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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). The key to victory for Claude Patrick has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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Basic striking
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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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Claude Patrick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Alberto Del Rio!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Phil Schofield and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Del Rio clinches with his opponent.
Del Rio has a couple of punches blocked by Patrick.
Del Rio can't get the takedown.
Patrick misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Del Rio.
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 lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Del Rio prevents Patrick from breaking the clinch.
Del Rio has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Patrick is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Del Rio has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Patrick avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Claude Patrick has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alberto Del Rio.
Del Rio is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Patrick is defending well.
Patrick is looking to break free of the clinch but Del Rio has double underhooks.
Patrick misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Del Rio.
Del Rio changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Patrick fights it off and pushes away nicely.
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 connects with a jab.
Patrick throws an overhand right that lands on Del Rio's shoulder, as Del Rio tries to avoid the shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Patrick throws a right and a left that both miss.
Del Rio gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Del Rio is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Patrick is defending well.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Del Rio as Patrick tries to tie him up.
Patrick is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Del Rio is defending well for now.
Patrick tries to land a knee to the head but Del Rio blocks with his arms.
Patrick working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Patrick wants to break the clinch but can't.
A short uppercut from Patrick.
Patrick tries to stall but Del Rio uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Patrick trying to land knees to the body.
Patrick tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Del Rio avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Patrick misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Del Rio.
Patrick wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Patrick has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Patrick wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Patrick tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Del Rio avoiding damage as Patrick throws knees to the body.
Patrick with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Patrick is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Patrick misses with a knee to the head.
Patrick is breathing heavily.
Del Rio has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Patrick after a bit of a struggle.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Del Rio can't get the takedown.
Del Rio on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Patrick trying to land knees to the body.
Del Rio lands a left hand that snaps the head of Patrick backwards.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Patrick trying to land knees to the body.
Del Rio gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Del Rio moves into full mount! Patrick won't be happy about that!
Del Rio is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Patrick is surviving well by controlling Del Rio's body position as best he can.
Del Rio sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Patrick wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Del Rio with a couple of short strikes.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Patrick is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Del Rio controlling the pace for now.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Claude Patrick will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Del Rio shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Patrick in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Del Rio controlling the position easily from mount.
Patrick squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Del Rio with good strikes from the mount here!
Del Rio lands a big shot there that rocks Patrick but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Patrick is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Del Rio is in the full mount, landing strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Patrick takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Del Rio controlling his opponent.
Del Rio's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Del Rio is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Del Rio controlling from the full mount.
Patrick in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Del Rio controlling from the full mount.
Del Rio pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Del Rio takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Del Rio cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Del Rio connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Del Rio in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Patrick is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Del Rio breaks from Patrick's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Del Rio working for a guillotine from mount but Patrick is in no mood to give up.
Patrick is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Del Rio looking to control and managing it successfully.
Del Rio lands a nice shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Del Rio lands a heavy elbow.
You get the feeling that Patrick really doesn't like being in this position too much.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Del Rio is working for a guillotine from mount but Patrick frees his head quite easily.
Patrick tries to buck Del Rio off but he can't manage it.
Del Rio tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Patrick is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Del Rio controlling from the full mount.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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.
No joy there for Patrick, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Del Rio scores with a takedown into Patrick's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Del Rio is pushing down on Patrick's leg trying to pass to half guard. Patrick is fighting to maintain full guard but Del Rio has managed to sneak the leg through.
Well, if Del Rio is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Del Rio working the head and body with strikes.
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.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Patrick misses with an uppercut. Del Rio saw that one coming.
Del Rio drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Alberto Del Rio has got the better of the ground game so far.
Del Rio happy to just control the position for now.
Patrick is pushing Del Rio's head away, looking to escape. Del Rio manages to hold on to the position though.
Del Rio taking a breather here.
Del Rio cracks Patrick with a big right hand but Patrick just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Patrick is pushing Del Rio's head away, looking to escape. Del Rio manages to hold on to the position though.
Del Rio controls the position from side control.
Patrick wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Del Rio has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Del Rio controlling from side mount.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Del Rio scoring with punches from side control.
Patrick is being controlled here.
Del Rio lands a decent elbow from side control.
Del Rio just content to control the position.
Sloppy strikes there by Del Rio.
Patrick is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Del Rio has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Del Rio throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Del Rio is staying tight to Patrick's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Del Rio working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Patrick tries to escape but Del Rio is in control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Patrick taking punishment in the form of punches.
Patrick is trying to get back to his feet.
Del Rio scoring with punches from side control.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Del Rio staying calm.
Patrick wants to get back to his feet.
Del Rio working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Del Rio staying calm.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Del Rio working the head with strikes.
Del Rio taking a breather here.
Patrick is trying to buck Del Rio off.
Del Rio has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Patrick is letting Del Rio control him for a moment.
Alberto Del Rio has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Patrick tries to land a front kick but Del Rio steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Claude Patrick is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Del Rio fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Patrick sprawls well initially but Del Rio persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Del Rio with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Del Rio connects with a nice short shot to Patrick's temple.
Del Rio looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Del Rio content to control rather than advance.
Nice strikes from Del Rio there.
Del Rio working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Patrick might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Patrick tries to kick Del Rio off but Del Rio keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Del Rio stalling.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alberto Del Rio comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Del Rio 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 James Atkins scores the fight 28:30
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alberto Del Rio!
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energy
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