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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Andy La Plegua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Cyborg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). La Plegua comes to the cage accompanied by "Blut Royale" by Combichrist. The crowd seem to be enjoying Cyborg's choice of entrance music: Awaken . Chris Cyborg has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Andy La Plegua!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chris Cyborg!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cyborg throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
La Plegua misses with a hook.
La Plegua swings and misses with a hook to the body.
La Plegua ducks under a wild hook from Cyborg.
La Plegua throws a leg kick but Cyborg checks it.
Chris Cyborg seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cyborg throws a head kick but La Plegua moves out of range.
Cyborg looks to land a left hand but La Plegua moved out of range nicely.
La Plegua lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Cyborg circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Cyborg. La Plegua shrugs it off though.
La Plegua throws a sloppy body shot
and La Plegua takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Cyborg slips under a jab.
Cyborg feints and as La Plegua raises his hands in defense, Cyborg changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Cyborg throwing strikes but missing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cyborg throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as La Plegua works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cyborg is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Cyborg is fighting to break La Plegua's control of his arms but La Plegua is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cyborg throws a big right hand that misses.
Cyborg slips nicely into half guard.
La Plegua wants to get back to his feet.
Cyborg not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Cyborg tries to pass the half guard into mount. La Plegua knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Cyborg thows a huge punch but La Plegua dodges it nicely.
La Plegua is trying to get back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cyborg scoring with strikes to the body and head.
La Plegua is trying to get back to full guard.
Cyborg wants to pass the guard but La Plegua is defending well.
La Plegua gets back to full guard.
Cyborg has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as La Plegua holds on and takes a little breather.
La Plegua looking to hit a scissor sweep but Cyborg is one step ahead there.
Cyborg trying to control the position from guard on top but La Plegua is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cyborg looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
La Plegua looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Cyborg with a flurry of punches that miss.
La Plegua looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as La Plegua holds on and takes a little breather.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
La Plegua uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cyborg.
Cyborg connects with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
La Plegua is looking to score with low kicks.
La Plegua takes a shot right to the bread basket.
La Plegua misses with a looping right.
La Plegua swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cyborg comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Cyborg looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Cyborg.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Cyborg.
La Plegua stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and La Plegua wants it to stay on the feet.
Cyborg moves out of range of the strikes.
La Plegua walks into a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
La Plegua gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
La Plegua has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Cyborg.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cyborg looks to score with a jab to the body but La Plegua is just out of range.
La Plegua misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cyborg.
Cyborg moves forwards but La Plegua connects with a nice, crisp jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Chris Cyborg will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
A looping hook to the body misses from Cyborg. La Plegua does a little dance to reset his feet.
La Plegua keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
La Plegua ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cyborg moves away.
La Plegua misses with a body kick.
La Plegua takes a swing at Cyborg's ribcage but misses.
Cyborg slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
La Plegua fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Cyborg looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
La Plegua darts in trying to clinch
and Cyborg connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
La Plegua doesn't manage to clinch there - Cyborg circles away.
Cyborg scores with a jab. La Plegua acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Cyborg connects with the punch.
Good work by Cyborg as he checks the leg kick.
Cyborg fakes high and swings low for a body shot but La Plegua manages to avoid it.
Cyborg throws a series of punches but La Plegua avoids them all with ease.
A looping hook to the body misses from La Plegua. Cyborg does a little dance to reset his feet.
La Plegua misses with a wild body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
La Plegua takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Cyborg keeps the fight on the outside.
Cyborg lands a glancing blow to the side of La Plegua's head.
La Plegua tries to clinch but Cyborg moves out of range.
La Plegua is looking to wear down Cyborg with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
La Plegua connects with a body shot that sends Cyborg's belly button to the back.
Cyborg tests La Plegua's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd cheers as La Plegua lands an impressive looking overhand right. Cyborg doesn't seem phased though.
Cyborg fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Cyborg looks to land a body kick but La Plegua moved away.
La Plegua throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cyborg shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in La Plegua's guard.
Cyborg loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
This has been an exciting period of action!
La Plegua wants to sweep but no luck.
Cyborg lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Chris Cyborg has got the better of the ground game so far.
Cyborg throws a big elbow that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cyborg tries to free his leg and advance position but La Plegua is retaining full guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as La Plegua holds on and takes a little breather.
Cyborg throwing strikes but missing.
Cyborg trying to control the position from guard on top but La Plegua is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cyborg postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Cyborg trying to control the position from guard on top but La Plegua is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Plegua looking for a sweep. Not yet La Plegua, not yet.
Cyborg passes La Plegua's left leg - he's now in half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. La Plegua manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
La Plegua is trying to control the position but Cyborg postures up.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now La Plegua is on top in guard.
La Plegua trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Cyborg tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cyborg is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cyborg is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
La Plegua trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Cyborg is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Chris Cyborg has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Cyborg looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Andy La Plegua is winning the standup battle so far.
La Plegua throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cyborg blocks a jab.
La Plegua just misses with a punch to the body.
Cyborg connects with a leg kick. La Plegua looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Jab from La Plegua.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A looping hook to the body misses from Cyborg. La Plegua does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Chris Cyborg will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
La Plegua takes one on the chin but seems OK.
La Plegua takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Cyborg shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Cyborg in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Cyborg avoids the attempt from La Plegua to control.
Cyborg lands with some vicious ground and pound - can La Plegua hang on?
La Plegua tries to hold on but Cyborg postures up.
Cyborg prevents La Plegua from getting the reversal.
Cyborg with the ground and pound from mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
La Plegua wants to control but Cyborg is having none of it.
La Plegua is in all sorts of trouble here.
Cyborg looking to finish La Plegua with some ground and pound. This is bad for La Plegua!
La Plegua can't escape the position.
Cyborg fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
La Plegua is looking to improve his position but Cyborg isn't that keen on the idea.
Cyborg landing strikes from the mount.
La Plegua is desperately trying to improve his position but Cyborg has a good base and remains in mount.
Cyborg with good strikes from the mount here!
Chris Cyborg is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cyborg controlling from the full mount.
La Plegua really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
La Plegua is working hard here to advance position.
Cyborg controlling from the full mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cyborg looking to control but La Plegua is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Cyborg tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Chris Cyborg was stalling too much, according to the referee.
La Plegua throws a looping overhand right but Cyborg ducks down to avoid it.
La Plegua throws a body punch but Cyborg moves out of range.
Cyborg lunges at La Plegua with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by La Plegua's hand.
La Plegua on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Cyborg has a takedown stuffed.
Cyborg ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cyborg lands the left hand.
Cyborg keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Cyborg connects with an inside leg kick.
Cyborg connects with a solid leg kick.
La Plegua avoids a punch combination nicely.
Andy La Plegua has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
La Plegua fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Cyborg checks it well.
Cyborg throws a wild body kick that La Plegua sees coming a mile off.
La Plegua misses with a hook.
La Plegua walks into a jab.
La Plegua misses with a wild body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
La Plegua thows a body shot but no joy.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
La Plegua throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cyborg cracks La Plegua with an open hand slap.
La Plegua comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
Chris Cyborg comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Cyborg winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chris Cyborg!
After winning the bout, Chris Cyborg thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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