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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Richard Perez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pete Speedy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Speedy is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Enter Sandman. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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185 lbs
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182 lbs
4 - 4 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank |
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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
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Richard Perez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Pete Speedy!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Speedy just misses with a punch to the body.
Speedy ducks under a wild hook from Perez.
Speedy shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Speedy was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Speedy content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Perez's coaches at Men of Mayhem (1 TPL, 6 DBL, 5 SGL)(55 member cap) have been working on his defensive grappling in preparation for this fight so let's see if he can get out of this tricky position.
Perez is looking for a sweep.
You can see the frustration on Perez's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Perez manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Perez wants to free his trapped foot but Speedy is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Perez throws a strike but Speedy avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Perez pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Speedy is keeping the position for now.
Perez trying to control but Speedy is working from the bottom.
Speedy looking for a sweep. Not yet Speedy, not yet.
Speedy keeping full guard, as Perez tries to pass.
Perez advances to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Speedy won't allow Perez to pass to mount.
Speedy is looking for a sweep. Perez is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Perez wants to take a breather but Speedy is having none of it.
Perez performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Speedy trying to control but Perez postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Speedy is looking to improve his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perez is working for a submission of some sort.
Speedy is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Perez tries to pass the half guard into mount. Speedy knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Perez is thwarting Speedy's attempts to control the position.
Perez is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Speedy defends it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perez looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Perez is working for a kimura but Speedy is defending it quite comfortably.
Perez seems to be working for a kimura but Speedy defends the submission attempt.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Perez is keen to just control but Speedy is a slippery customer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Richard Perez dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Speedy shoots in looking for a takedown. Perez tries to sprawl out of it but Speedy keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Perez manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Speedy paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Speedy lands a body shot.
Speedy closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Perez quickly recovers to half guard.
Perez is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Speedy pulls his head out easily.
Speedy slows the pace down in half guard.
Speedy wants to lay and pray for a moment but Perez keeps working.
Perez is trying to stand back up but Speedy is controlling him
That's one minute gone in the round.
Speedy is controlling the pace.
Pete Speedy has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Jab by Perez.
It looks like Pete Speedy has been cut.
Perez gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Speedy stays in close to Perez's body and controls the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perez throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Speedy looking to pass the guard.
Speedy must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Perez throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Speedy working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Richard Perez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Perez working for submissions but it's allowed Speedy to get to half guard.
Perez looking for submissions off his back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Speedy content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Perez actively working from the bottom here.
Speedy is pressing down on Perez's thigh, looking to free his foot. Perez is holding on for now.
Speedy sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Perez actively working from the bottom here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Speedy takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Speedy's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Perez looking for submissions off his back.
Well, if Speedy is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Perez is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Perez trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pete Speedy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Pete Speedy's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Perez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Speedy.
Perez stuffs the takedown attempt from Speedy. Speedy gets slowly back to his feet.
A big right from Perez misses.
A big right from Perez misses.
Speedy wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Speedy closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Speedy scoring with punches from side control.
Perez is looking for a sweep.
Perez is working hard here to advance position.
Perez is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Speedy moves into side control, avoiding a weak kimura attempt from Perez.
Perez is looking for a sweep.
Perez trying to remain calm as Speedy controls from the top position.
Perez is trying to get back to half guard.
Perez wants to control but Speedy postures up.
Perez is trying to escape the position but Speedy is controlling the position.
Perez is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Speedy working away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perez takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Perez is looking for a sweep.
Perez is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Speedy stalling.
Perez is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Speedy pulls his head out easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Perez is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Speedy pulls his head out easily.
Speedy content to control rather than advance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perez is looking for a sweep. Speedy is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Speedy looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Pete Speedy wasn't active enough on the ground.
Perez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Speedy.
Nice body punch from Speedy.
Speedy misses with a hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perez tries to bum rush Speedy with a series of wild strikes but Speedy uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Speedy shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Perez napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Perez is looking for a sweep.
Perez takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Speedy wants to control but Perez is keeping him busy.
Perez is looking for a sweep.
Perez manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Speedy keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Ground and pound from Speedy.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Speedy in particular looking to stall.
Perez looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Pete Speedy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Speedy has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pete Speedy!
An out of breath Pete Speedy thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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