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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Willie Mays (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andy La Plegua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). La Plegua has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Willie Mays had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 156.1lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Andy La Plegua 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 lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Willie Mays!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Andy La Plegua!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
La Plegua clinches.
Mays tries for a takedown. No joy.
Mays is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Mays tries to score a body lock takedown but La Plegua shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Willie Mays. That's going to take a lot out of him.
La Plegua'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.
La Plegua looks gassed!
La Plegua unloads a knee to the mid-section.
La Plegua pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A swing and a miss from Mays.
Mays dives in and grabs La Plegua's left leg, looking for a takedown. La Plegua pushes down on Mays's head and hops out.
La Plegua wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
La Plegua cracks Mays with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
La Plegua looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
La Plegua connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
La Plegua rushes Mays and presses him up against the cage.
The referee is keeping an eye on La Plegua - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
La Plegua throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A hook to the body from La Plegua.
La Plegua gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
La Plegua is stalling here.
La Plegua lands a right hand.
La Plegua displaying some good clinch control by pressing Mays up against the cage.
La Plegua works on Mays's body with a couple of short punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Plegua prevents the takedown attempt.
Stalling in the clinch from La Plegua.
La Plegua breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from La Plegua lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Mays has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Mays and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
La Plegua moves away from the strike by Mays.
La Plegua's jab looks to have found its range, popping Mays under the eye.
Mays misses with a head kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mays's hands are dropping dangerously low here and La Plegua connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Mays scrambles back to his feet.
Mays on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Plegua scores with a nice strike.
La Plegua thuds a left hand into Mays's body.
La Plegua bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
La Plegua lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
La Plegua moves into range and connects with a jab.
Jab from La Plegua.
La Plegua fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
La Plegua lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Mays wants to clinch
and La Plegua makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
La Plegua looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
La Plegua drives through and clinches with Mays against the cage.
Mays tries to score a body lock takedown but La Plegua shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, La Plegua scores with a nice short uppercut.
La Plegua manages to break the clinch.
Mays looking to land some kicks to the body here.
La Plegua lands with a shot to the body.
Mays wants to clinch up but La Plegua keeps it at a distance.
La Plegua scores with a one two! Mays had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
La Plegua is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Mays had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
La Plegua feints and then cracks Mays's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Mays down.
La Plegua drives through and clinches with Mays against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
La Plegua manages to break the clinch.
La Plegua connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mays takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mays looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mays pushes La Plegua up against the cage in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andy La Plegua dominated that round.
That's time! Mays's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
La Plegua listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
La Plegua swats away the attempt to clinch by Mays.
A head kick misses from Mays.
Mays tries to clinch there but La Plegua circles away.
Mays doesn't manage to clinch there - La Plegua circles away.
Mays misses with a low kick.
Mays tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Andy La Plegua seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mays tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but La Plegua swivels and escapes.
La Plegua connects with a body shot that sends Mays's belly button to the back.
Mays misses with a takedown attempt
enabling La Plegua to counter with a crisp jab.
La Plegua scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mays takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Mays drops his hands momentarily and La Plegua takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mays tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
La Plegua lands a really nice looking cross but Mays seems unphased.
La Plegua lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Mays closes the distance and clinches up with La Plegua, looking for a takedown. Mays pushes La Plegua against the cage but La Plegua circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Willie Mays. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
La Plegua gets underhooks to prevent Mays's takedown attempt.
La Plegua is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mays is defending well for now.
La Plegua lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Mays backwards.
La Plegua is pressed up against the cage. Mays has hold of a leg and is looking to drag La Plegua down to the mat. La Plegua avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
La Plegua stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Mays tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and La Plegua counters with a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mays gets tackled into the cage by La Plegua. La Plegua maintains the clinch.
La Plegua breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
La Plegua thuds his right hand into Mays's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
La Plegua fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Mays, pushing him back against the cage.
Mays tries to score a body lock takedown but La Plegua shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Mays drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
La Plegua is stalling here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Still in the clinch, La Plegua scores with a nice short uppercut.
La Plegua is stalling here.
Mays is trying to drag La Plegua to the mat but La Plegua just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mays's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Andy La Plegua seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
La Plegua breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mays looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
La Plegua gets a clinch.
La Plegua lands with a short head shot on the inside.
La Plegua gets through Mays's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
La Plegua gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Mays.
La Plegua breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
La Plegua moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Mays is trying hard to land a takedown here. La Plegua sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
La Plegua thumps Mays with a low kick.
Mays takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Mays misses with a takedown attempt
and La Plegua counters with a lovely straight right hand!
La Plegua lands a nice hook to Mays's body. Mays takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Mays tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
La Plegua scores with a jab to the body.
Mays tries to clinch up but La Plegua circles away and keeps his distance.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Mays. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
La Plegua digs a good hook to Mays's body.
Mays looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Mays is defended easily by La Plegua.
La Plegua lands a nice shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andy La Plegua showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Mays closes this distance looking for a takedown but La Plegua circles away.
Mays takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
La Plegua moves out of range of the leg kick from Mays.
A shot to the liver by La Plegua. Beautiful body shot.
Mays shoots in looking for a takedown. La Plegua tries to sprawl out of it but Mays keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. La Plegua manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Andy La Plegua seems to be getting the better of the standup.
La Plegua moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Nice cross by La Plegua.
Mays shoots in for a takedown but La Plegua shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Willie Mays. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
La Plegua moves into the clinch.
Mays is trying to work for a single leg takedown but La Plegua pulls him back up using the underhooks.
La Plegua is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
That's one minute gone in the round.
La Plegua lands a nice uppercut.
La Plegua connects with a knee to the head.
Mays looking for a takedown.
La Plegua effectively controlling the action here.
Mays drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
La Plegua holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Mays drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Mays is working for takedown but La Plegua is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Plegua comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
La Plegua with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mays changes levels and goes for a takedown here. La Plegua fights it off and pushes away nicely.
La Plegua drives through and clinches with Mays against the cage.
La Plegua lands an uppercut.
La Plegua dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
La Plegua lands an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Mays is trying to work for a single leg takedown but La Plegua pulls him back up using the underhooks.
La Plegua is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
La Plegua utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
La Plegua digs a right hand underneath Mays's ribcage. Mays let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The referee is keeping an eye on La Plegua - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Mays has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. La Plegua is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
La Plegua with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Mays blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
La Plegua taking a breather.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from La Plegua.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
La Plegua stalls.
La Plegua has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Andy La Plegua.
Mays throws a head kick that misses.
Andy La Plegua is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Mays with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling La Plegua to score with a decent uppercut.
La Plegua instigates a clinch.
La Plegua displaying some good clinch control by pressing Mays up against the cage.
Willie Mays has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mays misses with a shot to the kidneys.
And that's the end of the fight!
Andy La Plegua comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well La Plegua has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Andy La Plegua!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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