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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Manny Calavera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Herzog (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Herzog is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Robert Tepper - No Easy Way Out. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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182 lbs
5 - 8 - 1 |
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174 lbs
18 - 9 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Good low 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
5 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Manny Calavera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chris Herzog!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Arvi Lind and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Calavera steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Herzog.
Calavera ducks under a wild hook from Herzog.
Calavera takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Calavera thows a body shot but no joy.
Calavera avoids a kick to the body.
Calavera looks to score with a jab to the body but Herzog is just out of range.
Herzog lands a jab to Calavera's midsection.
Calavera throws a body punch but Herzog moves out of range.
Herzog misses with a straight left.
Some bone on bone action there as Calavera checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Nice defenses there by Herzog.
Calavera misses with a shot to the body
and Herzog counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Calavera looks to land a right hand but Herzog moved out of range.
Calavera throws a hook but Herzog blocks it.
Calavera scores with a nice strike.
Calavera swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Calavera throws a hook to the side of Herzog's head but Herzog sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab by Herzog.
Herzog cracks Calavera with an open hand slap.
Calavera misses with a body shot.
Calavera throws a series of punches but Herzog moves out of range.
Herzog avoids the body shot from Calavera.
Calavera throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Herzog stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Calavera misses the shot to the body.
Calavera lands a nice looking body shot.
Herzog throws a quick inside leg kick.
Calavera takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Calavera rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Herzog counter with a right hand.
Good shot there by Calavera.
Calavera misses the shot to the body.
Calavera misses with a shot to the body
and Herzog counters with a nice leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Calavera misses with an uppercut
and Herzog counters with a nice uppercut.
Herzog fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Calavera to the ground. Herzog is now in Calavera's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Herzog pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Calavera is keeping the position for now.
Calavera keeping moving, preventing Herzog from controlling successfully.
Herzog with a flurry of punches that miss.
Calavera keeping full guard, as Herzog tries to pass.
Herzog has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Calavera keeping moving, preventing Herzog from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Herzog loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Herzog advances to half guard.
Herzog uses his free foot to push down on Calavera's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Calavera.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Herzog tries to control but Calavera wriggling away.
Herzog lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Calavera hang on?
Herzog misses with a head shot.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Herzog throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Herzog landing strikes, looking to finish!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Herzog is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Calavera is surviving well by controlling Herzog's body position as best he can.
Herzog scoring with strikes but Calavera is staying in there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Herzog scoring with strikes but Calavera is staying in there.
Herzog sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Herzog trying to control but he's not successful this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chris Herzog dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Calavera misses with a wild body shot.
Chris Herzog seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Herzog keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Herzog misses with an attempted mid kick.
Calavera misses with a jab to the body
and Herzog counters with a right hand to the body.
Calavera misses the shot to the body.
Herzog throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Herzog takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Herzog is looking to score with low kicks.
Calavera digs a good hook to Herzog's body.
Calavera misses with a wild body shot.
Herzog takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Calavera ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Herzog moves away.
Calavera throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Herzog tries to work over Calavera's front leg with a kick but Calavera checks it.
Herzog throws a nice looking combination but Calavera bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Herzog doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Calavera throws an off balance right hand
and Herzog counters with a leg kick.
Calavera misses with a wild combination.
Calavera looks to throw the jab but Herzog is out of range.
Calavera thows a body shot but no joy.
Herzog scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Herzog fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Manny Calavera is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Herzog tries to land a front kick but Calavera steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Calavera checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Calavera just misses with a punch to the body.
Calavera throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Left hook, right uppercut from Herzog.
Herzog misses with a left hand
and Calavera cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Calavera takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Calavera throws a body punch but Herzog moves out of range.
Calavera misses the body punch
and Herzog counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Calavera trying to control from the bottom.
Calavera tries to get to full guard but Herzog has control of the leg.
Herzog is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Herzog throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Calavera knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Herzog on the ground.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Herzog is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Calavera has managed to free his arm - good work.
Herzog is controlling the pace.
Calavera won't allow Herzog to pass to mount.
Herzog seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Calavera does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Calavera wants to improve his position but Herzog is controlling well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Calavera is in trouble now - Herzog has advanced to mount!
Herzog is landing with some decent strikes but Calavera is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Herzog working Calavera over with strikes here.
Herzog scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Calavera?
Calavera is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Herzog lands a big elbow - Calavera is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Calavera is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Chris Herzog!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Chris Herzog waved his t-shirt featuring Perkele!'s logo in front of the cameras.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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