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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Rodriguez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chico Lincoln (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chico Lincoln has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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Brawler
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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 Los Angeles, Ryan Rodriguez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chico Lincoln!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horrible takedown by Lincoln or perhaps it was just good defense by Rodriguez which made him look bad.
Rodriguez darts in and clinches Lincoln up against the cage.
Lincoln working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Rodriguez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rodriguez darts in and clinches Lincoln up against the cage.
Lincoln breaks the clinch.
Rodriguez drives through with a takedown into guard.
Rodriguez avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Rodriguez postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Lincoln throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lincoln isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Rodriguez stacks Lincoln on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Rodriguez!
Rodriguez staying calm.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lincoln prevents Rodriguez from improving position.
Rodriguez sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Lincoln is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Lincoln is looking for a sweep.
The referee asks Rodriguez politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Rodriguez prefers to stall for the moment though.
Lincoln takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Lincoln trying to remain calm as Rodriguez controls from the top position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Lincoln taking punishment in the form of punches.
Rodriguez tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Rodriguez tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Rodriguez has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Lincoln is looking for a sweep.
Lincoln looks gassed!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez works to advance to full mount. Lincoln defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Lincoln wants to control but Rodriguez is having none of it.
Lincoln is working to get back to half guard.
Rodriguez looking to control but Lincoln is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Rodriguez stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
Rodriguez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rodriguez drives through with a takedown into guard.
Rodriguez pushing down on Lincoln's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Lincoln keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez wants to lay and pray for a moment but Lincoln keeps working.
Lincoln wants to control but Rodriguez is keeping busy.
Lincoln is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Rodriguez scores with a couple of nice shots.
Lincoln actively working from the bottom here.
Rodriguez is thwarting Lincoln's attempts to control the position.
Lincoln is trying to control but Rodriguez passes into side control!
Rodriguez creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Lincoln sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Lincoln tries to close the distance and clinch but Rodriguez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryan Rodriguez dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Lincoln darts in trying to clinch
and Rodriguez counters with a shoot takedown. Lincoln fights it but they end up in guard.
Lincoln tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Lincoln looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Rodriguez pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Lincoln is keeping the position for now.
Lincoln wants to control but Rodriguez passes easily into half guard.
Rodriguez seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Lincoln looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodriguez seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Lincoln does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Lincoln is breathing heavily.
Lincoln looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Rodriguez throws a nice outside leg kick.
Rodriguez has taken the fight to the clinch.
Lincoln looking for a takedown.
Rodriguez lands a body punch.
Lincoln breaks from the clinch.
Rodriguez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lincoln swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lincoln tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Rodriguez counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Rodriguez prevents Lincoln from improving his position.
Lincoln manages to get to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lincoln keeping moving, preventing Rodriguez from controlling successfully.
Rodriguez passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
Lincoln is defending against the submission attempts here by Rodriguez.
Lincoln slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Rodriguez preventing the sweep.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lincoln is looking for a triangle but Rodriguez pushes his legs off easily.
Rodriguez throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Lincoln works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Lincoln looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Rodriguez pushing down on Lincoln's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Rodriguez has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Rodriguez breaks from Lincoln's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Rodriguez controlling the pace for now.
Rodriguez scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Lincoln?
Rodriguez 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 four minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez wants to control the pace but Lincoln is squirming around nicely.
Ryan Rodriguez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Rodriguez content just to control the position here.
Rodriguez working Lincoln over with strikes here.
Lincoln tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Rodriguez looking to control but Lincoln is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Lincoln wants to hold on but Rodriguez pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryan Rodriguez dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!
Rodriguez drives through with a takedown into guard.
Lincoln escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Rodriguez gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Lincoln not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Lincoln keeping moving, preventing Rodriguez from controlling successfully.
Lincoln wants to stand up but Rodriguez is controlling him.
Lincoln is pulling down on Rodriguez's head. It's preventing any offense from Rodriguez, at least for the moment.
Lincoln wants to sweep but no luck.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lincoln keeping moving, preventing Rodriguez from controlling successfully.
Lincoln tries to land a sweep but no joy.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Rodriguez shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Rodriguez looking to control but Lincoln is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
A nice elbow there by Rodriguez.
Rodriguez breaks from Lincoln's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Rodriguez in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Lincoln is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Rodriguez working from mount. He moves in close and looks like he might be going for an arm triangle... He's hopped off to the side and he's transitioned into an Anaconda choke. Lincoln turning a nasty shade of purple. He's refusing to tap but he's gone! He's out! The ref rips Rodriguez off and cradles Lincoln's limp body as Rodriguez celebrates with his corner.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:03 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Anaconda Choke). Ryan Rodriguez!
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pop
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RATING
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