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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Nicasio Salonga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dwayne Jack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dwayne Jack is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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162 lbs
6 - 4 - 0 |
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162 lbs
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Good wrestling
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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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Nicasio Salonga!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Dwayne Jack!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Colin Fotheringham and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jack misses with a low kick.
Dwayne Jack seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jack fails with a takedown attempt.
Jack attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Jack wants to slow Salonga down by chopping away at his legs.
Jack misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Salonga.
Jack takes a swing at Salonga's ribcage but misses.
Salonga looks to land a left hand but Jack moved out of range nicely.
Jack swings for the body but Salonga moves out of range.
Jack tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Salonga was well out of range. Poor timing from Jack.
Jack throws out a leg kick but Salonga moves out of range and Jack only half commits.
Jack fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Salonga manages to avoid it.
Jack is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Salonga rather than just go for the knockout.
Jack shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Salonga counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Jack's guard now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salonga throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Jack works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Salonga trying to control but Jack is working from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Salonga accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Jack working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Salonga.
Jack tries to strike from the bottom.
Salonga throws an elbow that misses. Jack uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Salonga's guard. Nice move by Jack!
Jack trying to control the position from guard on top but Salonga is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Salonga on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Salonga tries to get out of the position.
Jack won't allow Salonga to sweep him here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jack trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Salonga is looking to stand up but Jack isn't so interested in that idea.
Jack throws a big right hand that misses.
Jack throws a strike but Salonga rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Jack keeping moving, preventing Salonga from controlling successfully.
Salonga has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Salonga postures up in Jack's guard and throws a big left but Jack blocks it.
Salonga postures up in Jack's guard and throws a big left but Jack blocks it.
Salonga throws an elbow that misses. Jack uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Salonga's guard. Nice move by Jack!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jack postures up in Salonga's guard and throws a big left but Salonga blocks it.
Jack trying to control the position from guard on top but Salonga is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jack lands a couple of digs.
Jack preventing the sweep.
Salonga is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Jack with a flurry of punches that miss.
Jack postures up in Salonga's guard and throws a big left but Salonga blocks it.
Jack throws a big elbow that misses.
Jack postures up in Salonga's guard and throws a big left but Salonga blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jack trying to control but Salonga is working from the bottom.
Salonga wants to sweep here but Jack controlling him for the moment.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jack accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Jack stopping the sweep attempt from Salonga.
Jack throwing strikes from guard but Salonga blocks nicely.
Salonga avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jack trying to control but Salonga is working from the bottom.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Salonga wants to stand and escape but Jack is having none of it.
Jack lands a couple of decent looking shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Dwayne Jack will probably get the nod.
That's time! Salonga's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Jack misses with a low kick.
Jack keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Salonga misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jack.
Jack shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Salonga pinned against the cage. Salonga gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Jack closes the distance and clinches up with Salonga, looking for a takedown. Jack pushes Salonga against the cage but Salonga circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Jack throws a body punch but Salonga moves out of range.
Jack looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Salonga is fending him off so far but Jack persists. Nope, Salonga circles away and we're back to standing.
Nicasio Salonga has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dwayne Jack.
Salonga misses with a takedown
and Jack counters with a nice double leg into side control. Salonga won't be happy with that.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jack decides to stand up, so the ref orders Salonga to his feet.
Jack fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Salonga is out of range.
Jack throws out a leg kick but Salonga moves out of range and Jack only half commits.
Salonga drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Salonga with the ground and pound but Jack regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Jack keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Salonga is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Salonga landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jack flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Jack wants to control but Salonga is keeping busy.
Salonga thows a huge punch but Jack dodges it nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jack trying to control here.
Salonga missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Jack is trying to get back to full guard.
Salonga sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Jack defending well though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jack on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Salonga thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Jack's head.
Salonga throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Jack is looking to improve his position.
Salonga is trying to control the action in half guard but Jack is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Salonga throws a strike but Jack avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Jack keeping moving, preventing Salonga from controlling successfully.
Jack looking to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Salonga working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Salonga postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Salonga trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Salonga scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Jack looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jack preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Jack pulls Salonga in to control the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Salonga trying to control the position from guard on top but Jack is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Salonga throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Jack works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nicasio Salonga dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Jack is defended easily by Salonga.
Jack throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Salonga's waist but Salonga gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Jack off to one side.
Salonga fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jack manages to avoid it.
Jack shoots and misses
and Salonga counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Salonga.
Nicasio Salonga has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dwayne Jack.
Salonga throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Jack works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Jack is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Jack is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Salonga is aware though and is defending well.
Jack keeping moving, preventing Salonga from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salonga throwing strikes but missing.
Salonga working some strikes from top position.
Salonga is working Jack over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Salonga postures up in Jack's guard and throws a big left but Jack blocks it.
Salonga postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Salonga landing some decent shots from guard.
Jack preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salonga keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Jack's head.
Salonga landing some decent shots from guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jack throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Salonga works over Jack with some ground and pound from guard.
Salonga throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Jack works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
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!
Salonga makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Salonga looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Jack had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Salonga defends it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salonga loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Salonga postures up and lands a big shot to Jack's brow.
Salonga with a flurry of punches that miss.
Nicasio Salonga overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Salonga throwing strikes but missing.
Salonga looking to sit in guard and control but Jack gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Salonga wriggles free and stands up.
Nice takedown defense from Jack. No joy for Salonga on that attempt.
Jack misses with a low kick.
Jack throws a chopping leg kick but Salonga manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jack misses with a low kick as Salonga jumps back.
Jack dives in and scores a takedown into Salonga's guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jack accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nicasio Salonga showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Salonga 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Glass scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nicasio Salonga!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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