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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pablo Dominguez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Masters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dominguez kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genuis that is California Love. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight 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, Pablo Dominguez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Michael Masters!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dominguez lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Dominguez keeps the fight on the outside.
Masters wants to clinch up but Dominguez keeps it at a distance.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Dominguez.
Dominguez cracks Masters with a big elbow.
Dominguez landing strikes.
Dominguez is chipping away with strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dominguez scoring with punches and elbows.
Masters regains half guard there - taking advantage of Dominguez's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Dominguez thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Masters to regain full guard.
Dominguez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Masters keeping full guard, as Dominguez tries to pass.
Masters looking to hit a scissor sweep but Dominguez is one step ahead there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Masters is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Dominguez is controlling him.
Dominguez wants to pass the guard but Masters is keeping the position.
Masters wants to stand and escape but Dominguez is having none of it.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Masters doesn't manage to clinch there - Dominguez circles away.
Masters has his takedown stuffed
and Dominguez counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Masters!
Dominguez lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Dominguez thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Masters wants to get back to his feet.
Masters tries to hold on but Dominguez postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dominguez landing strikes from the mount and Masters is in trouble!
Masters squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Masters looks gassed!
Masters wants to hold on but Dominguez pushes him away.
Dominguez scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Dominguez with the ground and pound from mount.
Masters wants to hold on but Dominguez pushes him away.
Dominguez postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Masters looks a forlorn figure.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Masters is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Dominguez is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Masters has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Dominguez lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dominguez connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Dominguez lands a heavy elbow.
Dominguez pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Dominguez is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Masters has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Masters!
Dominguez trying to control the position.
Dominguez has a closed guard, preventing Masters from standing up.
Masters trying to control but Dominguez is working from the bottom.
Dominguez is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Masters is looking to escape.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dominguez tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Masters.
Masters has one foot on Dominguez's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Dominguez circles away from the clinch attempt
and Dominguez counters by clinching up.
Masters lands an elbow inside.
Masters throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dominguez blocks it with crossed arms.
Dominguez takes a knee right on the jaw!
Masters tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Masters tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
With the fighters up against the cage, Masters throws an elbow but misses.
Masters tries to land knees in the clinch but Dominguez avoids the damage to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pablo Dominguez 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.
Dominguez looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Dominguez has gone for a leg lock! Masters slips out almost immediately though and dives into Dominguez's guard.
Masters wants to stand but Dominguez is controlling his posture from full guard.
Masters stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Dominguez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Dominguez throws a right and a left that Masters avoids nicely.
Dominguez jabs at Masters's body.
Dominguez misses with a series of wild punches.
Masters closes the distance but Dominguez moves to the side
and Dominguez counters with a single leg into guard. Masters didn't expect that.
Masters is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Dominguez working some strikes from top position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Masters manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Masters avoids the attempt from Dominguez to control.
Masters controlling the pace for now.
Dominguez is looking to get to half guard.
Dominguez is working hard here to advance position.
Pablo Dominguez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Dominguez wants to hold on but Masters pushes him away.
Dominguez tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Masters controlling from mount.
Dominguez sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Masters missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Dominguez moves into full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dominguez throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Masters stopping the sweep attempt from Dominguez.
Dominguez has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Masters has passed into side control.
You can see the frustration on Dominguez's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Dominguez tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Masters blocks the strikes from Dominguez.
Masters trying to control the action but Dominguez is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Dominguez throws a right and a left that both miss.
Pablo Dominguez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dominguez swats away the attempt to clinch by Masters.
Dominguez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dominguez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dominguez goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Masters takes the fight into the clinch.
Masters tries to land a knee to the head but Dominguez blocks with his arms.
Masters is trying to maintain a safe position but Dominguez gets an underhook and turns Masters into the cage.
Dominguez lands a nice uppercut.
Masters lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Masters using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dominguez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dominguez scores with a hook to the body.
Masters tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A short right from Dominguez on the inside.
Masters swings wildly with an uppercut but Dominguez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Masters misses with a knee strike.
Masters throws a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pablo Dominguez dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Masters fails with the takedown
and Dominguez decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Masters's guard.
Masters wants to stand and escape but Dominguez is having none of it.
Dominguez is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Masters is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Masters has escaped and now he's on top!
Masters stands and throws Dominguez's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Masters decides to stand back up.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Masters clinches up with Dominguez and pushes him back against the cage.
Masters tries to land a knee to the head but Dominguez blocks with his arms.
Dominguez turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Dominguez manages to end up in side control.
Masters holds on to Dominguez's head and controls the position momentarily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Masters struggling a bit here.
Masters should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dominguez throws a strike aimed at the side of Masters's head but Masters avoids it well.
Dominguez swings around for an armbar but Masters sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Dominguez's guard.
Dominguez looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Masters puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Dominguez manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Dominguez on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Dominguez tries to get out of the position.
Dominguez wants to sweep but no luck.
Dominguez has control of Masters's left arm, preventing Masters from doing any damage.
Masters won't allow Dominguez to sweep him here.
Dominguez throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Masters preventing the sweep.
Dominguez is looking to sweep but instead, Masters has passed into half guard.
Dominguez is looking to improve his position.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Dominguez misses with a double jab.
Dominguez throws a series of punches but Masters moves out of range.
Dominguez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Some wild striking there from Dominguez.
Masters tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A slapping leg kick lands for Masters.
Masters tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dominguez lands a jab-cross combination.
Masters darts in trying to clinch
and Dominguez counters with a shoot takedown. Masters fights it but they end up in guard.
Dominguez stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Masters swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dominguez with a flurry of punches that miss.
Dominguez is pushing down on Masters's leg trying to pass to half guard. Masters is fighting to maintain full guard but Dominguez has managed to sneak the leg through.
Dominguez seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Masters kicks Dominguez off and gets back to his feet.
Dominguez tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Masters swivels and escapes.
Masters tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Dominguez counters with a single leg into guard. Masters didn't expect that.
Masters wants to get back to his feet but Dominguez is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Masters keeping full guard, as Dominguez tries to pass.
Dominguez is looking to work some ground and pound but Masters has wrist control.
Dominguez throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Dominguez has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Dominguez throws a strike but Masters rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Masters gets to his feet - Dominguez follows without any prompting.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dominguez fails with a takedown attempt.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
The referee calls for Masters to work.
A head punch on the inside from Dominguez fails to land.
Masters lands a knee to the head.
Masters trying to land knees to the body.
Dominguez takes an elbow to the temple.
Masters misses with a knee to the head.
Masters looking to throw knees to the head but Dominguez is blocking nicely.
Dominguez changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Masters fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pablo Dominguez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dominguez circles away from the clinch attempt
and Dominguez counters with a nice double leg into side control. Masters won't be happy with that.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Masters wants to get back to his feet but Dominguez drags him back down.
Michael Masters has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dominguez working the ground and pound.
And that's the end of the fight!
Pablo Dominguez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Dominguez, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pablo Dominguez!
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