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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Spencer Pickens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marty Huerta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Spencer Pickens has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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182 lbs
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170 lbs
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Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Spencer Pickens!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Marty Huerta!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, John Mangel and Damien Edna.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pickens throws a low kick but it's checked well by Huerta.
Pickens loads up on a big right hand but Huerta slips the punch.
Pickens takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Huerta throws a sloppy head kick and Pickens moves out of range easily.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Huerta.
Pickens throws a low kick but it's checked well by Huerta.
Huerta swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Pickens.
Huerta tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pickens swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pickens motions for Huerta to come forward. Pickens throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Huerta tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Huerta has Pickens up against the cage in a clinch.
Pickens avoiding damage as Huerta throws knees to the body.
Huerta escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pickens throws the left hand but Huerta avoids the punch easily.
Huerta steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pickens.
Pickens swats away the attempt to clinch by Huerta.
Pickens misses with a hook. Huerta ducked under it nicely.
Pickens throws a jab but it's blocked by Huerta.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pickens changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Huerta tries to avoid it but Pickens manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Huerta to the ground. Huerta escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Pickens circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pickens misses the shot to the body.
Pickens throws a shot from downtown. Huerta moves away and avoids it.
Huerta lands a jab.
Huerta throws a sloppy head kick and Pickens moves out of range easily.
The fighters circle momentarily. Pickens darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Huerta slips under a jab.
A good leg kick by Huerta.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Pickens.
Huerta moves out of range of the strikes.
Huerta gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Pickens has had enough of the clinch but Huerta keeps him there for the moment.
Huerta keeps control of Pickens as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Pickens wants to break free but Huerta has control.
Pickens wants to break free but Huerta has control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Huerta with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pickens on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Huerta throws an elbow that misses.
Huerta manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Huerta throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pickens blocks it with crossed arms.
Huerta connects with a knee to the head.
Huerta lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Huerta lands a good knee to the midsection. Pickens won't want to take too many of those.
Huerta is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pickens is defending well for now.
Huerta lands a knee to the body.
Pickens blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Huerta throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Pickens takes a knee to the side of the body.
Huerta throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pickens blocks it with crossed arms.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Huerta lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Huerta breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Huerta misses with a low kick.
Huerta tries to clinch up.
Huerta throws a sloppy head kick and Pickens moves out of range easily.
Pickens shoots in and bounces Huerta off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Pickens is looking to work some ground and pound but Huerta has wrist control.
Pickens is looking to advance position but Huerta has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Pickens tries to lock up and control but Huerta gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Pickens has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pickens is trying desperately to improve position.
Huerta can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Pickens is looking to escape.
Huerta really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Pickens. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Pickens tries to lock up and control but Huerta gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marty Huerta dominated that round.
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.
Pickens throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pickens uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Huerta.
Huerta moves in looking to clinch but Pickens pushes him off.
Huerta blocks a low kick nicely.
Pickens on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Huerta is looking to clinch but Pickens is avoiding it.
Huerta throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Pickens missing with a left hand there. Huerta was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Huerta moves into the clinch.
Huerta connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pickens's face.
Huerta unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Huerta obliges.
Pickens wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Huerta has him pressed against the cage.
Huerta has Pickens pressed against the cage, preventing Pickens from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Knees to the body from Huerta.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Huerta breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Huerta throws a leg kick but Pickens moved away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pickens avoids a kick to the body.
Huerta lands with a thumping leg kick.
Pickens slips under a jab from Huerta.
Huerta looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Pickens fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Huerta connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Huerta lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Huerta throws a front kick that sends Pickens stumbling back into the cage.
Pickens has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Huerta.
Marty Huerta seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pickens with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Huerta to score with a decent uppercut.
Huerta pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Huerta lands a nice looking kick to the body. Pickens takes a step back to recover.
Huerta rushes Pickens and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A knee to the head by Huerta.
Huerta connects with a knee to the head.
Huerta breaks from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Huerta.
Huerta lands with a kick to the temple. Pickens shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Huerta lands a nice leg kick that just misses Pickens's sensitive parts.
Pickens avoids the head kick by Huerta.
Huerta tries to clinch up.
Huerta throws a head kick but Pickens moves out of range.
Huerta pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Pickens has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Huerta finds it's way round the side to connect with Pickens's head.
Huerta is looking to clinch but Pickens is avoiding it.
Huerta tries to clinch up but Pickens circles away and keeps his distance.
Pickens misses with a looping right.
Huerta with a nice cross.
Huerta cracks Pickens with a good jab.
Huerta wants to clinch up but Pickens keeps it at a distance.
Donk. Huerta catches Pickens right on the button with a cross.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Huerta lunges at Pickens with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Pickens's hand.
Both fighters circling a little - Huerta finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Huerta misses with a head kick.
Huerta misses with a series of wild punches.
Pickens throws a jab but it's blocked by Huerta.
A swing and a miss from Huerta.
Marty Huerta is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Huerta throws a head kick that misses.
Huerta tries to close the distance and clinch but Pickens swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Marty Huerta is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Huerta fails in his attempt to clinch.
Huerta tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Pickens throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Huerta chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Huerta uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pickens.
Pickens will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Huerta plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
A low kick from Pickens is predictable there
and Huerta counters with a nice uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pickens misses the jab.
Pickens rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Huerta moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A jab from Huerta does it's job there.
Pickens 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.
Huerta moves out of range of the leg kick from Pickens.
Huerta tries to clinch but Pickens moves out of range.
Huerta tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pickens swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A decent looking cross lands there for Huerta.
Huerta uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pickens.
Huerta throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Huerta.
Huerta connects with a nice looking jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Huerta throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Pickens shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Pickens tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Huerta is able to avoid easily.
Huerta slips a straight right by Pickens.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marty Huerta showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Pickens misses the jab.
A nice inside leg kick there by Huerta. That's going to slow Pickens down.
Huerta avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Huerta throws a sloppy head kick and Pickens moves out of range easily.
Pickens throws a right and a left that Huerta avoids nicely.
Pickens throws a leg kick
and Huerta counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Huerta scores with a punch to the head.
Pickens showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Huerta.
Huerta tries to clinch but Pickens moves out of range.
Huerta showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pickens.
Huerta throws a leg kick which misses Pickens's front leg but catches the back leg as Pickens tries to avoid it.
Pickens moves out of range of the body kick from Huerta.
Huerta connects with a jab.
Huerta listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Huerta wants to clinch up but Pickens keeps it at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Huerta avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Pickens wants to land a leg kick but Huerta is out of range.
Huerta has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Pickens misses with a takedown attempt - Huerta sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Pickens throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Huerta digs a good hook to Pickens's body.
Pickens staying out of range there.
Pickens defending well as Huerta loads up on a big left hand.
Huerta fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pickens moves out of range as Huerta strikes.
Pickens swats away the attempt to clinch by Huerta.
Huerta misses with a body kick.
Huerta with a lazy takedown attempt
and Pickens counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Pickens content to stall in guard here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pickens sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Huerta's guard.
Pickens is looking to take a break and control but Huerta is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Pickens looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Pickens missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pickens is trying to control the action in half guard but Huerta is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Pickens is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Huerta is trying to stand.
Pickens missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Pickens is trying to control. Huerta wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Pickens blocks a head kick by Huerta.
Huerta throws a shot from downtown. Pickens moves away and avoids it.
Huerta darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Huerta looks to throw the jab but Pickens is out of range.
Pickens misses with a takedown attempt
and Huerta counters with a nice leg kick.
A low kick from Pickens misses
and Huerta counters with a nice body kick.
Pickens throws a body punch but Huerta moves out of range.
Pickens ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Pickens moves out of range of the body kick from Huerta.
Pickens is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Pickens tries to work over Huerta's front leg with a kick but Huerta checks it.
Huerta throws an overhand right that lands on Pickens's shoulder, as Pickens tries to avoid the shot.
A big right from Huerta misses.
Huerta throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pickens shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Spencer Pickens has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pickens avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pickens looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Marty Huerta.
I've got Huerta 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 Skip Squint scores the fight 26:30
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 26:30
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marty Huerta!
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energy
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hype
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