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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Margarito Byers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chimmy Chonga (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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162 lbs
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177 cm
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162 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Margarito Byers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Chimmy Chonga!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Ryoma Takatsuka and Josh West.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chonga moves into the clinch successfully.
Byers is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Chonga gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Chonga gets control of Byers's arms and successfully pulls guard. Chonga will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Chonga is controlling Byers's posture.
Chonga has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Byers is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Chonga's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Byers avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Byers, as that shot connected.
Chonga manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Byers on his heels. He'll look to pass Byers's guard now, I'm sure.
Chonga tries to free his leg and advance position but Byers is retaining full guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Byers looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Chonga passes into side control.
Chonga wants to lay and pray for a moment but Byers keeps working.
Byers is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Chonga is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chonga punishing his opponent with strikes.
Byers can't escape the position.
Chonga looking for a guillotine from mount but Byers is having none of it.
Byers slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Chonga prevents Byers from standing back up.
Chonga is looking to take a break and control but Byers is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Chonga keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Byers trying to control but Chonga postures up.
Byers is looking to improve his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chonga passes to side control.
Chonga tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Chonga is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Byers will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Byers is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Chonga lands some shots froms side control.
Byers wants to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chonga in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Chonga looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Chonga decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Chonga shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Chonga showed some decent athleticism there.
Byers manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Chonga has closed the distance and engaged Byers in a clinch.
Byers misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Chonga.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chonga manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Byers trying to control but Chonga is working from the bottom.
Byers postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Chonga is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Byers, into his guard.
Chonga sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Byers keeping moving, preventing Chonga from controlling successfully.
Byers throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Byers tries to land a sweep but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chimmy Chonga dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Chonga throws a head kick that misses
and Byers cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Chonga closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Chonga lands in his opponent's guard.
Byers wants to stand up but Chonga is controlling him.
Byers keeping moving, preventing Chonga from controlling successfully.
Chonga stands up and waves to Byers to follow him.
Chonga closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Byers did well to prevent Chonga getting side control.
Byers has one foot on Chonga's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Byers tries to keep at a distance but Chonga has taken the fight into the clinch.
Chonga has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Byers jumps guard but Chonga turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Byers trying to control the position but instead, Chonga has worked for underhooks and has pushed Byers into the cage.
Byers wants to take the fight to the mat but Chonga manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Chonga missing with knees to the body.
Byers has Chonga pressed against the cage.
Byers tries a body shot but Chonga blocks it.
Chonga breaks the clinch.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chonga is defending well against a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Margarito Byers. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Byers lands a takedown into guard.
Byers has gone for a leg lock! Chonga slips out almost immediately though and dives into Byers's guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chonga controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Byers working for submissions but it's allowed Chonga to get to half guard.
Chonga working over Byers with some ground and pound. Byers looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Chimmy Chonga has got the better of the ground game so far.
Chonga is trying to control the action in half guard but Byers is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Chonga has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chonga scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Chonga controlling the position easily from mount.
Chonga prevents Byers from getting the reversal.
Chonga takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Chonga looking for a guillotine from mount but Byers is having none of it.
Byers sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Chonga wants to pass the guard but Byers is defending well.
Chonga passes to side control.
Chonga wants to lay and pray for a moment but Byers keeps working.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Byers is trying to improve his position.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Byers is trying to improve his position.
Byers tries to escape but Chonga is in control.
Byers is trying to work for a sweep but Chonga has mounted him!
Chonga controlling the position easily from mount.
Chonga landing strikes, looking to finish!
Byers is squirming around, avoiding Chonga's attempts to control the action.
Chonga putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chimmy Chonga showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!
Chonga drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Byers scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Chonga closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Byers is rocked!
Byers regains half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Byers wants to improve his position but Chonga is controlling well.
Byers tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Chonga has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Byers can't escape the position.
Byers takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Chonga controlling from the full mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Byers is squirming around, avoiding Chonga's attempts to control the action.
Byers is trying to stand but he's just given Chonga his back.
Byers is covering up but some of the strikes from Chonga are getting through and doing damage.
Oh Byers is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Chonga trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Byers doesn't escape.
Byers seems to have got his legs back now.
A lull in the action here.
Chonga trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Byers doesn't escape.
Byers wants to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chonga controlling well, preventing Byers from escaping the position.
Chonga looking for the choke from the back.
Chonga tightening his grip on Byers, looking for the choke.
Byers is really stuck here.
Chonga trying to control.
Chonga is punishing Byers with some ground and pound.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Chonga controlling the positon.
Byers wants to escape the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Byers wants to get back to his feet.
Byers wants to escape the position.
Can Byers hold on?! Chonga is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Chonga controlling from the back.
Chonga is looking to control Byers but Byers is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Chonga working for the choke.
Byers is in bad spot here.
Oooh a big shot gets through from Chonga. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
Byers trying to get back to his feet but Chonga is in full control for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Byers's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Chonga is looking to control Byers but Byers is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Chonga is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Chonga lands a shot to the body.
Byers is in bad spot here.
Chonga keeps control of the position easily here as Byers tries to buck him off.
Chonga is hanging on to Byers's back as he tries to escape.
Chonga is looking to control Byers but Byers is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Margarito Byers has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Chimmy Chonga is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Byers is really stuck here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Chimmy Chonga comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Chonga winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 27:30
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 27:30
Judge Josh West scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chimmy Chonga!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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