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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dan Jokuani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Victor Menjivar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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185 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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, Dan Jokuani!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Victor Menjivar!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jokuani looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Menjivar throws a head kick that misses
and Jokuani counters with an outside leg kick.
Menjivar throws a leg kick
and Jokuani counters with a leg kick.
Some wild striking there from Menjivar.
Menjivar connects with a solid leg kick.
Menjivar misses with a body kick.
A low kick from Jokuani misses
and Menjivar counters with an outside leg kick.
Jokuani showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Menjivar.
Menjivar throws a sloppy head kick
and Jokuani counters with a three punch combo that has Menjivar backing up. Menjivar nods at Jokuani to acknowledge the strikes.
Jokuani throws a head kick that misses
and Menjivar counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters circling - Menjivar throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Menjivar throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jokuani.
Menjivar lunges at Jokuani with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Jokuani's hand.
Menjivar throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Jokuani.
Menjivar looks gassed!
Jokuani misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Menjivar lands an overhand right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Menjivar misses the shot to the body.
Victor Menjivar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A low kick from Menjivar misses
and Jokuani counters with an outside leg kick.
Jokuani throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Menjivar's head.
Menjivar blocks the body kick.
Jokuani throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Menjivar counters with a nice body kick.
Jokuani throws a push kick but Menjivar slaps the foot to one side.
Menjivar swings away with a body shot that misses
and Jokuani makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Jokuani walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Menjivar checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A head kick by Menjivar misses
and Jokuani counters with a good low kick that Menjivar was not able to check.
Jokuani connects with a high kick.
Jokuani swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Menjivar will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Menjivar misses with a hook to the body
and Jokuani counters with an inside leg kick.
A head kick by Menjivar misses
and Jokuani counters with an outside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Menjivar takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jokuani feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Menjivar's calf.
Jokuani connects with a solid leg kick.
Jokuani lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A solid leg kick lands there for Jokuani.
Jokuani fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Menjivar.
Jokuani throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Jokuani lands with a kick to the temple. Menjivar shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Jokuani misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jokuani is looking to slow Menjivar down with leg kicks.
Jokuani pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Menjivar has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Jokuani.
Good leg kick by Jokuani there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Jokuani chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Menjivar's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jokuani turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Jokuani scores with a nice body kick.
Menjivar on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Jokuani lands a head kick!
Jokuani scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Menjivar has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Jokuani.
Jokuani connects with a nice looking jab.
Jokuani throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Jokuani lands a head kick. Menjivar smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jokuani fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Menjivar.
Jokuani moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Jokuani thumps Menjivar with a low kick.
Menjivar takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jokuani connects with a solid leg kick.
Jokuani throws a nice inside leg kick.
Jokuani lands an overhand right.
Jokuani swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Menjivar.
Jokuani dodges the punch combination from Menjivar.
Menjivar on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Menjivar steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Jokuani. That one must have hurt.
Jokuani lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Jokuani scores with a shot to the body.
Menjivar on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Jokuani. Jokuani obviously looking to wear him down.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jokuani lands a high kick!
Jokuani lands a front kick.
Jokuani throws a nice head kick!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dan Jokuani dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Jokuani looks to score with a jab to the body but Menjivar is just out of range.
Menjivar tried to score with a low kick but Jokuani checks it.
Jokuani is looking to score with low kicks.
Jokuani takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Menjivar misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Menjivar has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Jokuani.
Jokuani lands a nice looking body kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Jokuani, right into the meat.
Jokuani scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Jokuani misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jokuani throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jokuani scores with a shot to the body.
Jokuani lands a front kick.
Jokuani throws a head kick but Menjivar moves out of range.
Menjivar throws a quick inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokuani throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jokuani lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Menjivar takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Jokuani scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Menjivar doesn't seem bothered though.
Menjivar takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Some wild striking there from Jokuani.
Jokuani is looking to wear down Menjivar with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Jokuani misses with a low kick.
Menjivar missing with a left hand there. Jokuani was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Menjivar takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Jokuani lands with a kick to the temple. Menjivar shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Jokuani throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Jokuani throws a leg kick which misses Menjivar's front leg but catches the back leg as Menjivar tries to avoid it.
Jokuani throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jokuani turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Jokuani turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Menjivar misses the shot to the body.
Jokuani thows a body kick. Menjivar tries to catch it but that hurt him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Menjivar has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Jokuani.
Menjivar takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Jokuani tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Menjivar walks forward, straight into a front kick from Jokuani.
Jokuani misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jokuani turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Jokuani connects with a solid leg kick.
Jokuani throws a head kick but Menjivar moves out of range.
Menjivar on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Jokuani. Jokuani obviously looking to wear him down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jokuani throws a nice inside leg kick.
A head kick from Jokuani lands but Menjivar takes it in his stride.
Jokuani feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Menjivar's calf.
An inside leg kick lands from Jokuani.
Jokuani is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Menjivar can do to turn this around?
Jokuani looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Jokuani. Menjivar shrugs it off though.
Jokuani throws the kick towards the body but Menjivar avoids it.
Jokuani misses with a head kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Jokuani. That's going to slow Menjivar down.
Menjivar avoids a kick to the body.
Jokuani lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Menjivar backs up against the cage.
Menjivar throws a sloppy head kick and Jokuani moves out of range easily.
Menjivar throws a leg kick
and Jokuani counters with a low kick, right behind Menjivar 's knee.
Dan Jokuani is winning the standup battle so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Menjivar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Menjivar on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
An inside leg kick lands from Jokuani.
Jokuani connects with a leg kick. Menjivar looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Jokuani.
Jokuani scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Jokuani.
Jokuani fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Sloppy strikes from Jokuani. Those never looked like landing.
Jokuani thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Menjivar if he has to take too many more of those.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jokuani feints and then cracks Menjivar's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Menjivar down.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jokuani turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Jokuani, right into the meat.
Jokuani throws a leg kick which misses Menjivar's front leg but catches the back leg as Menjivar tries to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dan Jokuani dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!
Jokuani lands a nice leg kick that just misses Menjivar's sensitive parts.
Jokuani uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Menjivar.
Jokuani tests Menjivar's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Jokuani. That's going to slow Menjivar down.
Jokuani buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Jokuani throws the kick towards the body but Menjivar avoids it.
Menjivar misses with a kick to the body.
Jokuani looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A low kick from Menjivar is predictable there
and Jokuani counters with a nice low kick that buckles Menjivar's knee momentarily.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Menjivar might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Jokuani has got the better of the exchanges.
Jokuani throws a nice inside leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jokuani scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Jokuani throws a head kick that misses.
Menjivar takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokuani throws a sloppy head kick and Menjivar moves out of range easily.
Menjivar throws a lazy head kick
and Jokuani counters with an outside leg kick.
Jokuani lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Jokuani lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Nice body kick there by Jokuani.
Jokuani lands with a thumping leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jokuani. Menjivar does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jokuani thumps Menjivar with a low kick.
Jokuani thows a body kick. Menjivar tries to catch it but that hurt him.
A solid body kick from Jokuani.
Jokuani scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Jokuani explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Jokuani turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jokuani pivots, looking for a leg kick but Menjivar is out of range and Jokuani settles back down.
Jokuani lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Jokuani lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Jokuani chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Jokuani scores with a leg kick.
Menjivar takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jokuani throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Jokuani lands a head kick!
Jokuani throws a nice inside leg kick.
Jokuani connects with an inside leg kick.
Jokuani scoring well with a low kick there.
Jokuani plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Victor Menjivar is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jokuani throws a push kick but Menjivar slaps the foot to one side.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Jokuani. That's going to slow Menjivar down.
Jokuani getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A solid leg kick lands there for Jokuani.
Jokuani throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Menjivar's head.
Jokuani scores with a kick to the midsection.
Jokuani lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Jokuani motions for Menjivar to come forward. Jokuani throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Jokuani lands a nice leg kick that just misses Menjivar's sensitive parts.
Menjivar throws a leg kick that is checked
and Jokuani counters with a big head kick but Menjivar shrugs it off.
Jokuani throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Menjivar counters with a head kick.
Jokuani moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Jokuani fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Jokuani throws a head kick that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jokuani throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Menjivar throws a low kick, looking for Jokuani's leg but Jokuani calmly moves out of range.
A good leg kick by Jokuani.
Menjivar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jokuani looks to land a body kick but Menjivar moved away.
Victor Menjivar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jokuani misses with an attempted mid kick.
Jokuani connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Menjivar throws a sloppy head kick
and Jokuani counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Jokuani thuds a left hand into Menjivar's body.
Jokuani throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Menjivar stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jokuani lands a nice leg kick that just misses Menjivar's sensitive parts.
Menjivar walks into a straight right hand from Jokuani.
Dan Jokuani is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jokuani with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dan Jokuani showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Jokuani has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Suge Night scores the fight 30:25
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:25
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dan Jokuani!
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