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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Gerald Lowe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hector Echevarria (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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130 lbs
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Good takedowns
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gerald Lowe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hector Echevarria!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lowe shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Lowe slows the pace down in half guard.
Lowe stops Echevarria from getting back to his feet.
Echevarria works his way to full guard. Good work.
Lowe has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Echevarria controls Lowe momentarily but Lowe frees himself.
Lowe is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Lowe accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Lowe tries to free his leg and advance position but Echevarria is retaining full guard.
Lowe looking to sit in guard and control but Echevarria gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Lowe manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lowe lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Lowe landing strikes from the mount and Echevarria is in trouble!
Echevarria can't escape the position.
Echevarria regains half guard.
Lowe is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Echevarria wants to improve his position but Lowe is controlling well.
Lowe is thwarting Echevarria's attempts to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Echevarria won't allow Lowe to pass to mount.
Echevarria wants to get back to his feet.
Echevarria looks gassed!
Echevarria has hold of Lowe's hands but Lowe slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Echevarria wants to control but Lowe is keeping busy.
Lowe is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Lowe lands with a punch from half guard.
Lowe lands strikes from half guard.
Echevarria has hold of Lowe's hands but Lowe slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Lowe passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Echevarria!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lowe lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Lowe raining down shots from the mount!
The referee warns Echevarria that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Lowe working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Lowe with shots to the head and body - Echevarria looks very uncomfortable down there.
Lowe lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Echevarria is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Lowe tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Lowe lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Lowe.
Lowe controlling his opponent.
Lowe seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Echevarria for as long as he can get away with.
Lowe scoring with strikes but Echevarria is staying in there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gerald Lowe dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Lowe darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Lowe wants to take a breather but Echevarria is having none of it.
Lowe throwing shots but Echevarria is blocking nicely.
Lowe lands strikes from half guard.
Lowe trying to control from half guard but Echevarria is working away.
Lowe trying to pass the guard but Echevarria defending well.
Lowe is nestled in close to Echevarria, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Lowe working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Echevarria's thigh. Echevarria counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Echevarria bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Lowe's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lowe looking for a sweep. Not yet Lowe, not yet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lowe keeping full guard, as Echevarria tries to pass.
Lowe is adopting a defensive guard.
Lowe trying to control the position.
Echevarria trying to control but Lowe is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Lowe keeping full guard, as Echevarria tries to pass.
Echevarriais looking to pass into half guard but Lowe pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Lowe is in guard.
Lowe scoring with some ground and pound.
Lowe won't allow Echevarria to sweep him here.
Lowe scoring with punches to the head and body.
Gerald Lowe overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Lowe controls from within his opponent's guard.
Lowe is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Lowe stays in close to Echevarria's body and controls the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Gerald Lowe just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Lowe looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Echevarria!
Lowe scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Echevarria tries to hold on but Lowe pushes him away.
Echevarria takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Lowe scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Echevarria?
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Lowe cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Echevarria tries to hold on but Lowe postures up.
Echevarria is desperately trying to improve his position but Lowe has a good base and remains in mount.
Lowe landing strikes, looking to finish!
Lowe lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Lowe fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Lowe breaks from Echevarria's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Echevarria wants to control but Lowe is having none of it.
Lowe with a couple of short strikes.
Lowe lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Lowe lands with some strikes.
Lowe sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gerald Lowe dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Echevarria misses with a takedown attempt
and Lowe counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Echevarria!
Echevarria tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Echevarria in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Lowe looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
BOOM! Lowe connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Lowe controlling from mount.
Echevarria takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Lowe with shots to the head and body - Echevarria looks very uncomfortable down there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Echevarria is desperately trying to improve his position but Lowe has a good base and remains in mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lowe sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Echevarria is trying to escape the mount.
Echevarria is bucking up trying to escape but Lowe cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Echevarria is bucking up trying to escape but Lowe cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Lowe scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Lowe with a couple of short strikes.
Lowe lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Lowe scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Lowe prevents Echevarria from getting the reversal.
Lowe dominating with strikes here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lowe landing strikes, looking to finish!
Lowe cracks Echevarria with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Lowe breaks from Echevarria's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Lowe with shots to the head and body - Echevarria looks very uncomfortable down there.
Echevarria is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Echevarria can't escape the position.
Lowe with good strikes from the mount here!
Lowe raining down shots from the mount!
Lowe with shots to the head and body - Echevarria looks very uncomfortable down there.
Echevarria is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lowe is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Echevarria can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Lowe landing shots from mount.
Lowe punishing his opponent with strikes.
BOOM! Lowe connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Lowe controlling his opponent.
Echevarria is looking to get to half guard.
Lowe with a couple of short strikes.
Lowe lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Echevarria hang on?
Lowe controlling from mount.
Lowe landing punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Echevarria is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Lowe postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Echevarria looks a forlorn figure.
Lowe content just to control the position here.
Lowe landing shots from mount.
Echevarria really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Lowe with shots to the head and body - Echevarria looks very uncomfortable down there.
Hector Echevarria has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gerald Lowe is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Lowe blocks Echevarria's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gerald Lowe showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Lowe has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gerald Lowe!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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