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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Rich Junior (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Monteban (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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159 lbs
15 - 13 - 0 |
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165 cm
32
148 lbs
23 - 16 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
15 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rich Junior!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ricardo Monteban!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Chris Downing and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Monteban looks to score with a jab to the body but Junior is just out of range.
Junior moves in looking to clinch but Monteban pushes him off.
Junior shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Monteban napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Monteban is trying to get back to half guard.
Junior scoring with punches and elbows.
Monteban is working to avoid the ground and pound but Junior connects with a decent elbow.
Junior wants to lay and pray for a moment but Monteban keeps working.
Junior working the ground and pound but Monteban is defending the strikes.
Monteban regains half guard.
Monteban looking for submissions off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ground and pound from Junior.
We've been hearing that Junior has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Monteban is trying to control but Junior passes into side control!
Monteban manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Junior prevents Monteban from improving his position.
Monteban is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Junior scores with a couple of nice shots.
Junior not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Junior missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Monteban looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Junior scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Junior missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Junior throwing shots but Monteban is blocking nicely.
Junior looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Monteban with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Junior working over Monteban with some ground and pound. Monteban looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Monteban moves into full guard.
Junior lands a couple of decent looking shots.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Junior content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Junior stopping the sweep attempt from Monteban.
Junior wants to control from the top but Monteban keeps moving.
Monteban preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Junior avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Junior scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Junior throwing strikes from guard but Monteban blocks nicely.
Monteban working a defensive guard here.
Monteban throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Junior working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Junior throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Monteban works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Junior loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Junior is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Junior is looking to advance position but Monteban has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Monteban punishing his opponent with strikes.
Junior tries to lock up and control but Monteban gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Junior defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Monteban.
Junior manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Monteban lands strikes from half guard.
Nice strikes from Monteban there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Junior keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Junior is pressing down on Monteban's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Monteban throwing strikes but missing.
Junior had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Monteban defends it easily.
Monteban is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Monteban chips away with some ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Junior keeping moving, preventing Monteban from controlling successfully.
Monteban distracts Junior with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rich Junior dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Junior fails with the takedown.
Junior takes the fight into the clinch.
Junior blocks a body shot from Monteban.
Nice body punch from Junior - that landed with a thud.
Junior fails to pull guard.
Junior wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rich Junior. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A head punch on the inside from Junior fails to land.
Junior misses with a hook from the clinch.
Junior jumps guard but Monteban turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Monteban wants the takedown. Junior is fighting it off but Monteban persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Junior's guard against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Monteban working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Junior's head.
Junior wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Junior looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Junior has momentary wrist control but Monteban slips an elbow through the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Junior looking for a guillotine here but Monteban defends easily.
Junior wants to get back to his feet but Monteban is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Monteban with a nice head shot there.
Monteban avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Junior had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Monteban defends it easily.
Junior looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Monteban distracts Junior with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Junior has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Monteban is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Junior.
Junior is working to avoid the ground and pound but Monteban connects with a decent elbow.
Monteban lands a few punches from side control.
Junior on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Junior on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Junior is rocked!
Monteban scoring with punches from side control.
Oh Junior is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Monteban in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Junior looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Monteban turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ricardo Monteban!
During a confident post fight interview, Ricardo Monteban thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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G |
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G |
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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
45% |
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