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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Robert Mongo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Al Swearengen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Mongo might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Blitzkrieg Bop. Swearengen is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Deadwood by David Schwartz. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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150 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
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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
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Robert Mongo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Al Swearengen!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mongo turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Swearengen goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Mongo gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Mongo lands a damaging elbow.
Swearengen trying to land knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Mongo lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Swearengen trying to stall but Mongo improves his position.
Mongo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Swearengen.
Mongo creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Swearengen's defenses.
Swearengen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mongo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Swearengen avoids it.
Mongo throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Mongo throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Mongo lands a nice elbow.
Mongo lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Mongo is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Swearengen is keeping busy.
Mongo lands an elbow inside that Swearengen shrugs off.
Swearengen misses with a punch on the inside.
Swearengen takes a knee right on the jaw!
Swearengen trying to stall but Mongo improves his position.
Swearengen blocks an elbow strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Mongo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Swearengen blocks it with crossed arms.
Mongo lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Swearengen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Swearengen taking a breather.
Swearengen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Swearengen tries to work over Mongo's front leg with a kick but Mongo checks it.
Mongo pushes Swearengen away with a front kick.
Mongo slips a straight right by Swearengen.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mongo darts in and clinches Swearengen up against the cage.
Swearengen cracks Mongo with a nice body shot.
Mongo gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Mongo throws an elbow but it misses.
Mongo looking to throw knees to the head but Swearengen is blocking nicely.
Swearengen is trying to stall.
Swearengen takes a knee to the side of the body.
Mongo gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Mongo gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Mongo slows down the pace here.
Nice elbow from Mongo.
Swearengen is trying to stall.
Swearengen is stalling here.
Swearengen utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Swearengen taking a breather.
Mongo throws an elbow but it misses.
Swearengen's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Al Swearengen.
Mongo has Swearengen up against the cage in a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mongo gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Swearengen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mongo avoids it.
Swearengen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Mongo lands an elbow inside.
Mongo misses with an elbow strike.
Swearengen is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Swearengen takes an elbow to the forehead.
Mongo gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Swearengen takes a knee right on the jaw!
Swearengen is trying to maintain a safe position but Mongo gets an underhook and turns Swearengen into the cage.
Swearengen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mongo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Swearengen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Mongo throws an elbow that misses.
Swearengen taking a breather.
Mongo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Swearengen looks gassed!
Mongo misses with an elbow strike.
Swearengen stalling in the clinch but Mongo improves position.
Mongo keeps control of Swearengen as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Mongo throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Mongo creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Knees to the body from Mongo.
Mongo is looking to control Swearengen's arms but Swearengen gets an underhook and turns him. Now Mongo has his back to the cage.
Mongo lands a good knee to the midsection. Swearengen won't want to take too many of those.
Swearengen blocks an elbow strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mongo pushes off an throws an elbow but Swearengen leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Swearengen is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Mongo is keeping busy.
Mongo lands a nice knee to the body.
Mongo throws an elbow but it misses.
Mongo lands an elbow that stopped Swearengen in his tracks for a moment.
Mongo tries to land knees in the clinch but Swearengen avoids the damage to the body.
Swearengen dodges an elbow strike from Mongo.
Mongo lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Swearengen is trying to break free.
Mongo lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Mongo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Swearengen.
Mongo lands a damaging elbow.
Swearengen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Mongo has taken the fight to the clinch.
Swearengen is trying to stall.
Mongo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Swearengen tries to stall but Mongo uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Mongo looking to throw knees to the head but Swearengen is blocking nicely.
Mongo lands an elbow inside that Swearengen shrugs off.
Mongo trying to land knees to the body.
Swearengen is trying to break free.
Mongo gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Swearengen avoiding damage as Mongo throws knees to the body.
Mongo comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Swearengen wants to get back to striking at distance but Mongo won't allow it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Mongo throws an elbow but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Swearengen trying to control the position but instead, Mongo has worked for underhooks and has pushed Swearengen into the cage.
Mongo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mongo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Mongo landing knees to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Swearengen takes an elbow to the temple.
Swearengen avoiding damage as Mongo throws knees to the body.
Mongo prevents Swearengen from breaking the clinch.
Mongo lands a good knee to the midsection. Swearengen won't want to take too many of those.
Swearengen trying to control the position but instead, Mongo has worked for underhooks and has pushed Swearengen into the cage.
Swearengen blocks an elbow strike.
Swearengen blocks the elbow strike.
Swearengen has had enough of the clinch but Mongo keeps him there for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Robert Mongo dominated that round.
That's time! Mongo's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Mongo misses with a leg kick.
Mongo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Swearengen looks to land a right hand but Mongo moved out of range.
Swearengen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Robert Mongo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Swearengen throws a leg kick which misses Mongo's front leg but catches the back leg as Mongo tries to avoid it.
Mongo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mongo throws a leg kick that misses.
Swearengen looks to throw the jab but Mongo is out of range.
Mongo cracks the inside of Swearengen's front leg.
Swearengen throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Mongo throws a leg kick that misses.
Mongo throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Swearengen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Al Swearengen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A low kick from Mongo misses
enabling Swearengen to counter with a crisp jab.
Swearengen looks to score with a jab to the body but Mongo is just out of range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Mongo lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Swearengen has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Swearengen and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Swearengen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mongo throws a leg kick which misses Swearengen's front leg but catches the back leg as Swearengen tries to avoid it.
Mongo throws a quick inside leg kick.
Swearengen throws a hook to the side of Mongo's head but Mongo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mongo has closed the distance and engaged Swearengen in a clinch.
Swearengen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mongo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Mongo as Swearengen tries to tie him up.
Mongo lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Mongo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mongo lands an elbow inside that Swearengen shrugs off.
Swearengen is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Swearengen is breathing heavily.
A left hand lands to the body for Mongo.
Swearengen taking a breather.
Swearengen seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
Mongo lands an elbow inside that Swearengen shrugs off.
Swearengen tries to break free but Mongo pushes him back against the cage.
Swearengen misses with a knee to the head.
Mongo managing to block the knees to the body from Swearengen.
Mongo lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Mongo lands an elbow inside that Swearengen shrugs off.
Mongo comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Swearengen takes a knee to the side of the body.
Swearengen missing with knees to the body.
Mongo lands a good knee to the midsection. Swearengen won't want to take too many of those.
Mongo lands a left hand that snaps the head of Swearengen backwards.
Mongo slowing the pace effectively.
Mongo scores a nice knee to the body.
Swearengen takes an elbow to the temple.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mongo lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Mongo throws an elbow that misses.
Mongo lands a nice elbow.
Mongo lands a knee to the head.
Swearengen looking to stall.
Mongo with a knee to the head.
Swearengen dodges an elbow strike from Mongo.
Swearengen avoids a wild elbow strike from Mongo.
Swearengen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mongo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Swearengen is looking to break free of the clinch but Mongo has double underhooks.
Mongo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Swearengen avoids a wild elbow strike from Mongo.
Mongo lands a knee to the body.
Swearengen avoiding damage as Mongo throws knees to the body.
Mongo lands an elbow that stopped Swearengen in his tracks for a moment.
Mongo comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Swearengen wants to stall.
Mongo landing knees to the body.
Swearengen looking to stall.
Swearengen takes an elbow to the forehead.
Mongo lands an elbow inside.
Swearengen takes an elbow to the forehead.
Swearengen takes an elbow to the forehead.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Swearengen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mongo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Mongo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Swearengen lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mongo creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Swearengen's defenses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Mongo.
Mongo lands an elbow that stopped Swearengen in his tracks for a moment.
Mongo lands an elbow just above Swearengen 's eye.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Swearengen 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.
Mongo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Swearengen lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Swearengen is trying to maintain a safe position but Mongo gets an underhook and turns Swearengen into the cage.
Mongo avoiding damage as Swearengen throws knees to the body.
Mongo throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Mongo lands a damaging elbow.
Mongo creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Swearengen's defenses.
Swearengen is trying to maintain a safe position but Mongo gets an underhook and turns Swearengen into the cage.
Swearengen avoids the elbow strike from Mongo, against the cage.
Swearengen trying to stall but Mongo improves his position.
Swearengen is trying to break free.
Swearengen looking to slow down the pace here.
Mongo misses with an elbow strike.
Swearengen takes a knee to the side of the body.
Swearengen takes a knee to the side of the body.
Mongo working Swearengen over with knees to the body.
Mongo lands a nice elbow.
Mongo lands a nice elbow.
Mongo lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Mongo avoiding damage as Swearengen throws knees to the body.
That's four 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.
Swearengen tries to stall but Mongo uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Mongo lands a right hand that snaps the head of Swearengen backwards.
Swearengen takes an elbow to the forehead.
Swearengen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Mongo scores a nice knee to the body.
Mongo is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Swearengen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mongo connects with a solid leg kick.
Swearengen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Swearengen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mongo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Swearengen looks to throw the jab but Mongo is out of range.
Mongo throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Mongo slips a jab and a cross from Swearengen.
Swearengen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Swearengen blocks an elbow strike from Mongo.
Mongo managing to block the knees to the body from Swearengen.
Mongo throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Mongo lands a damaging elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Robert Mongo dominated that second 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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Mongo pushes Swearengen up against the cage in a clinch.
Swearengen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mongo blocks it with crossed arms.
Swearengen blocks the elbow strike.
Swearengen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Swearengen tries to land knees in the clinch but Mongo avoids the damage to the body.
Nice elbow from Mongo.
Swearengen trying to stall but Mongo improves his position.
Nice elbow from Mongo.
Mongo lands an elbow just above Swearengen 's eye.
Mongo misses with an elbow over the top.
Swearengen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mongo avoids it.
Mongo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Swearengen takes an elbow to the temple.
Mongo lands an elbow inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Mongo as Swearengen tries to tie him up.
Robert Mongo has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Swearengen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mongo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mongo stalling against the cage.
Swearengen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mongo lands a nice elbow.
Swearengen breaks from the clinch.
Swearengen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Mongo throws a sloppy head kick and Swearengen moves out of range easily.
Swearengen chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Mongo can pounce on him.
Swearengen throws a chopping leg kick but Mongo manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A thudding body kick lands there by Mongo!
That's one minute gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Mongo.
Swearengen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Mongo lands with a thumping leg kick.
Swearengen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mongo lands a nice leg kick that just misses Swearengen's sensitive parts.
Swearengen throws a leg kick but Mongo sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Swearengen loads up on a big right hand but Mongo slips the punch.
Swearengen listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Swearengen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Swearengen's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Mongo clinches up against the cage.
Mongo misses with an elbow strike.
Mongo lands an elbow inside.
Mongo lands an elbow inside that Swearengen shrugs off.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Mongo as Swearengen tries to tie him up.
Mongo pushes off an throws an elbow but Swearengen leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Mongo has Swearengen pressed against the cage, preventing Swearengen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Swearengen blocks the elbow strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Mongo.
Swearengen has had enough of the clinch but Mongo keeps him there for the moment.
Swearengen wants to stall.
Swearengen wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mongo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Swearengen.
Swearengen trying to stall but Mongo improves his position.
Mongo pushes off an throws an elbow but Swearengen leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Swearengen wants to stall.
Swearengen blocks the elbow strike.
Swearengen takes a knee to the side of the body.
Mongo lands a nice knee to the body.
Mongo slows down the pace here.
Mongo throws an elbow that misses.
Swearengen tries to break free but Mongo pushes him back against the cage.
Swearengen missing with knees to the body.
Swearengen takes an elbow to the temple.
Swearengen avoids the elbow strike from Mongo, against the cage.
Mongo throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Swearengen is trying to force a seperation but Mongo has the dominant position.
Swearengen blocks an elbow strike.
Swearengen takes an elbow to the forehead.
Swearengen is trying to break free.
Swearengen avoids a wild elbow strike from Mongo.
Swearengen takes an elbow to the forehead.
Swearengen tries to circle away but Mongo has him pinned against the cage.
Mongo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Swearengen is trying to break the clinch but Mongo is controlling him.
Swearengen takes an elbow to the temple.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swearengen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mongo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mongo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Mongo takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Mongo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Mongo is looking to control Swearengen's arms but Swearengen gets an underhook and turns him. Now Mongo has his back to the cage.
Mongo throws an elbow but it misses.
Swearengen takes a knee to the side of the body.
Swearengen is trying to force a seperation but Mongo has the dominant position.
Mongo lands an elbow inside.
Swearengen wants to stall.
Mongo lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Swearengen is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Mongo with a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Mongo.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Swearengen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mongo turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Swearengen takes a swing at Mongo's ribcage but misses.
Mongo blocks a jab.
Mongo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Swearengen.
A chopping leg kick lands by Mongo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Mongo looks to clinch
and Swearengen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Mongo ducks under a wild hook from Swearengen.
Robert Mongo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Mongo lands with a thumping leg kick.
Swearengen takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Nice uppercut lands for Swearengen. That snapped Mongo's head back.
Mongo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mongo pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Swearengen keeps the fight on the outside.
Mongo closes the distance and pushes Swearengen back into the cage.
Swearengen missing with knees to the body.
Swearengen lands a body punch.
Mongo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Swearengen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mongo.
Swearengen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mongo.
Swearengen is trying to maintain a safe position but Mongo gets an underhook and turns Swearengen into the cage.
Swearengen looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Al Swearengen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mongo lands a good knee to the midsection. Swearengen won't want to take too many of those.
And that's the end of the fight!
Robert Mongo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Mongo 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Robert Mongo!
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