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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Timothy Robinson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Xavier Lucio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Xavier Lucio has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Timothy Robinson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Xavier Lucio!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Paul Tew and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lucio moves in looking to clinch but Robinson pushes him off.
Robinson looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Lucio slaps away a takedown attempt from Robinson, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Lucio tries to close the distance and clinch up but Robinson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Robinson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Robinson looks to score with a jab to the body but Lucio is just out of range.
Lucio avoids the body shot from Robinson.
Lucio fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Robinson sprawls well initially but Lucio persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Robinson is looking for a sweep. Lucio is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Lucio is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Lucio seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Lucio should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Robinson wants to sweep but Lucio has passed to side control!
Lucio working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Robinson wants to control but Lucio postures up.
Lucio misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Robinson is trying to control Lucio's posture but Lucio avoids it.
Lucio wants to stand but Robinson is controlling his arm.
Lucio is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Robinson is trying to get back to half guard.
Lucio working away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lucio advances nicely into full mount.
Lucio throwing strikes here but Robinson is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Lucio throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Lucio landing shots from mount.
Robinson is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Robinson is trying desperately to improve position.
Lucio tries to control but Robinson wriggling away.
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!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Lucio controlling his opponent.
Robinson can't escape the position.
Lucio wants to control the pace but Robinson is squirming around nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robinson is working to get back to half guard.
Robinson tries to lock up and control but Lucio gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Lucio trying to control but Robinson is having none of it.
Lucio prevents Robinson from getting the reversal.
Lucio throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Lucio looking to secure an arm triangle but Robinson defends it well.
Robinson bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Lucio is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lucio 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.
Robinson trying to control but Lucio is working from the bottom.
Robinson postures up.
Robinson tries to free his leg and advance position but Lucio is retaining full guard.
Lucio keeping moving, preventing Robinson from controlling successfully.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Robinson fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Lucio is out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Robinson.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Robinson is trying to get an arm triangle but Lucio is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Xavier Lucio will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Robinson has his takedown stuffed
and Lucio decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Robinson's guard.
Lucio controls from within his opponent's guard.
Robinson had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Lucio defends it easily.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Lucio has eaten all the pies!
Lucio passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Lucio is trying to ground and pound but Robinson uses the momentary lack of control by Lucio to regain half guard.
Robinson is looking for a sweep. Lucio is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Lucio slows the pace down in half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lucio thows a huge punch but Robinson dodges it nicely.
Robinson trying to control from the bottom.
Lucio controlling the action here.
Robinson looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Lucio is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Robinson looking for submissions off his back.
Lucio is thwarting Robinson's attempts to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robinson is looking to get back to full guard here but Lucio has managed to pass to side control instead.
Robinson is looking for a sweep.
An elbow from Lucio crashes against the mat.
Lucio wants to stand but Robinson has his arm trapped.
Lucio works to advance to full mount. Robinson defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Lucio misses with a head shot.
Lucio looking to control and managing it successfully.
Lucio throws some wild stikes that Robinson manages to avoid easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robinson wants to control but Lucio is having none of it.
Robinson is in all sorts of trouble here.
Lucio looking to control but Robinson is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Robinson is looking to improve his position but Lucio isn't that keen on the idea.
Lucio tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Robinson is looking to get to half guard.
Robinson regains half guard.
Robinson has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Lucio is working away from the top position though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Robinson is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Lucio is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Lucio wants to lay and pray for a moment but Robinson keeps working.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Xavier Lucio was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Lucio fails in his attempt to clinch.
Robinson throws a lazy right hand but Lucio sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Robinson gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Lucio to score an easy takedown into full guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Robinson has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Lucio can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lucio wants to stand but Robinson is controlling his posture from full guard.
Robinson throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Xavier Lucio showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Lucio looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Robinson looking for a guillotine here but Lucio defends easily.
Lucio wants to control from the top but Robinson keeps moving.
Robinson is trying to hold Lucio in close to prevent damage but Lucio has managed to pass into half guard.
Robinson is looking for a sweep. Lucio is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Lucio controlling the action here.
Lucio is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Robinson defends it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lucio performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Robinson moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Robinson is trying to control the position but Lucio postures up.
Robinson working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Lucio doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Lucio manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Lucio wants to stand but Robinson is controlling his posture from full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robinson looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Lucio passes into side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Robinson takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
A lull in the action here as Lucio stalls from top position.
Robinson is looking for a sweep.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robinson avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Lucio.
Robinson is trying to get back to half guard.
Lucio is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Robinson's shoulder. That is not cool.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
You can see the frustration on Robinson's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Lucio moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Robinson tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Lucio easily slips into full mount!
Lucio looking to control and managing it successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lucio with a couple of short strikes.
Lucio working Robinson over with strikes here.
Lucio wants to stand but Robinson is holding on to him, trying to stop him posturing up.
Robinson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Robinson regains half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lucio perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Robinson is trying to control but can't.
Robinson wants to control the action here but instead Lucio manages to pass to full mount!
Timothy Robinson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Xavier Lucio is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Lucio tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Xavier Lucio comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Lucio winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Xavier Lucio!
A less than humble Xavier Lucio misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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