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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Itziar Belmond (ranked 2657 p4p, 3275 weight class) and Jay Read (ranked 333 p4p, 400 weight class). Read is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Fight Music. Jay Read has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Good wrestling
World class MT
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Dangerous knees
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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 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Itziar Belmond!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jay Read!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurstrm, Tarja Halkonen and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Belmond lands a head kick. Read smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
It looks like Jay Read has been cut.
Read tries to clinch but Belmond moves out of range.
Belmond throws an overhand right that lands on Read's shoulder, as Read tries to avoid the shot.
Read rushes Belmond and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Belmond lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Belmond wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Read has him pressed against the cage.
Belmond is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Read is defending well for now.
Read's coach down at Gold Samurai's Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Read's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Read missing with knees to the body.
Read trying to land knees to the body.
Belmond leaning his opponent against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Belmond will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Read up against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Read.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Read content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Belmond tries to break the clinch but Read is controlling the position.
Read pushes off an throws an elbow but Belmond leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Belmond successfully pulls guard.
Read trying to stand up but can't free himself from Belmond's guard.
Read stands and steps away. Belmond gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Read doesn't manage to clinch there - Belmond circles away.
Belmond appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Read looks to clinch
and Belmond makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Read wants to clinch but Belmond slips to the side
and Belmond counters with a one-two to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Read fails in his attempt to clinch.
Read wants to clinch
and Belmond counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Read moves into the clinch.
Belmond lands a body punch.
Belmond comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Read is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Read displaying some good clinch control by pressing Belmond up against the cage.
Read just leaning against Belmond, taking a breather.
Read tries a knee to the head but Belmond blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Belmond is working for takedown but Read is calmly controlling the position for now.
Belmond tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Itziar Belmond. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Read stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Belmond throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Read blocks it with crossed arms.
Read is pushing Belmond up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Read is pushing Belmond up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Read receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
The referee is keeping an eye on Read - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Jay Read.
Read clinches.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Belmond pressing his opponent against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Belmond.
Read looking to throw knees to the head but Belmond is blocking nicely.
Read is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Belmond breaks from the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Belmond keeps the fight on the outside.
Read tries to clinch up.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Itziar Belmond dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jay Read's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Read closes the distance looking to clinch
enabling Belmond to counter with a crisp jab.
Read misses with a body shot.
Belmond misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Read.
Read fails in his attempt to clinch.
Read tries to clinch
letting Belmond counter with a right hand.
Read displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Belmond is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Read can do to turn this around?
Read is looking to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Belmond misses with a double jab.
Read tries to close the distance and clinch up but Belmond swats him away and circles back towards the center.
It looked like Belmond wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Read is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Read tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Belmond avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Read moves in looking to clinch but Belmond pushes him off.
Belmond cracks Read with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Belmond lands a front kick.
Read doesn't manage to clinch there - Belmond circles away.
Read tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Belmond manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Read takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Read tries to clinch up but Belmond circles away and keeps his distance.
Belmond throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Jay Read seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Read scores with a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Read clinches.
Read blocks a body shot from Belmond.
Jay Read seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Read stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Read.
Read takes a shot to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Read taking a breather.
Read is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Belmond is defending well for now.
Read tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Read effectively controlling the action here.
Read displaying some good clinch control by pressing Belmond up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Read is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Jay Read.
Belmond bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Read's head backwards.
Belmond looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Belmond throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Read sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Read tries to clinch up.
Belmond tried to counter with a leg kick but Read avoided it.
Read tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A quick step to the side and Belmond tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Read doesn't manage to clinch there - Belmond circles away.
Belmond just misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Read fails in his attempt to clinch.
Read fails in his attempt to clinch.
Belmond throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Read fails with an attempt to clinch.
Itziar Belmond is winning the standup battle so far.
Read tries to close the distance and clinch but Belmond swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Belmond circles away from the clinch attempt.
Read takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Read moves into the clinch.
The referee calls for Read to work.
Read tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Belmond avoids it.
Belmond's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Itziar Belmond dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jay Read's cut.
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. This is the final round!
Belmond lands a head kick. Read smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Read tries to clinch there but Belmond circles away.
Belmond dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Read. That did some damage!
Read clinches up against the cage.
Read blocks the elbow strike.
Belmond misses with the head strike.
Read avoiding damage.
Read will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Belmond up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Read is looking to control Belmond's arms but Belmond gets an underhook and turns him. Now Read has his back to the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Belmond manages to break the clinch.
Belmond keeps the fight on the outside.
Read fails in his attempt to clinch.
Belmond misses with a body shot
and Read counters with a three punch combo that has Belmond backing up. Belmond nods at Read to acknowledge the strikes.
Read uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Belmond.
Read tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Belmond counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Belmond is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Read.
Belmond pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Belmond on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
The fight stays on the outside here - Read looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Itziar Belmond is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Read tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Belmond manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Belmond misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Read.
Belmond throws a head kick that misses.
Read closes the distance but Belmond moves to the side
and Belmond counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Read darts in trying to clinch
and Belmond counters with a nice low kick that buckles Read's knee momentarily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Read wants to clinch.
Belmond looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Read gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Read creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Read misses with an elbow over the top.
Read holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Belmond is trying to break the clinch but Read has him pressed against the cage.
Read trying to stall but Belmond improves his position.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
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.
Read misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Belmond.
Read is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Read.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Jay Read.
Read's corner calls for a 1-2. Read obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Read tries to clinch up.
Read takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Read wants to clinch
enabling Belmond to counter with a crisp jab.
Jay Read has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Read tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Belmond throws a quick counter kick to the body but Read avoids it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Itziar Belmond showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Belmond, 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 Marco Blurstrm scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Itziar Belmond!
An out of breath Itziar Belmond thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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