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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ernesto Del Toro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bas Dekkers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Del Toro comes to the cage accompanied by Bliss. Dekkers has chosen Shells - Get your roll on as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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145 lbs
38 - 15 - 2 |
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155 lbs
9 - 7 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
38 - 15 - 2, fighting out of New York, Ernesto Del Toro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bas Dekkers!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dekkers pivots, looking for a leg kick but Del Toro is out of range and Dekkers settles back down.
Dekkers keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dekkers has Del Toro up against the cage in a clinch.
Dekkers taking a breather.
Dekkers blocks a body shot from Del Toro.
Dekkers has Del Toro pressed against the cage, preventing Del Toro from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Del Toro changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Dekkers fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Del Toro buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
We've been hearing reports that Del Toro has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dekkers takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Del Toro misses with a wild body shot.
Del Toro misses with a hook
and Dekkers counters with a leg kick.
Dekkers slips a jab from Del Toro.
Del Toro looks to land a right hand but Dekkers moved out of range.
Ernesto Del Toro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dekkers shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Dekkers takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Del Toro lands a really nice looking cross but Dekkers seems unphased.
Del Toro scores with a punch to the head.
Del Toro tests Dekkers's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Del Toro throws a quick inside leg kick.
Del Toro darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A lazy left from Dekkers finds it's target.
Del Toro misses with a combination
and Dekkers counters with a nice leg kick.
Dekkers doesn't manage to clinch there - Del Toro circles away.
An attempted straight right counter from Del Toro misses the target.
Del Toro wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Del Toro throws a predictable looking body shot
letting Dekkers counter with a right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Del Toro throws a looping overhand right but Dekkers ducks down to avoid it.
Del Toro misses with a low kick as Dekkers jumps back.
Dekkers now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Del Toro lands with a good body shot.
Del Toro lands a nice looking body shot.
A shot to the body from Del Toro misses
and Dekkers connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Del Toro scores with a leg kick.
Dekkers gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dekkers.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Dekkers.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dekkers.
Del Toro manages to break the clinch.
Del Toro scoring well with a low kick there.
The fighters circling - Del Toro throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dekkers feints a counter leg kick.
Dekkers fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Del Toro is out of range.
Del Toro tests Dekkers's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Del Toro as he connects with a hook.
Dekkers ducks under a wild hook from Del Toro.
Del Toro throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Dekkers counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Dekkers drives through and clinches with Del Toro against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Del Toro fails to land.
Del Toro tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dekkers blocks a body shot from Del Toro.
Dekkers throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Del Toros head.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Del Toro wants to break the clinch but can't.
Dekkers misses with a knee strike.
Del Toro prevents a body shot from Dekkers.
Del Toro lands a shoulder strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Del Toro decides to pull guard.
Del Toro seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Dekkers trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Del Toro has his foot on Dekkers's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Dekkers works his way back into a safe position though.
Dekkers trying to control but Del Toro is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Del Toro can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Dekkers controls the pace.
Dekkers postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dekkers is stalling in the full guard.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Del Toro is trying to control the position but Dekkers postures up.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Del Toro is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Del Toro shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Dekkers as he avoids it easily.
Dekkers uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Del Toro.
Del Toro misses the jab.
Nice uppercut lands for Del Toro. That snapped Dekkers's head back.
Del Toro throws a body kick that misses.
Dekkers moves into the clinch.
Dekkers lands a knee to the body.
Dekkers scores a nice knee to the body.
Del Toro tries to pull guard but Dekkers forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ernesto Del Toro. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Del Toro avoiding damage as Dekkers throws knees to the body.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Del Toro has a couple of punches blocked by Dekkers.
Dekkers throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dekkers prevents a takedown attempt there.
A frustrated look appears on Del Toro's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Del Toro lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Dekkers or not.
Dekkers trying to land knees to the body.
Dekkers leaning against his opponent.
Dekkers with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dekkers tries a knee to the head but Del Toro blocks it.
Dekkers landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Del Toro breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Del Toro swats away the attempt to clinch by Dekkers.
Bas Dekkers is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Del Toro throws a body kick that misses.
Del Toro fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Dekkers on the side of the head.
Del Toro misses with a left hand
and Dekkers makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Dekkers walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Del Toro waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dekkers.
Del Toro's corner calls for a 1-2. Del Toro obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Del Toro misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dekkers.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Dekkers! But no joy.
Dekkers wants to clinch up but Del Toro keeps it at a distance.
Del Toro missing with a left hand there. Dekkers was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Del Toro throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Del Toro tries to bum rush Dekkers with a series of wild strikes but Dekkers uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Dekkers is trying to counter with his kicks.
Del Toro throws a body kick that misses.
Del Toro misses with a kick to the body
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Dekkers wants to clinch.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Del Toro misses with an uppercut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Del Toro. Dekkers does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dekkers closes the distance and clinches.
Del Toro breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Del Toro fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Dekkers checks it well.
Del Toro pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dekkers drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Del Toro with a hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dekkers blocks a jab.
Dekkers was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Del Toro misses with a straight left.
Dekkers moves forwards but Del Toro connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Del Toro throws a low kick but Dekkers avoids it.
A jab from Del Toro does it's job there.
Dekkers tries to close the distance and clinch up but Del Toro swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Dekkers displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Del Toro throws out the jab.
Dekkers tries to clinch but Del Toro moves out of range.
Del Toro tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Del Toro bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Dekkers's head backwards.
Dekkers drives through and clinches with Del Toro against the cage.
Del Toro manages to break the clinch.
Del Toro avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dekkers moves to clinch but Del Toro breaks away
and Dekkers takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Del Toro takes a knee to the side of the body.
Del Toro changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Dekkers fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Dekkers checks a leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ernesto Del Toro showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Del Toro has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 10:9
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 10:9
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 10:9
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ernesto Del Toro!
Ernesto Del Toro looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'you want me to beat the crap out of you?'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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