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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Andy Fragoso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevin Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Andy Fragoso has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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165 lbs
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Andy Fragoso!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kevin Love!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Jorge Garcia and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Love throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Fragoso ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Fragoso uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Love.
Fragoso throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Love counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Fragoso shoots in and drives through. Love sprawls well.
Love moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Fragoso moves into the clinch.
Love pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fragoso dives in and grabs Love's left leg, looking for a takedown. Love pushes down on Fragoso's head and hops out.
Love lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Fragoso shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andy Fragoso. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Love misses with a straight left.
Kevin Love seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fragoso takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Fragoso moves out of range of the strikes.
Fragoso keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Love.
Fragoso tries to move into range but Love moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Kevin Love is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Love throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A big left from Love misses.
Fragoso bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A decent looking cross lands there for Love.
Love misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fragoso.
Love connects with the punch.
Love fails to land with a series of punches.
Love jabs at Fragoso's body.
Love fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fragoso manages to avoid it.
Fragoso tries to close the distance and clinch up but Love swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Fragoso keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fragoso swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Fragoso fails with an attempt to clinch.
Love lands with a nice body punch.
Love stalks Fragoso and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Fragoso's face. Fragoso staggers backwards, shaken.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Love misses.
Love misses with a looping left.
Love looks to score with a jab to the body but Fragoso is just out of range.
Love scores with a jab to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Love lands with a shot to the body.
Love catches Fragoso with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Fragoso takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Love misses with an uppercut. Fragoso saw that one coming.
Love misses with a hook.
Love circles away from the clinch attempt.
Fragoso blocks a jab.
Love throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Love cracks Fragoso with a good jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Love throws a body punch but Fragoso moves out of range.
Love lands with a shot to the body.
Love ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fragoso moves away.
Love throws a hook but Fragoso avoids it easily.
Love just misses with a punch to the body.
Love throws a shot from downtown. Fragoso moves away and avoids it.
Love throws a big shot that misses.
Love misses with a wild body shot.
A combination from Love does no damage.
Fragoso ducks under a wild hook from Love.
Love jabs Fragoso right on the nose. Fragoso blinks but takes it well.
Love swings for the body but Fragoso moves out of range.
Love misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fragoso.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fragoso throws a wild body kick that Love sees coming a mile off.
Love swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Love misses the jab.
Fragoso moves away from the strike by Love.
Love throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fragoso uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Love.
Fragoso moves into range and clinches up with Love.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Fragoso takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Love wants to get back to striking at distance but Fragoso won't allow it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fragoso fails to pull the fight into his guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kevin Love dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Love lands a slapping body shot.
A big right from Love misses.
A slow jab from Love misses its intended target.
Love throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Love scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Love connects with a right hand. Fragoso shakes it off.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Fragoso.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Love tries to bench press Fragoso off him but Fragoso keeps the position.
Love is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Fragoso working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Fragoso throws an elbow but Love slips to the side and avoids it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Love's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Love regains half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fragoso stands up and beckons Love to join him on the feet.
Love works Fragoso's body with a nice hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love misses with a hook.
Fragoso tries to clinch but Love moves out of range.
Love lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Fragoso backs up against the cage.
Love ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fragoso moves away.
Love ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Fragoso blocks a jab.
Love swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Love misses with an uppercut. Fragoso saw that one coming.
Love tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fragoso was well out of range. Poor timing from Love.
Fragoso slips a straight right by Love.
Love throws a looping overhand right but Fragoso ducks down to avoid it.
Fragoso moves away from the strike by Love.
Fragoso throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Love's waist but Love gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Fragoso off to one side.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Love keeps the fight on the outside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fragoso moves away.
Love moves into range and connects with a jab.
Love throws a jab but it's blocked by Fragoso.
Love misses with an uppercut.
Fragoso keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Love ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Love scores with a crisp jab that stopped Fragoso in his tracks.
Fragoso is trying hard to land a takedown here. Love sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Love.
Love throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fragoso feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Fragoso controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Fragoso trying to control but Love is working from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Andy Fragoso.
Love lunges at Fragoso with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Fragoso's hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fragoso staying out of range there.
Nice body punch from Love.
Fragoso bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Love dodges the ground and pound from Fragoso.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Kevin Love will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Love misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fragoso.
Fragoso avoids the body shot from Love.
Love pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nice shot by Love.
Fragoso tries to clinch up but Love circles away and keeps his distance.
Fragoso will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Love throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
It looks like Andy Fragoso has been cut.
Love tries to bum rush Fragoso with a series of wild strikes but Fragoso uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Love looks to score with a jab to the body but Fragoso is just out of range.
Love loads up on a big right hand but Fragoso slips the punch.
Fragoso wants to clinch.
Love thows a body shot but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Love misses with a hook. Fragoso ducked under it nicely.
Love defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Fragoso.
Love throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A looping hook to the body misses from Love. Fragoso does a little dance to reset his feet.
Love keeps the fight on the outside.
Love throws a lazy right hand but Fragoso sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Love misses with an uppercut.
Fragoso shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Love is trying to stand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love has hold of Fragoso's hands but Fragoso slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Fragoso sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Love defending well though.
Love trying to control from the bottom.
Fragoso winds up and cracks Love with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Fragoso not landing any meaningful shots this time.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Fragoso passes Love's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Love tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Fragoso has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Fragoso throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Love can do anything to dispel that myth.
Fragoso wants to finish this one by submission but Love is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Fragoso.
Andy Fragoso overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fragoso manages to capitalize on a mistake by Love to take his back!
Fragoso not allowing Love to control his hands.
A lull in the action here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Andy Fragoso.
I think Love has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Russell Pearce scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 29:29
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Kevin Love!
During a confident post fight interview, Kevin Love thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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