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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Zark Muckerberg (ranked 538 p4p, 496 weight class) and Itziar Belmond (ranked 71 p4p, 66 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Abu Dhabi Champ
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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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Zark Muckerberg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Itziar Belmond!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Steve Smith and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Muckerberg misses with a two punch combination.
Belmond tries to clinch but Muckerberg is having none of it.
Muckerberg throws a nice looking combination but Belmond bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Muckerberg takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Nice defenses there by Belmond.
Belmond throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Belmond throws a hook to the side of Muckerberg's head but Muckerberg sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Muckerberg stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Belmond.
Muckerberg tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Belmond was well out of range. Poor timing from Muckerberg.
Muckerberg tries to clinch but Belmond is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Muckerberg does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Muckerberg moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromBelmond.
Muckerberg throws a low kick but it's checked well by Belmond.
A little jabbing left from Belmond on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Belmond lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Muckerberg takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Muckerberg displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Belmond throws out the jab.
Nice defenses there by Belmond.
Muckerberg misses with a jab, cross combination.
A little jabbing left from Belmond on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Muckerberg connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Muckerberg looks to score with a jab to the body but Belmond is just out of range.
Belmond is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Itziar Belmond is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Muckerberg clinches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Belmond misses with an elbow strike.
Belmond pushes Muckerberg back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Belmond throws an elbow that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Belmond creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Belmond lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Muckerberg avoids the elbow strike from Belmond, against the cage.
Muckerberg lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Muckerberg avoids the elbow strike from Belmond, against the cage.
Muckerberg throws a punch but it's blocked by Belmond.
Belmond pushes Muckerberg back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Muckerberg blocks the elbow strike.
Muckerberg avoids a wild elbow strike from Belmond.
Belmond is struggling to control the position.
Muckerberg definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Belmond throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Muckerberg blocking some punches.
Belmond creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A short left from Muckerberg.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muckerberg blocks an elbow strike.
Muckerberg doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Muckerberg swings wildly with an uppercut but Belmond uses good head movement to avoid it.
Muckerberg throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Belmond misses with an elbow over the top.
Nice body punch from Muckerberg.
Belmond misses with a hook to the ribs.
Muckerberg misses with the head strike.
Muckerberg lands with a left to the head.
Muckerberg prevents a body shot from Belmond.
Muckerberg misses with the head strike.
Belmond misses with an elbow over the top.
A short right from Muckerberg on the inside.
Belmond letting Muckerberg take a breather here.
Good body shot from Belmond.
Belmond throws an elbow but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Belmond lands a right hand that snaps the head of Muckerberg backwards.
Belmond throws a head punch that misses.
Belmond lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Belmond.
Belmond gets underhooks to prevent Muckerberg's takedown attempt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Muckerberg blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Muckerberg takes a shot to the head.
Belmond lands a shot to the body.
Belmond is working Muckerberg over against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Muckerberg.
Muckerberg fails to pull guard.
Belmond throws an elbow but it misses.
Belmond gets through Muckerberg's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Belmond tries a knee to the head but Muckerberg blocks it.
Muckerberg scores with a shoulder strike.
Muckerberg has a couple of punches blocked by Belmond.
Muckerberg misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Muckerberg blocks the elbow strike.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Itziar Belmond dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Muckerberg dives in for a single leg takedown but Belmond sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Belmond.
Muckerberg is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Belmond being controlled against the cage.
Muckerberg drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Belmond gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Muckerberg tries to score a body lock takedown but Belmond shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Zark Muckerberg. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Muckerberg misses with the head strike.
Belmond lands an elbow just above Muckerberg 's eye.
It looks like Zark Muckerberg has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Muckerberg jumps into guard, dragging Belmond to the mat.
Muckerberg controls Belmond momentarily but Belmond frees himself.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Belmond working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Muckerberg is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Belmond is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Muckerberg is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Muckerberg is looking to take a break and control but Belmond is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Belmond keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Belmond wants to control but Muckerberg is keeping busy.
Muckerberg is looking to advance position but Belmond won't allow it.
Muckerberg not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Belmond wants to get back to full guard.
Belmond is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Muckerberg jumps into side control!
Muckerberg working the ground and pound but Belmond is defending the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Belmond can't do much from the bottom here.
Muckerberg looking to control but instead Belmond has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Belmond won't allow Muckerberg to pass to mount.
Belmond is in trouble now - Muckerberg has advanced to mount!
Muckerberg trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Belmond is looking to get to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Muckerberg throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Belmond because Muckerberg loaded up on that one.
Belmond really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Muckerberg throwing strikes here but Belmond is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Belmond holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Muckerberg tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Muckerberg scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Belmond?
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Muckerberg looking to control and managing it successfully.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Zark Muckerberg dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Zark Muckerberg's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Muckerberg throws a right hand that misses
and Belmond counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Belmond misses the jab.
Itziar Belmond seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Muckerberg will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Belmond dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Muckerberg. That did some damage!
Muckerberg shoots in looking for a takedown. Belmond tries to sprawl out of it but Muckerberg keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Belmond manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Belmond doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Muckerberg scores with a decent looking hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Belmond throws a hook but Muckerberg blocks it.
Muckerberg lands with a hook. Belmond tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Belmond throws an overhand right that lands on Muckerberg's shoulder, as Muckerberg tries to avoid the shot.
Belmond drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Muckerberg rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Belmond counters with an outside leg kick.
Muckerberg takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Belmond ducks under a wild hook from Muckerberg.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muckerberg thows a leg kick but Belmond checks it
and Belmond counters with a thumping low kick.
Muckerberg will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A decent looking cross lands there for Belmond.
Belmond looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Good work by Belmond as he checks the leg kick.
Belmond is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Belmond lands with a cross.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Belmond scoring well with a low kick there.
Muckerberg misses with a double jab
and Muckerberg takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muckerberg will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Belmond looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Belmond misses with a head kick.
Muckerberg closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Belmond quickly recovers to half guard.
Belmond is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Belmond is staying active underneath Muckerberg, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Muckerberg is just content to waste time from the top position. Belmond takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Belmond can't keep his opponent in guard - Muckerberg advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Belmond has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Muckerberg is working away from the top position though.
Belmond desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Muckerberg not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Muckerberg passes into side control, despite Belmond's attempt to control the position.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Itziar Belmond.
I think Belmond 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Itziar Belmond!
A victorious Itziar Belmond thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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