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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mateo Hernandez (ranked 857 p4p, 2941 weight class) and Tommy Chang (ranked 85 p4p, 241 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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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 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mateo Hernandez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tommy Chang!
The judges for this bout are Chris Dean, Summer Carpenter and Steve Erwin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chang connects with a crisp jab.
Hernandez attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Chang feints a jab promting Hernandez to slip. Chang then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Hernandez slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Hernandez lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Hernandez loads up on a big right hand but Chang slips the punch.
A big right from Chang misses.
Chang takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A big left from Chang misses.
Chang keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Chang scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Chang cracks Hernandez with a good jab.
Hernandez has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Chang lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hernandez circles away quickly and effectively.
Hernandez swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Mateo Hernandez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
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!
Hernandez loads up on a big right hand but Chang slips the punch.
Chang jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hernandez misses with an uppercut. Chang saw that one coming.
Chang misses with a looping right.
Hernandez throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Sloppy strikes from Chang. Those never looked like landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hernandez throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Chang waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hernandez.
Hernandez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Chang moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The crowd cheers as Chang lands an impressive looking overhand right. Hernandez doesn't seem phased though.
Chang lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hernandez throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Chang changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Chang connects with an inside leg kick.
Chang throws a hook but Hernandez blocks it.
Hernandez was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Hernandez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Chang.
Chang throws a hook to the side of Hernandez's head but Hernandez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hernandez connects with a good right hand that stumbles Chang. Chang circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Chang throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Chang has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Hernandez finds it's way round the side to connect with Chang's head.
Hernandez throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Chang takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Chang throws a body kick that misses.
Chang walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Hernandez checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chang gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Chang slips a straight right by Hernandez.
Chang lands a jab to the head.
A clash of legs there as Hernandez blocks the low kick.
Chang looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Chang throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Hernandez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Chang looks for the body kick but Hernandez saw that one coming.
A right-left combo lands from Chang.
Hernandez rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Chang counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Chang keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Chang ducks under a wild hook from Hernandez.
Chang walks into a jab.
Hernandez lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Hernandez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hernandez misses with a shot to the body
and Chang counters with a stiff right hand.
Hernandez throws a shot from downtown. Chang moves away and avoids it.
Chang looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Hernandez misses with a double jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez punishes Chang's body with a nice straight punch.
Chang looks to land a body kick but Hernandez moved away.
Hernandez throws a lazy right hand but Chang sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Chang misses with a few strikes there.
Chang fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hernandez manages to avoid it.
Hernandez throws out a leg kick but Chang moves out of range and Hernandez only half commits.
A combination from Chang does no damage.
Hernandez is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Hernandez misses with a body shot.
Chang goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Hernandez was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Chang takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
A jab from Chang misses.
Hernandez slips a jab and a cross from Chang.
Hernandez takes a swing at Chang's ribcage but misses.
Chang throws a half hearted mid kick.
Hernandez with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Hernandez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chang connects with a nice looking jab.
Chang throws a hook but Hernandez blocks it.
Good exchange - Hernandez coming out on top.
Chang throws a body shot but no joy.
Chang is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hernandez.
Chang avoids the body shot from Hernandez.
Hernandez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hernandez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Chang.
Chang takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Chang takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Hernandez throws an off balance right hand
letting Chang counter with a right hand.
Chang misses with a kick to the body.
Chang fails to land with a series of punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hernandez looks to score with a jab to the body but Chang is just out of range.
Hernandez throws a body shot but no joy.
A swing and a miss from Hernandez.
Hernandez tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Chang is able to avoid easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Tommy Chang will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
A chopping leg kick lands by Chang.
Hernandez rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Chang counter with a right hand.
Chang scores with a punch to the head.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Hernandez might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Hernandez ducks under a wild hook from Chang.
Chang avoids the body shot from Hernandez.
Hernandez ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Chang throws a lazy uppercut
letting Hernandez counter with a right hand.
An inside leg kick from Chang misses.
Chang looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A combination from Hernandez does no damage.
Hernandez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Chang misses with a body kick.
A jab from Hernandez finds it's way through Chang's defenses.
Hernandez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Chang.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Chang throws a front kick aimed at Hernandez's knee but Hernandez avoids it well.
Tommy Chang seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Chang throws a jab when Hernandez was well out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hernandez throws a leg kick but Chang checks it.
Hernandez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Chang looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Hernandez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Chang smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Hernandez tries to score with a low kick but Chang moves his leg out of the way.
A nice side step and Chang releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
A looping hook to the body misses from Chang. Hernandez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hernandez swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Chang lands the left hand.
Chang misses the shot to the body.
It looked like Hernandez was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Chang displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hernandez throws out the jab.
Chang throws a jab when Hernandez was well out of range.
Chang throws a series of punches but Hernandez moves out of range.
Hernandez scores with a jab to the head.
Chang tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Chang misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hernandez.
Chang throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Hernandez scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
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!
Chang swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chang avoids the body shot from Hernandez.
Hernandez lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Hernandez staying out of range there.
Hernandez connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Chang misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hernandez.
Chang will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A leg kick checked by Chang.
Hernandez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Chang manages to avoid it.
Hernandez wants to slow Chang down by chopping away at his legs.
Chang fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hernandez manages to avoid it.
Chang throws a series of strikes that have Hernandez backpedaling.
Hernandez uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Chang has time to react.
Hernandez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Chang.
Hernandez appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Chang uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hernandez.
Hernandez throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from Chang misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chang on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A swing and a miss from Hernandez.
Hernandez staying out of range there.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Chang checks a leg kick.
Chang checks a leg kick nicely.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Chang tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hernandez was well out of range. Poor timing from Chang.
Jab, jab by Chang - just one landing.
Hernandez loads up on a big right hand but Chang slips the punch.
Chang throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hernandez moves away from the strike by Chang.
Hernandez misses with a looping right.
Chang closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Chang throws an overhand right that lands on Hernandez's shoulder, as Hernandez tries to avoid the shot.
Hernandez misses with a hook
and Chang counters with a nice uppercut.
Hernandez throws a looping overhand right but Chang ducks down to avoid it.
Hernandez fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Chang on the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A big left from Hernandez misses.
It seemed like Chang was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Hernandez lands a nice looking body shot.
Hernandez's jab looks to have found its range, popping Chang under the eye.
Chang wants to land a leg kick but Hernandez is out of range.
Chang gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Hernandez throws out a leg kick but Chang moves out of range and Hernandez only half commits.
Chang avoids the head kick by Hernandez.
Hernandez throws a shot to the body.
Chang looks for the body kick but Hernandez saw that one coming.
Chang misses with an uppercut.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hernandez.
Chang throws a body punch but Hernandez moves out of range.
Hernandez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Chang manages to avoid it.
Chang misses with a hook. Hernandez ducked under it nicely.
Chang takes a swing at Hernandez's ribcage but misses.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Chang in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
A decent looking cross lands there for Chang.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Tommy Chang will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. And we move into the final round!
Chang misses with a low kick.
Hernandez swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Chang.
Chang fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hernandez manages to avoid it.
Chang lands a slapping body shot.
Chang ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hernandez lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hernandez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hernandez swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Chang connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hernandez avoids a kick to the body.
Hernandez wants to slow Chang down by chopping away at his legs.
Hernandez takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hernandez looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice defenses there by Chang.
A little jabbing left from Chang on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Chang takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Chang throws a right and a left that Hernandez avoids nicely.
Hernandez connects with the punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chang tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hernandez was well out of range. Poor timing from Chang.
Hernandez throws a lazy right hand but Chang sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
It seemed like Chang was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hernandez moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Hernandez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hernandez punishes Chang's body with a nice straight punch.
Chang staying out of range there.
Hernandez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Chang.
Hernandez was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Chang waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hernandez.
Hernandez pivots, looking for a leg kick but Chang is out of range and Hernandez settles back down.
Chang thuds his right hand into Hernandez's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Chang throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hernandez with the inside leg kick.
Chang's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Hernandez misses with an uppercut.
Hernandez connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Chang momentarily.
Sloppy strikes from Chang. Those never looked like landing.
Chang walks into a stiff left hand from Hernandez.
Chang checks a low kick from Hernandez.
Hernandez lands a right hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chang slips a jab from Hernandez.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hernandez. Chang does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hernandez misses the shot to the body.
Hernandez throws a leg kick that misses.
A big left from Chang misses.
Hernandez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Hernandez, as that shot connected.
Hernandez is looking to chop away at Chang's legs.
A little jabbing left from Chang on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Hernandez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A counter left hand to the body from Hernandez misses its target.
Hernandez just misses with a punch to the body.
Hernandez digs a good body shot into Chang's ribs.
Chang avoids a punch combination nicely.
Chang feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Hernandezs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Chang's head.
Hernandez takes a swing at Chang's ribcage but misses.
Chang missing with a left hand there. Hernandez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hernandez slips under a jab from Chang.
Chang staying out of range there.
Hernandez lands with a good body shot.
Chang on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Chang scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Hernandez misses the shot to the body.
Some bone on bone action there as Chang checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Hernandez shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A punch lands to the side of Chang 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Hernandez looks to land a right hand but Chang moved out of range.
Chang throws a wild body kick that Hernandez sees coming a mile off.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chang keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hernandez.
Hernandez with a hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chang misses with a double jab.
A shot to the liver by Hernandez. Beautiful body shot.
Hernandez takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Hernandez tries to work over Chang's front leg with a kick but Chang checks it.
Chang misses with a leg kick
and Hernandez counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Chang looks to throw the jab but Hernandez is out of range.
Hernandez throws a shot from downtown. Chang moves away and avoids it.
Chang throws out a counter right but Hernandez avoids it with no problem.
Hernandez misses the body punch
and Chang counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Chang cracks Hernandez with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Hernandez misses with a wild body shot.
Chang feints a counter leg kick.
Hernandez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Chang keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hernandez.
Chang throws a big shot that misses.
Hernandez throws a right and a left that Chang avoids nicely.
Mateo Hernandez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hernandez misses with a body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mateo Hernandez showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Chang has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Chris Dean scores the fight 29:28
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:28
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Mateo Hernandez!
After the fight, Mateo Hernandez was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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