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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Glad Tihata (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Felix Aguinaga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Glad Tihata!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Felix Aguinaga!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Chris Edwards and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Tihata looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tihata lands with a kick to the ribs.
Aguinaga stuffs the takedown attempt from Tihata. Tihata gets slowly back to his feet.
Tihata closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Tihata unloads a knee to the mid-section. Aguinaga lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Aguinaga pulls guard.
Tihata not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Tihata wants to stand but Aguinaga is controlling his posture from full guard.
Aguinaga wants to sweep but no luck.
Aguinaga trying to control the position.
Aguinaga trying to strike off his back.
Tihata missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tihata stays in close to Aguinaga's body and controls the position.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Tihata tries to clinch there but Aguinaga circles away.
Tihata gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Aguinaga tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Tihata just stands there and leans against the ropes.
Tihata scores a nice knee to the body.
Aguinaga looks gassed!
Tihata with a knee to the head.
Tihata misses with a knee strike.
Aguinaga is working for takedown but Tihata is calmly controlling the position for now.
A knee to the head by Tihata.
Aguinaga managing to block the knees to the body from Tihata.
Tihata landing knees to the body.
Tihata unloads a knee to the mid-section. Aguinaga lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tihata lands a knee to the head.
Tihata throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Aguinaga blocks it with crossed arms.
Tihata with a knee to the head.
Tihata looking to throw knees to the head but Aguinaga is blocking nicely.
Aguinaga goes for a takedown attempt but Tihata pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Glad Tihata has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Felix Aguinaga.
Tihata clinches up with Aguinaga and pushes him back against the ropes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tihata connects with a knee to the head.
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!
Aguinaga goes for a takedown in the clinch but Tihata prevents it.
Tihata with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tihata scores a nice knee to the body.
Tihata lands a nice knee to the body.
Tihata lands an uppercut.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Tihata with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Tihata lands an elbow inside that Aguinaga shrugs off.
Aguinaga drags the fight down to the ground.
Aguinaga is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Tihata working some strikes from top position.
Aguinaga is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Aguinaga working a defensive guard but Tihata passes into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aguinaga throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Tihata prevents Aguinaga from improving his position.
Tihata is keen to just control but Aguinaga is a slippery customer.
Tihata scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Tihata lands a nice knee to the body.
Tihata misses with a knee to the head.
Tihata prevents the takedown attempt.
Tihata landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tihata landing knees to the body.
Tihata unloads a knee to the mid-section. Aguinaga lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tihata lands a knee to the head.
Tihata lands a nice knee to the body.
Aguinaga tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Tihata smiles and moves away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tihata tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A jab from Aguinaga finds it's way through Tihata's defenses.
Tihata tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tihata closes the distance and clinches.
Tihata tries to land knees in the clinch but Aguinaga avoids the damage to the body.
Aguinaga jumps guard.
Aguinaga throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Tihata decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Aguinaga, up you get!
Aguinaga is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Aguinaga looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Aguinaga loads up on a big right hand but Tihata slips the punch.
Tihata works the jab nicely.
Tihata is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Tihata throws a sloppy head kick and Aguinaga moves out of range easily.
Tihata tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nice sprawl there from Tihata as Aguinaga shoots in.
Aguinaga tries to keep at a distance but Tihata has taken the fight into the clinch.
Aguinaga drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Tihata gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Tihata tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Aguinaga jumps guard but Tihata stands there with Aguinaga around his waist. Aguinaga gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Aguinaga drops down looking for an ankle pick but Tihata pulls his leg out and moves away.
Tihata clinches but Aguinaga breaks the clinch
enabling Aguinaga to counter with a crisp jab.
Tihata pushes Aguinaga up against the ropes in a clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Tihata.
Tihata lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Tihata tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Aguinaga is trying to break free.
Tihata tries to land a knee to the head but Aguinaga blocks with his arms.
Tihata prevents the takedown attempt.
Tihata with a knee to the head.
Aguinaga jumps guard but Tihata stands there with Aguinaga around his waist. Aguinaga gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Tihata unloads a knee to the mid-section. Aguinaga lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Aguinaga wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tihata with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tihata misses with a knee strike.
Aguinaga is working for takedown but Tihata is calmly controlling the position for now.
Tihata tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tihata using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Aguinaga has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tihata throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Aguinaga blocks it with crossed arms.
Aguinaga fails to pull guard.
Aguinaga has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Tihata avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Tihata is trying to maintain a safe position but Aguinaga gets an underhook and turns Tihata into the ropes.
Aguinaga looking for a takedown.
Aguinaga wants a takedown.
Tihata tries to land knees in the clinch but Aguinaga avoids the damage to the body.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Aguinaga tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Tihata just stands there and leans against the ropes.
Tihata is pressed up against the ropes. Aguinaga has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Tihata down to the mat. Tihata avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Tihata drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Tihata won't allow Aguinaga to sweep him here.
Tihata wants to stand and escape but instead Aguinaga has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Tihata keeping moving, preventing Aguinaga from controlling successfully.
Aguinaga throwing strikes but missing.
Aguinaga content to stall in guard here.
Tihata pushes Aguinaga off and scrambles back to his feet.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Aguinaga or perhaps it was just good defense by Tihata which made him look bad.
Tihata tries to clinch but Aguinaga moves out of range.
Aguinaga throws the left hand but Tihata avoids the punch easily.
Tihata tries to close the distance and clinch up but Aguinaga swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tihata has Aguinaga up against the ropes in a clinch.
Tihata trying to land knees to the body.
Tihata lands a nice knee to the body.
Tihata crunches a lovely knee into Aguinaga's ribcage.
Tihata gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Aguinaga.
Tihata scores with a knee to the head.
Aguinaga tries to pull guard but Tihata holds him up against the ropes and eventually Aguinaga drops back down to his feet.
Tihata scores with a knee to the head.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Tihata misses with a knee to the head.
Tihata looking to throw knees to the head but Aguinaga is blocking nicely.
Tihata looking to slow down the pace here.
Aguinaga wants a takedown but no success here.
Tihata prevents a takedown attempt there.
Tihata crunches a lovely knee into Aguinaga's ribcage.
Tihata landing knees to the head.
Tihata using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Aguinaga has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Aguinaga manages to break the clinch.
Aguinaga jabs Tihata right on the nose. Tihata blinks but takes it well.
Tihata misses with a takedown
and Aguinaga counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Aguinaga.
Aguinaga tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Tihata smiles and moves away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head kick misses from Tihata.
Tihata circles away from the clinch attempt
and Tihata counters with a good, hard body kick but Aguinaga shrugs it off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Glad Tihata dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Tihata is looking to clinch but Aguinaga is avoiding it.
Tihata wants to clinch
and Aguinaga counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tihata misses with a head kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Aguinaga misses the target.
Aguinaga fails with the takedown.
Tihata has taken the fight to the clinch.
Aguinaga tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Tihata just stands there and leans against the ropes.
Tihata lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Tihata scores a nice knee to the body.
Aguinaga jumps guard but Tihata stands there with Aguinaga around his waist. Aguinaga gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Glad Tihata has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Felix Aguinaga.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tihata using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Aguinaga has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Aguinaga breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tihata pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tihata checks a low kick from Aguinaga.
Tihata avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tihata is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Aguinaga is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Tihata tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Aguinaga counters by clinching up.
Tihata tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Aguinaga turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Aguinaga manages to end up in side control.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Aguinaga trying to control the position but Tihata is working away.
Tihata gets back to half guard.
Aguinaga working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Tihata is looking to escape.
Tihata might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Aguinaga scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Tihata is looking to improve his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tihata slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Aguinaga postures up.
Aguinaga postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Aguinaga trying to control but Tihata is working from the bottom.
Tihata manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Aguinaga manages to get himself to full guard.
Aguinaga working for a triangle but Tihata defends it easily.
Tihata sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Aguinaga's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tihata not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Aguinaga regains full guard. Nicely done.
Tihata throws a big right hand that misses.
Aguinaga is looking for a triangle but Tihata pushes his legs off easily.
Tihata postures up.
Tihata trying to control the position from guard on top but Aguinaga is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tihata tries to free his leg and advance position but Aguinaga is retaining full guard.
Aguinaga lands some strikes from the bottom.
Aguinaga keeping moving, preventing Tihata from controlling successfully.
Tihata postures up.
That's four 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.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Tihata misses with a head kick.
Aguinaga throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tihata.
Tihata explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Tihata throws a head kick that misses.
Aguinaga connects with a body shot.
Tihata tries to land a front kick but Aguinaga steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Tihata tries to clinch there but Aguinaga circles away.
Aguinaga throws a series of punches but Tihata moves out of range.
Aguinaga misses with a takedown attempt
and Tihata counters with a nice body shot.
Tihata tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Aguinaga scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Aguinaga scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Aguinaga is trying to work for a kimura but Tihata is defending well.
Aguinaga is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Tihata pushes Aguinaga off looking to stand but Aguinaga dives back in and keeps control.
Aguinaga throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Tihata tries to roll over but Aguinaga keeps him under control.
Aguinaga is keen to just control but Tihata is a slippery customer.
Aguinaga drops an elbow to the side of Tihata's head.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Tihata tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tihata tries to clinch but Aguinaga moves out of range.
Tihata tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Aguinaga paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Tihata misses with a body kick.
Aguinaga scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Aguinaga throws a right and a left that both miss.
Aguinaga circles away from the clinch attempt.
Aguinaga showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tihata.
Tihata fails in his attempt to clinch.
Aguinaga clinches up with Tihata and pushes him back against the ropes.
Tihata tries a knee to the head but Aguinaga blocks it.
Tihata doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Aguinaga tries to score a body lock takedown but Tihata shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Tihata landing knees to the body.
Aguinaga takes a shot to the head.
Aguinaga avoiding damage as Tihata throws knees to the body.
Tihata stalling.
Aguinaga drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Tihata gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Tihata with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Aguinaga pulls Tihata into guard.
Tihata trying to control but Aguinaga is working from the bottom.
Aguinaga can't keep his opponent in guard - Tihata advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Tihata gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Nice defenses there by Tihata.
Tihata scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Felix Aguinaga has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Aguinaga trying to control but Tihata flips him over like a cheap hooker and has his back!
Tihata lands shots from the back.
Tihata scores with punches and elbows.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Aguinaga manages to reverse the position and now he's in Tihata's guard. Nice work there by Aguinaga.
Aguinaga wants to stand but Tihata has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Tihata keeping moving, preventing Aguinaga from controlling successfully.
Aguinaga thows a big elbow that misses.
Tihata bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Aguinaga's guard.
Glad Tihata overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Aguinaga has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Tihata can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Tihata not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Tihata wants to control from the top but Aguinaga keeps moving.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Aguinaga is looking for a triangle but Tihata pushes his legs off easily.
Tihata distracts Aguinaga with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Aguinaga working a defensive guard but Tihata manages to pass into side control anyway.
Tihata tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Tihata has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Aguinaga is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Tihata wants to take a breather but Aguinaga is having none of it.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Felix Aguinaga.
I have no idea who won that fight. Let's wait and see whether the judges are as confused as me! Time for a split decision perhaps?!. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Atkins scores the fight for Glad Tihata!
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight for Glad Tihata!
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight for Glad Tihata!
Glad Tihata wins by unanimous decision!
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RATING
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