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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jose Batista (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodrigo Herrera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rodrigo Herrera acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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180 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jose Batista!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rodrigo Herrera!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Aafke Stam and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Herrera throws a nice looking combination but Batista bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Danga de danga de dang - Batista scores with a four punch combination!
It looks like Rodrigo Herrera has been cut.
Herrera tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Batista was well out of range. Poor timing from Herrera.
Herrera takes one to the side of the head.
Batista scores with a nice head shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Batista decides to pull guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Herrera stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Batista swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Batista striking from the bottom.
Herrera pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Batista is keeping the position for now.
Herrera is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Herrera throwing strikes from guard but Batista blocks nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Batista lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Herrera!
Herrera can't escape the position.
Batista controlling the position easily from mount.
The referee warns Herrera that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Batista looking to control and managing it successfully.
Batista has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Batista 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 two minutes gone in the round.
Herrera is looking to get to half guard.
Batista tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Batista lands a nice shot to the head.
Batista content just to control the position here.
Herrera's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Herrera looks gassed!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Batista sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Batista's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Jose Batista just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Batista looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Batista misses with a body shot
and Herrera counters with a leg kick.
No luck for Batista with that takedown attempt.
Herrera scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
It looks like Jose Batista has been cut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Batista misses.
Batista tries to clinch there but Herrera circles away.
Batista throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Herrera counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Batista closes the distance and clinches up with Herrera, looking for a takedown. Batista pushes Herrera against the cage but Herrera circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jose Batista. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Herrera throws a lazy right hand but Batista sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Herrera keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Batista swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Batista stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Herrera.
Batista throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jose Batista dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Herrera swings for the body but Batista moves out of range.
A big left from Batista misses.
Batista swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Herrera moves into the clinch.
Herrera is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Batista is keeping busy.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Herrera has Batista pushed against the cage.
Batista wants to stall.
Herrera looking to stall.
Herrera tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Herrera misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Batista.
Batista tries to pull guard but Herrera holds him up against the cage and eventually Batista drops back down to his feet.
Batista tries a body shot but Herrera blocks it.
Herrera tries to work over Batista's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Herrera has had enough of the clinch but Batista keeps him there for the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Batista.
Batista blocks a body shot from Herrera.
Batista tries to break free but Herrera pushes him back against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Batista.
Herrera is trying to maintain a safe position but Batista gets an underhook and turns Herrera into the cage.
Herrera is breathing heavily.
Herrera lands a nice uppercut.
Herrera slows down the pace here.
Batista pushes Herrera back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Herrera is trying to force a seperation but Batista has the dominant position.
Still in the clinch, Herrera scores with a nice short uppercut.
Herrera softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Batista wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Herrera is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Batista slowing the pace effectively.
Herrera trying to stall but Batista improves his position.
Batista tries to pull guard but Herrera holds him up against the cage and eventually Batista drops back down to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Herrera is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Batista is keeping busy.
Batista scores with a hook to the body.
Batista wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Batista lands a body punch.
Herrera is trying to maintain a safe position but Batista gets an underhook and turns Herrera into the cage.
Batista lands with a light punch inside.
Batista lands a nice shot to the body.
Batista lands with a right to the head.
A short left from Batista.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Batista.
Batista slowing the pace effectively.
Batista tries to pull guard but Herrera won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jose Batista. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Herrera is trying to stall.
A short uppercut from Batista.
Batista lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Batista lands a body punch.
Batista scores with a nice hook to the head.
Batista is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Batista gets through Herrera's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Batista drags the fight down to the ground.
Batista is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Herrera is controlling him.
Herrera missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Batista manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Herrera manages to get himself to full guard.
Herrera is looking to stand up but Batista isn't so interested in that idea.
Batista pushes down on Herrera's leg and manages to get into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Batista not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Batista looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Batista tries to pass the half guard into mount. Herrera knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Batista lands with a punch from half guard.
Batista tries to pass to full mount but Herrera defends it.
Batista seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jose Batista dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Herrera closes the distance and clinches.
Herrera tries to break the clinch but Batista is controlling the position.
Batista lands with a short shot to the head.
Batista displaying some good clinch control by pressing Herrera up against the cage.
Batista digs a right hand underneath Herrera's ribcage. Herrera let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Batista lands a body punch in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Herrera tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Batista avoids it.
Batista jumps guard.
Herrera got a little sloppy there for a moment and Batista has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Herrera has managed to get both his arms back between Batista's legs - danger averted.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Batista controls Herrera momentarily but Herrera frees himself.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Batista is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Herrera is looking to control Batista's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Herrera avoid being mounted?
Still in half guard, Batista seems content to control.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Herrera can do anything to dispel that myth.
Herrera is looking to control Batista's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Herrera avoid being mounted?
Batista stalling.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Batista trying to control from Herrera's half guard. Herrera has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Jose Batista just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Nice uppercut there from Herrera.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Batista keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Batista misses with the combination.
Jose Batista seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Batista misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Herrera.
Batista will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Batista misses with a straight left.
Batista throws a sloppy body shot
and Herrera counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Batista thows a body shot but no joy.
That's four 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.
Herrera fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jose Batista is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Batista closes the distance and pushes Herrera back into the cage.
Herrera misses with a body punch.
Herrera is trying to maintain a safe position but Batista gets an underhook and turns Herrera into the cage.
Herrera digs a right hand underneath Batista's ribcage. Batista let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Herrera throws a knee to the head but misses.
Herrera's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Batista is looking to break free of the clinch but Herrera has double underhooks.
Batista goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Batista keeps control of Herrera as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Herrera gets underhooks to prevent Batista's takedown attempt.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Herrera takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Rodrigo Herrera has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Batista lands on the inside with an uppercut.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jose Batista showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Batista 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 Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jose Batista!
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