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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Adam Arandaa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and T J (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Arandaa has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Adam Arandaa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, T J!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
J scores with a nice body kick.
Arandaa is breathing heavily.
Arandaa misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
J explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
J closes the distance and clinches.
Arandaa has J pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. J manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
J breaks from the clinch.
Arandaa tries to keep at a distance but J has taken the fight into the clinch.J with an attempt at a knee that misses.
J prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Adam Arandaa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Arandaa wants to break the clinch but can't.
J with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
J escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
J checks a low kick from Arandaa.
Arandaa fails to land the takedown.
J closes the distance and clinches.
J lands a nice knee to the body.
J connects with a knee to the head.
J is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
J landing knees to the head.
J using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A short body shot lands from Arandaa as the two fighters clinch.
J using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Arandaa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Arandaa wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
J manages to break the clinch.
Arandaa tries to keep at a distance but J has taken the fight into the clinch.
Arandaa has had enough of the clinch but J keeps him there for the moment.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from J.
Arandaa wants a takedown.
Arandaa looking to slow down the pace here.
J crunches a lovely knee into Arandaa's ribcage.
J manages to break the clinch.
Arandaa chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before J can pounce on him.
Arandaa fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
J clinches with his opponent.
Arandaa takes a knee right on the jaw!
J breaks from the clinch.
A slapping leg kick lands for J.
J connects with a solid leg kick.
T J seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
An inside leg kick lands from J.
Arandaa looks for a takedown but J sprawls well.
J fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Arandaa.
J is looking to clinch but Arandaa is avoiding it.
Arandaa wants to clinch.
Arandaa could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
J avoids the head kick by Arandaa.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arandaa looks for a takedown but J sprawls well.
J clinches up with Arandaa and pushes him back against the cage.
J breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Arandaa fails with a takedown attempt.
J clinches up against the cage.
J breaks the clinch.
Arandaa lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Arandaa looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Arandaa has a takedown stuffed.
J lands a nice leg kick that just misses Arandaa's sensitive parts.
Arandaa misses with a takedown attempt - J sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
J moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
J has Arandaa up against the cage in a clinch.
J keeps control of Arandaa as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arandaa pulls guard.
J trying to stand up but can't free himself from Arandaa's guard.
Arandaa seems keen to control J's posture.
J must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Arandaa is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Arandaa throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
J would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Arandaa is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
J trying to stand up but can't free himself from Arandaa's guard.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Arandaa moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
J closes the distance and clinches.
J breaks from the clinch.
Arandaa darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
J pushes Arandaa off and gets back to his feet.
T J is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Arandaa closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Arandaa lands in his opponent's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Arandaa stops J from standing up.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.
T J dominated that round.
That's time! Arandaa's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
J tries to clinch up.
J moves into the clinch.
J using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Arandaa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Arandaa manages to break the clinch.
J clinches up with Arandaa and pushes him back against the cage.
Arandaa wants a takedown.
Arandaa drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
J landing knees to the body.
J lands a knee to the body.
Arandaa wants to break free but J has control.
J with a knee to the head.
J stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Arandaa takes a knee right on the jaw!
Knees in the clinch landing for J.
J landing knees to the head.
J breaks the clinch.
J forces Arandaa back against the cage and clinches.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
J using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Arandaa wants to stall.
J breaks the clinch.
J drives through and clinches with Arandaa against the cage.
J lands a knee to the body.
J stalling the fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Arandaa is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Adam Arandaa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Arandaa pulls guard successfully.
Arandaa looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
J has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Arandaa is proving hard to escape from.
Arandaa trying to strike off his back.
J won't allow Arandaa to get back to his feet.
Arandaa looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Arandaa pushes J off and scrambles back to his feet.
J clinches up against the cage.
J with a knee to the head.
J breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Arandaa closes this distance looking for a takedown but J circles away.
J has Arandaa up against the cage in a clinch.
Arandaa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Arandaa is working for takedown but J is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
J stalling the fight.
J lands a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from J.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
A knee to the head by J.
J's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Arandaa tries to break the clinch but J is controlling the position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Arandaa.
A knee to the head by J.
J escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
J connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Arandaa throws a head kick that misses.
J throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
J clinches up against the cage.
Arandaa can't get the takedown.
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!
J breaks from the clinch.
J feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Arandaa's calf.
A chopping leg kick lands by J.
A slapping body kick lands there for J.
J cracks a nice hook into Arandaa's ribs.
J moves out of range of the body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arandaa shoots in but J avoids the takedown attempt easily.
J stuffs the takedown attempt from Arandaa. Arandaa gets slowly back to his feet.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
J scores a nice knee to the body.
Arandaa is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
J breaks the clinch.
J avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
J throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Arandaa.
Arandaa moves out of range of the body kick.
J forces Arandaa back against the cage and clinches.
Arandaa wants to break the clinch but can't.
Arandaa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
J lands a knee to the body.
Arandaa tries to pull guard but J holds him up against the cage and eventually Arandaa drops back down to his feet.
J escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Arandaa on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by J. J obviously looking to wear him down.
Arandaa keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
J avoids the head kick by Arandaa.
Arandaa fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with J, pushing him back against the cage.
J keeps control of Arandaa as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
J using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
J breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - J looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Arandaa moves into the clinch successfully.
Arandaa wants a takedown.
J prevents the takedown attempt.
Arandaa avoiding damage as J throws knees to the body.
J breaks the clinch.
Arandaa is looking to clinch.
Arandaa looks for a takedown but J sprawls well.
J gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Arandaa wants to break free but J has control.
J has had enough of the clinch but Arandaa keeps him there for the moment.
J controlling the action here for a moment.
Arandaa pulls guard successfully.
J would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.
T J showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
A solid body kick from J.
Arandaa shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts J as he jumps to the side.
J ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
J scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
J moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Arandaa has J up against the cage in a clinch.
Arandaa drops down looking for an ankle pick but J pulls his leg out and moves away.
J has closed the distance and engaged Arandaa in a clinch.
J connects with a nasty looking knee right to Arandaa's face.
J escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
J circles away from the clinch attempt.
A slapping leg kick lands for J.
J fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Arandaa, pushing him back against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
J tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
J keeps control of Arandaa as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Arandaa tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. J just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Adam Arandaa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Arandaa is trying to work for a single leg takedown but J pulls him back up using the underhooks.
J lands a nice knee to the body.
Arandaa takes a knee right on the jaw!
J leaning against his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
J manages to break the clinch.
Arandaa shoots in for a takedown but J shows good takedown defense.
J moves into range and clinches up with Arandaa.
J keeps control of Arandaa as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
J keeps control of Arandaa as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
J lands a knee to the body.
Arandaa looking for a takedown.
Arandaa jumps into guard, dragging J to the mat.
Arandaa looking for a sweep. Not yet Arandaa, not yet.
Arandaa is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Arandaa looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Arandaa looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
J postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arandaa has a closed guard, preventing J from standing up.
J is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Arandaa wants to sweep here but J controlling him for the moment.
J wants to stand but Arandaa is controlling his posture from full guard.
Arandaa trying to keep a closed guard but J is proving a slippery customer.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Arandaa misses with a takedown attempt - J sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Arandaa is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
J clinches with his opponent.
J lands a knee to the body.
J lands a nice knee to the body.
Arandaa looking to stall.
J breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Arandaa swats away the attempt to clinch by J.
Arandaa takes a body punch but keeps moving.
J tries to clinch up
and Arandaa counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
J wants to stand back up but Arandaa manages to pass into side control.
Arandaa cracks J with a big elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arandaa landing a few strikes.
J is not content to let Arandaa control the position.
J is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
J is not content to let Arandaa control the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Arandaa landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to T J.
I've got J 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... T J!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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