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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Andrei Vasara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rain Hernandez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Andrei Vasara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rain Hernandez!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hernandez shoots in but no luck this time.
Hernandez shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Hernandez prevents Vasara from standing back up.
Vasara pushes Hernandez off and gets back to his feet.
Hernandez scores with a hook.
Nice takedown defense from Vasara. No joy for Hernandez on that attempt.
Andrei Vasara seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big left from Vasara misses.
Hernandez misses with a takedown attempt - Vasara sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Andrei Vasara has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rain Hernandez.
Hernandez fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Hernandez looks for a takedown but Vasara sprawls well.
Vasara looks to land a combination but Hernandez avoids it well.
Hernandez closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Hernandez lands in his opponent's guard.
Hernandez stops Vasara from standing up.
Vasara trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hernandez controls from within his opponent's guard.
Vasara is looking to stand back up but Hernandez counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Vasara.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Hernandez wants to control but Vasara is keeping him busy.
Vasara is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Hernandez asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Vasara is breathing heavily.
Hernandez moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Vasara throws Hernandez to one side and escapes!
Hernandez looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Vasara is fending him off so far but Hernandez persists. Nope, Vasara circles away and we're back to standing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vasara fails to land with a series of punches.
Vasara will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hernandez tries to move into range but Vasara moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Vasara throws a series of punches but Hernandez moves out of range.
Hernandez looks for a takedown but Vasara sprawls well.
Vasara keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Hernandez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Vasara 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.
Hernandez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hernandez takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Hernandez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Vasara.
Vasara misses with a few strikes there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vasara keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Hernandez shoots in and drives through. Vasara sprawls well.
Vasara throws a head kick that misses.
Vasara throws a nice looking combination but Hernandez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hernandez fails to land the takedown.
Hernandez fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Nice takedown defense from Vasara. No joy for Hernandez on that attempt.
Hernandez looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Hernandez shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Vasara as he avoids it easily.
Hernandez fails to land the takedown.
Vasara misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hernandez shoots in for a takedown but Vasara shows good takedown defense.
Hernandez shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Vasara as he avoids it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez throws a body kick that misses.
Hernandez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Vasara.
Vasara swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hernandez counters with a single leg into guard. Vasara didn't expect that.
Hernandez is stalling in the full guard.
Hernandez won't allow Vasara to get back to his feet.
Hernandez trying to control but Vasara is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Vasara manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Hernandez shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Vasara as he jumps to the side.
Vasara smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Vasara falls off balance throwing a combination
and Hernandez counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rain Hernandez dominated that round.
That's time! Vasara's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Vasara swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hernandez counters with a nice body kick.
Hernandez fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Nice sprawl there from Vasara as Hernandez shoots in.
Vasara throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Vasara throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hernandez counters with a single leg into guard. Vasara didn't expect that.
Vasara is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Hernandez dives into side control.
Hernandez has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Hernandez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Vasara falls off balance throwing a combination
and Hernandez counters with a single leg into guard. Vasara didn't expect that.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hernandez trying to control the position from guard on top but Vasara is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hernandez is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hernandez stands up and waves to Vasara to follow him.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Hernandez.
Andrei Vasara has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rain Hernandez.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vasara misses with a hook to the body
and Hernandez counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Hernandez is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Vasara has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Hernandez off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Hernandez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Vasara.
Vasara misses with a right hand
and Hernandez counters with an inside leg kick.
Hernandez is looking to clinch.
Vasara throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hernandez counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Hernandez.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vasara has a closed guard, preventing Hernandez from standing up.
Hernandez looking to pass the guard.
Hernandez won't allow Vasara to get back to his feet.
Vasara can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Hernandez controls the pace.
Vasara is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Hernandez is controlling him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez forces his way into half guard.
Hernandez decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Nice sprawl there from Vasara as Hernandez shoots in.
Vasara misses with a wild combination.
Vasara throws a hook but Hernandez blocks it.
Vasara swinging wilding here.
Nice takedown defense from Vasara. No joy for Hernandez on that attempt.
Vasara throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Vasara misses with a few strikes there.
Vasara throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hernandez scores with a push kick.
Some wild striking there from Vasara.
Vasara waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Hernandez.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vasara stuffs the takedown.
Vasara fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Vasara swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Vasara throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hernandez fails to land the takedown.
Hernandez with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Vasara to score with a decent uppercut.
Hernandez fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Vasara misses with a series of wild punches.
Hernandez has a takedown stuffed.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hernandez drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Vasara gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Hernandez jumps guard.
Hernandez controlling the position.
Hernandez working a defensive guard here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vasara has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Hernandez is proving hard to escape from.
Hernandez throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Hernandez controls Vasara momentarily but Vasara frees himself.
Hernandez pushes Vasara off and scrambles back to his feet.
Hernandez swinging wilding here.
Horrible takedown by Hernandez or perhaps it was just good defense by Vasara which made him look bad.
Vasara lands a jab to the nose.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hernandez shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Vasara but Vasara pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Hernandez decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Hernandez keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rain Hernandez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!
Hernandez fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Vasara throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hernandez counters with a two punch combo.
Vasara throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Vasara misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hernandez.
A nice combination there by Vasara.
Vasara throws a combination that misses
and Hernandez counters with a takedown into side control.
Hernandez has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Vasara swinging wilding here.
Vasara throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hernandez takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Hernandez tries for a takedown but Vasara sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Vasara throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hernandez counters with a nice double leg into side control. Vasara won't be happy with that.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hernandez trying to control the action but Vasara is working from the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hernandez prevents Vasara from escaping the position.
Hernandez working the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vasara stops Hernandez from passing to mount.
Hernandez lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Vasara is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Hernandez is controlling him well.
Hernandez happy to just control the position for now.
Hernandez advances nicely into full mount.
Hernandez sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Vasara is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Hernandez landing strikes from the mount.
Hernandez trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Hernandez is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Vasara is surviving well by controlling Hernandez's body position as best he can.
Vasara wants to try and get back to his feet.
Hernandez throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Vasara wants to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez content just to control the position here.
Hernandez looking to control but Vasara is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Vasara is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Hernandez controlling his opponent.
Vasara bucks Hernandez off and manages to get back to his feet!
Vasara throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hernandez counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Vasara wants to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Vasara lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Hernandez gets a takedown into half guard.
Hernandez trying to control the pace.
Hernandez wants to work for an arm triangle but Vasara is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Andrei Vasara has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hernandez wants to free his trapped foot but Vasara is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Vasara is looking to escape.
Hernandez seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Vasara missing with punches from the bottom.
Hernandez wants to take a breather but Vasara is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez wants to stand up but Vasara is controlling the position.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
A combination from Vasara does no damage.
Vasara keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Andrei Vasara has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rain Hernandez.
Vasara tries to bum rush Hernandez with a series of wild strikes but Hernandez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hernandez changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Vasara looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Hernandez is looking to take a break and control but Vasara is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hernandez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Vasara wants to get back to his feet.
Rain Hernandez has got the better of the ground game so far.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vasara is not content to let Hernandez control the position.
Hernandez decides to stand back up. Hernandez steps back and let's Vasara get back to his feet.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rain Hernandez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Hernandez 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rain Hernandez!
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