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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Aljamain Sterling (ranked 1552 p4p, 1816 weight class) and Scottie Lamez (ranked 91 p4p, 102 weight class). Sterling comes to the cage accompanied by I Love. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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135
11 - 4 - 0 |
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170 cm
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138
10 - 6 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Solid boxing
Good chin |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Aljamain Sterling!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Scottie Lamez!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Chris Edwards and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lamez misses with an uppercut. Sterling saw that one coming.
Sterling has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Jungle Room in the buildup to the fight.
Lamez throws a jab but it's blocked by Sterling.
Lamez looks to throw the jab but Sterling is out of range.
Sterling fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Lamez to the ground. Sterling is now in Lamez's guard.
Lamez pulls Sterling in to control the position.
Sterling slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Sterling trying to control but Lamez is working from the bottom.
Sterling is fighting to break Lamez's control of his arms but Lamez is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Lamez keeping moving, preventing Sterling from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sterling accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Sterling trying to control but Lamez is working from the bottom.
Sterling is fighting to break Lamez's control of his arms but Lamez is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lamez is continuing to stall.
The adventures of Lamez the control monster continue. Boring.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Sterling has a takedown stuffed.
Sterling looking to score a takedown here. Lamez is defending well but Sterling drives through and ends up in Lamez's guard.
Sterling chips away with some ground and pound.
Lamez is pulling down on Sterling's head. It's preventing any offense from Sterling, at least for the moment.
Sterling wants to pass the guard but Lamez is keeping the position.
Lamez is controlling Sterling's posture.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Sterling's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Sterling looking to pass the guard.
Sterling trying to control but Lamez is working from the bottom.
Lamez is adopting a defensive guard.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lamez misses with an uppercut.
Sterling looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Lamez misses the jab.
Sterling shoots for a takedown but Lamez saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Sterling shoots in for a takedown but Lamez shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aljamain Sterling. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sterling keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lamez.
A big right from Lamez misses.
Sterling avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A big left from Lamez misses.
Lamez misses with a left hand
and Sterling counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Sterling is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Lamez is just riding it out for now. Sterling eventually gives up the hold.
Sterling is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Lamez is holding on to half guard well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sterling is keen to just control but Lamez is a slippery customer.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lamez trying to control from the bottom.
Sterling is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Lamez controlling the position well.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Let's hope that Lamez has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Aljamain Sterling dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Sterling shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Lamez as he avoids it easily.
Aljamain Sterling is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sterling moves out of range of the strikes.
Lamez misses with a hook.
Lamez throws a jab but it's blocked by Sterling.
It looked like Sterling wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Lamez throws a hook but Sterling avoids it easily.
Lamez throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lamez throws a hook but Sterling avoids it easily.
Lamez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sterling slips under a jab from Lamez.
Sterling scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Aljamain Sterling overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Sterling thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Lamez's head.
Sterling is trying to work for a kimura but Lamez is defending well.
Sterling is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lamez can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lamez is controlling Sterling's trapped leg to prevent Sterling from advancing to side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sterling perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Lamez controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Sterling is trying to control the action in half guard but Lamez is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Lamez slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Lamez has control of Sterling's left arm, preventing Sterling from doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Sterling pushing down on Lamez's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Sterling winds up and cracks Lamez with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Lamez wants to control but Sterling is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Lamez has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Sterling is looking for a kimura but Lamez is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Sterling to get the leverage.
Lamez preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Sterling thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Sterling is trying to control. Lamez wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Lamez is looking to improve his position.
Lamez is trying is best to control the position here.
Lamez trying to control from the bottom.
Sterling is trying to work for a kimura but Lamez is defending well.
Lamez is doing well to control the position and prevent Sterling from advancing to side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sterling trying to control from half guard but Lamez is working away.
Lamez keeping control of the position.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Lamez manages to get to full guard.
Lamez keeping moving, preventing Sterling from controlling successfully.
Lamez is adopting a defensive guard.
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.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Lamez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Lamez! But no joy.
Jab by Lamez.
Lamez misses with a looping left.
Lamez loads up on a big right hand but Sterling slips the punch.
The fighters circling - Lamez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lamez misses with a looping right.
It looked like Sterling was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Lamez looks to land a right hand but Sterling moved out of range.
Scottie Lamez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lamez thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sterling will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Lamez throws a lazy right hand but Sterling sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sterling throws a sloppy head kick and Lamez moves out of range easily.
Lamez throws a hook to the side of Sterling's head but Sterling sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
It looked like Sterling was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Scottie Lamez will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're 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.
Lamez looks to throw the jab but Sterling is out of range.
Lamez stuffs the takedown attempt from Sterling. Sterling gets slowly back to his feet.
Lamez might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Sterling ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lamez swats away the attempt to clinch by Sterling.
Sterling shoots in but no luck this time.
Lamez scores with the left hand. Sterling knows he should have avoided that one.
Sterling closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Lamez quickly recovers to half guard.
Sterling is trying to work for a kimura but Lamez is defending well.
The fighters are battling for position here. Lamez manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sterling working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Lamez wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Sterling passes Lamez's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Lamez is concentrating on defense, preventing Sterling from advancing position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lamez keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Sterling passes to full mount!
Lamez is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Lamez prevents any damage by holding on tight.
Lamez working to try and regain half guard.
Lamez tries to hold on but Sterling pushes him away.
Lamez is squirming around, avoiding Sterling's attempts to control the action.
Sterling avoids the attempt from Lamez to control.
Lamez is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Lamez tries to hold on but Sterling pushes him away.
Scottie Lamez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lamez holds on to Sterling around his waist, trying desperately to prevent any attacks.
Lamez is working to get back to half guard.
Sterling throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Sterling is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Lamez is surviving well by controlling Sterling's body position as best he can.
Sterling wants to control the pace but Lamez is squirming around nicely.
Lamez is looking to improve his position but Sterling isn't that keen on the idea.
Sterling jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Lamez manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Sterling is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Lamez knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lamez can't do much from the bottom here.
Both fighters take a look at the clock.
Sterling thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Lamez regains half guard.
Lamez keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Sterling wants to control but Lamez is keeping him busy.
Lamez controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Aljamain Sterling is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Lamez gets back to full guard.
Sterling tries to free his leg and advance position but Lamez is retaining full guard.
Lamez pulls Sterling in close to prevent any damage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Lamez throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Lamez is controlling Sterling's posture.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Sterling trying to control but Lamez is working from the bottom.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
And that's the end of the fight!
Aljamain Sterling showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Sterling has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Paul Tew scores the fight for Aljamain Sterling!
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight for Aljamain Sterling!
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight for Aljamain Sterling!
Aljamain Sterling wins by unanimous decision!
After the big win, Aljamain Sterling made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors BE Younick and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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energy
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hype
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mgr
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RATING
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