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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Damien Stewart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Astrud Rivera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Damien Stewart has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Damien Stewart!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Astrud Rivera!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rivera takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Stewart lands a glancing blow to the side of Rivera's head.
Rivera takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Rivera fails with a takedown attempt.
Stewart throws a series of punches but Rivera avoids them all with ease.
Stewart lands with a shot to the body.
Stewart really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Good standup being displayed there by Stewart as he connects with a hook.
Stewart scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Stewart connects with a body shot that sends Rivera's belly button to the back.
Stewart swats away the attempt to clinch by Rivera.
Stewart works the jab nicely.
Rivera tries to close the distance and clinch up but Stewart swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rivera lands with a slapping head kick.
Stewart lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Stewart.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivera rushes Stewart and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Rivera stalling in the clinch.
Stewart tries to break free but Rivera pushes him back against the cage.
Stewart prevents the takedown attempt.
Rivera breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Stewart scores with a three punch combo!
Rivera tries to clinch up but Stewart circles away and keeps his distance.
Rivera shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Stewart as he avoids it easily.
Damien Stewart has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Astrud Rivera.
Stewart will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rivera shoots and misses
and Stewart counters with a three punch combo that has Rivera backing up. Rivera nods at Stewart to acknowledge the strikes.
Rivera misses with a looping left.
Damien Stewart seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stewart lands with a nice combination. Rivera backs away looking to recover.
Stewart fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Rivera forces Stewart back against the cage and clinches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivera tries for a takedown. No joy.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Rivera tries to pull guard but Stewart forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rivera goes for a takedown attempt but Stewart pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Rivera tries to clinch but Stewart is having none of it.
Stewart digs a good body shot into Rivera's ribs.
Jab, jab by Stewart - just one landing.
Stewart throws out a powerful jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
No luck for Rivera with that takedown attempt.
Stewart scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Rivera throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Stewart was covering up waiting for the punch and Rivera finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Stewart wants to get back to his feet but Rivera is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rivera is looking to work some ground and pound but Stewart has wrist control.
Stewart keeping moving, preventing Rivera from controlling successfully.
Stewart is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Rivera dives into side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rivera creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Stewart sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Stewart being controlled for a moment.
Rivera trying to control the position but Stewart is working away.
Rivera tries for a kimura but Stewart is defending well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rivera wants to lay and pray for a moment but Stewart keeps working.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Astrud Rivera will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Rivera tries to close the distance and clinch up but Stewart swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Stewart scores with a three punch combo!
Stewart throws a one two combo.
Rivera shoots in but Stewart avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Rivera has Stewart up against the cage in a clinch.
Rivera is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Stewart wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stewart is trying to force a seperation but Rivera has the dominant position.
Stewart is pressed up against the cage. Rivera has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Stewart down to the mat. Stewart avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Damien Stewart is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Stewart displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Rivera.
Damien Stewart has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Astrud Rivera.
Rivera tries to clinch but Stewart moves out of range.
Rivera throws a sloppy head kick and Stewart moves out of range easily.
Stewart feints a jab promting Rivera to slip. Stewart then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Rivera slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Stewart scores with the left hand. Rivera knows he should have avoided that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivera fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
A shot to the liver by Stewart. Beautiful body shot.
Rivera swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Rivera is defended easily by Stewart.
Nice body punch from Stewart.
Stewart throws a shot to the body.
Good shot there by Stewart.
Stewart moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Stewart displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Rivera throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stewart displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Rivera will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Stewart throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rivera.
A right-left combo lands from Stewart.
Stewart throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jab by Stewart.
Stewart tries to bum rush Rivera with a series of wild strikes but Rivera uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Stewart is looking to wear down Rivera with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Rivera shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Stewart sprawls well. Stewart wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Rivera gets slowly back to his feet.
Stewart lands a nice hook to Rivera's body. Rivera takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Stewart stuffs the takedown.
Stewart lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Stewart stalks Rivera and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Rivera's face. Rivera staggers backwards, shaken.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Stewart.
A left and a right from Stewart both land. Nice combination.
Rivera throws a predictable looking body shot
enabling Stewart to counter with a crisp jab.
Rivera drops his hands momentarily and Stewart takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rivera misses with an uppercut.
Rivera moves in looking to clinch but Stewart pushes him off.
Damien Stewart is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rivera looks for a takedown but Stewart sprawls well.
Stewart scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rivera takes the fight into the clinch.
Stewart managing to block the knees to the body from Rivera.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Damien Stewart dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Stewart connects with a single shot there.
Rivera takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A jab lands there for Stewart.
Stewart connects with a good right hand that stumbles Rivera. Rivera circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Rivera will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Stewart tests Rivera's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Stewart misses with a few strikes there.
Stewart cracks a nice hook into Rivera's ribs.
Stewart is working the combinations to good effect here.
Stewart lands a jab-cross combination.
Stewart scores with a nice strike.
Rivera throws a sloppy head kick and Stewart moves out of range easily.
Stewart lands a glancing blow to the side of Rivera's head.
Rivera takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stewart scores with a three punch combo!
Rivera gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Stewart.
Rivera shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Rivera shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Stewart sprawls well. Stewart wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Rivera gets slowly back to his feet.
Rivera has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Stewart slaps away a takedown attempt from Rivera, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Damien Stewart has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Astrud Rivera.
Rivera fails to land the takedown.
Sloppy strikes from Rivera. Those never looked like landing.
Left hook, right uppercut from Stewart.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rivera looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivera has a takedown stuffed.
Stewart lands with a good body shot.
Rivera is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Stewart.
A decent looking cross lands there for Stewart.
Rivera fails with a takedown attempt.
Damien Stewart is winning the standup battle so far.
Stewart lands a jab to Rivera's midsection.
Stewart lands a nice shot that snaps Rivera's head back.
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!
Rivera drives through with a takedown into guard.
Stewart keeping moving, preventing Rivera from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stewart kicks Rivera off and gets to his feet.
Rivera tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Stewart swivels and escapes.
Rivera takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rivera. Stewart does a little dance to reset his feet.
Stewart lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Rivera backs up against the cage.
Rivera shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Stewart throws a combination. Rivera tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Stewart lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Stewart scores with a shot to the body.
Rivera gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Stewart lands a nice shot to the body.
Stewart throws a combination. Rivera tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Rivera fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stewart punishes Rivera's body with a nice straight punch.
Stewart lands a jab to Rivera's midsection.
Stewart scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rivera is trying hard to land a takedown here. Stewart sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Nice takedown defense from Stewart. No joy for Rivera on that attempt.
Stewart feints a jab promting Rivera to slip. Stewart then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Rivera slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Stewart defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Rivera.
Rivera walks into a straight right hand from Stewart.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rivera fails to land the takedown.
Nice sprawl there from Stewart as Rivera shoots in.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Damien Stewart clearly takes that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Stewart lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Rivera takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Stewart closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Stewart feints a jab promting Rivera to slip. Stewart then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Rivera slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Rivera's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Stewart connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Rivera scrambles back to his feet.
Stewart digs a good body shot into Rivera's ribs.
Rivera shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Stewart defends it nicely.
Rivera moves in looking to clinch but Stewart pushes him off.
Nice takedown defense from Stewart. No joy for Rivera on that attempt.
Rivera fails to land the takedown.
Damien Stewart has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Astrud Rivera.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stewart throws a nice looking combination but Rivera bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rivera tries to clinch but Stewart moves out of range.
Jab, jab by Stewart - just one landing.
Rivera throws a right hand that misses
and Stewart counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Stewart throws a series of strikes that have Rivera backpedaling.
Rivera's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Stewart connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Rivera scrambles back to his feet.
Rivera is looking to clinch but Stewart is avoiding it.
Rivera doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Rivera shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Stewart lands with a nice combination. Rivera backs away looking to recover.
Stewart avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Stewart lands a jab-cross combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right-left combo lands from Stewart.
Stewart defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Rivera.
Rivera is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Rivera tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Stewart paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Stewart swinging wildly here.
Stewart scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Stewart connects with a jab.
Stewart leaves Rivera with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Stewart digs a good body shot into Rivera's ribs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fighters circle momentarily. Stewart darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Stewart smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Stewart lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rivera tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Stewart manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Rivera tries to clinch up but Stewart circles away and keeps his distance.
Rivera gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Rivera is looking to clinch but Stewart is avoiding it.
Rivera takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Stewart throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Rivera wants to clinch
and Stewart counters with a two punch combo.
Stewart avoids the head kick by Rivera.
Rivera shoots for a double leg takedown but Stewart sprawls well. He's pushed Rivera's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Stewart lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Stewart shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Rivera eats them both and turns towards Stewart to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rivera will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Stewart throws a one two combo.
Stewart stuns Rivera with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Stewart stalks Rivera and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Rivera's face. Rivera staggers backwards, shaken.
Rivera fails to land the takedown.
Stewart pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Rivera back to the cage. Stewart follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Rivera with a lazy takedown attempt
and Stewart counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stewart works the jab nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rivera takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Stewart dips to his left and cracks Rivera with an uppercut!
Stewart dodges the punch combination from Rivera.
Rivera on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Damien Stewart had his way with Astrud Rivera in that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Rivera fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Rivera takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Rivera closes the distance and pushes Stewart back into the cage.
Stewart is trying to break the clinch but Rivera has him pressed against the cage.
Rivera fails to pull guard.
Stewart is trying to break the clinch but Rivera has him pressed against the cage.
Rivera tries to score a body lock takedown but Stewart shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Damien Stewart has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Astrud Rivera.
Rivera has clasped his hands together around Stewart's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Stewart is trying to get back to his feet.
The ground and pound from Rivera seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivera is looking to take a break and control but Stewart is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Stewart explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Rivera walks into a straight right hand from Stewart.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivera takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Stewart swats away the attempt to clinch by Rivera.
No luck for Rivera with that takedown attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rivera looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rivera on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Rivera.
Stewart ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Stewart scores with a hook to the body. Rivera takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Stewart throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stewart scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Rivera doesn't seem bothered though.
Stewart wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Good shot there by Stewart.
Rivera shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Stewart sprawls well. Stewart wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Rivera gets slowly back to his feet.
Stewart lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rivera circles away quickly and effectively.
Rivera tries to clinch up but Stewart circles away and keeps his distance.
Rivera tries to clinch there but Stewart circles away.
Rivera fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Stewart scores with a crisp jab that stopped Rivera in his tracks.
Rivera shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Stewart sprawls well. Stewart wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Rivera gets slowly back to his feet.
Rivera is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stewart scores with a jab.
Stewart shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Rivera eats them both and turns towards Stewart to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
No joy there for Stewart, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rivera closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Stewart did well to prevent Rivera getting side control.
Rivera sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Stewart defending well though.
Stewart is refusing to be controlled, as Rivera sits in half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Still in half guard, Rivera seems content to control.
Astrud Rivera has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stewart is trying to stand.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Astrud Rivera.
I think Stewart 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight for Damien Stewart!
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight for Damien Stewart!
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight for Damien Stewart!
Damien Stewart wins by unanimous decision!
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RATING
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