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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mauricio Calvancante (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kurt Warner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mauricio Calvancante has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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Solid boxing
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mauricio Calvancante!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kurt Warner!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Winston Alpacca and Dirk Anderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Calvancante lands a nice hook to Warner's body. Warner takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Warner takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Calvancante tests Warner's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Warner walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Calvancante lands with a shot to the body.
Calvancante scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Calvancante lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Calvancante clobbers Warner with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
The crowd cheers as Calvancante lands an impressive looking overhand right. Warner doesn't seem phased though.
Calvancante digs a good body shot into Warner's ribs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice straight punches there by Calvancante. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Calvancante.
Warner takes a jab right on the kisser.
Warner looks for a takedown but Calvancante sprawls well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Calvancante lands a nice shot that snaps Warner's head back.
Warner gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Warner is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Warner takes one to the side of the head.
Calvancante lands a really nice looking cross but Warner seems unphased.
Calvancante catches Warner with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Calvancante looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Calvancante lands a nice shot to the body.
Calvancante is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Warner takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Calvancante fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Jab, jab by Calvancante - just one landing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Warner shoots in for a takedown but Calvancante shows good takedown defense.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Calvancante cracks Warner with a right hand to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Calvancante.
Warner with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Calvancante to score with a decent uppercut.
Calvancante cracks Warner with a right hand to the side of the head.
Calvancante connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Calvancante scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Mauricio Calvancante is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Warner looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Mauricio Calvancante seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Calvancante lands a nice shot to the body.
Warner has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Calvancante connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Warner momentarily.
Warner shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Calvancante sprawls well. Calvancante wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Warner gets slowly back to his feet.
Mauricio Calvancante has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kurt Warner.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warner takes one to the chin there.
Calvancante lands a body shot.
Calvancante slaps away a takedown attempt from Warner, before circling back to the center of the mat.
A head kick by Warner misses
and Calvancante counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Calvancante scores with a nice right hand.
Warner on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Warner tries for a takedown but Calvancante circles away easily
letting Calvancante counter with a right hand.
Calvancante scores with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Calvancante punishes Warner's body with a nice straight punch.
A left lands for Calvancante.
Warner drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Warner takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Calvancante lands a lovely overhand right.
Warner takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Nice jab there from Calvancante.
The fighters circle momentarily. Calvancante darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Warner doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Warner takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jab from Calvancante.
Calvancante ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mauricio Calvancante dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Warner shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Calvancante makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Calvancante scores with a crisp jab that stopped Warner in his tracks.
Calvancante cracks Warner with an open hand slap.
Warner throws a wild body kick that Calvancante sees coming a mile off.
Calvancante paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Calvancante lands the left hand.
Warner misses with a double jab.
Calvancante connects with a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Calvancante scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Warner doesn't seem bothered though.
Calvancante lands a body shot.
Calvancante works Warner's body with a nice hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good exchange - Calvancante coming out on top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab from Calvancante.
Warner has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Calvancante finds it's way round the side to connect with Warner's head.
Warner swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Calvancante connects with a nice looking jab.
Warner takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Calvancante throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Warner stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Warner tries for a takedown but Calvancante circles away easily
and Calvancante counters with a right hand to the body.
Calvancante keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Warner takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Warner fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
A little feinted left hand from Calvancante on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Mauricio Calvancante has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kurt Warner.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Warner shoots in for a takedown but Calvancante shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Calvancante lands a lovely overhand right.
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!
Calvancante circles away from the clinch attempt.
Calvancante darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Warner takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Warner walks into a left hand.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Warner might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Calvancante has got the better of the exchanges.
Warner with a lazy takedown attempt
and Calvancante counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Warner thinking.
Calvancante works the jab nicely.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Calvancante.
Calvancante is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Calvancante scores with a crisp jab that stopped Warner in his tracks.
Warner takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warner shoots for a takedown but Calvancante saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Nice uppercut lands for Calvancante. That snapped Warner's head back.
Calvancante throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Warner stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Calvancante dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Calvancante blocks a leg kick.
Calvancante scores with a shot to the body.
Calvancante tests Warner's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Calvancante cracks Warner with an open hand slap.
Calvancante scores with a decent looking hook.
Nice body punch from Calvancante.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Calvancante stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Calvancante scores with a hook to the body. Warner takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Warner doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Calvancante counters with a left to the body.
Calvancante lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Calvancante comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Calvancante connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Warner momentarily.
Calvancante fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Warner looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Calvancante stuns Warner with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Calvancante scores with a hook.
Calvancante lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Warner gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Calvancante.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mauricio Calvancante dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Calvancante cracks Warner with a right hand to the side of the head.
Warner is trying desperately to land a takedown but Calvancante is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Warner.
Calvancante fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Warner on the side of the head.
Calvancante ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Warner on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Calvancante connects with a right hand. Warner shakes it off.
Calvancante connects with a single shot there.
Warner is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Warner walks into a stiff left hand from Calvancante.
Calvancante is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Warner can do to turn this around?
A jab from Calvancante does it's job there.
Warner gets cracked there but stands up to it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Warner takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Calvancante jabs Warner right on the nose. Warner blinks but takes it well.
Nice jab there from Calvancante.
Calvancante jabs at Warner's body.
Warner takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Calvancante punishes Warner's body with a nice straight punch.
Warner doesn't manage to clinch there - Calvancante circles away.
Warner walks into a left hand.
Kurt Warner is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jab by Calvancante.
Warner loads up on a big right hand but Calvancante slips the punch.
Calvancante appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Calvancante cracks Warner with an open hand slap.
Warner tries to clinch but Calvancante moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Calvancante connects with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Calvancante lunges at Warner with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Warner's hand.
Calvancante lands an overhand right.
Calvancante connects with the punch.
Calvancante throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Calvancante throws a shot to the body.
Calvancante connects with a jab.
Calvancante lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Mauricio Calvancante is winning the standup battle so far.
Warner tries to clinch up but Calvancante circles away and keeps his distance.
Calvancante scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Warner misses with a takedown attempt - Calvancante sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warner will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Calvancante moves away from the strike by Warner.
Calvancante swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Calvancante dips to his left and cracks Warner with an uppercut!
Warner takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Warner shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Calvancante but Calvancante pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Nice straight punches there by Calvancante. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Calvancante.
Calvancante connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Warner misses with a head kick.
Calvancante swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Warner on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Jab, jab by Calvancante - just one landing.
Warner fails in his attempt to clinch.
Calvancante lands a slapping body shot.
Warner on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Calvancante lands with a shot to the body.
Nice cross by Calvancante.
Calvancante lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Calvancante lands a nice shot that snaps Warner's head back.
Calvancante dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kurt Warner has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Calvancante lands with an uppercut that bounces Warner off the cage and back into range.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mauricio Calvancante showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Calvancante 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 Bart Greer scores the fight 30:24
Judge Winston Alpacca scores the fight 30:24
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 30:24
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mauricio Calvancante!
Mauricio Calvancante seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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