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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Maek Houzo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miles Jenkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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192 lbs
18 - 11 - 0 |
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190 cm
29
190 lbs
14 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Maek Houzo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Miles Jenkins!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Bruno Hogan and Summer Carpenter.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Houzo closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Houzo lands in his opponent's guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Jenkins is on top in guard.
Houzo might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Houzo manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
You get the feeling that Jenkins really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Jenkins is trying to escape the mount.
Jenkins gets back to half guard.
Jenkins keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Houzo lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Houzo lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Houzo sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Jenkins defending well though.
Jenkins trying to control here.
Jenkins is looking to improve his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Houzo moves into full mount! Jenkins won't be happy about that!
Jenkins taking shots to the head.
Houzo working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Jenkins really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Houzo looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Jenkins is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Houzo prevents Jenkins from getting the reversal.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Houzo is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Jenkins is surviving well by controlling Houzo's body position as best he can.
Houzo punishing his opponent with strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Houzo tries to control but Jenkins wriggling away.
Houzo scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Houzo lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Houzo punishing his opponent with strikes.
Houzo landing strikes from the mount and Jenkins is in trouble!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jenkins is working to get back to half guard.
Houzo is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Jenkins is squirming around, avoiding Houzo's attempts to control the action.
Houzo scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Jenkins wants to hold on but Houzo pushes him away.
Jenkins is looking to get to half guard.
Jenkins is in a horrible position here. Houzo smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Houzo lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Jenkins in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Houzo controlling from mount.
Jenkins is bucking up trying to escape but Houzo cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Jenkins is working to get back to half guard.
The referee warns Jenkins that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Houzo 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.
Houzo trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Jenkins takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Houzo controlling from the full mount.
Jenkins can't escape the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins wants to hold on but Houzo pushes him away.
Jenkins is wriggling around trying to escape.
Houzo wants to control the pace but Jenkins is squirming around nicely.
Houzo lands with some strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jenkins taking shots to the head.
Houzo looking to finish Jenkins with some ground and pound. This is bad for Jenkins!
Jenkins working to try and regain half guard.
Houzo tries to control but Jenkins wriggling away.
Houzo lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jenkins tries to reverse the position but Houzo maintains control.
Jenkins looks gassed!
Jenkins manages to regain half guard. Good work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Maek Houzo dominated that round.
That's time! Houzo's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Houzo shoots in looking for a takedown but Jenkins manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Houzo's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Houzo blocks a low kick nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jenkins throws a head kick but Houzo moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jenkins dodges the punch combination from Houzo.
Houzo works the jab nicely.
Jenkins misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Miles Jenkins is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Houzo has his takedown stuffed
and Jenkins counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Jenkins.
Houzo misses with a body shot.
Houzo avoids a kick to the body.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins slips a straight right by Houzo.
Houzo misses with a series of wild punches.
Jenkins will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
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.
Houzo shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Jenkins sprawls well. Jenkins wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Houzo gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Maek Houzo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jenkins darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Miles Jenkins showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Jenkins throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jenkins throws a chopping leg kick but Houzo manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Jenkins tries for a takedown but Houzo circles away easily
and Houzo counters with a single leg into guard. Jenkins didn't expect that.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Houzo drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Houzo jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Houzo postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Jenkins wants to sweep here but Houzo controlling him for the moment.
Houzo working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Jenkins's head.
Houzo keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Jenkins's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Houzo working some strikes from top position.
Jenkins looking for a guillotine here but Houzo defends easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins controlling Houzo's posture.
Houzo content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Maek Houzo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Houzo trying to control but Jenkins is working from the bottom.
Houzo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jenkins can do to turn this around?
Houzo with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Houzo is looking to work some ground and pound but Jenkins has wrist control.
Houzo scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Houzo trying to control the position from guard on top but Jenkins is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jenkins tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Houzo with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Houzo throws a big right hand that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Houzo thows a big elbow that misses.
Houzo trying to control but Jenkins is working from the bottom.
Houzo preventing the sweep.
Houzo makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Houzo stands up over Jenkins, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Houzo trying to control but Jenkins is working from the bottom.
Jenkins wants to sweep here but Houzo controlling him for the moment.
Jenkins looking to control.
Houzo stopping the sweep attempt from Jenkins.
Houzo with a nice head shot there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Jenkins takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jenkins not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Houzo distracts Jenkins with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Houzo with a nice head shot there.
Jenkins has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Houzo is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Jenkins.
Houzo controlling from side mount.
Jenkins looks to move to half guard but instead Houzo has passed into mount! Damn!
Jenkins is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Houzo scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Jenkins?
And that's the end of the fight!
Maek Houzo showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Houzo has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Skip Squint scores the fight 29:27
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 29:28
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Maek Houzo!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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