sweep. Unknown is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Legions is still trying to improve position.
Unknown seems to be working for a kimura but Legions defends the submission attempt.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Manco Unknown will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Unknown on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Unknown.
Legions is looking to clinch.
Legions takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Unknown sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Unknown drops his hands momentarily and Legions takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A big left from Legions misses.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Unknown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Unknown lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Legions has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Legions and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Legions appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Legions slips a jab from Unknown.
Legions uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Unknown.
A good leg kick by Legions.
Legions scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Legions misses with a head kick.
Unknown thuds his right hand into Legions's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
It looks like Fidel Legions has been cut.
Legions throws a lazy right hand but Unknown sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The fighters circling - Legions throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Legions throws a leg kick that misses.
Unknown feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Unknown misses with a body kick.
The fighters circling - Legions throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Legions misses with a series of wild punches.
Legions closes the distance and clinches.
A head punch on the inside from Unknown fails to land.
Unknown blocks an uppercut.
Legions lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Unknown backwards.
Unknown tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Legions lands a hook that snaps the head of Unknown backwards.
Legions misses with some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Unknown blocks an uppercut.
Unknown manages to pull guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Legions passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Legions wants to lay and pray for a moment but Unknown keeps working.
Unknown misses with an elbow from the bottom.
Unknown throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.
Unknown tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Legions wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Unknown manages to get back to half guard.
Legions missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Unknown makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Unknown.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Unknown throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Unknown throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Legions lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Legions wants to pass the guard but Unknown is keeping the position.
Unknown throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Unknown throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Unknown looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Legions passes Unknown's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Legions seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Unknown is pressing down on Legions's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Unknown lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Legions is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Legions is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Legions is looking for a triangle but Unknown pushes his legs off easily.
Unknown wants to control from the top but Legions keeps moving.
Manco Unknown overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Unknown pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Legions is keeping the position for now.
Legions throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Fidel Legions showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Fidel Legions's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Legions tries to clinch up.
Fidel Legions seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Legions connects with a leg kick.
Unknown moves away from the strike by Legions.
Unknown stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Legions.
Legions scores with a head kick. Unknown tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Unknown throws a nice outside leg kick.
Legions swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Unknown.
Unknown misses the shot to the body.
Unknown thows a leg kick but Legions checks it
and Legions counters with a stiff right hand.
Legions does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Unknown tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Legions manages to circle out of the way.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Legions misses with a low kick.
Legions is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Unknown.
Legions moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Legions just misses with a punch to the body.
Unknown throwing a counter right hand but Legions manages to avoid it.
Legions misses with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Legions takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Legions throws a head kick that Unknown semi-blocks.
Legions tries to clinch but Unknown moves out of range.
Unknown feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Legions has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Legions throws a series of punches but Unknown avoids them all with ease.
Unknown tries to land a front kick but Legions steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Unknown moves into the clinch.
Legions lands a hook that snaps the head of Unknown backwards.
Unknown is trying to pull guard but Legions turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Legions misses with a hook from the clinch.
Unknown is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Legions to keep the fight standing.
Unknown blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Legions fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Unknown tries to pull guard but Legions forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Manco Unknown. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Legions blocking some punches.
Unknown misses with some punches.
Unknown tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Legions just stands there and leans against the cage.
Legions tries to work over Unknown's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Legions.
Unknown tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Legions just stands there and leans against the cage.
Unknown lands a left hand that snaps the head of Legions backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Legions softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Unknown blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Legions takes a shot to the head.
Unknown has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Unknown softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Legions misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Legions lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Legions prevents Unknown from breaking the clinch.
Legions misses with some punches.
Unknown lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Unknown ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Unknown no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Unknown looking to hit a scissor sweep but Legions is one step ahead there.
Legions trying to control the position from guard on top but Unknown is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Unknown trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Unknown throwing short punches from the bottom.
Unknown throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Unknown thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Legions slips nicely into half guard.
Unknown tries to roll over but Legions keeps him under control.
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.
Unknown gets back to full guard.
Unknown throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Unknown can't keep his opponent in guard - Legions advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Unknown wants to get back to full guard.
Unknown won't allow Legions to pass to mount.
Legions is trying to control. Unknown wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Unknown is pressing down on Legions's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Unknown wants to sweep but no luck.
And that's the end of the fight!
Fidel Legions comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Legions has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Jorge Garcia scores the fight 28:29
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 28:29
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fidel Legions!
Fidel Legions seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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