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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Brian Fantana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julio Madrigal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Madrigal has chosen Lil Jon-Throw it Up as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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144 lbs
17 - 6 - 2 |
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178 cm
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117 lbs
31 - 17 - 1 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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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
17 - 6 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brian Fantana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
31 - 17 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Julio Madrigal!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Donald Grub and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Madrigal blocks a jab.
Madrigal uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fantana.
Decent striking displayed by Madrigal there.
Madrigal has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Madrigal takes a jab right on the kisser.
Fantana loads up on a big right hand but Madrigal slips the punch.
Fantana gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Madrigal.
Julio Madrigal seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big left from Fantana misses.
Fantana waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Madrigal.
Fantana scores with a sloppy right hand. Madrigal should have avoided that one.
Fantana looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A looping hook to the body misses from Madrigal. Fantana does a little dance to reset his feet.
Madrigal uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Fantana has time to react.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Madrigal throws the left hand but Fantana avoids the punch easily.
Madrigal fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Fantana misses with a body shot.
Fantana cracks Madrigal with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
The fighters circle momentarily. Fantana darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Fantana lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Madrigal.
Fantana scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Madrigal moves out of range of the strikes.
Madrigal throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Madrigal takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Madrigal just misses with a punch to the body.
Madrigal is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Madrigal swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fantana fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Madrigal manages to avoid it.
Fantana displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Madrigal throws out the jab.
Fantana tries to move into range but Madrigal moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Fantana pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Madrigal slips a straight right by Fantana.
Brian Fantana is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Fantana enables Madrigal to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Fantana manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Madrigal throwing strikes but missing.
Madrigal tries to free his leg and advance position but Fantana is retaining full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantana is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Fantana is working for a kimura but Madrigal is defending it quite comfortably.
Fantana is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Madrigal is just riding it out for now. Fantana eventually gives up the hold.
Madrigal looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Madrigal wants to control but Fantana is keeping busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Madrigal is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Fantana's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Fantana's back!
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Madrigal's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Fantana tries to escape but Madrigal has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Madrigal looking for the choke but no joy.
Madrigal is landing with strikes from the back.
Fantana looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Fantana tries to escape the position.
Madrigal missing with punches from the back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Madrigal tightening his grip on Fantana, looking for the choke.
I really don't envy Fantana right now.
Fantana tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Madrigal working the ground and pound effectively.
Fantana holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Madrigal tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Fantana tries to hold on but Madrigal postures up.
Madrigal unloading with bombs!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Julio Madrigal 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.
Madrigal takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Madrigal shoots in looking for a takedown but Fantana manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Madrigal's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Horrible takedown attempt by Madrigal or perhaps it was just good defense by Fantana, which made it look bad.
Brian Fantana is winning the standup battle so far.
Fantana scores with a jab to the head.
A big right from Madrigal misses.
Fantana jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Fantana swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A little jabbing left from Madrigal on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Fantana thuds a left hand into Madrigal's body.
A shot to the liver by Fantana. Beautiful body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fantana ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Madrigal moves away.
Madrigal swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Madrigal has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Fantana throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Madrigal sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Fantana gets caught flat footed, as Madrigal shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Madrigal preventing the sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Madrigal drops back looking for a leg! Fantana is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Fantana manages to kick Madrigal off! Madrigal jumps back into Fantana's guard.
Fantana wants to sweep here but Madrigal controlling him for the moment.
Fantana is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Fantana wants to sweep here but Madrigal controlling him for the moment.
Fantana bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Madrigal's guard.
Fantana trying to control but Madrigal is working from the bottom.
Madrigal is trying to keep Fantana in close.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantana landing with the ground and pound.
Fantana works over Madrigal with some ground and pound from guard.
Fantana lands a couple of digs.
Fantana controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Fantana wants to control from the top but Madrigal keeps moving.
Madrigal looking for a guillotine here but Fantana defends easily.
Madrigal trying to strike off his back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Madrigal 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.
Madrigal had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Fantana defends it easily.
Fantana lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Fantana wants to pass the guard but Madrigal is keeping the position.
Fantana being controlled here momentarily.
Fantana scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Madrigal not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Madrigal is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Fantana landing with the ground and pound.
Julio Madrigal has got the better of the ground game so far.
Madrigal throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Madrigal trying to control the position.
Fantana might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Madrigal has his foot on Fantana's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Fantana works his way back into a safe position though.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Fantana lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Fantana is stalling in the full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brian Fantana dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!
Fantana swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Madrigal misses with a takedown attempt
and Fantana counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Fantana takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Fantana seems to be working for a kimura but Madrigal defends the submission attempt.
Fantana scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Nice strikes from Fantana there.
Fantana drops an elbow to the side of Madrigal's head.
Madrigal looking for submissions off his back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fantana content to control rather than advance.
Fantana is trying to control. Madrigal wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fantana is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Madrigal is looking to improve his position.
Fantana is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Fantana 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.
Madrigal keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Fantana prevents Madrigal from improving his position.
Fantana takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Madrigal wants to improve his position but Fantana is controlling well.
Fantana moves into full mount! Madrigal won't be happy about that!
Fantana trying to control but Madrigal is having none of it.
Madrigal tries to hold on but Fantana pushes him away.
Fantana controlling the pace for now.
Fantana raining down hammerfists from mount.
Madrigal is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fantana landing strikes from the mount.
Fantana avoids the attempt from Madrigal to control.
Fantana trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Madrigal can't escape the position.
Fantana scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Madrigal?
Fantana trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantana landing strikes from the mount and Madrigal is in trouble!
Madrigal is rocked!
Madrigal is squirming around, avoiding Fantana's attempts to control the action.
Madrigal slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Fantana is nestled in close to Madrigal, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Madrigal moves into full guard.
Madrigal keeping moving, preventing Fantana from controlling successfully.
Fantana works over Madrigal with some ground and pound from guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Madrigal had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Fantana defends it easily.
Fantana preventing the sweep.
And that's the end of the fight!
Brian Fantana showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Fantana has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 James Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Gold scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brian Fantana!
A relieved looking Brian Fantana thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
Julio Madrigal was interviewed post fight and said 'Props to him, he beat me fair and square this time. I will go back to the gym and get better, I'm going to win my belt back.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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