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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Manbearpig (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miguel Salazar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). John Manbearpig had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Manbearpig!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Miguel Salazar!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Daniel Franklin and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Salazar tries to bum rush Manbearpig with a series of wild strikes but Manbearpig uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Salazar misses with a double jab.
Salazar lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Salazar.
A clash of legs there as Salazar blocks the low kick.
Salazar misses with a few strikes there.
Manbearpig doesn't manage to clinch there - Salazar circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Manbearpig looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Manbearpig pushes Salazar up against the cage in a clinch.
Salazar has had enough of the clinch but Manbearpig keeps him there for the moment.
Manbearpig tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Salazar avoids it.
Salazar wants to get back to striking at distance but Manbearpig won't allow it.
Salazar escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Salazar dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Manbearpig showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Salazar.
Salazar fails to land with a series of punches.
Salazar keeps the fight on the outside.
Salazar throws a right and a left that both miss.
Some wild striking there from Salazar.
Manbearpig pushes Salazar up against the cage in a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Manbearpig crunches a lovely knee into Salazar's ribcage.
Manbearpig prevents Salazar from breaking the clinch.
Salazar wants to get back to striking at distance but Manbearpig won't allow it.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Manbearpig.
Salazar working hard to break the clinch.
Salazar working hard to break the clinch.
Salazar escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Manbearpig tries to close the distance and clinch up but Salazar swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Salazar keeps the fight on the outside.
Salazar keeps the fight on the outside.
Manbearpig tries to clinch there but Salazar circles away.
Salazar throws a leg kick
and Manbearpig moves into the clinch.
Manbearpig tries to land a knee to the head but Salazar blocks with his arms.
Salazar's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Salazar misses with a combination
and Manbearpig counters with a low kick, right behind Salazar 's knee.
Salazar throws a right hand that Manbearpig ducks under and follows up with a left that Manbearpig also avoids with ease.
Manbearpig tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Salazar throws a right hand that Manbearpig ducks under and follows up with a left that Manbearpig also avoids with ease.
Manbearpig wants to clinch up but Salazar keeps it at a distance.
Salazar scores with a body shot.
Some wild striking there from Salazar.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salazar lands an overhand right.
Salazar tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Salazar swats away the attempt to clinch by Manbearpig.
Salazar throws a series of punches but Manbearpig moves out of range.
Salazar throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Manbearpig connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Salazar looks gassed!
Manbearpig wants to clinch.
Salazar misses with a combination
and Manbearpig holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Manbearpig.
Salazar is trying to break the clinch but Manbearpig is controlling him.
Salazar wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Salazar wants to break free but Manbearpig has control.
Salazar has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Manbearpig trying to land knees to the body.
Manbearpig landing knees to the body.
Salazar wants to break free but Manbearpig has control.
Manbearpig lands a knee to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salazar is trying to break free.
Salazar wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Manbearpig has him pressed against the cage.
Salazar avoiding damage as Manbearpig throws knees to the body.
Salazar working hard to break the clinch.
Manbearpig is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Salazar wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Manbearpig has him pressed against the cage.
Salazar is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Manbearpig tries to land knees in the clinch but Salazar avoids the damage to the body.
Manbearpig looking to throw knees to the head but Salazar is blocking nicely.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Salazar wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Manbearpig comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Manbearpig misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Salazar.
Manbearpig prevents Salazar from breaking the clinch.
Salazar blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Manbearpig unloads a knee to the mid-section. Salazar lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Salazar pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Manbearpig misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A head kick misses from Manbearpig.
Manbearpig lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Salazar looks to score with a jab to the body but Manbearpig is just out of range.
Manbearpig ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Salazar misses with a leg kick
and Manbearpig counters with a head kick.
Manbearpig tries to clinch but Salazar is having none of it.
Salazar throws a right and a left that both miss.
Salazar chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Manbearpig can pounce on him.
Manbearpig tries to clinch up but Salazar circles away and keeps his distance.
Salazar fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A chopping leg kick lands by Manbearpig.
Manbearpig tries to close the distance and clinch but Salazar swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A low kick from Salazar misses
and Manbearpig counters with a nice low kick that buckles Salazar's knee momentarily.
Salazar avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Manbearpig closes the distance and clinches.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Manbearpig obliges.
Manbearpig tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Manbearpig tries a knee to the head but Salazar blocks it.
Salazar takes a knee right on the jaw!
A frustrated look appears on Salazar's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Manbearpig tries to land knees in the clinch but Salazar avoids the damage to the body.
Salazar managing to block the knees to the body from Manbearpig.
Manbearpig throws an elbow that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Manbearpig dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Manbearpig is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Salazar jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Salazar lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Manbearpig wants to clinch.
Salazar looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Manbearpig doesn't manage to clinch there - Salazar circles away.
Manbearpig takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Miguel Salazar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Salazar lands a jab.
Manbearpig tries to clinch there but Salazar circles away.
Salazar falls off balance throwing a combination
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Salazar is breathing heavily.
Manbearpig tries to clinch but Salazar is having none of it.
Manbearpig is looking to slow Salazar down with leg kicks.
Salazar throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Manbearpig tries to close the distance and clinch but Salazar swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A chopping leg kick lands by Manbearpig.
Manbearpig forces Salazar back against the cage and clinches.
Manbearpig is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Salazar is defending well for now.
Salazar tries to break the clinch but Manbearpig is controlling the position.
Salazar wants to break the clinch but can't.
Salazar wants to break free but Manbearpig has control.
Manbearpig keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Salazar's efforts to push away.
Manbearpig has Salazar pressed against the cage, preventing Salazar from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Salazar can't break the clinch.
Manbearpig is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Salazar is defending well for now.
Manbearpig tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Salazar avoids it.
Manbearpig using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Salazar has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Manbearpig tries to land knees in the clinch but Salazar avoids the damage to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Salazar's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Manbearpig trying to land knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Manbearpig obliges.
Manbearpig tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Salazar breaks from the clinch.
Salazar swats away the attempt to clinch by Manbearpig.
Manbearpig is looking to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manbearpig takes the fight into the clinch.
Manbearpig throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Salazar managing to block the knees to the body from Manbearpig.
Salazar breaks the clinch.
Salazar lands a slapping body shot.
A punch combination from Salazar misses.
Jab, jab by Salazar - just one landing.
Manbearpig tries to clinch there but Salazar circles away.
Salazar lands with an overhand left.
Manbearpig throws a sloppy head kick and Salazar moves out of range easily.
Manbearpig wants to clinch up but Salazar keeps it at a distance.
Manbearpig takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Manbearpig tries to close the distance and clinch but Salazar swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Salazar swinging wildly here.
Manbearpig gets a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salazar on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Salazar is looking to break free of the clinch but Manbearpig has double underhooks.
Manbearpig putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Salazar in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Salazar can't break the clinch.
Salazar has had enough of the clinch but Manbearpig keeps him there for the moment.
Manbearpig has Salazar pressed against the cage, preventing Salazar from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Salazar is trying to break the clinch but Manbearpig has him pressed against the cage.
Manbearpig pushes off an throws an elbow but Salazar leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Salazar has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Manbearpig with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Salazar is trying to break the clinch but Manbearpig is controlling him.
Salazar tries to break the clinch but Manbearpig is controlling the position.
Manbearpig has Salazar pressed against the cage, preventing Salazar from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Manbearpig misses with an elbow strike.
Manbearpig keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Salazar's efforts to push away.
Manbearpig misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Salazar.
Manbearpig lands an elbow that stopped Salazar in his tracks for a moment.
Manbearpig scores a nice knee to the body.
Salazar manages to break the clinch.
Manbearpig darts in and clinches Salazar up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Salazar has had enough of the clinch but Manbearpig keeps him there for the moment.
Manbearpig misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Salazar.
Manbearpig using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Manbearpig landing knees to the head.
Manbearpig is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Salazar is defending well for now.
Manbearpig keeps control of Salazar as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Manbearpig tries a knee to the head but Salazar blocks it.
Salazar blocks an elbow strike.
Salazar breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Manbearpig throws a head kick that half lands.
Salazar thuds a left hand into Manbearpig's body.
Salazar goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Salazar misses with a two punch combination.
Salazar throws a right hand that Manbearpig ducks under and follows up with a left that Manbearpig also avoids with ease.
Salazar throws a right and a left that Manbearpig avoids nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fight stays on the outside here - Manbearpig looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Manbearpig tries to clinch but Salazar moves out of range.
John Manbearpig is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Manbearpig fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Miguel Salazar showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Manbearpig goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Salazar blocks the body kick.
Salazar misses with a series of wild punches.
The fight stays on the outside here - Manbearpig looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Manbearpig is looking to clinch.
Salazar lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Salazar.
Manbearpig showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Salazar.
Manbearpig looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Salazar avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Manbearpig wants to clinch up but Salazar keeps it at a distance.
Manbearpig tries to clinch but Salazar is having none of it.
Salazar throws a left and a right that both miss
and Manbearpig holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Salazar's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Manbearpig trying to control the position but instead, Salazar has worked for underhooks and has pushed Manbearpig into the cage.
Salazar takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salazar tries to break free but Manbearpig pushes him back against the cage.
Manbearpig misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Salazar.
Salazar has had enough of the clinch but Manbearpig keeps him there for the moment.
Manbearpig throws a knee to the head but misses.
Manbearpig working Salazar over with knees to the body.
Salazar takes a knee to the side of the body.
Salazar wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Manbearpig creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Salazar's defenses.
Salazar working hard to break the clinch.
Salazar wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Manbearpig lands a nice elbow.
Manbearpig lands a nice knee to the body.
Salazar is trying to force a seperation but Manbearpig has the dominant position.
Salazar escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Manbearpig tries to clinch up.
Salazar circles away from the clinch attempt.
Manbearpig tries to close the distance and clinch but Salazar swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Salazar lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Salazar with a jab.
Miguel Salazar seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Manbearpig slips a jab and a cross from Salazar.
Salazar's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manbearpig tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Salazar misses with a double jab.
Manbearpig throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Manbearpig tries to clinch up but Salazar circles away and keeps his distance.
Salazar lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Manbearpig circles away quickly and effectively.
Manbearpig tries to clinch but Salazar is having none of it.
Manbearpig tries to close the distance and clinch but Salazar swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Manbearpig fails in his attempt to clinch.
Salazar thuds a left hand into Manbearpig's body.
Salazar keeps the fight on the outside.
Manbearpig showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Salazar.
Salazar throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Manbearpig lands a nice looking kick to the body. Salazar takes a step back to recover.
Manbearpig drives through and clinches with Salazar against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manbearpig tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Salazar working hard to break the clinch.
Manbearpig connects with a knee to the head.
Manbearpig gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Manbearpig crunches a lovely knee into Salazar's ribcage.
Salazar tries to break the clinch but Manbearpig is controlling the position.
Salazar tries to break the clinch but Manbearpig is controlling the position.
Manbearpig misses with a knee to the head.
Salazar is trying to break free.
Manbearpig trying to stall but Salazar improves his position.
Manbearpig tries to land a knee to the head but Salazar blocks with his arms.
Salazar is trying to break the clinch but Manbearpig has him pressed against the cage.
Manbearpig unloads a knee to the mid-section. Salazar lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Manbearpig has Salazar pressed against the cage, preventing Salazar from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Manbearpig keeps control of Salazar as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Manbearpig missing with knees to the body.
Manbearpig lands a knee to the head.
Salazar tries to circle away but Manbearpig has him pinned against the cage.
Salazar managing to block the knees to the body from Manbearpig.
Manbearpig lands an elbow inside that Salazar shrugs off.
Manbearpig looking to slow down the pace here.
Salazar looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
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.
Manbearpig tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Salazar avoids it.
Salazar breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Salazar throws a right and a left that both miss.
Manbearpig tries to clinch up.
Manbearpig tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
No joy there for Salazar, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Manbearpig fails with an attempt to clinch.
Manbearpig throws a quick inside leg kick.
Salazar misses with a series of wild punches.
The fight stays on the outside here - Manbearpig looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Manbearpig is looking to clinch but Salazar is avoiding it.
Salazar fails to land with a series of punches.
Manbearpig tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to John Manbearpig.
I think Manbearpig has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Manbearpig!
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