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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Oscar Blaydes (ranked 372 p4p, 342 weight class) and Huena Ajuricaba (ranked 61 p4p, 56 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Blaydes might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Black Sunshine - White Zombie. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class 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 10 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Oscar Blaydes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Huena Ajuricaba!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Daniel Bishop and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blaydes scores with a jab.
Blaydes lands with an overhand left.
Ajuricaba scores with a sloppy right hand. Blaydes should have avoided that one.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ajuricaba. Blaydes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Blaydes misses with a wild body shot.
Blaydes stuns Ajuricaba with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ajuricaba throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Blaydes misses with a hook. Ajuricaba ducked under it nicely.
Blaydes slips under a jab.
Blaydes ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Blaydes throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ajuricaba throws a fast counter high kick but Blaydes manages to duck under it in time.
Ajuricaba tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Ajuricaba paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Ajuricaba looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ajuricaba displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Blaydes.
Oscar Blaydes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crunch! Blaydes slams his shin into Ajuricaba's torso.
Blaydes throws a looping overhand right but Ajuricaba ducks down to avoid it.
Ajuricaba doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
A shot to the body from Blaydes misses
and Ajuricaba counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Blaydes throws a low kick but it's checked well by Ajuricaba.
Ajuricaba looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Blaydes drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Ajuricaba felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
You can see the frustration on Ajuricaba's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Blaydes gets to mount! Ajuricaba was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Blaydes avoids the attempt from Ajuricaba to control.
Ajuricaba is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ajuricaba tries to hold on but Blaydes pushes him away.
We've been hearing that Blaydes has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Blaydes wants to control the pace but Ajuricaba is squirming around nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ajuricaba is desperately trying to improve his position but Blaydes has a good base and remains in mount.
Blaydes tries to control but Ajuricaba wriggling away.
Blaydes with shots to the head and body - Ajuricaba looks very uncomfortable down 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!
Blaydes wants to control the pace but Ajuricaba is squirming around nicely.
Ajuricaba wants to hold on but Blaydes pushes him away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blaydes with shots to the head and body - Ajuricaba looks very uncomfortable down there.
Blaydes avoids the attempt from Ajuricaba to control.
Ajuricaba is working to get back to half guard.
Blaydes lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Ajuricaba is working to get back to half guard.
Ajuricaba gets back to half guard.
Blaydes is looking to advance position but Ajuricaba won't allow it.
Blaydes lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Ajuricaba tries to get to full guard but Blaydes has control of the leg.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ajuricaba is not content to let Blaydes control the position.
Blaydes 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.
Ajuricaba wants to control but Blaydes is keeping busy.
Blaydes tries to pass to full mount but Ajuricaba defends it.
Ajuricaba trying to control here.
Ajuricaba is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Blaydes scores with a couple of nice shots.
Blaydes performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Blaydes scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Oscar Blaydes 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.
Blaydes tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Blaydes scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Ajuricaba doesn't seem bothered though.
Blaydes scores with a leg kick.
Ajuricaba blocks a jab.
Ajuricaba keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Blaydes gets the takedown into side control.
Ajuricaba is not content to let Blaydes control the position.
Ajuricaba is trying to control Blaydes's posture but Blaydes avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ajuricaba is looking for a sweep.
Ajuricaba wants to control but Blaydes postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaydes trying to control the position but Ajuricaba is working away.
Ajuricaba can't do much from the bottom here.
Ajuricaba tries to improve position but can't.
Blaydes connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Ajuricaba some visible discomfort.
Ajuricaba tries to buck Blaydes off but Blaydes is having none of it.
Blaydes is chipping away with strikes.
Ajuricaba tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Blaydes wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Ajuricaba keeps trying to improve his position.
Blaydes landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blaydes working away.
Ajuricaba is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Ajuricaba takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Blaydes working the body and head with strikes.
Ajuricaba tries to improve position but can't.
Ajuricaba is not content to let Blaydes control the position.
Blaydes works to advance to full mount. Ajuricaba defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ajuricaba is bucking up trying to escape but Blaydes cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Blaydes tries to control but Ajuricaba wriggling away.
Blaydes landing punches.
Ajuricaba tries to hold on but Blaydes pushes him away.
The referee warns Ajuricaba that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Blaydes cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Ajuricaba is wriggling around trying to escape.
Blaydes tries to control but Ajuricaba wriggling away.
Blaydes cracks Ajuricaba with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Ajuricaba wants to hold on but Blaydes pushes him away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blaydes tries to control but Ajuricaba wriggling away.
Blaydes pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Ajuricaba takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ajuricaba is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Blaydes connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Ajuricaba really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Blaydes looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Ajuricaba is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Oscar Blaydes dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Blaydes misses with a wild body shot.
Blaydes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ajuricaba throws out the jab.
Ajuricaba jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Blaydes half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Blaydes blocks a jab.
Blaydes half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Ajuricaba looks to land a right hand but Blaydes moved out of range.
Ajuricaba slips under a jab from Blaydes.
Blaydes misses with a body kick.
Blaydes throws a body punch but Ajuricaba moves out of range.
Blaydes shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Ajuricaba's guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Blaydes's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blaydes trying to control the position from guard on top but Ajuricaba is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Blaydes's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Blaydes makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ajuricaba trying to control the position.
Ajuricaba wants to control but Blaydes passes easily into half guard.
Ajuricaba looking for submissions off his back.
Still in half guard, Blaydes seems content to control.
Blaydes working the head and body with strikes.
Blaydes trying to control the action but Ajuricaba is working from the bottom.
Blaydes slips a nice elbow through Ajuricaba's hands, connecting with Ajuricaba's forehead.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Blaydes connects with a nice short shot to Ajuricaba's temple.
Ajuricaba wants to control but Blaydes is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Blaydes seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Ajuricaba does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Blaydes not doing much here.
Ajuricaba is trying to maintain the position but Blaydes is very close to passing his half guard.
Ajuricaba is not content to let Blaydes control the position.
Ajuricaba looking for submissions off his back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ajuricaba is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Blaydes pulls his head out easily.
Ajuricaba is looking to control Blaydes's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Ajuricaba avoid being mounted?
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Blaydes tries for a takedown but Ajuricaba sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Ajuricaba takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Ajuricaba staying out of range there.
Ajuricaba takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Blaydes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ajuricaba moves away.
Ajuricaba jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ajuricaba ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Blaydes moves away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blaydes keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ajuricaba.
Blaydes appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ajuricaba. That's going to slow Blaydes down.
Blaydes scores with a punch to the head.
Blaydes misses with the body kick
and Ajuricaba counters with a straight right hand.
Ajuricaba takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Ajuricaba leaves Blaydes with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Blaydes misses with a takedown
and Ajuricaba counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Oscar Blaydes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ajuricaba throws a right hand that misses
and Blaydes counters with a takedown into side control.
You can see the frustration on Ajuricaba's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Ajuricaba trying to control but Blaydes flips him over like a cheap hooker and has his back!
And that's the end of the fight!
Oscar Blaydes showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Blaydes 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 30:26
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:26
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Oscar Blaydes!
Oscar Blaydes decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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hype
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