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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Aj Robles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eddie Nunez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Robles comes into the arena with Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Theme Song blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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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
3 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Aj Robles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eddie Nunez!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nunez closes the distance and clinches.
Nunez manages to break the clinch.
Nunez clinches with his opponent.
Robles tries to pull guard but Nunez won't allow it.
Nunez misses with a punch to the body.
Robles slows down the pace here.
Robles is working for takedown but Nunez is calmly controlling the position for now.
Robles wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Nunez has him pressed against the cage.
Robles escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Robles misses with a head kick.
Nunez scores with a takedown into Robles's guard.
Nunez chips away with some ground and pound.
Nunez not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nunez stands and steps away. Robles gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Nunez lands a body shot.
Nunez looks to land a combination but Robles avoids it well.
Robles throws the kick towards the body but Nunez avoids it.
Robles misses with a series of wild punches.
Robles gets tackled into the cage by Nunez. Nunez maintains the clinch.
Robles goes for a takedown in the clinch but Nunez prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aj Robles. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Robles is trying to break free.
Nunez blocking some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robles trying to land knees to the body.
Nunez misses with a body punch.
Nunez decides to pull guard.
Nunez has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Robles can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Robles stops Nunez from standing up.
Nunez wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Robles wants to stand but Nunez has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Robles has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Robles is breathing heavily.
Nunez looking for a sweep. Not yet Nunez, not yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nunez is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Nunez is pulling down on Robles's head. It's preventing any offense from Robles, at least for the moment.
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. Eddie Nunez wasn't active enough on the ground.
Nunez stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Nunez wants it to stay on the feet.
Robles misses with a body kick.
Robles shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Nunez pinned against the cage. Nunez gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Nunez punishes Robles's body with a nice straight punch.
Nunez fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Robles, pushing him back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nunez jumps into guard, dragging Robles to the mat.
Nunez pushes Robles off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Nunez closes the distance and clinches.
Nunez jumps guard and drags Robles to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
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!
Nunez has his foot on Robles's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Robles works his way back into a safe position though.
Nunez striking off his back.
Nunez wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nunez wants to sweep but no luck.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eddie Nunez dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Nunez lands with a nice body punch.
Nunez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nunez moves into the clinch successfully.
Nunez drags the fight down to the ground.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Robles throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Nunez has his foot on Robles's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Robles works his way back into a safe position though.
Nunez is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Robles trying to control the position from guard on top but Nunez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nunez trying to keep a closed guard but Robles is proving a slippery customer.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Robles trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Nunez had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Robles defends it easily.
Nunez pulls Robles in close to prevent any damage.
Nunez is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Robles trying to control the position from guard on top but Nunez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robles in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Nunez manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Nunez sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
A nice elbow there by Nunez.
Robles is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nunez lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Nunez is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Robles can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Nunez cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Nunez content just to control the position here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nunez with good strikes from the mount here!
Nunez looking to control and managing it successfully.
Nunez putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Robles is bucking up trying to escape but Nunez cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Robles has given up his back here. Will Nunez look for the submission or keep pounding away?
Nunez working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eddie Nunez 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. And we move into the final round!
Nunez scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Nunez tries to move to mount but Robles blocks the move with his legs.
Nunez stands up and beckons Robles to his feet.
Nunez stuffs the takedown attempt from Robles. Robles gets slowly back to his feet.
Robles throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nunez misses with a double jab.
Nunez moves into range and clinches up with Robles.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nunez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nunez breaks from the clinch.
Nunez looks to throw the jab but Robles is out of range.
Nunez digs a good body shot into Robles's ribs.
Nunez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nunez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Robles.
Nunez shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Robles manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Nunez controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Eddie Nunez.
Nunez shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Nunez was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nunez controlling from the full mount.
The referee warns Robles that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Nunez controlling the position easily from mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Nunez cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Nunez looking to control and managing it successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nunez lands with some strikes.
Nunez lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Nunez with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Nunez looking to isolate an arm here. Robles doesn't see it coming and as Nunez extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Nunez!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Eddie Nunez!
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hype
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FIGHT
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