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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Chris Genovese (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miquel Mendoza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Genovese's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Kick-Ass: Music Soundtrack. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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147 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class MT
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BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
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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
10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Chris Genovese!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Miquel Mendoza!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Columbo Gatti and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mendoza tries to clinch but Genovese moves away
and Genovese counters with a straight right hand.
Mendoza lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Mendoza throws a big shot that misses.
Mendoza is looking to clinch.
Genovese closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Mendoza tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Genovese paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Genovese tries to move into range but Mendoza moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Nice straight punches there by Genovese. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Genovese.
Jab by Mendoza.
Mendoza misses with a straight left.
Mendoza misses with a straight left.
Genovese avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nice uppercut there from Genovese.
Mendoza fails with an attempt to clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mendoza moves to clinch but Genovese breaks away
letting Genovese counter with a right hand.
Mendoza fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mendoza tries to clinch up but Genovese circles away and keeps his distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendoza tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Genovese counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Genovese connects with a solid leg kick.
Mendoza instigates a clinch.
Nice elbow from Genovese.
Genovese throws an elbow that misses.
Nice elbow from Genovese.
Mendoza tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Genovese avoids it.
Mendoza looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Mendoza putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Genovese in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Mendoza blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Mendoza.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mendoza lands an elbow just above Genovese 's eye.
A short uppercut from Genovese.
Genovese trying to stall but Mendoza improves his position.
Genovese trying to land knees to the body.
Mendoza using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Genovese has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Genovese throws an elbow but misses.
Mendoza creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Mendoza misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Genovese.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Mendoza.
Mendoza creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A short right from Genovese on the inside.
Genovese's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mendoza clinches up with Genovese and pushes him back against the cage.
Genovese blocks the elbow strike.
Mendoza misses with a knee strike.
Genovese trying to land knees to the body.
Mendoza dodges an elbow strike from Genovese.
Genovese pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Mendoza tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mendoza blocks the elbow strike.
Nice elbow from Genovese.
Genovese wants to get back to striking at distance but Mendoza won't allow it.
Mendoza throws an elbow but it misses.
Mendoza lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Mendoza lands a damaging elbow.
Genovese manages to break the clinch.
Mendoza tries to clinch but Genovese is having none of it.
Genovese fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendoza tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Genovese paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mendoza throws a jab but it's blocked by Genovese.
The fighters circling - Genovese throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mendoza tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Genovese misses with a straight right.
Mendoza cracks Genovese with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Mendoza misses the jab.
Mendoza tries to close the distance and clinch but Genovese swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mendoza explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Miquel Mendoza is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mendoza scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Mendoza looks to land a left hand but Genovese moved out of range nicely.
Sloppy strikes from Mendoza. Those never looked like landing.
A slow jab from Mendoza misses its intended target.
Genovese avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Genovese lands a nice looking body kick.
Genovese drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mendoza misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mendoza moves in looking to clinch but Genovese pushes him off.
Mendoza is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mendoza fails with an attempt to clinch.
Genovese misses with a head kick.
Mendoza tries to close the distance and clinch up but Genovese swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mendoza moves into the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mendoza gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Genovese lands a nice elbow.
Mendoza throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Mendoza blocks an elbow strike.
Mendoza tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mendoza tries a knee to the head but Genovese blocks it.
Mendoza missing with knees to the body.
Genovese lands an elbow that stopped Mendoza in his tracks for a moment.
Mendoza tries to land a knee to the head but Genovese blocks with his arms.
Mendoza dodges an elbow strike from Genovese.
Genovese lands an elbow that stopped Mendoza in his tracks for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Miquel Mendoza will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Genovese avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Genovese takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Mendoza is looking to clinch.
Mendoza 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.
Mendoza tries to clinch there but Genovese circles away.
Genovese fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mendoza connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Genovese's hands.
Mendoza tries to clinch up but Genovese circles away and keeps his distance.
Genovese throws a jab when Mendoza was well out of range.
Mendoza slips under a jab.
Miquel Mendoza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mendoza closes the distance but Genovese moves to the side
and Genovese makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Mendoza is looking to clinch.
Mendoza moves in looking to clinch but Genovese pushes him off.
Mendoza keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Genovese.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Mendoza, as that shot connected.
Genovese is rocked!
BAM! Mendoza delivers a spinning backfist that drops Genovese like a ragdoll! This is all oooooveeeer! He was out before he hit the ground!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Spinning Backfist). Miquel Mendoza!
During a confident post fight interview, Miquel Mendoza thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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