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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Manlio Hernandez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Birigiz Ignatiev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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143 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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145 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Manlio Hernandez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Birigiz Ignatiev!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Hugh Johnson and Donatello Bradman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hernandez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ignatiev wants to land a leg kick but Hernandez is out of range.
Hernandez avoids the head kick by Ignatiev.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ignatiev looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Good work by Ignatiev as he checks the leg kick.
Hernandez blocks a head kick by Ignatiev.
Ignatiev fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hernandez has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ignatiev.
Ignatiev throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ignatiev lands a slapping body shot.
Hernandez stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ignatiev.
Hernandez misses with a head kick.
Ignatiev fakes the leg kick and cracks Hernandez in the body.
Some wild striking there from Hernandez.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ignatiev has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hernandez.
Hernandez steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Ignatiev. That one must have hurt.
A head kick misses from Hernandez.
Hernandez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ignatiev misses the shot to the body.
Ignatiev throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hernandez tries a head kick but it misses.
Ignatiev feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hernandez's calf.
Ignatiev scores with a jab to the head.
Ignatiev takes the fight into the clinch.
Ignatiev lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hernandez backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ignatiev blocks an elbow strike from Hernandez.
Hernandez throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hernandez looking to throw knees to the head but Ignatiev is blocking nicely.
Come on Ignatiev - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ignatiev lands a shot to the body.
Hernandez missing with knees to the body.
Hernandez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ignatiev.
Ignatiev lands a knee to the head.
Ignatiev is struggling to control the position.
Ignatiev putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hernandez in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Ignatiev effectively controlling the action here.
Hernandez missing with knees to the body.
A right hand to the body from Ignatiev.
Hernandez trying to land knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ignatiev avoiding damage as Hernandez throws knees to the body.
Hernandez missing with knees to the body.
Hernandez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ignatiev lands a nice knee to the body.
Hernandez is breathing heavily.
Hernandez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ignatiev is defending well for now.
Hernandez trying to land knees to the body.
Ignatiev blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ignatiev content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Ignatiev lands a good knee to the midsection. Hernandez won't want to take too many of those.
Hernandez misses with an elbow strike.
Ignatiev lands with a left to the head.
Ignatiev is trying to trip Hernandez. He has hold of a leg but Hernandez is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Ignatiev persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Hernandez is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Ignatiev engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ignatiev's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Ignatiev advances position into side control!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ignatiev slows the pace down.
Ignatiev in side control, throwing shots but Hernandez defends.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Birigiz Ignatiev dominated that round.
That's time! Hernandez's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Ignatiev throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Ignatiev misses with a head kick.
Hernandez checks a leg kick.
Hernandez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ignatiev.
Ignatiev throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Ignatiev lands with a slapping head kick.
It looks like Manlio Hernandez has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ignatiev buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ignatiev lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ignatiev pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hernandez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ignatiev moves out of range of the body kick.
Ignatiev goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ignatiev throws a leg kick but Hernandez sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Ignatiev checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Ignatiev shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Hernandez's guard.
Ignatiev stands and throws Hernandez's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Ignatiev is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Hernandez will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Ignatiev works to advance to full mount. Hernandez defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Ignatiev looking to control and managing it successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ignatiev punching from mount but Hernandez doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Ignatiev controlling from mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez trying desperately to get to his feet.
Ignatiev jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Hernandez manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Hernandez defending against the ground and pound.
Ignatiev controlling from side mount.
Ignatiev sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Hernandez is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ignatiev in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Ignatiev working the ground and pound but Hernandez is defending the strikes.
Hernandez bucks up and tries to throw Ignatiev off but instead Ignatiev has got his back!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ignatiev controlling from the back.
Hernandez knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ignatiev on the ground.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hernandez looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Birigiz Ignatiev has got the better of the ground game so far.
Ignatiev keeps control of the position easily here as Hernandez tries to buck him off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Birigiz Ignatiev showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Manlio Hernandez's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Ignatiev throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Ignatiev.
Hernandez tries to sprawl but Ignatiev drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Ignatiev performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Ignatiev not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Ignatiev is controlling the pace.
Ignatiev moves into full mount! Hernandez won't be happy about that!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ignatiev throwing strikes here but Hernandez is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Hernandez is trying to stand up.
Ignatiev controlling from the full mount.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ignatiev looking to ground and pound but Hernandez is blocking nicely.
Ignatiev throwing strikes here but Hernandez is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Ignatiev tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Ignatiev looking to secure an arm triangle but Hernandez defends it well.
Ignatiev sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Ignatiev misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ignatiev is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Hernandez to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Hernandez shrugs it off.
Ignatiev controlling his opponent.
Ignatiev sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Manlio Hernandez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ignatiev thowing shots but they're missing.
And that's the end of the fight!
Birigiz Ignatiev comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Ignatiev 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 Bruno Hogan scores the fight 27:30
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Birigiz Ignatiev!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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