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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ezequiel Canizares (ranked 564 p4p, 718 weight class) and Rock Romero (ranked 74 p4p, 104 weight class). Canizares comes to the cage accompanied by El Loco. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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World class boxer
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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 18 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Ezequiel Canizares!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rock Romero !
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Patrick Alders and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Canizares keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Romero .
Romero misses with a hook
and Canizares counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Romero chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Canizares can pounce on him.
Rock Romero seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Canizares bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Canizares lands a nice looking body kick.
Romero throws the left hand but Canizares avoids the punch easily.
Canizares throws a chopping leg kick but Romero manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Romero throws out a counter right but Canizares avoids it with no problem.
Romero misses with a straight right.
Canizares avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Romero throws a poor cross that misses
and Canizares counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Canizares has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Dr Hatsumi's Clinic in the buildup to the fight.
Romero throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Romero connects with a jab.
Romero pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Canizares was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Canizares steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Romero .
Canizares gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Canizares connects with a good right hand that stumbles Romero . Romero circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Romero throws an off balance right hand
and Canizares counters with an inside leg kick.
Romero blocks a jab.
Canizares clinches with his opponent.
Canizares lands a nice shot to the body.
Canizares tries to throw a body punch but Romero avoids it by throwing Canizares back against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Canizares.
Romero has a couple of punches blocked by Canizares.
Canizares scores with a shot to the side of Romero 's head.
Canizares lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Romero .
Romero prevents a body shot from Canizares.
Canizares lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Romero tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Canizares lands a left hand that snaps the head of Romero backwards.
Romero throws a head punch that misses.
A right hand to the body from Canizares.
Romero avoiding damage as Canizares throws knees to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Canizares.
Romero has a couple of punches blocked by Canizares.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Canizares lands a nice shot to the body.
Romero lands with a right to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Canizares.
Romero looks winded!
Canizares blocking some punches.
Canizares blocks a body shot from Romero .
Canizares lands with a right to the head.
Canizares stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Canizares lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short left from Canizares.
A short right from Canizares.
Canizares blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Canizares lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Romero backwards.
Romero 's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Canizares misses with a body punch.
Romero prevents a body shot from Canizares.
Canizares works on Romero 's body with a couple of short punches.
Canizares struggles to land a body shot inside as Romero controls his hands.
Canizares working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Canizares tries to work over Romero 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Canizares lands with a right to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Canizares.
Romero lands a nice uppercut.
Romero prevents a body shot from Canizares.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Canizares digs a right hand into Romero 's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Romero 's gas tank.
Canizares lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Romero or not.
Canizares blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Canizares.
Canizares lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Romero .
Canizares scores with a hook to the body.
A short body shot lands from Canizares as the two fighters clinch.
A short uppercut from Canizares.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Canizares.
Canizares scores with a hook to the body.
Canizares misses with a hook to the ribs.
Canizares struggles to land a body shot inside as Romero controls his hands.
Canizares misses with a punch to the body.
A short uppercut from Canizares.
Canizares misses with a body punch.
Canizares misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Romero misses with a hook to the ribs.
Romero takes a shot to the head.
Romero has a couple of punches blocked by Canizares.
Canizares blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Canizares throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Romero s head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Romero blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Romero fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Canizares softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Romero misses with a body punch.
Romero tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Canizares's elbow.
Canizares creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Canizares scores with a nice hook to the head.
Canizares blocks an uppercut.
Canizares lands a shoulder strike.
Romero blocking some punches.
Romero working aggressively here.
Canizares misses with a punch on the inside.
Canizares lands a left hand.
Romero misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Romero .
A short right from Canizares on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Canizares tries to throw a body punch but Romero avoids it by throwing Canizares back against the cage.
Canizares misses with a hook from the clinch.
Canizares lands with a short shot to the head.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Romero .
Canizares lands a right hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ezequiel Canizares dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Canizares ducks under a wild hook from Romero .
Canizares thuds his shin into the meat of Romero 's side.
Canizares cracks Romero with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Canizares thuds a left hand into Romero 's body.
Romero misses with a right hand
and Canizares counters with a leg kick.
Romero misses with a left hand
and Canizares connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Good standup being displayed there by Canizares as he connects with a hook.
Romero is rocked!
Canizares cracks Romero with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Romero tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Canizares pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Romero is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ezequiel Canizares!
Ezequiel Canizares seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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