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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Miguel Lopez (ranked 3589 p4p, 5039 weight class) and Fried Slobberknacker (ranked 397 p4p, 501 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Excellent boxer
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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 3 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Miguel Lopez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Fried Slobberknacker!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A decent looking cross lands there for Lopez.
Slobberknacker gets caught napping as Lopez dives in and scores a takedown. Slobberknacker manages to retain guard.
Slobberknacker controls Lopez momentarily but Lopez frees himself.
Lopez 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.
Lopez chips away with some ground and pound.
Lopez throws a big right hand that misses.
Slobberknacker looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Lopez is working Slobberknacker over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Lopez wants to control from the top but Slobberknacker keeps moving.
Lopez throwing strikes from guard but Slobberknacker blocks nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lopez chips away with some ground and pound.
Slobberknacker told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
Slobberknacker preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Lopez wants to pass the guard but Slobberknacker is keeping the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Slobberknacker wants to sweep here but Lopez controlling him for the moment.
Lopez throws a big right hand that misses.
Lopez advances to half guard.
Lopez prevents Slobberknacker from standing back up.
Lopez perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Slobberknacker wants to get back to full guard.
Lopez is looking to stall here but Slobberknacker recovers full guard.
Lopez is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Slobberknacker is trying to control the position but Lopez postures up.
Lopez connects with a couple of short punches.
Lopez makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slobberknacker keeping moving, preventing Lopez from controlling successfully.
Slobberknacker throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Lopez escapes and throws Slobberknacker's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Lopez in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Lopez working away.
Lopez is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Slobberknacker knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Sloppy strikes there by Lopez.
Slobberknacker defending against the ground and pound.
Lopez landing strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slobberknacker is looking for a sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Slobberknacker is being controlled here.
Lopez looks up at the clock and then as Slobberknacker takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Lopez smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Lopez decides to stand up, so the ref orders Slobberknacker to his feet.
Lopez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Slobberknacker.
Lopez checks the leg kick.
Lopez shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Lopez looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Lopez lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lopez with a nice head shot there.
Lopez trying to control the position from guard on top but Slobberknacker is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lopez works over Slobberknacker with some ground and pound from guard.
Lopez trying to control the position from guard on top but Slobberknacker is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lopez scoring with punches to the head and body.
Slobberknacker looking for a guillotine here but Lopez defends easily.
Lopez postures up and lands a big shot to Slobberknacker's brow.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Miguel Lopez dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Slobberknacker throws a body punch but Lopez moves out of range.
Lopez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Slobberknacker defending well as Lopez loads up on a big left hand.
Slobberknacker defending well as Lopez loads up on a big left hand.
Slobberknacker walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Lopez checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Lopez appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Lopez looks for a takedown but Slobberknacker sprawls well.
Lopez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Slobberknacker manages to avoid it.
Lopez gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Lopez is trying hard to land a takedown here. Slobberknacker sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Good work by Lopez as he checks the leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lopez misses the shot to the body.
Lopez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Slobberknacker looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Fried Slobberknacker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Slobberknacker fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Lopez is out of range.
Slobberknacker swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lopez closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Lopez landing strikes.
Lopez working the ground and pound.
Slobberknacker takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Lopez connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Slobberknacker some visible discomfort.
Lopez thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Slobberknacker is looking to regain half guard here but Lopez keeps moving and retains side control.
Slobberknacker struggling a bit here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slobberknacker sneaks back into half guard.
Lopez wants to take a breather but Slobberknacker is having none of it.
Miguel Lopez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Lopez lands strikes from half guard.
Lopez is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Lopez drops an elbow to the side of Slobberknacker's head.
Lopez is looking for a kimura but Slobberknacker is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Lopez to get the leverage.
Lopez throwing shots but Slobberknacker is blocking nicely.
Lopez lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Lopez seems to be looking for submissions.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez working over Slobberknacker with some ground and pound. Slobberknacker looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Slobberknacker trying to control from the bottom.
Lopez throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Lopez is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Slobberknacker tries to roll over but Lopez keeps him under control.
Lopez throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Slobberknacker to regain full guard.
Lopez wants to control from the top but Slobberknacker keeps moving.
Slobberknacker has momentary wrist control but Lopez slips an elbow through the middle.
Lopez lands a couple of digs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slobberknacker wants to sweep here but Lopez controlling him for the moment.
Lopez lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Slobberknacker utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Slobberknacker not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Lopez trying to control but Slobberknacker is working from the bottom.
Lopez working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Slobberknacker's head.
Lopez lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Lopez working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Lopez sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Slobberknacker's guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Slobberknacker manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Lopez wants to pass the guard but Slobberknacker is keeping the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Miguel Lopez dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
Slobberknacker misses with a double jab.
Lopez changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Slobberknacker looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Slobberknacker explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Lopez scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Slobberknacker doesn't seem bothered though.
Lopez is trying hard to land a takedown here. Slobberknacker sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Slobberknacker ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lopez moves away.
Slobberknacker misses with a hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lopez misses with a telegraphed body shot
letting Slobberknacker counter with a right hand.
Slobberknacker throws a leg kick but Lopez sees it coming and moves out of range.
Fried Slobberknacker is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Slobberknacker on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Lopez lands with a cross.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Slobberknacker enables Lopez to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Slobberknacker manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Lopez throws a strike but Slobberknacker rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Lopez is on top in guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Slobberknacker utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Lopez postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lopez connects with a couple of short punches.
Lopez trying to move into half guard but instead Slobberknacker has managed to sweep!
Lopez keeping moving, preventing Slobberknacker from controlling successfully.
Lopez looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Lopez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Slobberknacker can do to turn this around?
Lopez looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Slobberknacker trying to control the position from guard on top but Lopez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lopez working for a triangle but Slobberknacker defends it easily.
Slobberknacker trying to control the position from guard on top but Lopez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Slobberknacker manages to get himself to full guard.
Slobberknacker is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.
Lopez postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Slobberknacker is looking to stand up but Lopez isn't so interested in that idea.
Fried Slobberknacker has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lopez keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Slobberknacker's head.
Lopez won't allow Slobberknacker to get back to his feet.
Lopez has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Lopez wants to control from the top but Slobberknacker keeps moving.
Slobberknacker working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Lopez.
Lopez working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lopez engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Slobberknacker has his foot on Lopez's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Lopez works his way back into a safe position though.
Slobberknacker punching to the body, from the bottom.
Lopez gets to his feet. Slobberknacker looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Slobberknacker swinging wildly here.
Slobberknacker uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lopez.
Lopez uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Slobberknacker misses with an uppercut.
Good exchange - Lopez coming out on top.
Slobberknacker keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Miguel Lopez.
Well Lopez 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight for Miguel Lopez!
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight for Miguel Lopez!
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight for Miguel Lopez!
Miguel Lopez wins by unanimous decision!
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RATING
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