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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between David Cabrera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Fortyfive (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, David Cabrera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Johnny Fortyfive!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Frank Dennis and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cabrera shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Cabrera was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Cabrera thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Fortyfive tries to lock up and control but Cabrera gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fortyfive tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Fortyfive is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Cabrera with a couple of short strikes.
Fortyfive is wriggling around trying to escape.
Cabrera lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Fortyfive is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cabrera pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Fortyfive doing his best to control the position. Can he escape?
Fortyfive taking shots to the head.
Cabrera wants to control the pace but Fortyfive is squirming around nicely.
Fortyfive is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Fortyfive is squirming around, avoiding Cabrera's attempts to control the action.
Cabrera is breathing heavily.
Cabrera putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Cabrera could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cabrera scoring with strikes but Fortyfive is staying in there.
Cabrera misses with a head shot.
Cabrera won't let Fortyfive get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Cabrera looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
A nice elbow there by Cabrera.
Cabrera blocks Fortyfive's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Cabrera looking to control but Fortyfive is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Fortyfive wants to hold on but Cabrera pushes him away.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Cabrera takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Cabrera wants to take Fortyfive's back but he can't do it this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fortyfive wants to get back to his feet.
Cabrera lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Fortyfive'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.
Cabrera postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Fortyfive looks a forlorn figure.
Fortyfive in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Cabrera can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Fortyfive is looking to escape.
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.
Fortyfive tries to hold on but Cabrera postures up.
Fortyfive is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Fortyfive working to try and regain half guard.
Fortyfive is trying to stand up.
Cabrera looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Fortyfive wants to control but Cabrera is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
David Cabrera dominated that round.
That's time! Cabrera's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Fortyfive throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Cabrera's waist but Cabrera gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Fortyfive off to one side.
Fortyfive fails in his attempt to clinch.
Left hook, right uppercut from Fortyfive.
Cabrera scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Fortyfive is looking for a sweep.
Cabrera has control of an arm but Fortyfive manages to advance to Cabrera's back!
Fortyfive misses with punches from the back.
Cabrera looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Cabrera tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cabrera is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Fortyfive wants to control the pace but Cabrera is squirming around nicely.
Cabrera wants to hold on but Fortyfive pushes him away.
Fortyfive sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Fortyfive wants to control the pace but Cabrera is squirming around nicely.
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.
Fortyfive throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Cabrera tries to hold on but Fortyfive pushes him away.
Fortyfive gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
Fortyfive shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Cabrera counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Fortyfive's guard now.
Cabrera passes Fortyfive's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Cabrera trying to control from Fortyfive's half guard. Fortyfive has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Fortyfive throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fortyfive looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Cabrera is stalling in the full guard.
Fortyfive working a defensive guard here.
Fortyfive is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Cabrera is controlling him.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Cabrera darts in trying to clinch
and Fortyfive counters with a nice leg kick.
David Cabrera is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
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.
Fortyfive is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cabrera fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Fortyfive, pushing him back against the cage.
Fortyfive misses with the head strike.
Fortyfive is looking to break free of the clinch but Cabrera has double underhooks.
Cabrera escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Fortyfive checks the leg kick.
Cabrera misses with the combination.
Cabrera misses with a kick to the body.
Fortyfive closes the distance looking to clinch
and Cabrera counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
David Cabrera dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Nice uppercut there from Fortyfive.
Fortyfive shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Cabrera manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Fortyfive trying to stand up but can't free himself from Cabrera's guard.
Fortyfive controlling from the top position.
Fortyfive trying to control the position from guard on top but Cabrera is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Fortyfive scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fortyfive controls from within his opponent's guard.
David Cabrera overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fortyfive trying to control the position from guard on top but Cabrera is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cabrera has his foot on Fortyfive's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Fortyfive works his way back into a safe position though.
Fortyfive's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Cabrera looking to control.
Cabrera keeping moving, preventing Fortyfive from controlling successfully.
Fortyfive throwing strikes from guard but Cabrera blocks nicely.
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.
Fortyfive wants to pass the guard but Cabrera is keeping the position.
Fortyfive looking to sit in guard and control but Cabrera gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Fortyfive looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Cabrera puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Fortyfive tries to get to full guard but Cabrera has control of the leg.
Cabrera is working for a submission of some sort.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fortyfive makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Fortyfive.
Fortyfive controls Cabrera momentarily but Cabrera frees himself.
David Cabrera is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Cabrera might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Cabrera controlling from the top position.
Cabrera wants to control from the top but Fortyfive keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Cabrera seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Fortyfive trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Fortyfive pulls Cabrera in close to prevent any damage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Cabrera trying to control but Fortyfive is working from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Johnny Fortyfive.
I think Cabrera 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 George Francis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... David Cabrera!
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hype
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FIGHT
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