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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jason Dawkins (ranked 1508 p4p, 2071 weight class) and Alex Deigos (ranked 230 p4p, 317 weight class). Alex Deigos has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Jason Dawkins's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jason Dawkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Alex Deigos!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Francis DeMontford and Summer Carpenter.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dawkins looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Deigos rushes Dawkins and presses him up against the cage.
Dawkins has Deigos pressed against the cage.
Dawkins misses with an elbow strike.
Come on Dawkins - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Dawkins misses with a knee strike.
Dawkins stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Deigos looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dawkins manages to pull guard.
Deigos would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
We've been hearing good reports from Dawkins's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Dawkins has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Deigos is looking to stand up but Dawkins won't let him.
Dawkins tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Deigos wants to get up but he can't break Dawkins's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Dawkins trying to control the position.
Dawkins has a closed guard, preventing Deigos from standing up.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Dawkins closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Deigos is pushing Dawkins's head away, looking to escape. Dawkins manages to hold on to the position though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dawkins tries to move to mount but Deigos blocks the move with his legs.
Deigos is trying to get back to his feet.
Dawkins wants to control but Deigos is keeping him busy.
Dawkins throws a strike aimed at the side of Deigos's head but Deigos avoids it well.
Dawkins in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Deigos prevents Dawkins from moving into mount.
Dawkins misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Dawkins creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Deigos sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Dawkins scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Deigos to see if he's OK.
Dawkins stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Deigos ducks under a wild hook from Dawkins.
Dawkins throws a hook to the side of Deigos's head but Deigos sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dawkins connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Dawkins avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dawkins swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Deigos closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Dawkins is pushing Deigos up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Dawkins misses with a body punch.
Deigos working hard to break the clinch.
Dawkins is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Deigos is keeping busy.
Dawkins misses with an elbow strike.
Deigos avoids a wild elbow strike from Dawkins.
Dawkins misses with a shot to the kidneys.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dawkins just misses with a elbow thrown towards Deigos's brow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dawkins pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Deigos tries to clinch but Dawkins is having none of it.
Dawkins keeps the fight on the outside.
Dawkins circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jab, jab by Dawkins - just one landing.
Dawkins gets tackled into the cage by Deigos. Deigos maintains the clinch.
Dawkins stalls.
Dawkins lands a body punch.
Dawkins is trying to stall.
A right handed body shot lands from Dawkins.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dawkins pulls guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Deigos stands up from guard. Let's bang!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jason Dawkins dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Dawkins circles away from the clinch attempt
enabling Dawkins to counter with a crisp jab.
Dawkins getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Deigos avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Deigos fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dawkins throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Deigos sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Deigos looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Deigos moves in looking to clinch but Dawkins pushes him off.
Deigos fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Dawkins, pushing him back against the cage.
Dawkins throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Deigos dodges an elbow strike from Dawkins.
Dawkins slowing the pace effectively.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dawkins taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Dawkins pushes off an throws an elbow but Deigos leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Dawkins's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Deigos wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Deigos gets a clinch.
Dawkins swings wildly with an uppercut but Deigos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dawkins trying to control the position but instead, Deigos has worked for underhooks and has pushed Dawkins into the cage.
Dawkins stalls.
Dawkins misses with an elbow strike.
Deigos can't break the clinch.
Dawkins lands an elbow that stopped Deigos in his tracks for a moment.
It looks like Alex Deigos has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Deigos avoids the elbow strike from Dawkins, against the cage.
Deigos working hard to break the clinch.
Deigos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Deigos is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dawkins closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Deigos's guard.
Deigos manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dawkins has hold of one of Deigos's legs. Deigos is fighting the takedown attempt but Dawkins gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Dawkins wants to pass the guard but Deigos is keeping the position.
Dawkins looking to sit in guard and control but Deigos gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Dawkins working for submissions but it's allowed Deigos to get to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Deigos tries to stand and escape but Dawkins is controlling the position.
Jason Dawkins overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Dawkins wants to control but Deigos is keeping busy.
Deigos decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Deigos tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Dawkins manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nice uppercut lands for Dawkins. That snapped Deigos's head back.
Dawkins keeps the fight on the outside.
Deigos wants to clinch up but Dawkins keeps it at a distance.
Deigos wants to clinch.
Dawkins feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Deigoss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dawkins scores with a punch to the head.
Dawkins scores with a crisp jab that stopped Deigos in his tracks.
Deigos tries to close the distance and clinch but Dawkins swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Deigos tries to clinch but Dawkins is having none of it.
Dawkins lands with a kick to the temple. Deigos shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Deigos tries to close the distance and clinch but Dawkins swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Deigos wants to clinch.
Dawkins listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Deigos moves in looking to clinch but Dawkins pushes him off.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Deigos has closed the distance and engaged Dawkins in a clinch.
Dawkins lands an elbow inside that Deigos shrugs off.
Dawkins throws an elbow that misses.
Dawkins pulls guard.
Deigos stopping the sweep attempt from Dawkins.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jason Dawkins dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Alex Deigos's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Deigos takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Deigos tries to clinch there but Dawkins circles away.
Dawkins closes the distance and clinches.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Dawkins tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Dawkins is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Dawkins leaning his opponent against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dawkins is trying to maintain a safe position but Deigos gets an underhook and turns Dawkins into the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Jason Dawkins.
Dawkins throws an overhand right that lands on Deigos's shoulder, as Deigos tries to avoid the shot.
Dawkins is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Deigos walks into a straight right hand from Dawkins.
Deigos closes the distance looking to clinch
and Dawkins finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Alex Deigos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dawkins closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Dawkins lands a shot to the body.
Dawkins leaning against his opponent.
Dawkins misses with a knee strike.
Deigos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Deigos tries to clinch up.
Dawkins fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Deigos has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Deigos is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Deigos tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Dawkins counters with a straight right hand.
Deigos avoids the head kick by Dawkins.
Alex Deigos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dawkins cracks Deigos with a good jab.
Deigos clinches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dawkins throws an elbow but it misses.
Dawkins tries to throw a body punch but Deigos avoids it by throwing Dawkins back against the cage.
Dawkins manages to break the clinch.
Dawkins misses with a head kick.
Nice shot lands for Dawkins.
Dawkins scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Dawkins feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Dawkins trying to control the position from guard on top but Deigos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dawkins postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Deigos tries to strike from the bottom.
Dawkins trying to control the position from guard on top but Deigos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dawkins 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.
Deigos is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Dawkins defends well.
Deigos keeping moving, preventing Dawkins from controlling successfully.
Deigos throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Deigos wants to clinch up but Dawkins keeps it at a distance.
Dawkins ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dawkins lands with a nice body kick.
Deigos is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Deigos doesn't manage to clinch there - Dawkins circles away.
Dawkins lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Deigos walks into a jab.
Dawkins lands a nice shot to the body.
Dawkins lands a nice shot to the body.
Dawkins scores with a nice head shot.
Dawkins is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Deigos can do to turn this around?
Dawkins throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Deigos fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dawkins ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Deigos moves away.
Dawkins's corner calls for a 1-2. Dawkins obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Deigos throws a hook but Dawkins avoids it easily.
Deigos throws a hook to the side of Dawkins's head but Dawkins sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dawkins misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Deigos has Dawkins up against the cage in a clinch.
Deigos misses with a body punch.
Deigos misses with a punch to the body.
Jason Dawkins is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Deigos tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dawkins's elbow.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jason Dawkins showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Dawkins 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 Winston Howard scores the fight 30:27
Judge Francis DeMontford scores the fight 30:27
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jason Dawkins!
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