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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Christopher Maine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Devin Urquidez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
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Great elbows
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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 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Christopher Maine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Devin Urquidez!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Chris Downing and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Urquidez moves out of range as Maine throws a body kick.
Urquidez tries to clinch up
and Maine counters with an outside leg kick.
Christopher Maine seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Urquidez throws a lazy head kick
and Maine counters with an outside leg kick.
Maine connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A solid leg kick lands there for Maine.
Urquidez throws a head kick that misses
and Maine counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Maine throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Urquidez counters by clinching up.
Maine is trying to break free.
Maine is looking to break free of the clinch but Urquidez has double underhooks.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Urquidez.
Urquidez lands an elbow just above Maine 's eye.
It looks like Christopher Maine has been cut.
Urquidez misses with an elbow strike.
Maine is trying to break the clinch but Urquidez has him pressed against the cage.
Maine has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Urquidez misses with an elbow strike.
Maine avoids a wild elbow strike from Urquidez.
Urquidez throws an elbow that misses.
Maine blocks the elbow strike.
Maine breaks the clinch.
A head kick misses from Maine.
Maine misses with a low kick.
Maine goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
An inside leg kick from Maine misses.
Urquidez moves to clinch but Maine breaks away
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Urquidez checks a leg kick.
Maine misses with a leg kick
and Urquidez counters with a solid body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maine throws a leg kick
and Urquidez counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Urquidez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Urquidez gets a clinch.
Maine breaks from the clinch.
Maine throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Urquidez throws a head kick that misses
and Maine counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Urquidez darts in trying to clinch
and Maine counters with a leg kick.
Maine blocks a head kick by Urquidez.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maine lands a high kick!
Maine lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Urquidez checks a leg kick nicely.
Maine thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Urquidez if he has to take too many more of those.
A low kick from Maine misses
and Urquidez counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Urquidez.
Maine has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Urquidez lands a damaging elbow.
Maine is looking to break free of the clinch but Urquidez has double underhooks.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Urquidez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Maine's brow.
Urquidez throws an elbow that misses.
Maine avoids the elbow strike from Urquidez, against the cage.
Maine blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Urquidez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Maine's brow.
Maine wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Urquidez throws an elbow that misses.
Maine escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Maine throws a head kick but Urquidez moves out of range.
Maine throws a leg kick
and Urquidez counters with a head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maine throws a leg kick that is checked
and Urquidez counters with a head kick.
Urquidez checks the leg kick.
Maine throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Urquidez tries to clinch up.
Urquidez tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Maine makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A low kick from Maine misses
and Urquidez counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Urquidez.
Maine wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Urquidez looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Maine wants to break free but Urquidez has control.
Maine is trying to force a seperation but Urquidez has the dominant position.
Maine manages to break the clinch.
Maine avoids the head kick by Urquidez.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Devin Urquidez will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Christopher Maine's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Urquidez tries to close the distance and clinch but Maine swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Urquidez tries a head kick but it misses.
Urquidez has Maine up against the cage in a clinch.
Urquidez throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Maine blocks an elbow strike.
Urquidez throws an elbow but it misses.
Maine pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
An inside leg kick lands from Maine.
Urquidez closes the distance but Maine moves to the side
and Maine counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Maine blocks a head kick by Urquidez.
Urquidez closes the distance but Maine moves to the side
and Maine counters with a nice low kick that buckles Urquidez's knee momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Urquidez closes the distance looking to clinch
and Maine makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Urquidez is looking to clinch but Maine is avoiding it.
Urquidez tries to clinch
and Maine makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Maine.
Maine tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Maine misses with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Urquidez tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Maine counters with a nice low kick that buckles Urquidez's knee momentarily.
Some bone on bone action there as Urquidez checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Urquidez tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Maine counters with an outside leg kick.
Maine wants to land a leg kick but Urquidez is out of range.
Maine misses with a low kick.
Urquidez tries to clinch but Maine moves away
and Maine counters with a thumping low kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for Maine.
Urquidez wants to clinch
and Maine counters with a solid body kick.
Devin Urquidez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maine lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Urquidez stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Maine.
Maine walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Urquidez checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Maine misses with a leg kick
and Urquidez counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Maine throws a body kick the misses
and Urquidez counters by moving into the clinch.
Maine wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Urquidez has him pressed against the cage.
Urquidez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Maine's defenses.
Maine is trying to break the clinch but Urquidez is controlling him.
Urquidez keeps control of Maine as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Maine is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Urquidez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Maine breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Maine misses with a leg kick
and Urquidez counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Urquidez.
Maine avoids the elbow strike from Urquidez, against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Maine's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Maine breaks from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maine thows a leg kick but Urquidez checks it
and Urquidez counters with an outside leg kick.
Urquidez closes the distance and clinches.
Maine's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Maine looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Maine throws a sloppy head kick
and Urquidez counters with a nice body kick.
A low kick from Maine is predictable there
and Urquidez counters by clinching up.
Maine wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Urquidez throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Urquidez misses with an elbow strike.
Urquidez has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Maine.
Maine manages to break the clinch.
Urquidez is looking to clinch but Maine is avoiding it.
Maine walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Urquidez checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A low kick from Maine is predictable there
and Urquidez holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Christopher Maine will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Christopher Maine's cut.
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!
Urquidez looks to clinch
and Maine counters with a nice low kick that buckles Urquidez's knee momentarily.
Maine throws a leg kick
and Urquidez counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Urquidez.
Maine blocks the elbow strike.
Urquidez lands a damaging elbow.
Maine wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Maine avoids the elbow strike from Urquidez, against the cage.
Maine's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Urquidez tries to clinch but Maine moves away
and Maine finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Urquidez tries to clinch but Maine moves away
and Maine counters with a big head kick but Urquidez shrugs it off.
Maine throws a head kick that misses.
Urquidez rushes Maine and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Urquidez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Maine blocks an elbow strike.
Urquidez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Maine's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Some bone on bone action there as Urquidez checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maine looks to land a body kick but Urquidez moved away.
Maine throws a leg kick
and Urquidez counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Urquidez.
Maine avoids the elbow strike from Urquidez, against the cage.
Maine escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A low kick from Maine misses
and Urquidez counters with a big head kick but Maine shrugs it off.
Maine connects with a solid leg kick.
Christopher Maine is winning the standup battle so far.
Maine scores with a leg kick.
Maine throws a leg kick
and Urquidez holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Urquidez keeps control of Maine as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Urquidez pushes off an throws an elbow but Maine leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Urquidez.
Urquidez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Urquidez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Maine's defenses.
Urquidez missing with knees to the body.
Maine's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maine chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Urquidez darts in trying to clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
An inside leg kick from Maine misses.
Maine throws a head kick that misses
and Urquidez counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Maine is lucky that one didn't land flush.
A low kick from Maine misses
and Urquidez moves into the clinch.
Maine is trying to force a seperation but Urquidez has the dominant position.
Maine manages to break the clinch.
Urquidez darts in trying to clinch
and Maine counters with a nice kick to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maine gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Urquidez counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Maine is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Maine fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Maine thows a leg kick but Urquidez checks it
and Urquidez counters with a big head kick but Maine shrugs it off.
Maine thows a leg kick but Urquidez checks it
and Urquidez counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Urquidez.
Maine blocks an elbow strike.
Urquidez misses with an elbow strike.
Maine tries to circle away but Urquidez has him pinned against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Urquidez throws an elbow but misses.
Maine blocks the elbow strike.
Urquidez creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Maine's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Urquidez tries to close the distance and clinch but Maine swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Urquidez looks to clinch
and Maine counters with a leg kick.
Maine pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Maine connects with a high kick.
Maine throws a leg kick that is checked
and Urquidez counters with a big head kick but Maine shrugs it off.
Maine throws a leg kick
and Urquidez counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Urquidez.
Urquidez throws an elbow that misses.
Urquidez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Christopher Maine's cut is getting worse.
Urquidez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Maine breaks from the clinch.
Maine tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Maine looks to throw a body kick
and Urquidez counters with a body kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Maine looks to throw a body kick
and Urquidez holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Devin Urquidez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Urquidez 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Devin Urquidez!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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