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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Chris Cyborg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pedro Fernandez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cyborg comes to the cage accompanied by Awaken . Fernandez has chosen The Fire Cadenza as his entrance music. Chris Cyborg has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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142 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
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178 cm
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104 lbs
10 - 2 - 1 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Good chin |
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chris Cyborg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pedro Fernandez!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Daniel Franklin and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cyborg connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Fernandez looks to score with a jab to the body but Cyborg is just out of range.
Cyborg scores with a nice head shot.
Fernandez avoids the body shot from Cyborg.
Fernandez misses with a hook. Cyborg ducked under it nicely.
Fernandez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cyborg misses with a jab to the body
and Fernandez counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Cyborg thinking.
Fernandez catches Cyborg with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Fernandez misses with a shot to the body
and Cyborg counters with a body kick that stops Fernandez in his tracks momentarily.
Fernandez cracks Cyborg with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Cyborg misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Cyborg throws a shot from downtown. Fernandez moves away and avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cyborg connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Fernandez misses with a shot to the body
and Cyborg holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Fernandez wants a takedown but no success here.
Cyborg tries a body shot but Fernandez blocks it.
Fernandez struggles to land a body shot inside as Cyborg controls his hands.
Cyborg misses with a punch on the inside.
Cyborg lands a body shot in the clinch.
Cyborg gets underhooks to prevent Fernandez's takedown attempt.
Fernandez presses Cyborg against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Cyborg is stalling here.
Fernandez tries to circle away but Cyborg has him pinned against the cage.
Cyborg works on Fernandez's body with a couple of short punches.
Fernandez tries for a takedown. No joy.
Chris Cyborg has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pedro Fernandez.
Fernandez struggles to land a body shot inside as Cyborg controls his hands.
Cyborg lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Cyborg makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fernandez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Fernandez drops down looking for an ankle pick but Cyborg pulls his leg out and moves away.
Pedro Fernandez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cyborg gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Fernandez throws a hook but Cyborg avoids it easily.
Cyborg connects with a jab.
Fernandez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Fernandez misses with the combination.
Cyborg closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cyborg throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Cyborg is trying to control. Fernandez wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Cyborg not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Cyborg not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Fernandez has hold of Cyborg's hands but Cyborg slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Cyborg sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Fernandez defending well though.
Fernandez blocking the ground and pound attempt from Cyborg.
Cyborg 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.
Cyborg uses his free foot to push down on Fernandez's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Fernandez.
Fernandez tries to buck Cyborg off but he can't manage it.
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.
Cyborg putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Cyborg lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Fernandez is squirming around, avoiding Cyborg's attempts to control the action.
Cyborg cracks Fernandez with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Fernandez is rocked!
Cyborg lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Fernandez hang on?
Fernandez is still in real trouble! Can Cyborg finish him?
Cyborg working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Fernandez really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Cyborg. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Cyborg sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
BOOM! Cyborg connects with a massive shot to the dome!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chris Cyborg dominated that 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.
Fernandez throws a sloppy body shot
and Cyborg counters with a body kick.
Fernandez seems to have recovered his senses.
Cyborg lands a glancing blow to the side of Fernandez's head.
Cyborg misses with a body punch
and Fernandez counters with a stiff right hand.
Fernandez thows a body shot but no joy.
Chris Cyborg seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cyborg misses with a right hand
and Fernandez counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Cyborg thinking.
Fernandez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cyborg throws out the jab.
Cyborg slips a jab and a cross from Fernandez.
Cyborg misses with a jab to the body
and Fernandez counters with a stiff right hand.
Cyborg misses the shot to the body.
Cyborg scores a takedown into full mount!
Cyborg lands a big elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fernandez is bucking up trying to escape but Cyborg cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Fernandez is in a horrible position here. Cyborg smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Cyborg is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Fernandez can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Fernandez can do anything to dispel that myth.
Cyborg working the ground and pound effectively.
Cyborg throws some wild stikes that Fernandez manages to avoid easily.
Cyborg looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Cyborg looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Fernandez covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chris Cyborg!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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