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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jamie Richard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Al Bondigas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Al Bondigas has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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205 lbs
3 - 4 - 0 |
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190 cm
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220 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jamie Richard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Al Bondigas!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Marco Blurström and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Richard circles away from the clinch attempt.
Richard looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Bondigas is fending him off so far but Richard persists. Nope, Bondigas circles away and we're back to standing.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bondigas. That's going to slow Richard down.
Richard avoids the head kick by Bondigas.
Richard wants to clinch
and Bondigas counters with a nice leg kick.
Bondigas takes the fight into the clinch.
Richard jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Bondigas walks away with a smile on his face. Richard gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Bondigas throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bondigas moves in looking to clinch but Richard pushes him off.
Bondigas lands a head kick!
It looks like Jamie Richard has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bondigas pushes Richard up against the cage in a clinch.
Richard content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Richard on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bondigas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Richard clinches but Bondigas breaks the clinch
and Bondigas makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Richard shoots in but Bondigas avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jamie Richard. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Richard is breathing heavily.
Bondigas clinches with his opponent.
Bondigas looking to throw knees to the head but Richard is blocking nicely.
Bondigas breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Richard avoids the head kick by Bondigas.
Bondigas's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Bondigas duly obliges.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Bondigas.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bondigas closes the distance and clinches.
Bondigas scores with a knee to the head.
Bondigas putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Richard in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bondigas breaks from the clinch.
Bondigas has taken the fight to the clinch.
Knees to the body from Bondigas.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bondigas obliges.
Richard takes a knee to the side of the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bondigas with a knee to the head.
Bondigas manages to break the clinch.
Nice body kick there by Bondigas.
Richard tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Bondigas counters with a nice body kick.
Bondigas throws a head kick that half lands.
A head kick misses from Bondigas.
Bondigas lands with a shot to the body.
Bondigas moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Richard clinches but Bondigas breaks the clinch
and Bondigas counters with a solid body kick.
Bondigas forces Richard back against the cage and clinches.
Bondigas's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bondigas throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bondigas fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Richard.
Richard takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Bondigas scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Bondigas ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Richard moves away.
Bondigas throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Richard.
Richard darts in trying to clinch
and Bondigas makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Richard wants to clinch
and Bondigas moves into the clinch.
Bondigas blocking some punches.
Bondigas pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bondigas misses with a double jab.
Bondigas throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Richard tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Bondigas counters with a head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Richard closes the distance but Bondigas moves to the side
and Bondigas counters with a right hand to the body.
Bondigas misses with a double jab.
Richard closes the distance looking to clinch
and Bondigas holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Bondigas unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bondigas connects with a knee to the head.
Bondigas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Richard darts in trying to clinch
and Bondigas counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Bondigas.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bondigas scores a nice knee to the body.
Bondigas prevents a takedown attempt there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Al Bondigas dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jamie Richard's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Bondigas throws a sloppy head kick and Richard moves out of range easily.
Jamie Richard is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Richard clinches with his opponent.
Richard on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Richard blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Richard prevents Bondigas from breaking the clinch.
Bondigas breaks from the clinch.
Bondigas closes the distance and clinches.
Bondigas pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Richard clinches but Bondigas breaks the clinch
and Bondigas holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Richard is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Bondigas breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Bondigas.
Richard misses with a takedown
and Bondigas makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Richard takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Bondigas thuds his shin into the meat of Richard's side.
Bondigas throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bondigas lands a high kick!
Richard closes the distance but Bondigas moves to the side
and Bondigas counters with a head kick. That will keep Richard thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Al Bondigas seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Richard darts in trying to clinch
and Bondigas counters with a head kick.
Bondigas connects with a high kick.
Bondigas throws a sloppy head kick and Richard moves out of range easily.
Bondigas circles away from the clinch attempt
and Bondigas counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Bondigas.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bondigas lands a good knee to the midsection. Richard won't want to take too many of those.
Bondigas manages to break the clinch.
Bondigas moves into the clinch.
Bondigas with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bondigas manages to break the clinch.
Bondigas pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Bondigas with a hook.
Bondigas displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Richard wants to clinch but Bondigas slips to the side
and Bondigas holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Bondigas prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jamie Richard. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bondigas escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Richard darts in trying to clinch
and Bondigas counters with a low kick, right behind Richard 's knee.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richard fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Richard shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Bondigas as he avoids it easily.
Bondigas throws a front kick that sends Richard stumbling back into the cage.
Richard showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bondigas.
Richard takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Bondigas dodges the punch combination from Richard.
Bondigas throws a shot to the body.
Bondigas misses with a head kick.
Bondigas misses with a double jab.
Bondigas circles away from the clinch attempt
and Bondigas counters with a leg kick.
Bondigas has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bondigas throws a left and a right that both miss
and Richard counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Richard. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Bondigas breaks the clinch.
Richard tries to clinch but Bondigas moves away
and Bondigas counters with a nice kick to the body.
Richard is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Bondigas defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Richard.
Bondigas darts in and clinches Richard up against the cage.
Bondigas is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bondigas breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Richard fails with a takedown attempt.
Bondigas stuffs the takedown.
Bondigas lands a nice shot to the body.
Richard wants to clinch
and Bondigas counters by moving into the clinch.
Bondigas escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Al Bondigas showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jamie Richard's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Richard tries to keep at a distance but Bondigas has taken the fight into the clinch.
Bondigas lands an elbow just above Richard 's eye.
Bondigas lands a nice knee to the body.
Bondigas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Richard tries to clinch up
and Bondigas counters with a slapping leg kick.
Bondigas is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Richard rather than just go for the knockout.
Bondigas throws a head kick but Richard moves out of range.
Bondigas feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Richard's calf.
Richard scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The fighters are battling for position here. Bondigas manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Bondigas working a defensive guard here.
Richard is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Bondigas is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Bondigas has escaped and now he's on top!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Richard throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Richard tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Richard is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Bondigas defends well.
Richard throws his legs up looking for a submission but Bondigas uses it to pass to side control.
Bondigas creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Richard is trying to improve his position.
Bondigas tries to advance to mount but Richard denies him.
Bondigas has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Bondigas fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Richard, pushing him back against the cage.
Bondigas breaks the clinch.
Bondigas closes the distance and clinches.
Al Bondigas seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Bondigas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bondigas gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Bondigas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Richard drives through with a takedown into guard.
Richard in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richard drops back looking for a submission - "I'm sorry sir, but I'm gunna break your leg" says Richard as he cranks on the unfortunate limb! Bondigas screams and taps out before any major damage is done! Don't mess with Richard! Nice submission victory there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Jamie Richard!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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