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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Miguel Hernandez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Floyd Howard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Floyd Howard is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Miguel Hernandez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Floyd Howard!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hernandez has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hernandez prevents Howard from breaking the clinch.
Hernandez struggles to land a body shot inside as Howard controls his hands.
Hernandez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Howard throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hernandez throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Howard.
It looks like Floyd Howard has been cut.
Howard has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Howard takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hernandez plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Howard takes the fight into the clinch.
Hernandez lands a right hand.
Hernandez is pressed up against the cage. Howard has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Hernandez down to the mat. Hernandez avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Howard tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Hernandez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hernandez stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Hernandez wants it to stay on the feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Howard throws a right and a left that both miss.
Howard pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Howard shoots in for a double leg but Hernandez sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Miguel Hernandez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Floyd Howard.
Hernandez moves into the clinch.
Hernandez stalling against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Hernandez.
Come on Hernandez - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Hernandez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Howard is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Hernandez.
Hernandez drives through and clinches with Howard against the cage.
Howard wants a takedown but no success here.
Howard looks gassed!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Howard wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hernandez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hernandez has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hernandez makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hernandez breaks from the clinch.
A punch combination from Hernandez misses.
Hernandez leaves Howard with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Howard fails with a takedown attempt.
Hernandez throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
That has opened up Floyd Howard's cut even more.
Hernandez has taken the fight to the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hernandez pushes Howard away with a front kick.
Hernandez moves into the clinch.
Hernandez breaks the clinch.
Hernandez drives through and clinches with Howard against the cage.
Howard misses with the head strike.
Hernandez content to slow the pace in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hernandez creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hernandez stalls.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hernandez tries to clinch but Howard moves out of range.
Hernandez lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hernandez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hernandez throws a nice inside leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hernandez rushes Howard and presses him up against the cage.
Hernandez breaks from the clinch.
Hernandez rushes Howard and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Miguel Hernandez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Floyd Howard's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Hernandez connects with a body shot that sends Howard's belly button to the back.
Hernandez scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Howard is trying to escape the position but Hernandez is controlling the position.
Howard really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hernandez. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Howard takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Howard can't do much from the bottom here.
Howard tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Hernandez wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Hernandez 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.
Hernandez 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.
Hernandez working the ground and pound.
Howard is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Hernandez is controlling him well.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Howard is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hernandez is working Howard over with some ground and pound from side control.
Hernandez controlling the position from side mount.
Howard should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Hernandez scores with punches from side control.
Hernandez lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Howard down.
Howard taking punishment in the form of punches.
Hernandez working the head with strikes.
Hernandez scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Howard to see if he's OK.
Hernandez is putting a hurting on Howard here, landing some big shots from side control.
Hernandez landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hernandez controls the position.
Hernandez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Howard can do to turn this around?
Hernandez lands a few punches from side control.
Hernandez 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.
Hernandez looks up at the clock and then as Howard takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Hernandez smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Howard on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Hernandez landing a few strikes.
Hernandez happy to just control the position for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hernandez lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Howard is letting Hernandez control him for a moment.
Hernandez cracks Howard with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Miguel Hernandez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hernandez controls the position from side control.
Howard taking punishment in the form of punches.
Hernandez lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Hernandez working the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Howard trying to remain calm as Hernandez controls from the top position.
Hernandez connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Howard some visible discomfort.
Howard seems a little lost for a moment, as Hernandez dominates the positioning.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Howard taking a bit of punishment here - Hernandez scoring with strikes.
Hernandez taking a breather here.
Howard gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hernandez is in the full mount, landing strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Miguel Hernandez dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Floyd Howard's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Hernandez rushes Howard and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Howard is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Hernandez gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Hernandez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Howard throws a sloppy head kick and Hernandez moves out of range easily.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hernandez manages to break the clinch.
Hernandez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Howard swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A punch combination from Howard misses.
Hernandez throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Hernandez pushes Howard up against the cage in a clinch.
Howard with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Howard takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hernandez prevents the takedown attempt.
Hernandez lands a nice uppercut.
Howard changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Hernandez fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Miguel Hernandez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Floyd Howard.
Hernandez rushes Howard and presses him up against the cage.
Miguel Hernandez has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hernandez manages to break the clinch.
Hernandez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Howard swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hernandez closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Hernandez scores with a hook to the body. Howard takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Howard takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Hernandez lands a jab to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez moves into the clinch successfully.
Hernandez has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Howard after a bit of a struggle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hernandez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hernandez moves in looking to clinch but Howard pushes him off.
Hernandez throws a head kick that half lands.
Hernandez instigates a clinch.
Hernandez breaks the clinch.
Howard on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Some wild striking there from Hernandez.
Hernandez thows a body shot but no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez throws a head kick but Howard moves out of range.
Howard drives through with a takedown into Hernandez's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Hernandez is on top in guard.
Hernandez showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Hernandez pushes down on Howard's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Howard looks like he's trying to stand up.
Hernandez seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez stalling.
Hernandez uses his free foot to push down on Howard's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Howard.
Hernandez landing punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hernandez putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hernandez raining down shots from the mount!
Hernandez controlling from mount.
And that's the end of the fight!
Miguel Hernandez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hernandez 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:26
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:26
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Miguel Hernandez!
A relieved looking Miguel Hernandez thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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