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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Felizberto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marty Laguna (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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146 lbs
9 - 4 - 0 |
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175 cm
28
145 lbs
15 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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World class boxer
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ryan Felizberto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Marty Laguna!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Skip Squint and Steve Erwin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Felizberto rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Felizberto takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Laguna connects with a jab.
Ryan Felizberto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Felizberto swings for the body but Laguna moves out of range.
Laguna throws a series of punches but Felizberto moves out of range.
No joy there for Laguna, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Felizberto fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Felizberto lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Felizberto jabs at Laguna's body.
Felizberto just misses with a punch to the body.
Laguna throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Laguna throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Felizberto.
Felizberto has taken the fight to the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Laguna blocking some punches.
Felizberto tries to throw a body punch but Laguna avoids it by throwing Felizberto back against the cage.
Felizberto with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Laguna lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Felizberto backwards.
Felizberto can't find room to land a body shot as Laguna controls the action.
Felizberto misses with a hook to the ribs.
Felizberto misses with a punch to the body.
Felizberto misses with a punch on the inside.
Laguna breaks from the clinch.
Laguna keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice shot lands for Laguna.
Laguna will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Felizberto shoots in for a double leg but Laguna sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laguna misses with a straight left.
Felizberto throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Felizberto keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Laguna avoids the body shot from Felizberto.
Felizberto throws a hook but Laguna avoids it easily.
Laguna misses with a few strikes there.
Felizberto uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Laguna has time to react.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Laguna throws a hook but Felizberto avoids it easily.
Laguna throws a body punch but Felizberto moves out of range.
Laguna throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laguna waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Felizberto.
Felizberto misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Laguna.
Felizberto avoids the body shot from Laguna.
Laguna jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Felizberto fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Laguna manages to avoid it.
Laguna looks to land a combination but Felizberto avoids it well.
Felizberto ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Laguna moves away.
Felizberto throws a nice looking combination but Laguna bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Felizberto tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Laguna was well out of range. Poor timing from Felizberto.
Marty Laguna is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Laguna throws a right and a left that Felizberto avoids nicely.
Felizberto fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laguna ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Laguna circles away from the clinch attempt.
Felizberto moves out of range of the strikes.
Felizberto lands a nice shot to the body.
Felizberto throws a series of punches but Laguna avoids them all with ease.
Nice body punch from Laguna.
Felizberto fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Laguna lands a nice looking body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Felizberto keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Felizberto is looking to wear down Laguna with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Felizberto swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Ryan Felizberto will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Felizberto ducks under a wild hook from Laguna.
Laguna takes a swing at Felizberto's ribcage but misses.
Laguna uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Felizberto.
Laguna falls off balance throwing a combination
and Felizberto counters with a right hand to the body.
Felizberto misses with a wild body shot.
Felizberto misses with a takedown attempt - Laguna sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Laguna looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Felizberto moves out of range as Laguna strikes.
Laguna misses with a left hand
enabling Felizberto to counter with a crisp jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Felizberto misses the jab.
Felizberto fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Felizberto takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Felizberto avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Felizberto just misses with a punch to the body.
Laguna will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Felizberto swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A decent looking cross lands there for Felizberto.
Felizberto misses with a hook.
Felizberto throws a hook to the side of Laguna's head but Laguna sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laguna ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Marty Laguna is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Felizberto tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Laguna makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Felizberto darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
No joy there for Laguna, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Laguna misses the shot to the body.
Felizberto misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Laguna.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Felizberto.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ryan Felizberto. That's going to take a lot out of him.
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!
Laguna displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Felizberto throws out the jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laguna circles away from the clinch attempt
and Felizberto takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A looping hook to the body misses from Felizberto. Laguna does a little dance to reset his feet.
Felizberto thows a left - swing and a miss!
Felizberto uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Laguna.
Felizberto wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Laguna ducks under a wild hook from Felizberto.
Felizberto swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Felizberto looks to score with a jab to the body but Laguna is just out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Felizberto fails to land the takedown.
Felizberto misses with a straight right.
Laguna throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Felizberto sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Felizberto misses with a series of wild punches.
Laguna stuffs the takedown.
Felizberto takes one on the button.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Laguna will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Laguna avoids the body shot from Felizberto.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Ryan Felizberto will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Felizberto takes the fight into the clinch.
Felizberto goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Laguna breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Laguna looks to score with a jab to the body but Felizberto is just out of range.
Nice defenses there by Felizberto.
Felizberto walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Felizberto fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Laguna scores with a hook to the body. Felizberto takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Felizberto tries to close the distance and clinch up but Laguna swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Laguna scores with a sloppy right hand. Felizberto should have avoided that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Laguna throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Laguna throws an off balance right hand
and Felizberto counters with a left to the body.
Laguna misses with a straight right.
Felizberto is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Felizberto misses with a hook.
Laguna swings for the body but Felizberto moves out of range.
Felizberto fails with a takedown attempt.
Laguna fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Marty Laguna has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ryan Felizberto is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Felizberto misses with a left hand
and Laguna counters with a nice uppercut.
Felizberto throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Laguna misses with a straight right.
Felizberto closes the distance and clinches up with Laguna, looking for a takedown. Felizberto pushes Laguna against the cage but Laguna circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ryan Felizberto. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Felizberto fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Laguna manages to avoid it.
Laguna jabs at Felizberto's body.
Laguna misses with a straight left.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Felizberto shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Laguna jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Felizberto tries to clinch but Laguna moves out of range.
Laguna scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laguna throws a shot from downtown. Felizberto moves away and avoids it.
The fighters circle momentarily. Laguna darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Horrible takedown by Felizberto or perhaps it was just good defense by Laguna which made him look bad.
Marty Laguna seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Laguna missing with a left hand there. Felizberto was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Felizberto misses with a wild body shot.
Felizberto throws a jab when Laguna was well out of range.
Felizberto throws a shot from downtown. Laguna moves away and avoids it.
Felizberto slips under a jab from Laguna.
Felizberto throws a jab but it's blocked by Laguna.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laguna misses with a body shot.
Laguna throws a right and a left that Felizberto avoids nicely.
Felizberto throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Felizberto ducks under a wild hook from Laguna.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Laguna gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Felizberto to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Laguna can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Felizberto controls the pace.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Laguna is trying to hold Felizberto in close to prevent damage but Felizberto has managed to pass into half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marty Laguna comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Felizberto 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 Bruno Hogan scores the fight 29:28
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ryan Felizberto!
After the big win, Ryan Felizberto made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Milwaukee's Best 159's - $49 and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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