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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Piolo Pascual (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Toreben (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pascual kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is In My Mind. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Piolo Pascual!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jack Toreben!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Jeff Smith and Roger Salmon.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Toreben misses with a wild combination.
Toreben throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pascual gets a clinch.
Pascual struggles to land a body shot inside as Toreben controls his hands.
Pascual misses with an elbow strike.
Toreben wants to break free but Pascual has control.
Pascual can't get the takedown.
Pascual lands a takedown into guard.
Pascual scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Pascual wants to control from the top but Toreben keeps moving.
Toreben is looking to stand up but Pascual isn't so interested in that idea.
Pascual working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Pascual's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Pascual working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Toreben utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pascual postures up in Toreben's guard and throws a big left but Toreben blocks it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Toreben utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Pascual with a flurry of punches that miss.
Toreben keeping moving, preventing Pascual from controlling successfully.
Pascual scoring with punches to the head and body.
Toreben avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pascual postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Toreben really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Pascual. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Toreben wants to get back to his feet but Pascual is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Pascual is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Pascual has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Pascual working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Pascual looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Piolo Pascual just wasn't active enough.
Toreben misses with the combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pascual avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pascual closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Pascual looking for a takedown.
Toreben is defending well against a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Piolo Pascual. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pascual is looking to take this one to the mat.
Toreben tries to break the clinch but Pascual is controlling the position.
Toreben wants to break free but Pascual has control.
Toreben has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Toreben tries to circle away but Pascual has him pinned against the cage.
Pascual goes for a takedown attempt but Toreben pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Piolo Pascual seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Toreben moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
It looks like Piolo Pascual has been cut.
Pascual moves into the clinch successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Toreben is trying to break the clinch but Pascual is controlling him.
Toreben wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pascual has him pressed against the cage.
Toreben manages to break the clinch.
Pascual tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pascual is looking to clinch.
Pascual tries to close the distance and clinch but Toreben swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Toreben tries to clinch there but Pascual circles away.
A jab from Toreben finds it's way through Pascual's defenses.
Pascual wants to clinch.
Pascual takes the fight into the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pascual has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Toreben after a bit of a struggle.
Pascual is breathing heavily.
Pascual lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Toreben is not content to let Pascual control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Piolo Pascual dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Piolo Pascual's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Pascual moves in looking to clinch but Toreben pushes him off.
Pascual is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pascual tries to clinch up.
Pascual will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Toreben misses with a wild combination.
Pascual is looking to clinch but Toreben is avoiding it.
Toreben stalks Pascual and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Pascual's face. Pascual staggers backwards, shaken.
Pascual clinches.
Toreben is trying to force a seperation but Pascual has the dominant position.
Toreben wants to take the fight to the mat but Pascual manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Toreben is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Pascual wants a takedown.
Toreben's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pascual tries to clinch but Toreben is having none of it.
Pascual closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Pascual tries to close the distance and clinch up but Toreben swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Toreben lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pascual circles away quickly and effectively.
Toreben lands a nice shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pascual tries to clinch but Toreben is having none of it.
Toreben throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pascual.
Toreben scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Pascual ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Toreben lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Toreben.
Pascual showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Toreben.
Toreben throws a right and a left that Pascual avoids nicely.
Pascual is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pascual instigates a clinch.
Toreben is fighting off a takedown attempt but Pascual is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Toreben to the mat. Toreben regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Pascual showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pascual missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pascual throwing strikes from guard but Toreben blocks nicely.
Toreben preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Toreben keeping full guard, as Pascual tries to pass.
Pascual throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pascual works over Toreben with some ground and pound from guard.
Pascual working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Toreben's head.
Pascual loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Pascual stops Toreben from standing up.
Pascual throwing strikes from guard but Toreben blocks nicely.
Pascual landing with the ground and pound.
Pascual distracts Toreben with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Toreben being controlled here, momentarily.
Pascual wants to control from the top but Toreben keeps moving.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Toreben can do anything to dispel that myth.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pascual throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Piolo Pascual dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Piolo Pascual's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Toreben with a hook.
Pascual shoots in but no luck this time.
Toreben circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pascual closes the distance and clinches.
Pascual lands a takedown into guard.
Toreben wants to stand and escape but Pascual is having none of it.
Pascual throws a strike but Toreben rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Toreben is on the wrong end of a couple of strikes there.
Pascual manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Toreben manages to get himself to full guard.
Pascual is working Toreben over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Toreben being controlled here, momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pascual trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Pascual lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Toreben avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Pascual distracts Toreben with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Pascual trying to control but Toreben is working from the bottom.
Toreben takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Toreben preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pascual working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Pascual throws a strike but Toreben rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Pascual pulls Toreben in to control the position.
Pascual throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Pascual 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.
Pascual throws a nice elbow from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Toreben accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Pascual punching from the bottom - just letting Toreben know he's still in a fight.
Pascual 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.
Pascual punching from the bottom - just letting Toreben know he's still in a fight.
Pascual is adopting a defensive guard.
Pascual is trying to control the position but Toreben postures up.
Pascual manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Toreben manages to get himself to full guard.
Jack Toreben has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pascual throws a big elbow that misses.
Pascual stops Toreben from standing up.
Pascual trying to control but Toreben is working from the bottom.
Pascual content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Piolo Pascual is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pascual slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Pascual seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Toreben for as long as he can get away with.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Piolo Pascual wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Pascual gets a clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pascual gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
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!
Still in half guard, Pascual seems content to control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Piolo Pascual showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Pascual, 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 Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Piolo Pascual!
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hype
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