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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Frank Hernandez (ranked 116 p4p, 440 weight class) and Paul Eclaro (ranked 9 p4p, 40 weight class). Hernandez comes into the arena with Journey - Only The Young blaring out of the sound system. Eclaro comes into a darkened arena with his song building. I'm The Boy kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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Excellent boxer
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Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Frank Hernandez!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Paul Eclaro!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Colin Fotheringham and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Eclaro misses with a wild body shot.
Hernandez lands a glancing blow to the side of Eclaro's head.
Nice cross by Hernandez.
Eclaro needs to keep his hands up - Hernandez had a free shot at his head there.
Hernandez throws a big shot that misses.
Eclaro feints the counter takedown.
The fight stays on the outside here - Eclaro looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hernandez throwing a counter right hand but Eclaro manages to avoid it.
Hernandez feints a jab promting Eclaro to slip. Hernandez then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Eclaro slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sloppy strikes from Hernandez. Those never looked like landing.
Hernandez misses with a wild body shot.
Hernandez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Eclaro is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Frank Hernandez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hernandez scores with a jab to the body.
Hernandez lands with a shot to the body.
Hernandez takes a swing at Eclaro's ribcage but misses.
Hernandez works Eclaro's body with a nice hook.
Eclaro takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Eclaro gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Eclaro has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Hernandez finds it's way round the side to connect with Eclaro's head.
Hernandez misses with a body shot.
Eclaro looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Eclaro tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hernandez was well out of range. Poor timing from Eclaro.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eclaro takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Eclaro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hernandez moves away.
It looks like Hernandez has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hernandez misses with a few strikes there.
Eclaro with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Hernandez throws a body shot but no joy.
Donk. Hernandez catches Eclaro right on the button with a cross.
Hernandez throws a body shot but no joy.
Hernandez throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Eclaro stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Hernandez lands a right hook to the body.
Eclaro closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Hernandez looks to score with a jab to the body but Eclaro is just out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez scores with a jab to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hernandez. Eclaro does a little dance to reset his feet.
A left and a right from Hernandez both land. Nice combination.
Hernandez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Eclaro shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Hernandez is looking to wear down Eclaro with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Eclaro jabs Hernandez to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Hernandez throws an overhand right that lands on Eclaro's shoulder, as Eclaro tries to avoid the shot.
Hernandez throws a jab but it's blocked by Eclaro.
Hernandez lunges at Eclaro with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Eclaro's hand.
Hernandez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Eclaro.
Eclaro misses with a hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez with a hook.
Hernandez throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Eclaro on the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hernandez lands with a nice body punch.
Hernandez throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Eclaro tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hernandez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hernandez with a hook.
Eclaro swings widly with a right hand
and Hernandez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Eclaro throws a lazy right hand but Hernandez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Eclaro avoids a punch combination nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Hernandez dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Hernandez lands an overhand right.
Hernandez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Eclaro can do to turn this around?
Eclaro keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hernandez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hernandez avoids the body shot from Eclaro.
Eclaro misses the shot to the body.
Hernandez throws the left hand but Eclaro avoids the punch easily.
Frank Hernandez is winning the standup battle so far.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Hernandez, as that shot connected.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hernandez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Eclaro sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nice defenses there by Hernandez.
Hernandez ducks under a wild hook from Eclaro.
Hernandez appears to be looking for a big counter.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hernandez throws a body punch but Eclaro moves out of range.
Eclaro wants to counter the offense by Hernandez and move into the clinch position.
Hernandez lands with a good body shot.
Hernandez ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Hernandez cracks a nice hook into Eclaro's ribs.
Eclaro avoids the body shot from Hernandez.
Hernandez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hernandez looks to land a left hand but Eclaro moved out of range nicely.
Hernandez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Eclaro uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hernandez.
Eclaro swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Hernandez counters with a stiff right hand.
Eclaro on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Eclaro throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Eclaro has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Decent striking displayed by Hernandez there.
Eclaro looks to score with a jab to the body but Hernandez is just out of range.
Eclaro takes a swing at Hernandez's ribcage but misses.
Eclaro keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hernandez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Eclaro staying out of range there.
Hernandez punishes Eclaro's body with a nice straight punch.
Hernandez lands the left hand.
Hernandez darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez thows a left - swing and a miss!
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Eclaro might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Hernandez has got the better of the exchanges.
Eclaro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hernandez moves away.
Eclaro takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hernandez cracks Eclaro with a right hand to the side of the head.
Frank Hernandez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hernandez lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Hernandez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Eclaro wants to counter with a clinch but Hernandez pushes him away.
Eclaro takes a swing at Hernandez's ribcage but misses.
Hernandez connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Sloppy strikes from Hernandez. Those never looked like landing.
Hernandez thows a left - swing and a miss!
Eclaro takes a body punch but keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Left hook, right uppercut from Hernandez.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Eclaro moves out of range as Hernandez strikes.
Eclaro tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Hernandez misses with a body punch
and Eclaro counters with a nice double leg into side control. Hernandez won't be happy with that.
Eclaro taking a breather here.
Hernandez prevents Eclaro from improving position.
Eclaro tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Hernandez tries to buck Eclaro off but Eclaro is having none of it.
Hernandez defending against the ground and pound.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Hernandez dominated that second 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.
Eclaro ducks under a wild hook from Hernandez.
Hernandez misses with a series of wild punches.
Hernandez tests Eclaro's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A shot to the liver by Hernandez. Beautiful body shot.
Eclaro throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hernandez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Eclaro takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hernandez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hernandez bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Eclaro's head backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hernandez sizes up Eclaro with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Eclaro takes a swing at Hernandez's ribcage but misses.
Eclaro misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Eclaro moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Eclaro throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Eclaro throws a sloppy body shot
and Hernandez counters with a stiff right hand.
A slow jab from Hernandez misses its intended target.
Eclaro takes a swing at Hernandez's ribcage but misses.
Eclaro walks into a jab.
Eclaro takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez misses with a wild body shot.
Eclaro misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hernandez.
The fighters circling - Hernandez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Eclaro is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Hernandez punishes Eclaro's body with a nice straight punch.
Hernandez fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Eclaro keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hernandez.
Hernandez misses with an uppercut. Eclaro saw that one coming.
Hernandez lands a jab to the head.
Eclaro just misses with a punch to the body.
Danga de danga de dang - Hernandez scores with a four punch combination!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eclaro misses with a left hand
and Hernandez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hernandez avoids the body shot from Eclaro.
Hernandez lands a jab.
Hernandez swings for the body but Eclaro moves out of range.
Hernandez throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Hernandez throws a one two combo.
Hernandez throws a body punch but Eclaro moves out of range.
Eclaro just misses with a punch to the body.
A little feinted left hand from Hernandez on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Hernandez moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Eclaro has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Hernandez finds it's way round the side to connect with Eclaro's head.
Nice defenses there by Eclaro.
Eclaro feints the counter takedown.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eclaro swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A shot to the liver by Hernandez. Beautiful body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Eclaro is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Eclaro slips a straight right by Hernandez.
Hernandez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Eclaro.
Eclaro takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Hernandez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Eclaro misses with a body shot
and Hernandez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Donk. Hernandez catches Eclaro right on the button with a cross.
Hernandez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And Eclaro tries to counter it with a takedown but Hernandez pushes his down on his head and steps out.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Hernandez clearly takes that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Hernandez scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Hernandez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Eclaro.
Hernandez with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Nice defenses there by Hernandez.
A decent looking cross lands there for Hernandez.
Hernandez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Eclaro was well out of range. Poor timing from Hernandez.
A decent looking cross lands there for Hernandez.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hernandez fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Eclaro looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Hernandez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Eclaro was well out of range. Poor timing from Hernandez.
Hernandez takes a swing at Eclaro's ribcage but misses.
Eclaro fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hernandez manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Eclaro keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hernandez throws a series of punches but Eclaro moves out of range.
Eclaro takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Eclaro ducks under a wild hook from Hernandez.
Eclaro tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Hernandez lands an overhand right.
A jab from Hernandez does it's job there.
Eclaro moves in looking to clinch but Hernandez pushes him off.
Eclaro throws a jab but it's blocked by Hernandez.
Eclaro misses with a wild body shot.
Hernandez misses with a hook. Eclaro ducked under it nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab from Hernandez.
Hernandez lands a nice shot to the body.
Hernandez scores with a body shot.
Hernandez cracks a nice hook into Eclaro's ribs.
Eclaro keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Eclaro changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Eclaro just misses with a punch to the body.
Hernandez connects with a right hand. Eclaro shakes it off.
Hernandez misses with the combination.
Eclaro misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hernandez.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eclaro tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hernandez was well out of range. Poor timing from Eclaro.
Eclaro drops his hands momentarily and Hernandez takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Hernandez misses with a left hand
and Eclaro counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Hernandez wriggles free and stands up.
Hernandez misses with a body shot.
Eclaro drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Hernandez defends it well.
Eclaro walks into a stiff left hand from Hernandez.
Eclaro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hernandez moves away.
Hernandez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Eclaro misses with a hook
and Hernandez counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Eclaro misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hernandez.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez throws a right hand that misses
and Eclaro counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Eclaro.
Hernandez preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hernandez is trying to control the position but Eclaro postures up.
Eclaro preventing the sweep.
Eclaro has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Eclaro missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hernandez preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Eclaro lands a couple of elbows.
Hernandez looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Hernandez keeping moving, preventing Eclaro from controlling successfully.
Hernandez avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Hernandez had his way with Paul Eclaro in that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! 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.
Eclaro closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Paul Eclaro has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Eclaro moves away from the strike by Hernandez.
Hernandez bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Eclaro's head backwards.
Hernandez scores with a shot to the body.
Eclaro throws a series of punches but Hernandez avoids them all with ease.
It looked like Hernandez was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Eclaro.
The crowd cheers as Hernandez lands an impressive looking overhand right. Eclaro doesn't seem phased though.
Eclaro looks to clinch
and Hernandez makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hernandez looks to land a combination but Eclaro avoids it well.
Hernandez takes a swing at Eclaro's ribcage but misses.
Hernandez connects with a body shot that sends Eclaro's belly button to the back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hernandez fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Eclaro on the side of the head.
Eclaro steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hernandez.
Hernandez swinging wildly here.
Eclaro drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Hernandez defends it well.
Hernandez misses with a left hand
and Eclaro counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Eclaro slips nicely into half guard.
Eclaro trying to advance position but Hernandez counters by regaining guard.
Hernandez looking for a guillotine here but Eclaro defends easily.
Eclaro is working Hernandez over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eclaro throwing strikes but missing.
Eclaro seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Eclaro accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Eclaro controls from within his opponent's guard.
Hernandez is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Eclaro defends well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eclaro sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Eclaro stands and throws Hernandez's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Hernandez is looking to reverse the position.
You can see the frustration on Hernandez's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Hernandez tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Eclaro wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Eclaro lands a few punches from side control.
Hernandez is looking to reverse the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eclaro wants to control but Hernandez is keeping him busy.
Eclaro throws a strike aimed at the side of Hernandez's head but Hernandez avoids it well.
Eclaro trying to control the action but Hernandez is working from the bottom.
Hernandez manages to get back to half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ground and pound from Eclaro.
Eclaro wants to free his trapped foot but Hernandez is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Eclaro is trying to work for a kimura but Hernandez is defending well.
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 Frank Hernandez.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Hernandez, 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 50:45
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 50:45
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Frank Hernandez!
Frank Hernandez retains his featherweight title!
A victorious Frank Hernandez thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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