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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Samuel Sycek (ranked 1375 p4p, 2238 weight class) and Manny Tavares (ranked 172 p4p, 263 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Samuel Sycek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Manny Tavares!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Percy O'Donnell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sycek shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Sycek scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Tavares parries the strikes from Sycek easily there. Sycek is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Tavares to escape.
Tavares parries the strikes from Sycek easily there. Sycek is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Tavares to escape.
Sycek is looking to take a break and control but Tavares is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Sycek lands a decent elbow from side control.
Sycek wants to control but Tavares is keeping him busy.
Sycek 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.
Tavares tries to buck Sycek off but Sycek is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sycek throws a strike aimed at the side of Tavares's head but Tavares avoids it well.
Sycek in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Sycek in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sycek lands some shots froms side control.
We've been hearing that Sycek has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Sycek working the ground and pound.
Sycek throws an elbow but Tavares slips to the side and avoids it well.
Sycek throws an elbow but Tavares slips to the side and avoids it well.
Sycek taking a break here but Tavares is having none of it and regains half guard.
Sycek thows a huge punch but Tavares dodges it nicely.
Tavares taking some punishment here, with Sycek in his half guard.
Sycek throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sycek working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Tavares is looking for a sweep. Sycek is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Tavares is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Sycek scores with a couple of nice shots.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sycek is thwarting Tavares's attempts to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sycek throwing shots but Tavares is blocking nicely.
Sycek controlling the pace.
Tavares is trying to get back to full guard.
Sycek takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Sycek throwing shots but Tavares is blocking nicely.
Sycek missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Tavares avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sycek.
Sycek thows a huge punch but Tavares dodges it nicely.
Sycek throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Tavares wants to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sycek is trying to control the action in half guard but Tavares is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Sycek is nestled in close to Tavares, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Sycek throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Sycek thows a huge punch but Tavares dodges it nicely.
Tavares on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Sycek throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Sycek thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Tavares's head.
Sycek controlling the action here.
Sycek not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Tavares taking some punishment here, with Sycek in his half guard.
Sycek is thwarting Tavares's attempts to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sycek thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Tavares's head.
Sycek thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Tavares's head.
Sycek wants to take a breather but Tavares is having none of it.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Sycek in particular looking to stall.
Sycek thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Tavares's head.
Tavares blocking the ground and pound attempt from Sycek.
Sycek scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Sycek working the head and body with strikes.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tavares has hold of Sycek's hands but Sycek slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Tavares is trying to control but can't.
Sycek is figuring out what he wants to do next.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Samuel Sycek 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.
Tavares throws out a leg kick but Sycek moves out of range and Tavares only half commits.
Sycek tries to clinch there but Tavares circles away.
Sycek with a hook.
Sycek changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Tavares looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Sycek working the ground and pound but Tavares is defending the strikes.
Tavares managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Sycek.
Sycek working the body and head with strikes.
Sycek creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Tavares sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Sycek postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Sloppy strikes there by Sycek.
Sycek looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Tavares is avoiding damage well.
Sycek slows the pace down.
Tavares is working to avoid the ground and pound but Sycek connects with a decent elbow.
Sycek throwing shots but missing, from side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sycek lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Tavares struggling a bit here.
Sycek throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Tavares is trying to get back to half guard.
Sycek trying to control the action but Tavares is working from the bottom.
Sycek creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Tavares sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Sycek is looking to take a break and control but Tavares is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Sycek takes a little break here. Tavares wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sycek connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Tavares some visible discomfort.
Tavares seems a little lost for a moment, as Sycek dominates the positioning.
Sycek is looking to take a break and control but Tavares is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Manny Tavares has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tavares managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Sycek.
Sycek creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Tavares sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Sycek in side control, throwing shots but Tavares defends.
Samuel Sycek overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Tavares tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Sycek 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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sycek throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Check out the look on Sycek's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Tavares defending against the ground and pound.
Tavares defending against the ground and pound.
Tavares is not content to let Sycek control the position.
Sycek is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Tavares is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Tavares defending against the ground and pound.
Sycek fails to land a wild elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sycek trying to control the position but Tavares is working away.
Tavares parries the strikes from Sycek easily there. Sycek is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Tavares to escape.
Tavares dodges the ground and pound from Sycek.
Sycek misses with the ground and pound.
Tavares dodges the ground and pound from Sycek.
Tavares is looking to regain half guard here but Sycek keeps moving and retains side control.
Sycek lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Tavares down.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sycek creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Tavares sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Sycek throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
The strikes coming from Sycek are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Sycek trying to control the action but Tavares is working from the bottom.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Samuel Sycek dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! 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.
A telegraphed right hand from Tavares misses the target.
Tavares throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Sycek to counter with a crisp jab.
Sycek closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Tavares to the mat! Tavares manages to get full guard.
Tavares looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Sycek throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Sycek working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Tavares looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sycek makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Sycek content to stall in guard here.
Sycek postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sycek postures up in Tavares's guard and throws a big left but Tavares blocks it.
Sycek trying to control the position from guard on top but Tavares is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sycek sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Tavares falls off balance throwing a combination
and Sycek counters with a stiff right hand.
Sycek closes the distance and pushes Tavares back into the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sycek lands a right hand.
Tavares blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tavares can't find room to land a body shot as Sycek controls the action.
Tavares swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sycek is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tavares can do to turn this around?
Sycek blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tavares.
Tavares throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Tavares fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tavares fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sycek lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sycek swings wildly with an uppercut but Tavares uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sycek throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tavares tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tavares swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sycek swings wildly with an uppercut but Tavares uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tavares misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tavares misses with a punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tavares tries to work over Sycek's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tavares scores with a shot to the side of Sycek's head.
Tavares lands a left hand.
Tavares throws a punch but it's blocked by Sycek.
Tavares has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Sycek seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Tavares can turn it around.
Sycek jumps guard but Tavares turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Tavares lands a shot to the body.
Sycek swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tavares working aggressively here.
Sycek scores with a hook to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sycek.
Sycek tries to pull guard but Tavares forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Tavares works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Tavares pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tavares swings for the body but Sycek moves out of range.
Samuel Sycek seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tavares defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Sycek.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Samuel Sycek. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sycek looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Tavares!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sycek trying to control the action but Tavares is working from the bottom.
Samuel Sycek is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sycek takes a little break here. Tavares wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Tavares is looking for a sweep.
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 Samuel Sycek.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Sycek, 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Samuel Sycek!
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RATING
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