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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Chukwu Adeoluwa (ranked 590 p4p, 1041 weight class) and Pedro Gomez (ranked 71 p4p, 121 weight class). Gomez has chosen Bury My Bones as his entrance music. Chukwu Adeoluwa has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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145
9 - 3 - 0 |
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Great wrestler
World class MT
Very quick |
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World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chukwu Adeoluwa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Pedro Gomez!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Dean Styles and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gomez goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
We've been informed that Gomez has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Gomez tries a head kick but it misses.
Adeoluwa sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Gomez lands a nice leg kick that just misses Adeoluwa's sensitive parts.
Gomez slips under a jab.
Adeoluwa doesn't manage to clinch there - Gomez circles away.
Adeoluwa shoots in but Gomez avoids the takedown attempt easily.
A little jabbing left from Gomez on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A slapping body kick lands there for Gomez.
A head kick by Gomez misses
and Adeoluwa counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Adeoluwa.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gomez is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Adeoluwa is controlling him.
Adeoluwa scoring with some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adeoluwa chips away with some ground and pound.
Gomez looking for a sweep. Not yet Gomez, not yet.
Adeoluwa postures up.
Adeoluwa throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Gomez works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Adeoluwa is in close to Gomez's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Adeoluwa trying to control but Gomez is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gomez has momentary wrist control but Adeoluwa slips an elbow through the middle.
Adeoluwa scoring with some ground and pound.
Adeoluwa has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Adeoluwa is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adeoluwa works over Gomez with some ground and pound from guard.
Gomez wants to stand but Adeoluwa is controlling the position.
Adeoluwa keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Gomez's head.
Gomez looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Adeoluwa wants to control from the top but Gomez keeps moving.
Adeoluwa trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomez keeping moving, preventing Adeoluwa from controlling successfully.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Gomez 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.
Gomez walks into a jab.
Pedro Gomez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gomez buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Gomez moves out of range of the strikes.
Adeoluwa cracks Gomez with an open hand slap.
Adeoluwa checks a leg kick nicely.
Adeoluwa throws a big shot that misses.
Gomez only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Adeoluwa has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Gomez.
Adeoluwa throws a lazy right hand but Gomez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Adeoluwa just misses with a punch to the body.
Adeoluwa lands with a shot to the body.
Adeoluwa throws a hook but Gomez blocks it.
Adeoluwa just misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gomez throws a low kick but it's checked well by Adeoluwa.
Gomez blocks a jab.
Adeoluwa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gomez manages to avoid it.
Gomez lands with a kick to the ribs.
Adeoluwa throws the left hand but Gomez avoids the punch easily.
Gomez takes one to the chin there.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Gomez lands with a right hand.
Adeoluwa lands a head shot.
Gomez moves away from the strike by Adeoluwa.
Adeoluwa takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Adeoluwa waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gomez.
Gomez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Adeoluwa throws out the jab.
Adeoluwa lands a jab to the nose.
Adeoluwa lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Gomez takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Gomez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Adeoluwa was well out of range. Poor timing from Gomez.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Chukwu Adeoluwa 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.
Adeoluwa throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Gomez counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Adeoluwa bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
It looked like Adeoluwa wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Gomez moves away from the strike by Adeoluwa.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Adeoluwa.
Adeoluwa content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Chukwu Adeoluwa overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Adeoluwa lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Gomez down.
Gomez tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Adeoluwa wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Adeoluwa trying to control the position but Gomez is working away.
Adeoluwa working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adeoluwa lands a nice forearm strike.
Gomez manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Adeoluwa wants to control but Gomez is keeping him busy.
Adeoluwa is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Gomez defends it well.
Adeoluwa scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Gomez wants to control but Adeoluwa is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Adeoluwa not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adeoluwa is controlling the pace.
Gomez is trying to get back to full guard.
Adeoluwa takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Gomez looks like he's trying to stand up.
Adeoluwa stalling.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adeoluwa trying to control the action but Gomez is working from the bottom.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Adeoluwa not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Adeoluwa takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Gomez lands with a nice body punch.
Gomez misses with a head kick.
Gomez gets caught napping as Adeoluwa dives in and scores a takedown. Gomez manages to retain guard.
Adeoluwa is looking to work some ground and pound but Gomez has wrist control.
Adeoluwa in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adeoluwa keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Gomez's head.
Adeoluwa makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Adeoluwa stays in close to Gomez's body and controls the position.
Adeoluwa won't allow Gomez to get back to his feet.
Adeoluwa lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Adeoluwa forces his way into half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Adeoluwa seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Gomez does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Gomez is trying to get back to full guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Chukwu Adeoluwa dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Adeoluwa throws a jab but it's blocked by Gomez.
Adeoluwa thows a left - swing and a miss!
Adeoluwa tries for a takedown but Gomez sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Adeoluwa throws a body shot but no joy.
Adeoluwa throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gomez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Adeoluwa lands with a shot to the body.
Gomez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Adeoluwa.
Adeoluwa shoots in and drives through. Gomez sprawls well.
Gomez slips a jab from Adeoluwa.
Adeoluwa misses with a takedown attempt - Gomez sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chukwu Adeoluwa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gomez connects with an inside leg kick.
Gomez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gomez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gomez throws an overhand right that lands on Adeoluwa's shoulder, as Adeoluwa tries to avoid the shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Adeoluwa misses the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomez ducks under a wild hook from Adeoluwa.
Adeoluwa lands a nice looking body shot.
Adeoluwa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gomez moves away.
Adeoluwa misses the shot to the body.
Gomez looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Adeoluwa scores with a jab.
Adeoluwa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gomez moves away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Gomez! But no joy.
Adeoluwa throws a shot from downtown. Gomez moves away and avoids it.
Adeoluwa moves out of range as Gomez strikes.
Gomez throws a front kick aimed at Adeoluwa's knee but Adeoluwa avoids it well.
The fighters circle momentarily. Adeoluwa darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Gomez misses the jab.
Adeoluwa shoots in looking for a takedown but Gomez manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Adeoluwa's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Adeoluwa is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gomez can do to turn this around?
Gomez lands a nice leg kick that just misses Adeoluwa's sensitive parts.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Adeoluwa, as that shot connected.
Adeoluwa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gomez moves away.
Pedro Gomez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adeoluwa ducks under a wild hook from Gomez.
Gomez walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Adeoluwa checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A big left from Adeoluwa misses.
Chukwu Adeoluwa is winning the standup battle so far.
Adeoluwa dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gomez throws a jab when Adeoluwa was well out of range.
Gomez slaps away a takedown attempt from Adeoluwa, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Despite the aggression on Gomez's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Some bone on bone action there as Adeoluwa checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Gomez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Adeoluwa.
Gomez scores with a jab to the body.
Gomez throws a low kick but Adeoluwa moves out of range easily.
Gomez misses with a hook.
Gomez is looking to land body kicks.
Adeoluwa throws out a loose jab but Gomez uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adeoluwa lands a nice looking body shot.
Gomez lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Gomez throws a leg kick that misses.
Adeoluwa misses with an uppercut.
Nice uppercut lands for Adeoluwa. That snapped Gomez's head back.
Adeoluwa throws a jab but it's blocked by Gomez.
Adeoluwa shoots and misses
and Gomez counters with a nice low kick that buckles Adeoluwa's knee momentarily.
Chukwu Adeoluwa is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Adeoluwa gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A jab from Adeoluwa misses.
Gomez slips a jab from Adeoluwa.
Adeoluwa fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Adeoluwa connects with a right hand. Gomez shakes it off.
Gomez ducks under a wild hook from Adeoluwa.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adeoluwa lands a nice hook to Gomez's body. Gomez takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Adeoluwa will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Gomez throws a poor cross that misses
and Adeoluwa counters with a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gomez throws a hook but Adeoluwa blocks it.
Adeoluwa drops down looking for a counter takedown but Gomez sprawls and moves away.
Nice straight punches there by Gomez. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Gomez.
Adeoluwa slips under a jab from Gomez.
Adeoluwa changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Gomez tries to avoid it but Adeoluwa manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Gomez to the ground. Gomez escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Gomez misses with a body punch
and Adeoluwa counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Gomez thinking.
Gomez lands with a nice body kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gomez misses with an uppercut. Adeoluwa saw that one coming.
Adeoluwa walks forward, straight into a front kick from Gomez.
Adeoluwa throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Adeoluwa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gomez was well out of range. Poor timing from Adeoluwa.
Gomez 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 Chukwu Adeoluwa.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Adeoluwa, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 John Roberts scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chukwu Adeoluwa!
A very excited looking Chukwu Adeoluwa made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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