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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jeremy Tolowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mystikal Jericho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jeremy Tolowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mystikal Jericho!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Tiny Johnson and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tolowski shoots in for a takedown but Jericho shows good takedown defense.
A head kick by Tolowski misses
and Jericho counters by clinching up.
Tolowski is trying to break the clinch but Jericho is controlling him.
Jericho wants a takedown but no success here.
Tolowski is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jericho breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tolowski tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Jericho manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jericho misses with an attempted mid kick.
Tolowski moves out of range as Jericho strikes.
Tolowski fails with the takedown
and Jericho counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Tolowski trying to control the position.
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!
Tolowski is looking to stand up but Jericho isn't so interested in that idea.
Tolowski throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jericho postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Jericho wants to stand but Tolowski has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Jericho postures up in Tolowski's guard and throws a big left but Tolowski blocks it.
Jericho throwing strikes but missing.
Tolowski wants to sweep but no luck.
Tolowski is looking for a triangle but Jericho pushes his legs off easily.
Tolowski working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Jericho.
Tolowski avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Tolowski keeping full guard, as Jericho tries to pass.
Jericho with a flurry of punches that miss.
Tolowski is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Jericho's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Jericho loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Jericho has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Jericho throwing strikes from guard but Tolowski blocks nicely.
Jericho throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Tolowski has momentary wrist control but Jericho slips an elbow through the middle.
Tolowski avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Tolowski preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jericho working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Jericho postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Jericho with a nice head shot there.
Jericho throwing strikes from guard but Tolowski blocks nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Tolowski keeping moving, preventing Jericho from controlling successfully.
Jericho missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Jericho throws a big right hand that misses.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jericho accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Jericho lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Jericho stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Tolowski swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Jericho avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Jericho working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Tolowski's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jericho throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Tolowski works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Jericho trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Jericho lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Jericho chips away with some ground and pound.
Jericho pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Tolowski is keeping the position for now.
Tolowski striking off his back but it's not causing Jericho any problems.
Jericho decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Tolowski, up you get!
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!
Tolowski moves out of range of the body kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Jericho.
Jericho rushes Tolowski and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mystikal Jericho dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Tolowski tries to keep at a distance but Jericho has taken the fight into the clinch.
Tolowski pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jericho tries to clinch but Tolowski moves out of range.
Jeremy Tolowski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tolowski shoots in for a takedown but Jericho shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Jericho instigates a clinch.
Jericho is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Jericho breaks the clinch.
Jericho looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Tolowski!
Tolowski tries to score a power double leg takedown but Jericho sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Tolowski somewhat.
Tolowski thuds his shin into the meat of Jericho's side.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tolowski closes the distance and pushes Jericho back into the cage.
Jericho is defending well against a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jeremy Tolowski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jericho breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tolowski shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Jericho pinned against the cage. Jericho gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
No luck for Tolowski with that takedown attempt.
Jericho cracks the inside of Tolowski's front leg.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jericho shoots in and gets a takedown into Tolowski's guard.
Jericho landing with the ground and pound.
Tolowski is looking to sweep but instead, Jericho has passed into half guard.
Tolowski has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Jericho is working away from the top position though.
Jericho working Tolowski over with strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ground and pound from Jericho.
Jericho looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Tolowski with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Tolowski is looking for a sweep. Jericho is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jericho not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Jericho scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Jericho throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Jericho is trying to control. Tolowski wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Jericho throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Jericho looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Jericho stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jericho scores with a crisp jab that stopped Tolowski in his tracks.
A jab from Jericho misses.
Tolowski moves in looking to clinch but Jericho pushes him off.
Jericho avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jericho blocks a head kick by Tolowski.
Tolowski throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Jericho's waist but Jericho gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Tolowski off to one side.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jericho fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jericho takes the fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mystikal Jericho showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Jericho throws a jab when Tolowski was well out of range.
Tolowski tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Jericho swivels and escapes.
Tolowski doesn't manage to clinch there - Jericho circles away.
Tolowski tries to clinch but Jericho moves out of range.
Jericho throws a head kick that Tolowski semi-blocks.
Jericho fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Tolowski sprawls well initially but Jericho persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jericho trying to pass the guard but Tolowski defending well.
Tolowski makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Tolowski.
Tolowski will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jericho drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Jericho jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jericho trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Tolowski avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Tolowski throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Jericho trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Jericho stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Jericho misses with a few strikes there.
Jericho throws a sloppy head kick and Tolowski moves out of range easily.
Tolowski tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tolowski wants to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tolowski tries a head kick but it misses.
Tolowski is looking to clinch but Jericho is avoiding it.
Jericho closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Tolowski to the mat! Tolowski manages to get full guard.
Jericho advances to half guard.
Jericho stands up from half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tolowski tries to clinch there but Jericho circles away.
Tolowski tries to clinch up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tolowski goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Tolowski fails with a takedown attempt.
Jericho drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Jericho misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Jericho avoids the strikes from the bottom by Tolowski.
The ground and pound from Jericho seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Jericho scores with punches from side control.
Tolowski is looking for a sweep.
Mystikal Jericho is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Tolowski sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Jericho is trying to control the action in half guard but Tolowski is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Well, if Jericho is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Tolowski is in trouble now - Jericho has advanced to mount!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tolowski is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jericho controlling from mount.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mystikal Jericho comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Jericho 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mystikal Jericho!
A relieved looking Mystikal Jericho thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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