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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Roger Huerta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Xander Ryan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Xander Ryan is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Roger Huerta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Xander Ryan!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Elvis Blanc and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Huerta lands with a nice body kick.
Huerta throws a series of strikes that have Ryan backpedaling.
Ryan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Huerta manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ryan fails with the takedown
and Huerta counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Huerta with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Huerta breaks from the clinch.
Huerta closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Huerta gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Ryan.
Ryan tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Huerta smiles and moves away.
Roger Huerta has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Xander Ryan.
Ryan throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Huerta tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Ryan is in Huerta's guard.
Ryan pushes down on Huerta's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Huerta knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ryan on the ground.
Ryan decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Ryan has his takedown stuffed
and Huerta holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ryan is trying to drag Huerta to the mat but Huerta just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Huerta slowing the pace effectively.
Ryan pulls Huerta into guard.
Ryan controlling the position.
Huerta wants to stand but Ryan has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Huerta preventing the sweep.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Huerta wants to stand and escape but instead Ryan has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Huerta wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Huerta wants to stand up but Ryan is controlling him.
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.
Ryan loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ryan accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Huerta wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Ryan is now in half guard.
Ryan wants to control but Huerta is keeping him busy.
Ryan is looking to advance position but Huerta won't allow it.
Ryan trying to control from Huerta's half guard. Huerta has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Ryan trying to control the position from guard on top but Huerta is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Huerta looking for a sweep. Not yet Huerta, not yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Huerta being controlled here, momentarily.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Xander Ryan hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Huerta falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ryan counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Ryan.
Huerta trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Huerta is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Huerta is breathing heavily.
Ryan controls from within his opponent's guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Ryan wants to control from the top but Huerta keeps moving.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Ryan might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Huerta kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Xander Ryan.
Ryan has taken the fight to the clinch.
Huerta's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ryan darts in trying to clinch
and Huerta counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Huerta breaks the clinch.
Huerta throws a one two combo.
Ryan shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Huerta sprawls well. Huerta wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Ryan gets slowly back to his feet.
Ryan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Huerta paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ryan misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ryan moves into the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Huerta throws a knee to the head but misses.
Huerta tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Ryan smiles and moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Xander Ryan dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Ryan fails with the takedown
and Huerta counters with a nice body kick.
Ryan with a lazy takedown attempt
and Huerta counters with an outside leg kick.
Ryan throws a sloppy body shot
and Huerta counters with a nice leg kick.
Huerta throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Ryan decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Huerta's guard.
Ryan is looking to stand up but Huerta won't let him.
Huerta looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Ryan is breathing heavily.
Ryan is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Ryan trying to control the position from guard on top but Huerta is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ryan sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Ryan misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Huerta counters with a two punch combo.
Roger Huerta is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Huerta scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Ryan with a lazy takedown attempt
and Huerta counters by clinching up.
Roger Huerta has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Xander Ryan.
Huerta landing knees to the head.
Huerta lands a knee to the body.
Huerta misses with a knee to the head.
Huerta lands an uppercut.
Ryan drags the fight down to the ground.
Huerta decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Ryan has his takedown stuffed
and Huerta counters by clinching up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Huerta comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Huerta lands a knee to the head.
Huerta tries to land a knee to the head but Ryan blocks with his arms.
Ryan has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Huerta avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Huerta stalling in the clinch.
Ryan fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Huerta lands a damaging elbow.
Huerta stalling the fight.
Ryan jumps guard but Huerta stands there with Ryan around his waist. Ryan gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Huerta trying to land knees to the body.
Huerta content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Huerta lands an elbow that stopped Ryan in his tracks for a moment.
Huerta trying to stall but Ryan improves his position.
Ryan tries to pull guard but Huerta holds him up against the cage and eventually Ryan drops back down to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Huerta jumps guard.
Ryan stops Huerta from standing up.
Ryan content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Ryan trying to control the position from guard on top but Huerta is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ryan sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Huerta's guard.
Ryan is working for a kimura but Huerta is defending it quite comfortably.
Ryan is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Huerta is looking to control Ryan's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Huerta avoid being mounted?
Ryan is trying to control the action in half guard but Huerta is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Ryan controlling the action here.
Huerta is staying active underneath Ryan, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Ryan is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Ryan wants to take a breather but Huerta is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Xander Ryan will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Huerta's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Huerta throws a nice looking combination but Ryan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Huerta throws a right and a left that Ryan avoids nicely.
Huerta has Ryan up against the cage in a clinch.
Huerta stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Huerta pushes Ryan back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Huerta using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ryan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ryan wants a takedown.
Huerta prevents a takedown attempt there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Huerta's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ryan tries to pull guard but Huerta holds him up against the cage and eventually Ryan drops back down to his feet.
Roger Huerta has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Xander Ryan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ryan avoiding damage as Huerta throws knees to the body.
Huerta's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Huerta tries to land knees in the clinch but Ryan avoids the damage to the body.
Ryan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Huerta has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Huerta misses with a knee to the head.
Ryan prevents Huerta from breaking the clinch.
Huerta gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Ryan.
Ryan is pressed up against the cage. Huerta has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Ryan down to the mat. Ryan avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Huerta tries to clinch up but Ryan circles away and keeps his distance.
Huerta slaps away a takedown attempt from Ryan, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Ryan tries to score a power double leg takedown but Huerta sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Ryan somewhat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Huerta misses with a double jab
so Ryan counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Ryan has gone for a leg lock! Huerta slips out almost immediately though and dives into Ryan's guard.
Ryan has his foot on Huerta's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Huerta works his way back into a safe position though.
Huerta wants to stand but Ryan has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Ryan pushes Huerta off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Huerta closes the distance and pushes Ryan back into the cage.
Ryan looking to slow down the pace here.
Ryan tries to pull guard but Huerta holds him up against the cage and eventually Ryan drops back down to his feet.
Huerta breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ryan gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Huerta counters with a one-two to the body.
A combination from Huerta does no damage.
Huerta connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ryan misses with a takedown attempt
and Huerta counters with a three punch combo that has Ryan backing up. Ryan nods at Huerta to acknowledge the strikes.
Ryan fails with the takedown
and Huerta counters by moving into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Huerta is stalling here.
Ryan fails to pull guard.
Huerta throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ryans head.
Ryan jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Huerta walks away with a smile on his face. Ryan gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Danga de danga de dang - Huerta scores with a four punch combination!
Huerta swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Ryan counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Huerta!
Ryan controlling from the full mount.
Roger Huerta has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ryan blocks Huerta's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Xander Ryan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Ryan winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 William Peck scores the fight 27:30
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Xander Ryan!
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energy
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RATING
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