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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Raiden Cervantes (ranked 3392 p4p, 3307 weight class) and Maki Homma (ranked 401 p4p, 393 weight class). Raiden Cervantes has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Raiden Cervantes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Maki Homma!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, George Francis and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cervantes lands a jab to Homma's midsection.
Cervantes looks to land a combination. Homma sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Nice straight punches there by Cervantes. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Cervantes.
Homma ducks under a wild hook from Cervantes.
Homma is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Cervantes lands a lovely overhand right.
Cervantes throws the left hand but Homma avoids the punch easily.
Homma is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
A jab from Cervantes finds it's way through Homma's defenses.
Cervantes throws out a loose jab but Homma uses good head movement to avoid it.
Homma moves away from the strike by Cervantes.
Cervantes sets himself, and Homma steps forward looking for the clinch! Cervantes avoids it this time.
Cervantes seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Cervantes throws a series of punches but Homma avoids them all with ease.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cervantes cracks a nice hook into Homma's ribs.
Homma gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Decent striking displayed by Cervantes there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Homma walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Homma is rocked!
Cervantes lands a jab to the nose.
Homma is still on wobbly legs! Can Cervantes finish him?
Cervantes is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Cervantes scores with a nice right hand.
Homma takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Cervantes scores with a hook.
Cervantes throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Raiden Cervantes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cervantes throws a right hand that Homma ducks under and follows up with a left that Homma also avoids with ease.
Homma bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Homma seems to have recovered his senses.
Cervantes waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Homma.
Cervantes connects with a right hand. Homma shakes it off.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cervantes misses with a hook
and Homma counters with a takedown into side control.
Cervantes is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Homma asserts his dominance and retains side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Homma tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Homma has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Cervantes on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Cervantes tries to get out of the position.
Cervantes managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Homma.
Cervantes wants to get back to his feet but Homma drags him back down.
Cervantes knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Homma on the ground.
Homma throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Cervantes really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Homma lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Cervantes down.
Homma wants to control but Cervantes is keeping him busy.
Homma postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Cervantes is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cervantes trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Homma throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Homma has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Cervantes wants to get back to his feet.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Homma drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Raiden Cervantes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cervantes throws a nice looking combination but Homma bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cervantes throws out a loose jab but Homma uses good head movement to avoid it.
Homma ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cervantes swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cervantes throws a right hand that misses
and Homma holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Homma jumps into guard, dragging Cervantes to the mat.
Cervantes postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Cervantes cracks Homma with a solid left hand.
Homma keeping full guard, as Cervantes tries to pass.
Homma throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Our spies down at at Shut Up & Train! inform us that Homma has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Cervantes working some strikes from top position.
Homma throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Cervantes cracks Homma with a solid left hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Raiden Cervantes dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Homma takes one to the side of the head.
Cervantes looks to land a combination. Homma sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Nice shot by Cervantes.
Cervantes throws a hook to the side of Homma's head but Homma sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Homma wants to counter with a clinch but Cervantes pushes him away.
Cervantes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Homma moves away.
Cervantes sets himself, and Homma steps forward looking for the clinch! Cervantes avoids it this time.
Cervantes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Homma manages to avoid it.
Cervantes missing with a left hand there. Homma was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cervantes lands a nice hook to Homma's body. Homma takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cervantes misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Homma is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Homma steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cervantes.
Cervantes fails to land with a series of punches.
Nice defenses there by Homma.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cervantes lands with a right hand.
Cervantes throws a series of punches but Homma moves out of range.
Homma with the counter takedown but Cervantes avoids it easily.
Cervantes misses with an uppercut. Homma saw that one coming.
Homma wants to counter with a clinch but Cervantes pushes him away.
Cervantes is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Homma.
Cervantes looks to land a left hand but Homma moved out of range nicely.
Homma wants to counter the offense by Cervantes and move into the clinch position.
A jab from Cervantes misses.
Cervantes throws a hook but Homma avoids it easily.
Homma tries to counter by closing the distance.
Cervantes misses with an uppercut.
Cervantes lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Homma circles away quickly and effectively.
Homma takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Raiden Cervantes is winning the standup battle so far.
Homma staying out of range there.
Homma tries to counter by closing the distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Cervantes misses the target.
Cervantes sets himself, and Homma steps forward looking for the clinch! Cervantes avoids it this time.
Cervantes throws a shot from downtown. Homma moves away and avoids it.
Homma uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cervantes.
Cervantes misses with a straight right.
Homma uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cervantes.
Homma wants to counter the offense by Cervantes and move into the clinch position.
Cervantes throws a poor cross that misses
and Homma counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Cervantes!
Cervantes is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Homma can do to turn this around?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cervantes is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sloppy strikes there by Homma.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Homma throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Cervantes takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Homma thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Cervantes wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Maki Homma has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Homma wants to control but Cervantes is keeping him busy.
Cervantes wants to get back to his feet but Homma drags him back down.
Homma postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Homma prevents Cervantes from escaping the position.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Cervantes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Homma.
Homma tries to counter by closing the distance.
A swing and a miss from Cervantes.
Cervantes missing with a left hand there. Homma was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cervantes throws a looping overhand right but Homma ducks down to avoid it.
Homma tries to counter by closing the distance.
Homma staying out of range there.
Homma ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Raiden Cervantes dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Cervantes is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Homma.
Homma tries to counter by closing the distance.
Homma avoids a punch combination nicely.
Cervantes misses with a straight right.
Homma defending well as Cervantes loads up on a big left hand.
Homma wants to counter with a clinch but Cervantes pushes him away.
Cervantes misses with a looping left.
Cervantes sets himself, and Homma steps forward looking for the clinch! Cervantes avoids it this time.
Cervantes waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Homma.
And Homma tries to counter it with a takedown but Cervantes pushes his down on his head and steps out.
A telegraphed right hand from Cervantes misses the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A punch combination from Cervantes misses.
Homma wants to counter with a clinch but Cervantes pushes him away.
Homma takes one on the button.
Homma avoids a punch combination nicely.
Homma steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Cervantes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cervantes swinging wildly here.
Cervantes thows a left - swing and a miss!
Homma tries to counter by closing the distance.
Cervantes loads up on a big right hand but Homma slips the punch.
Cervantes sets himself, and Homma steps forward looking for the clinch! Cervantes avoids it this time.
Cervantes bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Homma drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Cervantes misses with a jab, cross combination.
Homma tries to counter with a clinch but Cervantes shakes him off and moves away.
Cervantes throws a nice looking combination but Homma bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Homma ducks under a wild hook from Cervantes.
Cervantes throws a big shot that misses.
Cervantes misses with a looping right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Cervantes misses.
Homma wants to counter the offense by Cervantes and move into the clinch position.
Cervantes is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Homma staying out of range there.
Homma tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
A slow jab from Cervantes misses its intended target.
Cervantes works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Cervantes throws a lazy uppercut
and Homma holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Cervantes breaks from the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cervantes throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Homma on the side of the head.
Cervantes rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Homma counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Cervantes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cervantes lands a lovely overhand right.
Cervantes fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Raiden Cervantes is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Homma blocks a jab.
Homma is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Cervantes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Homma was well out of range. Poor timing from Cervantes.
Cervantes throws an overhand right that lands on Homma's shoulder, as Homma tries to avoid the shot.
Homma is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Homma slips under a jab from Cervantes.
Homma steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Cervantes.
A combination from Cervantes does no damage.
Cervantes feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Hommas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Cervantes uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Homma has time to react.
Cervantes throws a big shot that misses.
Cervantes throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Homma counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Homma throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Homma trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Cervantes is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Homma passes Cervantes's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Homma thows a huge punch but Cervantes dodges it nicely.
Cervantes is looking to escape.
Homma missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Homma throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Homma working the head and body with strikes.
Cervantes is trying to stand.
Homma sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Cervantes defending well though.
Maki Homma has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Homma lands strikes from half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Raiden Cervantes showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Cervantes, 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Raiden Cervantes!
Raiden Cervantes decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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