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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ale Vazquez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lamar Washington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Washington comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Back in Black-AC/DC kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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182 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
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Good kicks
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ale Vazquez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lamar Washington!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Washington connects with a vicious head kick that knocks Vazquez to the floor! Washington dives in looking for the finish!
Vazquez is rocked!
It looks like Ale Vazquez has been cut.
Washington trying to pass the guard but Vazquez defending well.
Oh Vazquez is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Washington passes to side control.
Vazquez seems to have got his legs back now.
Vazquez is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Washington has just dragged him back down to the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Washington takes a little break here. Vazquez wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Washington stands up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Vazquez is looking to clinch.
Vazquez throws a sloppy head kick
and Washington counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Washington prevents Vazquez from breaking the clinch.
Washington misses with a knee strike.
Washington tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Washington with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Washington scores with a knee to the head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Washington looking to throw knees to the head but Vazquez is blocking nicely.
Washington misses with a knee strike.
Washington lands an elbow just above Vazquez 's eye.
Washington tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Washington misses with a knee strike.
Vazquez misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lamar Washington dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ale Vazquez's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Washington circles away from the clinch attempt
and Washington counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Washington.
Washington tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Vazquez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Washington throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Vazquez blocks it with crossed arms.
Vazquez throws an elbow but it misses.
Vazquez struggles to land a body shot inside as Washington controls his hands.
Washington misses with a knee to the head.
Vazquez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Vazquez is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Washington is keeping busy.
Washington misses with a knee strike.
Washington throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Vazquez blocks it with crossed arms.
Washington is breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Washington tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Washington with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Washington tries to land knees in the clinch but Vazquez avoids the damage to the body.
Vazquez trying to land knees to the body.
Vazquez working aggressively here.
Vazquez managing to block the knees to the body from Washington.
Washington tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Vazquez wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Washington tries a knee to the head but Vazquez blocks it.
Vazquez wants to get back to striking at distance but Washington won't allow it.
Vazquez wants to break free but Washington has control.
Washington throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Vazquez blocks it with crossed arms.
Vazquez lands a left hand.
Vazquez is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Washington is keeping busy.
Washington prevents Vazquez from breaking the clinch.
Vazquez lands a body punch in the clinch.
Vazquez pushes off an throws an elbow but Washington leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Vazquez is trying to maintain a safe position but Washington gets an underhook and turns Vazquez into the cage.
Washington takes a knee right on the jaw!
Vazquez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The crowd cheers as Vazquez lands an impressive looking overhand right. Washington doesn't seem phased though.
Washington is rocked!
Vazquez has Washington up against the cage in a clinch.
Washington is still on wobbly legs! Can Vazquez finish him?
Vazquez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Washington seems to have recovered his senses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Vazquez throws an elbow but misses.
Washington managing to block the knees to the body from Vazquez.
Washington misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Vazquez.
Vazquez trying to stall but Washington improves his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vazquez stalling in the clinch.
Washington tries a knee to the head but Vazquez blocks it.
Washington misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Vazquez.
A short body shot lands from Vazquez as the two fighters clinch.
Vazquez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Washington missing with knees to the body.
Vazquez trying to land knees to the body.
Vazquez throws a head punch that misses.
Vazquez stalling against the cage.
Washington misses with a knee strike.
Vazquez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Vazquez can't find room to land a body shot as Washington controls the action.
Washington takes an elbow to the forehead.
Vazquez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Washington misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Vazquez.
Vazquez stalling in the clinch but Washington improves position.
Washington tries a body shot but Vazquez blocks it.
Washington misses with a knee strike.
Vazquez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Vazquez is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Washington is keeping busy.
Vazquez lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Washington.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vazquez wants to break free but Washington has control.
Washington swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Vazquez pushes Washington back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Vazquez is trying to break free.
A short body shot lands from Vazquez as the two fighters clinch.
The referee calls for Vazquez to work.
Vazquez tries to work over Washington's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Vazquez throws a punch but it's blocked by Washington.
Vazquez breaks from the clinch.
Washington tries to clinch
and Vazquez counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Vazquez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Washington paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Vazquez lunges at Washington with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Washington's hand.
Vazquez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Vazquez wants to clinch but Washington slips to the side
and Washington counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Washington.
Washington throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Vazquez blocks it with crossed arms.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Washington throws a knee to the head but misses.
Vazquez lands a nice shot to the body.
Vazquez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Vazquez closes the distance and clinches.
Vazquez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Washington tries to clinch there but Vazquez circles away.
Vazquez wants to clinch.
Vazquez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Washington paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Vazquez swats away the attempt to clinch by Washington.
Vazquez closes the distance looking to clinch
and Washington makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ale Vazquez dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ale Vazquez's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Washington avoids the body shot from Vazquez.
Vazquez tries to clinch
and Washington counters by clinching up.
Knees in the clinch landing for Washington.
Vazquez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Washington has him pressed against the cage.
Vazquez swings wildly with an uppercut but Washington uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vazquez takes a knee right on the jaw!
Vazquez can't break the clinch.
Vazquez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Vazquez scores with a shot to the side of Washington's head.
Washington looking to throw knees to the head but Vazquez is blocking nicely.
With the fighters up against the cage, Washington throws an elbow but misses.
Vazquez scores with a knee to the head.
Washington throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Vazquez blocks it with crossed arms.
Washington trying to land knees to the body.
Vazquez wants to stall.
Washington with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Washington misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Washington takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Washington tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Washington prevents Vazquez from breaking the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vazquez trying to land knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Vazquez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Washington's brow.
Washington looking to throw knees to the head but Vazquez is blocking nicely.
Vazquez looking to stall.
Vazquez managing to block the knees to the body from Washington.
Vazquez stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Vazquez tries a knee to the head but Washington blocks it.
Washington tries to work over Vazquez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Vazquez lands an uppercut.
Vazquez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Vazquez closes the distance but Washington moves to the side
and Washington counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Washington tries to land knees in the clinch but Vazquez avoids the damage to the body.
Vazquez misses with a short punch on the inside.
A body shot lands from Vazquez.
Nice body punch from Vazquez.
Vazquez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Vazquez tries to clinch up but Washington circles away and keeps his distance.
Vazquez tries to clinch up.
Vazquez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Vazquez goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Vazquez moves in looking to clinch but Washington pushes him off.
Vazquez blocks a low kick nicely.
Vazquez tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Washington counters with a good low kick that Vazquez was not able to check.
Vazquez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Washington paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Washington fails with an attempt to clinch.
Washington lands a nice leg kick that just misses Vazquez's sensitive parts.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vazquez closes the distance but Washington moves to the side
and Washington counters with a body kick.
Vazquez tries to clinch up but Washington circles away and keeps his distance.
Vazquez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Vazquez closes the distance but Washington moves to the side
and Washington counters with a good low kick that Vazquez was not able to check.
Vazquez tries to keep at a distance but Washington has taken the fight into the clinch.
Washington tries a knee to the head but Vazquez blocks it.
Vazquez misses with some punches.
Vazquez tries to land knees in the clinch but Washington avoids the damage to the body.
Vazquez misses with some punches.
Washington misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Vazquez.
Vazquez scores with a hook to the body.
Vazquez managing to block the knees to the body from Washington.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Washington blocks a body shot from Vazquez.
Washington throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Vazquez blocks it with crossed arms.
Washington tries to land a knee to the head but Vazquez blocks with his arms.
A right hook to the body lands for Vazquez.
Vazquez tries to stall but Washington uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Washington misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Vazquez.
Vazquez lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Vazquez stalling in the clinch but Washington improves position.
Vazquez pushes Washington back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Vazquez is trying to break free.
Vazquez lands with a left to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Vazquez fails to land.
Vazquez scores with a hook to the body.
Vazquez is trying to maintain a safe position but Washington gets an underhook and turns Vazquez into the cage.
Vazquez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Washington lands a hook to the side of the head.
Vazquez has Washington pressed against the cage.
Vazquez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Vazquez stalling in the clinch but Washington improves position.
A body shot lands from Washington.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Lamar Washington.
I think Washington has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:29
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
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