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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between john patrick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Ribero (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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180 lbs
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170 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, john patrick!
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, Alex Ribero!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Cecil Peabody and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ribero tries to close the distance and clinch up but patrick swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ribero throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. patrick was covering up waiting for the punch and Ribero finishes the takedown easily into guard.
patrick tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Ribero trying to control but patrick is working from the bottom.
Ribero working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Ribero advances to half guard.
Ribero has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
patrick trying to control here.
patrick regains full guard. Nicely done.
That's one minute gone in the round.
patrick trying to strike off his back.
patrick keeping moving, preventing Ribero from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ribero slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Ribero stands and throws patrick's legs to the side, diving into side control.
You can see the frustration on patrick's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
patrick is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Ribero has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Ribero is looking to take a break and control but patrick is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
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.
patrick stuck in half guard on the bottom here.
Ribero is looking to take a break and control but patrick is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Ribero loads up on a big right hand but patrick slips the punch.
Ribero feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to patrick's calf.
Ribero tries to close the distance and clinch up but patrick swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ribero thuds his right hand into patrick's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Ribero shoots in but patrick avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Ribero scores with a leg kick.
patrick is breathing heavily.
Excellent takedown into side control there by patrick.
Ribero wants to control but patrick postures up.
Ribero manages to work his way to half guard, despite patrick's best efforts.
patrick blocks the strikes from Ribero.
Ribero slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ribero tries to strike from the bottom.
Ribero working a defensive guard here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ribero had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. patrick defends it easily.
patrick won't allow Ribero to sweep him here.
Ribero manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. patrick manages to get himself to full guard.
patrick preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Ribero wants to control from the top but patrick keeps moving.
Ribero is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alex Ribero dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Ribero wants to clinch up but patrick keeps it at a distance.
Ribero is looking to clinch but patrick is avoiding it.
Ribero slaps away a takedown attempt from patrick, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Ribero connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between patrick's hands.
Ribero takes the fight into the clinch.
patrick jumps guard but Ribero stands there with patrick around his waist. patrick gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Ribero is looking to break free of the clinch but patrick has double underhooks.
Ribero is trying to work for a single leg takedown but patrick pulls him back up using the underhooks.
patrick blocks an elbow strike from Ribero.
patrick throws a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by patrick.
patrick really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
patrick takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like john patrick has been cut.
Ribero lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ribero using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ribero comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ribero wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ribero cracks patrick with a nice body shot.
patrick blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ribero drops down looking for an ankle pick but patrick pulls his leg out and moves away.
Ribero fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ribero throws a head kick but patrick moves out of range.
Ribero lands with a right hand.
Ribero is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ribero tries to close the distance and clinch up but patrick swats him away and circles back towards the center.
patrick swats away the attempt to clinch by Ribero.
Ribero tries to close the distance and clinch but patrick swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
patrick keeps the fight on the outside.
Ribero is looking to clinch.
Ribero with a jab.
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.
Ribero throws a nice inside leg kick.
patrick circles away from the clinch attempt.
john patrick is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ribero shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and patrick counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Ribero!
john patrick has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alex Ribero.
Ribero is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Ribero is squirming around, avoiding patrick's attempts to control the action.
Ribero wants to control but patrick is having none of it.
patrick tries to control but Ribero wriggling away.
Ribero regains half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ribero is pressing down on patrick's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Ribero is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Ribero manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Ribero throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Ribero tries to control but patrick wriggling away.
Ribero sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
patrick can't escape the position.
Ribero looking to secure an arm triangle but patrick defends it well.
Ribero throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
patrick is squirming around, avoiding Ribero's attempts to control the action.
Ribero thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
patrick tries to lock up and control but Ribero gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alex Ribero showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on john patrick's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Ribero slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Ribero tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but patrick paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ribero shoots in for a takedown but patrick shows good takedown defense.
Ribero shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
patrick closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Ribero lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Ribero misses with a double jab.
patrick with a poor takedown
and Ribero counters with a body kick.
Ribero tries to clinch up but patrick circles away and keeps his distance.
Ribero tries to clinch but patrick moves out of range.
A jab lands there for Ribero.
Ribero tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but patrick paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nice sprawl there from Ribero as patrick shoots in.
Ribero tries to clinch but patrick moves out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ribero lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Ribero explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ribero connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
patrick keeps the fight on the outside.
Ribero tries to clinch there but patrick circles away.
patrick avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ribero will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
john patrick has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alex Ribero.
A chopping leg kick lands by Ribero.
Ribero tries to close the distance and clinch but patrick swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ribero doesn't manage to clinch there - patrick circles away.
Ribero tries to clinch but patrick is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ribero looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ribero.
patrick with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Ribero to score with a decent uppercut.
Ribero misses with a wild combination.
patrick swats away the attempt to clinch by Ribero.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
patrick tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Alex Ribero seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ribero tries to clinch up but patrick circles away and keeps his distance.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Ribero.
Ribero wants to clinch.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Ribero, right into the meat.
patrick is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Ribero tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but patrick paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ribero tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ribero tries to clinch up but patrick circles away and keeps his distance.
Ribero fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ribero fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt patrick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body kick there by Ribero.
Ribero is looking to clinch.
Ribero fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ribero tries to close the distance and clinch but patrick swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
patrick avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
patrick avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fighters circle momentarily. Ribero darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Ribero fails with a takedown attempt.
Ribero tries to close the distance and clinch up but patrick swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ribero is looking to clinch but patrick is avoiding it.
Ribero is looking to clinch.
patrick avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ribero lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
patrick displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Ribero.
patrick avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ribero wants to clinch up but patrick keeps it at a distance.
Ribero feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to patrick's calf.
Alex Ribero is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
patrick swats away the attempt to clinch by Ribero.
Ribero is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ribero is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ribero fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Ribero tries to clinch up.
Ribero has closed the distance and engaged patrick in a clinch.
john patrick has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ribero leaning his opponent against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alex Ribero comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Ribero has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 27:30
Judge George Francis scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alex Ribero!
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hype
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