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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jordan Mondello (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joseph Michaels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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190 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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190 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jordan Mondello!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joseph Michaels!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Eddie Farnsworth and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Michaels moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Michaels loads up on a big right hand but Mondello slips the punch.
Mondello is looking for a counter combo.
Danga de danga de dang - Michaels scores with a four punch combination!
Joseph Michaels seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Michaels moves in looking to clinch but Mondello pushes him off.
Mondello misses the jab.
Michaels tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Mondello defends well and Michaels ends up having to push Mondello into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Michaels has managed to clinch.
Michaels has Mondello pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Mondello manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Mondello tightens his grip and picks Michaels up, before dumping him to the ground. Michaels manages to land in guard.
Mondello missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Mondello trying to control the position from guard on top but Michaels is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Michaels looking for a guillotine here but Mondello defends easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mondello slips nicely into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mondello working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Mondello trying to control the action but Michaels is working from the bottom.
Mondello is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Mondello is nestled in close to Michaels, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Mondello is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Michaels actively working from the bottom here.
Mondello is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Michaels sees it coming and defends easily.
Mondello prevents Michaels from improving his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mondello is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Michaels wants to improve his position but Mondello is controlling well.
Michaels trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Michaels is looking to get to half guard.
BOOM! Mondello connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Mondello fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Michaels really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Mondello is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Michaels to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Michaels shrugs it off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Michaels really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Michaels regains half guard.
Michaels is staying active underneath Mondello, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Michaels tries to roll over but Mondello keeps him under control.
Michaels gets full guard.
Michaels is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Mondello is aware though and is defending well.
Mondello trying to control but Michaels is working from the bottom.
Mondello 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.
Michaels trying to keep a closed guard but Mondello is proving a slippery customer.
Michaels is working an open guard so Mondello takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mondello shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Michaels moves into full guard.
Mondello wants to control from the top but Michaels keeps moving.
Michaels is looking for a triangle here but Mondello uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Mondello is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Michaels knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Michaels is not content to let Mondello control the position.
Mondello happy to just control the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jordan Mondello dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Michaels tries to clinch but Mondello moves out of range.
Mondello half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Michaels lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Michaels throws a left and a right that both miss
so Mondello counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Mondello scoring with punches to the head and body.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Michaels looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Mondello is working Michaels over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Michaels working for a triangle but Mondello defends it easily.
Mondello works over Michaels with some ground and pound from guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Michaels is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Mondello trying to control the position from guard on top but Michaels is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mondello with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Mondello postures up and lands a big shot to Michaels's brow.
Jordan Mondello overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Mondello is working Michaels over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Michaels working for a triangle but Mondello defends it easily.
Michaels throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Michaels throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Mondello is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Mondello postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Mondello is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Michaels can do to turn this around?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mondello passes into half guard.
Michaels is trying to get back to full guard.
Mondello is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Michaels has managed to free his arm - good work.
Mondello prevents Michaels from improving his position.
Mondello is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Mondello is keen to just control but Michaels is a slippery customer.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mondello stalling away here and it's allowed Michaels to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Michaels is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Michaels keeping moving, preventing Mondello from controlling successfully.
Mondello lands a couple of elbows.
Michaels is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Mondello trying to control but Michaels is working from the bottom.
Mondello pushes down on Michaels's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Mondello is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Michaels defends it well.
Mondello wants to control but Michaels is keeping him busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Michaels actively working from the bottom here.
Mondello working the head and body with strikes.
Mondello wants to lay and pray for a moment but Michaels keeps working.
Michaels is looking to improve his position.
Ground and pound from Mondello.
Michaels wants to get back to his feet.
Ground and pound from Mondello.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Michaels looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Mondello moves nicely into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jordan Mondello dominated that second 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. And we move into the final round!
Mondello closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Michaels is looking to control Mondello's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Michaels avoid being mounted?
Mondello trying to control the action but Michaels is working from the bottom.
Michaels wants to improve his position but Mondello is controlling well.
Michaels has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Mondello is working away from the top position though.
Mondello seems to be looking for submissions.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mondello is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Michaels is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Michaels is wriggling around trying to escape.
Michaels regains half guard.
Nice strikes from Mondello there.
Michaels has hold of Mondello's hands but Mondello slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Mondello tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Michaels.
Michaels makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Michaels.
Michaels working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Mondello doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Mondello manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Michaels takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Mondello postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Mondello landing with the ground and pound.
Mondello is fighting to break Michaels's control of his arms but Michaels is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mondello landing some decent shots from guard.
Mondello slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Michaels tries to buck Mondello off but Mondello is having none of it.
Mondello scoring with punches and elbows.
Mondello is chipping away with strikes.
Mondello landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Mondello working the ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mondello scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Michaels to see if he's OK.
Mondello wants to control but Michaels is keeping him busy.
Michaels is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.
Michaels is looking for a sweep.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mondello working the ground and pound.
Mondello landing a few strikes.
Michaels looks to move to half guard but instead Mondello has passed into mount! Damn!
Mondello avoids the attempt from Michaels to control.
The referee warns Michaels that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Mondello with good strikes from the mount here!
Mondello is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Michaels has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Michaels taking shots to the head.
Michaels is rocked!
Mondello prevents Michaels from getting the reversal.
Michaels is still in real trouble! Can Mondello finish him?
Mondello is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Michaels has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Michaels seems to have recovered his senses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Michaels is looking to get to half guard.
Joseph Michaels has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mondello lands with some strikes.
Mondello working the ground and pound effectively.
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!
Mondello with good strikes from the mount here!
Mondello with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
The referee warns Michaels that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Mondello is working for a guillotine from mount but Michaels frees his head quite easily.
Mondello working for a guillotine from mount but Michaels is in no mood to give up.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jordan Mondello showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Mondello, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Reed Andrews scores the fight for Jordan Mondello!
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight for Jordan Mondello!
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight for Jordan Mondello!
Jordan Mondello wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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