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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between eddy vazquez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruce Conrad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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135 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
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165 cm
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142 lbs
3 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, eddy vazquez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bruce Conrad!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Gwen Towbar and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
vazquez misses with an uppercut.
vazquez changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Conrad tries to avoid it but vazquez manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Conrad to the ground. Conrad escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
vazquez tries to clinch but Conrad is having none of it.
vazquez works Conrad's body with a nice hook.
Bruce Conrad seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Conrad closes the distance and clinches up with vazquez, looking for a takedown. Conrad pushes vazquez against the cage but vazquez circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
vazquez looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
vazquez wants to get up but he can't break Conrad's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Conrad looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
vazquez stands up and waves to Conrad to follow him.
Conrad throws a right and a left that both miss.
vazquez throws a right and a left that Conrad avoids nicely.
vazquez misses with a double jab.
vazquez gets caught flat footed, as Conrad shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
vazquez can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Conrad controls the pace.
vazquez working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Conrad.
That's one minute gone in the round.
vazquez keeping moving, preventing Conrad from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Conrad in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
vazquez is looking to stand back up but Conrad counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by vazquez.
vazquez wants to control but Conrad is keeping busy and won't allow it.
vazquez wants to get back to full guard.
vazquez makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Conrad looks gassed!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Conrad pushes vazquez back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
vazquez decides to pull guard.
vazquez looking to control.
vazquez is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conrad connects with a couple of short punches.
Conrad passes vazquez's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Conrad is thwarting vazquez's attempts to control the position.
Conrad working over vazquez with some ground and pound. vazquez looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
vazquez taking some punishment here, with Conrad in his half guard.
vazquez is trying to stand up here but Conrad is controlling him well.
Conrad is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Conrad trying to control from half guard but vazquez is working away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conrad decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Conrad shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts vazquez as he jumps to the side.
vazquez tries a head kick but it misses.
Conrad feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to vazquez's calf.
Conrad gets a takedown into half guard.
Conrad is pressing down on vazquez's thigh, looking to free his foot. vazquez is holding on for now.
vazquez missing with punches from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Conrad lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
vazquez slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
vazquez managing to control the position.
Conrad won't allow vazquez to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that eddy vazquez will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Conrad lands with a nice combination. vazquez backs away looking to recover.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Conrad.
Conrad fails with the takedown.
Conrad tries to clinch there but vazquez circles away.
vazquez tries to clinch there but Conrad circles away.
vazquez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Conrad drives through with a takedown into guard.
vazquez wriggles free and stands up.
vazquez forces Conrad back against the cage and clinches.
Conrad fails to pull guard.
eddy vazquez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bruce Conrad.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
vazquez is leaning against Conrad and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A short body shot lands from vazquez as the two fighters clinch.
Conrad fails to pull guard.
vazquez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
vazquez tries to clinch but Conrad moves away
and Conrad counters with a two punch combo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Conrad avoids the head kick by vazquez.
Conrad changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. vazquez looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
vazquez sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
vazquez wants to improve his position but Conrad is controlling well.
Conrad has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
vazquez has one foot on Conrad's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Conrad shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
vazquez is defending against the submission attempts here by Conrad.
vazquez is looking to get back to full guard here but Conrad has managed to pass to side control instead.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conrad unloading with bombs!
vazquez tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Conrad wants to control the pace but vazquez is squirming around nicely.
Conrad landing punches.
Conrad avoids the attempt from vazquez to control.
Conrad get's back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conrad misses with a takedown attempt - vazquez sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
vazquez looks to land a combination but Conrad avoids it well.
Conrad drives through and clinches with vazquez against the cage.
vazquez is pressed up against the cage. Conrad has hold of a leg and is looking to drag vazquez down to the mat. vazquez avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Good standup being displayed there by vazquez as he connects with a hook.
Conrad pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
No luck for Conrad with that takedown attempt.
Conrad throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Conrad shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
vazquez working to try and regain half guard.
Conrad working vazquez over with strikes here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Conrad lands a nice shot to the head.
vazquez bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Conrad is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Conrad is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Conrad is trying to control the position from the bottom.
vazquez has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Conrad is proving hard to escape from.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bruce Conrad showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! vazquez's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!
Conrad gets the takedown into side control.
Conrad is looking to take a break and control but vazquez is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
You can see the frustration on vazquez's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
vazquez is looking to get back to his feet here but Conrad is keeping cool and he's managed to take vazquez's back.
Conrad is looking for the choke from the back position but vazquez is controlling his hands well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
vazquez is trying escape back to his feet. He turns into his opponent's guard and eventually finds his way back to his feet.
vazquez tries to clinch but Conrad moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
vazquez feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Conrad looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
vazquez is looking to stand up but Conrad won't let him.
Conrad not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
vazquez lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Conrad is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
vazquez has hold of Conrad's hands but Conrad slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
vazquez is trying to stand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
vazquez wants to improve his position but Conrad is controlling well.
Conrad wants to control but vazquez is keeping him busy.
vazquez looks like he's trying to stand up.
Conrad performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Conrad passes to full mount!
vazquez is looking to get to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conrad is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. vazquez can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
vazquez looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
Conrad lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Conrad is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. vazquez is defending well though. Conrad let's go of the attempt for now.
Conrad tries to get the hooks in deep but vazquez pushed the leg off.
vazquez tries to roll but Conrad sticks to his back.
vazquez looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
vazquez tries to escape but Conrad has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Conrad has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for vazquez.
Conrad is hanging on to vazquez's back as he tries to escape.
vazquez is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Conrad gets his way!
vazquez turns into Conrad and is now in his guard.
vazquez won't allow Conrad to sweep him here.
Conrad is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
vazquez gets to his feet - Conrad follows without any prompting.
vazquez throws a hook but Conrad avoids it easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bruce Conrad comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Conrad 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 28:29
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bruce Conrad!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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