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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Leon Czolgosz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tomas Araya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Araya comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Slayer - Angel of Death kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Tomas Araya has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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170 lbs
14 - 4 - 0 |
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185 lbs
11 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank |
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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
14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Leon Czolgosz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tomas Araya!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Czolgosz tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Araya swivels and escapes.
A slow jab from Araya misses its intended target.
Czolgosz checks a low kick from Araya.
Czolgosz shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Araya but Araya pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Czolgosz shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Leon Czolgosz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice takedown defense from Araya. No joy for Czolgosz on that attempt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Czolgosz. Araya does a little dance to reset his feet.
Araya tries to score with a low kick but Czolgosz moves his leg out of the way.
Czolgosz misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Czolgosz gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Araya.
Araya connects with a body shot.
Araya looks for the body kick but Czolgosz saw that one coming.
A slow jab from Czolgosz misses its intended target.
Araya just misses with a punch to the body.
Araya is looking to score with low kicks.
Araya swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A big right from Araya misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Araya smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Araya fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Araya tried to score with a low kick but Czolgosz checks it.
Czolgosz throws a head kick but Araya moves out of range.
Czolgosz looks for a takedown but Araya sprawls well.
Araya throws a leg kick that misses.
Araya throws a leg kick but Czolgosz checks it.
Czolgosz 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.
Czolgosz ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Araya is looking to slow Czolgosz down with leg kicks.
Czolgosz shoots for a double leg takedown but Araya sprawls well. He's pushed Czolgosz's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Czolgosz avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Araya fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Czolgosz has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Araya throws a leg kick
and Czolgosz counters with a right hand to the body.
Araya ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Czolgosz moves away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Czolgosz fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Araya avoids it really well and circles away.
Czolgosz dives in and grabs Araya's left leg, looking for a takedown. Araya pushes down on Czolgosz's head and hops out.
Araya finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Araya gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Czolgosz to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Czolgosz trying to control but Araya is working from the bottom.
Czolgosz trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Araya manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Araya showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Araya trying to control the position from guard on top but Czolgosz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
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.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Tomas Araya wasn't active enough on the ground.
Araya connects with an inside leg kick.
Czolgosz shoots in but Araya avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Czolgosz just misses with a punch to the body.
Araya feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Czolgosz's calf.
Tomas Araya is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Araya stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Araya wants it to stay on the feet.
Araya lunges at Czolgosz with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Czolgosz's hand.
Czolgosz shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Araya pinned against the cage. Araya gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Araya misses with a hook. Czolgosz ducked under it nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Czolgosz fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Czolgosz dives in and grabs Araya's left leg, looking for a takedown. Araya pushes down on Czolgosz's head and hops out.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tomas Araya dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
A looping hook to the body misses from Araya. Czolgosz does a little dance to reset his feet.
Czolgosz stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Araya.
A chopping leg kick lands by Araya.
Araya connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Araya looks to land a body kick but Czolgosz moved away.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Czolgosz takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Araya misses with a looping left.
Czolgosz is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Araya leaves Czolgosz with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Araya connects with a solid leg kick.
Araya throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Araya misses with a looping left.
Araya fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Czolgosz manages to avoid it.
Araya attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Araya throws a sloppy head kick and Czolgosz moves out of range easily.
Araya misses with a leg kick
and Czolgosz counters with a nice double leg into side control. Araya won't be happy with that.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Czolgosz looking to control but instead Araya has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Czolgosz performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Czolgosz missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Araya is staying active underneath Czolgosz, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Araya slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Araya looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Czolgosz thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Czolgosz is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Czolgosz wants to pass the guard but Araya is keeping the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Araya looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Czolgosz puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Araya is trying to control but can't.
Czolgosz looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Araya with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Czolgosz is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Araya!
Czolgosz fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Czolgosz controlling the pace for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Araya can do anything to dispel that myth.
Czolgosz looking to ground and pound but Araya is blocking nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Czolgosz dominating with strikes here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Leon Czolgosz dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
Czolgosz closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Araya's guard.
Czolgosz throws a big right hand that misses.
Czolgosz is looking to work some ground and pound but Araya has wrist control.
Czolgosz trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Czolgosz missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Czolgosz wants to control from the top but Araya keeps moving.
Czolgosz trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Araya keeping moving, preventing Czolgosz from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Czolgosz throwing strikes from guard but Araya blocks nicely.
Araya really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Czolgosz. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Czolgosz wants to control from the top but Araya keeps moving.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Leon Czolgosz.
A jab from Czolgosz misses.
Czolgosz changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Araya tries to avoid it but Czolgosz manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Araya to the ground. Araya escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
A big right from Araya misses.
Tomas Araya seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Czolgosz closes this distance looking for a takedown but Araya circles away.
Araya moves out of range of the body kick from Czolgosz.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Araya is looking to score with low kicks.
Czolgosz checks a leg kick nicely.
Araya thumps Czolgosz with a low kick.
Czolgosz throws a big shot that misses.
Czolgosz fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Leon Czolgosz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Araya fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Czolgosz is out of range.
Czolgosz shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Araya is trying to defend but Czolgosz finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Araya is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Araya blocking the ground and pound attempt from Czolgosz.
Czolgosz is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Leon Czolgosz overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Czolgosz is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Araya sees it coming and defends easily.
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.
Czolgosz is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Araya reverses the position - he's now on top in Czolgosz's guard.
Araya seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Araya won't allow Czolgosz to sweep him here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Leon Czolgosz showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Czolgosz 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Leon Czolgosz!
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