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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Stephen Cerrone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lee Donghae (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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180 lbs
11 - 6 - 0 |
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178 lbs
9 - 9 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
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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
11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Stephen Cerrone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Lee Donghae!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Colin Fray and Micheangelo Fripello.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Donghae misses with an uppercut. Cerrone saw that one coming.
Cerrone lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Cerrone blocks a jab.
Donghae throws a jab when Cerrone was well out of range.
Nice jab there from Cerrone.
Nice shot by Donghae.
Cerrone cracks Donghae with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Cerrone fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cerrone misses with a body shot
and Donghae counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Donghae's corner calls for a 1-2. Donghae obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Cerrone ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Donghae moves away.
Cerrone forces Donghae back against the cage and clinches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cerrone's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Cerrone misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Donghae letting Cerrone take a breather here.
Cerrone tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Donghae's elbow.
Cerrone lands a body punch in the clinch.
Donghae can't break the clinch.
Donghae prevents a body shot from Cerrone.
Cerrone goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cerrone tries to work over Donghae's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cerrone has Donghae pressed against the cage, preventing Donghae from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Donghae takes a shot to the head.
Cerrone keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Donghae's efforts to push away.
Cerrone manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Donghae is trying to break the clinch but Cerrone is controlling him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cerrone working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cerrone.
Cerrone lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Cerrone tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cerrone goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cerrone tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cerrone lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Donghae is looking to break free of the clinch but Cerrone has double underhooks.
Cerrone lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A hook to the body from Cerrone.
Cerrone scores with a hook to the body.
Cerrone works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Donghae looks gassed!
Cerrone scores with a shot to the side of Donghae's head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cerrone.
Donghae's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cerrone.
Cerrone stalling.
Cerrone lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A right handed body shot lands from Cerrone.
Cerrone lands an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Cerrone - that landed with a thud.
Cerrone breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cerrone is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Cerrone clinches up against the cage.
Cerrone misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cerrone is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Donghae wants to get back to striking at distance but Cerrone won't allow it.
Cerrone stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cerrone softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cerrone pushes Donghae back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cerrone misses with a body punch.
Cerrone tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cerrone lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Donghae wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cerrone cracks Donghae with a nice body shot.
Cerrone lands a body shot in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cerrone.
A short right from Cerrone.
Donghae wants to break free but Cerrone has control.
Donghae is trying to break free.
Cerrone throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Donghae's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Nice body punch from Cerrone - that landed with a thud.
A hook to the body from Cerrone.
Cerrone scores with an uppercut up the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stephen Cerrone dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
No joy there for Cerrone, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cerrone tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Donghae paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cerrone throws a body punch but Donghae moves out of range.
Cerrone shoots in but no luck this time.
Cerrone darts in trying to clinch
and Donghae connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Donghae misses with a hook. Cerrone ducked under it nicely.
Cerrone takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Donghae throws a shot from downtown. Cerrone moves away and avoids it.
Cerrone works Donghae's body with a nice hook.
Cerrone catches Donghae with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Cerrone throws an overhand right that lands on Donghae's shoulder, as Donghae tries to avoid the shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cerrone keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cerrone misses with a hook to the body
and Donghae counters with a nice uppercut.
Donghae throws a big shot that misses.
Cerrone feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Donghae is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cerrone engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Cerrone is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Cerrone trying to control the position from guard on top but Donghae is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cerrone controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cerrone won't allow Donghae to sweep him here.
Cerrone trying to control the position from guard on top but Donghae is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Stephen Cerrone has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Cerrone takes a swing at Donghae's ribcage but misses.
Cerrone misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Donghae.
Cerrone misses with the combination.
Stephen Cerrone is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cerrone throws a predictable looking body shot
and Donghae counters with a three punch combo that has Cerrone backing up. Cerrone nods at Donghae to acknowledge the strikes.
Donghae connects with a single shot there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cerrone gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Cerrone lands a body shot in the clinch.
Cerrone digs a right hand into Donghae's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Donghae's gas tank.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donghae pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cerrone is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Donghae can do to turn this around?
Donghae takes one to the side of the head.
Donghae takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Donghae doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Cerrone uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Donghae.
Cerrone misses the shot to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cerrone looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cerrone misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Donghae misses with a lunging right hand
and Cerrone counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Donghae might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Cerrone slips a jab from Donghae.
Cerrone lands with an overhand left.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cerrone thuds a left hand into Donghae's body.
Cerrone misses with a wild body shot.
Donghae looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Donghae looks to land a left hand but Cerrone moved out of range nicely.
Stephen Cerrone is winning the standup battle so far.
Donghae ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cerrone looks to land a combination but Donghae avoids it well.
Cerrone misses with a two punch combination.
Cerrone throws a hook but Donghae blocks it.
Donghae keeps the fight on the outside.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Donghae waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cerrone.
Cerrone thows a left - swing and a miss!
Donghae throws a right and a left that Cerrone avoids nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stephen Cerrone dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. 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.
Cerrone moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Cerrone swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Cerrone takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Cerrone is looking to clinch but Donghae is avoiding it.
Cerrone drives through and clinches with Donghae against the cage.
Cerrone lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Donghae wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Donghae is trying to break the clinch but Cerrone is controlling him.
Cerrone can't find room to land a body shot as Donghae controls the action.
Cerrone lands a right hand that snaps the head of Donghae backwards.
Cerrone is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Cerrone lands a nice shot to the body.
Cerrone lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Cerrone lands a hook that snaps the head of Donghae backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cerrone.
Donghae is trying to break the clinch but Cerrone is controlling him.
Donghae takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Cerrone scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A hook to the body from Cerrone.
Cerrone lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Cerrone digs a right hand underneath Donghae's ribcage. Donghae let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Cerrone working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Cerrone tries to work over Donghae's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A bit of stalling here from Cerrone.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Cerrone.
Cerrone lands a left hand that snaps the head of Donghae backwards.
Donghae is trying to break the clinch but Cerrone is controlling him.
A frustrated look appears on Donghae's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Cerrone gets through Donghae's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cerrone lands a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cerrone lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Cerrone lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Cerrone lands a shoulder strike.
Donghae is rocked!
Cerrone lands a right hand.
Donghae is still on wobbly legs! Can Cerrone finish him?
Still in the clinch, Cerrone scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cerrone lands a body shot.
Cerrone works on Donghae's body with a couple of short punches.
Cerrone avoiding damage.
Donghae seems to have recovered his senses.
Cerrone lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A hook to the body from Cerrone.
Cerrone lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Cerrone lands a hook to the side of the head.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donghae prevents a body shot from Cerrone.
A right hand to the body from Cerrone.
Cerrone lands with a left to the head.
Cerrone lands a body punch in the clinch.
Cerrone manages to break the clinch.
Cerrone looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Cerrone stands up and waves to Donghae to follow him.
Cerrone tries to clinch but fails miserably
letting Donghae counter with a right hand.
Stephen Cerrone is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A big left from Cerrone misses.
Lee Donghae has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donghae swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Donghae keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Donghae rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Cerrone counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Cerrone.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cerrone lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Cerrone lands with a short shot to the head.
Cerrone lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Donghae backwards.
Donghae is trying to force a seperation but Cerrone has the dominant position.
Cerrone lands a hook that snaps the head of Donghae backwards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cerrone throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Cerrone is struggling to control the position.
Cerrone lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Stephen Cerrone showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cerrone has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Chris Saunders scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 30:27
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stephen Cerrone!
After winning the bout, Stephen Cerrone thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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