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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Pedro Almodovar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Django Unchained (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Unchained's choice of entrance music: Soviet Connection. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Pedro Almodovar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Django Unchained!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Unchained throws a right and a left that Almodovar avoids nicely.
Unchained showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Almodovar.
Almodovar takes a swing at Unchained's ribcage but misses.
Almodovar tried to score with a low kick but Unchained checks it.
Almodovar misses with a wild body shot.
Unchained blocks a head kick by Almodovar.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Almodovar.
Almodovar misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Unchained ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Unchained misses with a hook.
A big left from Almodovar misses.
Almodovar misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A combination from Almodovar does no damage.
Unchained looks to land a combination but Almodovar avoids it well.
Unchained just misses with a punch to the body.
Unchained throws a leg kick which misses Almodovar's front leg but catches the back leg as Almodovar tries to avoid it.
Almodovar lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
It looks like Django Unchained has been cut.
Almodovar swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Unchained connects with the punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Unchained connects with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Unchained connects with a good right hand that stumbles Almodovar. Almodovar circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Unchained cracks Almodovar with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Nice uppercut there from Unchained.
Almodovar throws a leg kick but Unchained moved away.
Almodovar throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Unchained ducks under a wild hook from Almodovar.
Almodovar looks to land a combination but Unchained avoids it well.
Unchained throws a wild body kick that Almodovar sees coming a mile off.
Almodovar looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Almodovar lands a nice leg kick that just misses Unchained's sensitive parts.
Unchained lets loose with a powerful body kick. Almodovar will feel that in the morning.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Almodovar misses with a series of wild punches.
Unchained is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Unchained thuds his right hand into Almodovar's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Unchained cracks Almodovar with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Almodovar shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Unchained throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Unchained has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A big right from Almodovar misses.
Unchained catches Almodovar with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almodovar swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Almodovar moves out of range of the body kick from Unchained.
Good leg kick by Unchained there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Unchained uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Almodovar.
Unchained comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Unchained is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Almodovar had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Almodovar throws a wild body kick that Unchained sees coming a mile off.
Unchained moves into range and connects with a jab.
Unchained connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Almodovar takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Almodovar moves out of range of the strikes.
Unchained with a jab.
Unchained misses the body punch
and Almodovar counters with a series of strikes. Unchained will be more careful next time no doubt.
Unchained connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Almodovar misses the jab.
Almodovar misses with an attempted mid kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Almodovar.
Almodovar needs to keep his hands up - Unchained had a free shot at his head there.
Unchained throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Almodovar stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almodovar throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sloppy strikes from Almodovar. Those never looked like landing.
Unchained uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Almodovar.
Almodovar fails to land with a series of punches.
Unchained scores with the left hand. Almodovar knows he should have avoided that one.
Almodovar on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Almodovar is looking to chop away at Unchained's legs.
A head kick misses from Unchained.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Almodovar.
Unchained throws a leg kick but Almodovar sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Unchained lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Unchained.
Unchained missing with a left hand there. Almodovar was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Almodovar scores with a head kick. Unchained tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Almodovar ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Almodovar misses the jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Unchained lands a nice looking body shot.
Almodovar misses with a hook
and Unchained counters with a slapping leg kick.
Almodovar is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Unchained's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Almodovar takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
We've been told by Almodovar's head coaches at MMA Warrior (1000$ / 15 Elite Coaches) that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Almodovar throws a head kick but Unchained moves out of range.
Almodovar is breathing heavily.
Unchained loads up on a big right hand but Almodovar slips the punch.
Almodovar tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Almodovar throws a hook to the side of Unchained's head but Unchained sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A cross from Unchained lands.
Unchained avoids a kick to the body.
Almodovar throws a head kick that misses.
Almodovar takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Almodovar takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Unchained jabs at Almodovar's body.
Almodovar tries a head kick but it misses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Unchained.
Almodovar takes a kick to the side of the head.
It looks like Pedro Almodovar has been cut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice straight punches there by Unchained. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Unchained.
Unchained scores with a crisp jab that stopped Almodovar in his tracks.
Unchained turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Almodovar ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Unchained moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Django Unchained dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Almodovar's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Almodovar takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Unchained is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Almodovar.
Unchained uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Almodovar.
A cross from Unchained lands.
Almodovar pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A good leg kick by Unchained.
Unchained dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Almodovar. That did some damage!
Almodovar looks to land a left hand but Unchained moved out of range nicely.
Unchained scores with a crisp jab that stopped Almodovar in his tracks.
Django Unchained seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Unchained scores with a nice right hand.
Unchained displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Almodovar throws out the jab.
Almodovar misses with an uppercut. Unchained saw that one coming.
Jab by Unchained.
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!
Unchained misses the shot to the body.
Unchained lands a jab to the head.
Almodovar takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Almodovar throws a lazy right hand but Unchained sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Almodovar stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Unchained.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Almodovar throws a head kick but Unchained moves out of range.
Unchained lands a nice hook to Almodovar's body. Almodovar takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Unchained scores with a hook.
Unchained feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Almodovar's calf.
Unchained lands a jab.
Unchained misses with a wild body shot.
Almodovar misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Almodovar takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Unchained lands with a straight right. Almodovar didn't see that one coming.
Unchained feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Almodovars jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Unchained misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Almodovar.
A telegraphed right hand from Almodovar misses the target.
Almodovar tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Pedro Almodovar is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Unchained ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Almodovar moves away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Unchained slips under a jab.
Almodovar goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Almodovar looks to land a right hand but Unchained moved out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Unchained.
Almodovar takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Unchained keeps Almodovar at a distance using the push kick.
Almodovar throws a wild body kick that Unchained sees coming a mile off.
Almodovar on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Unchained throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Almodovar takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Unchained lands a jab to the head.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Unchained is looking to slow Almodovar down with leg kicks.
Unchained lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Nice straight punches there by Unchained. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Unchained.
Unchained misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Almodovar.
Almodovar takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Almodovar is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Almodovar misses with a wild body shot.
Almodovar on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Unchained comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Almodovar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Almodovar might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almodovar misses with a low kick as Unchained jumps back.
Unchained works over Almodovar's head and body with a nice combination.
Unchained throws a shot to the body.
Unchained takes a swing at Almodovar's ribcage but misses.
Unchained scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Decent striking displayed by Unchained there.
Almodovar looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Almodovar takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Almodovar with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Unchained to score with a decent uppercut.
Almodovar misses with a hook to the body
enabling Unchained to counter with a crisp jab.
Almodovar is rocked!
Almodovar has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Unchained.
Almodovar misses with a head kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Almodovar ducks right into an uppercut from Unchained.
Oh Almodovar is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Unchained connects with an inside leg kick.
Almodovar seems to have got his legs back now.
Almodovar uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Unchained.
Unchained stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Decent striking displayed by Almodovar there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Unchained throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Unchained swings for the body but Almodovar moves out of range.
Nice shot by Unchained.
Nice cross by Unchained.
Unchained thuds his right hand into Almodovar's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Almodovar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Unchained scores with a nice head shot.
Unchained has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Unchained slips a straight right by Almodovar.
Unchained connects with a looping right hand.
Unchained misses with an uppercut. Almodovar saw that one coming.
Unchained scores with a jab to the head.
Unchained buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Unchained cracks a nice hook into Almodovar's ribs.
Unchained thuds his right hand into Almodovar's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Unchained scores with a shot to the body.
Unchained misses with an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Django Unchained showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Unchained scores with a push kick.
Unchained fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A punch lands to the side of Almodovar 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Unchained scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A jab lands there for Unchained.
Almodovar takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Almodovar fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Unchained buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Almodovar on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Almodovar throws the left hand but Unchained avoids the punch easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Good shot there by Unchained.
Unchained throws a body shot but no joy.
A leg kick checked by Unchained.
Almodovar throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Unchained lands a high kick to the side of Almodovar's head that stuns him and send him tumbling down to the canvas! Unchained dives into guard, looking to finish.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Unchained wants to control from the top but Almodovar keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Unchained won't allow Almodovar to get back to his feet.
Unchained throws a strike but Almodovar rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Unchained is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
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 two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Django Unchained hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Almodovar scores with a punch to the head.
Almodovar lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Almodovar.
Unchained lands a leg kick that knocks Almodovar off balance momentarily.
Unchained uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Almodovar.
Unchained scores with a jab. Almodovar acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Almodovar walks into a straight right hand from Unchained.
Almodovar avoids the head kick by Unchained.
Unchained throws a leg kick which misses Almodovar's front leg but catches the back leg as Almodovar tries to avoid it.
Unchained scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Almodovar gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Unchained throws a body punch but Almodovar moves out of range.
Unchained tries to land a front kick but Almodovar steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Almodovar takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Almodovar throws a low kick but it's checked well by Unchained.
Almodovar has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Unchained.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almodovar looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Almodovar throws a body kick that misses.
Almodovar misses with a body kick.
Unchained tests Almodovar's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Almodovar avoids the body shot from Unchained.
Unchained takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A head kick misses from Almodovar.
A solid leg kick lands there for Unchained.
Almodovar looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Unchained takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Both fighters circling a little - Unchained finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Almodovar pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Almodovar gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Unchained fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Unchained checks the leg kick nicely there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Unchained ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Almodovar moves away.
Unchained slips a jab from Almodovar.
Unchained throws a head kick but Almodovar moves out of range.
Almodovar slips under a jab.
Unchained throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Unchained misses with a hook.
Unchained's corner calls for a 1-2. Unchained obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Unchained moves out of range of the body kick.
Almodovar looks to land a right hand but Unchained moved out of range.
Unchained scores with a leg kick.
Unchained connects with an inside leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Almodovar misses with a hook.
Unchained throws a hook to the side of Almodovar's head but Almodovar sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Unchained scores with a jab to the body.
Pedro Almodovar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Some wild striking there from Almodovar.
And that's the end of the fight!
Django Unchained comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Unchained 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Django Unchained!
Django Unchained thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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hype
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