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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Derek Laplaglia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mister Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Love has chosen You ready as his entrance music. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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153 lbs
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155 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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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
3 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Derek Laplaglia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mister Love!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Micheangelo Fripello and Colin Fray.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Laplaglia misses with a low kick.
Laplaglia throws a series of punches but Love moves out of range.
Laplaglia is looking to clinch.
Some wild striking there from Laplaglia.
Love rushes Laplaglia and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Love unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Laplaglia lands a right hand that snaps the head of Love backwards.
Laplaglia misses with a hook to the ribs.
Love takes an elbow to the temple.
Love wants a takedown but no success here.
Laplaglia throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Love blocks it with crossed arms.
Laplaglia on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Love fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Love throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Laplaglia pushes Love back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Laplaglia tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Love.
Laplaglia stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Laplaglia swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Laplaglia tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Love'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.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Love is trying to break the clinch but Laplaglia is controlling him.
Laplaglia on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Laplaglia misses with the head strike.
Love utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Love takes an elbow to the temple.
Love trying to land knees to the body.
Love using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Laplaglia has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Laplaglia lands a hook that snaps the head of Love backwards.
Love displaying some good clinch control by pressing Laplaglia up against the cage.
Love tries to pull guard but Laplaglia forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Derek Laplaglia has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mister Love.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laplaglia is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Laplaglia with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Love lands with a left to the head.
Laplaglia lands with a right to the head.
Laplaglia tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Laplaglia on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Laplaglia.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Laplaglia creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Love misses with an elbow over the top.
Laplaglia throws a knee to the head but misses.
Love throws an elbow that misses.
Laplaglia lands with a light punch inside.
Laplaglia managing to block the knees to the body from Love.
Laplaglia lands with a short shot to the head.
Laplaglia lands an elbow that stopped Love in his tracks for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laplaglia misses with a punch on the inside.
Laplaglia throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Loves head.
Love lands a good knee to the midsection. Laplaglia won't want to take too many of those.
Laplaglia lands a knee to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Love fails to pull guard.
Love looks winded!
Love is trying to pull guard but Laplaglia turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Laplaglia makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Laplaglia lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Love blocks a body shot from Laplaglia.
Love looking to stall.
Love fails to pull guard.
Laplaglia taking a breather.
Love looking to stall.
A short right from Laplaglia.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laplaglia tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Laplaglia working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Laplaglia lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Love takes a knee right on the jaw!
Love misses with a hook to the ribs.
Laplaglia lands a hook to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Laplaglia scores with a nice short uppercut.
Laplaglia misses with an elbow over the top.
Love is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Laplaglia scores with a nice hook to the head.
Love avoids the elbow strike from Laplaglia, against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Laplaglia taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Laplaglia pushes Love back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Love looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Laplaglia lands a knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Derek Laplaglia dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Laplaglia doesn't manage to clinch there - Love circles away.
Love throws a head kick that misses.
Love instigates a clinch.
Love blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Laplaglia throws a punch but it's blocked by Love.
Love tries to pull guard but Laplaglia holds him up against the cage and eventually Love drops back down to his feet.
Laplaglia makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Love jumps guard but Laplaglia stands there with Love around his waist. Love gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Love misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Laplaglia.
Laplaglia scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Love takes an elbow to the temple.
Laplaglia with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Love is looking to control Laplaglia's arms but Laplaglia gets an underhook and turns him. Now Love has his back to the cage.
Laplaglia looking to throw knees to the head but Love is blocking nicely.
Laplaglia tries a knee to the head but Love blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Laplaglia blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Love is breathing heavily.
Love tries a knee to the head but Laplaglia blocks it.
Love misses with an elbow strike.
Love is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Laplaglia is defending well for now.
Laplaglia throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Love blocks it with crossed arms.
Laplaglia lands a left hand that snaps the head of Love backwards.
Love unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Love tries to work over Laplaglia's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Laplaglia unloads a knee to the mid-section. Love lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Laplaglia keeps control of Love as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Laplaglia comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Laplaglia misses with a knee strike.
Laplaglia misses with a knee strike.
Love is trying to break the clinch but Laplaglia has him pressed against the cage.
Laplaglia lands an uppercut.
Laplaglia comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Love tries to land a knee to the head but Laplaglia blocks with his arms.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love stalling in the clinch but Laplaglia improves position.
Laplaglia lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Laplaglia lands a left hand that snaps the head of Love backwards.
Laplaglia pushes Love back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Laplaglia lands a nice uppercut.
Laplaglia misses with a knee to the head.
Love tries to land knees in the clinch but Laplaglia avoids the damage to the body.
Love on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Laplaglia will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Love up against the cage.
A short uppercut from Laplaglia.
Laplaglia with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Laplaglia tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Laplaglia working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Love tries to score a body lock takedown but Laplaglia shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Derek Laplaglia has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mister Love.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laplaglia is working Love over against the cage.
Laplaglia tries a knee to the head but Love blocks it.
Laplaglia connects with a knee to the head.
Laplaglia gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A knee to the head by Laplaglia.
Laplaglia tries a knee to the head but Love blocks it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Laplaglia as Love tries to tie him up.
Laplaglia tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Love gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Laplaglia softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Laplaglia on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Laplaglia.
Love misses with a punch to the body.
Laplaglia lands an uppercut.
Love is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Laplaglia is defending well for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Laplaglia.
Love has had enough of the clinch but Laplaglia keeps him there for the moment.
Love tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Laplaglia avoids it.
Love trying to control the position but instead, Laplaglia has worked for underhooks and has pushed Love into the cage.
Laplaglia lands a knee to the head.
Laplaglia landing knees to the head.
Laplaglia lands with a right to the head.
Laplaglia misses with a knee strike.
Laplaglia with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Love ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Love no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Laplaglia won't allow Love to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Laplaglia is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Derek Laplaglia dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Laplaglia looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Laplaglia looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Love clinches up against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Laplaglia.
Laplaglia lands a left hand that snaps the head of Love backwards.
Laplaglia swings wildly with an uppercut but Love uses good head movement to avoid it.
Laplaglia tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Laplaglia working aggressively here.
Love lands a knee to the body.
Love is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Laplaglia tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Love tries to break the clinch but Laplaglia is controlling the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Laplaglia tries to throw a body punch but Love avoids it by throwing Laplaglia back against the cage.
Love misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Laplaglia.
Laplaglia with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Laplaglia keeps control of Love as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Laplaglia tries to land a knee to the head but Love blocks with his arms.
Love manages to break the clinch.
Laplaglia gets a clinch.
A shot in the inside from Laplaglia.
Laplaglia misses with a hook to the ribs.
Laplaglia avoiding damage as Love throws knees to the body.
Love tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Laplaglia just stands there and leans against the cage.
Laplaglia pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Love missing with knees to the body.
Laplaglia throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Loves head.
Laplaglia blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Laplaglia lands with a light punch inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Laplaglia throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Love counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Laplaglia wants to clinch up but Love keeps it at a distance.
Derek Laplaglia is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Laplaglia fails in his attempt to clinch.
Laplaglia is looking to clinch.
Laplaglia clinches up against the cage.
Laplaglia swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Laplaglia prevents Love from breaking the clinch.
Love working Laplaglia over with knees to the body.
Laplaglia misses with a punch on the inside.
Love's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Laplaglia avoids the elbow strike from Love, against the cage.
Laplaglia misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Love.
Love is trying to stall.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love has Laplaglia pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Laplaglia manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Laplaglia lands a left hand that snaps the head of Love backwards.
Laplaglia lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Laplaglia.
Love missing with knees to the body.
Laplaglia landing knees to the body.
Derek Laplaglia has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Laplaglia lands a hook that snaps the head of Love backwards.
Laplaglia lands with a right to the head.
Laplaglia with a knee to the head.
Laplaglia lands a hook that snaps the head of Love backwards.
Laplaglia lands a hook that snaps the head of Love backwards.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Laplaglia.
Love takes a knee to the side of the body.
Laplaglia lands an elbow inside that Love shrugs off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Love tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Laplaglia avoids it.
Laplaglia pushes Love back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Laplaglia softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Love takes a shot to the head.
Love blocks an elbow strike from Laplaglia.
Laplaglia lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Mister Love has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Love wants a takedown but no success here.
Derek Laplaglia has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mister Love.
Laplaglia tries to land a knee to the head but Love blocks with his arms.
Laplaglia tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Laplaglia swings wildly with an uppercut but Love uses good head movement to avoid it.
Love misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Laplaglia.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Love breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Laplaglia closes the distance and clinches.
Derek Laplaglia is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Laplaglia lands with a right to the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Derek Laplaglia showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Laplaglia, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Jeff Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Derek Laplaglia!
Derek Laplaglia got down on his knees post fight and begged the management for a title shot. 'Please, I want that title shot so bad! Give it to me!'
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