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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Brent Celek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aj Teixeira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Celek comes to the cage accompanied by 40 oz. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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160 lbs
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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
23 - 17 - 1, fighting out of New York, Brent Celek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Aj Teixeira!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Eddie Farnsworth and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Celek misses with a low kick.
An inside leg kick from Celek misses.
A swing and a miss from Celek.
Celek is looking to chop away at Teixeira's legs.
Teixeira is looking to slow Celek down with leg kicks.
Teixeira blocks a jab.
Celek jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Teixeira scores with a jab to the body.
Teixeira lands a nice shot to the body.
Teixeira walks into a stiff left hand from Celek.
Celek misses the shot to the body.
Celek tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Brent Celek seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Celek scores with a jab. Teixeira acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Celek misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Celek throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Teixeira does no damage.
Celek takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Celek ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A head kick misses from Celek.
Teixeira takes a jab right on the kisser.
Celek fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Celek pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Celek jabs Teixeira right on the nose. Teixeira blinks but takes it well.
Celek uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Teixeira.
Celek connects with a jab.
Celek tries to move into range but Teixeira moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Teixeira.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Teixeira throws a jab when Celek was well out of range.
Celek throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A left lands for Teixeira.
Aj Teixeira is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Teixeira throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Teixeira connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A nice inside leg kick there by Celek. That's going to slow Teixeira down.
Teixeira ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Celek moves away.
Celek wants to land a leg kick but Teixeira is out of range.
Teixeira scores with a shot to the body.
Celek uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Teixeira.
Celek tests Teixeira's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Teixeira throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Celek counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Celek tenderised Teixeira's leg. Teixeira is trying to keep his angry face on.
Celek swings widly with a right hand
and Celek takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Celek misses with a few strikes there.
Teixeira walks into a stiff left hand from Celek.
Celek closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Teixeira quickly recovers to half guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Teixeira is trying to control but can't.
Teixeira is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Teixeira wants to get back to his feet.
Celek throwing shots but Teixeira is blocking nicely.
Celek working the head and body with strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Celek drops an elbow to the side of Teixeira's head.
Celek thows a huge punch but Teixeira dodges it nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Celek trying to mount his opponent but Teixeira defends it.
Celek not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Teixeira is not content to let Celek control the position.
Celek winds up and cracks Teixeira with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Teixeira keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Celek thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Teixeira's head.
Celek missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Celek looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Teixeira tries to get to full guard but Celek has control of the leg.
Celek is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Teixeira has managed to free his arm - good work.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Teixeira wants to control the action here but instead Celek manages to pass to full mount!
Celek working away from the top, dropping strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brent Celek dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Celek misses with a wild body shot.
Teixeira fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Celek misses the jab.
Celek thows a body shot but no joy.
Teixeira throws a looping overhand right but Celek ducks down to avoid it.
Celek keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Teixeira has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Celek.
Celek lets loose with a powerful body kick. Teixeira will feel that in the morning.
Celek throws a hook but Teixeira avoids it easily.
Celek drives through with a takedown into guard.
Celek 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.
Teixeira is adopting a defensive guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Teixeira keeping moving, preventing Celek from controlling successfully.
Teixeira preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Teixeira kicks Celek off and gets to his feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Teixeira. Celek does a little dance to reset his feet.
A big left from Teixeira misses.
Teixeira fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Celek throws a sloppy head kick and Teixeira moves out of range easily.
Celek looks to land a right hand but Teixeira moved out of range.
Celek loads up on a big right hand but Teixeira slips the punch.
Nice defenses there by Teixeira.
Teixeira ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Celek moves away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Celek lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Celek lets loose with a powerful body kick. Teixeira will feel that in the morning.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Celek lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Teixeira has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Teixeira and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Celek misses with a low kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Celek takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Celek misses with a hook
and Teixeira makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Teixeira throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Celek!
Brent Celek is winning the standup battle so far.
Teixeira ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Celek avoids a punch combination nicely.
Teixeira is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Celek rather than just go for the knockout.
Celek misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Celek.
Teixeira connects with a leg kick. Celek looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Teixeira pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Teixeira lands a nice hook to Celek's body. Celek takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Celek. Teixeira does a little dance to reset his feet.
Celek thows a left - swing and a miss!
Celek throws a head kick but Teixeira moves out of range.
Teixeira ducks under a wild hook from Celek.
Celek cracks Teixeira with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Teixeira fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Celek manages to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Teixeira throws a body punch but Celek moves out of range.
Teixeira throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Teixeira fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Celek manages to avoid it.
Celek throws an overhand right that lands on Teixeira's shoulder, as Teixeira tries to avoid the shot.
Teixeira ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Celek moves away.
Teixeira throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Celek stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Teixeira uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Celek.
Celek uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Teixeira.
Teixeira avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Celek throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Teixeira ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Celek moves away.
Celek takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Brent Celek will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Teixeira walks into a jab.
Celek takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Celek with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Celek throws a nice inside leg kick.
Teixeira ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Celek moves away.
Celek lands a lovely overhand right.
Celek falls off balance throwing a combination
and Teixeira counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Celek looks to land a left hand but Teixeira moved out of range nicely.
Teixeira swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Teixeira ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Celek moves away.
Celek paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Teixeira misses with a wild body shot.
Teixeira defending well as Celek loads up on a big left hand.
Teixeira defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Celek.
Teixeira with a jab.
Celek jabs Teixeira right on the nose. Teixeira blinks but takes it well.
Teixeira on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Teixeira throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Celek pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Celek dodges the punch combination from Teixeira.
Teixeira lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Teixeira lands a nice looking body shot.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Celek.
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!
Teixeira sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Celek lands strikes from half guard.
Teixeira trying to control here.
Celek working the head and body with strikes.
Celek thows a huge punch but Teixeira dodges it nicely.
Celek not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Teixeira is trying to stand up here but Celek is controlling him well.
Teixeira won't allow Celek to pass to mount.
Celek drops an elbow to the side of Teixeira's head.
Teixeira is pressing down on Celek's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Teixeira bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Celek's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Celek is adopting a defensive guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Teixeira's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Celek has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Celek trying to keep a closed guard but Teixeira is proving a slippery customer.
Brent Celek has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Celek fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Teixeira checks it well.
Teixeira thows a body shot but no joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Teixeira ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Celek moves away.
Teixeira bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Celek fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Teixeira manages to avoid it.
Teixeira lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Celek looks to land a left hand but Teixeira moved out of range nicely.
Celek takes a swing at Teixeira's ribcage but misses.
Celek thuds his right hand into Teixeira's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Teixeira checks a leg kick.
Aj Teixeira has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Teixeira slips under a jab from Celek.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Teixeira misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Celek uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Teixeira.
Teixeira slips a jab from Celek.
And that's the end of the fight!
Brent Celek showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Celek 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:27
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brent Celek!
Brent Celek managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, TFP Graphics - Pit Inc, into his post fight interview.
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energy
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