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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Trey Guarino (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Gerard Dekkers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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185 lbs
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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
13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Trey Guarino!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Michael Gerard Dekkers!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Guarino swats away the attempt to clinch by Dekkers.
Dekkers misses with an uppercut. Guarino saw that one coming.
Dekkers tries to close the distance and clinch but Guarino swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dekkers tries to clinch but Guarino moves out of range.
Dekkers gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Dekkers misses with a punch to the body.
Guarino tries for a takedown but Dekkers manages to get underhooks.
Dekkers is leaning against Guarino and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Dekkers doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Guarino.
Dekkers works on Guarino's body with a couple of short punches.
A head punch on the inside from Dekkers fails to land.
Dekkers pushes Guarino back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Guarino jumps guard but Dekkers stands there with Guarino around his waist. Guarino gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Dekkers misses with a punch on the inside.
Dekkers swings wildly with an uppercut but Guarino uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Dekkers fails to land.
Guarino drags the fight down to the ground.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dekkers controlling from the top position.
Dekkers wants to pass the guard but Guarino is keeping the position.
Dekkers trying to control but Guarino is working from the bottom.
Guarino working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Dekkers doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Dekkers manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Guarino working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Dekkers doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Dekkers manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Dekkers controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Michael Gerard Dekkers.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Dekkers.
Good exchange - Dekkers coming out on top.
Guarino misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dekkers.
Dekkers lands a glancing blow to the side of Guarino's head.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Guarino lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Dekkers has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Dekkers and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Guarino misses with an uppercut. Dekkers saw that one coming.
Guarino walks into a stiff left hand from Dekkers.
Guarino shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Trey Guarino. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guarino connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Dekkers avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dekkers swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Guarino closes the distance and clinches up with Dekkers, looking for a takedown. Guarino pushes Dekkers against the ropes but Dekkers circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Dekkers misses the jab.
Guarino defending well as Dekkers loads up on a big left hand.
Dekkers tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Guarino paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dekkers misses with an uppercut.
Guarino tries for a takedown but Dekkers sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Guarino slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Guarino throws a hook to the side of Dekkers's head but Dekkers sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dekkers swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Guarino.
Dekkers moves in looking to clinch but Guarino pushes him off.
Guarino throws out a leg kick but Dekkers moves out of range and Guarino only half commits.
Dekkers jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dekkers throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dekkers connects with the punch.
Dekkers doesn't manage to clinch there - Guarino circles away.
Guarino wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Guarino misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Dekkers counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Guarino moves away from the strike by Dekkers.
Guarino looks to land a combination but Dekkers avoids it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Gerard Dekkers dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Guarino swinging wildly here.
Guarino swings away with a body shot that misses
and Dekkers cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Guarino misses with a straight left.
Dekkers lands with a good body shot.
Guarino shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Dekkers pinned against the cage. Dekkers gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Guarino shoots in but Dekkers avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Dekkers dips to his left and cracks Guarino with an uppercut!
A shot to the body from Dekkers misses
and Guarino makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Dekkers throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dekkers. Guarino does a little dance to reset his feet.
Guarino staying out of range there.
Dekkers avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A bone on bone clash there as Dekkers blocks the leg kick.
Guarino takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Dekkers takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Guarino throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Guarino scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
It looks like Michael Gerard Dekkers has been cut.
Guarino uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dekkers.
Guarino looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Trey Guarino. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dekkers missing with a left hand there. Guarino was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guarino fails with a takedown attempt.
Guarino fails with a takedown attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dekkers ducks under a wild hook from Guarino.
Dekkers thuds a left hand into Guarino's body.
Dekkers throws a shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dekkers misses with a straight left.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dekkers misses with a body punch
and Guarino counters with a stiff right hand.
A leg kick checked by Dekkers.
Dekkers keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Guarino.
Dekkers swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Guarino counters with a nice double leg into side control. Dekkers won't be happy with that.
Dekkers struggling a bit here.
Dekkers gets back to half guard.
Guarino is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Guarino prevents Dekkers from improving his position.
Dekkers regains full guard. Nicely done.
Guarino trying to control but Dekkers is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dekkers is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Dekkers looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Guarino drops back looking for a leg! Dekkers is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Dekkers manages to kick Guarino off! Guarino jumps back into Dekkers's guard.
Dekkers keeping moving, preventing Guarino from controlling successfully.
Dekkers is pulling down on Guarino's head. It's preventing any offense from Guarino, at least for the moment.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Guarino stopping the sweep attempt from Dekkers.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Michael Gerard Dekkers will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Michael Gerard Dekkers's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Guarino throws a sloppy body shot
and Dekkers counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Guarino feints and as Dekkers raises his hands in defense, Guarino changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Dekkers is trying to keep Guarino in close.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Dekkers holds on and takes a little breather.
Guarino stopping the sweep attempt from Dekkers.
Guarino wants to stand but Dekkers has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Guarino wants to control from the top but Dekkers keeps moving.
Dekkers looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Guarino puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Dekkers takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dekkers keeping hold of Guarino's head, controlling as best he can.
Dekkers is looking to improve his position.
Guarino tries to pass to full mount but Dekkers defends it.
Dekkers moves into full guard.
Guarino wants to control from the top but Dekkers keeps moving.
Guarino is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Dekkers keeping moving, preventing Guarino from controlling successfully.
That's two 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.
Guarino thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Dekkers trying to control the position.
Guarino trying to stand up but can't free himself from Dekkers's guard.
Dekkers looking to hit a scissor sweep but Guarino is one step ahead there.
Guarino postures up.
Guarino trying to control the position from guard on top but Dekkers is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Trey Guarino.
Dekkers avoids the head kick by Guarino.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dekkers throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A slow jab from Dekkers misses its intended target.
Guarino will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Nice body punch from Dekkers.
Dekkers tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Michael Gerard Dekkers is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dekkers misses with a jab to the body
and Guarino counters with a three punch combo that has Dekkers backing up. Dekkers nods at Guarino to acknowledge the strikes.
Guarino throws a sloppy body shot
and Dekkers counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Dekkers tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Michael Gerard Dekkers seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dekkers throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Guarino misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guarino throws a low kick but Dekkers moves out of range easily.
Dekkers tries to clinch there but Guarino circles away.
Decent striking displayed by Guarino there.
Guarino throws a right and a left that Dekkers avoids nicely.
Guarino fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Trey Guarino has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dekkers throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dekkers displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Guarino.
Dekkers stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Dekkers wants it to stay on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Trey Guarino. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dekkers cracks Guarino with a right hand to the side of the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Trey Guarino showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Dekkers has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 28:29
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Michael Gerard Dekkers!
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