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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Maniek King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Darwingh Alvarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maniek King has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Maniek King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Darwingh Alvarez!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Alan Glass and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alvarez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Alvarez looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Left hook, right uppercut from King.
Alvarez stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Alvarez wants it to stay on the feet.
Alvarez gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
King is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Alvarez changes levels and goes for a takedown here. King fights it off and pushes away nicely.
King shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Alvarez but Alvarez pushes him off and we're back to square one.
King takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
King misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Maniek King. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Alvarez slips a jab and a cross from King.
King looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Alvarez fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with King, pushing him back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
King looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Alvarez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
King shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Alvarez as he avoids it easily.
Alvarez throws a big shot that misses.
King swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Alvarez.
Alvarez misses the shot to the body.
Alvarez shoots in but no luck this time.
Alvarez is on the wrong end of a nice combination from King.
Alvarez fails to land the takedown.
Alvarez looks winded!
Nice takedown defense from Alvarez. No joy for King on that attempt.
King scores with a nice strike.
Alvarez gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
King scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
King is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Alvarez's hands are dropping dangerously low here and King connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Alvarez scrambles back to his feet.
Maniek King seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
King shoots in for a takedown but Alvarez shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
King fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
King shoots in looking for a takedown but Alvarez manages to keep the fight standing, pushing King's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
King changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Alvarez tries to avoid it but King manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Alvarez to the ground. Alvarez escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Alvarez looking to score a takedown here. King is defending well but Alvarez drives through and ends up in King's guard.
Alvarez stays in close to King's body and controls the position.
Alvarez cracks King with a solid left hand.
King thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Alvarez preventing the sweep.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
King keeping moving, preventing Alvarez from controlling successfully.
King 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.
King will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
King trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
King striking off his back but it's not causing Alvarez any problems.
King wants to sweep here but Alvarez controlling him for the moment.
King tries to strike from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
King striking off his back but it's not causing Alvarez any problems.
King 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.
King trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Alvarez drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Alvarez jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
King throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
King throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
King thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
King trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Alvarez stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. King swivels though and keeps the full guard.
King 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.
Alvarez trying to control the position from guard on top but King is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Maniek King dominated that round.
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.
King throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Alvarez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Alvarez misses with a shot to the body
and King counters with a straight right hand.
Alvarez keeps the fight on the outside.
Alvarez moves into the clinch successfully.
Alvarez drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Alvarez's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
King gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Alvarez.
King taking a breather.
King wants to get back to striking at distance but Alvarez won't allow it.
Alvarez is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
King wants to get back to striking at distance but Alvarez won't allow it.
King drags the fight down to the ground.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
King throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Alvarez trying to control but King is working from the bottom.
King throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
King thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
King will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
King trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
King will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
King throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
King bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Alvarez's guard.
Alvarez working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from King.
King won't allow Alvarez to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
King trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
King trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
King stands up and waves to Alvarez to follow him.
Maniek King is winning the standup battle so far.
Alvarez tries to keep at a distance but King has taken the fight into the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
King pulls guard effortlessly.
King throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
King trying to strike off his back.
Alvarez advances to half guard.
King really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Alvarez blocks the strikes from King.
Alvarez is keen to just control but King is a slippery customer.
Maniek King overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
King won't allow Alvarez to pass to mount.
King tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Alvarez blocks the strikes from King.
Alvarez not landing any meaningful shots this time.
King tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
King manages to get to full guard.
King trying to strike off his back.
King doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Alvarez wants to control from the top but King keeps moving.
King doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
King tries to strike from the bottom.
Alvarez slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from King.
King strikes from the bottom but Alvarez uses the opportunity to move to side control.
King tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
King is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
King is trying to get back to full guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Alvarez is sneakily working for an arm triangle but King sees it coming and defends easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Alvarez blocks the strikes from King.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Maniek King dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Alvarez slaps away a takedown attempt from King, before circling back to the center of the mat.
King throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
King connects with a crisp jab.
King lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
King tries to clinch but Alvarez moves out of range.
Alvarez fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but King avoids it really well and circles away.
Alvarez closes the distance and clinches.
King wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
King gets underhooks to prevent Alvarez's takedown attempt.
King lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
King tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Alvarez just stands there and leans against the cage.
King can't break the clinch.
Alvarez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
King will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
King digs a good hook to Alvarez's body.
King fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Maniek King. That's going to take a lot out of him.
King tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Alvarez looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
King throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
King moves into full guard.
King keeping moving, preventing Alvarez from controlling successfully.
King striking off his back but it's not causing Alvarez any problems.
Alvarez pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. King is keeping the position for now.
King throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
King tries to strike from the bottom.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Alvarez stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. King swivels though and keeps the full guard.
King striking off his back but it's not causing Alvarez any problems.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez gets to his feet - King follows without any prompting.
The crowd cheers as King lands an impressive looking overhand right. Alvarez doesn't seem phased though.
King misses with a few strikes there.
King shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Alvarez as he avoids it easily.
Alvarez shoots in looking for a takedown. King tries to sprawl out of it but Alvarez keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. King manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Alvarez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Alvarez takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Alvarez throws a series of punches but King avoids them all with ease.
King moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
King clinches.
Alvarez drops down looking for an ankle pick but King pulls his leg out and moves away.
Maniek King is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
King throws a one two combo.
Maniek King is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Alvarez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
King lands a nice looking body shot.
King fails to land the takedown.
Alvarez fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
King fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Darwingh Alvarez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
King pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Alvarez back to the cage. King follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
And that's the end of the fight!
Maniek King showed his dominance in that final round.
Well King has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Maniek King!
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energy
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