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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ariel Pérez (ranked 2443 p4p, 1224 weight class) and Ernesto Romero (ranked 203 p4p, 114 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ariel Pérez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ernesto Romero!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Steve Smith and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pérez gets tackled into the cage by Romero. Romero maintains the clinch.
Pérez has a couple of punches blocked by Romero.
Romero misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pérez lands an uppercut.
Romero working aggressively here.
Pérez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Romero misses with the head strike.
Pérez misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Romero.
Pérez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Romero thows a left - swing and a miss!
Romero's coach down at MMA Training and Sparring Buddies was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Romero's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
The fight stays on the outside here - Romero looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pérez misses with an uppercut. Romero saw that one coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pérez keeps the fight on the outside.
Romero moves into the clinch.
A short right from Romero on the inside.
Pérez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pérez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Pérez takes a shot to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Pérez misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pérez's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Pérez swings wildly with an uppercut but Romero uses good head movement to avoid it.
Romero throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pérezs head.
Pérez lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Romero backwards.
Romero lands a right hand.
Pérez takes a shot to the head.
Pérez is trying to break the clinch but Romero is controlling him.
Romero blocks an uppercut.
Romero swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pérez throws a head punch that misses.
Romero has Pérez pressed against the cage, preventing Pérez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Romero blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pérez swings wildly with an uppercut but Romero uses good head movement to avoid it.
Romero tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Romero fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pérez.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romero tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Romero breaks the clinch.
Romero tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pérez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pérez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Romero clinches.
Romero misses with some punches.
Pérez misses with the head strike.
Romero misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pérez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Romero clinches.
Romero blocks an uppercut.
Romero misses with a punch on the inside.
Romero blocks an uppercut.
A frustrated look appears on Pérez's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Pérez swings wildly with an uppercut but Romero uses good head movement to avoid it.
Romero blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short left from Romero.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romero fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pérez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Romero blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pérez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Romero misses with the head strike.
Still in the clinch, Pérez scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pérez.
Romero swings wildly with an uppercut but Pérez uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Romero.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pérez.
Romero prevents Pérez from breaking the clinch.
Romero swings wildly with an uppercut but Pérez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pérez blocking some punches.
Pérez blocking some punches.
Romero lands a hook that snaps the head of Pérez backwards.
Pérez blocking some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romero keeps control of Pérez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Romero swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pérez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Romero misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pérez has had enough of the clinch but Romero keeps him there for the moment.
Pérez blocks an uppercut.
Pérez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Romero pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Romero tries to clinch there but Pérez circles away.
Pérez is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Romero clinches with his opponent.
Romero throws a head punch that misses.
Romero breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Romero is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Pérez swats away the attempt to clinch by Romero.
Pérez throws a big shot that misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Romero! But no joy.
Romero forces Pérez back against the cage and clinches.
Romero breaks the clinch.
Romero closes the distance and pushes Pérez back into the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ernesto Romero dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Pérez throws a hook but Romero blocks it.
Romero tries to close the distance and clinch but Pérez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pérez keeps the fight on the outside.
Romero sizes up Pérez with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Romero pushes Pérez up against the cage in a clinch.
Romero swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Romero swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pérez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Romero fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Pérez.
Romero swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Romero tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pérez is trying to break the clinch but Romero is controlling him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Romero misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pérez scores with a shot to the side of Romero's head.
Romero working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Pérez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Romero swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A shot in the inside from Romero.
Ernesto Romero seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Romero blocking some punches.
Romero misses with a short punch on the inside.
Romero misses with a punch on the inside.
Romero blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pérez misses with some punches.
Romero has a couple of punches blocked by Pérez.
Pérez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Romero breaks the clinch.
Romero rushes Pérez and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Pérez throws a head punch that misses.
Pérez lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pérez.
Romero misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pérez swings wildly with an uppercut but Romero uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pérez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pérez is trying to break free.
Pérez misses with a punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pérez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pérez has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Romero working aggressively here.
Romero misses with the head strike.
Romero tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Romero lands with a short head shot on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pérez.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A nice left hand lands by Romero.
A short right from Romero on the inside.
A short uppercut from Romero.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pérez.
Pérez's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Romero scores with a nice hook to the head.
Romero swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Romero keeps control of Pérez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Romero lands a right hand.
Pérez misses with a punch on the inside.
Pérez throws a punch but it's blocked by Romero.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Romero.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romero manages to break the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Romero looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Romero doesn't manage to clinch there - Pérez circles away.
Pérez is looking to counter punch.
Pérez stuns Romero with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Pérez throws a body punch but Romero moves out of range.
Romero takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Pérez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Romero.
Romero slips a straight right by Pérez.
Romero moves into range and clinches up with Pérez.
Romero throws a head punch that misses.
Pérez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd cheers as Pérez lands an impressive looking overhand right. Romero doesn't seem phased though.
Romero clinches.
Pérez has a couple of punches blocked by Romero.
Pérez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Romero tries to close the distance and clinch but Pérez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romero moves into the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Romero throws a punch but it's blocked by Pérez.
Romero misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pérez misses with a punch on the inside.
Pérez takes a shot to the head.
Pérez misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Romero.
Romero working aggressively here.
Romero throws a punch but it's blocked by Pérez.
Romero scores with a shoulder strike.
Romero working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Romero swings wildly with an uppercut but Pérez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Romero scores with a shoulder strike.
Pérez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Romero misses with the head strike.
Pérez throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Romero swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ernesto Romero showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Pérez misses the shot to the body.
Pérez lands a lovely overhand right.
Pérez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Romero moves away.
Romero is looking to clinch but Pérez is avoiding it.
Pérez misses the jab.
Romero closes the distance and clinches.
Pérez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pérez has a couple of punches blocked by Romero.
Romero blocks an uppercut.
Romero misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pérez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Romero fails with an attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Romero closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Romero throws a head punch that misses.
Romero misses with a hook from the clinch.
Romero breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pérez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Romero circles away quickly and effectively.
A combination from Pérez does no damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Romero moves into range and clinches up with Pérez.
Romero lands a left hand.
Romero misses with a punch on the inside.
Romero tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pérez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Romero has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Pérez wants to break free but Romero has control.
Romero working aggressively here.
Romero throws a punch but it's blocked by Pérez.
Romero swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pérez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Romero lands a right hand that snaps the head of Pérez backwards.
Romero working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Pérez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Romero blocks an uppercut.
Pérez blocks an uppercut.
Romero misses with the head strike.
Romero tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ariel Pérez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romero misses with some punches.
Romero misses with the head strike.
Pérez tries to break the clinch but Romero is controlling the position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pérez.
Pérez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Pérez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Romero misses with the head strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pérez scores with an uppercut up the middle.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Romero.
Romero scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short left from Romero.
Romero lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pérez scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Romero has a couple of punches blocked by Pérez.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pérez.
Romero keeps control of Pérez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Romero scores with a shot to the side of Pérez's head.
Ernesto Romero is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pérez lands with a left to the head.
Pérez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pérez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pérez misses with a punch on the inside.
Pérez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Romero has him pressed against the cage.
Romero lands an uppercut.
Romero lands a hook that snaps the head of Pérez backwards.
Pérez wants to get back to striking at distance but Romero won't allow it.
Pérez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Romero.
Pérez tries to circle away but Romero has him pinned against the cage.
Pérez is trying to force a seperation but Romero has the dominant position.
Pérez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Romero defending well as Pérez loads up on a big left hand.
Romero has closed the distance and engaged Pérez in a clinch.
Pérez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pérez misses with a punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Romero.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romero has a couple of punches blocked by Pérez.
Romero misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pérez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pérez breaks the clinch.
Romero takes the fight into the clinch.
Pérez has a couple of punches blocked by Romero.
Pérez misses with a punch on the inside.
Romero has a couple of punches blocked by Pérez.
Romero throws a head punch that misses.
A short uppercut from Romero.
Romero scores with a shot to the side of Pérez's head.
Romero lands a left hand that snaps the head of Pérez backwards.
Pérez's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Romero lands a nice uppercut.
Romero swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pérez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ernesto Romero comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Romero winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ernesto Romero!
A very excited looking Ernesto Romero made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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