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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jesus Malverde (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ernesto Del Toro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Del Toro is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Bliss. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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145 lbs
22 - 10 - 1 |
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176 cm
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145 lbs
31 - 13 - 2 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 10 - 1, fighting out of New York, Jesus Malverde!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
31 - 13 - 2, fighting out of New York, Ernesto Del Toro!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Radbod Blank and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Malverde fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Both fighters circling a little - Malverde finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Malverde throws a leg kick
and Del Toro counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Malverde moves out of range of the body kick.
Del Toro dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Malverde misses with a low kick as Del Toro jumps back.
Malverde lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Del Toro looks to score with a jab to the body but Malverde is just out of range.
Del Toro misses with a shot to the body
and Malverde counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Del Toro checks the leg kick nicely there.
Malverde misses with a kick to the body.
Malverde with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Malverde cracks the inside of Del Toro's front leg.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Del Toro throws the kick towards the body but Malverde avoids it.
Malverde fails to land with a series of punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Malverde. That snapped Del Toro's head back.
Malverde fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Malverde wants to land a leg kick but Del Toro is out of range.
Del Toro misses with a body shot.
Jesus Malverde is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Malverde misses with a body shot.
Malverde seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Malverde throws the kick towards the body but Del Toro avoids it.
Del Toro has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Del Toro moves out of range of the leg kick from Malverde.
Del Toro lets loose with a powerful body kick. Malverde will feel that in the morning.
Malverde is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Del Toro showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Malverde.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Malverde.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Del Toro misses its intended target.
Del Toro takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Malverde forces Del Toro back against the cage and clinches.
Del Toro tries a body shot but Malverde blocks it.
Malverde manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Malverde utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Del Toro controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Malverde has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Del Toro can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Del Toro with a nice head shot there.
Del Toro controls from within his opponent's guard.
Del Toro postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Del Toro advances position into side control!
Del Toro tries to move to full mount but Malverde actually manages to regain half guard.
Nice strikes from Del Toro there.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Del Toro lands a nice short elbow.
Malverde is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Del Toro pulls his head out easily.
Del Toro passes the guard and advances to mount!
Malverde holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Del Toro tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Malverde that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Del Toro looking to finish with strikes here!
Malverde is wriggling around trying to escape.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Del Toro raining down hammerfists from mount.
Malverde is bucking up trying to escape but Del Toro cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Del Toro raining down shots from the mount!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Malverde is in a horrible position here. Del Toro smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Ernesto Del Toro will probably get the nod.
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.
Malverde walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Malverde connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Malverde moves out of range of the body kick from Del Toro.
Malverde lands a leg kick that knocks Del Toro off balance momentarily.
Malverde tries to clinch but Del Toro is having none of it.
Del Toro drops his hands momentarily and Malverde takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Malverde tries to land a body kick
and Malverde takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Del Toro keeps the fight on the outside.
Malverde throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Del Toro counters with a stiff right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Del Toro has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Malverde.
Del Toro throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Malverde enables Del Toro to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Malverde manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Del Toro trying to control but Malverde is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Malverde controlling Del Toro's posture.
Del Toro wants to pass the guard but Malverde is keeping the position.
Del Toro postures up.
Malverde is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Del Toro is aware though and is defending well.
Del Toro is in close to Malverde's body, working some short punches and elbows.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Del Toro trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Del Toro content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Del Toro looking to sit in guard and control but Malverde gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Malverde slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Malverde continues to stall.
Malverde preventing the sweep.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Del Toro is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Del Toro keeping moving, preventing Malverde from controlling successfully.
Del Toro utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Del Toro wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Malverde is now in half guard.
Del Toro is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Malverde trying to control from half guard but Del Toro is working away.
Del Toro has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Del Toro is controlling Malverde's trapped leg to prevent Malverde from advancing to side control.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Del Toro walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Malverde connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Del Toro cracks Malverde with an open hand slap.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A slow jab from Malverde misses its intended target.
Malverde throws a leg kick that misses.
Del Toro throws a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ernesto Del Toro showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Del Toro looks to land a body kick but Malverde moved away.
Malverde jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Del Toro looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Malverde crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Del Toro - the referee stops the clock and Malverde gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Del Toro. Malverde manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Malverde is looking to clinch but Del Toro is avoiding it.
Del Toro throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Malverde has managed to clinch.
Del Toro wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Del Toro tries a body shot but Malverde blocks it.
Del Toro misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Malverde fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Del Toro lands with a short punch from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Del Toro scores with a hook to the body.
Malverde blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Del Toro lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Malverde backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Malverde fails to land.
Del Toro breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jesus Malverde seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Del Toro throws the left hand but Malverde avoids the punch easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Malverde slips under a jab.
Del Toro misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Malverde.
Del Toro throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Malverde counters with a series of strikes. Del Toro will be more careful next time no doubt.
Malverde tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Del Toro paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Del Toro gets off balance looking for a body kick
enabling Malverde to counter with a crisp jab.
Del Toro goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Malverde chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Malverde scoring well with a low kick there.
Malverde takes a swing at Del Toro's ribcage but misses.
Jesus Malverde is winning the standup battle so far.
Del Toro pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Del Toro on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Malverde throws a leg kick
and Del Toro cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Malverde looks to land a combination. Del Toro sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Jesus Malverde has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Malverde avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Malverde throws a low kick but it's checked well by Del Toro.
Malverde closes the distance and clinches.
Malverde misses with a hook from the clinch.
Del Toro looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Malverde pulls guard.
Del Toro drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Del Toro jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Del Toro throwing strikes but missing.
Del Toro won't allow Malverde to sweep him here.
Del Toro looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Del Toro trying to control the position from guard on top but Malverde is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Malverde throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Del Toro escapes and throws Malverde's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Malverde is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Del Toro's leg. Oh but that's left an opportunity for Del Toro! He's got an arm triangle... it looks tight! He's rotating and Malverde has tapped! This one is allllll over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:42 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Ernesto Del Toro!
Post fight, an emotional Ernesto Del Toro said 'you want me to beat the crap out of you?'.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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