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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Aiden Preston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cruz Dominiguez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Preston might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Fuckin Problem. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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145 lbs
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147 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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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
36 - 23 - 1, fighting out of New York, Aiden Preston!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Cruz Dominiguez!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Preston lets loose with a powerful body kick. Dominiguez will feel that in the morning.
Preston clobbers Dominiguez with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Preston avoids a kick to the body.
Dominiguez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Preston.
Dominiguez swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Dominiguez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Preston moves away.
Preston scores with a jab to the head.
Dominiguez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Preston takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Preston is looking for a counter combo.
Dominiguez throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dominiguez takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Preston throws a sloppy head kick and Dominiguez moves out of range easily.
Dominiguez works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dominiguez takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dominiguez tries a head kick but it misses.
Preston scores with a head kick. Dominiguez tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Preston has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Beast in the buildup to the fight.
Dominiguez scores with a sloppy right hand. Preston should have avoided that one.
Dominiguez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dominiguez lands with a nice body kick.
Preston misses with a body kick.
Preston moves out of range of the strikes.
Preston is looking to counter with a body kick.
Preston misses with a straight right.
Preston connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Dominiguez looks to throw the jab but Preston is out of range.
Preston closes the distance and lands a one-two.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dominiguez chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Preston can pounce on him.
Dominiguez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dominiguez takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Preston throws a leg kick but Dominiguez moved away.
Preston misses with a body shot.
Dominiguez drives through and clinches with Preston against the cage.
Dominiguez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dominiguez avoiding damage as Preston throws knees to the body.
A shot in the inside from Dominiguez.
Dominiguez misses with the head strike.
Preston throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Preston tries to land a knee to the head but Dominiguez blocks with his arms.
A nice right hand lands inside from Preston.
Preston creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dominiguez's defenses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Preston on the inside.
Preston lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A head punch on the inside from Dominiguez fails to land.
Dominiguez lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch on the inside from Dominiguez fails to land.
Preston pushes Dominiguez back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Preston lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dominiguez backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dominiguez.
Preston blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Preston.
Still in the clinch, Dominiguez scores with a nice short uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dominiguez creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Dominiguez takes an elbow to the temple.
Preston throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Preston tries a body shot but Dominiguez blocks it.
Dominiguez misses with some punches.
Dominiguez lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dominiguez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dominiguez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Preston missing with knees to the body.
Preston blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dominiguez.
Preston blocks an uppercut.
Preston swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dominiguez working aggressively here.
Preston lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dominiguez tries to stall but Preston uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Dominiguez blocking some punches.
Dominiguez has Preston pushed against the cage.
Dominiguez blocks the elbow strike.
Preston misses with a short punch on the inside.
Preston misses with the head strike.
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 Aiden Preston will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Dominiguez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dominiguez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A little feinted left hand from Preston on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Dominiguez in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
A nice inside leg kick there by Dominiguez. That's going to slow Preston down.
A head kick misses from Preston.
Preston bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Dominiguez lands with a cross.
Preston throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dominiguez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Preston.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dominiguez takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Dominiguez digs a good body shot into Preston's ribs.
A shot to the body from Dominiguez misses
and Preston counters with a nice uppercut.
Dominiguez tries to land a front kick but Preston steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Preston throws a leg kick
and Dominiguez counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Preston throws a lazy right hand but Dominiguez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Dominiguez moves out of range of the body kick.
Preston throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dominiguez connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Preston's hands.
Dominiguez throws a sloppy head kick and Preston moves out of range easily.
Dominiguez throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Preston tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Preston lands with a right hand.
Preston throws a hook but Dominiguez avoids it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Preston tries to work over Dominiguez's front leg with a kick but Dominiguez checks it.
No joy there for Preston, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Preston tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Dominiguez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Preston pushes Dominiguez away with a front kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Preston throws a head kick that misses.
Dominiguez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Preston.
Preston throws a quick counter kick to the body but Dominiguez avoids it.
Dominiguez throws a nice outside leg kick.
Dominiguez misses with a body shot.
Dominiguez throws a body punch but Preston moves out of range.
A big right from Preston misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Preston tries a head kick but it misses.
Dominiguez with a jab.
Preston scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dominiguez. Preston does a little dance to reset his feet.
Preston misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dominiguez fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Preston has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Dominiguez blocks a head kick by Preston.
Dominiguez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dominiguez uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Preston has time to react.
Preston misses the shot to the body.
Preston takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dominiguez looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Preston staying out of range there.
Aiden Preston is winning the standup battle so far.
Preston fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dominiguez manages to avoid it.
Dominiguez looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Preston throws an overhand right that lands on Dominiguez's shoulder, as Dominiguez tries to avoid the shot.
Preston forces Dominiguez back against the cage and clinches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dominiguez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dominiguez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Preston throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Dominiguez lands with a right to the head.
Dominiguez misses with some punches.
Preston landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Dominiguez misses with the head strike.
Preston throws an elbow but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Cruz Dominiguez will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Dominiguez connects with a good right hand that stumbles Preston. Preston circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Dominiguez ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Preston is looking to score with low kicks.
Dominiguez throws a fast counter high kick but Preston manages to duck under it in time.
Preston fails to land with a series of punches.
Dominiguez takes one on the button.
Dominiguez throws a big shot that misses.
Dominiguez ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Dominiguez misses with a low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Preston throws a head kick that misses.
Dominiguez turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A head kick misses from Dominiguez.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Preston. That's going to slow Dominiguez down.
Preston ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Dominiguez takes one to the chin there.
Dominiguez sizes up Preston with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Dominiguez has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Preston misses with an uppercut
and Dominiguez counters with a stiff right hand.
A decent looking cross lands there for Preston.
Preston fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dominiguez manages to avoid it.
Preston on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A clash of legs there as Preston blocks the low kick.
Preston appears to be looking for a big counter.
Dominiguez is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Preston.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dominiguez throws a body kick that misses.
It looked like Preston wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Preston keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
It looked like Preston wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Dominiguez lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Dominiguez takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Dominiguez defending well as Preston loads up on a big left hand.
Preston gets a clinch.
Preston blocking some punches.
Dominiguez throws a head punch that misses.
Dominiguez avoids the elbow strike from Preston, against the cage.
Dominiguez looking to stall.
Dominiguez blocks an elbow strike.
Preston throws an elbow that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dominiguez misses with the head strike.
Preston throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Dominiguez lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Preston backwards.
Dominiguez working aggressively here.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Dominiguez takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Dominiguez working aggressively here.
Preston throws a punch but it's blocked by Dominiguez.
Preston looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Preston lands an uppercut.
Dominiguez working aggressively here.
Preston misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dominiguez.
Dominiguez takes a shot to the head.
Preston lands a nice uppercut.
Preston gets through Dominiguez's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Preston with a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Preston missing with knees to the body.
Preston lands with a right to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Preston blocking some punches.
With the fighters up against the cage, Preston throws an elbow but misses.
Dominiguez slowing the pace effectively.
Preston blocking some punches.
Preston trying to land knees to the body.
Dominiguez blocks an elbow strike.
Dominiguez blocks an uppercut.
Preston misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dominiguez.
Dominiguez takes a shot to the head.
Dominiguez dodges an elbow strike from Preston.
Dominiguez takes a knee to the side of the body.
Preston landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Preston throws an elbow but it's blocked.
And that's the end of the fight!
Aiden Preston showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Preston 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aiden Preston!
Aiden Preston really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Milwaukee's Best Nutrition logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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energy
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