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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Olivier Dujardin (ranked 2132 p4p, 949 weight class) and Alcide Almunecar (ranked 282 p4p, 125 weight class). Dujardin comes to the cage accompanied by Sosa by Leto & Guy2bezbar. Alcide Almunecar will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Olivier Dujardin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alcide Almunecar!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Bruno Lombardi and Franklyn Lucas.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dujardin keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Nice jab there from Almunecar.
Almunecar takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Dujardin with a hook.
Almunecar throws a head kick but Dujardin moves out of range.
Dujardin scores with a jab to the jaw.
Dujardin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Almunecar has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Dujardin shoots in but Almunecar avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Almunecar throws out a counter right but Dujardin avoids it with no problem.
Almunecar misses with a straight left.
Dujardin lands a nice shot that snaps Almunecar's head back.
Almunecar misses with a hook. Dujardin ducked under it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dujardin swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Almunecar counters with a nice body kick.
Dujardin misses the jab.
Almunecar ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dujardin bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Dujardin trying to control the action but Almunecar is working from the bottom.
Dujardin scores with punches from side control.
Almunecar tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Dujardin wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dujardin throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Almunecar tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Almunecar is not content to let Dujardin control the position.
Dujardin advances to full mount.
Dujardin thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Almunecar blocking the ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Almunecar is working to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dujardin looking to finish Almunecar with some ground and pound. This is bad for Almunecar!
Dujardin landing punches.
Almunecar wants to hold on but Dujardin pushes him away.
Almunecar can't escape the position.
Dujardin lands a nice shot to the head.
Almunecar working to try and regain half guard.
Almunecar tries to hold on but Dujardin postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dujardin throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Almunecar regains half guard.
Dujardin thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Almunecar's head.
Almunecar tries to roll over but Dujardin keeps him under control.
Almunecar trying to control here.
Nice strikes from Dujardin there.
Dujardin missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Almunecar holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Olivier Dujardin dominated that 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.
Almunecar displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Dujardin.
Almunecar ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Almunecar fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Dujardin on the side of the head.
Nice defenses there by Almunecar.
Dujardin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Almunecar swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Almunecar misses with a looping right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dujardin looks to score with a jab to the body but Almunecar is just out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for Dujardin.
Dujardin thuds a left hand into Almunecar's body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Almunecar moves out of range as Dujardin strikes.
Dujardin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Almunecar can do to turn this around?
A jab from Dujardin finds it's way through Almunecar's defenses.
Olivier Dujardin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dujardin connects with the punch.
Dujardin looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Alcide Almunecar is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Almunecar avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dujardin is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Almunecar throws a leg kick
and Dujardin counters with a nice double leg into side control. Almunecar won't be happy with that.
Almunecar manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Almunecar is not content to let Dujardin control the position.
Almunecar has hold of Dujardin's hands but Dujardin slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dujardin trying to control from half guard but Almunecar is working away.
Almunecar gets full guard.
Almunecar looking for a sweep. Not yet Almunecar, not yet.
Almunecar is trying to control the position but Dujardin postures up.
Dujardin is in close to Almunecar's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Almunecar wants to sweep but no luck.
Dujardin scoring with some ground and pound.
Dujardin is in close to Almunecar's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Dujardin working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Almunecar's head.
Almunecar looking to hit a scissor sweep but Dujardin is one step ahead there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dujardin trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Dujardin wants to control from the top but Almunecar keeps moving.
Olivier Dujardin overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Almunecar wants to sweep here but Dujardin controlling him for the moment.
Almunecar seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Dujardin throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Almunecar works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Dujardin throws a looping overhand right but Almunecar ducks down to avoid it.
Almunecar slips a straight right by Dujardin.
Almunecar looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Almunecar tries to work over Dujardin's front leg with a kick but Dujardin checks it.
Almunecar doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Dujardin has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Almunecar.
Olivier Dujardin is winning the standup battle so far.
Almunecar misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dujardin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Almunecar sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Almunecar walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Olivier Dujardin dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Dujardin moves out of range as Almunecar strikes.
Good standup being displayed there by Almunecar as he connects with a hook.
Dujardin drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Almunecar is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The strikes coming from Dujardin are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dujardin creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Almunecar sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Almunecar tries to bench press Dujardin off him but Dujardin keeps the position.
Dujardin throwing shots but missing, from side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Almunecar is trying to improve his position.
Almunecar is trying to control Dujardin's posture but Dujardin avoids it.
Almunecar regains half guard, as Dujardin was trying to land strikes.
Dujardin is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Dujardin trying to control from half guard but Almunecar is working away.
Almunecar makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Almunecar.
Alcide Almunecar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Dujardin postures up in Almunecar's guard and throws a big left but Almunecar blocks it.
Almunecar lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Almunecar trying to control the position from guard on top but Dujardin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Almunecar sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Dujardin wants to sweep here but Almunecar controlling him for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almunecar is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Dujardin wants to sweep here but Almunecar controlling him for the moment.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Almunecar fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dujardin manages to avoid it.
Almunecar throws a looping overhand right but Dujardin ducks down to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Almunecar shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Dujardin scores with a shot to the body.
Almunecar throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dujardin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Almunecar misses the jab.
Dujardin misses with an uppercut.
Almunecar misses with a hook.
Dujardin throws an overhand right that lands on Almunecar's shoulder, as Almunecar tries to avoid the shot.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Dujardin lands a right hook to the body.
Almunecar connects with a nice looking jab.
Dujardin moves away from the strike by Almunecar.
Dujardin half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
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 Olivier Dujardin.
Well Dujardin 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 Reed Andrews scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Olivier Dujardin!
A very excited looking Olivier Dujardin rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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