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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Fernando Padilla (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Callum Gray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fernando Padilla has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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151 lbs
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155 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Fernando Padilla!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Callum Gray!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Paul Gruel and Jeff Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Gray, right into the meat.
Padilla throws a solid leg kick but Gray takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Padilla.
Gray with the counter takedown but Padilla avoids it easily.
Padilla has taken the fight to the clinch.
Gray lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Padilla desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Gray is taking a breather. Padilla says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Padilla is trying to maintain the position but Gray is very close to passing his half guard.
Gray controlling the action here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gray wants to take a breather but Padilla is having none of it.
Padilla really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Padilla trying to control here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Padilla looks like he's trying to stand up.
Padilla wants to control but Gray is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Gray seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Padilla does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Gray wants to pass to mount but Padilla is defending the position.
Padilla is trying to get back to full guard.
Gray is trying to control. Padilla wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Gray wants to free his trapped foot but Padilla is holding on for dear life with his legs.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Padilla keeps control of the position for the meantime.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Padilla throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gray shoots in for a double leg but Padilla sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Padilla misses with a head kick.
Gray looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Padilla manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.
Gray is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Padilla to keep the fight standing.
Gray has hold of one of Padilla's legs. Padilla is fighting the takedown attempt but Gray gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Padilla is adopting a defensive guard.
Gray is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Padilla keeping moving, preventing Gray from controlling successfully.
Padilla striking from the bottom.
Padilla is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Gray defends well.
Padilla can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Gray controls the pace.
Padilla will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Padilla keeping moving, preventing Gray from controlling successfully.
Padilla has his hands on Gray's head, controlling the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Gray is defended easily by Padilla.
Fernando Padilla has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Callum Gray.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Gray gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Padilla to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Gray has his feet on Padilla's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
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 Fernando Padilla will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Padilla throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Gray counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Padilla keeping full guard, as Gray tries to pass.
Gray wants to control from the top but Padilla keeps moving.
Padilla is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Gray defends well.
Gray looking to sit in guard and control but Padilla gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Gray utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gray looking to control.
Padilla with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Padilla throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Gray works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Callum Gray has got the better of the ground game so far.
Padilla throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Gray works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Padilla stopping the sweep attempt from Gray.
Padilla throwing strikes from guard but Gray blocks nicely.
Padilla throws a big elbow that misses.
Padilla loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Padilla is looking to work some ground and pound but Gray has wrist control.
Gray avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Padilla lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Padilla loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Padilla throwing strikes from guard but Gray blocks nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Gray preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Padilla drives through with a takedown into guard.
Padilla postures up and lands a big shot to Gray's brow.
Gray trying to control the position.
Padilla lands a couple of elbows.
Padilla working some strikes from top position.
Padilla content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Padilla is in close to Gray's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Gray is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Padilla loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Gray preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Gray utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Padilla missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Gray working a defensive guard here.
Padilla working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Padilla distracts Gray with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Padilla is working Gray over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Gray is trying to keep Padilla in close.
Padilla decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Padilla.
Padilla throws a lazy body kick
and Gray counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Gray.
Padilla pulls Gray in close to his closed guard and prevents Gray from doing any damage or advancing position.
Gray must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Gray slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fernando Padilla dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Padilla throws a sloppy head kick
and Gray counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Gray changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Padilla fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Gray closes the distance and clinches.
Padilla lands a takedown into guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Padilla loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Padilla in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Padilla connects with a couple of short punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gray preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Padilla throws an elbow that misses. Gray uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Padilla's guard. Nice move by Gray!
Padilla escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Gray gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Gray is looking to stand up but Padilla won't let him.
Padilla has control of Gray's left arm, preventing Gray from doing any damage.
Gray wants to pass the guard but Padilla is keeping the position.
Gray is fighting to break Padilla's control of his arms but Padilla is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Padilla looking to control.
Padilla has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Padilla is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Gray stays in close to Padilla's body and controls the position.
Gray trying to control the position from guard on top but Padilla is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gray won't allow Padilla to get back to his feet.
Gray stays in close to Padilla's body and controls the position.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Padilla tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gray feints the counter takedown.
Gray 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.
Gray takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gray preventing the sweep.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Padilla looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Padilla is controlling Gray's posture.
Gray not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Padilla trying to strike off his back.
Padilla throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Padilla managing to control the position.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Gray closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Padilla tries to improve position but can't.
Padilla prevents Gray from moving into mount.
Gray working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Padilla is trying to improve his position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Padilla struggling a bit here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Callum Gray comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Padilla 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fernando Padilla!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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