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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Claude Patrick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alberto Del Rio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Claude Patrick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Alberto Del Rio!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, James Glass and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Del Rio shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Patrick might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Del Rio stops Patrick from getting back to his feet.
Del Rio controlling the action here.
Patrick avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Del Rio.
Del Rio performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Patrick wants to get back to his feet.
Del Rio is controlling the pace.
Patrick is trying to stand.
Del Rio controlling the pace.
Del Rio is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Del Rio prevents Patrick from standing back up.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Alberto Del Rio wasn't active enough on the ground.
Del Rio clinches with his opponent.
Patrick misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Del Rio.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Del Rio has hold of one of Patrick's legs. Patrick is fighting the takedown attempt but Del Rio gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Del Rio working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Patrick's head.
Del Rio passes into half guard.
Del Rio lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Del Rio missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Patrick pushes Del Rio off looking to stand but Del Rio dives back in and keeps control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Del Rio looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Del Rio content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Patrick wants to get back to his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Del Rio throwing shots but Patrick is blocking nicely.
Patrick wants to get back to his feet.
Del Rio lands strikes from half guard.
Del Rio trying to mount his opponent but Patrick defends it.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Del Rio in particular looking to stall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Patrick is trying to stand back up but Del Rio is controlling him
Patrick is breathing heavily.
Del Rio content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
It looks like Del Rio might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Del Rio closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Del Rio lands in his opponent's guard.
Patrick wants to stand up but Del Rio is controlling him.
Del Rio seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Patrick is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Del Rio is controlling him.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Del Rio lands a couple of decent looking shots.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Del Rio makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Del Rio with a flurry of punches that miss.
Del Rio tries to free his leg and advance position but Patrick is retaining full guard.
Del Rio not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Let's hope that Del Rio has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Patrick working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Del Rio.
Del Rio stays in close to Patrick's body and controls the position.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Alberto Del Rio hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Del Rio shoots in but no luck this time.
Patrick throws a series of punches but Del Rio moves out of range.
Del Rio rushes Patrick and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Del Rio drops down looking for an ankle pick but Patrick pulls his leg out and moves away.
Patrick scores with the left hand. Del Rio knows he should have avoided that one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Del Rio shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Del Rio cracks Patrick with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Del Rio controlling his opponent.
Del Rio landing punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Del Rio fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Del Rio content just to control the position here.
Del Rio lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Patrick hang on?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alberto Del Rio dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Patrick misses with a leg kick.
Del Rio takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Del Rio closes the distance and pushes Patrick back into the cage.
Patrick is trying to maintain a safe position but Del Rio gets an underhook and turns Patrick into the cage.
Patrick's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Del Rio pushes Patrick back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Patrick tries a body shot but Del Rio blocks it.
Del Rio drops down looking for an ankle pick but Patrick pulls his leg out and moves away.
Del Rio drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Del Rio remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Alberto Del Rio has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Del Rio throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Patrick explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Patrick gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Del Rio to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Del Rio in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Del Rio slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Del Rio has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Del Rio is breathing heavily.
Del Rio slips nicely into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Del Rio keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Del Rio trying to mount his opponent but Patrick defends it.
Del Rio prevents Patrick from standing back up.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Del Rio keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Alberto Del Rio was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Del Rio moves into range and clinches up with Patrick.
Patrick lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Del Rio goes for a takedown in the clinch but Patrick prevents it.
Patrick trying to control the position but instead, Del Rio has worked for underhooks and has pushed Patrick into the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Del Rio can't get the takedown.
Claude Patrick has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alberto Del Rio.
Patrick misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Del Rio.
Del Rio has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Patrick uses from the top position.
Patrick is fighting to break Del Rio's control of his arms but Del Rio is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Del Rio has a closed guard, preventing Patrick from standing up.
Del Rio wants to sweep here but Patrick controlling him for the moment.
Del Rio pulls Patrick in close to prevent any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Alberto Del Rio hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Del Rio misses with a takedown attempt - Patrick sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Patrick throws a head kick that misses.
Patrick slaps away a takedown attempt from Del Rio, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Patrick throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Del Rio gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Patrick misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Del Rio.
Del Rio is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Patrick is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alberto Del Rio showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Del Rio tries to score a power double leg takedown but Patrick sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Del Rio somewhat.
Patrick leaves Del Rio with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Del Rio looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Claude Patrick has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alberto Del Rio.
Patrick looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Patrick scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Patrick tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Patrick tries to close the distance and clinch up but Del Rio swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Del Rio has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Patrick finds it's way round the side to connect with Del Rio's head.
Alberto Del Rio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Patrick darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Patrick tries to clinch there but Del Rio circles away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Del Rio shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Patrick's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Patrick wants to stand up but Del Rio is controlling him.
Del Rio is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Del Rio trying to control but Patrick is working from the bottom.
Alberto Del Rio has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Patrick scoring well with a low kick there.
Nice uppercut there from Patrick.
Nice cross by Patrick.
Patrick fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Del Rio throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Patrick tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Del Rio is in Patrick's guard.
Patrick wants to get back to his feet but Del Rio is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Del Rio engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Del Rio won't allow Patrick to get back to his feet.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Del Rio engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Alberto Del Rio wasn't active enough on the ground.
Del Rio looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Del Rio tries to score a power double leg takedown but Patrick sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Del Rio somewhat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Del Rio 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.
Patrick gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Del Rio to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Del Rio controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patrick wants to stand up but Del Rio is controlling him.
Del Rio is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Alberto Del Rio has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Del Rio tries to clinch there but Patrick circles away.
Patrick tries to close the distance and clinch but Del Rio swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Del Rio rushes Patrick and presses him up against the cage.
Del Rio avoiding damage as Patrick throws knees to the body.
Del Rio on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Patrick wants to break free but Del Rio has control.
Claude Patrick has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Del Rio decides to pull guard.
Patrick trying to stand up but can't free himself from Del Rio's guard.
Patrick trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Del Rio seems keen to control Patrick's posture.
Del Rio tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Del Rio looking to control.
Patrick with a flurry of punches that miss.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Patrick wanted to stand there but Del Rio had control of the position.
Del Rio working for a triangle but Patrick defends it easily.
Alberto Del Rio is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Patrick accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Alberto Del Rio.
I've got Del Rio 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 Paul Tew scores the fight for Alberto Del Rio!
Judge James Glass scores the fight for Alberto Del Rio!
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight for Alberto Del Rio!
Alberto Del Rio wins by unanimous decision!
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