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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stew Sauced (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Javier Esposito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sauced comes to the cage accompanied by Irish Jig. Javier Esposito has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Stew Sauced!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Javier Esposito!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Frank Dennis and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Esposito throws a leg kick which misses Sauced's front leg but catches the back leg as Sauced tries to avoid it.
Jab by Esposito.
Sauced uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Esposito.
Sauced definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Esposito throws a half hearted mid kick.
Esposito swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Esposito tries for a takedown but Sauced circles away easily
and Sauced counters with a nice uppercut.
Esposito scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Sauced on the wrong end of a nice jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Esposito fails to land the takedown.
Sauced drops his hands momentarily and Esposito takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Esposito is trying hard to land a takedown here. Sauced sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Sauced is looking to counter punch.
Stew Sauced has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Javier Esposito.
Esposito bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Esposito dives in and grabs Sauced's left leg, looking for a takedown. Sauced pushes down on Esposito's head and hops out.
Sauced misses with a wild body shot.
Esposito swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Sauced.
Sauced defending well as Esposito loads up on a big left hand.
Sauced is looking to counter punch.
Esposito tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Sauced swivels and escapes.
Sauced displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Esposito throws out the jab.
A quick step to the side and Sauced tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Esposito lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Sauced misses with a looping left.
Esposito will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Esposito thuds a left hand into Sauced's body.
Esposito throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Sauced counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
It looks like Javier Esposito has been cut.
Stew Sauced is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Esposito will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sauced misses with a hook
and Esposito counters with a takedown into side control.
Esposito in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Esposito trying to control the action but Sauced is working from the bottom.
Sauced is trying to control Esposito's posture but Esposito avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sauced managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Esposito.
Sauced tries to buck Esposito off but Esposito is having none of it.
Sauced tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Esposito presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Esposito putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Esposito is landing with some decent strikes but Sauced is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Esposito controlling his opponent.
Esposito misses with a head shot.
Sauced can't escape the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Esposito unloads with some shots from mount but Sauced bucks and avoids them well.
Esposito looking to finish with strikes here!
Sauced is desperately trying to improve his position but Esposito has a good base and remains in mount.
Esposito can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Sauced is looking to escape.
Sauced avoids a series of strikes thrown by Esposito.
Esposito looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Sauced avoids a series of strikes thrown by Esposito.
Sauced working to try and regain half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Javier Esposito dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Javier Esposito's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
The crowd cheers as Sauced lands an impressive looking overhand right. Esposito doesn't seem phased though.
Esposito fails to land with a series of punches.
Sauced looks to throw the jab but Esposito is out of range.
Esposito fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Esposito lands with a good body shot.
Esposito dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Esposito. That's going to slow Sauced down.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Esposito shoots and misses
and Esposito takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sauced keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sauced is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Nice sprawl there from Sauced as Esposito shoots in.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Esposito tries to clinch up but Sauced circles away and keeps his distance.
Esposito fails with the takedown
and Sauced counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Stew Sauced has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Javier Esposito.
Sauced dips to his left and cracks Esposito with an uppercut!
Esposito scoring well with a low kick there.
Esposito misses with a hook
and Sauced counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Javier Esposito seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sauced throws a jab but it's blocked by Esposito.
Sauced waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Esposito.
A jab from Sauced does it's job there.
Esposito throws a big shot that misses.
Esposito tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Sauced swivels and escapes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Esposito throws a looping overhand right but Sauced ducks down to avoid it.
Sauced blocks the body kick.
Sauced uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Esposito.
Sauced was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Sauced moves out of range as Esposito throws a body kick.
Esposito slips under a jab.
Sauced misses with a right hand
and Esposito counters with a good low kick that Sauced was not able to check.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sauced throws a shot from downtown. Esposito moves away and avoids it.
Esposito digs a good hook to Sauced's body.
Esposito bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Sauced's head.
Sauced is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Sauced moves out of range of the body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Sauced misses the target.
Esposito lands a leg kick that knocks Sauced off balance momentarily.
Esposito has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sauced lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Esposito throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Esposito.
Sauced looks to score with a jab to the body but Esposito is just out of range.
Esposito throws out a counter right but Sauced avoids it with no problem.
Esposito on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Esposito fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A left lands for Sauced.
Sauced walks into a left hand.
Javier Esposito seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sauced throws a poor cross that misses
so Esposito counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Esposito with a flurry of punches that miss.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Esposito wants to control from the top but Sauced keeps moving.
Sauced is trying to keep Esposito in close.
Esposito preventing the sweep.
Sauced avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Esposito is looking to work some ground and pound but Sauced has wrist control.
Sauced keeping full guard, as Esposito tries to pass.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Sauced is controlling Esposito's posture.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Javier Esposito will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Javier Esposito's cut.
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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Sauced misses with a body shot
letting Esposito counter with a right hand.
Esposito throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Esposito throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Sauced on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Sauced takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Sauced checks a leg kick.
A jab from Sauced misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Esposito just misses with a punch to the body.
Esposito fails with the takedown
and Sauced counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A shot to the body from Esposito misses
and Sauced counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Esposito dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sauced. That did some damage!
Esposito uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sauced.
Esposito connects with a good right hand that stumbles Sauced. Sauced circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Sauced looks to land a combination but Esposito avoids it well.
Sauced is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Esposito.
Esposito misses with an uppercut.
Esposito does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Sauced checks a leg kick.
It looked like Sauced was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Esposito.
Esposito throws an off balance right hand
and Sauced counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Esposito doesn't manage to clinch there - Sauced circles away.
Sauced appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Esposito closes the distance and clinches.
Esposito blocks the elbow strike.
Sauced manages to break the clinch.
Sauced slips a straight right by Esposito.
A little feinted left hand from Sauced on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Sauced throws a hook but Esposito blocks it.
Esposito throws a nice inside leg kick.
Esposito throws a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Esposito tests Sauced's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Esposito connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Sauced momentarily.
Esposito misses with an uppercut
and Sauced counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sauced takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Sauced throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Esposito stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Esposito is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Sauced's half guard.
Esposito scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Esposito is looking to take a break and control but Sauced is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Esposito wants to pass to mount but Sauced is defending the position.
Esposito trying to control from half guard but Sauced is working away.
Javier Esposito is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sauced gets full guard.
Esposito trying to control but Sauced is working from the bottom.
Stew Sauced has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Esposito tries to free his leg and advance position but Sauced is retaining full guard.
Sauced tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Esposito wants to control from the top but Sauced keeps moving.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
And that's the end of the fight!
Javier Esposito comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Esposito has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Downing scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Javier Esposito!
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