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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Rico Dominguez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mitch Heisenberg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dominguez comes to the cage accompanied by Renegades of Funk. Heisenberg has chosen Merchant of Death as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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Good wrestling
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rico Dominguez!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mitch Heisenberg!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Joseph Jones and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Heisenberg tries to clinch there but Dominguez circles away.
Heisenberg fails with an attempt to clinch.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Dominguez enables Heisenberg to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Dominguez manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Heisenberg tries to free his leg and advance position but Dominguez is retaining full guard.
Heisenberg is looking to advance position but Dominguez has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Heisenberg tries to reverse the position but Dominguez maintains control.
Dominguez tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Dominguez has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Heisenberg is trying desperately to improve position.
Dominguez controlling his opponent.
Heisenberg keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Heisenberg is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dominguez looking to control but Heisenberg is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Heisenberg tries to hold on but Dominguez pushes him away.
Heisenberg is looking to improve his position but Dominguez isn't that keen on the idea.
Dominguez trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dominguez controlling from the full mount.
Heisenberg is trying to escape the mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dominguez controlling from the full mount.
Heisenberg tries to hold on but Dominguez pushes him away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heisenberg gets back to half guard.
Heisenberg wants to control the action here but instead Dominguez manages to pass to full mount!
Dominguez prevents Heisenberg from getting the reversal.
Heisenberg gets back to half guard.
Heisenberg is looking for a sweep. Dominguez is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Heisenberg is looking to control Dominguez's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Heisenberg avoid being mounted?
Heisenberg moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mitch Heisenberg dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Heisenberg has Dominguez up against the cage in a clinch.
Heisenberg is trying to pull guard but Dominguez turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Heisenberg tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Heisenberg misses with a hook to the ribs.
Heisenberg working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Heisenberg misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dominguez works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A shot in the inside from Dominguez.
Dominguez misses with a knee to the head.
Dominguez prevents the takedown attempt.
Dominguez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dominguez landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Dominguez lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Heisenberg fails to pull guard.
Rico Dominguez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mitch Heisenberg.
A short uppercut from Dominguez.
Dominguez taking a breather.
Dominguez lands with a left to the head.
Heisenberg stalling in the clinch but Dominguez improves position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dominguez.
Dominguez pressing his opponent against the cage.
Heisenberg lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A bit of stalling here from Heisenberg.
Dominguez swings wildly with an uppercut but Heisenberg uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dominguez missing with knees to the body.
Heisenberg pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Heisenberg gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Dominguez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dominguez throws a solid leg kick but Heisenberg takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Dominguez.
Heisenberg darts in trying to clinch
enabling Dominguez to counter with a crisp jab.
Heisenberg slips a straight right by Dominguez.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Dominguez.
A big left from Dominguez misses.
Dominguez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Heisenberg moves away.
Dominguez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dominguez cracks Heisenberg with a good jab.
Dominguez is looking to slow Heisenberg down with leg kicks.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A low kick from Dominguez is predictable there
and Heisenberg counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Dominguez!
Poor strikes thrown by Heisenberg there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Heisenberg takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Dominguez avoids a series of strikes thrown by Heisenberg.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heisenberg wants to control the pace but Dominguez is squirming around nicely.
Heisenberg throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Dominguez because Heisenberg loaded up on that one.
Heisenberg trying to control but Dominguez is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dominguez tries to hold on but Heisenberg postures up.
Heisenberg throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Dominguez is squirming around, avoiding Heisenberg's attempts to control the action.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Heisenberg content just to control the position here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Rico Dominguez will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Heisenberg tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Dominguez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dominguez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Heisenberg moves in looking to clinch but Dominguez pushes him off.
Heisenberg moves away from the strike by Dominguez.
Dominguez throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Dominguez misses with a right hand
and Heisenberg counters by moving into the clinch.
Dominguez is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Heisenberg blocks a body shot from Dominguez.
Dominguez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dominguez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Heisenberg tries to clinch but Dominguez moves out of range.
Dominguez fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Heisenberg checks it well.
Heisenberg wants to clinch up but Dominguez keeps it at a distance.
Dominguez throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Heisenberg slips a jab from Dominguez.
Heisenberg doesn't manage to clinch there - Dominguez circles away.
Dominguez is looking to slow Heisenberg down with leg kicks.
Good leg kick by Dominguez there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Dominguez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Heisenberg tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dominguez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dominguez's corner calls for a 1-2. Dominguez obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Heisenberg gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Heisenberg just misses with a elbow thrown towards Dominguez's brow.
Dominguez creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A short uppercut from Dominguez.
Dominguez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Heisenberg.
Dominguez is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Heisenberg is keeping busy.
Dominguez trying to land knees to the body.
Dominguez looking to throw knees to the head but Heisenberg is blocking nicely.
Dominguez tries to land knees in the clinch but Heisenberg avoids the damage to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heisenberg pushes Dominguez back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Heisenberg swings wildly with an uppercut but Dominguez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Heisenberg blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Heisenberg tries to break the clinch but Dominguez is controlling the position.
Dominguez lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Heisenberg blocks an elbow strike from Dominguez.
Dominguez looking to throw knees to the head but Heisenberg is blocking nicely.
Heisenberg is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Dominguez is keeping busy.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dominguez throws an elbow but misses.
Dominguez has a couple of punches blocked by Heisenberg.
Dominguez lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Heisenberg.
Heisenberg gets through Dominguez's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Heisenberg swings wildly with an uppercut but Dominguez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dominguez lands an uppercut.
Dominguez prevents a body shot from Heisenberg.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heisenberg misses with some punches.
Heisenberg lands a left hand.
Heisenberg looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Heisenberg lands a shoulder strike.
Dominguez misses with a punch on the inside.
Heisenberg manages to break the clinch.
Heisenberg wants to clinch up but Dominguez keeps it at a distance.
Heisenberg is looking to clinch.
Heisenberg fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dominguez rushes Heisenberg and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Dominguez prevents a takedown attempt there.
Dominguez is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Heisenberg is keeping busy.
Heisenberg misses with a punch to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Heisenberg is looking to break free of the clinch but Dominguez has double underhooks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dominguez throws a head punch that misses.
Dominguez lands an elbow inside that Heisenberg shrugs off.
Heisenberg is looking to control Dominguez's arms but Dominguez gets an underhook and turns him. Now Heisenberg has his back to the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dominguez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A nice left hand lands by Heisenberg.
Dominguez lands a body punch in the clinch.
Heisenberg takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Dominguez prevents Heisenberg from breaking the clinch.
Dominguez stalling in the clinch but Heisenberg improves position.
Heisenberg wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Heisenberg tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dominguez avoids it.
Heisenberg throws a head punch that misses.
Heisenberg's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A big left from Dominguez misses.
Dominguez throws a good cross that connects.
Dominguez throws a jab when Heisenberg was well out of range.
Dominguez misses with a combination
and Heisenberg counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Rico Dominguez did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Dominguez throws the kick towards the body but Heisenberg avoids it.
Dominguez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Heisenberg tries to clinch but Dominguez is having none of it.
A swing and a miss from Dominguez.
Heisenberg has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Dominguez.
Dominguez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Heisenberg moves away.
Dominguez lands a head shot.
Dominguez instigates a clinch.
Dominguez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dominguez breaks the clinch.
Heisenberg closes the distance but Dominguez moves to the side
and Dominguez counters with a low kick, right behind Heisenberg 's knee.
Heisenberg wants to clinch up but Dominguez keeps it at a distance.
Heisenberg tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Heisenberg tries to clinch up
and Dominguez counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Heisenberg is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Dominguez is trying to maintain a safe position but Heisenberg gets an underhook and turns Dominguez into the cage.
Heisenberg jumps guard and drags Dominguez to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Heisenberg looking for a sweep. Not yet Heisenberg, not yet.
Dominguez wants to control from the top but Heisenberg keeps moving.
Dominguez has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Dominguez stays in close to Heisenberg's body and controls the position.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Heisenberg trying to control the position.
Heisenberg can't keep his opponent in guard - Dominguez advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heisenberg gets back to full guard.
Dominguez sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Heisenberg's guard.
Dominguez trying to control the action but Heisenberg is working from the bottom.
Heisenberg desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Heisenberg wants to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heisenberg is looking to control Dominguez's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Heisenberg avoid being mounted?
Heisenberg has a hand on Dominguez's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Dominguez takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Dominguez trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Heisenberg tries to hold on but Dominguez postures up.
Heisenberg is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heisenberg wants to hold on but Dominguez pushes him away.
Heisenberg is looking to improve his position but Dominguez isn't that keen on the idea.
Heisenberg sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dominguez prevents Heisenberg from improving his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Rico Dominguez will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Heisenberg pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rico Dominguez is winning the standup battle so far.
Heisenberg fails in his attempt to clinch.
Heisenberg tries to clinch up
and Dominguez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dominguez gets a clinch.
Heisenberg tries to break free but Dominguez pushes him back against the cage.
Dominguez just leaning against Heisenberg, taking a breather.
Dominguez struggles to land a body shot inside as Heisenberg controls his hands.
Heisenberg lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Dominguez or not.
Dominguez blocking some punches.
Heisenberg's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Heisenberg uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dominguez.
Dominguez loads up on a big right hand but Heisenberg slips the punch.
Heisenberg defending well as Dominguez loads up on a big left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dominguez misses with a hook
and Heisenberg counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Heisenberg drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Dominguez manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Heisenberg has Dominguez in his guard.
Heisenberg has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Dominguez has passed into side control.
Heisenberg gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Heisenberg is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dominguez is stalling here but it's allowed Heisenberg to get half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dominguez with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Mitch Heisenberg has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Heisenberg wants to control but Dominguez is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Heisenberg wants to sweep but Dominguez has passed to side control!
Heisenberg manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heisenberg tries to roll over but Dominguez keeps him under control.
Dominguez trying to pass the guard but Heisenberg defending well.
Dominguez throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Dominguez seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Heisenberg does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Heisenberg wants to get back to full guard.
Dominguez trying to control from half guard but Heisenberg is working away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Heisenberg looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Heisenberg gets full guard.
Dominguez trying to control the position from guard on top but Heisenberg is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Rico Dominguez just wasn't active enough.
Heisenberg fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dominguez manages to avoid it.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Mitch Heisenberg.
I think Dominguez 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 46:49
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 48:48
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 48:48
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
Rico Dominguez retains his title. It's always disappointing when a championship fight ends as a draw but that's what happens when you leave the fight in the judges hands!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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