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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dominic Trujillo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richie Gahan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dominic Trujillo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Richie Gahan!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gahan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Trujillo misses with a body shot.
Gahan scores with a jab to the body.
Trujillo moves out of range of the body kick from Gahan.
Trujillo throws a low kick but Gahan moves out of range easily.
Nice shot lands for Trujillo.
Trujillo misses with a leg kick.
Gahan throws a left and a right that both miss
and Trujillo counters with a two punch combo.
Gahan drives through and clinches with Trujillo against the cage.
Trujillo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gahan lands a hook that snaps the head of Trujillo backwards.
Trujillo definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Gahan breaks the clinch.
Gahan throws a series of punches but Trujillo avoids them all with ease.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gahan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gahan is looking to clinch but Trujillo is avoiding it.
Gahan connects with a crisp jab.
Richie Gahan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gahan is looking to clinch.
Trujillo scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
It looks like Richie Gahan has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Trujillo misses the shot to the body.
Trujillo throws a right and a left that both miss.
Trujillo connects with a good right hand that stumbles Gahan. Gahan circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Trujillo jabs Gahan to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Trujillo throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Trujillo checks the leg kick nicely there.
Trujillo connects with a good right hand that stumbles Gahan. Gahan circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Gahan misses the body punch
and Trujillo counters with a three punch combo that has Gahan backing up. Gahan nods at Trujillo to acknowledge the strikes.
Gahan throws a one two combo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gahan closes the distance looking to clinch
and Trujillo counters with a stiff right hand.
Gahan is rocked!
Gahan takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Gahan closes the distance and clinches.
A right hook to the body lands for Gahan.
Gahan is pushing Trujillo up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A hook to the body from Gahan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trujillo swings wildly with an uppercut but Gahan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gahan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Gahan breaks the clinch.
Trujillo missing with a left hand there. Gahan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Trujillo misses the shot to the body.
Gahan misses the shot to the body.
Trujillo throws a poor cross that misses
and Gahan counters with a straight right hand.
Gahan throws a head kick that misses.
Gahan wants to clinch
and Trujillo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gahan wants to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trujillo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gahan moves into the clinch.
Trujillo is trying to force a seperation but Gahan has the dominant position.
Gahan blocking some punches.
Trujillo tries a body shot but Gahan blocks it.
Gahan stalling.
Gahan scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A head punch on the inside from Trujillo fails to land.
Gahan is trying to pull guard but Trujillo turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Trujillo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gahan breaks from the clinch.
Trujillo dips to his left and cracks Gahan with an uppercut!
Gahan just misses with a punch to the body.
Gahan closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Trujillo goes for a takedown attempt but Gahan pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Gahan checks the leg kick.
Gahan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Trujillo swats away the attempt to clinch by Gahan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trujillo has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Gahan finds it's way round the side to connect with Trujillo's head.
Trujillo connects with a body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Trujillo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gahan misses with a double jab
and Trujillo counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Gahan looks winded!
Gahan ducks right into an uppercut from Trujillo.
Gahan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Trujillo.
Trujillo getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Trujillo digs a good body shot into Gahan's ribs.
Trujillo swats away the attempt to clinch by Gahan.
Trujillo half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gahan fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Gahan clinches up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dominic Trujillo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Richie Gahan's cut.
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.
Trujillo lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Trujillo lands with a hook. Gahan tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Gahan has closed the distance and engaged Trujillo in a clinch.
Gahan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Trujillo lands with a good body shot.
Gahan gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Gahan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gahan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Gahan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gahan closes the distance looking to clinch
and Trujillo counters with a nice double leg into guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Trujillo landing with the ground and pound.
Gahan utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Trujillo postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Gahan can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Trujillo controls the pace.
Trujillo trying to control the position from guard on top but Gahan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gahan wants to sweep here but Trujillo controlling him for the moment.
Trujillo stands up over Gahan, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Trujillo throws a big elbow that misses.
Trujillo scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trujillo postures up and lands a big shot to Gahan's brow.
Trujillo postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Gahan keeping moving, preventing Trujillo from controlling successfully.
Trujillo with a nice head shot there.
Trujillo with a flurry of punches that miss.
Trujillo scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Gahan trying to control the position.
Trujillo in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Trujillo trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Trujillo working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trujillo engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Trujillo trying to control but Gahan is working from the bottom.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Gahan takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Trujillo fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Gahan on the side of the head.
Gahan clinches up with Trujillo and pushes him back against the cage.
Gahan tries a body shot but Trujillo blocks it.
Gahan stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Gahan breaks from the clinch.
Trujillo looks to land a right hand but Gahan moved out of range.
Trujillo works Gahan's body with a nice hook.
Richie Gahan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gahan moves away from the strike by Trujillo.
Trujillo wants to slow Gahan down by chopping away at his legs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trujillo throws a body punch but Gahan moves out of range.
As Trujillo backs off Gahan throws a huge counter combo but Trujillo manages to avoid it all.
Dominic Trujillo is winning the standup battle so far.
Gahan has taken the fight to the clinch.
A short right from Gahan.
Trujillo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gahan scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gahan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Trujillo throws a head punch that misses.
Trujillo is looking for a takedown.
Trujillo avoids a wild elbow strike from Gahan.
Gahan breaks from the clinch.
Gahan tries to clinch there but Trujillo circles away.
An inside leg kick from Trujillo misses.
Gahan tries to clinch up but Trujillo circles away and keeps his distance.
Trujillo connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Gahan momentarily.
Gahan moves in looking to clinch but Trujillo pushes him off.
Trujillo wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dominic Trujillo dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Richie Gahan's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Trujillo tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Gahan is able to avoid easily.
Trujillo on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Gahan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Trujillo.
Trujillo appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gahan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A jab from Trujillo misses.
Trujillo moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Gahan is still on wobbly legs! Can Trujillo finish him?
Trujillo throws a low kick, looking for Gahan's leg but Gahan calmly moves out of range.
Trujillo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A little feinted left hand from Trujillo on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Gahan seems to have recovered his senses.
Trujillo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gahan checks the leg kick nicely there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gahan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gahan tries to close the distance and clinch but Trujillo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Trujillo scores with a nice right hand.
Trujillo throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Gahan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gahan moves in looking to clinch but Trujillo pushes him off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Trujillo swats away the attempt to clinch by Gahan.
Trujillo connects with a jab.
Trujillo throws a shot to the body.
Trujillo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gahan is looking for the big counter here.
Trujillo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Trujillo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A nice side step and Gahan releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Gahan rushes Trujillo and presses him up against the cage.
Trujillo letting Gahan take a breather here.
Gahan taking a breather.
Gahan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Gahan.
Gahan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gahan tries to clinch but Trujillo is having none of it.
Gahan closes the distance looking to clinch
letting Trujillo counter with a right hand.
Trujillo scores with a jab to the head.
Trujillo lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Gahan at a distance.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Decent striking displayed by Trujillo there.
Gahan takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A slow jab from Trujillo misses its intended target.
Trujillo stuns Gahan with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Trujillo will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Trujillo smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Gahan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Trujillo stuns Gahan with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Trujillo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gahan can do to turn this around?
Trujillo keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Gahan takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trujillo looks to throw the jab but Gahan is out of range.
Trujillo throws a series of punches but Gahan avoids them all with ease.
Trujillo scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Trujillo misses with a leg kick.
Gahan tries to clinch
and Trujillo counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A shot to the liver by Trujillo. Beautiful body shot.
Gahan slips a jab from Trujillo.
Trujillo misses with a body shot.
Gahan tries to close the distance and clinch but Trujillo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Trujillo swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Despite the aggression on Gahan's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Trujillo lands a nice hook to Gahan's body. Gahan takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Gahan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gahan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dominic Trujillo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Trujillo connects with a body shot that sends Gahan's belly button to the back.
Trujillo scores with a nice head shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gahan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Trujillo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gahan tries to clinch but Trujillo moves away
and Trujillo counters with a lovely shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Trujillo works Gahan's body with a nice hook.
Gahan tries to clinch but Trujillo is having none of it.
Trujillo swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Trujillo throws a body punch but Gahan moves out of range.
Gahan walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Trujillo connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Trujillo throws a solid leg kick but Gahan takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Trujillo.
Trujillo scores with a jab. Gahan acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Trujillo is trying hard to land a takedown here. Gahan sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Trujillo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gahan manages to avoid it.
A nice side step and Gahan releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Trujillo wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Trujillo lands a jab to Gahan's midsection.
Richie Gahan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Trujillo misses with a leg kick.
Gahan has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Gahan thows a left - swing and a miss!
And that's the end of the fight!
Dominic Trujillo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Trujillo, 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dominic Trujillo!
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