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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kirk St Lazarus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Javier Pena (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). St Lazarus kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is No Worries. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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167 lbs
22 - 13 - 0 |
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165 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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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
22 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kirk St Lazarus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 20 - 0, fighting out of New York, Javier Pena!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Alec Ball and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Lazarus chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Pena moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Pena misses with a few strikes there.
Pena lands a head kick!
St Lazarus throws a combination that misses
and Pena counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
St Lazarus tries to close the distance and clinch but Pena swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pena tries a head kick but it misses.
St Lazarus looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
St Lazarus digs a good hook to Pena's body.
Pena scores with a leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pena lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A thudding body kick lands there by Pena!
Pena displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as St Lazarus throws out the jab.
St Lazarus uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pena.
Pena avoids the body shot from St Lazarus.
St Lazarus takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Pena throws a big shot that misses.
St Lazarus drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
St Lazarus trying to control the action but Pena is working from the bottom.
St Lazarus is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Pena has escaped the position, nice work there.
Pena is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
St Lazarus misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Pena is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, St Lazarus asserts his dominance and retains side control.
St Lazarus misses with the ground and pound.
St Lazarus throws a strike aimed at the side of Pena's head but Pena avoids it well.
Pena pushes St Lazarus away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, St Lazarus gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
St Lazarus creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Pena sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
St Lazarus 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.
St Lazarus working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Pena is pushing St Lazarus's head away, looking to escape. St Lazarus manages to hold on to the position though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Lazarus laying and praying for a moment but Pena takes advantage and regains half guard.
Pena manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Pena misses with a body kick.
A punch combination from Pena misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pena misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pena fakes high and swings low for a body shot but St Lazarus manages to avoid it.
St Lazarus lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
St Lazarus tries a head kick but it misses.
Pena tries a quick counter leg kick but St Lazarus is wise to it.
St Lazarus shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Pena pinned against the cage. Pena gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Pena misses with a head kick.
St Lazarus throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sloppy strikes from Pena. Those never looked like landing.
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!
Pena misses with a wild combination.
St Lazarus is looking to clinch.
St Lazarus avoids the head kick by Pena.
A solid leg kick lands there for Pena.
Pena misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Javier Pena dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Pena plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Pena fakes the leg kick and cracks St Lazarus in the body.
Pena swats away the attempt to clinch by St Lazarus.
St Lazarus misses with a takedown
enabling Pena to counter with a crisp jab.
St Lazarus bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
St Lazarus shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than St Lazarus was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Pena is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
St Lazarus creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
That's one minute gone in the round.
St Lazarus sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Pena is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
St Lazarus postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Pena wants to get back to his feet but St Lazarus drags him back down.
St Lazarus in side control lands a decent elbow.
St Lazarus scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Pena to see if he's OK.
Pena tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
St Lazarus thowing shots but they're missing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pena is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
St Lazarus lands a big shot there that rocks Pena but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Pena wants to get back to his feet.
St Lazarus sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
A nice elbow there by St Lazarus.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Lazarus landing strikes from the mount.
St Lazarus cracks Pena with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Pena is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Pena avoids a strike by St Lazarus and manages to complete a very nice reversal in the process, to end up in St Lazarus's guard! Fantastic escape!
St Lazarus looking for a sweep. Not yet St Lazarus, not yet.
St Lazarus is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
St Lazarus sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Pena defending well though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Lazarus looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
St Lazarus thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Pena's head.
St Lazarus is pressing down on Pena's thigh, looking to free his foot. Pena is holding on for now.
St Lazarus throwing shots but Pena is blocking nicely.
Pena won't allow St Lazarus to pass to mount.
Kirk St Lazarus overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
St Lazarus throwing shots but Pena is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kirk St Lazarus dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Pena lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
A head kick misses from Pena.
Pena misses with a hook. St Lazarus ducked under it nicely.
Javier Pena seems to be getting the better of the standup.
St Lazarus throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
St Lazarus moves out of range of the body kick from Pena.
Pena pulls out of a head kick attempt.
St Lazarus throws a nice head kick!
Pena throws a head kick but St Lazarus moves out of range.
Pena is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
St Lazarus bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
St Lazarus is looking to land body kicks.
Pena has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
St Lazarus is looking to clinch but Pena is avoiding it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pena listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Pena misses with a head kick.
St Lazarus tries to counter with a takedown but Pena is quick to defend against it.
St Lazarus is looking to land body kicks.
St Lazarus swings for the body but Pena moves out of range.
St Lazarus ducks right into an uppercut from Pena.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pena bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Pena just misses with a punch to the body.
Pena throws a series of punches but St Lazarus avoids them all with ease.
Pena tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Pena missing with a left hand there. St Lazarus was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Javier Pena is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pena pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Pena will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Pena tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
St Lazarus looks for a takedown but Pena sprawls well.
Pena buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Pena shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. St Lazarus eats them both and turns towards Pena to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
St Lazarus throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Pena's waist but Pena gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing St Lazarus off to one side.
Pena misses the jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A combination from St Lazarus does no damage.
St Lazarus lands a nice leg kick that just misses Pena's sensitive parts.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
St Lazarus shoots in for a double leg but Pena sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kirk St Lazarus. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pena looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A head kick misses from St Lazarus.
A good leg kick by Pena.
St Lazarus throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Some bone on bone action there as Pena checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Pena misses with a jab, cross combination.
St Lazarus tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
St Lazarus closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Pena's guard.
St Lazarus throwing strikes but missing.
St Lazarus is in close to Pena's body, working some short punches and elbows.
St Lazarus might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Lazarus postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
St Lazarus cracks Pena with a solid left hand.
St Lazarus loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Pena wants to stand and escape but St Lazarus is having none of it.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
St Lazarus throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Pena works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Pena connects with a high kick.
Pena throws a head kick but St Lazarus moves out of range.
Pena slips a jab and a cross from St Lazarus.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Lazarus tries to clinch there but Pena circles away.
Pena missing with a left hand there. St Lazarus was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
St Lazarus has a takedown stuffed.
Pena misses with a hook
and St Lazarus counters with a nice low kick that buckles Pena's knee momentarily.
St Lazarus throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
St Lazarus tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
St Lazarus throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kirk St Lazarus is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
St Lazarus closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Pena quickly recovers to half guard.
Pena is trying to stand up here but St Lazarus is controlling him well.
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!
St Lazarus misses with a head shot. Pena uses the momentum to regain guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Javier Pena comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Pena has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 28:29
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Javier Pena!
In his post fight interview, Javier Pena started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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energy
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hype
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