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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mahmoud Denjat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dominick Rivaldi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Denjat might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to U.S.A. National Anthem. The crowd seem to be enjoying Rivaldi's choice of entrance music: Joker's Wild. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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178 lbs
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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
28 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mahmoud Denjat!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 5 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dominick Rivaldi!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rivaldi needs to keep his hands up - Denjat had a free shot at his head there.
Denjat shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Rivaldi lands a body shot.
Rivaldi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Denjat tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Denjat takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Denjat throws a sloppy head kick and Rivaldi moves out of range easily.
Denjat fakes the leg kick and cracks Rivaldi in the body.
Denjat throws a push kick but Rivaldi slaps the foot to one side.
Rivaldi on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Denjat. Denjat obviously looking to wear him down.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rivaldi fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Denjat has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Rivaldi just misses with a punch to the body.
Rivaldi is looking to land body kicks.
Rivaldi misses with a leg kick
and Denjat counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Denjat.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Rivaldi looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Rivaldi working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Denjat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Denjat loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Denjat looking to pass the guard.
Rivaldi looking for a sweep. Not yet Rivaldi, not yet.
Denjat with a flurry of punches that miss.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rivaldi trying to control the position.
Denjat distracts Rivaldi with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Denjat working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Denjat is looking to work some ground and pound but Rivaldi has wrist control.
Denjat throws a big right hand that misses.
Rivaldi looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Denjat puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivaldi is not content to let Denjat control the position.
Rivaldi trying to control but Denjat postures up.
Rivaldi is trying to stand.
Denjat wants to lay and pray for a moment but Rivaldi keeps working.
Rivaldi trying to control from the bottom.
Rivaldi is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Denjat scores with a couple of nice shots.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Denjat throwing shots but Rivaldi is blocking nicely.
Rivaldi trying to control but Denjat postures up.
Denjat trying to mount his opponent but Rivaldi defends it.
Rivaldi is pressing down on Denjat's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Denjat 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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rivaldi is trying to hold Denjat in close to prevent damage but Denjat has managed to pass into half guard.
Denjat stalling.
Rivaldi controlling the position well.
Denjat thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Denjat is thwarting Rivaldi's attempts to control the position.
Rivaldi is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Denjat wants to pass the guard but Rivaldi is defending well.
Denjat wants to control but Rivaldi is keeping him busy.
Denjat throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Rivaldi is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Denjat working the head and body with strikes.
Denjat throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Rivaldi keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Denjat missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Rivaldi wants to control but Denjat is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Rivaldi taking some punishment here, with Denjat in his half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mahmoud Denjat dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Some wild striking there from Rivaldi.
Denjat misses with a body kick.
Denjat darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Denjat is looking to stall here but Rivaldi recovers full guard.
Denjat trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Rivaldi is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Denjat trying to control but Rivaldi is working from the bottom.
Denjat advances position into side control!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivaldi tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Denjat wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Rivaldi sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Denjat scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Denjat landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Denjat performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Denjat thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Rivaldi has hold of Denjat's hands but Denjat slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Rivaldi gets back to full guard.
Rivaldi wants to sweep here but Denjat controlling him for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Denjat is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Denjat throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Rivaldi works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Denjat throws a big right hand that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rivaldi working for submissions but it's allowed Denjat to get to half guard.
Rivaldi tries to get to full guard but Denjat has control of the leg.
Denjat lands with a punch from half guard.
Rivaldi taking some punishment here, with Denjat in his half guard.
Rivaldi avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Denjat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rivaldi trying to control from the bottom.
Ground and pound from Denjat.
Denjat wants to take a breather but Rivaldi is having none of it.
Denjat 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.
Denjat thows a huge punch but Rivaldi dodges it nicely.
Rivaldi moves into full guard.
Rivaldi is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Denjat looking to sit in guard and control but Rivaldi gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Rivaldi trying to control the position from guard on top but Denjat is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Denjat trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Rivaldi trying to control but Denjat is working from the bottom.
Mahmoud Denjat overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Rivaldi working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Denjat's head.
Denjat is trying to control the position but Rivaldi postures up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Denjat wants to sweep here but Rivaldi controlling him for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mahmoud Denjat 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. This is the final round!
Rivaldi closes the distance and clinches.
Rivaldi gets underhooks to prevent Denjat's takedown attempt.
Denjat stalling in the clinch but Rivaldi improves position.
Denjat misses with a hook from the clinch.
Denjat trying to stall but Rivaldi improves his position.
Rivaldi blocking some punches.
A frustrated look appears on Denjat's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Denjat misses with a punch to the body.
Denjat is trying to break free.
Rivaldi working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Still in the clinch, Denjat scores with a nice short uppercut.
Denjat swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rivaldi breaks from the clinch.
Jab from Denjat.
Denjat takes a body punch but keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Denjat misses with an attempted mid kick.
Denjat thumps Rivaldi with a low kick.
Rivaldi takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A big right from Rivaldi misses.
Denjat thows a body shot but no joy.
Denjat throws a shot to the body.
Rivaldi misses with a looping right.
Denjat throws a low kick, looking for Rivaldi's leg but Rivaldi calmly moves out of range.
Rivaldi slips under a jab.
Denjat attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Denjat checks a low kick from Rivaldi.
Denjat cracks the inside of Rivaldi's front leg.
Dominick Rivaldi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Denjat keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rivaldi is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Denjat rather than just go for the knockout.
Denjat keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rivaldi.
Dominick Rivaldi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivaldi throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Denjat shoots in but Rivaldi avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Rivaldi dodges the punch combination from Denjat.
Rivaldi throws a leg kick but Denjat sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Rivaldi slips a jab from Denjat.
Rivaldi throws a push kick but Denjat slaps the foot to one side.
Denjat scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Rivaldi checks a leg kick.
Denjat avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rivaldi keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Denjat will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mahmoud Denjat seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Denjat keeps Rivaldi at a distance using the push kick.
Denjat connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Rivaldi checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Denjat fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mahmoud Denjat. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rivaldi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Denjat.
Good standup being displayed there by Denjat as he connects with a hook.
Rivaldi misses with a shot to the body
and Denjat counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Denjat goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A clash of legs there as Rivaldi blocks the low kick.
Rivaldi lands a leg kick that knocks Denjat off balance momentarily.
Denjat throws the kick towards the body but Rivaldi avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rivaldi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Denjat manages to avoid it.
Rivaldi misses with a body shot
and Denjat counters with a good low kick that Rivaldi was not able to check.
Denjat pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Denjat shoots in but Rivaldi avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Rivaldi throws a leg kick which misses Denjat's front leg but catches the back leg as Denjat tries to avoid it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rivaldi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A chopping leg kick lands by Denjat.
Rivaldi connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Rivaldi fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Denjat checks it well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rivaldi pivots, looking for a leg kick but Denjat is out of range and Rivaldi settles back down.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Denjat.
Mahmoud Denjat is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Rivaldi throws a leg kick that is checked
and Denjat cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mahmoud Denjat showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Denjat 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mahmoud Denjat!
After the big win, Mahmoud Denjat made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Hellbent and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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